ARUTAN SCHOOL
TEACHER BACK
FROM ISLANDS
SCHOOL TERM OVER, GOES TO
ANCHORAGE TO SPEND SUM
MER WITH NIECE—SATISFAC
TORY PROGRESS NOTED.
Winding up the school season by
returning to Seward through a terri
fic storm which struck the ship un
expectedly, off Kodiak island, Mrs.
Katherine G. Kane, bureau of educa
tion teacher at Akutan for the past
season, arrived in Seward yester
day a passenger on board the Cor
dova. Mrs. Kane goes to Anchorage
Thursday where she will remain
with her niece, Mrs. Henry Emard,
until the beginning of the fall term
of school, m-xt August.
A brief perusal of the teacher’s 1
anual report of the past season’s ac
tivities at the village, and of the
progress made by the school child
ren, are of interest, and gives the
reader a good idea of the work ac
complished and the life the inhabi
tants live on the bleak islands which
separate the Pacific and Arctic
oceans.
The Akutan school, though small,
as entirely modern in every respect
having electric lights, sanitary plumb
ing, a splendid bath room, a good
coal cellar and well equipped. The
total attendance for the term was 25
pupils.
It was found by Mrs. Kane, short
ly after school work began, that
the parents and the children, to a
marked degree, were more or less
indifferent to school discipline. How
ever, within a short period, with the
proper influence brought to bear, they
were brought to the realization that
the rules and regulations governing
the school welfare, must be adhered
to and rigidly followed, which they
did in a most satisfactory and pleas
ing manner.
Full attendance was marked during
the entire term, even thru that pe-!
I
viod when an epidemic of tonsilitis
in the village caused a number of
the cases to be quarantined in order
to prevent a contagion. The report
records the birth of one child, in
the village; one death and one mar-;
riage. Medical assistance was ren
dered in 329 instances and 148 vis
its were made to homes of the vil
lagers.
A great deal of improvement was ;
discernible in the work of the pupils,
particularly in the studies and the
manual training work. In this re
spect a total of 63 garments, con
sisting of little dresses, jumpers, ov
eralls, knitted stockings, window cur
tains, were made by the girls and
the boys worked at carpentering turn
j ing out a few small pieces of furni
ture.
Mothers meetings were held reg
! ularly every Tuesday afternoon. At
these meetings they were instructed
in correct sewing and other domes
tic- sciences. Rapid strids were
forthcoming over the haphazard me
thods ordinarily used.
As a rule, Mrs. Kane found the
Aleuts intelligent, honest, thrifty and
hard workers. Three of the men
folk of the village are expert carpen
ters; one an electrician, and two li
censed gas boat engineers.
The natives live well, there being
abundant of fresh fish and game on
the islands and a plentiful supply
of wild berries. Due to the furious
gales which are constantly sweeping
across the islands, the homes of the
villagers are all constructed low or
one story. These are well built, are
modern and well furnished. No evi
dence of home brew was seen at
any time.
A small catch of red fox is re
ported for the winter, not more than
50 pelts being harvested over the sea
son. Some of the nearby islands
have biue fox on them. The report
goes on to say that the fox raising
business is the greatest undeveloped
industry in the district.
During the four months of the
whaling season, practically all of the
men in the village were employed at
the whaling station. A reasonable
pay was received for their services
which helped considerably in replen
ishing the families larder and cloth
ing for the households. The most
important recommendation contained
in the report is that provision be
made for a travel fund to enable
them to be sent to Unalaska where
proper medical assistance may be
rendered.
Mrs. Kane is immensely pleased
with her far, outflung Pacific island
post and brought back some exceed
ingly interesting photographs of
scenes about the island, the school
house and grounds, an interior scene
of the class room and pictures of
work produced by the manual train
i ing classes.
The Star car that was purchased
; by the N. C. Company in Fairbanks,
! which arrived on the last boat, had
four-wheel brakes, a new innovation
to the nifty model.'
Mrs. Nelson, a guest at the Hotel
Seward, checked out on today’s train
for Anchorage on her way to Fair
! banks.
