Native Pictures
Proposed For
Alaska Museum
Two dozen original paintings
of Alaska native Indians and Es
kimos may be added to the Ter
ritorial Museum if a proposed
bill to purchase the collection of
Mrs. Nina Crimrin. reaches the
Legislature and goes on to final
passage.
It was over ten years ago while
living in Ketchikan that Mrs.
Crumrine conceived the idea of
recording in her painting the typ
ical natives of older times. Her
collection now includes native
types from Ketchikan to the Arc
tic. Wherever possibe she has
painted the chief of a village or
trijae. When this has not b en pos
sible she has sought for her pic
tures natives typical of bygone
days. Many of her subjects have
passed on since h r paintings
were mad; and their passing has
lessened the number of natives
in the Territory who maintain
their tribal life. Her natives are
shown in their original dr ss. pot
latch costumes, Chikat blankets
and headdresses that indicate
customs of their tribes.
Historical Significance
As her collection grew to in
clude pictures of natives repre
senting Indians and Eskimos
throughout the Territory — the
Eskimos were added after two
trips to the Arctic, one that took
her as far as Pt. Barrow—Mrs.
Crumrine realized the historical
significance of her paintings and
has felt that they belonged in
the Territorial Museum.
From her collection she has se
lected the following 24 as typic
al native portrayals:
Southeastern Alaska Natives:
Thlinget Boy at Haines Mission:
Thlinget Girl at Haines Mission;
Head of Chilkat Tribe, Kluk
Wan; Princess Maggie Ke den a
ha, Skagway; Mr. “Paddy” Go
net and Mrs. “Paddy” Go-net
who migrates to Haines from the
Yukon River; Aleut Native from
Sitka, in Potlatch Hat; Aleut Boy
at Seward; Young Chilkat Tribes
man at Kluk Wan; Chief Kian.
Ketchikan; Chief Kok Teech
(Johnson), Ketchikan; Chi-f
“Moses,” Circle on the Yukon;
Old Haida Princess, Ketchikan.
Eskimo: Typical Nunivak Is
lander; Young Hooper Bay Es
kimo Mother and Baby; Achuk
■aluak— (might mean The Vil
lage Philosopher)—St. Michael;
Mrs. “Lee,” Eskimo teacher of
Skin Sewing, Nome; Beatrice
Aloha, wife of Mayor of Sav
oonga.
St. Lawa'ence Island: Chief
John, King Island; Cecelia, dau
ghter of Chief John; Diomede Is
land Woman, tatooed; John Kuk
arnuk, Teller; Peter Koonyak,
primitive Point Hope Chief and
Old Man from White Mountain.
Native Carves Frames
Frank James, native carver of
Douglas, has made frames for pic
tures of the Southeast Alaska na
tives of native yellow cedar from
a design by Mrs. Crumrine who
also proposes to design a frame
in which to properly mount her
Eskimo pictures.
Mrs. Crumrine and her daugh
ter Josephine have been in Jun
eau for the last several weeks
and will remain until April
when they start through the
Territory on another painting pil
grimage that may take them to
the Arctic again.
Save $2 by paying in advance
for your subscription.
JOHN NELSON’S FUNERAL
HFLD LAST SATURDAY
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Funeral services for John Nel
son were held last Saturday at
2 p.m. at the F-derated Church,
Rev. Wilbur P. Wood officiating.
Pall bearers were: C. F. Yenney,
A. Rydecn, H. Robinson, Carl
And .rsoh, B. B. Mozee, and Ted
dy Johanson.
John Ernest Nelson was born
in Ost rhammer, Sweden, March
2. 1888. lie crossed the Atlantic
in 1906 for America, living near
Tacoma, Washington till 1913.
Nelson became a citizen of the
United States at Tacoma in Feb
ruary of 1912. Alaska called in
1913 and he followed the call to
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Candle. There he met Miss Anna
| Olson and marriage followed in
1915. There two children, Ned E.
Nelson and Vera M. Nelson wire
jborn.
In 1919 Nelson and family left
Cande and established their
home in Seattle. There he work
ed for the S attle Water Dept,
from 1920 to 1935. Nelson came
North again in 1935 and has work
ed in the placer mines near Nome
■ till his recent death.
