EDUCATING THE INDIAN
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tional opportunity of the Indian
1918 did not go beyond the 4th
grade. From that year the Alas
ka Native Brotherhood took a
decided interest in that problem.
Complete abolishment of the
Bureau of Education was advo
cated by the more liberal mem
bers. For several years the Bu
reau was most harshly criticised
and they gradually added to the
school courses, higher grades un
til they had high school courses
in three schools. With the add
ed opportunity at hand, the Bro
therhood turned upon its own
membership and demanded the
fullest support of the Bureau.
Ordinances were passed by the
City Councils which imposed
fines and jail sentences upon any
who removed their children
from the school district. Con
stitutional? It worked and the
enrollment and attendance av
erage also increased from 67 to
95 per cent.
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Divisional Notes
KLAWOCK
The officers elected for the
year 1930 for the Sisterhood are
as follows: Presdent, Mrs. Chas
Demmert, Vice President, Mrs. i
David Roberts, Secretary, Mrs.
George Ashdown. Treasurer, Mrs.,
Nick Peratrovitch; Financial Se
cretary, Mrs. Fred Williams, Ser
geant-at-a rms, Mrs. Albert1
Thomas.
Material recently ordered for)
the Sisterhood uniforms are now
on hand and will be made up be
fore the next convention.
A meeting was held in the
home of Mrs. Kookash Demmert
to cheer her up while she is sick
in bed. Each member brought
refreshments and a happy time
was snant at lnnr.h anri tallinerl
cheerful stories. j
The Women’s Club put on a
kiddies party op the 8th of this
month. All the young people and i
the young-old people put on kid1
costumes to make the party more
realistic. Those who did not ap
pear in proper attire were fined.
The basketball girls’ orchestra
furnished the music.
On the first of March, Mrs. Al
bert Brown died. She is survived
by her husband and two child
ren—a boy and a girl.
The Hydaburg Quintet is com
ing here for sweet revenge. Kla
wock expects to play such a fast
game that Hydaburg will have
to return to their home disap
pointed.
The Klawock halibut fleet ar
rived in port and sold their fares
to R. J. Peratrovitch. fish buyer.
The Baby Seals and Craig
grammar school kids under 12
years of age, played a snappy
game of basketball. The boys
from Fishegg Town had to eat
humble pie.
Mayor Billie McDonald of Sha
kan was a recent visitor.
The tlephone line between
Craig and Klawock is almost
complete.
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John Dick, Salvation Army
bandsman left heer with $6.00
in his pocket and visited in Van
couver, Westminster and Vic
toria and returned with 70 cents.
He had the time of his life, he
says.
Jack J. Peratrovitch and
Spencer Williams are building a
new combination seining and
trolling boat which they will
have ready for launching this
week. The boat is being built
for Robert J. Peratrovitch and it
will be operated by Arthur
James who will fish for him.
KETCHIKAN
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Excellent progress is reported
as being made on the Ketchikar
hydroplane mooring port.
Contracts for the Wrangel
ports will be made for the Wran
gell and Petersburg ports th<
first of May and should b<
ready for operation within sixty
days of awarding of contract.
Howard C. Hankins, captain
of the motorship Bellingham
died on board his vessel and was
buried by the Ketchikan Lodge
tf Eagles Sunday.
Mr. Hankins had been a resi
dent of Ketchikan for about
twenty years and was well
known in shipping circles. For
a couple of years he was master
of the tug Alaska operating for
the Wrangell Mill Company and
had many friends in that port.
..The Demmert Packing .Com
pany, under the direction of Joe
Demmert, packed 160 cases of
clams. Charles Demmert, own
er and manager of the plant is
in Seattle at present.
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CRAIG
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Miss Tillie Hill of Rose In
let and O. Anderson of Rose In
let were married by Commission
er Bagley.
Mrs. Jennie Durkee, former
ly of Petersburg and S. Dahl were
.'.ent out upon the seas of ma
trimony by Judge Bagley.