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NEW FRENCH COMMANDER
PARIS, May 27.—General Dougan
j has succeeded Chambrau as comman
der of the French columns operating
! against the Riffians in Morocco.
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Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
^admiral line
iH.F.ALEXANDER. PRESIDENTS?
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from
Seattle
May 19
Arrives
Seward
May 26
South from
Seward
May 30
S.
S. ADMIRAL EVANS
June 2 June 9 June 16
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res., Madison 40
STEAMSHIP STARR
NEXT SAILING FROM SEWARD, JUNE 10
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON 13*. SEWARD, AL.*"KA
CHARLOTTE PUTS ON
HISTORICAL PAGEANT
OF COLONIAL PERIOR
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CHARLOTTE, N. C„ May 27.—(/P)
—A pageant of gigantic proportions,
portraying many historic events of
the Colonial period in North Caroli
na, will feature the sesqui-centennial
of the Mecklenburg Declaration of
Independence, which began today,
the anniversary date, to continue
during the week.
The famous Mecklenburg Declara
tion, referred to by some as the
“Mecklenburg Resolutions,” was sign
ed on May 20, 1775, upon receipt in
Charlotte of the news of the battles
of Concord and Lexington. Although
there has been some controversy as
to the date the document was sign
ed, May 20 has been officially rec
ognized and made a legal holiday by
the General Assembly of North Car
olina.
Celebrations have marked the re
currence of May 20 for many years
in Charlotte. Ten years ago the prin
cipal speaker was President Wilson
In view of the fact that May 20,
1925, is the sesqui-centennial, it was
determined to stage a celebration of
pretentious proportions. For many
months committees have been busily
engaged arranging the details. A j
stadium that will seat thousands of
people has been erected at Indepen
dence Park, and it is on this spot
that the principal outdoor events
will be seen. Experts in pageantry
from many other sections of the
country were engaged to plan and
execute the 1925 celebration.
The Mecklenburg Declaration of In
dependence was signed by colonists
who were dissatisfied with British
rule. Most of them were Scotchmen
and Scotch-Irish, who had come to
America in large numbers, and the
descendants of these liberty-seeking
people.
Charlotte, now a city of more than
50,000 inhabitants, was a village of
80 lots when the Mecklenburg Dec
laration of Independence was signed.
“Here comes the story of why our
‘Queen City’ was named Charlotte,”
said Dr. Alexander Graham, of this
city. “Someone suggested that it
would be a good policy to name the
city in honor of the king’s wife. This,
they thought, would please both the
king and queen. Another shrewdly
suggested that they would name the
county Mecklenburg, after the dis
trict where Charlotte, the queen, was
born. This suggestion we know was
adopted.
“Now the cunning Scotch-Irish got
ready to send over their petition,
for a charter for Queen's museum;
second, for the right or permission
for their ministers to marry their
daughters. Both of these were
promptly rejected by the king.”
This incident, said Dr. Graham,
added to the reasons for popular dis
satisfaction in this section. “The
war of the regulators also occurred
in 1771,” lie said, “and the battle of
Alamance was fought. Quite a num
ber of our people were hanged and
whole companies made to wear alle
giance England.
“The Revolutionary War commenc
ed and continued in 1775.
“The Boston port bill was passed
and Boston harbor blockaded. The
sympathies of the colonists were all
aroused in favor of Boston.
“The country of Mecklenburg on
the 19th day of May assembled at
Charlotte to raise money for Bos
ton and while they were engaged in
this patriotic duty, half the county
being in the village, the express from
Massachusetts rode into their midst
and told of the battles and murder
of innocent citizens at Concord and
Lexington. The effect was electri
cal.” The declaration was signed the
following day.
The flag of North Carolina bears
the inscription, “May 20, 1775.” This
is in commemoration of the Meck
ler.buig Declaration of Independence.
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Methodists of the South will be
asked to give enormous sums for
missionary work if plans of the
Nashville session of the board if mis
sions are carried out.
