THE ILLITERACY PROBLEM
Sitka, Alaska,
Feb. 14, 1925.
Mr. William L. Paul,
Ketchikan, Alaska.
Dear Sir:
I want you to write to Sisters in
Sitka to tell them to be sure and
buy three or four hundred dollars
worth of bonds for the new plant,
they have today in their treasury
over seven hundred dollars, and
their intention to have more money
in their treasury, they might just as
well invested in the new plant and
get 7 per cent of their investement.
How is the trouble between Paul
and Paul Mather, if not settle I ad
vise to settled out of court, and
mother feels the same
I have written to the famous Ju
neau Daily Empire some two weeks
gone by, and explain in the letter
and asking them to do juctiss and
published the Indians opinion, on In
dian questions which I think the Im
pire is unjust by publishing only
one side of the question, which is
their side, if you got a space
in the Fishermen please insert it as
written.
Our first meeting will try to in
vest our money from treasury to tne
new plant, Hope, Young and every
body are out, but they soon be home.
I got the shipment of letter heads
but could not used them unless I
rub the lines off.
Your friend,
PETER SIMPSON.
Sitka, Alaska,
Jan. 24, 1925.
The Alaska Daily Empire,
Juneau, Alaska,
Gentlemen:
I am interested in the Sunday ad
dress made by Mr. H. L. Faulkner,
speaking to a crowded house at the
Elks Hall Juneau, Alaska, Novem
ber 23th, 1924. Appeared in the
Alaska Daily Empire November 24th,
1924.
“ILLITERACY IS GRAVE PROB
LEM” DECLARED LITERACY
TEST NEEDED? crowded house
Sunday address. “Illiteracy consti
tutes a grave problem in Alaska that
will require serious consideration in
the process of its solution,” declared
H. L. Faulkner.
He knows, everybody knows, all
walks of life knows, all races knows,
education is the only solution to
this grave problem confront us in
Alaska, or so called grave problem.
All must support this statement,
as an important statement, that will
help both, if not all races . to im
prove exercising their opinion, in
selecting good men, and make laws
that governs Alaska, and not allow
ing few people runs it, as it run
today
Above all hoping the above state
ment, to help in future, and discon
tinue the wildest terrific prejudice,
which daily continually brewed, not
alone from some average people,
but from a handfull of so called well
learned and cultivated people, prob
ably mistook Alaska for Southern
State.
Friendship extending ever since
the first appearance of a white men
on our coast, such as the extension
and lucrative trade for furs, made
by Captain Cook in 1728. Captain
Potlock and Captain Dixon in 1786,
to 1788. not saying’ much about
Vitus Bering in 1728. Boss of 1743
Shelikoff in 1784, and Boranoff in
1794.
We Alaskans ever since admire
your ways, both in business and in
Christian life, for more than forty
years, English educational work have
faithfully worked among us, by
both Government and denominations.
Today every Alaska Indians in every
little towns, rounded, and herded
all school age children to school, to
learn nothing but your ways, and
English language, so they can make
a good useful law abiding citizens.
(I can see you smile and say within
yourself, can an Indian be useful,
and be entrusted to run this town,
or Alaska). I say Indian can, why
not, could any one can stop intelli
gence and evolution that involves
in man, will say no, not according
to the history of the past, present,
and will not in future.
The first mission of the Greek
Church was established and founded
at Kadiak, Alaska in 1793, that will
be 132 years ago. “Rev. A. L. Lind
sley, of Portland, Oregon, at his own
expense, send Mr. J. C. Mallory to
engage in educational work in Alas
ka, and that gentleman early in 1877
assumed charge of a school at
Wrangell, which had previously been
started by Philip Mackay, an edu
cated native.” Report of A- P.
Swineford, Governor of Alaska, 1887.
WILLIAM L. PAUL
Lawyer
No. 35 Dock Street
Ketchikan — Alaska
Pamphlet page 28. What comes in
mind is where this educated native
came from and teached English lan
guage in Alaska some 48 years past.
Will not agree with you, or any
one, or both from illiterate and lit
erati to compare Alaska Native In
dians, as forth grade school chil
dren, or in the issue of The Empire
Jan. 9th, 1925. “It took generation
and absorption of most of the In
dian blood to make the Indians of
Oklahoma qualified for the class of
self-government they have shown.”
Nature and surroundings taught
us, and teaches, in every 800 or 1000
miles using different custom, lan
guage, and different stock.
The making of the Oklahoma In
dians qualified for the class of self
government they have shown, edu
cation and good financial .standing,
and are given their full rights, whites
goes there paid the Oklahoma In
dians every inch of their land. Okla
homa and Alaska are two different
Territory altho under the country.
As above since the time of Captain
Cook and others, Alaska Native In
dians have been breaking the record
of North American Indians, of been
friendly, unless misunderstanding, or
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