Benefit Pilgrim
Springs Mission
Worthy Cause
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The Catholic Ladies will
on St. Patrick's Day, Tues
day, March 17th, sponsor a
card party and dance for
the benefit of the Pilgrim
Springs Mission. This en
tertainment has become
traditional and the support
it receives is a good exam
ple of the friendly cooperat
ive spirit of the people of
Nome towards the Pilgrim
Springs Mission. While we
are all fairly similar with
the work done at the
Springs either from actual
visits or from heresay still
it might be useful to learn
a little more of the actual
conditions of the school, its
hopes, aims and finances.
Father Thomas Cunning
ham of the Catholic Church
at Nome was interviewed
and had the following re
marks to make concerning
this great humanitarian
work:
“The general aim of the
Mission is to provide a
home for orphaned and
semi - orphaned Eskimo
children regardless of re
ligion or place of birth. It
was founded by Fathers
Post and Lafortune and lat
er by Father Rupert jus'
after the Flu epidemic of
1918. The number of child
ren has always been on the
increase and now there are
68 under the care- of the
Jesuit Fathers and Ursal
ine Sisters. Father Ed
Cunningham, the present
superior has hopes of build
ing in the near future. He
says that the school is so
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crowded now that if anoth
er child is sent up he will
probably be obliged to
sleep on the floor.
“Pilgrim Springs is fin
anced mainly by friends of
the Fathers and Sisters out
side. Everyone will admit
that the problem of financ
ing the institution is fair
ly considerable. Were it
not for the individual ef
forts of those in charge,
the school could not contin
ue. Nome has always been
very generous, not only by
donations and gifts but al
so by providing a market
for the vegetables produc
ed in the Pilgrim Springs
gardens. Nome recogniz
es the necessity of such an
or phanage and the Catholic
Church in Alaska is very
appreciative of the gener
ous support it receives.”
We cannot help but ad
mire the devotion and self
sacrifice of the Jesuit Fa
th^rs, Brothers and the Ur
suline Sisters who without!
any renumeration have de
' voted their lives for the:
training of the homeless Esj
kimo children. At the same ’
time we must not forget
that all of this would be im
possible were it not for the
loyal help, encouragement
and moral support given by!
the people of Alaska in gen
eral and those of Nome in
particular. At the Springs
* we fm ’ hom'd' s c hi dren
from Punt Hope. K t/t ue
uanui Nome w • ; . is
land and ve can i, " •ur
; solve.: inat our cu.m go:. ■
I osity bar made tin.. ,cnd
w’ork possible. Very ouen
. it’s the small sacrifice of an
unknown that has the most
value in the eyes of Him
who sees all -things.
So once again let the peo
1 pie of Nome know that
those in charge at Pilgrim
Springs are grateful to
them and they recognize
ithat were it not for this
generous support the work
I jcould not continue.
1 It was originally intend
ed to give the St. Patrick’s
Day Card Party and Dunce
jat the St. Joseph’s Hall,
but the popular support
and attendance of this af
fair in the past caused a
change in plans. Mrs. Char
lotte Potter very generous
ly donated the services of
the Pioneer Hall, and her
offer has been accepted
with appreciation by the
Catholic Ladies.
Haliliul Season
Scheduled to
Open March 16
International Fisheries
Commission Sets Novem
ber 30 as Closing Date
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The Halibut season this
year will be much shorter
than that in 1935, if recom
mendations of the interna
tional fisheries commission
are followed, according to
I word received by Thor
Henrickson. Advices from
the Seattle headquarters of
the Fishing Vessel Owners
assocation, of which Mr.
Henrickson is the local man
ager, state that the season
opens March 16 and is to
close November 30, accord
ing to a recent issue of the
Ketchikan Chronicle.
Last season was the long
est experienced by the hali
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but fleet since the interna
tional fisheries commission
was formed to control pro
duction and insure against
depletion of the halibut fish
cries. The season opened
in March and did not close
until December 26, but
boats did not start opera
tions until April. The de
lay was occasioned by a
voluntary layup of the fleet
in an effort to obtain better
prices which was success
ful.
Halibut fishing last sea
son has been described as
the best in the past few
years, fishermen receiving
an average of 8.19 cents a
pound for their product in
Seattle, compared with 7.
•19 cents in the previous
year.
Additional revenue for
the fleet is seen in the high
er price for halibut livers
this year. The tone bid—
by Parker-Davis company
—was for 45 cents a pound,
compared with 40 1 cents
paid last year. I
The higher prices for h il
ibul in 1935 were attribut
ed to curtailment of catch
es which the Vessel Own
ers’ association and the
Deep Sea Fisherman’s un
ion worked out in order to "
prevent flooding of the mar
ket. Recent reports, from
the bureau of fisheries show
that there is less halibut on
hand now than at the same
time last year, adding fur
ther encouragement to boa*
operators.
Following. receipt of
word on the opening of the
1936 season, local boats
are preparing to outfit for
the grounds. It has been
estimated that 3,575,000
pounds of halibut were sold
in Ketchikan last year, rep
resenting a value of about
$225,000.
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Weather Today
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Snow was falling be
tween Tanana and Fair
banks early this morning
while fair skies with con
siderable ground fog re
stricting visibility obtain
ed west of Kaltag to Nome.
It is colder this morning
in western Alaska; the low
est reading at Nome being
21 below at 3:45 a.m.
Barometric pressure is
low over most of Alaska
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and the western Canadian
Provinces with the center
charted off the coast south
ward thruout Oregon and
Washington.
Airways conditions at 11
a.m. were as follows:
Nome, clear, temp. —9 |
Solomon, clear —9 I
Golovin, foggy —12 ]
Nulato, foggy 10
Kaltag, clear —8
Unalaklcet, foggy 4
Candle, clear —19
Flat, clear —2
Kotzebue, clear —22
Cordova, cloudy, 32
Juneau, cloudy 34
Ketchikan, cloudy 34
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