INTENSE HEAT IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, May 27.—From intense
cold to scorching summer heat with
in 48 hours is the record for today.
All records ior the season were brok
en at noon me 100 degree mark being
reached at 11 o’clock.
MOREINSPECTORS
COMING SANTA ANA
The United States Board of steam
ship inspectors, Captain George H.
Whitney, inspector of hulls, and John
Newmarker, inspector of boilers, who
arrived on the Admiral Watson Sun
day continued on to Kodiak, where
they will inspect the gas schooner
Olive. They will await the arrival of
the steamer Starr and on her next
westward trip proceed to Bristol Bay.
The St. Michael district inspectors,
Charles H. White and Sabine L. Craft,
will arrive in Seward on the Santa
Ana, due here any hour. They are on
their annual trip of inspection to the
Kuskokwim and Nome district and j
will return to the states via Dawson !
and Skagway. During the short stay
in port of the Santa Ana it is expected
the board will issue permits and li
censes to a few Seward boats.
Kantishna Operator
Leaves for Interior
Harry Capp, an old time mining
man from the Kantishna country, de
parted for Anchorage yesterday. Mr.
Capp arrived in Seward from the
States on the Admiral Watson. He
plans leaving the train at McKinley
National Park and with a pack horse
hit through the park direct for his
ground on which he will spend the
season.
The W'ar Department is still very ;
skeptical regarding the practical util
ization of Muscle Shoals power for
fertilizer manufacture on a large
scale. It is willing to give free pow
er for private experiments along this
line.
CRY IN THE NIGHT
and some one in need of im
mediate help. If griping pains
in stomach or bowels, weaken
ing diarrhoea, nausea, whe
ther child or adult, there is
immediate relief from pain,
ease and comfort in
CHAMBERLAIN’S
COLIC and DIARRHOEA
REMEDY
Keep it always in your home.
Liquor Discovered In
Yellow Jacket Mine
GOLD HILL, Nev., May 27.—(/P)—•
Two thousand feet below the surface
of the earth, on the bottom level of
the Yellow Jacket gold mine here,
prohibition officers recently took in
to custody Dan Marmo, mine shift
boss, whose home they had just
raided and which netted a large
amount of liquor. This is believed,
the first time, in Nevada at least,
that prohibition officers have been
forced to go down so far into the
earth to get their man.
Mrs. Lucy Johnson, 61, became the
bride of a Civil War veteran for the
fourth time recently when she mar
| ried Louis Rogenbrodt, 75. The other
three veteran husbands are dead.
By means of a radio broadcasting
[set, Mrs. James Bastian of Fields sta
tion, Pa., has located her daughter,
! whom she had not heard from for
several years, at Fort Worth, Texas.
Brunswick Pnonographs and Re*
I cords. The Alaska Shop. tf
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The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARO
8 A. M.
Mondays and Thursdays
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD
8 P. M.
Wednesdays and Saturdays
i
Gas Launch
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
ALASKA
YUKON
Northwestern
ALASKA
YUKON
Northwestern
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
May 23
May 30tlx
June 6th
June 13th
June 20
June 27th
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
May 30
June 6th
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
May 30
June 7th
June 14th
June 21st
June 28
July 5th
June 13th
June 20th
June 27
July 4th
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
NOTE—Beginning with the S. S. Yukon June 7th, steamers will not
leave Seward earlier than 4 o’clock p. m. Sunday, sailing date.
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
PHONE MAIN 125 SEWARD, ALASKA
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Over Memorial Day
E For the availability of Travelers over Memorial
| Day the Alaska Railroad announces a special round
| trip passenger fare of one and one-third (11-3) the
| actual one-way fare, between all stations.
1 Ticket sales to begin May 26th and to continue
| to and include May 30th.
1 Final return limit June 4th.
3 Passengers boarding train at non-agency sta
E tions may avail themselves of the special rate by
5 purchasing reduced rate tickets at first agency sta
ll tion.
1 Department of the Interior
The Alaska Railroad
1 (Mt. McKinley Park Route)
| Anchorage Alaska
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