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Katmai Monument
Enters 40th Year
The thick layer of sandy volcan
ic ash nm buried by soil on §#
Island is a constant reminder
the Katmai eruption which led
the setting aside of the Katmai
National Monument
The eruption in 1912 of Nova
rupta Volcano aroused great in
terest in the area and 40 years ago
on September 24, 1918, President
Woodrow Wilson declared per
petual protection for the vast
wilderness that became the Katmai
National Monument.
Although Katmai is the largest
area administered by the National
Park Service it is also the most
primitive. The countless natural
wonders and places of beauty
within the 2,700,(M)0 acres of the
Monument have been seen only
from the air. The rugged country
prevents ground travel.
Many important species of
plants and animals are there and
ther area is known to be inhabited
by some of the largest specimens
of the Alaska brown bear.
The National Park Service has
now started a development pro
gram called Mission 66 to bring all
its areas up to modern standards
of enjoyment and protection for
visitors.
>Tnder Mission 66, the Katmai
v:....Monument will be im
proved to make the visiter's stay
more pleasant and yet the wilder
ness aspects of the area will not
be sacrificed.
A few small campgrounds and
trails and a year-round staff to in
terpret and protect the Monument
will be employed, but no roads or
other mar intrusions are planned,
according to the National Park
Service.
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Relocation
Offered
Under a scheme sponsored by
the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
native people on Kodiak Island
have been visited during the past
few weeks by Mr. McCall, Bureau
Officer regarding relocation.
The relocation service is for
native people who wish to go
where they can get full time em
ployment_either in Alaska or the
States. Expenses will be paid
from the time they leave their
homes until they receive their first
pay check.
Employment is available in
Fairbanks, Anchorage and Juneau.
Mr. McCall stated that employ
ment in the States is not plentiful
at (present making it difficult to
place people, there under the re
location scheme.
There are possibilities of em
ployment in Los Angeles, San
Francisco* San Jose, Denver, St
Louis, Chicago, and Dallas, Texas.
When people taking advantage
of the Relocation. Services arrive
in a city they are greeted at the
Field Relocation Offices there.
They are then given help in find
ing work, help with finding a new
heme and are given enough money
to live on until the first pay check,
check.
Financial help also includes
medical insurance for the first
year, help to ship household goods
or to buy a few items of furniture
or household goods if needed and
expenses paid to attend evening
school in the Public Schools of the
City.
Any native person interested in
relocation should write to the
Agency Relocation Officer, Bu
reau of Indian Affairs, 519 Eagle
St., Anchorage, Alaska.
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