The Little Old Man
Of 'Hermit Island'
By Ephim Moonin
Student, English Bay, Alaska
Once there was a little man. He
had a long beard and long white
hair. He lived on a small island
called “Hermit Island.” He lived by
himself.
One day he went fishing. He
caught a hundred fish. He was
happy.
After he caught his fish, he walk
ed along the beach. Soon he saw a
small boat. The little old man went
up to the boat. In the boat he saw
some food and a little dog.
He was happy to have the little
dog because he was alone. He for
got all about the hundred fish.
When he saw the pet dog and
the food in the boat, he took them
home.
After a year, he remembered the
hundred fish and went back to see
if he could find them. He looked
and all he found was a thousand
bones.
Apache . . .
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vited from na(tive organizations.
The Aleut Community of St. Paul
has accepted an invitation to send
a delegate.
The conference will be followed
by a three day festival, the Nuch-la
woya which will feature caneing,
dancing, and other competitive
sports. The celebration after a
40-year lapse was revived last year
at the historic meeting place of
Athabascans.
The villages that have indicated
they will send a representation are:
Tanana, Chalkyitsik, St. Paul Is
land, Holy Cross. Nulato, Gulkana,
Venetie, Koyukuk, Northway, Kal
tag, Canyon Village, Beaver, Koyuk,
and Dot Lake.
Kctzler urges all those villages
who have not answered letters of
invitation to do so soon as planning
can continue.
“The last meeting was concerned
chiefly with listing our problems,”
Ketzler said.
“The emphasis in the coming
meeting will be on working out
solutions to those problems.”
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Baiuti Faith
has New Year
By Betty Hawes
On the twenty first day of March
each year the calendar designates
the beginning of spring. This same
day has a special significance in
the Bahai World Faith as it is not
the springtime of each year but a
New Year’s Day.
Naw Ruz, as it is named in the
Bahai World, is the first day of
the Bahai year which consists of
nineteen months of nineteen days
with four Intercalary Days.
The Bahai World Faith was
founded in 1863 by a Persian noble
man, Bahaullah, who proclaimed
to be the Messenger of God for this
age. Bahaullah left a wealth of
writings, which were interpreted
by his son, Abdul Baha.
Each individual is invited to seek
his own truth in these writings.
Followers of the new World Faith
whose backgrounds include all
races and shades of belief, have
united as Bahais.
Bahais all over the world are es
pecially enthused this year as it
marks the 100th anniversary of the
Bahai Faith.
This centennary jubilee will be
celebrated in London this coming
April.
Icebreaker.:;
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Well, all of a sudden, everybody
started running and hollering. I
didn't know what all the excitement
and confusion was about but I fig
ured it was a plane circling. Every
body always run out to see an air
plane when it came.
But I didn’t hear any noise from
a plane and I began to investigate.
I looked out across the ice and sure
enough, a stream of steam was com
ing from the ocean, straight toward
our island.
When it stopped, the captain came
out of the ship and invited all of
us King Islanders to come aboard
for coffee and refreshments and to
watch a movie.
After that, we invited the captain
and his crew to come to our school
house for a special Eskimo dance.
We all had a wonderful time, par
ticularly the sailors. They bought
all kinds of things from us, muk
luks, slippers, and carvings.
The Burton Island stayed there
about three days and then one
morning we heard a loud explosion.
We all were afraid that the shin
had been damaged but were told
that they were just dynamiting the
ice to get a place to go through.
For some time the old people be
lieved the ship had been damaged
until we received word that the
Burton Island had reached St.
Lawrence Island safely.
I don't think I'll ever forget that
day: it was so exciting with every
body shouting and hollering. I’ll
never forget the movie either. The
name of it was, "Jesse James."
Senators Support Unalakleet
Water Supply, Sewer Project
Alaska Senators E. L. (Bob) Bart
lett and Ernest Gruening have of
fered support for a water supply
and sewage disposal project at Una
lakleet, according to Frank Degnan,
mayor.
Malcolm Pirnie Engineers, of New
York City, consulting engineers to
the Alaska Native Health Service,
have issued a preliminary report
indicating that a water supply and
Speculators.;.
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We put all the names received in
a box and draw out the name of the
person who has first priority to
buy the lease, second priority, and
so on, Jones explained,
“Major oil companies don't get
involved in the unscrupulous con
duct,” Jones said.
The oil companies simply go to
the person who gets the lease and
deal with him. Sometimes they buy
the lease outright; sometimes they
pay a substantial bonus with a
royalty in case of eventual oil pro
duction.
These unscrupulous speculators
are usually small time operators,
Jones said. “They are willing and
find it profitable to deal with the
companies.”
Jones pointed out that not only
the federal government but also
the state was plagued by these
speculators. He cited the large num
ber of filings in the state draw
ings at Anchorage.
“There is nothing wrong with
speculation. That’s what makes the
world go around. Everyday we
get up and speculate whether we
are going to live through the day,”
Jones said.
But he emphasized that the new
regulations were needed to pre
vent the unscrupulous speculators
from stuffing the drawing boxes to
their advantage.
“When we get a bunch of appli
cations from one address, for in
stance we begin to get suspicious,”
he said. “Why do all those people
from the same address want an oil
lease on a particular piece of land?”
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sewage disposal program is feasible
for Unalakleet.
The engineers point out surveys,
maps and soil samplings are needed
to develop the data necessary for a
final report.
They report a needed ground
water supply can be effected by
building a dam on nearby Kouwe
goki Slough, which runs parallel
to the north-south section of the
Unalakleet airfield.
It is recommended that the dam
be constructed in such a manner so
as to make it a part of extending
the east-west“runway.
Since the project would affect the
runway, Degnan points out the need
of working with the Federal Avia
tion Agency. He says the dam could
be utilized as part of the airfield
extension program, much needed to
improve the community's air serv
ice.
Prevailing winds are from the
easterly direction, he points out. and
lengthening the east-west runway
would eliminate all by-passing of
aircraft due to high winds.
Degnan also points out the pro
gram would create employment for
community and give the local econ
omy a substantial boost.
Degnan recently attended a three
day economic development confer
ence in Fairbanks, attended by a
large number of resource people, to
expedite the needed project.
Villages Invited
To Join Boat Race
All the villages on the Tanana
and Yukon rivers are invited to
participate in this year’s Yukon
700 Marathon, according to Merrill
Hakala, commodore of the Fair
banks Ouotboard Association.
The mammoth boat race covers
approximately 700 miles, from Cir
cle City to Fairbanks.
The date for this year's race has
been changed to June 22. Formerly
the races have been held in early
June but the date has been changed
because of conditions at that time
on the road from Fairbanks to
Circle City, over which the races
transport their boats. Twice the race
has been postponed because of road
conditions.
Hakala says that Nenana expects
to have two boats in the race this
year and Minto one boat. Fifteen
boats participated in last year's
race.
A complete set of rules of tha
race will be sent by the Fairbanks
Outboard Assn, to anyone upon re
quest.
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