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each of them a sure fire thriller action picture.
“The Runaway Bride”
Starring Lloyd Hughes and Mary Astor
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SUNDAY and MONDAY
One of the big ones. A show that stood them in line
for weeks last August and September in the biggest theatres
in America.
“The Big House”
Starring Chester Morris, Wallace Berry, Lewis Stone.
J. C. Nugent. Look up your Photoplay,or other reviews and
you will find this rated as one of the outstanding of the new
big pictures. Action and thrills, comedy and pathos—you’ll
get them all in this big picture. In addition, this picture won
the gold trophy of the year for having the best sound.
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Start the
New Year
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Install a telephone
It will serve you every day in
the year
L. T. Swanson,
Telephone Exchange
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5 The Open Forum
J Sitka, Alaska Jan. 13, 1931
l Editor The Alaskan,
> Petersburg, Alaska
j: Dear Mr. Editor:
> Our attention was drawn to
> the editorial page of The Alas
> Ran for December 19, 1931. As
\ students of the School of Chris
\ tian Leadership, we are interest
\ cd in your statements on “Train
> ing and Practice,” and feel that
some of them are not fair. As
you know two-thirds of our Na
tive Churches are under direc
tion of Native pastors today.
They are in every respect, earn
est, and intelligent men. They
| are competent pastors for the
older generation, but not so
competent as pastors for the
rising generation which has had
j the benefit of education. The
white ministers do not fully un
jderstand native problems and
l <re also hard to get for Alaska.
j'.Vhat we need is a trained na
|' ive ministry.
| To train ministers in the
! states has been proven unsuc
! ',ec,sful, because the time or span
of preparation is too long and
j among our people there is an
;mmediate need of religious
| leadership. The schools, also,
are far separated from Alaska
! '■onditions and problems. We
know the physical effect that the
' H-e states has upon
jMio majority of our young peo
ple who have attempted to seek
I Knowledge in the states. In re
ference to your statement on
| Whitworth College in Spokane
| and Albany College in Albany.
Oregon, the training offered is
VPy- partial in those schools.
The Presbytery of Alaska be
lieves that a solution of the prob
lems of the trained native min
! ister is to start its own schoo1
for our young men.
You ha^e said, “The greatest
need at this time appears to be
• he intensive education of our
young men and women in the
j several trades whereby they may
:Succesfully compete with other
labor in the Territory,
i Why is it not equally necessary
and appropriate foi the native
people • to be trained to carry
their own responsibilities in re
ligion as well as in industry? Is
A less important that our people
should be trained in Christian
oe ng than that they should be
Tme skillful in industry?
i What is the objection to carry
;nv on both kinds of c aming at
the Shtr’on Tackson School?
Are not both essential in devel
or:ng “Competent, Christian
Citizens? ” Our new school
speks to fulfill this need althoj
| it is not a part of the Sheldon
Jackson School.
J We feel that there is nothing
1 more important than the need
j of the church—it is to the
church we owe our greatest
debt fcr our advance in civiliza
tion. What the government is
now doing in the education of
our Native Alaskans is a result of
^he examples set by the church
es. If the native people are to
go on to higher levels of civili
zation, we believe it will be un
der the leadership of the church,
m pastorates of our own trained
men for such work.
In conclusion we wish to say
that a more intensive investiga
tion into this problem will re
peal much more than we here
say. For further information,'
we refer you to the Alaska Pres- 1
bytery Committee in charge—
Rev. J. L. Webster, chairman,
Rev. C. C. Saunders, Rev. Russell.
F. Pederson, and William L. Paul, j
We are fraternally yours,
Gibson Young
Walter Soboleff
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My dear Walter and Gibson:
Replying to your letter above.
The Sheldon Jackson Semin
ary without any further prepa
i ration than its limited field ex
pects to send out as “preachers”
young men to our Native fields.
We can get any number of men
of the old Sitka Training School,
forerunner of Sheldon Jackson
School, who are now fitted for
that kind of leadership. Indian
preachers for Indian congrega
tions in Indian fields at $75 per
month. The ministers receive
twice that pay for the same kind
of work and for lesser results
L produced in some communities.
| So long as our men are satisfied
i;o go out with the limited pre
paration offered by such a school
that iS all they can ever hope for
or hope to be.
My objection to the Sheldon
Jackson “seminary” is due to the
fact that it takes high school
graduates and then by a short
preparation sends them out to
expound religious doctrines and
•hurch tenets to a people that is
'.apialy grasping education in
ill its phases. The salary is of
ourse commensurate with the
prer ration. As opposed to this
<ys' m the church expects its
preachers to receive a college de
cree and the seminary prepara
'-ion. A difference of seven years
in preparation. And the results j
of such difference cannot be but
self-evident.
