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Phone 15 Petersburg, Alaska
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Dan E. Standard, M.D. Susie V. Standard, M.D.
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On Roads
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j Whereas Cape Chacon, south er)d
of Prince of Wales Island is a very
j treacherous body of water, frequent
i )y stopping mail and freight, and
\ Whereas the route from the mail
' ing points on the West Coast of
Prince of Wale3 Island can be great
ly shortened and made more reli
able. and
Whereas a road from Kasaan Bay
or tiibutaries over to Klawock is
feasible and short and will meet the
obstacles abcVe mentioned and will
yreatly advance the development of
die West Coast of Prince of Wales
Island, and
W hereas cases arise where the on
ly relief a sick person can have is
| from Ketchikan, a iesource often
iuade impossible by the waters
around Cape Chacon.
Whereas the trail that was put iu
last summer between Klawock and
Craig is just a waste of money, and
we do not want trails, but a good
road that ha^ some value,
Be it resolved that the Bureau of
Public Roads in this district be ask
led tr build a road from Kasaan Bay
to Klawock and other points on the
West Coast.
Adopted this 24th day of Novem
ber, 192S, at Sitka, Alaska.
WILLIAM L. PAUL
Grand President
Attest SANDY A. STEVENS
Grand Secretary.
Medical Aid
Upon motion of the Klawock Camp
of the Alaska Native Brotherhood,
the Bureau of Education is hereby
requested to place a Government
doctor in the District of the West
Coast of Prince of Wales Island un
til such a time as a road is built
ocross the Island connecting Kla
wok with Kasaan Bay.
Adopted at Sitka, Alaska this
2 4th day of November, 1928.
WILLTAM L. PAUL
Grand President
Attest SANDY A. STEVENS,
Grand Secretary
On motion of the Klukwan local
Camp of the Alaska Native Brother
hood, it appearing that the town of
Klukwan is over twenty-two miles
above Haines, Alaska, the nearest
residence of a physician, and it ap
p> a'ung that on account of weather
conditions and poor transportation
facilities, the health of the natives
of Klukwan is often in gravest dan
ger, sometimes to the extent of
death,
The Grand Camp of the Alaska
Native Brotherhood, representing
sixteen towns in southeastern Alas-1
ka, respectfully requests the United
States Bureau of Education to see
That a nurse is 3tatoned permanent
ly at Klukwan, Alaska.
Adopted unanmously at Sitka,
Alaska, ths 24th day of November,
192S.
WILLIAM L. PAUL
Grand Presdent.
Attest SANDY A. STEVENS
Grand Secretary
HERDS OF ALASKAN SEALS
SHOWS STEADY GROWTH
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Fur seals in the Alaskan herd
are cieadily increasing in numbers
anc more skins are being taken
every year, the Department of Com
merce stated September 22. Since
Government contTo! of the Pribilof
Islands was assumed in 1910, the
number of seals l:as increased 500
per cent .
The statement follows in full text:
The Alaskan sealskin coat is be
ing manufactured and sold in steadi
i
ly increasing numbers. Since the,
control of the herd was assumed by
the Bureau of Fisheries in 1910, the
I number of seals has increased about
| 5oo per cent, which has allowed the
j killing of larger numbers of the sur
plus males during recent years with
out. detrimen to the natural growth
of the herd
Discovered in 1786.
The Government-owned herd of
the Pribilof Islands comprises about
S5 ;:or cent of the fur seals of the
1 Wr!d. Its breeding grounds were
discovered in 1786 by Russians and
the Islands ware tinder the domin'’
ion of Russia until the purchase of
Alaska by the United States in 1867.
records of the operations under
the Russian regime are very frag
mentary, but when Alaska became
the property of the United States In
186 7 the number of seals in the herd
was variously estimaeed at between
2,0o0 000 and 6,000,000 animals.
For the first two years after the pur
chase there were no restrictions on
the killing indiscriminately.
In 1870 an American company
was formed and contracted with the
Government to carry on the seal
ing exclusively, under strict terms
of ..greemeut and under the super
vision of the Government. Under thv
terras of the lease the company had
’o furnish stipulated amounts of
food to the inhabitants free of
chcrje,, maintain a school, pay 40
cents for each skin taken, furnish
provisions and merchandise at prices
no ligher than the provailing re
tai1 nnces in San I rancisco, and in
stated many other reforms.
Heard Greatly Depleted
In order to pe.petuate the herd
the annual quota of the company wa°
pl"cod at 100,000 skins a year, and
all v'ent well until pelagic sealing
| i roke out on the Pacific. This kill
ing of seals in the water was ex
tremely wasteful and destructive,
wasteful in that a large proportion
was not recovered, and destructive
because both males and females were i
Killed instead of only the surplus 1
mal* s.
j '3 1911 a treaty was entered Into
■ by flie United States, Great Britain,
j Japan, and Russia, which prohibited
pelagic sealing in the North Pacific
Ocean and Bering Sea. The second
; lease to an American firm, which
diffeied materially from the former,
hac! expired the previous year, and
the United States Government took ,
over the entire management of the
sealing industry of the Pribilof Is
lands. The complete herd at that
time* was estimated to contain only
about 132,000 animals.
The next 18 years, from 1910 to
1928, clearly demonstrate the effi
cacy of the policy of “conservation
with use.” Comparatively few skins
were taken the first years, in order
to give the herd a chance to grow
in numbers, and since then the Bu
reau of Fisheries has killed only the
surplus males.
YAKUTAT PROSPEROUS STATES
H A WKES WORTH SCHOOL
IS GROWING
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The village of Yakutat is aa up
and coming community, according
to Charles W. Hawkesworth, Sup
erintendent of Education for South
eastern Alaska, who returned re
cently from an official visit there.
With a population of 252, the town
raised $181. 55 for the recent 'Red
Cross Relief drive, and Annual Roll
Call.
The school at Yakutat has an en
rollment of 48 and has for its
teachers Mrs. Ella B. Cupples and
her daughter, Mrs Thelma Cup
ples Fisk, both of Juneau. The
building used for the schoolhouse
bv the Bureau of Education was
bunt by the Territory of Alaska,
according to Mr. Hawkesworth.
A newspaper is now published
there by Capt. Billy Gray, skipper
of the gasboat Rolfe, storekeeper
and tne proprietor of the summer
mo\ ing picture show there. It la
published weekly (very weakly)
say*: Mr. Hawkesworth, on a type
writer.
Hawkesworth also tells of an en
joyable ride he had over all the ten
miles of the Yakutat and Southern
Railway, which runs between Yaku
tat and the odd village of the same
name. It is of standard guage how
ever, and Is used by the Libby,
McNeill & Libby cannery to haul
ralr on. /
BENEFIT ALASKA—MAYBE
Importation of lumber in Japan
during* 1927 was yery light. Only
small stocks being kept On hand.
Because of this policy much of tho
needs were neglected and now de
mand immediate attention. Indica
tions at this time are that lumber
! buying this year will be heavy. This
possibly will benefit the Alaska
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