OLD SOURDOUGH WRITES
OF DEPLORADLE CONDITION
IN PIONEER HOME
Itecent reports detailing the al
leged deplorable conditions prevailing
at tliv Pioneer's Home at Sitka ap
pear to have been no wise exaggerated,
in their rendition in the Southeastern j
Alaska press, judging from the fol
lowing extracts from a letter of an
old timer who is not unknown to
man> Nome-ibes and is himself an In
mate of the institution. For obvious
reasons t3ie name of the writer is with
in hi. t'oming on top of the earlier
'Stories of the situation at the home,
the story told by this man seems to
justify the view that matters are in
deed in a much worse state than pict
ured iu the earlier statements received
lienv. Not only are the old men
crowded together in a most unwhole
some and unsanitary manner, blit we
find from the letter quoted that the
inmates are compelled to do much of
the work which rightly belongs to
i lie salaried attendants. The letter
follows:
"The Pioneer home has hewn crowd-,
ed full all winter. There are men here
all the way from 35 to 89 years old.
The man S9 years old went to the1
Hot Springs last Saturday. He (tid
in’! Uhe it here. In fact nobody likes
jit (here, for there are sick and dis
eased men in every room. It is a per
fect shame the way the hotjte is man
aged. There are three shifts of nurses,
three nurses any three helpers. The
nurses are the t’hicf bosses. They
make the old men clean the rooms and
the toilets. It is the same us giv
ing them $75 to $85 a month pension
and hon-id for making the old men do
the work they ought to do.
There were eleven deaths here since
I came. Nine innuites of the home
and on..*- nurse -lied of the flu, and one
fireman. The fireman committed sui
cide by cutting his throat. He is to lie
buried today. John K Ion os died anti,
was buried yesterday (March__l_l)_i__Hg_
was burieil by the Moose lodge. Klonos
was a member of the Pioneers. He
was known as "John t!he Greek.” Jim
Boyle (of Nome) never got here.
Scotty McCanley. of Xatne, Is here. He
is well and hearty. One room here has
23 men in It. The cook has three
helpers and don't do anything in the'
Mick ward. Anderson and Nelson and
Tom Storm ;und Jack Leach, are all
here from Nome. Tom Storm is Just
getting well from the Flu. The ne
nviiinder of the letter Is made up of
personal references of no public in*
As the probity of the writer Is un-.
<iuestioned by thoae who know him,
his tory may be accepted as a faithful
charaohotrizarion of the situation
Considered in connection with the
earlier reports of the situation his
statement seems to fully warrant the
view that matters at the home are in n
state where a public protest is in
ROAD LAW UNPOPULAR
IN THIRD DIVISION
Tin iis groat dissatisfaction in the
Third Division over the present Ter
ritorial Hood law since tin* people
down there have conn* to an active
realization of its true portent and what
its provisions mean to the niMelvtcs, ac
cording- to a let tee reaching Harney
(S-ibney, head of the local branch otf
the Territorial Hoad Hoard, from Jas.
!•:. Wilson, who holds a similar posi
tion on the lioad Hoard of Division
No. :i. Mr Wiilson, speaking in a per
sonal fr.mse, wiyK lie regards Chapter
11 of the 1919 legislative enactments
as "one of the rankest imixisitions that
could Ik* fostered and passed by a bunch
of men supposedly there in tin* best
interests of the i^ople of the terri
tory. H«* also calls attention to the
fact made clear by recent telegrams
that in spite of the fact that the law
calls for no change in the present sys
tem of territorial road administration
until March 1921, tine ulterior uses to
which the hill is being put have al
ready made the office of Divisional
Hoad Commissioners *a tiling of tin
past,' in so fa.r as they have any real
authority in the way of originating
plains to promote the host Interest of
the public in the matter of road build
Tine full text of the* message follows:
Valdez, Alabka, March 1"». 1020
Mr. Barney Gibney,
Chairman Divisional Rond Commission
N'oine, Alaska.
I bog to acknowledge your letter or
January 2nd and upon receipt of the
sumo on the 12th Inst, wired you as
"Jx-tter received today and contents
noted, your vilews aiv* my views and
the people of this Division are of the
sump yjiinion in reffird to the road
law. letter following."
