ESKIMOS OF ALASKA
THRIVE WELL UNDER
AMERICAN TUTELAGE
COPENHAGEN, Mar. 25—(AP).—
American methods of treating and
caring for the Eskimos were urged
upon Denmark by Dr. Knud Rasmus
sen, the Danish explorer, in a re
cent lecture here before the upper
and lower houses of parliament. Dr.
Rasmussen has just returned to
Denmark after an extensive survey
of Eskimo life in Greenland, Cana
da and Alaska.
American Eskimos, the explorer
said, were better educated than
those living in Canada or Greenland,
spoke good English and in every
way demonstrated their ability to
meet the white man on his own
ground.
“The Americans are absolutely
right in their viewpoint,’' the speak
er said, “that as soon as a primi
tive race has made even the slight
est acquaintance- with civilization,
even in its crudest form, it is im
possible to preserve the primitivity
of such a race. It is then far bet
ter to make these men and women
into ordinary American citizens, with
the citizen’s privileges and duties.”
Dr. Rasmussen declared that the
importance of the work of the Am
erican bureau of education, as repre
sented by the many schools for na
tives in Alaska, could never be over
emphasized. American school teach
ers, he said, not only taught the na
tives the English language, but
helped them in many other ways,
such as in the establishment of co
operative stores and the carrying on
of infant welfare work. He criti
cised the policy of the Danish gov
ernment in attempting to keep the
Greenland Eskimo away from any
contact with the white man, and
pointed out that while the Greenland
Eskimo lived in a state of primitive
squalor, it was no strange thing for
the Alaskan natives to own motor
boats and large reindeer herds, and
to be supplied with the most mod
ern equipment wherewith to carry
on his family life and business.
One fault with the American sys
tem, Dr. Rasmussen said, was that
often the Alaskan native was not
taught properly how to read and
write his native tongue, and he urg
ed that this be given particular at
tention in the case of the Greenland
Eskimo. Reindeer, he said, had pro
ven a great source of wealth to the
Alaskan natives, and he urged that
herds be established in Greenland
wherever possible.
British Mayor Refuses
To Use His Office For
Business Preference
CALNE, Eng., Mar. 24.—(AP).—
Appointment to the post of mayor
of Caine has not interfered in the
least with the business of Albert
James Strange, a coal dealer, who
makes his daily rounds with horse
and cart calling out “coal man, coal
man/’ and who shoulders a hund
redweight and delivers it to the
housewife whenever he gets an or
der.
Caine has about 4,000 inhabitants,
nearly all of whom know Mayor
Strange and respect him. The other
coal dealers also respect him, all as
serting that he is always “on the
coal job, early and late,” just as he
was before he became the town’s
chief executive, and furthermore, his
competitors assert, the mayor has
not endeavored to hinder them or to
get the better of them in any way
in his official capacity.
Charades May Come Back
As X-word Puzzles Wane
NUREMBERG, Mar. 25.—(AP).—
Charades will be the next world
wide fad, in the opinion of German
specialists in games who have had
much to do with popularizing cross
word puzzles in this country. The
crossword puzzle is a direct lineal
descendant of charades, they de
clare, and one of the many curious
and interesting games which have
grown out of plays on words.
Since the snow disappeared walking
parties are the order of the day, many
ladies of the town walking out to Mile
Three and back.
ENGLAND SEEKS IMPROVED
METHODS TO SHIP FRUIT
LONDON, Mar., 24.—In order to
discover the reason for what has
been called brown heart, noted in
apples arriving in England from Aus
tralia, the Governmental Food Inves
tigation Board has sent a scientific
expedition to Australia. On the jour
ney out English apples were tested,
operated upon and vivisected on
board ship. As a result it was es
tablished that “brown heart” appears
only in atmospheres containing too
much carbon dioxide.
Many other problems of fruit
transport were investigated and the
results, embodied in reports, will be
published later.
KEEN ORIENTAL WINS
IN PACIFIC RACE TO
BUY LUSTROUS PEARL
PAPEETE, Tahiti, Mar. 24—(AP).
—What undoubtedly is the largest
and most valuable pearl ever dis
covered in the South Pacific was
brought to Tahiti from the Gam
bier Islands in January. Its weight
is 26% carats. The coloring is very
brilliant, with green and golden hues
predominating. One hemisphere of
the pearl is marked by two distinct
iridescent bands, which give the
jewel, on that side, somewhat the
appearance of the planet Saturn en
compased by its rings.
When the news of the finding of
this pearl reached Tahiti, the Euro
pean buyers who make Papeete
their headquarters during the diving
season, chartered schooners to take
them to the Gambiers, distant near
ly 1,000 miles, only to find on thier
arival there that the pearl was at
sea in the possession of a Chinese
trader, who had purchased it from
the native diver and was bringing
it to Tahiti. The price paid to the
native is said to have been 110,000
francs. Experts at Papette who have
examined the jewel appraise its val
ue at from 500,000 to 600,000 francs.
An unusual number of fine pearls
have been found in the islands dur
ing the diving season just past.
Lagoons closed for many years had
been opened for diving, and it was
from them that the most valuable
pearls were taken.
Many years ago the Gambier Isl
ands were a center of great import
ance in the South Seas. From the
lagoons came the most valuable shell
and the choicest pearls. That was
before the days of restriction on
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pearl diving, and the lagoons were
stripped year after year until they
became fished out and trade drift
ed to other quarters.
During the last 10 or 15 years the
Gauthiers have been the least, visit
ed islands in the eastern Pacific. Be
fore the French took over the isl
ands the Gombiers were ruled by
missionaries of the Church of Rome.
Under their direction the natives
built a cathedral of heavy masonry,
the altar of which Is inlaid in
in many designs in mother-of-pearl,
the figures of the Virgin and saints
being adorned with the finest pearls.
In the crown of the Virgin is a
priceless pearl, said to be the most
beautiful jewel ever found in the
South Seas. But rumor has it that
long ago the real pearl was taken
to Europe and that the pearl now
in the crown is only an imitation.
About the cathedral are other fine
buildings of massive masonry, a sem
inary, where all the young women
were segragated whenever a ship
came to the islands, and other eccles
iastical structures.
But of late years evil days have
befallen the Gambiers. The popula
tion, which was numerous, has been
wasted away by tuberculosis and
other European diseases until a bare
handful of natives remains. The fine
buildings are roofless and falling in
to ruin, and the whole group has
an air of desolation.
STARR WILL SAIL APRIL 6
The steamship Starr will sail on its
next trip westward about April 6. A
number of passengers and consider
able freight will be carried.
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