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CHITINA EB0PEE ATTENTIONJErs. Dela- |
hetnt announces that on acc’t of s£v
much illness among the Natives just
now,that their Christmas,Program at
the‘Govrt School will not be until
Jan, 7th.That is a very appropriate
date as the Natives mostly have the
HussianGreek kind of Christianity n
now-a-d^ys,& Jan,7 is the day that
the'Russian Church Celebrates Chris
ma8,Mra.Delahant's little Native pu
pils alwayB give a fine entertainmen
& they are working hard on it now.
WHEN THE SCHOOL HELL TOLLS FRIDAY '
nights,it is not a fire,as some peo
• pier were scared over laet week. It is
ringing to tell you all to change y
your books at the Public Library .Hr s'
, 7 to 8 P,M.Fridays, First Miss Lyman,
Sc now Mrs .Shepard,with Mrs,Richards
as substitute, have given generusly
of their time & work as Librarians,
This Library started with a gift of
money for books'for the children of
Chitina to read,by gne of the Japan
ese cooks at the R.R. messhouse,just
as he was starting back to. Japan, He
said the Chitina people had been goor
to his wife Sc children and this was a
parting gift of gratitude.The library
has grown to a very fine Sc large one,
GI LIAM BRINGS BACK BETTER REPORTS of
FLEURY than expected.Frenchy will lose
spme of his toes,but he will probably
not lose his feet,We all hope for the
best for Mr .Eleury.He is well known
all around these parts,His many frien
ds will be glad to hear any news fron
or about him,& will rejoice that he
will keep on his feet. He is remain
ing in Cordova under the fine care of
the Dr & nurses there.
THE USUAL PLEASANT HOLIDAY HESTIVIT
ies were had at -Gulkana Lodge,with a
beautiful Christmas Tree & Turkey Din
ner given by Mrs.Griffith,Hans 'Di’tman
and Mrs.Leak assisting her Mother. A
lot of Indians were there,& each was !
remembered with a gift;-a big loaf ofj
bread (homemade * by Mrs. Griff ith herself
for'each woman,a pair of sox for ehcl
jnan, & a, box of candy & cookies forme
chiId.This is an annual party that is
piven by Mrs.Griffith for whatever &
whoever of her white friends are out
the Trail at holiday time,& for her
less fortunate friends,the Natives of
that far out region.lt is reported :
that LITTLE ROBERT HITMAN is as hap
py as a lark all the time ncw.He has
m ' t r- • r r i
(Cont.) a new pair of snowshoes now
made just to fit, him,8c he walks all
around the place on his small legs,
just like the trappers on their hig
ones.It was a great Christmasday,
EDITORIAL. ~~ " _
Heroism#- Old McKinley George, his
son,Jim McKinley,& his son’s little
daughter who is not over 12 years cf
rage, are the 3 Natives who took the
'Word into Copper Center Christmas
that saved Amos Fleury from being
frozen to death in the IUutina over
flow. Each of them had-to re lay, by
doYgteam,but they had to walk much
i o f the way,8c in the same slush-ice',
that Frenchy had gotten frozen intc,
Jim McKinley proved his bravery as
his feet were frozen too,tho not ny
bad as Frenchy’s. It was 2 o’cloc.;:
in the middle of the night,dark and
very cold,& 30 miles from any humor
habitation.lt was hard 8c dangerous
work, especi-aly for the little girl,
first wading thru drifts,now helping
the. dogs,all’ the time watching out
for over-flow,next trying to keep
warm,as it was 35 below zero weath
er at Klutina.Of course we know she
was not afraid of the dark as none
of the Alaskan children are,being
used to it in winter,but it was a
cold & dangerous 8c lonely journey
for a child to take even in Alaska,
8c she made a full 10 miles of it all
alone in that great stretch of wild
' country,We class all 3 of these Na
tives as heroes,8c never to be forget
ten in the annalls of Alaska. We
-would like to say* that we think the
little Indian girl as much of a hero
as. Grace Darling,8c if we were all >
to do so,we should like to recomefid
her for an Alaskan Medal of Honor,
for heroism.
NOTICE
To SUBSCRIBERS. Four weeks
from today,the publishers of this
pape r,the Chitina (Alaska) "WEEKLY
HERALD",will have put out this pub
lication for 2 full years. We have
not missed any issues,& have given
1 the readers 2 EXTRAS,& quite a few
"scoops",as'well as several pictor
ial numbers,& several big 4-page E
ditions.We have worked hard to cany
on the extra load without the fine
help Billy gave us. The Editor is ,
taking a doublfe promotion at school
this year,& he,and Mother & Daddy
want more playtime along with his
schoolwork, So we now
ANNOUNCE that on Jan. 22 we shall * .1