Personally, I think that Chapter 11
of the 1ftIt) Session haws of Alaska is
one of the rankest ini posit ions that
could of been fostejted and passed by
a hunch of men supposedly there in
the best interests of the people of this
Territory.
Of course you are aware that the of*
fico1 of Divisional Road Commissioner
is a thing <>f the past in so far as hav
ing any real authority in the way of
originating plains to promote the best
interests of the pubic in the matter of
road building. As it now appears, such
i*o-ids as may be constructed are to be
built by men who are not familiar with
the conditions and needs of the people
who are traveling the roads and trails
There is much dissatisfaction in this
Division over this Road Rill after the
people woke up to Its true meaning
Back-Ache
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You have no idea how useful it will
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If not satisfied return the bottle and
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an-l begun to realize Just what it will
I have talked with the Hoad Coin*
illusion**!- of the Fourth Division and
tin* people over there are much dis
gruntled over the road situation in that
Division as a result of the present law.
I wfill heartily^ eo-operate with you
in anything you may see fit to do in
the matter of the repeal of the present
Hoad hiw and the substitution there
for of one along the lines of the old
Act( as passed by the 1917 Session.
It atoms to me that it should not he
n difficult matter to have the present.
Act repealed, as I do not see how any
fair thinking penury would support a
candidate at the next election who re
fined to pledge himself to a ,i«opea 1 of
this obnoxious law.
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NOTES FROM
HUMUKLEET SECTION
[•» -staff of assistants In renovating his
schooner, the Nnkaiu.. p • •p.ua; >iy i ■
poets to leave here for N'ome via S:
Dime Creek, it is not indicated tin:
there will he any suffering b> reason
of the Shortage. Some shortage exist'
ihut' u majority of the residents h«\c
.plenty of all essential supplies and will
sec that in* one suffers.
Mbs Kgbert recently returned from
101 iin mission where she had gone for
the ftureau of Education in the interest
of the natives' health.
She .reported on returning tiuit most
of the residents are in good health and
none seripusly afflicted. There were
a couple of cases of whooping cough ,
and a case of supposed spinal mein* i
git is, hut the latter patient is now well
on the road to .recovery.
A movement is now on foot to build
a hospital In L'nalakieet by private
contribution. The few who have means
have contributed generously, the dona
tions ranging from $25 to $200. Mr
Alinquist, the missionary, was the
heaviest contribution to the fund.
Lt is understood that the mission is
sending in equipment for the projected
hospital valued at $1,000, yihich includ
es furnishings and fittings for the op
emting room.
The mis-sion. with commendable
generosity, is thus returning to the -na
tives in the form of hospital equip
ment, part of the money derived from
[the sale of reindeer given by them to
the mission to assist it in supikorting
and helping the natives In time of
it is expected that the liureati of
Kducation will provide a medical at
tendant and pny th? eoits of mninten-{
once not me by the fund* derived
from private patients. It Is expressly!
understood that the institution is not
to be a mission hospital; but one built
by the generosity of the people and
that its staff will be maintained by the
Huet-aii of Kducation.
Phis communication goes out on the
l.i r minJI of the winter season nnd the
"'iter, therefore bids you au revolr
a >1 best wishes foi* a prosperous gum
NOTED MAGAZINE LAUDS
FORMER NOME MAN
I.- K. .Vshton, formerly a surfmon at
the Nome Coast Guard station under
Capt. Thos. A. Rows, is the subject
or a highly laudatory editorial article
printed inthe Saturday Evening Post
of February 7. describing his extraor
dinary pluck anti heroism in connec
tion with the succoring of the stricken ,
natives during the influenza epidemic
Ashton, St will he recalled, was a
member of the relief expedition sent'
to Wales by Superintendent Evans of
the Bureau of Education on December
6. 1918 during the height of the great
epidemic which snuffed out the live#
of nearly a thousand natives . Prior
to leaving for Wales, Ashton had al
ready earned well deserved laurels by
acting in the capacity of head nurse at
Happy Women
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After year* or backache suffering1,
t>nys of misery, nights of unrest,
The (Listl ess of urinary’ troubles.
