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25 and 40 Watt Lamps.35c.
60 Watt Lamps.50c.
100 Watt Lamps.75c
250 Watt Lamps.$2.00
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NATIVE CUSTOMS
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Far, far away, on the bier, n shores
of Bristol Bay, In the Bering Sea re
gion of Alaska, a Tacoma woman,
Mrs. Corinne Call, has made as bright
a name and as big a place for herself
as any woman who has come to Alas
ka In the last decade.
Mrs. f'all is the teacher of the
government school at Choggiung. She
is also in a quiet and unobtrusive way
a reformer, a firm believer in social
and spiritual uplift, and when she
got to Choggiung slip found herself
in a typical Eskimo village, where her
modern methods of teaching immedi
ately clashed sharply with customs as
old as the Eskimo people.
The first of those clashes arose over
the custom of kissing the dead. There
was a death In the village and
straight-way all the natives assem
bled, and filing into the house of the
deceased, one by one. kissed the
corpse. Then, In accordance with the
native custom, the body was kept in
a warm, pleasant room of the 4iouse
for nearly a week. Then the funeral
took place, and the principal cere
mony at the funeral was another
neighborhood kissing of the corpse.
Likely there Is not a more Innately
polite, kindly and cheerful people on
the face of the earth than the Eski
mos, but as this custom of kissing the
dead is of a religious origin and deep
ly rooted. Mrs. Call, who was shocked
and horrified at such an exhibition
as well as alive to the danger of in
fection with disease,, took up the
matter of its eradication with the
greatest caution. Finally, by persua
sion and through talking the matter
over with their priests, she succeeded
In getting them to bow to the dead
Instead of kissing them.
The custom of marrying off the
Eskimo girls at a very tender age was
the next thing attacked by Mrs. Call.
She found that Eskimo girls were
married as young as nine years, to
mature men. It was the very rare
exception to find a girl unmarried
at fourteen or fifteen years of age.
One woman, but twenty-seven years
of age, who had married when but
twelve years of age. had given birth
to twelve children, six of whom had
died. Mrs. Call began a crusade
against this child marriage. She
succeeded in stopping different wed
dings, going to the priest who per
formed the ceremonies and securing
his co-operation. Once in a while
rather ludicrous and sometimes dra
ago an Eskimo sued for the hand of
a fourteen year old girl. Her rela
tives agreed, but the girl did not want
to marry the man. Mrs. Call loyally
stood by the girl, who sought protec
. tion with her. The girl's sister came
after her. Rushing into Mrs. Call’s
home and grabbing the child by the
arm she started pulling her out of the
house. Mrs. Call caught the child by
the other arm and for a Tdw minutes
the little girl was the central at
traction in a tug of war contest. Then
Mrs. Call's staying qualities and
muscle won the day, and getting pos
session of the child she rushed her
upstairs and locked her in the attic.
Later the child’s relatives consented
to the child herself deciding the issue.
The little girl very promptly decided
not to marry, and is st’,n living iu
single blessedness.
One of the big drawbacks to the
progress of the school was the native
dances. These dances take place sev
eral times during a school term and
lust all the way from two to four
weeks. Before Mrs. Call’s time the
natives took their children out of
school during the dance period, which
practically broke up the school until
the dance was over. For the first
time in the history of the Bristol Bay
region the Eskimos are this winter
omitting the native dances, and month
in and month out the school Is running
smoothly along with its full quota of
scholars. The Eskimos are passion
ately fond of dancing and music, and
are graceful, easy dancers. The Co
lonial dances and folk dances taught
by Mrs. Call to the BChool children for
the school entertainments have been
taken up by the older people and be
come the rage of the different Eskl
mo villages.
The drills, musical exercises and
constructive methods of teaching the
children have resulted In highly ef
ficient school work.
"The Eskimo child," Mrs. Call de
clares, "is as quick or quicker to
learn than the white child. They not
only learn quickly, but they can go
as deep as the children of any race
under the sun. Their memories are,
on the average, far more retentive
than the memory of the white child;
their Imitation is large, and back of^
their perception, reason is very j
strong in them. The world has lost I
by not having educated and develop
ed these people. If given a chance
they will add to the sum of know
ledge and invention of the human
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Mrs. Call has discovered that the
Eskimo lias a wealth of patriotic fer
vor, and in turn the Eskimo has dis
covered, since her arrival, the Am
erican flag. The day she opened
school, five years ago, she taught the
75 children who were present the
beautiful flag drill, beginning "There
are many flags in many lands.” while
the wondering elders of the Eskimo
village watched Old Glory hoisted in
the breezes of the Arctic world.
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MARRIAGES LEGAL WITHOUT A
REVENUE STAMP.
The story that has gained circula
tion that many persons recently mar
ried in Alaska are not legally wedded
because a revenue stamp was not af
fixed to the certificate, is one of those
dreams outside editors like to pub
lish. The Epworth Herald is the peri
odical containing the latest freak.
According to a ruling in the office
of the secretary of Alaska no reve
nue stamp Is required on a marriage
certificate. This ruling was secured
June 28 last year, from Collector of
Internal Revenue Williams of Ta
coma. Mr. Williams stated that cer
tificates did not require any revenue
stamp, but if a certificate was issued
at the request of either of the con
tracting parties for their own private
use, this would require a Id cent
stamp. There has been no change in
the ruling so far as known.
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CORPORATIONS QUIT BUSINESS
IN ALASKA.
Two corporations heretofore doing
business in Alaska have filed with the
secretary of Alaska their withdrawal.
The Auk Bay Mines Company, ex
isting under the laws of the State of
Maine and doing business in Alaska
since May 5, 1914. has ceased busi
ness and therefore withdraws. The
certificate of withdrawal is signed
by Frank W. Holmes and H. E. Dodge,
president ana secretary, respectively.
Gornian & Company, which has ex
isted under the laws of the State 01
Washington, since January 2, 1914,
ceased doing business In the territory
July 3, last year. This certificate is
signed by J. J. Gorman, president, and
J. Harrington, secretary.
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Daily Times.
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RAILROAD SURVEY APPROVED.
The'Juneau land office received
word that the secretary of the in
terior has approved the preliminary
survey made by the Alaskan South
eastern Railway Company. This cov
ers a right of way from a point on
Portland canal in a northerly direc
tion along Salmon river a distance of
11 miles. J. C. Veitch is president of
this railway.
You can rely on the news being cor
rect when you see it in the Times.
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The steamers Juneau and Valdez,
in command of Captains Warner and
McMultin, are scheduled to leave New
York in a couple of days for Seattle,
and upon arrival at the latter place
will be placed on the run to Cordova
to carry ore to the Tacoma smelter.
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Job work of all descriptions turned
out in the moat workmanlike style at
the Dally Times office. (
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS.
During the day water wdll be shut
ereept between the hours of 6 and 8
a. m.
During the night the water will be
shut off. excepting between the hours
of 6 and 8 p. m.
Telephone service will be continued
during the night while the water Is
shut off.
In case of fire notify central at once
and water will be turned on.
CORDOVA POWER CO.
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