The Thlinget. [volume], August 01, 1908, Image 3

About The Thlinget. [volume] (Sitka, Alaska) 1908-1912

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* f HE ?HLINGST
Published monllilv at I lie Sitka Training
Sellout in iIn* interests o! (lie Nut? Vi? 1 eople
of Alii-ktt.
Anniiiil Subscription, Fifty ("?'tits.
A<llrc?<:ill in.-pf!t|Hinilonre l"
TilK THUXtiET
Kitksi A I:i>k:i
ating them are a great help to
the country at large when the
business is operated in a logimate
manner but the trap is not
* a reasonable business proposition
It is simply a mean: of taking
all the wealth of Alaska's salmon
* away from the people and plac
ing it in the hands of the few
men. shortsighted enough to put
in traps. On the other hand
the native population of Alaska
must be taken into consideration
they are an industrious indepen
dent loyal set of people, they
have always been selfsupport
ing and will continue to be
so. but they have lost so much
of their means of livelihood
The sea otter is almost extinct
the seal are becoming scarce
and if the salmon trap is used it
is only a matter of a few years
until the salmon of Alaska will
be a thing of the past.
I \
The new wharf in front of the
Hospital in course of eonstruc
' tion for the use of the school
I is com plete as fur as the l?itr rock
a distance of two hundred feet.
It is practically teredo proof as
by a system of cantilever arches
and natural rock supports, it is
carried above the teredo line.
Mr.McTavish has been the prime
mover in this enterprise not only
as chief constructor but in the,
actual work itself.
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Juneau, Auj.t.12 t h '08.
To "THE THLINGET",Sitka.
Seward Peninsular-Wickersham
017. Chilberp 752. Corson 374.
Ilonan 193, Cluni 107. Wicker
siiam carried Nome GO plurality
over highest in 10 precincts.Out
side Nome Wickersham lias 48
plurality over highest.
Wickersiiam Committee wired
Theodore Koosevelt, President,
"The people of Alaska have con
firmed your high opinion of
Judge .James Wickersiiam, over
thrown lii.s detractors and given
imn a splendid vindication by
electing' him delegate from Alaska
by conclusive plurality.
Wickorsham carried Fairbanks
City over sixty per cent over all
candidates.
Wickorsham carried every Judic
ial district in Alaska. Chilbcrg
majority over Wickersiiam sixty
votes Tanana Valley Precinct;
Wickersiiam has thousand major
ity over Chi I berg.
Wickersiiam extends thanks lo.
all friends throughout Alaska.
Mrs. C. R. Templeton of the ,
Woman's North Pacific Board of
Missions, accompanied by herson
Charles E. and daughter Marguer
ite,spent several days at the
school during the latter part of
July. They were delighted
with our location and intensely
interested in the work being done ]
here. Mrs.T empleton believes;
that we need some new buildings.
She was pleased with the differ-;
ent departments of work as far
as she saw them. Mrs.Templeton j
is an enthusiastic supporter oC
industrial education for the native
people.
Miss Flora Studley of Springfield j
Mass.,and Miss M.L. Converse of
Mt. Pleasant, Mich.were callers
at the school recently and spent
some time seeing the buildings
and work.
it is ji f,n t worthy of not ice that
while the (irand Jury fo" the
June term of the District Court
returned n goodly number of
indictments, only two Native
Alaskans were involved .and they
both in the same ease.
Iiev.E. 10.Bromley, with his bride,
arrived in Sitka in July to become
pastor of the Presbyterian
Churches. They were heartily
welcomed by both white and
native churches, and are already
well established in their work.
Rev. Bromley graduated from
MeCormick Seminary last spring
and Mrs. Bromley is of Macales
ler College'08.
Dr. Harlan Updegraff, Chief cf
the Alaska Division U. S. Bureau
of Education, and Prof. A. N.
Thompson, Sup!. Native Schools
of S. E. Alaska, were in Sit' a
for several days early in the
month. While in town they spent
several hours looking over our
work and seemed much pleased
with the school. They are both
warm friends of Industrial Edu
cation.
Rev.Dr.Wallace B.Lucas, pastor
of the Park Place Presbyterian
Church of Chattanooga. Tenn. ,
and Mrs. Lucas were interested
visitors at the school a short time
ago. They have been interested
in Mission work in Alaska ever
since its begining some tl.Lty
years ago.