While in Seattle he b longed to
the Fraternal Order of Eagles,
the Scandinavian-American Frat
ernity, the Order of Vasa, and
was a member of the Geths.m
ane Luthern Church.
Besides his immediate family
he is survived by a sister, Mrs.
Svea Becklund of Tacoma, and
two sisters in Sweden.
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GERMAN CONSUL
WILL BE QUIZZED
SAN FRANCISCO — Superior
Judge Deasey signed an order dir
ecting German Consul General
Fritz Weid mann to submit to
questioning in connection with
the $8,000 suit filed against him
by Mrs. Alice Crockett.
The order was asked by J. W.
Erlich, Mrs. Crockett’s attorney.
Erlich said that he would at
tempt to obtain a deposition from
Wiedemann.
Mrs. Crockett claims, and the
Consul General denies, that
Weidemann hired her in ’30 to go
to Germany as his personal repre
sentative. The divorced wife of a
United Stat s Army colonel asks
$3,000 for six months' salary and
$5,000 for expenses.
Weidemann's attorneys are ex
pected *to ask transfer of the suit
to the federal court,
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The U. S. Army had some 600,
1 000 men at the end of 1940 com
pared with 215,488 at the end of
1939.
NEW MIDDIE COMMANDER
William Hanna Mendenhall of
Cleveland Heights, O., is the Mid
shipman Reginmental Command
er at the U. S. Naval Academy
graduation exercises.
Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Cloudy tonight with light snow and not much change in temper
ature Tuesday variable with intermittent periods of fair and
coudy weather and occasional light snow.
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:60 pm Today
Highest temp J— 17 lowest temp — 11 Precipitation — T
Total precip this month 0.68 Total since Jan. 1, 1941, 0.87
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight_____ „ 14 772 z N 7 Snow
8am _ _ _ ___ 13 78 N 3 Cloudy
12:30 p m ...... 15 75 N 11 Cloudy
Tomorrow: Sunrise 7:02 a. m. Sunset 5:28 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 26 Lowest temp — 18 Precipitation — 0.02
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/THANKS FOR H FIRING ME
(sell MORE CANNED SALMON
/well SIR,ALL ALASKA CAN THANK YOtT^
-AND THOUSANDS OF OUR AMERICAN 1
/ GROCER FRIENDS-FOR THE 600D JOB YOU \
(DO IN HELPING US SELL OUR N?1 FOOD\^J
'inwuiPHipn* r'4* s ^
ALASKA HAS some 300,000 mighty good friends in the
l\ United States. They are the city and village grocers
who help us put Alaska’s Canned Salmon on America’s
dinner table.
Making and keeping these valuable friends is an im
portant part of the Canned Salmon Industry program.
One thing that wins their support is the Industry’s nation
wide advertising campaign. Grocers know how this ad
vertising interests housewives in Canned Salmon ... helps
them sell more Canned Salmon. Then, too, the Industry
helps grocers plan special drives throughout the year
such as Lenten, Summer and New Pack sales. With free
display and advertising material. . . with ideas for dis
plays, the Industry encourages grocers to feature Canned
Salmon in their stores. And every year thousands of
grocers compete for prizes in a big Industry contest by
building displays that sell hundreds of extra cases of
Canned Salmon.
This retail help in selling our good food is especially
important to all Alaska.
2,500 ON STRIKE
MAY MAKE PEACE
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I WASHINGTON — American
Federation of Labor chiefs ask
ed 2,500 striking employees ol
Lansing, Michigan, Motor Wheel
Corporation to vot. on a settle
ment by federal negotiators.
Neither side was willing to dii
cuss whether the union was of
fered a closed shop until the
workmen decided for th-mselve.1
if the peace terms meet with
their approval. Ratification ol
the settlement pact would b<
followed by reop-ning of the
Motor Wheel Plant, closed over
2 weeks ago.
Wheels Were Lacking
' Packard in Detroit was forced
to close because of lack of wheels
supplied by the Lansing factory.
