“My Life Story”
'From the Point Hope News)
By PETER KOONOOYAK
I was born in Point Hope during
whaling. When my mother, Mituk
toena, put me out of doors, the
loose dogs tried to eat me up. A
woman came just in time to save
me from them. She named me
Koonooyak. My father’s name
was Nashookpuk. Before I was able
to know him, a polar bear killed
him.
When I was very little my moth
er followed some caribou hunters
and stopped at headwaters of
South Kukpuk River and hunted
caribou and fish. Toward fall we
came back from inland and that
following fall my mother died and
left me all alone. One of the other
couples took pity on me and
adopted me.
My foster parents went south as
far as Kotzebue. At that time
nearly all the villages of the Kobuk
and as far south as Wales would
meet together at Kotzebue. Kot
zebue would have some furs to
trade such as muskrats and beav
ers. Whalers would bring in Rus
sian tobacco and .copper pots. My
foster father would sell his seal oil
for tobacco. The tobacco was
wrapped in whole deer skin with
the hair scraped off. The sack con
tained bundles of leaf tobacco, j
Each bundle contained fifty leaves. |
The Point Hope people had a ■
boat that carried approximately !
three tons. For the return trip they '
would fill up their boat with to- ;
bacco, furs, and on the way back
to Point Hope they would stop
at Kivalina River, follow it 25
miles and fish. After getting a
boat load, they would return to
Tigara and cache what they
brought.
About March or the first part of
April, the people that were not
whalers would go hungry, especial
ly the scattered vilage of Kivalina.
Some of them even dropped dead
of starvation on the way to Point
Hope. As far as I know, Point Hope
was the wealthiest place. People
from all over would come in or
der to pull through the hard
winter.
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We Repair
and Install
Anything
that Water
Runs
Through!
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Earthquake Reported in
Gulf of California
PASADENA, Calif. UP — A
fairly strong earthquake believed
centered in the Gulf of California
600 miles southeast of Pasadena
was recorded today at the Cali
fornia Institute of Technology.
Dr. C. F. Richter said the closest
communities probably are La Paz
and Santa Rosalia on Mexico’s
Lowe California peninsula. But he
said it is unlikely that they were
harmed. Earthquakes in the gulf,
he said, never have been known
to cause damage on land.
The first shock was timed at
9:39 a.m. EST.
In and Out
With Alaska Airlines
To Nome—J. Messenger, C. Boyd,
R. Pope, A. Long, V. Warneke, A.
Noall, M. Noall, A. Doyle, J. Peter
son, E. Sloth, A. Cole, E. Farrar, R.
Galeher, B. Micheel, H. Noyakuk,
J. Vope, M. Stanberry, T. White,
W. Zeddies, J. Hempshill, C. Galla
horn, I. Susook, J. Brooks, B. Can- .
son, F. Jones, W. Thompson, W.
Wallace, R. Whithauer.
To Anchorage—A. Noall, M. No
all, M. Traxinger, K. Traxinger,
G. Nicholson, H. Fletcher, R. Lan
' dis, J. Hansen, H. Fisher, A. Jur
geleit, A. Tungwenuk, W. Isaac,
! C. Peak, L. Short, R. Bullock, G.
| Gorman, C. Moulds, M. Veal, J.
Lenberg, B. Boswell, R. Crowe, C.
j Mick, R. Deacon, C. Feliciano, K.
Brought, H. Resue, C. Stratton, E.
Sloth, M. Murphy, D. Amarok, G.
Bayel, J. Pope, J. Kulowiyi, T.
Martin, B. Martin.
To Kotzebue — F. Lee, J. Pope,
L. David, G. Livermore, D. Liver
, more.
j To Unalakleet — W. Anagock. C.
< Bliss.
! FEDERAL TAXES DUE APRIL 15
Under current regulations Alas
kan taxpayers’ individual Federal
Income Tax Returns will be due
April 15, 1964, Mr Lewis J. Con
rad, District Director of Internal
Revenue Service again reminds
those who may not be aware of
the change in the filing date in
Alaska. This puts the filing date in
Alaska on the same basis as the
other 49 States. ,
Mr. Conrad suggested that with
this much advance notice to tax
payers in Alaska, they should be
able to complete their returns and
have them filed by the April 15
deadline.
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Diabetics Have
Good Chances for
Happy Life
KANSAS CITY W — A statis
tician reports the outlook for dia
betics has vastly improved and
promises to become even better.
The report- is by Herbert Marks
of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, in a speech before the
American Public Health Associa
tion in Kansas City. He says the
last 60 years have shown a dras
tic reduction in mortality and an
increase in lifespan of people with
diabetes. Marks adds:
“These gains are especially great
in diabetes beginning in child
hood. Prior to insulin treatment,
few survived more than a year or
two. Today, such deaths are rare
indeed.”
