nulato to celebrate
founding of village
The one hundredth anniversary
of the founding of Nulato, locat
ed on the lower Yukon River,
and about 200 miles from Nome,
and also the fifieth anniversary of
the establishment oif St. Peter
Claver's mission there, will be
celebrated’ in June, soon after the
Indians return from their spring
hunt, it was announced by Father
Joseph McElmeel, at Fairbanks.
Although the exact date of the
founding of Nulato is not certain,
the record is that in 1837 or '38,
a Russian named Zagaroff found
ed the town.
Strategic Location
The first native village there
was near the Nulato river, which
flow's about a mile below the pre
sent site. The old name for Nu
lato was “TIayekit."a native word
meaning "the place at the foot of
the hill.” “Nulato” means “ the
place where dog salmon comes.”
At one time an important Rus
sian settlement, Nulato owed a
great deal of its influence to its
location near the portage 36 miles
below town, which was used as
a short cut from the Bering Sea
to tho Yukon river. The town
of Kaitag at the mouth of the
portage is of recent origin. Nu
lato is 18 miles bepiw the mouth
of the Kovukuk river.
St. Pter Caver’s mission was
estabilshed at Nulato in 1887
History of the mission shows
that Archbishop Charles Seghers
had come to the Yukon river
about 10 years before the found
ing of the mission, spending the
winter at Nulatoi, then went out
side to get other missionaries.
Return to Yukon
It wasn’t till 1886 that he was
able to leave the states to return
to the Yukon. He was accom
panied by Father Robaut and
Father Tnsi, and a guide named
Fuller. They came in over the
Chilkoot pass, and reached the
mouth of the Stewart river, Yu
Ron territory, early in the fall of
1880.
Archbishop Seghers and the
guide. Fuller, eamne down the
Yukon river as far as Tanana in
a rowboat. There they obtained
dog teams and native guides, and
| went on down the Yukon after
the freeze-up.
Guide Kills Bishop
When they reached Bishop Mt.,
then called “Yisetloh," they camp
i ed there in an old smokehouse
1 the natives had used for curing
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fish. Fuller, crazed bf the hard
ships f the journey, killed the [
archbishop with a rifle bullet.
The next spring, 1887. Father
Tosi and Father Robaut came
down the river and established [
I the mission at Nulato—the first1
Cathode mission to have a con-'
tinuous history in northern Al-'
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distinction of being the first Cath 1
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Baseball Scores
(By The Associated Press)
Games May 26th.
American League
Chicago fi Washington 5
Detroit 0 New York 7
Cleveland 8 Philadelphia 6
St. Louis 9 Boston 11.
National League
Boston 4 St. Louis 6
Philadelphia 6 Chicago 1
New York 6 Cincinnati 3
Pacific Coast League
Oakland 1 San Francisco 4
Other games played at night.
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Games May 27.
National League
Boston 8 St. Louis 7
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, game i
called at end third, due rain. j
New York 3 Cincinnati 2
Philadelphia 11 Chicago 2
American League
St. Louis at Boston, postponed
account of rain.
Detroit 5 New York 4
(13 innings)
Cleveland 8 Philadelphia 7
PACIFIC COAST
Oakland 2 San Francisco 3
Sacramento 13 Lois Angeles 9
San Diego 5 Seattle 0
Missions 0 Portland 5
Sacramento 6-4 Los Angeles 5-3
San Diego 6 Seattle 4
Missions 2 Portland 1
May 28 Games.
American League
St. Louis 5 Detroit 6
Washington 0 Boston 7
Philadelphia at New York, game
postponed account of weather,
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St. Louis 2 Detroit 7
(Second game)
Chicago 3 Cleveland 2
National League
Pittsburgh 10 St. Louis 3
Cincinnati 3 Chicago 12
Only two games scheduled.
Today’s Games
PACIFIC COAST
San Diego 2 Seattle 6
Missons 3 Portland 8
Oakland 3 San Francisco 15
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The data collected from balloon
ascensions at Nome, Alaska, has
evidently proven important in
upper air research, as complete
new equipment for following bal
loons is being sent on the steam
er Victoria to the U. S. Weather
Bureau here.
Two balloon ascensions are re
corded daily at 5:30 a.m. and
10:30 a.m. in Nome. The balloons
have an ascensional rate of 600
feet per minute and the record
height for Nome is about 42,000
feet but with the new equipment
it is believed this record may be
quailed and broken. Nome is the
most western balloon station in
operation. Some consideration
has been given to establishing a
balloon station on the Aleutians
by Weather Bureau and Navy of
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—CHILD HEALTH WEEK—
CLEANUP NOTICE
Cleanup period from May 29th
to June 10. All property owners
are hereby notified to clean up
their premises and if debris is
deposited at sidewalks the City
truck will remove it free of
charge.
Property owners on the South
Side of Front Street are especial
ly requested to clean the beach
adjoining their property at least
one week before the arrival of
the first boat.
HEALTH COMMITTEE.
By E. B. O’CONNOR.
Chairman
Pub. May 28.29.31. June 1. 1937.
Witness Threatened
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Ky., is shown tense on the stand
when he told the Senate Civil
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ton, which is investigating labor
troubles in the Kentucky coal
fields, that someone called him on
the phone and told him to leave
town ‘‘or they will bury you in
Alington cemetery.”
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Partly cloudy weather prevail
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ern Alaska this morning.
Temperatures are moderate and
near the seasonal average over
most of Alaska.
Low barometric pressure cov
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Pacific Ocean.
The US.COS. Northland re
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Bureau about 40 miles southwest
of Kodiak Island: weather partly'
cloudy with moderate northeast
wind.
The lowest Nome temperature
last night was 33 above and the
highest yesterday 51 above.
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Tuberculosis— Lincoln Ost
Diphtheria—. Admiral Sims
Smallpox— Dan Jones
Typhoid—. Frank O'Farrell
Vocal Solo— . .. Miss Gretchen Young
Why I am a Campfire Girl— Yvonne Mozee
First Aid Demonstrations— .... By Boy Scouts
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Food in Relation to Health—Lennie May Nelson, R. N.
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Problems of Public Health— . Dr. Thomas Morcom
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