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Missionaries Bring Tidings
From Traders of Far North
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The gas schooner Near York re
turned to Nome Sunday June 17th
after spending the winter at the
Little Diomede’s Island and the
mainland of Siberia says the Nome
Nugegt.
On October 10th, 1922, Reverend
N. F. Hoyer, a missionary of the
Evangelical Chirstian Church, ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Earnest, Hans Olsen and six natives
left Nome in the small schooner
New York for the Little Diomede's
Island. It was the purpose of the
expedition to proceed to the Little
Diodeme’s and there establish a mis
sionary for the dissemination of the
teachers of Christ.
Having heard that natives on the
Island were without sufficient food
supplies the local Bureau of Edu
cation had intended to send a large
outfit of food stuffs on the New
York but the supplies of the Mis
sionaries took so much space that
very little room was left for the
Bureau supplies, and accordingly
but three fourths of a ton was tak
en. It was understood between the
missionaries and the Bureau that
the New York would later go to
Cape Prince of Wales and there pro
cure enough extra supplies to tide
over the Diomedes natives.
As the New York approached the
Islands the anchor was lost and the
boat drifted ashore, but no particu
lar damage or loss was sustained
It was soon realized that the winter
had so far advanced that to go over
to Cape Prince of Wales was impos
sible and the party made ready to
winter on the Island.
Native food was scarce thruout
the winter and the blubber for fuel
purposes was difficult to obtain;
there was no fresh meat and much
distress was in evidence. The mis
sionaries gladly gave up all they
could spare, keeping just enough to
meet their most meager needs. Thru
the lack of blubber for fuel the na
tives were forced to consolidate
their living quarters and so con
serve their scanty fuel supply.
As spring approached living con
ditions improved. The missionary
party had plenty ammunition and
their native members were all good
hunters and all turned in t<o as
sist the community obtain food and
fuel condition became easier. Seal
and walrus made their appearance
and food became plentiful. No flour
sugar and other civilized foods were
available, but the natives thrived
nevertheless.
During the winter Mr. Hoyer at
tempted to hold regular sessions of
school but the weather became too
severe and the effort was abandoned.
Religions service? were held regu
larly and were well attended. Na
tives from the Big Hiodemes would
come to aretid the Sunday service?
and they too were assisted fay the
missionaries in obtaining enough
food. Mr. Hoyer stated that while
living in the United States the
Little Diomedes. he was enabled to
work in Asia, the Big Dioemdes,
thru natives coming to his mission.
Rev. Hoyer accomplished some
thing that will have a great effect
upon future relations with the peo
ple of Alaska and Siberia. He es
tablished a literary precedent in that
he has created an alphabet consist
ing of Latin. Russian and Armenian
characters, so combined that the
many difficult sonnds of the
Eskimo language are easily ar
ticulated. The Eskimo has no writ
ten language, his transmission of
daily events and legendery lore is
thru the medium of the spoken
word. Rev. Hoyer has now created a
means for more permanent trans
mission thru his alphabet. To prove
the feasibility of the new alphabet
it was first taught to a native girl
and she in turn translated the Gos
pel of Mathew into her own lan
guage and then translated it to the
natives.
When spring arived Mr. Hoyer’s
party went to the mainland of Si
beria going to East Cape. Diffi
culties were encountered due to ice
conditions but a safe landing was
accomplished.
At New Oskum. near East Cape,
is what is likely the largest Eskimo
village in the world and until very
recently it was uncontaminated by
whites, even traders faded to find
a foot hold there. The natives liv
ed in well constructed homes and
were well satisfied in their isolation
Now the Soviet h3S sent represen
tatives into the country and the vil
lage has been over run by them,
everything is under Russian domi
nation. showing that the Soviet
government is reaching outposrs of
the Russian possession*.
Soviet representatives met the .<e*
York party and invited them to
land and make thmeslves at home.
From Holy Cross to Kolyma the
country is now under the jurisdic
tion of the Soviet with Theodore
Karieff the Acting Governor. It is
understood that AJexaiier Karieff
brother of the governer is the Si
berian representative of the Hudson
Bay Co.
Governor Karieff was very friend
ly to the missionaries and took the
party to has headquarters and treat
ed them kindly. A miliary com
mander of the Soviet staff also
met the party and invited them
to come to Whalen for a visit. Mr.
