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'Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
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Tokutna, Alaska. July 3, 1928.
SMITHSONIAN PARTY HOPE
TO DEI ll)E WHERE AMER
ICAN INDIANS CAME FROM
Washing.on.—;An expedition that
ay uncover traces of America’s first
r.oiabitonts will be undertaken by the
. Smithsonian Institution this summer.
Headed by Dr. -1 Walter Fewkes
•hief of the bureau of ethnology, the
Institution will send a mission int;
over Alaska to search for evidence
of a migration to America from Asia
- centuries ago.
“There is no doubt in my mind,”
aid Fewkes. “that the first emi
grants crossed to America from Asia.
■ ia Bering Strait. We must find the
'emains of cooking utensils, broken
pears, broken tomahawks, etc., that
•.hey left behind.”
While searching for evidence of the
rst settlers, Fewkes will have sev
ral other groups of scientists at
work seeking additional information
m the American Indian and Amer
ican loud products. At the present
time he Fas an expert investigator in
Tanta Barbara, Cal., running down
'disappearing languages.”
Fewkes is particularly anxious to
end out how old the American Indian;
is and when he came to this country. |
“We must find out,” he said,
"whether he came here by way of
Australia or by way of Bering strait. I
However, he came here, and we have
the other problem to deal with: Did
he come singly or hi hordes, clans, or
in some other way.” That leads us
into the question of migration.
“There is one thing which I think is
very evident, that, however he came
here, he lived for a certain length of
time under the environment which
made him an American Indian and
differentiated him from other races.
A good many people contend that the
American Indian was a Chinaman.”
Culture of the Indians, Fewkes
said, .is .rapidly passing.
“We.are on the eve iff the destruc
tion of all that was interesting, scien
tifically, outside of psychology, in the
.American Indian. Now -we are turn
ing into the investigation of the past
history and the character of the abor
igines when America "was discovered.”
Fewkes believes the cliff dwellers
and the mound builders were the di
rect ancestors of the Indians who
'were Jiving here when the white race
•came. Investigators of the Institu
tion, FaWkes said, have discovered a
jgsKj&i-.ir. r '■ i ,1—n. i _
ruin that dates back as far as 390
B. .
Another mysterious question that
T’ewkes wants to solve is hum- long it
took the first settlers in this country
to develop edible fruits nr roots, such
as the potato and Indian earn.
RAILROAD USING LOCAL
WOODS IN GREAT VARIETY
Fairbanks News-Miner.
In their program of using native
products wherever practical, in oTder
to keep as much money in the Terri
tory as possible mit of the appropria
tions alloted them, the management of
the Alaska Railroad announces that
native hirer, hemlock, spruce and
other native lumber is being used
very extensively in .their carpenter
shops.
It is stated that birch is used al
most "exclusivel yin car construction
and repair work, where oak was for
merly used. Native birch finishes
beautifully, and is exactly suited for
decorating cars and interior finishings
of offices, it is announced.
For certain work birch is impracti
cable, owing to the fact that large
timbers are unobtainable at present.
However, the carpenter shop has 12
pieces of fine native hemlock which
will be used in construction of car end
sills.
The railroad is at present trying
out an experiment in the use of cot
tonwood ties. For this purpose they
have sent several of these ties Outside
for creosoting purposes, and if the
pentration .>f creosote in the cotton
wood is satisfactory it is entirely pos
sible that many of this class of rail
road t ieswill be used in the near fu
ture. If the experiment proves satis
factory, a small creosoting plant will
be installed.
Birch has been successfully ve
neered over cottonwood by the rail
road shops, and is being used for
panel boards and in trimming railroad
cars and in many other practical
ways. This veneer has a beautiful
finish and is very attractive for decor
ative purposes.
General Manager Smith states that
inquiries have been sent out from the
railroad offices to machine manufac
turers Outside with a view to obtain
ing new machinery which can be used
for the general purpose of using local
lumber, and further relieving them of
the necessity of ordering lumber from
the States.
GROWTH OF UNITED STATES.
The Department of Commerce an
nounces a revised estimate of the
population of the United States made 1
by the Bureau of the Census and
based upon the available data regard
ing births, deaths, immigration and
emigration since 1920. This gives a
total estimated population of 117,
135,897 on July 1, 1926, as compared
with 115,378,0!'1 on July 1, 1925, and
105,710,620 on January 3, 1920. The
population for the several States is j
arrived at by distributing nhe total j
increase for the United States since j
1920 on the basis of the distribution i
.if the increase between T9U> and
1925, except that tSie State census fig
ures are substituted fn all -cases
where a State census was taken in
L925, and no estimates are .made for
those States which showed a decrease
if population from 1910 to 1920, the
figures given in such cases being the
population in 1920.