Eddie Loftus, popular lad of
Wrangell who has been living
nere .took unto himself a wife—
Miss Amy Hill being the blush
ing bride.
Ed Vance and Co., were grant
ed a franchise for construction
and operation of a telephone
Gj'stem connecting Craig and
Klawock. The line is nearly ready
for operation.
Miss Blanche Bagley, daught
er of our genial U. S. Commis
sioner, and Mr. Louis Kucserka
came up from San Francisco to
have the bonds of matrimony
sealed by Judge Bagley, father of
the bride.
Mrs. Lulu Smith left here for
Petersburg where she will have
some dental work done.
WRANGELL
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Peter Eschanclane died and
was buried in the Redmen\s
Cemetery. Rev. H. P Corser oi
the Episcopal Church held ritu
alistic service in the Church and
the Brotherhood took charge at
the cemetery.
Peter was one of the early
members of the Episcopal church
contributing moral,financial and
physical support to the work of
that church and was a kindly,
generous character with never a
word of criticism or unkind ac
tion for anyone. He was a mem
ber of the Brotherhood, solid,
faithful and loyal. His going
leaves a vacancy hard to fill.
Mrs. Louie is nearing the end
when the Silver Cord will break
j and she will leave pain and mis
ery behind for all time She has
| been an invalid for a long time.
Mrs. Susie Feller has been con
fined to the hospital with the
flu.
W. D. Gross of Juneau has
been negotiating with Sam Cun
ningham for purchase of the
Starland Theatre. In event the
purchase is made, Mr. Gross will
install sound equipment in that
theatre.
Louis Scribner was seriously
hurt while logging at north
Blind Slough with Joe Prescott
and S. W. Jenkins. The boys
bad felled a piling which Louis
was triming when the tree roll
ed throwing him to the ground.
When the boys reached him they
saw he was injured but not
pinned down by the tree. With
much difficulty he was removed
to the boat and taken to Wran
gell. On arrival, owing to the
fact that the X-ray was tempor
arily out of commission, he was
put on board the Yukon and sent
to Ketchikan. Report by Dr. T.
Rhone stated that there was a
fracture and dislocation of the
. spine at the seventh dorsal ver
i tebra, and indications of sever
ance of the spinal cord.
[ He was brought back to Wran
■ gell, on the steamer Alaska, on
! Tuesday.
‘j Claude Blackington was re
ported seriously ill in the
General Hospital with small
hope of his recovery.
Ole Nergaard, superintendent
of the Burnett Inlett cannery
recently purchased by Charley
Burckhart, arrived in port on his
way to the cannery from Seat
tle.
ANGOON
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The 1930 officers for the An
goon Sisterhod are as follows:
President, Mrs. Mary A. Belle;
Vice President, Mrs. Sophie \
Johnson, Recording Secretary,
Mrs. Emma Hamburg; Corres
ponding Secretary, Mrs. Molly
Gambel, Treasurer, Mrs. Mabel
Willard; Financial Secretary,
Mrs, Mabel Willard; Camp Critic
Mrs. Esther Fred; Camp Council,
Mrs. Annie B. Johnson, Mrs.
Mary Dick, Mrs. Dora Klushkan.
Sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. Katie
Petts. ..
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During the last week of Feb
ruary socials and dances were
given by the Sisterhood in which
rlances arid games filled the ev
ening. A cat and rat game gave
no end of fun and the unlucky
eats (tom of course), were J.
Starrish, William James; the
quick rats were Mrs. William
Johns and Mrs. Bob Willard.
Juneau A. N. B. basketball
ream over here on the 5th
md were given a royal welcome
av the town. Even the old brass
aand was resurrected and they
turned out, in tune and out of
tune, giving a hearty welcome to
the visitors. Capt. James Clark
brought the boys over on his
boat “Josie.” The Sisterhood
made them comfortable. Cooks
went over to the homes of Mr.