Hoyer complied and was taken on
a private dog sled. Governor Kar
ieff accompanied the party. The
trip, wh:le but 20 miles long was
a difficult one to accomplish as the
way was rough and open water fre
quently encountered, but i ia!ly was
accomplished with out serious acci
dent. Upon arrival at Whalen Rev.
Hoyer was met by a former presi
dent of the Soviet Committee at
Anadyr, who is now Secretary to
Governor Karieff. Rev. Hoyer was
asked his mission in Siberia and was
informed that the missionaries came
to teach the principles of Christian
ity and not Churehanity. This met
with the approval of the Russians
and Hoyer was told to proceed as
he thought fit. While at Whalen
news was brought that a Russian
at new Oskum had been killed and
the party was requested to return
to the village. When Mr. Hoyer re
turned to the vilage he learned
■that one of the Soviet officers had
taken exception to a cert .in remark
that reflected upon the Soviet re
gime and had shot and killed a fel
low officer.
The shooting occurred at the
front door of the building where
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ernest were
staying and the murdered man fell
An experience that certainly dis
couraged further missionary work
for the lady.
While in Siberia Mr. Hoyer was
informed that the Silver Wave, 1s
kum. Blue Sea and Belinda—ail
trading schooners—had been taken
in charge by the Soviet government
aDd a guard placed aboard. The
crew members were allowed to go
ashore but were told not to attempt
to leave the country. The action
by the Soviet was the result of the
traders ignoring the license and tax
laws as laid down by the Soviet.
The boats and people were being
held pending the arrival of the So
viet gunboat Tomsk, carrying high
officials from Petropavlosk. These
officials, it was learned would sit
in a court and try the alleged viola
tions and dispose of the cases a
they saw fit. The men under ar
rest were told to attempt to send no
letters to America until first cen
sored by the Soviet, neither should
they attempt to leave without per
mission. All the Americans wer«
being treated with great eourtesj
and consideration, the Soviet ever
supplying them with needed fooc
supplies. A Mr. Peterson, enginee
for Captain Castel of the Belindi
attempted to leave with the Hoye;
party but was prevented.
TREADWELLS ARE DRIVING
TUNNEL TO TAP KENO ORE
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Arangements are now complete for
the pushing of the work on the
big Treadwell Yukon tunnel at Keno
Hill, and it will be driven as rap
idly as possible. The work already
is under way says the Dawson News.
Livingstone Wernecke informed
the News that the necessary site is
secured and the tunnel will be run at
the 600-foot level, and will penetrate
the hill a distance of about 3,000
feet, to tap the rich lode on which
the company is now working. The
mouth of the tunnel is to be direct
ly down hill from the present camp
in time will be moved down to the
mouth. It will be several months
perhaps before the removal takes
place.
The new tunnel, says Mr. Wer
necke. will be used both for drain-,
age and for the removal of ore from
the mines. He hopes to have it com- j
pleted within eight to ten months.
The daily progress with the work
will depend largely on the nature of
the rock encountered. It is hoped
to make an average of about thir
teen feet daily, which would require
a little more than eigb: months for
the total work.
There is a possibility of encount
ering new ore veins with the tunnel
while driving for the main vein on
which the company is now working.
RICKARD. ANNOUNCES SALES
FOR FIGHT BREAKS RECORDS
.YEW YORK, July 12—Promoter
Tex Rickard announced today that
the sale of tickets for the Willard
Firpo fight on Thursday has ex
ceeded this week any previous ad
vance sale during his entire exper
ience as a promoter.
Firpo has suspended his fistic ac
tivities and is devoting himself to
the taperr.g off process of repara
tion. Willard also has reduced hi?
training to the lighter work, and
both men are said to be in splendid
condition for the meeting.
Among the featnres of the plans
suggested for the Seattle visit of
President Harding on his return
from Alaska are: An afternoon
meeting, probably at the University
Stadium, at which he will deliver
the principal address of his trip, dea
ling with Alaska matters; review of
the Fleet in Seattle Harbor; the pa
geant "Americanus” at the Stadium
which it is expected the President
will attend; a reception at the Press
Club, where the newspaper men of
Western Washington will be given
the privilege of meeting the Presi
dent; a visit to the annual “Big
Brother” festival of Seattle Lodge
B. P. O. E. at Woodland Park; a
game of golf, probably at the Seattle
Golf Club.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
OF FINAL ACCOUNT
Id the Probate Court, Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Division, Nenana
Precinct.
