WILLIAM B. FREDSON—29-year old William B. Fredson, of Chalky
itsik, is swiftly emerging as one Of the leaders of northeastern Alas
ka. Fredson, a military veteran, was recently elected secretary of
the six-village native leader meeting at F'ort Yukon. He thoroughly
denounced the proposed Rampart Dam project that would flood his
home, calling it a “white elephant.” Fredson plans to attend the
University of Alaska beginning in January. He is shown here in his
Chalkyitsik cabin, discussing matters with Bureau of Indian Affairs
officials, and a Tundra Times reporter. —Tundra Times Photo
Students Watch Erupting
Cook Inlet Island Volcano
(Reprinted from
The English Bay Eagle)
Editor’s note: English Bay is a
predominately Aleut community,
formerly called Alexandoski, Jo
BARROW NEWS
Golden Valley
Has ‘Tough Boys’
By Guy Okakok
Barrow Correspondent
Golden Valley Electric crew are
all pretty well laying most of their
poles and wires. They are what we
call them, tough boys. Because we
have seen two men on the pole
wiring in 18 below zero.
House Moved
It seems that Hopson’s boys, who
works on the houses, will continue
on them this winter. Alfred Hopson
with his crews moved houses, work
ed five days a week.
According to Thomas Akkoo
chook, one of Al's crew, said today,
that they probably will take them
all winter long, as ground frozed
pretty fast this time. We know
now. after all the houses moved
from the main streets, the town
will looked better and probably
can become next to Inuvik.
Width of our new streets will
be 60 feet wide not less than 60.
I do not know w-hen they will
start hauling gravel on the streets.
Ice Thick Enough Now
Hunters said today that the Arctic
Ocean young ice is seven inches
thick and they can walk over it
now.
Three teams w-ent out this morn
ing: they all came back empty
handed. But they said they have
seen foxes all over outside of Bar
row village. They said near Point
Barrow, 10 miles off town, foxes
are hanging here and there.
When foxes knows where the
meat are and there oogruks and
seals inside the inlet. Seals been
washed off from village beach, even
blubber from that dreadful storm.
That’s why foxes lived there where
feed is.
| cated near the tip of the Kenai
' Peninsula. The English Bay Eagle
I is a school newspaper. The follow
j ing story was written by the
Ninth Grade Class.
On the 19th of October, follow
ing a minor eruption earlier in the
month, Mother Nature flexed her
mighty muscles bunched beneath
I Mt. Augustine since 1935. Augustine
Island became over night, a seeth
ing monster spewing from her in
nards tons of red hot lava down
her flanks.
The fires left in the wake of her
vitals could be seen clearly from
the tiny village of English Bay, only
50 water miles away.
The faces of the inhabitants of
the village were turned to the west
most of the week w o t c h i n g
the ever changing winds that slap
he waves against their shores. See
ing the fire crowned crater and
watching the towering masses of
dense black smoke and steam risr
in great columns 10.000 and 12,000
I feet into the heavens, was an awe
some sight to behold.
Other years have shown the vil
'agers that a major eruption can,
tnd will, when winds are “wrong”
shower the small finger of land
hey live on with a mantle of ashes.
With “Magmatic Mamma" such a
short distance away, the people are
Mso aware that there is a good
chance of a local tsunami, commonly
’ailed a tidal wase, developing from
'he bulk of the volcano below the
water.
At sea the tsunami passes ships
like a fast racing ripple (450 miles
per hour) and as it approaches a
shallow v-shaped inlet, can rise
‘o over 100 feet.
The ninth grade class students
have been studying the physical
chemical aspects of a volcano
with the aid of an excellent audio
visual aid just offshore.
By driving a long pipe deep into
■he ground and cutting it in two, the
tudents have been able to see a
cross section of the soil and locate
the layer of volcanic ash in the soil
sampling of the 1935 eruption.
This was a very interesting class.
Pictures were taken of our class
work.
Metlukatla News
By Roland R. Booth
Metlakatla Correspondent
METLAKATLA, November 1 —
Greetings to all our readers of the
Tundra Times, from the southern
most Indian community of Metla
katla.