When she finds freedom.
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lowing.
Mrs. S. E. Marsh, 1720 Uiieoln 8t.,
Bellingham, Wlash., nays: “I used to
be subject to Wdney disordem and
backache. At times 1 could hardly
straighten up when I got down, niy
back was so stiff and lame. A few
of Doan’s Kidney l*ill« soon stopped
that awful misery in my back and put
my kidneys in good working order.
Of late years I have been free from this
anpoyance. but Doan’s Kidney Pills
wwdd be my fiipt consideration, jf j
ever had occaiion to take a kidney
mrAicine again. tor I know they have
noiequal."
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SHE BELIEVES IT
SAVED HER LIFE
Mrs. O’Brien Didn’t Hava A Sinjle
Well Day In Five Yoare—Tanlac
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"I actually believe j^is Tanlae has
saved my life/' is the remarkable
statement of Mrs. Grace O'Brien, who
ntwides at lg June street. Halifax,
Nova, .Scotia, Canada.
'I hadn’t seen a -.veil day In five
years until 1 took Tin Inc", she contin
ued. “The agonies I suffered from1
i^totiv-ch trouble made me almost wish |
• was dead many a time. In nil those
long .cars of sufcrlng, I haven't
known what It was to enjoy a meal,
and have gone for days at a time
Without touching real food, because I
was afraid of the pain that I knew it
would bring me. Even a piece of dry
toast would upset me so that I would
he in misery* for hours, and when T
tried Ihiuid food, it would sour on my
stomach. When I would try to eat, my
food would *Ccel like a rock in my
stomach and would sour and form gas
that rose up in my throat and almost
cut olT my breathing. Pains ail
through the pit of my ■stomaett some
times kept me awake at night walk
ing the floor and I finally got to the
place where I was so weak and nervous
and run down that I couldn’t even
dress myself. When I would try to
dress in the morning. I hove fainted
away many a time, ns I would be so
weak that I couldn't stand on my feet.
If It hadn’t been for my two daughters
I don’t know what I would haVe done,
as they had to take care of ine aind the
house too.
’The first bottle of Tanlae didn’t
seem to make any improvement in my
condition, for I had suffered so long
that my troubles were hard to reach.
I began to feel like eating after the
second bottle n.nd nis soon ns I could eat
and digest, my food I felt myself get
ting stronger. I kept on until I have
now taken four bottles and it is re
markable how I have improved. The
pains through my stcjmoch have dis
appeared entirely and the gas has quit
forming. I 'have a good healthy ap
petite and can eat meat, onions, in fact
anything I want—and it builds me up
and I enjoy every meal. • My strength
has come back until I can get around
ami do almost ns much housework ns
my (Laughters can. I -have gained ten
pounds and am picking up all the time
and when night cotmefc I sleep without
a pain and wake in the morning feel
ing like a different person. I reallv
believe Tanlae has saved my life >nd I
am glad to tell everybody about nis
wonderful medicine.”
Tanlae Is sold in Nome by Lomen
Bros. Advertisement.
the haHtlily improvised Eskimo hospital
dn Nome, a position for which he was
especially qualified owing to an prior ;
acquaintance with nursing and medi
cines while attached to life navy- His
services with the Wales expedition un- !
douhtedl.v prevented a far larger mor
tality at that point and well entitled
him to the reward of praise bestowed
by the faknoua magazine. The record
of the epidemic is replete with tales
of heroism displayed by m«n and wo
men during the dark days of that
dreadful visitation, but none disclose
the qualities of pluck and heroism in
a more heroic light than that of Surf
man Ashton.
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nnouncee an open competitive ex
amination to bo held on June If, 1920,
at Anchorage, Fairbanks, Junea'i, Ket
chikan. and Nome, Alaska, to secure
lig-ibles from which to inakc ciitlfica
tion to fill vacancies as they tnny oc
cur in first erode or clerical positions
in tine Lighthouse, Customs, or other
Federal Services in Alaska .
Both men and women, if qualified,
may enter ‘this examination. Age, ]|
Fears or oyer oft the date of the ex
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penmns entitled to preference because
of nd|itnr or naval service,
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places named above; or the District
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