GOOD PROGRESS
BEIG MADE AT
NATIVE SCHOOL
Arthur H. Miller, superintendent of
the native schools of Southwestern
Alaska, with headquarters at Anchor
age, will leave for Valdez on the Ev
ans. Mr. Miller arrived in Cordova
on the 20th from Kodiak, where he
has beeu superintending the taking of
the census. No information may be
given out regarding the census until
the reports are all in and have been
officially published, says Mr. Miller,
hut as the records have been made on
a basis of January 1, they will show
the country to the westward at its low
est ebb of population.
Mr. Miller made a trip to Chitina to
inspect the native school at Copper
Center. It is under the care of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Schwartz, a young
couple formerly of Seward, who were
appointed to their present position by
Mr. Miller a year ago last August. Mr. i
Schwartz is a scholarly man, a gradu
ate of an Eastern university, and his
><lfe was a teacher at Salem, Ore. j
They are responsible for about three
hundred Indians.
“Never have I seen a greater im
provement in the condition of natives I
in, so short a time,” said Mr. Miller.
“I can’t speak too highly of the work
of Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz. They take
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a great interest in their charges and
have almost mastered the native lan- j
guage. Last year they made a great !
success of their summer school, and '•
are now holding ^ night school. Es- j
peeially in this work of teaching the j
natives, success depends upon the per
sonality of the teachers—their tact i
and ability to handle people.
“Probably the most promising of j
the Schwartzes’ pupils is a young man >
named Estaco E-wan. He is about
21. married, and has a child or two.
I believe the Daily Time§ recently
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published his account of the native
version of the Creation. His great am
bition is to be educated, and he^has
worked pretty well up through geog
raphy, United States history, decimal
fractions, and so on, until he is able
to assist with the teaching. I gave
him a copy of Booker Washington’s
autobiography, “Up from Slavery,”
and he pores for hours over the won
derful story of the great leader of the
black race, whose birth as a slave
pickaninny was so lowly that he knew
neither his name nor the year when
he was born.
“One of our best teachers is Mrs.
Catherine Seller, a full-blooded Aleut
native of Unalaska, who at the age
of eight was taken -to Boston to be
educated. She is a graduate of Car
lisle, and is now helping to educate
her people at Alkhiok, on the south
end of Kodiak island.
“On my last visit to the Indian
school at Chemawa, Ore., I asked all
the pupils from Alaska to rise, and
about 40 per cent got up. The Che
mawa school is doing a magnificent
work, but it would be better if Alaska
had such a school up here. The gov
ernment has appropriated as high as
nine millions in one year for the In
dians of the States, while Alaska is
put off with $225,000, and $50,000 ex
tra for medical relief. And I haven’t
heard one word of news from the Bris
tol Bay country since leaving there,
last October! Some mail service!
“While I was at Copper Center Mr.
Schwartz had the natives sing for me
a number of patriotic and war songs,
which they went through with great
gusto, led by a boy of about ten, half
Indian and half negro, who beat time
and sang very energetically. The im
promptu concert wound up with a
song written by Mr. Schwartz, who
saw service in France. Bet me see—
it was to the tune of ‘Katv.’ and ran
about like this:
“ ‘K-k-k-kootie,
Horrible kootie.
You’re the only b-b-b-bug that I abhor.
Whenever I chase you out of my cabin ’
You sneak back under the k-k-k-kitch- j
en door.’ ” j
GREW GIVEN PLACE
WHICH SENATE DENIED
TO NORMAN HAPG00D
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WASHINGTON, March 27 (by As- j
sociated Press).—Joseph Grew, coun- j
selor of the American embassy at!
Paris, has been nominated by Presi- J
dent Wilson to be minister to Den-;
mark, succeeding Norman Hapgood,
whose nomination the senate refused I
to confirm.
Advertise in the Dally Times.
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A1 Wick and wife left on last night’s
boat for the States.
The launch Pioneer left at 4 o’clock
; this morning for Katalla.
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Florence Sullivan and wife have
moved into an apartment in the Lath
rop building.
A term of court has been called for
Valdez on May 3, when the grand jury
will convene.
Captain Harry Moore says he will
launch the cannery tender Jeanne this
evening. The boat is owned by the
Pioneer Packing Company.
George C. Hazelet left on a launch
this morning for Katalla to visit the
Chilkat Oil Company’s plant, which
will be extensively worked during the
coming summer.
Agent Counts today received a wire
less from Captain Jensen informing
him that the Admiral Evans was hove
to in a blinding snowstorm and a se
vere southeaster off Cape St. Elias.
Her arrival here depends entirely upon
the abatement of the storm.
Fifty dollars in gold will be given
away at the dance of the Cordova
Jazz Orchestra at Eagle hall tonight
to the ladies guessing nearest to the
number of beans in a glass jar. You
can not afford to miss this opportunity
of getting free a substantial cash gift.
BRITISH STEAMSHIP
REPORTED IN DISTRESS
LONDON, March 27 (by Associated
Press).—The British passenger steam
ship Ortega is reported in distress off
the Welsh coast.
Don’t argue. The Club billiard hall
carries fresh tobacco. 27-tf
Deliciotis mince pie at the City
Bakery. 13-tf
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