natives to have medical
SERVICE AGAIN THIS YEAR
(Anchorage Times.}
While many Alaskans are aware
of the fact that, the' government,
through its Office of “Education, has
had a medical hoar operating on the
lukon nVer during the last several
seasons, it is &fc to say very few
realize to what extent the “floating”
service has been helpful to the na
tives and whites who make their
homes, in widely scattered communi
ties, along the more than 1500 miles
of river raversed by the medical voy
agers of the governmentt. I will be
vCry gratifying to thosoe who appre
ciate the importance of this work to
kAotW that the service is to be pro
vided again * this year, the medical
bAat‘ Martha Angeline being sched
uled to leave Nenana early in June,
prepared for anoher season of active
Wbrk amon gthe natives, the great
majority of whoom have learned the
v&lue of the service j given them by
the government and who now eagerly
await the coming of the doctor and
his sta if each summer.
The Martha Angeline, with a med
ical staff consisting of Dr. M. P.
Kaufman, physician in charge, Mar
ofy Majooir as nurse, and Dr. Edna
ilivlin, dentis, traveled a distance of
2^14 ‘ miles last season, going from
Nenana to the mouth of the Yukon,
bkek to Tanana, up the Yukon to Bea
ver and return to the starting point
at Nenana. In addition, the doctor
a^ndhis nurse made a side trip from
Akulurak o Narullrhravik and other
village sat the lower' end of’the Yu
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Flat,
Opfcir,
Tafetafe,
McGrath,
UtHrrKuMnrni,.
kbn, and aiso traveled from Beaver
tb Eagle, on the upper Yukon, mak
ing that trp on the steamer Yukon.
In all, the doctor and his nurse trav
eled 3,660 miles during the summer,
and visited more than 4f communi
ties.
Some idea oof the work accom
plished is given in he report of the
trip which was prepared by E. J.
Beck, superintendent of the central
district of the Office of Education,
who joined the medical boat on the
lower Yukon on July 24 andremained
with it during the remainder of the
season, which ended at Nenana on
October 1.
The floating nudiial service was in
augural red in 1927 by Jonathan H.
Wagner, chief of the Alaska division
of the Office of Education, and during
that season a great deal of work was
done in spite of the fact that many
of the natives along the river did not
receive treament because the mission
of the Martha Angelina was not un
derstood by them. Including exam
inations, teeth extractions, drugs dis
pensed, operations performed and
dressings, tre treatments totaled
more than 2,000 for the season. The
following year, with the natives bet-j
ter informed and on/ the lookout for !
the boat, the total was more than'
doubled, and last summer the ‘total
was 10,462, made up largely as fol
lows:
Tonsillectomies 106, surgical opera
tions 23, dental treatments 3177, ex
tracions 751, dressings and treatment
482, patients treated at their homes
232, examinations 1963, tuberculosis
286, rheumatism and neuralgia 191,
influenza, pneumonia and colds 146,
throat and tonsils 274, nose and ear
i
113, eye 261, new-bbrn 11, stomach!
and bowels 80, skin 78, infeettons 22,
heart trouble 36, drugs dispensed
2072, etc.
The cost of operatin gthe medical
boat last summery .with double the
work accomplished, was approrimate-!
ly -300 less than during 1928, the
total foor the season being Under
'S,500. The cost of operating the
mess, also, was less last year than it
was in 1928 by more than $200.
When the Martha Angeline leaves
Nenana in June it will go direct to:
the south mouth of the Yukon river, ’,
it having been found that weather
conditions are better during the early H
summer than later, a very important
matter in view of the fact that the
medical boat cannot be operated safe
ly in rough weather. In fact, last sea
son’s operations demonstrated the
need of a ne wboat for the work, and
it has been recommended by Superin
tendent Beck, that a boat be built to
meet the requirements of the service.
Dr. Curtis Welch was in charge of
the boat the first season, followed in
1927 by-Dr, John W. Huston, who had
the misfortune to lose his life toward
the end of the season, as the result of
falling arverboard.
It also has been recommended by
the superintendent that a small hos
pital be established at some point on.
the lower Yukon, in the vicinity- of
either Marshall or Old Hamilton, to
supplement the medical service. And
there is need of the stationing of iv
doctor at Nulato, for some sort of
medical aid in the upper Kuskokwim
district, and for the establishment of
a small hospital at Nenana, Fair
banks or Anchorage for the care of
natives requiring medical aid.