The old school has done its
work well and it will continue
so to do if that preparation is'
concentrated in its academic
,nd industrial departments. The
graduates may enter the higher
schools of learning to complete
heir religious training. The
' rained industrial worker has a \
reater opportunity to secure a
‘saving” wage and thereby se
cure educational opportunities
which are now denied him byi
orce of economic conditions in |
Alaska. A strong mind in a|
trong body wili mean a higher
type of citizenship—along with
.he training now offered in the
Id school.
More of our people will enter
■he several trades than the min
t try therefore there is greater
’emanri for the highest standard
f industrial training in the old
school. • .
I do not agree that the Alas
ran is biologically incapable of
ntering schools in the states.
My observation does not bear
put this statement. There is no
physical difference in our men
which would make it impossible
o complete collegiate and sem
'nary education. Unless there is
nhcrerit disability and in many,
cases if properly met these may
oe overcome.
Leave the higher education to
nstitutions prepared for it and
'ns'st that your school properly
educate our young to get out in
^ the industrial world fitted to
ompe’? with others. And at the
'°rre time insist that its religi
ous standard of training be
maintained.
We do not want half-baked
teachers. , Plenty enough of
them can come to Alaska with
out adding our young men to the
ouota. We want men able to
preach to and teach any gather- i
mg in Alaska and I do not be
lieve that the stilted course of
fered by the Sheldon Jackson
School can equip ministers of
the gospel as is required these
days. And the division of efforts
and funds will not add to the
academic and industrial work of
he school in preparing its pupils'
for advent into civic and indus-!
trial affairs in the territory. We
want and need “trained minist
ers” and we have as great needi
of trained men and women in |
the trades and nrofessions.1
Which ever field the Sheldon
Jackson School can do the most
good in, is the field it should
spend its energy for the develop
ment of “Competent Christian
Citizens.”
Sincerely yours,
Louis F. Paul.
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ASK FOR LOCAL LABOR
Whereas, We. the Alaska Na
tive Brotherhood of Wrangell are
informed that a large amount of;
work on the North End Road
will be done soon, and,
Whereas, There are plenty of
citizens in Wrangell who are not
only out of work but are anxious
to work, and
Whereas, These local persons
are a part of the permanent
population of Wrangell and
many of these have families,
Therefore, Be It Resolved j
That the City Council be re
quested to take the proper and
(necessary steps so that all em
ployment in and about Wrangell
■ be given to local people and
that no outsiders be invited to
come to Wrangell for such em
ployment.
Adopted by the Alaska Native
Brotherhood of Wrangell, this
12th day of January, 1931.
Herbert Bradley*
President.
I Divisional Notes
SITKA
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Former “ctyef of police” Pete
Allard was given a jolt of 18
months in the federal peniten
tiary at McNeil Island on a bur
glary charge. He was taken
south on the Alameda.
H. S. Sully is being tried
fore the court at Juneau, on a
charge of violating the Alaska
Bone Dry Act. Henry Roden is
attorney.
KAKE
A Junior Alaska Native Bro
therhood has been organized in
our village. The membership is
confined to the younger group
in the main comprised of stu
dents in the schools. The old
order and law which forebade
the younger generation speak
ing before their elders is still a
bit strong. The younger people
being reticent in the presence of
their elders, they felt that they
could accomplish more in an
organization or their own. The
:dea has taken a firm hold and
is being worked out with plenty
of enthusiasm.
The following resolution a
dopted by the Brotherhood is
self-explanatory:
Whereas, There was introduc
ed in the National House of Re
presentatives on February 31,
i930. a Bill to amend the Act of i
Congress anproved May 25, 1926, |
Chap. 379, Vol. 44 Stat. at Large, ■
and to authorize the taxation
for municipal purposes of lots
or tracts heM and owned by In
dians or Eskimos of full or mix
ed blood, natives of Alaska, and
for other purposes, and
Whereas, The right of fran
chise has not been exercised by
certain Indians in Alaska, and
others have been denied that j
duty and privilege that goes i
with that right, while payment i
of taxes has been made com-:
pulsory. and
Whereas. Those of our people
who exercise those rights are
seeking no special privilege, but
that certain of our people are
being denied the right of fran
chise, and no others,
Therefore Be It Resolved by
the local Camp of the Alaska
Native Brotherhood that the
Grand Camp be asked to oppose
massage of this bill unless it ic
amended so as to exempt Na
tives of Alaska, w-ho have not ex
eveised, or have been denied, the
privileges and rights of voting
in the elections of the Territory
or of the othpr elections and so
on;
Be It Further Resolved, That
copies of this resolution be sent
to Louis Shotridge, President and
Eli Katancok, Secretary of the
Alaska Native Brotherhood, and
to William L. Paul and the Alas
ka Native Brotherhood press.
Be It Further Resolved That
the Grand Camp be requested to
communicate with tht Eskimo
Tribes, if possible, concerning
this bill, which effects all mu
nicipalities and all Natives of
Alaska.
