INDIANS ARE NOW IN
CHARGE OF CHURCHES
The Juneau and Douglas Native
Presbyterian churches, like many of
the others in Southeastern Alaska,
are being conducted by Indian mem
bers of the church. Henry Willard,
lay worker, is in charge, under Rev.
David Waggoner, who is at the head
of the Indian churches. And it is
reported that these Indian churches
are doing excellent work, their mem
berships growing and their interest
increasing.
Like their white brethren the In
dian church workers assist one an
other. Last Sunday, for instance,
Haines De Witte, full blood Indian
lay worker in charge of the church
at Kake, preached in Juneau at the
morning services and Sam Johnson
of Angoon, who had been associated
with the Rev. Waggoner in his work
all last winter, preached in the eve
ning. Mr. Johnson is taking a reg
ular course in church history and
Bible study, in preparation for the
ministry.
The Juneau church in Auk Village
is occupied every evening- in the
week, besides the Sunday services,
with two sermons and Sunday
school. All the teachers in the Sun
day School are Indians, with Miss
Krough, white, as teachers’ in
structor.
At the Juneau church there is a
choir practice Monday evening, Ju
nior Christian Endeavor Tuesday
evening, prayer meeting Wednesday
evening, and choir practice again
Saturday evening.
There are 108 members of the
Juneau Senior Christian Endeavor
and 21 members of the Junior Chris
tian Endeavor.
The attendance at all services is
said to be excellent.
BRISTOL BAY PACK
The Bristol Bay pack for 1925
total approximately (500,000 case, ac
cording to official reports received
from Dennis Winn, Alaska agent
of the Bureau of Fisheries, from
bureau agents in the district. This
is about 28 per cent under the pack
for 1924, which amounted to 807,894
cases, he said.
The district this season showed a
contrast between the two sides. On
the Nushagak side 300,000 cases
were put up, a gain of 25 per cent
over last year, with the loss on the
Kvichak-Naknek-Ugashik side, where
only 300,000 cases were put up, was
about 50 per cent.
The Juneau Empire alleges that
Mr. Sutherland has always consist
ently worked against Home Rule for
Alaska, and asserts that that is
very reprehensible on his part. The
Ketchikan Chronicle says that all
this talk about Home Rule for Alas
ka is blah. Is it possible that the
Chronicle is accusing the Empire of
talking blah for campaign purposes ?
It seems to us that these editors who
delight to quote each other have
missed connections some way.
Mr. Free, who was so elaborately
welcomed by the Chambers of Com
merce of the various towns in Alas
ka, may possibly have started some
thing when he advocated tearing
up the Alaska Railroad. It is just
possible that the only part of his
Alaswka “wisdom” that the press
of the States will be interested in,
will ^e that part that promises a
little economy in the running of
the government. We find the Ju
neau Empire rushing to the defense
of the railroad, but we do not find
in it one word of regret that Mr.
Free, whom it has previously ap
plauded for his discernment in view
ing the Alaskan problems, should
have so inexcusably and needlessly
raised this question to add to our
troubles.
HALIBUT BANKS FOUND
Pack of Humpback Salmon to Be
Largest in Years on Puget
Sound, Claim
PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seat
tle. Wash.—Discovery of new halibut
fishing banks off the Aleutian Islands
in Alaska which are expected to
solve the halibut supply for years
to come and announcement that sal
mon canneries on Puget Sound arc
to have the largest pack of hump
back salmon in years, made here by
E. A. Simmons, chairman of the
state fisheries commission, are two
important recent developments in
the fishing industry of the Pacific
Northwest.
Ihe new halibut banks were dis
covered about 80 miles north and
1250 miles west of Prince Rupert,
according to a report by E. A.
Wakefield, American consul, of that
city. It took six days for the fish
ing vessels to bring the first 80,000
pounds of halibut, caught on the
shores of Sannak Island, to Prince
Rupert. Because of the long trip
it is expected only larger halibut
vessels may be used. The revival
of Seattle as the leading halibut
port in the world is likely because
the new banks are practically equi
distant to here and to Prince Rupert.
Seattle has the advantage in being
closer to Chicago and New York.
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