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Volume 4
Unalaklttct, Alaska, January Igi7
Number 3a
COPPER CENTER
The following came late, due to
remoteness.but the letter is so full
of hearty hand-shakes that we are
"’publishing it. Feeling quite sure that
a little cordial sunshine is one of the
needs of this work.
Copper Center, Alaska,
December 5th, 1916.
Mr. E.E. Van Ness,
Unalakleet, Alaska.
Dear Mr. Van Ness:
Your Octol>er number has just
reached my desk, and being very
fond of syrup on my hot cakes, your
Molasses Problem interested me but
I presume that long e’re this some
one has shown you how to pour the
molasses into equal portions unless
they have attempted to do it out on
the trail, in which case I venture to
say that they have not yet completed
the operation, as syrup pours
very slowly at this season olkthe
year at Copper Center.
If I should meet the gentleman with
the eight gallon jug of syrup, out on
the trail and I was out of syrup, but
had a three and five gallon jug with
me, which is not at all likely, as I
voted “Dry” and he , should make
the proposition you mention, I would
try this:
Immediately make camp and build
up a very hot fire of good dry spruce
or birch,and get the molasses in the
running condition,and proceed as fol
lows: pour no. 8 into 5 leaving 3 in 8
and 5 fulkpour 3 full from 5 leaving 2
' in 5. Now pour 2 remaing in 5 into 3,
’’ leaving 2 in 3,and pour 5 full from 8;
pour 3 full from 5, leaving 4 in 5,3
full and 1 in 8 Then pour 3 into 8,
ieaving4 in my friend’s 8 gallon jug
and 4 gallons in my 5 gal. jug, and I
would still have my 3 gallon jug emp
ty in which to get water for coffee.
I think I would then proceed to
stir up a large hatch of hot cakes,
and sample the molases. Enclosed
find $1.00 on subscription.
Very truly yours,
Arthur n. Miller
Acting sup’t.1011thv est District.
Shaktoolik Alaska
Dec. 20. ’ 16.
Editor Northern Light
Unalakleet, Alaska
Dear Sir:
Beg to submit the following new**
item:Oa De' 2^, Shaktoolik held it*
Holiday’s dog-team race The course
was eight miles in an Easterly
direction.The teams were started at
intervals of ten minutes.There were
six entries.
Sam Nevea’ok, owner and driver made it
in thirty seven min.thirty sec. Philip Kiur
luk owner and driver,forty one min. thirty set
Bekooluk,owner; Ura,driver, forty two min
fifteen sec. Time keeper H.Johnson.
First prize $>oo;Sec.$2.5o;Third $1.50.
Hope you had a Merry xtnas. We
did. We( with two of the native boys)
are off to the hills east of here, tomor
row for a days hunting. We will make
our “headquarters” at an old rein
deer cabin out there. Expect to have a
great time. Of course we will use
reindeer to reach there. We shalS
hook them in teams and we’re sure
of breaking all records for speed a?
they are newly broken. Greetings
to you all from us all.
Respectfully.
II.V.Johnson