Marks gives a follow-up analy
sis of some 50,000 diabetics of the
Joslin Clinic in Boston, founded
by the late Dr. Elliott Joslin.
Marks says the gains in longevity
were achieved by advances in
treatment, through insulin and
drugs and control of infections.
But he says the death rates of
diabetic patients are still higher
than for non-diabetics, with the
greatest difference among people
under 35. Marks says diabetic coma
has been virtually eliminated and
diabetic gangrene drastically re
uced as causes of death among dia
betics. But, he adds, they are more
prone to blood vessel and heart
i disease. Marks goes on to say:
“This problem is the subject of
intense study. The extensive re
searches on many aspects of dia
betes and its therapy will even
tually bring further major im
provement in the prognosis, or out
look, of the disease.”
Nome is High in Jobless
JUNEAU UP> — The State De
partment of Labor reported today
that Alaska’s insured unemploy
ment rate for the week ending
Nov. 9 was 7.5 per cent, down
slightly from the 7.6 per cent rate
of the previous week.
The insured unemployment rate
by area included Anchorage, 7.0
per cent; Fairbanks 6.9; Juneau
7.1; Ketchikan 7.8; Nome 22.8, and
Sitka 3.2.
JUNEAU UR — Gov. William A.
Egan today proclaimed Nov. 28
as ‘Thanksgiving Day” and Jan.
12-18 as “International Printing
Week” in Alaska.
Winter Wont Wait . . .
Don't You !
Fleece Lined
Ladies Boots
Black and Brown
All Sizes
— Water Repellent —
$13.50
PUBLIC NOTICE
The time of the year has again |
arrived when the City will be en
tering one of its more costly op- I
erations in its responsibility to
provide for the public safety and
well being of the citizens of this
community. Snow removal from the
streets to permit the free flow of
pedestrian and vehicular traffic,
will commence soon.
Vehicles which are not being
operated, and are left standing on
the side of the street, create ex
pensive snow removal problems
during the winter months — as
well as creating unnecessary traf
fic hazards. Those failing to com
ply with the community rules on
parking (one of which is quoted
below) can expect a warning cita
tion placed on the vehicle. Twenty
four hours later, if the vehicle has
not been removed, a citation to ap
pear before the District Magistrate
will be issued. We are not inter
ested in citing persons into Court,
but only in compelling the reluc
tant or careless to do what the
responsible citizen does out of re
spect for his fellow man.
Nome Code of Ordinance: Sec
tion 18-19, Parking time limit, no
tice to remove.
The owner or possessor of any
vehicle left parked or standing on
any street or public property for a
period of time longer than 24
consecutive hours shall remove the
same therefrom upon notice given
him so to do by the Chief of Police
of the city or other police officer
thereof, or any member of the
Common Council thereof.
BOB OLIVER
Chief of Police
Escape Sitka F ire
SITKA W — Olav Winther, a
well-known Southeast Alaska hali
but fisherman, and his wife re
ceived serious bums Sunday when
fire swept through a hotel room
they were occupying here.
Winther and his wife, who live
at Pelican, suffered second and
third degree bums on the chest,
back and shoulders.
The fire, confined to the Win
ders’ room, apparently started
from a cigarette. There was no im
mediate estimate of damage.
M-M-M HOSPITAL
Admitted — Mildred Taft, Aud
rey Analoak, Duwayne Sockpick.
Discharged — Harvey Willoya,
! Bolling Reddaway, Annie Kuna
yak, Larry Iyatunguk, Audrey
Analoak.
GLUE POT
Soda Fountain
Cigars — Cigarettes
Tobacco
Candy
Fresh Ice Cream
Every Day
ALL KINDS OF
SODA POP
WINTER SCHEDULE
Effective September 16, 1963
FLIGHT 309/310
FAIRBANKS — KOTZEBUE — NOME
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Lv: Fairbanks 8:00 a.m. Ar: Kotzebue 8:40 a.m.
Lv: Kotzebue 9:20 a.m. Ar: Nome 10:05 a.m.
Lv: Nome 1:05 p.m. Ar: Fairbanks 4:10 p.m.
FLIGHT 311/312
FAIRBANKS — NOME — KOTZEBUE
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Lv: Fairbanks 8:00 a.m. Ar: Nome 9:10 a.m.
Lv: Nome 10:00 a.m. Ar: Kotzebue 10:50 a.m.
Lv: Kotzebue 11:20 a.m. Ar: Fairbanks 2:10 p.m.
FLIGHT 501/502
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Monday, Wednesday and Friday
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