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ATTU ISLAND
NATIVES LIVES
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rule, Attu was a very important
trading center. It was the central
depot of the western district, the
jurisdiction of which extended as
far east as Unimak Pass. The Aleuts
were taken to the Commodore and
other islands to work for their mast
ers. and many of the people of Kam
chatka are descendants of the nativ
j es of Attu.
The Russians, while hard task
masters, were provident and always
thoughtful of the natives, and help
ed them in many ways. They intro
duced goats and cattle on the is
lands, as an experiment for a source
of meat supply. The goats were
very unpopular with the Aleuts on
acount of their pugnacious nature
and a morbid propensity for feeding
on the grasses and flowers which
grew in profusion on the roofs of
the barabaras, frequently caving
them in and causing leaks. Though
thqre was an abundance of grass
all over the island, the stock raising
experiment was allowed to lag and
finally, a short time after the trans
fer of the country to the United
States, the bovine race found its
way in to the mulligans and stew
pots of the traders.
The women of Attu were quite
expert in the manufacture of fine
grass cloth and grassware, and for
this purpose they gathered the
grasses, and prepared them with
the greatest care and spared no
amount of labor and unlimited pa
tience in the execution of their
work which took the form of ex
quisite cigar eases, baskets, mats,
and the like. There is something
tasteful in the blending of colors
and patterns which the grasswork
ers of Attu employ in the produc
tion of their wares. For instance, a
workbasket made by an old native
u'oman took her six years to com
plete and it is unnecessary to add
that the work was a remarkable ex
position of native skill and ingenu
ity, its intrinsic value running up
into the hundreds of dollars.
Each family generally inhabits its
own hut or barabaras. They have
long since ceased to dress in skins
or their primitive garments made
from the intestines of marine mam
als save for most severe weath
er, these garments being found bet
ter than the finest rubber coats
for wet and dampness, but in the
majority of cases they wear the
castoff garments of the whites, sent
them from the missions in the states
1 and along the coast.
Although on hunting and aboiu
the villages the natives still wear
the Kamelinka or waterproof shirt
made of the inner stomach and in
testines of the walrus, and also the
moccasin or mukluk made from the
throats of seals, and soled with
tough flippers of the sea lion, most
all dress up on Sundays. Broad
crowned hats with a red band are;
still in vogue, evidently a legacy of,
, the Russian regime. Usually the
men dress soberly, and only orna
ment their waterproof garments
used in the chase or in traveling.!
Also the seems of the k melinka ,
skin boats, waterproof .overirgs, in
cluding canoe; md gun ■■, the l ittfr
being embell.sned with furs and de
licate lines of goose quiil einbroi.ieiy.
The natural resources of the is
land eou i-t of flsii and fowls, sea!.;
and stn-I in meat. Up to th° t'me of
the acquisition of the island by the
United States it is said these people
were not allowed to hunt, but main
tained themselves with small patch
es of vegetables and by the spoils
of the sea.
The Russian government kept a
weather record of seven years on
the island. This has the remark
able showing of 53 clear days, 1203
cloudy days: 1230 days with snow,
rain, or hail. Stock would have to
be fed with hay of which any amount
can be cut from the rich grasses hut
six or seven months of the year they
could graze on the finest of pastur
age.
Much of this article is taken from
the old records translated from the
Russian and from government re
ports. Today, trading vessels call
regularly at the villages and a teach
er has been provided by the govern
ment.
TRUE AMERICA
SHOWN SMALL
TOWN SPIRIT
ETTIRE COMMUNITY UNITES TO
DRIVE OUT MACHINE GUN
GANGSTERS
Where do you find the true Amer
ican spirit—a true love of law and
order and peace and freedom—in
the big cities among teeming thous
ands, or in the small towns where
every citizen is a neighbor and
friend?
"Men of America," RKO-Radio
Picture showing Friday at the
Dream Theatre, is a story of a small
American town where, though some
friends may now and then be quar
relsome and enemies are friendly,
and where most of the people ace
foreign born but boast of their Am
erican citizenship, they all unite in
a common cause to rout, without
any delay nr palaver, a gang of rack
eteers on whose bead is a price.
Wanted in too many cities for too
many desperate crimes, the Cicero
gang of robbers and killers, with
machine guns and Mx-shootei . hide
in a rock-walled canyon in Paradise
Valley, but they are forced to rob
off the natives because they dare not
use any of the money taken from
their last rubbory because it is in
thousand dollar bills.
They make the mistake, however,
of thinking the natives are hicks
and saps—that they can put any
thing over on them. What they had
been getting away with among big
city police was another story for the
Cicero gang when they tried it on a
community that didn't need a sher
iff to help them keep law and order.
‘‘Men of America” stars William
Boyd and Charles (Chic) Sale, with
Dorothy Wilson, Henry Armetta,
Theresa Maxwell Conover and other
splendid artists. Ralph luce, who
plays the role of Cicero, also direct
ed from an original story by Hum
phrey Pearson and Henry McCarthy
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