REINDEER CAMPS
A conference of reindeer men will
be held at Mt Village and Akiak
during the present winter.
The bo lan/.a herd and the Shak
tolik herds have keen combined for
the present; abont 600 deer \vdll be
moved from Shaktolik early in the
winter
Ole Ilahr from llgavik herd will
move some deer to ophir where they
will be butchered for the miners. The
herd will leave as soon as the ice forms
on the Ynkoa
The favorite pet of the Mt. village
childre 1 is isle ldee.* named Hen
ry. He lry h .s access to the houses
and sh ires hi the good tilings the
children get In letnrn he takes
them rainy trips across the Yukon,
sometimes pulling a do, en little iel
lows on the sled.
Two new herds will be established
in the tundra regio .s 1 etweeu the
Yuko 1 and Kuskokwim, o: e near
Kiilavik in the Big Hills and one
neirOguvik. It is probable also that
part of the (jolsovia deer will be
moved to the I’astolik river.
Moses Ko itchuk, chief Herder at
Hooper Bay,reports that one of the
apprentices, Buster, died suddenly
from e iti lg some poisonous grasses.
SCHOOLS
Miss Rock succeeds Miss Henson
ns assistant at Unalakleet.
Mrs. Allen’s mother will spend the
winter with her at St. Michael.
Mr.Fuller and family were trails
fered from Russian Mission to Ole;
Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. John Calkins have
succee ’ed Mr. Richardson at Hooper
Bay. Mr. Calkins was formerly at
Togiak.
Mr, iClmer namdon and family
have charge of the school at P i 1 o t
Station Mr. I larndon built the sehoo’
at Xoatak and spent three years at
that station.
1 luring the summer Miss Ruth kil
buck, assistant teacherat Akiak,was
married to Mr. Patterson of South
Carolina; The School service extends
its best wishes to the bride and groom.
Mountain Village Ala.
i editor Northern Light,
U.i.'.l ikleet, Alaska,
Dear sir:—
Kudosed you will find one
dollar in payment ofmy subscription
for the current ye ir. Also am se .cling
you a few ite ns pertaining to school,
reindeer and co unt tnity happenings.
I re ili e that I should hive se ;t
you more of this m at ter the p :st
winter, hut owing tournee, tain mail
conditio is, it was hanky possil It:
with any regularity. I trust th.it >o
m iy continue the publicatio i of the
pipe.
which he g -.there 1 along the shoe:
ofoueofthe lakes. This is the second
person who is rej>o:*ted to have die 1
as a result of e itiug roots and grasses
The theory that nothing poiso; <*• *
grows in Alaska is not a sale o u e to
follow.