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MANY BIRTH THRUOUT
TERRITORY PAST YEAR’
itetchikan had twice as many
births as deaths during the year 1920,
according to figures in the book
of vital statistics in the recorder's
office at the courthouse. The num
ber of marriages during the year
1920, only exceeded the number in
1919, by two. ^
During the year 1920, sixty-two
'hildren were bom, while the num
ber of deaths amounted to thirty
one. A number in these deaths
are due to the “flu” epidemic last
spring, some were drowned and sev
eral died of old age.
Although 1920 was “leap year”
the records show that very few
women took advantage of this op
portunity, as only fifty-seven, couples
were joined in holy matrimony, to
fifty-five couples, the proceeding
year.
HENDERSON DECLARES THAT
EDUCATION OF NATIVES IN
COMMON SCHOOLS A PROBLEM
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! “The question of what is the best
! thing for both the natives and white
children in the question of whether
or not native children should attend
the territorial public schools,” said
Lester D. Henderson, territorial su
| perintendent of schools, today.
Before such a plan could be sue
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! cessfully worked out a period of time
should elapse in order to be able to
accept the natives on the same plan
as th white children in the schools,”
^ jontinued Mr. Henderson. “There
are existing conditions which would
greatly affect the education of the
white children that must be taken
into consideration. The natives
I would not be able to meet the stand
! and of regularity and punctuality
i set up by the white students. Even
by strictly enforceing tne compulsory
education laws would not begin , to
remedy this matter. In the first
place, the natives enter school dur
ing the month of October making
them nearly two months behind the
other children. In the spring they
instinctively want to leave school to
go hunting ana iismng. . n ^y
j allowed to come back the following
| year they could not be expected to
1 go on with their class and it would
| be difficult for the teacher to take
i care of such pupils.
<‘The unhealthy condition of the
native must also be considered. Their
homes are not sanitary and they
pay little attention to personal clean
liness. Medical inspection an<J the
assistance of a health officer would
partly remedy this but it would not
, put the native on a plane with the
white children of any community.”
Mr. Henderson suggests as the only
: possible way if the natives are to
be admitted tp the schools would be
to take time and educate them up to
I file standards of the white children.
Half of the enrollment of the Nel
son schools are made up of native
children while eight' per cent of the
enrollment of the schools in incor
porated towns are natives. The sit
uation at Wrangell is not a new one
! as many of the towns in the terri
' tory v do not have a government
I school. It is entirely up to the school
board whether or not they wish to
admit native children in the<public
schools.
I The territory has expended $90,
000 on the education of natives so
! that they have been far from neg
: lected in this matter, while the fed
: eral government of which the natives
|are wards have never appropriated
! funds to help maintain native schools.
Never look a toy pistol in the
muzzle.
The motto of some men is, “Give
me liberty or givelme debt.”
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LOCAL OPERATOR ,
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Wm. L. Mooney of the local iable
office was informed by special wire
last eveing from Signal Corps Head-'
quarters that he had been promoted
to the rank of Master Sgt. This ad
vance puts Sgt Mooney on an equa:
basis with Sgt. Perry who; is now
in charge of the Seward station and
will undoubtedly mean the transfer
ing of. Sgt .Mooney in the near fut
ure. It is understood that the Signal
Corps is contemplating the estab
lishing of a large station at Dutch
Harbor on the Aleutian Islands, one
at a new point on the Philippine Isl
ands and another near Honolulu on
1 the Hawaiian Islands. Sgt. Mooney
| will be given hi^ choice of these three
! stations. Upon being interviewed re
! lative to his preference the Sgt said,
; “Since arriving in Alaska several
i years ago I have always, until re
cently, considered Alaska as my per
manent home and have had no desire
to leave. When war was declared
against Germany I was stationed at,
j Valdez, was given a commission of
Captain and served in trance, upon
my return I was sent to Seward.
During my stay in Seward I have
met many fine people and I will re
gret leaving the town and the friends i
I have made.” When asked which of
i the three places he would prefer go
* ing to the Sgt said, “I have no de
sire to be stationed at Dutch Harbor,
the Philippine Islands do not appeal
t& me, therefore I will probably go to
the Hawaaian Islands.” Sgt. Mooney
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still retains pleasant memories of
the few short days he spent at Hon
,lulu when the transport on which he
was returning to the United States ;
from the Philippine Islands, touched
at that port and the men were given j
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shore leave. The picture of the no- ,
tive dancing girls is still fresh in h ,
memory and the notes of the ukele i
and steel guitar often mingle with
the notes of the drum when the Sgt.
plays at the local dances. He is a
proficient drummer, fond of mur'c
and dancing and being so it is safe
to say that he will fit into the trop
ical environment of Honolulu in a
short time after his arrival. The Sgt
will be missed by the younger set of
Seward and his absence from the lo
ral cable office will create & \jacancy
which will be hard to fill. The People
of Seward will join in wishing Sgt.
Mooney a bright and successful fut
ure when the time comes for his
departure and there are many who
feel, that just as soon as the glamour
j of the tropics begins to dull, the
| Sgt. will pack his kit and return to
| the land of the Northern Lights.
HIGH HEELS BLAMED FOR LOTS
OF ILLS AND WOMEN’S WOES
CHICAGO, Jan. 26— “The use of
high ~ heels is just as much a crime
as the use of alcohol,” said Dr. W. I.
Elsrink, secretary of the Illinois Os
teopathic Association, which conven
ed today. “High heels cause backache
| they deform the feet, knees and back;
they flatten the chest and create a
predisposition to tuberculosis; they
tip the body out of equilibrium and
promote race suicide.”
The osteopaths hope to enlist
women’s clubs, school teachers and
all organizations interested in t£eir
crusade and^ plan a law forbidding the
wearing of high heels effective in five
years. This would enable shoe, mer
chants to dispose of the stocks on
.hsihd. «
Bookkeeper* are merel^ figure
heads in the business.
A pretty girl is usually more or
namental than useful. - \ 1
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A woman seldom means all the
mean things she says. 3 • ‘
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1 Thia Is no time for despair or dacearagemont. For ftke
I . riding our course over the breakers to the dear calm pan Of
[contentment ahead.
Economic conditions an changing to the normal; faith and
Iwork, not theories, will speed the now era of prosperity.
The Bank of Seward ia alive to the pregnant possibilities of
of the present and bespeaks its hearty cooperation to pro
Bduce firmer, more stable conditions. Oar bent advise to yon
is to keep year feet on the ground, yoar head steady and
j your finance tangoed shape by bailding ap carefully yoar
1 bank balance. Temporary conditions cannot then, hart yon.
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