In the matter of the State of
Nels P. Rasmussen. Deceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that Chas E. Bergman, the Admin
istrator of the Estate of Nels P
Rasmussen, Deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and
filed in said Court, his final ac
count of his adminstration of saic
Estate; and that Wednesday, th<
fifteenth day of August, 1923, a:
two o’clock, P. M., at the court
room of said Court, at Nenana
Alaska, has been duly appointed b;
Probate Judge of said Court fo;
the settlement of said account, a
which time and place any persoi
interested in said Estate may appea
and file exceptions in writing ti
the said account, and contest th
same.
! Dated this 8th day of June, 192:
CHAS E. BERGMAN
Administrator of the Estate of Nel
P. Rasmussen, Deceased.
Date of first publication, June 9t
1928.
Fin* Stock Staple and Fancy Grc
caries. Fowler & Morris.
PEACEFUL SUMMER SCENE ON YUKON RIVER
"WATERFRONT” BROWN FALLS
INTO SOFT NEST IN SOUTH
A letter received from Los
Angeles recently states that R. M.
(Waterfront) Brown, former well
known resident of Fairbankks and
Dawson, is now installed in a $50,
000 homeplace at Culver City, near
Los Angeles, the property having'
been given to him by his brother,
Curlev Brown, well knewn sports- i
man of the South. At the time the ;
letter was written, Mrs. Brown was
in charge of the new place, while
her husband was in New Orleans
buying some blooded stock for his
brother’s stock farm.
The letter also states that Ed New
former resident of Nenana. is mak
ing Los Angeles his headquarters,]
as are also Bill Packer, former road
master on the Alaska Railroad, and
Frank Rivers, another former resi
dent of the North.
Frederick D. Browne, former en
gineer in charge, is now operating
a ranch, with bis son Dorwin. in the
Imperial valley, and Mrs. Browne i
was in San Diego at the time the
letter was written. They have a 1
home place at Tia Juana, on the
American side of the Mexican line.
Dr. R. R. Myers, former Fair-,
banks and Nenana dentist, is now
located in Mexico, at a place called
Topeck, here he is practicing his:
proffession. Mrs. Myers is in San
Diego.
E. R. Peoples and Eddie Suter.
formerly of Fairbanks, are start
ing a bank at Huntington Beach
and George Wesch, formerly con
nected with Fairbanks banks, will
have a position in the new institu
tion. Wesch recently invested in a
small ranch in the South.
CHINESE TOO, MAYBE
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF., July
14—The good old-fashioned folk
who used to subsist entirely on beer,
pretzels and cheese must be going
hungry these days. Pretzels, of
course, can’t be eaten dry. And now
cheese, according to the United
States Bureau of Agricuhura! Econ
omics here, is becoming prohibitive
in price. California flat fancy
cheese, due to lack of supply, was
recently quoted at twenty-eight and
one-half cents, whoesale, the highest
price in many months.
MINUTES SAVE~ YEARS
SAN' JOSE. CALIF., July 14—Be
cause the almanac shows that the sun
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rose in San Jose at 6:10 o’clock on
the morning of March 17, last, Cal
vin Edwards, recently convicted of
burglary here, will go to the state
prison at San Quentin facing a term
of one to five years instead of one
I to fifteen years. The evidence show
ed that the burglarly took place at
■ 6:45 a. m. Under the California law,
1 a daylight burglary carries a light
er sentence than if the breaking and
1 entry were made during the hours
! ^ of darkness.
j j On account of the excessive draft
of the transport Henderson the Pres
5 idential vessel could not go througi
Wrangell Narrows, and was there
fore obliged to omit calling at Peter
sburg. Mayor J. G. Grant of Wran
gell, invited all citizens of Peters
burg to meet the President at Wran
gell.