Nirk Point was a Friday arrival,
coming up with Charlie Honig.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
AU persons having claims against
the estate of Millie Wroten, deceased,
are hereby required to present the
same, under oath, to the undersigned,
administrator of. the above entitled
estate, at his residence, or at Don
nelley & Sheppard’s store in Elat, in
Otter Precinct, Fourth Division of
Alaska, within six montths from and
after the date of. this notice.
Dated Fiat, Alaska, the 4th day of
March, 1930.
T. M, GARLAND,
Administrator of the Estate
of Millie. Wroten, .deceased.
First pub. March 15, 1930.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF PRI
MARY ELECTION
To Be Held On Tuesday,. April 29,
1930.
In the Office of the United States
Comrm.-isioner at Ophir, Alaska,
Fourth -Judicial Division.
Notv on tuis day, pursuant to Chap
ter 39, Session Laws of Alaska, ap
proved May 3, 1919, entitled “An Act
to provide for the holding of primary
elections in the Territory of Alaska,
to tix the manner and time of- hold
ing the same, to prescribe the qualifi
cations of the candidates to be nom
inated at such elections, and to des
ignate the manner qf filing and au
thenticating their candidacy, and for
other purposes,” and in conformity
therewith
It is hereby ordered that for the
purpose of the primary election to be
held on April 29, 1930, all the terri
tory in the recording district known
as the lnnoko Recording Precinct be,
and is hereby established as, one vot
ing precinct, to comprise all the terri
tory within the borders of the said
recording district, and to be known
as the lnnoko Voting Precinct, with
polling place at Erickson’s Road
house in the town of Ophir, in said
recording- district.
Notice is hereby given that a.gen
eral election will be held on Tuesday,
April 29, 1930, for the purpose of
nominating candidates to the various
political parties for the following
offices, to-wit:
A Delegate to the House of Repre
sentatives from this Territory of
Alaska;
A Treasurer for the Territory of
Alaska;
An Auditor for the Territory of
Alaska;
A Commissioner of Education for
the Territory oft Alaska;
A Hghway Engineer for the Ter
ritory of Alaska;
One Member of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska;
Four Members of the House of
Representatives of the Territory of
Alaska;
Two Road Commissioners for Road
District Number Four.
The said election will be held in the
voting precinct above named and at
the polling place therein specified.
The said polling place will be open
between the hours of 8 o'clock a. m.
and 7 o’clock p. m. of said day.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska, February
25, 1930.
CHRISTIAN BOLGEN,
U. S. Commissioner for the
lnnoko Recording District,
Fourth Division, Territory
of Alaska.
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Dave Strandberg, Flat mining man,.
after several months spent with. his
family at Anchorage, was a recent
air passenger from the latter place
to Flat.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To M. P. Fleishman, his heirs, suc
cessors or assigns:
Y ou, and each of yoou, are hereby
notified that 1, the undersigned, your
co-owner, have expended in labor and
improvements the sura of. not less
than one hundred dollars for the
years 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1926,
1927, 1928, and 1929, upon the Mon
day Morning placer mining claim, lo
cated at the head of Flat creek, in
Otter Precinct, Fourtth Division,
Territory, of . Alaska, in order to hold
said claim under the provisions of
Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States and the amend
metns thereto concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, being the
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amount required to held said mining
claim for the period ending lime 30,.
1929.
And if, within ninety days after
the publication bf this notice, yon fail
or refuse to contribute yeur proper*
tion of said expenditure, namely, f2fc
per year for each of said years, for
your one-quarter interest in. said':
claim, as wt!l as the cost off record
ing the same, ani the costs off this
advertisement, your interest inn said'
claim will become the property of.tha*
undersigned, your co-owner, wKq< has
made the required expenditures ’UBder'
the terms of said Section 2324 off tha*
Kevised Statutes of the United States.
Dated Flat, Alaska, Feb. 25; 1980.'.
PAUL WABNIG,
Uo-owner Otter Precinct, Fourth*
Division, Territory of Alaska,,
residin gat Flat, Alaska.
First pub. April 19; last Aug. 16.
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