THE NEW NATIVE
Live For Something.
VOl.lNo. 3. Hydaburg Alaska, Friday, Febnary 14, 1919. $150 a year
CHIEF LOPP
TIRELESS
WORKER
THE LAST WORD
FITTINGLY WRITTEN
ABOUT HIS CHIEF
AND CLOSE FRIEND
SUPT WALTER SHIELD
WRITES APPRECIA
TION OF CHIEF JUST
BEFORE ME SUC
CUMBED IN THE
CLUTCHES OF FLU.
Our Chief, W. T. I-opp, wade this
district a very brief visit in October.
He spent less than 24 hours in Nome.
The rest of the time he spent in visit
ing St. Michael Elim, CliinSt atid
White Mountain
Mr. Lopp is neither an eight hour
man nor an eleven month roan- He
works practically all of his waking
hours and takes s» Vaeationt Wily*is
it that men will devote all of their
time to work, atid work with no let
up? It is easy to give the answer
when their Work wins for them
wealth or position. This d-es not an
swer the question whan it refers to
Mr. Lopp. His wosrk is Hard and dis
couraging and lacks appreciation.
We who. are on the job in Alaska,
when things go wrong, when the trail
is heavy and the wind ahead Mid no
good Cam pin .place within rtauh.can
always think of our good Chief in
Seattle who has been through it all.
He bucked the storms-and hasdeen
cold and uncomfortable, when the
going was worse than it is now.
Mr. Lopp always has sympathy
and appreciation for our work ..for
he knows it all better thaw We do
ourselves. But in bis rather lonely
work, who appreciates what he
does? Who can jolly him along like
he does all of us?
lam Gorah! Chief! All of is
in the field take off our hats to
you. We don’t kn<sw ssuch about
things in other pwts of Alaska,,but
in this District, we wish t» telf you
that you loom up as so much of a
man that it is no-wondsr that one
of our 1 skimos wrote of you- hi a
song: “Mr. Lapp, the chief of outf
Alaska country!"' But, after all. did
^ n’t you grow up in this District?
Aren’t you a Kinigumuft? Aren’t you
a Reindeer Man?
We started out to ask a question
but did not answer it. Why does Mr*
Lopp keep on work jog a* he does and
as few other men do: Why? Just be
cause he belongs to that rare breed
of men who are born to work always
and unselfishly for the good of men.
The doing of such work is his reward!
l AN APPRECIATION J
^Tothe people of Hydaburg*
We the athletic Club of Kasaan hereby express dut sincere grat
pitude for the generous treatment and hospitality Which we received at f
^your heads on our visit the good fellowship which you showed will &
f Jong linger as a pleasant memory. We shall fed obligated totell our {
jppeopie what a hearty welcofrre you gave us. May we also thuna Mr. ^
Wnlter Frank and Frank Nix for the use of their gas boats »0 ^
<(P Klawock. Good bve, and “God be with you till we meet again." (J
^ B/ Julius Frank ^
£ Sec" K. A, C. ^
Hydaburg
Defeats
Kasaan
The Kasaan Basnet Ball boys
played our boys Monday Feb. 3 and
again Tuesday ttfeht. The visiting
team Vats defeated both'times." The
respective score.stood 47 to 30 and
59 to 30 in favor of Hydaburg. The
boys were good sports however, and
toon defeat line a gentleman ought
The visitors were entertained l Ke
the President in Paris.
NARROW
ESCAPE
_^ ... , .
Many of our women and girls
‘ will remember the terrible accident
at Waterfall cannery test year when
a retort exploded and killed a Jap
anese.; The women had gone home
only fiye minutes before the trash
ing explosion was heard.
The foreman oirifere* serious
wounds and burn! earned from the
i stsaming1 car&and boxes which were
hurled in all directions.
Our women were very glad that they
were absent from the horrible'scene
Gidecn Duncan
We ate' proud of our worn in this
District, and of course throughout
Alaska. We believe it is good. After
fourteen years In fhe Service, we be
lieve the success of our werk is due
to two things more than all others
we are working among the finest of
the backward race—The Eskimo,
and we have as a Chief a man who
grew up in the work, knows the peo
ple and the country, and is absolute
ly and unqualifiedly devoted to the
work.
Now all of this may not appeal
to Mr- Lopp. hut after all this is our
paper and we can write what we
please in it.
' FROM “THE ESKIMO".
LOCALS
and
PERSONAL MENTION
I
Miss Elizabeth Kogo*
jid popular belle of Craig*
■ spent the week with
Amanda Dtencaff.
VVr Eddie Kogo came
down on his arfnual visit
; in his boat Eagle.
George Edenso and wife
•wore week end visitors
with relatives and friends
here. George enjoys a hop
and helped with the {ljazz
rnusid,’*
The best musk The New
Native has listened lately
has come from the head
saw and edgerof our mill.
Herman West and son
Harry came along with
Eddie Kogo. iVlr West
brot his fiddle and played
some very fine two steps
for the steppers.
The Seattle office of
the Bureau of Education
working strenuous over
time Sinclair being sick
and Helwig absent on an
nual audit.
The Fair wifi be from
March 11 to> 14th.Is the
official announcement.
Mr Hawkesworth oc
cupied the pulpil last
Sunday. He spoke on
’’Civic Ideals.”
The opening of the mill
gave impetus to home
and boat building.
When people learn to play together
they will not fight one another.
NATIVE
PEOPLE
GAIN
HONOR
METLAKATLANS
PROVE THEIR ABILI
TY TO LIVE DP TO A
TRUST.
i.Last summer the Metlakatlari
Natives took the “Chiba contract’and
saw it thru”,said Sup’t Hawkesworth
They have taken the same cannery
contract for next year. }
When the cannery men ofS.E. Aaa.
can be' shown that the natives have
honor, responsibility and stick-to-it
ive ness, then they will not hesitate
to let the China contract to the Na
tives instead of to Orientals.
$ REWARD $230. |
F wanted for murder F
F Peter JacKson, Indian agfe'aF
Fbout dO years, shot and Killed F
F Deputy U. S: Marshal Calhoun £
Fat Klawocx, Feb 12. JacKson F
Fwas last seen leaving Klawocx ^
lr in a canoe going toward canoeF
r Pass with out aitftriifnition
r and1 food. Reward will F
Fbe paid for him dead or alive F
F Chas. A. Fox F
^ U, S. ComiflissionS#. ^
WRANGELL BASKET
BALL TEAM MEETS
WATERLOO AT
HYDABURG.
&CORE—12 TO 67
Thursday evening, the Diamond C
)f Wrangell piloted by David Church -
till came in witfrthe basketball team1
ind challenged our boys to a game
nstant response was had.
The Wrangell boys just bacK from?
raining camp, were seedy but the
superior team worK of the local teauf
von^
LINfi-UP:
Villiam Lewis - Capt.
Edward Lynch - F.
Fred Choquette- F.
David Churchill - G,
Dlarence Lewis - G.
A WIRE FROM LOPl^
SAID HE WOULD TRY TO
BE WITH US AT THB
FAIR.