Officials of CIO Steel Workers
Organizing Committee called a
meeting to determine further ac
tion in th. union's dispute with
Bethlehem Steel at Buffalo, N.
Y. The unionists authorized their
I leaders to call a strike if they see
1 fit in protest against purported
lockouts.
Defense Materials Involved
A strike would halt production
of defense materials at the Lack
awanna mill and throw 14.000
men out of work.
Officials of the CIO United
Auto workers’ Union reported
that 50 members had walked out
at the Ford Company glass plant
in Detroit. Spokesmen said the
walkout resulted from a dispute
1 over the wearing of union caps.
Ford officials denied existence of
such a controversy.
CIO Auto Workers at Milwau
kee appeared satisfied with arbit
1 ration of their dispute at the
Allis Chalmers Company plant.
Almost 9,000 employes have been
idle more than a month in the
def nse production factory.
ICE MOVED AT NENANA
I 1917—April 30 . 11:30 a.m.
1918— May 11 . 9:33 a.m.
1919— May 3 . 2:33 p.m.
; 1920—May 11 .. 10:46 a.m.
1921—May 11. 6:42 a.m.
! 1922—May 12 .. 1:20 p.m.
1923—May 9 . 2 p.m.
| 1924—May 11 . 3:10 p.m.
1925— May 7 . 6:32 p.m.
1926— April 26 . 4:03 p.m.
1927— May 13 . 5:42 a.m.
1928— May 6 . 4:25 p.m.
1929— May 5 . 3:41 p.m.
1930— May 8 . 7:03 p.m.
1931— May 10 .. 9:23 a.m.
1932— May 1 . 10:15 a.m.
1933— May 8 . 7:30 p.m.
1934— April 30 .. 2:07 p.m.
1935— May 15 . 1:32 p.m.
1936— April 30 . 12:58 p.m.
1937— May 12 . 8:04 p.m.
1938— May 6 . 8:14 p.m.
1939— April 29 .. 1:26 p.m.
1940— April 20 . 3:27 pm.
Salmon Hash Is
Full of Flavor
By Carol Evans, Homo Economist
Good hash is more than a class
“A" economy eniree. It is a
hearty nutritious dish, full of flav
or -a dish that is in season when
wintry winds blow.
A simple recipe for salmon
hash makes its bow — appro
priate enough — in time for s r
vice on Alaskan fami'y tables
during Canned Salmon Week,
February 28 - March 7.
Such a dish, economical, sav
ory and nutritious catches the
spirit of a week nationally set
, aside to honor's Alaska canned
• salmon. For this s afood is most
outstanding in that it incorporat
es the qualities of fine flavor,
high food value and versatility in
one .single staple.
Canned salmon lends itself
particularly well to the making
of a quick hash or scramble to
be serv d as the main dish of a
family dinner or supper, for it
is ready cooked and can be serv
ed at a moment’s notice. Left
over potatoes, rice or macaroni
may be used to advantag in this
dish too, and the ingredients are
all such as are found on every
well-stocked pantry shelf.
A dinner menu built around
this entree might includ string
beans, slivered carrots, tossed
fruit sa’ad and a simple pudding.
For a main course of a luncheon
menu, salmon ha h is served on
crisp toast with a t malo sauce.
Salmon Hash
(Serves 4-6)
1 pound canned salmon
1 cup cook d potatoes (diced)
or one cup rice or macaroni.
'•i cup celery (diced).
!2 cup rich milk
3 eggs (beaten slightly)
Salt, pepper
2 tablespoons chopped chives
(if desired )
Flake the salmon and mix with
potato s or rice or macaroni. Ad I
celery, milk, eggs, sail, pepper
and chives. Fry in butter in skil
let, scrambling as the egg mix
ture thickens. Serve with vege
tables or crisp toast. A tomato
sauc is an excellent menu accom
paniment.
ROUGH AND READ Y-Newly-cut tre* trunks do their bit for Cncle Sams Panama Canal
defenses in this wilderness remote conti ol station—part of a searchlight battery.
VOICt 4/f mU THOR 3 i i —Sank in giuuud is oas, o* many guits guarding a .*uma Canal.
So new is this defense position that railroad tie wall is not yet choked with protective fill.