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Entered as seconn-ciass matter Ao>
29th, 1923, at the postoffice at
Tokotoa, Alaska, tinder the Act of
March 3, 1879.
ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND
1 YIELDS HARE SPECIMENS
(Fairbanks News-Miner)
With a wealth of information, and
ifter having collected a large quan
tity bf relics of prehistoric human
beings and animats in research work
on St Lawrence Island, Otto Geist,
eminent archaeologist, returned to
the Alaska - Agricultural College apd
School of Mines. He spent rive
montths this year on the island and
has devoted six seasons' to scientific
inquiry into .the e irliest inhabitants
of the Northland. v- !
On the island, Eskimo, labor was
used exclusively in'*excavating. A 200
foot 'iut, 30 feet wide .and ranging be»
tween 15 and 18 feet deep,, was made
into Un. enoimou^. incient mound of
frozeh debris.
The excavating,- began in 1931, was
continued the two following years.
Much* interesting material was en
countered, and perhaps the finding of
a human skeleton at a depth of about
1. feet, together with - decorated spec
imens,. will be of great value to
science. The skeleton evidently be
j longed to a person living during a
i so-called ‘.intermediate^ cultural
| stage. As is well known, the oldest
culture thus far in Alaska is the “Old.
i Bering Sea culture,” while several in
termediate cultures are identified by
i their different styles of decorations
■ on weapons and iitensiles.
I On and near the bottom of the ex
i cavation floor many wonderful “Old.
Bering sea” specimens, decorated
with beautifu 1 curvilinear' designs,
were found,' while specimens of the
first upper house, which was of com
parative! yrecent origin, bore no
signs of decorations.
Indications thus show that, the art
degenerated somewhat with each suc
cessive wave of newcomers. The first
| threq or four periods of inhabitations
i did pot show pny real artistic talent.
Just who the first-comers were sci
entists do not know, but' Mr. Geist
i understands that Dr. Alex Hrdicka,
j the eminent antthropologist, has gone
very far in solving this very import
I ant problem. Fof this reason all the
! human skeletal material encountered
in Alaska College is forwarded in
] large cases to Dr. Hrdlicka at Wash
j ington, D. C.
Quite important, also, was the find
ing of several hundreds of dog skulls,
inasmuch as they will represent some
of the first dogs ’ever brought to.
Alaska from Asia by way nf Bering
Sea. All the dog material has been
j forwarded to Dr. O. «L Murie, a sci
i entist fully capable of describing the
. ancient St. Lawrence" Island dogs,
j ' Polar bear skulls encountered were
; forwarded, to the eminent paleonthol
! ogist of the American Museum of
j Natural History at New York City,
i Dr. Childs Frick, who has already dis
covered among the material a possible
new specie, now extinct.
Other interesting material, except
ing the ethnological specimens which
go to the College Museum, was for
warded to scientists studying speci
mens in their particular fields.
Mr. Geisfwill begin classifying the
specimens and draw up working
charts for them. Since the cut was
carefully measured during all stages
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o£ the excavation, exact stratagrauhy
of the mound will be given on the
chart.
Altogether nine houses have been
laid bare, representing many cultural
stages. During several periods, grass
had time to grow and formed fully
developed sod,indicating periods of
quiescence when the mound was un
occupied.
This research may prove of great
value in working out the problem. of
man’s migration from Asia to the
American continent.
ALASKA WILL BE DRY AFTER
REPEAL OF 18TH AMENDMENT
WASHINGTON.—After repeal of
the Eighteenth. Amendment, which is.
certain to he effected in December„
the Volstead Act will continue in full
force in Alaska,. Homer S. Cummings,
United States Attorney General, an
nounced today. He asserted, the Vol
stead law would continue operative in
the District of Alaska, the District of
Columbia, Hawaii and all the depend
encies of the United States until, re
pealed hy Congress.
The District of C.olumhia,, the. ter
ritories and the dependencies, he ex
plained, are. under, jurisdiction of Con
gress, which alone can. make any
changes in the Volstead law. as it ap
plies to them..
The Attorney General’s opinion was
brief aiid was given to the newspa
pers by his secretary..
The opinion answers the question.
t>>at of ten,has been asked the Depart
ment. of Justice as to the status of
the District of Columbia, the terri
tories and the dependencies under the
Volstead law when the Eighteenth
Amendment is repealed.
The Volstead law was passed by
Congress to enforce the Eighteenth,
Amendment.
WHY PEOPLE SMILE.
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Rounding 20..
The magistrate gazed solemnly at
the woman in the witness box..
• “How old are you, madam?” he.
asked.
She looked coyly- at him..
“I’m round twenty,, your, honor,”
she sweetly smiled..
He grunted.
“Yes, I know, you are,” he replied,
“but how ipany, years is it since you
got round it?”’—Rath (Engi) Chron
icle <and Hepd^iV
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She—I cannoot marry you,' as I do'
not love you, but I will be a sister,
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our father is likely to leave me?—
Vart Hem (Stockholm).
Before T. M. Garland, United States
Commissioner and ex-officio Pro*
bate Judge, Otter Precinct, Fourth.
Division, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Peter
Claustrup, deceased.
To All Persons to whom tHese
presents shall come, greeting:
Know Ye that it appearing to T..
M. Garland, U. S. Commissioners for
the aforesaid precinct, that TV. M.
Garland, the former administrator of.
the aforesaid estate, has resigned, and
I find it necessary to appoint another
administrator, the said Peter Claus
trup leaving at the time of his death
property in this precinct, and that
said Commissioner has duly appointed
Harry Donnelley administrator- for.
the estate of Peter Claustrpp,. de
ceased. 1 "
In testimony whereof I hawbere
unto set my hand and my seal
this 3rd day of September,T93®,*
(Seal) T. M. GARLAND,
Commissioner and ex-Officio
Probate Judge.
First pub Sept 30; last Oct 28 (35)
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