MOUNTAIN VILLAGE AND VICINITY
Warm and thawing most of the
\ :th of Dec. Very little travel.
Mr. and Mrs. Harnden formerly of
T oatak are having a successful year
"T ’ Pilot Station.
Moses Kouchuk passing out from
■u’oeopfcr nay bringnewsof the teach
ers down the~e. He : eports Mr. and
■’D-sc Cblkins well.hut says that na
tives have s lffered much from the
1 ooded co .ditions along lhe coast.
Mr. ealki.s has an enrollment of 53
for Nov.—The Superintendent left
» for Hooper Bay on the 29th of Dec
ember. Returning to Mountain
Village his route will be from here
to Kuskokwim via Russian Mission.
j The reindeer herds at Mountian
'Village suffered quite a bit from the
cold wet fall and winter, especially
f iwns. The force at present consists
of; 4 govennent apprentices, 3 Miss
io 1 app enti es. 2 herders’ appre. -
tices, 4 tr^i. ed herders, 12 owners.
The school children at Mountain
village were very proud of the men
titrf made of their pet sled deer
MHeury”iua recent issue of the N.I..
Henry is very much on the ground
and occasions much surprise to the
un initiated, whpfrequently drop in
and discover him'oozing comfortably
by the kitchen stove or searching tor
salt in the cupboard.
WfcDOiNG BULLS
Recently Miss Mamie Quick an<l Oscar
Andrewuk were married.Suinptuous feast at
Queen Marys following.
Others recently made happy; Helga Moktuk
and Joseph Katchatak ;Ebba Tumron, and
Philip Kayouklak of ctolovin;. Dinner at the
Road House.Mrs. Joe Isaac and George Anti
sarluk Feast, at Queen Marys.
I CRT YUKON
Oar mail carrier. Mr.otto Bay less de
livers our letters on time—All isquie;
after last winter’s storm and genere
good will prevails among both native
and whites.—The health of oui
community is fine, only one death, z
little girl—Interest and attendance o'
the school are excellent tho chiefly
attended by children under twelve
The older ones engaged i:i trapping
etc.—Thus far an average of 22 with
an enrollment of 37. A few moved up
river after enrolling—Night schoo
began Dec. 7th. Much interest
manifested. The pupils voted, to con
tinue the school thru the Xmas hoi
idays— Our population move than
doubles during the holidays because
of influx of visitors and trappers. We
will then divide the school; having
a pait attend in the forenoon and the
rest in the afternoon.\\ e i.eed a lar
ger school building.
Our new physician., Dr b. R. Mur
phey, is a first rate urn, as well as
a good physician a. d surgeon.
Our evv hospital 1 eing built by
Mr, Mc/lntosh for the Episcopal
Church will he completed about M.,y
15 th. It will accomodate twe»ve pa
tieuts, besides tl e hospital corps
Lighted, by Acetylene gas,and heated
by hot air will make it very couven
ient and comfortable— 1) out forge!
to send us the N. L- as we always
enjoy reading it. It would be inon
intersting still if every teaclie
would write occasionally.
Mrs Veta McIntosh --Teachti
Write Otto Koenig St Michael, Alaska
who carries a very complete line of photo
graphic supplies