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PRIMITIVE ALASKANS
From out-of-the-way- travels thru various portions
of Alaska there comes at times strange stories. It is said
that the surface of the Territory has hardly been scratch
ed. People living in the remote regions are oftimes as
isolated as some of the strange tribes in the Africas. Thus,
the story which Oddie Hallson, game warden in the Kus
kokwim, who is in Seward today, rings strange in the
ears of even the “Sourdoughs” who think they know
their Alaska.
Altho isolated and inconvenient in getting about in
the Kuskokwim the open-hearted hospitality of the people
never fails to impress the visitor. From these kind heart
ed folk, should one not care to travel further on down the
coast, one learns of a region teeming in interest. The
natives there, on the delta between the Kuskokwim and
Yukon, are almost as primitive as was civilization during
the stone age or glacial period.
Many of them do not know the meaning of a fire;
they eat their fish and meat raw. The women of this tribe
feed their children on small frozen raw fish first thawing
the fish in their open mouths.
Bows and arrows and spears are the principle weap
ons used in taking seals and other animals.
Upon death overtaking a member they still follow
the custom of placing the coffin, or well wrapped corpse,
just above the ground; all weapons, and personal belong
ings of the deceased, sleds, kyaks, bed, utensils, every
thing he or she used in life, is placed about the grave. Of
ten, these articles adorning graves are of superior qual
ity than owned by living relatives. These articles are nev
er disturbed by the natives.
Tattooing on the face and lips is still very common.
So also, the custom of piercing ears and lips from which
are suspended ivory and other trinkets.
A strange country, Alaska.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, it Seward doesn t get
the business, some other town must.
Speaking of the Americas, Colonel Lindbergh's most
popular speech while on his recent trip South must have
been "Hello, Central!"
An orattor must wax eloquent in order to make his
points stick.
Real fame depends upon whether the publicity yor
get must be lived up or lived down.
It is usually only the profiteers that speak of the 191^
—18 mixup as the “Great" War.
The Lord also loveth a cheerful liver.
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PRESENT DELEGATE
T:i Hartley Howard’s address to tl»j |
! nub.. \.nd,y n'g.it, t'-e I.>o- |
ubliean candidate lor Delegate to 1
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or.gress, pointed out the opposition |
tl e present delegate entered to the 1
o-ivell Creek • project This opposi- 1
:.lon, -Mr. Howard said, arose for one |
reason only, because the present del- |
egaie did not get a majority vote in j
Seward at the last,election. In other’!
words,, the delegate took a persona1 |
interest in the local project but not |
one from a territorial standpoint. j|
i roving selfish and personal in teres* j |
| alone motivates him in his nreserp ^ |
office.
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What Alaska needs at this tune 1? , I
more prospectors out in the hills, Nr. |
Howard said, and no4 the class f |
people who come to Alaska seeking |
a job. The Territory seems to be go
ing backward, not forward.'and
crnditioh must be charged direb*V
to the people of Alaska. If they would
g'ow and purchase their foodsf,;r?
in Alaska a big step forward wi!’
have been made. It is along tbss line
Mr. Howard proposes to work when
hp is sent back to Washington ‘o- he
is fully confident he will be A’a-ka’s
next Delegate to Congress. “It •« the
home-folk, the real Alaskans who
will elect me,” he stated from the
platform.
SCRAP BOOK EXERTS
J. F. Chappell, Jerseyville, 111.,—
“We arrived home safely last week
and are now beginning to find time
to draw a long breath and to realize
how greatly we enjoyed Alaska. All
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in all in looking back over our sum- j
mer it was most enjoyable and such !
hospitable Alaskans as you helped to j
make it so.”
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRO
FESSOR, DR. FREDERICK EB
ERSON, REVEALS NEW TOXIN
TO END TUBERCULOSIS
SAN FRANCISCO,—Definite proof;
that tuberculosis germs produce toxin
or poison which may lead to the dis
covery of an anti-toxin comparable to
that of scarlet fever has just been of
fered by Dr. Frederick Eberson, as
sistant professor of medicine at the
University of California Medical
School. Dr. Eberson, at recent ex
periments completed at the University
labratories, demonstrated the exist
['■ ance of filterable toxin produced by
this toxin has beem suspected but
never definitely proven before. Furth-i
er experiments will be carried out in
the attempt to develop a standardized
serum which may put an end to the
great white plague.
Photo shows Dr. Frederick Eberson.
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all there is in every part, there are .
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TIN — NAT CARR — CISSY FITZGERALD—
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A NIGHT OF RARE ENTERTAINMENT
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE TO LAUGH
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A girl doubles for a star whom she closely re—
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husbands—that she has never seen before—
well, you can imagine the mix-up!
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