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THE NEW NATIVE
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Gertrude Hamilton.
Paul Kogo.
Harris Natkong.
Art.
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Typesetters:
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Henry Duncan
Gideon Duncan
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Gideon Duncan
Business Manager:
Henry Duncan
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Francis John tBoyd Nanathla
Consulting Teacher:
Marius T. Hansome
It cannot be gainsaid that when
Dan Nathlan, Mill foreman, puts his
hand to a project, it goes forward
with vim until he sees it thru. Look
at the warehouse and dock street.
The mill is now cutting lumber for
the various buildings that will go
up during the early fall.
We are encouraged by the increase
of our subscription list We now have
readers all over S.E. Aaa Prince Ru
pert, and a few in the state?.
You will want a copy of the next issue
as it will contain addtional. Fair
speeches as well as a complete ac -
count of the First Memorial Church
built and owned by Natives of Aaa.
The New Native Wonders:
Whydoes'nt someone start a salt,
ery?
Why doesn't someone make oars and
yellow cedar chest?
The New Native is
certain that every
one in attendance
gleaned something
to think about.
Our reporter took very
copious notes of the pro
ceedings at the conven
tion, yes enough to fill
two issues. We regret
our shortage of type. We
should gladly have given
publicity to many more
good speeches. We hope
next year to be well e
quiped with type so that
we can give a complete
detailed accou t and
thus leave nothing to
guess work for the future
historian of the Native
Progress of Alaska.
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contain additional news
and comment on the fair.
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Fair Repays
Everyone
From the point of
health and home decora
tion, the Fair was worth
while. It was stated by
a business man in Kla
wock, that two weeks
prior to the Fair, several
thousand dollars worth
beaver board,wall paper
and lumber was pur
chased and every home
experienced some reno
vation.
national ;:.\rrr" c*M,:jiE.
Variances Sl-owl in thn Article! o'
Hardware Called For.
Few tilings are mere illustrative
of the great changes going on in
the social and economic life of the
nation than the changes in the use
of the tilings of the hardware busi
ness. Nowadays the story of sani
tation nnd cleanliness is reflected in
the fact that every little hardware
store in every village carries a line
of bathroom fixtures, since both
small town people nnd farmers arc
freely given to the use of running
water.
i He growing use oi me mouern
coal oil stove, the kitchen sink and
the increasing demand for pipe fix
tures and plumbing appliances tell
of the revolt of the overworked
housewife in rural districts for the
comforts and conveniences of the
kitchen. The increasing demand
for the electrical iron and the wash
ing machine hints at the womout
patience of the laundress on blue
Mondays, so that these labor savin"
devices may make her lot easier and
increase her comfort.
The falling off in the sale of foot
scrapers indicates the prevalence of
good roads and concrete sidewalks.
Even the growing demand for coat
end tronsers hangers confirms the
general observation of ‘a better
dressed and neater people.
Edge tools nowadays must not
only have quality, but style as well,
since carpenters and mechanics are
growing in intelligent appreciation.
The steadily decreasing Sale of
bowie knives and revolvers hints at
the passing of the bully and the
“bad man” in all save tlio slums of
the congested centers.
The fast spreading intelligent
cultivation of great fruit and gar
den truck areas finds echo in the
steadily swelling sales of tree pinn
ers, garden tools and spraying ma
chines, while the growth in pleas
ure loving assemblies and social
functions is told in the eager de
mand for casseroles, coffee perco
lators, silverware and all the deco
rative appurtenances of the table
—New York Times.
Needed the Money Bedly.
A newspaper man of Washington
was approached one morning by a
friend who wanted to borrow £3.
The newspaper man, assuming nn
expression of great sorrow, pulled
20 cents out of his pocket and re
marked :
“I’m sorry, old man, but you’ve
struck me just before pay day, and
I’m broke.”
Having made this crafty excuse,
he, mentally speaking, pinned a
gold medal on himself for having
evaded the prospective borrower.
“When is your pay day?” asked
the friend.
“Tomorrow afternoon,” replied
the newspaper man.
“All right,” said the friend. “I’ll
come around then.”
And he did.
Peculiar Table Cuatama.
In a book entitled “Domestic
Manners of the Middle Ages” we
are told that in those days dinner
tables were covered'by a “nappe,”
or tablecloth. Upon it were placed
a saltcellar and bread and cups foi
wine, but no knives or plates. The
reason for the absence of the knives
arose ffbm the common practice in
vogue of people carrying their awn
knives in a sheath attached to theii
girdle. In an early work written
bv Lydgate, “Rules For Behavior at
Table,” the guests are told to bring
no knives unscoured to the table,
which can only mean that each one
was to keep his own knife—that u
the one her carried with him—clean.
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THE FRISCO
The Friscp is owned by Frank
Nix. She was built at a cost of $4,360
It holds 13 tons has a 30 horse power
Frisco standard engine. Her speed is
7 miles per hour. Last summer the
crew consisted of George N;x, Frank
Nix, Nick Nix, and Albert Natkong.
She fished arounded Tenakee for the
cannery at Craig from June until
September. The summer’s catch was
70,000.
THE A.N.B.
j The Alaska Native Brotherhood was
' ably represented by Mr. Paul Liberty
I and Ralph Young of the Sitka chap
j ter
The A.N.B. isunincorporated organ
ization of i he younger natives from
eighteen years up. whose purpose is
set forth in the opening paragraph
of their constitution:
"To assist and encourage the Native
in his advancement from his na
tive state to his place amor g the
civilized and cultivated races of the
world, to oppose, discourage and
overcome the narrow injusti x of ra
! ce prejudice, and to aid in the devel
opment of the Territory of AlasKa.,,
Mr. Liberty made a fine speech.which
for lack of type, will appear in our
next issue.
A meeting to c nsider the uniting of
of all S.E.Aaa. natives into the A.N.
B. was held in the church. Mr. ^
Marsden ext leined the aim. Mr
Young said; ”If it had cost $500.00.
the A.N.B. would certainly have sent
a delegate to this great congress”
Mr George Haldine promised to ge|
a chapter started in Hydaburg'
Judge De Witt of Kake likened un
incation to a manila rope. Individu
ally the fiber is not ver strong, but
when you twist them into strands.he
said, they become strong. So with
the A.N.B.
The consensus of opinion appeared to
be that a strenuous campaign of or
ganization will be undertaken next
sfall.All speakers felt that the A.N.ri
should be the connecting lime.
HEALTH
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WEALTH
The draft law revealed that one
third of our young men are diseased
and flirting with the under taker”
said Sup't Hawkesworth in opening
the discussion on the Health Crusade
which is being sponsored by the U.S.
Gov It. "All the schools will use their
influence from now on to the close in
getting rigid observance of the health
rulespublished.”
Miss Gibson spoke against the sale
and use of tobacco for minors. Mr.
Lopp referred to cigarettes as coffin
nails.
Mrs. Webb spoke briefly on
“Cleanliness is next to Godliness.”