Red Cross Roll
Call Starts
Jan. 15
Next week the citizens of our
community will be asked to join
the forces of the American Red
Cross. The various types of mem
bership are as follows: Annual
one dollar; Contributing, five do!
•' Jars; Sustaining, ten dollars; Sup
porting, twenty-five dollars. Most
: of ,us should be able to take at
least an annual membership, and
many Should be able to take
. memberships of the other types.
Contributions in addition to mem
bership may also be made.
But what happens to the mon
ey that we contribute? At least
half of it stays right in Nome, to
.be used by the local chapter in
emergencies requiring relief. The
national organization takes fifty
cents only of every membership
whether it be one dollar of twen
ty five dollars. If you took a
twenty five dollar membership,
Nome would get twenty four dol
lars and fifty cents, and national
the other fifty cents.
The share claimed by the na
tional organization is used for
the maintainence of the organiz
ation. The answer to the charge
frequently encountered, that
there is graft and mishandling of
funds in the organization, is that
the acounts of The American Red
Cross are audited by the War De
partment, and are filed by the
Secretary of War with the Con
gress of the United States. Such
accusations, therefore, amount to
an indictment of the government
itself.
The canvassers will endeavor
to call upon everyone next week.
They will not beg. and they will
also be instructed to avoid all
useless arguments about the mer
its of the organization. Those
who believe in the fine work
that The Red Cross is doing are
asked to do their best to make
this Roll Call the Best.
Business houses are challenged
to merit a one hundred ,per cent
poster for display in their win
dows, to be achieved by having
every employee a member of The
Red Cross. An honorary list of all
businesses achieving this distinc
tion will be published next week.
Vincent C. Widney
Chairman
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ALASKA NATIVES EARN
§100,000 DURING YEAR
BY HANDICRAFTS
JUNEAU—Virgil Farrell, super
visor of native arts and crafts,
turned in a report recently to the
general superintendent of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, ,C. M.
Hirst, with reference to the econ
omic importance of natives in A]
aska that is definitely surprising.
In viewing of this report, it is
noted that Indians and Eskimos,
of Alaska made nearly $100,000
this year on the products of their
skill, the largest item of which
comes under the head of “skin
sewing,” representing an income
for 1938 of over $30,000.
A year ago, careful supervi
sion was toegun toy the Bureau
of Indian Affairs of the merchan
dising of native art, the profits
of which give promise of .pour
ing firm cement to the Indian’s
and the Eskimo’s economic found
ation.
Farrell’s report is of unusual
interest. It follows:
“Following is a resume of the
arts and crafts report for the
year ending December 1, 1938.
“A total of 75 stations organiz
ed for arts and craft work dur
ing the year, and a recnpitula
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tion of business done by these sfa
tions, shows as follows:
“Craft goods sold locally by
the natives n their respective'
villages, $6,509.52.
“Craft goods handled through
Juneau office, $32,747.33.
“Total craft merchandise turn
over for year, $98,256.85.
“Segregation of different types
of craft work:
Basketry . $ 7,220.35
Ivory Carving .. 23,267.76
'Metal Work . 1,285.40
Skin Sewing . 34,439.421
Blankets . 281.00
Model Work . 997.00
Tanning . 918.50
Raw Products . 6,284.82!
Boat Construction 10,490.00j
Sled Construction . 1,151.00
Snow Shoes . 376.00
Miscellaneous . 1,413.60
Total .$95,096.60
“Approximately 25 stations are
empolying native craftsmen and
eraftswomen for instruction
work with the adult groups, as
well as the school children. It is
worthy of note that practically
all of the 75 stations organized
for craft work offer guidance to
the adult people of the village as
well as to the school children.
Teachers have rendered every
assistance possible to the adult
craft groups in marketing their
merchandise, locally or through
the Juneau office.
“The principal ivory carving
centers are Nome, King Island,
Diomede Island, Gambell and Sa
voonga on St. Lawrence Lsland,
Wales, and Shishmaref.
“Excellent skin sewing work
was carried on at Nome, Kotze
bue, Noatak, Unalakleet, Ram
part, Ketchikan, Juneau, Sitka, i
and Point Hope.
“The principal basketry pro
jects were at Nunivak, Tununak
on Nelson Island, Shageluk,
Stebbins and Kwinhagak; the
whale bone basket project at Pt.
Barrow continued to turn out
fine work. A scattering of South
eastern baskets were turned out
in that district, but none of the
villages were organized to show
an especially large turnover.
“Leading wood carving cen
ters are Juneau, Douglas, Ketch
ikan, with some good work com
ing out of Metlakatla and Hvda
burg. The native people of Ketch
ikan, Juneau, and Douglas have
shown marked increases in the
quality and quantity of their out
put in totem pole carving. This
type of craft work has shown
very much improvement.
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