MEXICO ORDERS HER RADIO
EQUIPMENT FROM GERMANY
MEXICO CITY. July 14—Four
modern wireless transmitting sta
tions, to cost 400,000 pesos, have
been ordered from Germany by the
Mexican government, it is stated by
the department of communications
in announcing the imminent re
organizations of the country’* radio
system.
These stations, which will be of
the continuous wave type, will re- i
place the old spark type stations;
now in operation in Mexico City.
Merida. Veracruz and Tampico,
which in turn will be placed at La
Paz, Lower California, Guadalajara.
The Islas Marias, off the west coart,
and Acapulco.
With the new stations in commis
sion. the departments expects to be
able to keep in constant communica
tion with large stations throughout
the world. At present it is possible
to communicate only with points in
Centra! America and the United
States and with the Nauen and La
fayette stations in Europe.
SPOKANE, Wash., July 14—A
shortage of harvest hands for the In
land Empire is foreasted by O. E.
Mitchell, city labor agent here. The
farm labor shortage is already being
felt, he reports. Jobs offering farm
hands $60 a month and board are
finding no takers at the city free
employment office.
Work in the berry fields and orch
ards is not suffering, however, and
haying has been taken care of by
local help so far. Grain harvesting
in this district is expected to get
under way about July 10.
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FIGHT BUILDING SAFE
NEW YORK, July 10—The Jersey
City building department has given
final permission to Promoter Tex
Rickard to stage the Willard-Firpo
fight on Thursday night, in the ar
ena at Boyles Thirty Acres.
MAY FINISH MEXICO’S THEATRE
MEXICO. CITY’, July 12—Amer
ican theatrical interests have of
fered to complete the unfinished
national theater in this city in re
turn for a 50 year lease on the
structure at a nominal rental. To
finish the building would cost a
bout $3,500,000.
Congressman Curry of California,
chairman of die House committee
I on territories, has been invited to be
the guest of the Alaska committee
I of the Seattle Chamber at its next
meeting. The committee wishes to
have his counsel in connection
with the brief which is to be prepared
i to submit to the President as a form
al expression of the Seattle Chamber
j of Commerce’s position on the eigh
1 teen subjects the President has stat
: ed he will investigate.
ENGLAND READY TO REPLY
TO LATEST CERMAN OFFER
LONDON, July 14—Premier Bal
lwin, in an address delivered in the
louse of commons Thursday after
ioon, announced that France anti
Italy had been informed that the
British government stood ready to
sssume the responsibility of prepar
ing a draft of a reply to the latest
German reparations offer, the reply
to be submitted to the Allies with
the least possible delay, with the
hope that they would agree to its
term.
The premier said the British gov
ernment invited the sympathy of
the Allies for the proposal, which,
he explained, aims solely at the pa
cification of Europe and the recov
ery of an exhaused world. He laid
stress upon the fact that there is
but one ground for divergance a
mong the powers concerned with
the reparations and that is as to the
best means to attain the payment
of the reparations. He said the Al
lies were unchanged in their pur
pose to make Germany pay to the
extent of her capacity, ‘‘but we are
conscious, however, as a business
nation, that if we ask Germany to
pay in excess of her capacity, we
shall not succeed.”
WANT ADS
FOR SALE
Complete household equipment for
sale We are leaving’ the country and
will sell all or any pan of the fol
low- *
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coil bed sprring.
ja oo. mattress.
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'i 1 ^..S lineoleum.
9 by 12 Axmini.-ter rug.
Parlor floor lamp.
110 piece dinner set
2 large mirrors.
Dresser.
I-arge chest of drawers.
3 dining room chairs.
One oak rocker.
Boiled, wash tubs etc.,
Electric washing machine
Electric sewing machine.
New Bungalow style piano.
Coon skin coat. mans.
.Assorted kitchen utensils.
Everything goes at a very reason
able price. The piano and washing
machine are practically new.
A. B. PHILLIPS
MINING GROUND FOR SALE
Group of three claims (placer) «
Glacier Creek, Kantishna distr.
Nos. 17,18 and 19. (No. 17 forked
out.) Shallow ground, from si*
| inches to five feet to bedrock.
Coarse gold. Automatic dam, boxes,
tools, complete camp outfit. For
furthers particulars inquire at New'
Office.
ALASKAN FISH WHEEL