Florida, with more than 3'6 per
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cent, is given credit for the greatest
] percentage of gain, with California,
nearly 26 per cent, second. New
York, with a gain of 018,000, gets
' credit fo the geatest actual gain.
Pennsylvania, with 803,000, : comes
second. Next in order > comes ' Cali
fornia, with a gain df 800,000; Ohio,
with 84L000; Michigan, with 727,000,
and Illinois, with 717,000.
Mississippi and Vermont are not
credited with any gain, because they
did not show a gain between 1910 and
1920. Mississippi’s loss was account
ed for by the colored migration north
; ward, and Vermont’s by emigration to
' the South and West.
It is conceded by experts that the
estimates might not give full credit
to those States where immigration is
in full swing, like Florida, for in
stance, and Noth Carolina, and where
it was not so pronounced between
1910 and It 20 as now.
GERALD CHAPMAN, NOTORI
OUS BANDIT, HANGED
Wethersfield, Conn.—Gerald Chap
man, the Hiillion-dollar bandit,” was
hanged at 4 minutes past 12 last
night for the murder of a New Britain
policeman. He was pronounced dead
at 12:13.
Chapman walked from his cell to
the blue chalk circle on the floor of
the deaf!: chamber with his full
strength. He looked.quietly around
the room, and glanced for a lingering;
instant at the closet in which the
hanging mechanism was hidden.
Father Michael Barry entered the
death chamber with Chapman, hut did
not carry a crucifix.
The State board of pardons yester
day heard Chapman plead for 30 min
utes for his life, but decided that the
hanging must occur. Governor Trum
bull, who presided, permitted Chap
man to appear in a final prayer for
leniency in his own behalf. Chapman
stood el ect, and in a voice at first in
distinct but with unwavering tones
stated that he hadn't prepared any
thing but that he bad noted the argu
ment that he hadn’t protested his
own innocence. He-continued:
“I don't believe I could enter any
protest, which would he loud enough
to be heard. I don’t know anything
about the legal aspects of the case,
but I can and do rely on the human
appeal. 4 think all I want to say
is simply that I am asking for jus
tice.”
■Chapman was the first victim of
the Connecticut “hanging machine,”
an affair which yanks the man to the
ceiling and then gives him an addi- i
tional yank as he comes down.
A L ASK A ST E VJHSHIP CO.
BUYS FIFTH.FREIGHTER
Seattte.—.Negatiati«tt.s for the pur
chase of the freighter Derhlay by the
Alaska Steamship Company from the
United States Shipping Board have
been completed, making a total of five
carries of her size and type operated
by the company from the Govern
ment. The Derblay is now at the'
plant of the Todd Dry Docks, Inc., in !
Seattle, where she is undergoing re- !
pairs estimated to cost $71,490. The
contract for the work has berm
awarded.
It is understood that the Alaska
Steam ship‘Company paid $90,000 for
the Derblay, hut that the cost of ee- j
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PIONEER |
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Machine, Black- j
smith and
Sheet Mdtal Work j
All Kinds or Repairs |
Stoves Built j
and Repaired j
Robt. E. Lowrie |
Tokotna, Alaska I
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pairing her will be borne by the Ship
ping Board. The five carriers which
have been purchased from-Ahe Sh'p
ping Board by the1'Alaska Steamship
Compapy are the freighters . Oduna,
Xanana, Depcre, depth* and Dcvblay.
The: vessels are of- 5128:-deadweight
tons, each, and \ver4 huilt-dn-the Han-;
Ion shipyards, irt Oaltlahd for. the Ship
ping Board. v
OLD-FASHIONED WINDOW VEN
TILATION FOUND SUPERIOR
The New York State" Commission
on Ventilation made a study of the
chief systems of ventlafion used in.
the schools and found window gravity
ventilation the most promising for
school room use.
Recently the Joint Committee on
Health Problems in Education of the
National Education Association and
the American Medical Association
gave its endorsement to window grav
ity ventilation. The essentials of
this system of ventilation are:
1. A thermometer for each oom
with a danger signal pointed at 68
degrees F.
2. Windows open at the bottom.
3. Deflecting boards placed at bot
toms of windows.
4. Radiators extending beneath the
full width of the windows and
equipped with hand-controlled valves.
5. Exhaust ducts, equipped with
dampers, located ncarMhe .ceiling on
the wall opposite the windows; two
ducts to the average school room.
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