COMMMUNAL ACTIVITIES
SPONSORED AMONG NATIVES
Communal activities, making the
village of Beaver like its namesake,
have been sponsored among the In
dian population of the little commun
ity on the Yukon for the last two
grears by Mrs. Kathryn D. Seller, vet
eran teacher of the Indian Service in
Alaska, says the Fairbanks News
Miner.
Under her direction the native
people have cleaned up the village,
made gravel walks, studied home
making and improved' their living
conditions.
Most recently she lias organized
her people in a project to supplement
their income from trapping by the
establishment of a mink farm. Ap
plication hs been made through the
Juneau Office of Indian Affairs for a
$5 000 loan, under the Wheeler-How
ard Act, for equipment ar.d breeding
stock. Labor and feed for the mink
are to be supplied by the men and
women of the community who will
share in the profits, if any.
Heretofore the only source of in
come for the 56 Eskimos and 38 na
tives at Beaver has been their trap
ping. an uncertain livelihood at best.
Early each spring they have white
fish, and usually a fair run of salmon
but the only money they realize is
from their furs. The salmon run at
Beaver is considerable each four
years. At the present time there
aren’t even rabbits in that sect;on of
the country, according to Mrs. Seller.
In order to interest the natives in
community development, she has
conducted night classes for adults
and sponsored a Mother’s Club, in ad
dition to teaching 38 pupils in day
school.
one conducts tr»e evening classes
three times a week during the school
year. Most of the students are young
men, and arithmetic and reading are
the principal subjects studied.
There is neither doctor or nurse
in Beaver and Mrs. Seller serves as
community worker. Two of the mem
bers of the Mothers' club are mid
wives who attend to the babies.
Drinking is not a problem in the com
munity, for the trader, Frank Ya
suda, will not sell liquor.
Mrs. Seller was born at Unaiaska
and was sent Outside at the age of
eight years to be educated. She com
pleted her studies at Carlisle in 1906,
and was graduated from Westchester
State Normal. Pa., in 1909 she began
teaching at Sitka and with the ex
ception of five years, has taught in
the Territory ever since. She has
three children, two boys and a girl.
Mr. Seller, who taught 10 years in
Alaska, died last year.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Half a teaspoonful of eucalyptus
in a tumbleful of warm water makes
an excellent gargle when a throat is
relaxed. The same treatment is very
effective in the case of unpleasant
breath.
Mice dislike the smell of turpentine
and if rags soaked in it are placed
at the entrance to the holes, it will
often rid a place of them.
Powdered borax strewn on the floor
at night will keep beetles away. It
will also keep ants out of the larder.
Add a teaspoonfui of'painter’s size
to the water when washing linoleum
or oil cloth, and the surface will pre
sent a glossy appearance
Instead of shaking doormats, lay
them downwards flat on the ground,
and beat them on the wrong side. Not
only is this method much easier in
shaking, but .it gets the dirt out bet
ter and saves clouds of dust being
raised to blow back into the house.
Any fluffy bits clinging to the mats
when turned right way up can easily
be removed with a damp brush.
MINERS BUSY ON
THE SEWARD PENINSULA
With its population 50 per cent
greater than normal, Nome is enjoy
ing a summer of unprecedented ac
tivity. according to John M. Cross,
member of the Alaskan Aeronautics
Commission from the Second Divi
sion, who arrived in Juneau recently,
says the Alaska Daily Press.
“There has been a great spurt in
mining interest in the entire Seward
Peninsula,” he said,“soc planes in
Nome and that locality have beerL|
very btrsv. There are many people in
town at the present, and the place
has really become a bustling- little
city."
The Arctic Exploration Company
has one dredge operating at Candle
and is now installing another one. he
said. Much of the A.E.C. machinery
ws flown into Candle by Wien Air
ways planes during the past winter.
There are usually five or six planes
based in Nome, with others based as
far north as Kotzebue.
Although his postoffice address is
Nome, the Arctic pilot spends most
of his time on flights between various
northern villages and Fairbanks and
Nome.
“I prefer flying in the Nome area
to any other in the Territory,” Cross
said. “I worked in Cordova two years
with the CoppeT River Air Service,
but I like Nome the best. Outside
p ilots think that flying conditions
are tough in Nome, but they are
really much easier than around Fair
banks. And Juneau—I'd rather fly in
Nome than around her.e Flying con
ditions here are much more difficult.”
NOTICE
In the Probate Court for Otter Pre
cinct. Fourth Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the Estate of
Charles Yost, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the utr
1 dersigned, administrator of the es
tate of Charles Yost, deceased, to
the creditor’s of, and all persons;
having claims against, the said de
ceased, to exhibit them, with the ne
cessary vouchers, within six month*
(of the date of this notice, to the
1 said administrator, at his place of
residence in the Town of Flat. Ot
ter Precinct, Fourth Judicial Divt
, sion. Territorv of Alaska.
JOE CUMMINGS,
Administrator of the Estate of
Charles Yost, Deceased.
Da‘ed at Flat, Alaska, September 11,
1937.
First Publication October 15, 1937.
Last Publication, November 19,
1937.
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TITION FOR DISCHARGE
In the Probate Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Fou.-th Division.
Mt. McKinley Precinct
In the Matter of the Estate of F. C.
H. Spencer. Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
J. JT. Chisholm, the administrator of
the estate of F. C. H. Spencer, de
ceased, has this day filed in this
Court r.i'd matter his Final Account.
Report and Petition for Discharge,
and that the Court ha? designated
Saturday, the 27th day of Novem
ber, 1937, at the hour of 2 o’clock in
the afternoon of said day as the time
and office of the U. S. Commissioner
and Ex-Officio Probate Judge for the
Mt. McKinley "Precinct, Fourth Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska, as the
place, when and where said report,
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objections to the said report if any
they have, in writing, on or before
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Date of First Publication, October 15,
1937.
Date or last Publication, November
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