Lutheran Mission at Teller Marks
63rd Year on Seward Peninsula
Eskimo missions of the Evan
gelical Lutheran Church paused
to observe the 63rd year since
their work was established on the
Seward Peninsula of western
Alaska. The celebration took
place March 2, 3, and 4 at Teller
Mission, 80 miles (northwest of
Nome.
It was here, on Aug. 1, 1894,
that Rev. T. L. Brevig landed with
his wife Julia and their little son
Carl. Rev. Brevig had come to
serve as pastor and overseer for
the group of Norwegian Lapps
employed by the U.S. Govern- j
ment to teach the Eskimos the!
reindeer industry. Seeing a need
for Christian ministry to the (na
tives of the area, he began and
continued this work on his own
initiative.
In 1904 the mission Brevig es
tablished was taken under the
direction and support of the Lu
theran Church (Norwegian Lu
Coastwise Line
Will Close Its
Seattle Office
SEATTLE, [ff) — Closure of an
other steamship office in Seattle
was announced Friday.
Th.e Coastwise Line is closing
its Seattle and Portland offices
April 1. After that the line will
be represented in Puget Sound
and Columbia River areas by the
International Shipping Co.
The company gave this reason
for the shift:
“To provide the Shipping pub
lic with the extended coverage
and increased efficient service
that can be provided by Interna
tional Shipping Co.’s larger facili
ties throughout the Pacific North
west.”
However, just a month ago the
Coastwise Line cut sharply on
the service it provides from Long
Beach north via San Francisco,
the Columbia River and Puget
Sound to the Alaska ports of
Seward, Valdez and Whittier.
On Feb. 8, the company an
nounced charter of two ships
from the run to other trades.
Only one freighter, the Pacificus,
now is assigned to the coastwise
run through Seattle.
In recent rate hearings before
a Federal Maritime Board exam
iner, the company has blamed re
ductions in rates of the Alaska
freight lines for loss of much Alas
ka cargo out of the Pacific North
west.
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theran Synod).
The measles epidemic of 1900
left a number of orphans to the
care of the newly established mis
sion. This occurred also in the flu
epidemic of 1918 when, within
three months, 47 children were
orphaned. Three of the people
present at the celebration had
been cared for in the mission or
phanage: James Piknalook, Mrs.
Jerry vKaloke and Tom Rock. They
gave some of their memories and
their appreciation of the mission.
Rev. Brevig and succeeding
missionaries established other sta
tions at Igloo, Teller Town, Shish
maref, Lost River and Nome. The
Igloo and Lost River missions
were closed as people moved away
from these locations.
The Anniversary Celebration
Was planned by the resident mis
sionary of Teller Mission, Miss
Bertha Stedje, and the Church
Council. Those present included
Rev. and Mrs. Norval Hegland
and family with William Topse
kok from Teller Town as well as
others who came over the frozen
bay for the meetings. Rev. and
Mrs. John Maakestad and chil
dren, together with Mrs. Walter
Nayokpuk and Mrs. Vincent Tock
too and their children, arrived by
air from Shishmaref.
Four dogteams came also from
Shishmaref. They were driven by
Vincent Tocktoo, Harold Olarrna,
Arnold Olanna, and Delbert Enin
gowuk. They made the 100-mile
cross-country trip in 14 hours,
stopping for the night at Ikpik.
Bad weather prevented repre
sentatives of Our Saviours Lu
theran Church in Nome from at
tending.
The celebration began Satur
day evening with an informal ser
vice at which old-timers spoke, j
Two of these had been baptised I
by the founding missionary, Rev.
Brevig. These were Robert Otiti
tuk and Harry Olanna. After this j
service, Mr. and Mrs. Charley j
Weyouvanna served coffee in the!
social hall. i
At the worship Sunday morning
Rev. Norval Hegland, superinten
dent of the Eskimo Lutheran Mis
sions, gave the anniversary ser
mon. A Holy Communion Service
was held that evening when Rev.
Jbhn Maakestad gave the confes
sional address.