Passed this 14th day of Jan
uary, 1931.
Peter Hansen,
President Kake Camp, A. N. B.
Arthur Johnson,
Secretary.
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ANGOON
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The Angoon Public Library
was opened on Wednesday, Jan
uary 6th by Mrs. Maurstad, the
local government nurse under
the Bureau of Education. She
has complete direction of the
library.
For the first time in the his
tory of Angoon, Christmas was
celebrated by having two pro
grams. December 24 a program
was given by the school children
jand on the 25th the adults put
:on a program—both of which
[were enjoyed by everyone. As
jthe saying goes: “Men are born
(equal” but that’s where equality
ends. We must try to keep on.
A dance was given by the A. N.
B. on New Year’s Day and at the
dance it was plain that every
one felt the HAPPINESS of A
NEW YEAR. On the following
! night the A. N. S. staged a dance
! which proved to be a very gay
affair.
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“Grand Parade”
Featuring Helen Twelvetrees
And Bert Scott
Vitaphone Acts, Comedies and News Reels
Sunday and Monday
Married in Hollywood
J. Harold Murray, Norma Terese,
Walter Cathlette supported by a
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SITKA
Frank Kitka went to Juneau.
Sitka Charley and family leftj
on the Queen for Yakutat. They
start early to help prepare for
tire next convention of the Bro
therhood. Charley is one of the
older members of tTie Sitka
Camp and comes from Yakutat
■0 he feels it an obligation on his
part to help the Yakutat Camp
entertain the next convention.
Frank Kitka and two partners
brought in GO mink and 5 otter.
Peter John got 40 mink and 2
otter; William Kasko. Billy Wil
liams and John Lawrence brot
in 53 mink and 4 otter. A fine
catch considering the short time
they were out. But the prices
this year make the value of the
catch very low.
In the C. E. Society elections
last week was elected Walter So-j
hollcff president—a mighty good)
man. I
W. P. Mills returned home, om
"he Queen, and is up to his ears
'n work which accumulated dur
ng his absence.
Nick Bolshanin and family re
' umed home on the Queen, after
visiting in the states.
The local company which pur
chased the Booth Fisheries, con-j
templates making considerable j
:mprovements in the present
c,torage building.
The repairs on the Valentine, j
Oapt. Billy Williams, are about
half completed.
John Willard’s boat captained
by Mr. Quick struck a rock a
half mile from the City Dock
and sank. The good ship Prog
ress lifted her up and repairs
will be made.
Boris Kostrometinoff, who has,
been at the U. S. Veterans Hos- ]
pital, Walla Walla, Wash., died
on the 15th of this month. His
body will be returned here for
burial. Boris is survived by his
widow and five small children,
ond a sister, Mrs. Coleman of
Vstoria, Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe - Truitt re
turned home, on the mail boat,
from Juneau where they had
been sobpoenaed as witnesses.
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KLUKWAN
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Election of officers in the Sis
terhood places in office for this
year the following persons:
President, Mrs. Martha Johnson;
vice president, Mrs. Jessie Ward;
"reasurer, Mrs. Allen; corres
j onding secretary, Mrs. John
Willard; recording secretary,
Miss Esther Johnson; financial
secretary, Miss Mary King; ser
geant-at-arms, Mrs. John Wil
liams; camp council: Mesdames
Lee, Jackson and Kunz.
Mails have delayed delivery of
Christmas notes but better late
than never. The Alaska Native
Brotherhood had charge of the
Christmas exercises and enter
tainment. The play was manag
ed by Mrs. Seward Kunz; music
, by the A. N. B. orchestra of nine
pieces and direction of the pro
gram by Seward Kunz, Presby
terian Lay-Worker. A jolly old
[Santa arrived and distributed
to old and young presents which
gave joy to all.
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WRANGELL
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The Alaska Native Brother
hood is asking the City Council
to use its good offices in having
local labor employed on all pub
lic work.
[ Current report here is that the
Wrangell Mill and Power Com
pany has sold its plant to a con
cern from Chicago. Report un
verified.
Eddie Berkley has long been
overdue and it is feared that he
may be lost. He left on his gas
boat sometime since for a short
trip and has not been seen nor
heard of since.
Cope Mundy has had the W. J.
Bradley residence completely re
novated and is moving his fami
ly into the new home.
William L. Paul of Ketchikan
gave us a brief visit. He left on
business to the states.
Mrs. William Tamaree, with
her little granddaughter Gladys
June, came over from Petersburg
for a visit and while here is tak
ing up matters relative to the
Presbyterian Church with Rev.
Pederson who is a member of the
Missionary Committee.
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SHOE STORE
Dealer in
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Best grade of Shoes for men,
woitiefla and children.
Best Quality Goods
at very low price?
Shoe repairing neatly done.
hi mini i eis
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of Laundered Goods
We give full value for your
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