ALASKA’S FUTURE
nirectly you and I may not be affected
by the stuff,But unless we do our part
to rid the land of the curse a sad hour
may be ours in the future when we
behold thru scalding tears a loved one
felled by the monster evil that a vote
may now strike dead.
FALLEN
Fallen—at the road side lying.
Deep breathing,akin to a groan.
On all fours like a beast of the jungle—
Little ones starving at home.
Smitten by a monster evil
Licensed to strike the blow.
A creature, the image of Clod,
By man, voted downward to go.
Blood,crushed from a mother’s breast,
A stream of anguish flows;
Broken is a young wife’s heart
As downward downward he goes
Their cries avail but little,
Anguish makes prayer a groan.
For men by their votes, and men in power
License demons to ruin the home.
Of the two who have sadly fallen,
The voter anil the slave to drink.
Who is lower in the scales of truth?
Speak man,who do you think?
WISE AND OTHERWISE
In utter astonishment
Mike stood gazir.gfor the
ifirst time at a zebra.
“Weill never,” he whispered to Pat,
“and the baste has been in jail.”
Mike to Pat, ' ‘Sure Pat and where
do all the leetle bugs go in the wiu
Pat; “Search me.”
Pat to Mike: “Now Mike,can ye tell
when the legs of a bed are like
wheels?”
Mike;“Oucli!and that is dead aisy,
its when the bed is a leetle bug gy.
ter!”
ft JOTTINGS #
Cool natured Daffy O’Connor,
Capt. and owner of the Hettie B has
been here doing some trading.
Shaktolik has a " splendid little
school house row. Misclia Ivai.off is
justly proud of his place for training
the yo ng shoots.
Supplies have already been seat to
Shaktoolik for the fair.
Much interest is being manifested
and many are planning on going.
Due to repairing the school rooms
sdioaldil not begin until Oct. ist.
Opened with an attcnbance of nearly
fifty. Every thing is now in running
order at U lalakleet.
Lieut. Charles Mason who is at the
head of the Alaska Signal Service ar
rived on the Ida last Wed. lie is en
ronte to Gibbon where he has his
headquarters. On his way he inspects
the lines and Radio Stations. It was
his desire that a Radio be established
at Unalakleet.but those in authority
did not respond.
As tlie Northern Light is to be sent
to prospective subscribers thruout
the states we make the following
historical statement; Three years ago
we published the first mini er.The
pupils of the U.ialakleet High School
(Eskimo) set the type and do most
of the work necessary in issuing the
paper. It is the only paper of the
kind on Earth. Perhaps has been
published more regularly than and
other small school paper in Alaska.
The pupils take much interest in
getting it out. As the editor and
publisher we welcome all news
concerning school work and reindeer
industry. Trust that some interesting
Eskimo Legends will be sent to us
this year as heretofore.