V "northern light
I’.tblished monthly by the Unalak.eet
• Eskimo School .«•
Unalakleet_Alaska
H.K Van Ness.Editor
Onr Hollar i>rr vear
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT
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Pence of go:!!
I Ik,', e . o\v and then received a
copy of yo :r school paper,Tlie North
er;’. Light bnt so far have not sub
sen! e<! for it,but enclose or.e dollar
hoping to have the pleasur e of reading
your interesting s hool news
now thi gs have ch mged the 11st
twe lty five ye irs,and miv it be a
still greater change, the next twenty
five years to come, for tie letter
Conditions o: the natives.
mv best greetings to you and your
family.
\ . 11 ■ n Truly.
,1//*.-.. /. A. Kltrl.-Otl,
The above kindly letter from Mrs.
A IvK.arl.son the w ife and. faitl fnl
co-worker of the late A.lvKaibon
who some thirty years ago came to
this village asa missionary-the first
missionary to this place. Then tl e
natives were all but savage. Their
houses were igloos-holes in. the
ground. Thru the faithful labors of
Mr Karlson, perhaps the most
loved missionary ever sent to
Alask i, the natives were helped to
gee, and to seek for, a higher and
better life on e irth as well as to look
forward to a letter life l*eyoud this
vale of tears.
It w is our privilege to meet and to
know, and labor with him fora few
short months when God in nis great
wisdom •• •.lied t!ie brother roa better
life than this lie was young in years
tho not in work for he had labored
f iithfuliy. accomplishing much in this
field.
Mrs. Karlson has the work
still at heart. Mam of the
g own people now here weie her
hoys and gHs. a few have gone on
to the othe" 1 tin1 Feeling that alt’
will' e glad to hear of her interest in
this work ve ire t ikingthe liberty of
making use of tier letter tons.
MAIL MY AIR SHIP
We have re 'eire 1 notification from
the Post OlTi e Department that pro
poses have I >ee:i submitted to Air
Men for the carrying of mail thru
out Alaska.
Two main routes are outlinediOre
from Valdez to Fairl ai ks 358 miles
to 1 e made in two days time, from
F .irbatiks to Yununa 162 milesto
e aide i 1 o le d iv, fro 11 T ina 1a to
Kaltag 331 miles to 1 e made in two
days,from Kaltag to Nome 225 miles
to be made in two days.
The other ro te from ceward to
Iditarod 380 miles to he made in two
days, from Iditarod via. Holy Cross,
Stint Mi'hael, flolvin, 1 luff and
Solomon to Nome 2! o miles to 1 c
made in o: e day.
.as we pourer o.ertneacnievenie..t3
of the past few yenrs-only a few- we
are !e id to wo:.e’er what aie tie
bounds to this traffic of the ait!
Undoubtedly it will he o: ly a matter
of a few ye us when hundreds of Air
cv ifts will he plying between stations
doing -i "eguLr in tlie-air passenger
and f eighing business. Soconstruced
a ' soepippe 1 that the tliot of com
fort and safety will not be questioned