Klushkan and Mr. Kookesh’s
and saw to it that no one was
neglected.
. .The first game ended with a
score of 3 to 28 in Angcon’s fa
vor. Guess Angoon fed the Ju
new boys to much. The second
game ended 21 to 18 in Juneau’s
favor. The first game was be
tween Juneau Second and An
goon Second teams. The second
game was between the first
teams. On the 7th, Angoon
School and Juneau First team
met on the floor and cleaned up
Juneau 12 to 9; The Angoon
Firemen tangled with the Ju
neau R. N. B. team and Juneau
was scorched 10-1 when the Fire
Laddies put up the hose-ry.
On the 8th Angoon Second trim
med Juneau second 39-4; An
goon School and Juneau First
was fast and again went to the
Angoonites by the score of 20 to
14. By arrangement the gate
receipts of the first two games
was split but when it was learn
ed that Juneau was planning to
rebuild their hall, all the receipts
save from the first game was
given Juneau. They were good
sports and their games and pre
sence was enjoyed.
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SITKA
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Dr. James H. Conditt and Mrs.
Conditt are leaving for the south
soon in orde rthat they may be
near medical care. Mrs. Con
ditt being an invalid. Mr. W. L.
Yaw, assistant superintendent
of Sheldon Jackson School, will
be acting superintendent. It is
reported that he will assume the
superintendency of the school as
of December 1, 1930.
Doctor Conditt has been in the
mission field work in the Terri
tory, under the Presbyterian
Church for about 30 years. For
a number of years he was pastor
| of the Northern Light Church at
Juneau and for another period,
general missionary. In the later
years he was in charge of the
School at Sitka. His going is be
ing regretted by his many
fri-^nds who wish him godspeed
The doctor who came to take
| the place of Dr. Nicholson was
welcomed with an epidemic of
the flu. On the 7th, forty cases
were reported in the school hos
pital.
In one of the fastest g'ames
ever played in Sitka, the A. N.
B. team defeated S. J. S. by the
score of 14 to 10. The games
vow stand two all. Watch for
the rubber. -
Frozen water mains are now
being dug up and repaired. This
is the first time that the water
mains ever froze in Sitka.
Herring are just showing up
in this district. The Sveta Anna
is leaving for the fishing grounds
soon.
JUNEAU
Charlies Hoxie died in Juneau
last week. His heart failed to
stand up under the strains im
posed by pneumonia.
Hoxie was a pioneer of the
days of ’98 and was a member of
Nome’s first city council along,
with the late Tex Rickard. He
was a member of the Nome Erie j
of Eagles, Lodge 75. He was
buried at Juneau.
Charley gained considerable
notoriety a couple of ye^,rs ago
when arrested for illicit traffic j
in liquor. From all that could j
be gathered he was the victim;
of double-crossing partners in!
cohoots with a peculiar combin- \
ation which was too much for j
him to beat. With all his faults, i
Charley had many a friend in
every section of the country who
hold pleasant memories of the^
man that was.
Joe .Collier decorated “Red"
Campbell in true minor’s style.
He used everything but a pow
der monkey and sent “Red” into
ine land o’ my dreams.
.. The Queen Is due in port to
night at midnight southbound.
The Evans, north Saturday.
Martin Todal is in from his
| iox ranch on Lesnoi Island ne:ir
Wrangell. He is leaving next
month for a trip to Norway.
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| two news reels: Pathe and Fox Movietone.
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| “FRAMING OF THE SHREW,” (Negro) Pathe.
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Helen Foster
Barton Hepburn
Dorothy Gulliver
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♦Two news reels, Paramount and Pathe.
SHUBERT’S SONGS, Pathe Audio Review,
Arthur Byron in “A Family Affair,” Vitaphone Sketch.
“The GARDEN OF EATIN’. ” all-talking Pathe Comedy.
The SERENADERS (double male quartet in
“RED HOT MAMMA,” Vitaphone
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