Meet our present councilmen;
John W. Smith, former mayor,
school teacher, boat owner and
now assistant manager of our local
cannery Ira C. Booth, build his
own boat, the "Theresa" and sold
it to the Kaiser Enterprises, later
bought a 75-foot boat the "Robbie”
sold it to an Kodiak fisherman and
purchased a 90-foot barge and in
stalled brine tanks for packing fish
for our cannery — also has interest
in the Water Wonderland in Cali
fornia, Union Oil company.
Charles R. Leask, former owner
of the boat, “Lady Mae,” and sold
iut, operated the Union Oil Com
pany's and Marine Station here for
p while, bought out o. 1 Ted Blan
iov’s Theo Theatre, which he and
Doris, his wife, now operates with
'our movies per week.
Solomon Guthrie, owner of the
boat, "Selma,” present operator of
Union Oil Company's Land and
Marine Station here, also has a
service station.
Ted Benson, owner of boat
'Theo,” operates same for ferry
service between here and Ketchi
kan, carrying freight and passen
gers. The Theo also is chartered as
■>ur cannery tender during fishing
season.
Everett Hudson, Jr., Owner of
boat “Bell Boy,” operates it for
ishing and also in our present
health and sanitation disposal man.
Arnold Booth, school teacher and
nost of the time serves as basket
ball coach. Booth also is our fish
iepartment fireman during summer
nonths at our cannery.
Roy Brendible. warehouse for
•nan at the cannery during sum
mer months.
Romey Atkinson, P.N.A. employee
md serves as City Magistrate at
times.
Frank Hayward, owner of boat
‘Ore’cille" and fisherman, also
serves as Magistrate from time to
time — builts boats.
Charles Berchery, former boat
owner and fisherman and our local
painter.
Francis Oundas, our local machin
ist, both marine and cannery.
Our executive officers, Irving
Leask, treasurer and mechanic for
Pan American World Airways. Rus
sell Hayward, secretary, and has
been for a good number of years.
Hayward is unopposed this coming
November 5 election while Irving
Leask is being opposed by Charles
R. Leask.
Charles A. Ryan, present mayor,
and owner of boat "Theodora” and
has fished for a good number of
years, as well as being a member
of the Town’s Council for years.
Ryan is opposed by Henry S.
Littlefield, former mayor and coun
cilman for a good number of years.
Election is due for six council
men and for mayor, secretary and
treasurer.
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Editorial
Senator Contradicts Self
Alaska's junior Senator, Ernest Gruening, has been
keeping many people mixed up lately, with his outspoken
advocation of Rampart Dam, and wilderness values, both
at the same time.
A columnist for the Juneau Daily Alaska Empire, no
ticing this, wrote about it. He promptly received an answer
from the Senator, that should be interesting to those fol
lowing the Rampart controversy, and particularly those
people living in the Yukon Flats area.
Sen. Gruening wrote, "The construction of Ram
part would be in an area remote from the state's
greatest scenic values and would flood an area about
as worthless from the standpoint of human habitation
as any that can be found on earth."
These are the words of a man who recently made a
hasty trip to the upper Yukon people to convince them the
"federal government would pay them for the values they
would lose if Rampart Dam is built."
If the Senator's statements go together, then the na
tives of the Yukon can expect little payment for heir
"worthless" area.
And, it is also recalled that after that trip, the Sena
tor made a press release stating there is no opposition to
Rampart among the native people.
An answer to that statement is found in this issue's
headline story. __
VILLAGE TRIP—Neal Jensen, Bureau of Indian Affairs housing officer, left, and Richard Carroll, one
of the founding fathers of Canyon Village, are shown emerging from Carroll’s log house in the 15-month
old village, located on the upper Porcupine River. Jensen and Fairbanks BIA Area Field Representative
Murray Campbell, toured northeastern Alaska last week, visiting Chalkyitsik, on the Black River, Can
yon Village, and Fort Yukon, on the Yukon River. —Tundra Tirre* Photo