A mission conference business
meeting was held Monday morn
ing. The festivities closed Monday
evening with a laymen’s meeting j
with Mr. Jerry Kaloke in charge.
Many spoke with sincere appreci- j
ation for the Christian ministry
of the mission.
Many of the former missionaries
still living sent letters of greeting.
These included Mrs. O. Fosse,
Rev. and Mrs. Elmer Dahle, Rev.
and Mrs. Edson Hartje, Miss Mar
tha Brennun, Mrs. Magdalene
Klippen Rossin, Miss Noreen
Paulson, and Rev. Albert Tastad.
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Bartlett Says Lack
Of Procedures Holds Up
Oil and Gas Development
WASHINGTON, UP) — Delegate
Bartlett (D-Alaska) said today the
lack of procedures for leasing
Alaska’s submerged lands is hold
ing up development of the terri
tory’s oil and gas potential.
He made the remark in elabor
ating an a bill which he intro
duced earlier this week to extend
the mineral leasing act to sub
merged lands in and around Alas
ka. The bill also provides that 90
per cent of revenues from the
lease and operation of such lands
would go to the territory.
’“Prospectors for oil deposits
have found some encouraging
formations but, as the Alaska!
Legislature pointed out in a mem
orial adopted last week, the actual
existence and extent of oil and
gas deposits cannot be positively
determined except by the actual
drilling of wells,” Bartlett said.
Bartlett said he does not believe
it likely until statehood is
achieved that title to the land
could be passed to Alaska. Rights
of the future state, however,
would be protected in his pro
posed bill.
B-47 Bomber
Rides Jet Stream,
Sets No Record
SAVANNAH, Ga., UP) — A six
jet B47 bomber rode a high-al
titude jet stream cross-continent
from Seattle to Hunter Air Force
Base Saturday in approximately 4
hours and 2.1 minutes.
It appeared from the unofficial
time that no record had been set.
The big craft had expected to
traverse a somewhat longer route
of 2,820 miles to Homestead, Fla.,
in 414 hours. It turned in here
when the jet stream proved to be
somewhat slower than expected.
The bomber took off from
Seattle at 1:44 a. m., PST. It was
clocked in here at 9:04 a. m.,
EST, which is three hours earlier
than Pacific Standard.
The navigator, using split sec
ond timing, figured flight time
at four hours 18 minutes for about
2,800 statute miles, an esimated
ground speed of some 065 miles
an hour. , '
This mark was considerably
short of a similar coast to coast
flight of 2,700 miles Jan. 25 in
3 hours, 47 minutes — a speed
of nearly 720 miles an hour.
The streams flow from west to
east at altitudes of 35,000 to 45,
000 feet, carrying winds of from
100 to 250 miles an hour.
GOVERNOR SIGNS
PROPERTY OWNERS
REDEMPTION BILL
A bill providing for a right of
redemption in the owners of prop
erty subject to foreclosure under
the Land Registration Act was
signed by Acting Governor Waino
Hendrickson last week.
The bill permits owners of prop
erty to redeem their lands from
foreclosure actions pending in all
four divisions of the Territory of
Alaska by paying the delinquent
penalties, interest and publication
costs to the Land Commissioner
either before judgment, or within
one year after judgment is taken
by the Territory of Alaska.
Prior to the amendment, owners
of land who did not pay the de
linquent penalties within a sixty
day period after suit was. filed
were precluded from redeeming
their land after the expiration of
that time. Approximately 1,000
parcels of land were listed in the
foreclosures, and less than one
half of that number have been re
moved from the list by the pay
ment of the delinquent penalties.
Land Commissioner W. A. Chip
perfield urged all persons whose
property is affected by the fore
closures to file statements of own
ership and pay their delinquent
■ penalties as soon as possible.
I Tokyo’s Population
' Shows Large Increase
TOKYO, UFi — Tokyo’s popula
tion increased by almost a quar
ter of a million during the past
year. City government spokes
men announced today the popu
lation as of Feb. 1 was 8,322,530,
an increase of 238,980 over the
same date last year.
Alaska paid for itself in furs
between 1870 and 1880. In all,
it has paid for itself 19 times in
various furs taken.
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