Northern light., May 01, 1917, Image 7

About Northern light. (Unalakleet, Alaska) 1913-1917

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Goo'. News Hay Jan. 29,1917
Mr. EE Van Ness
Editor of Northern Light
Uuniakleet Alaska.
Dear Sir,
1 n closed please find $. 25 in stamps
for Nortliern Light for this year. I
often thought that I would like to
send you a su Inscription, hut there is
no way for me to send any money
from this place. I hope that you will
receive stamps in payment.
I don’t want to be without the
Northern Light and am always glad
to receive same I read it even before
I read the letters from my own |>eople,
when it happens that I receive both
at the same time, so you can see how
much I think of your paper.
I like to read about the reindeer
and gardening The Government has
has a herd of reindeer at this place.
C'.ood News l ay is such an isolated
place that only thru the Northern
Light can I find out how other sta
tions are getting along.
Now I will tell you a little about
my garden last year. I planted 4 lbs of
potatoes and received 72 Ihs in return
last fall. Mr Ki'.btick was here the
15—16 tli. of Dec. And in honor of
tli .t occasion we had a dinner with
Good News 'dry Potatoes. The rest I
am saving foi seed for this year,and
will have all the Deer-boys and some
of my people make gardens and
give them seed and hope that we will
have a better season this year then
last so we will have good success.This
is not an ideal place for gardening.
Bat that vegetabes can be grown here
of that I am certain. It will be a great
thing for my people to be able 10
grow a lot of potatoes and turnips.
My turnip* did wi do well Inst year.
Had only 67 Ihs.ai.d tliey were smalt
with lotsoftop.it was,however, the
first year the ground was used. I hope
to have better success this year.
1 had fine lettuce and radishes and
all my people had 80 Radishes
per family so as to let them see how
fine it is to have nice vegtables. I hope
that many will try for themselves
tills year Is Simon Sigoor.ik around
Unalikleet?if so please give him my
be-it regird.sagoonikand Mr.Johnson
took me down here from Bethel,and
Sagoonik was so nice to me that 1
many,many times think about him
and hold him in very high regard.
Hoping that 1 soon will receive
another Northern Light and wishing
yo 1 the i>est of success for the New
Year 1 am Sincerely Yours,
T. A. Anderson
U. S.Gov’t.Taacher,
WISE m 0TNK1W1SE
rVlike who had traveled con
siderably in Alaska was re
porting the incident to Fat.
Said he.“I saw Nome that
wonderful city built almost
in me shadow of the North Pole;
I s v* i.;ore reindeer than ye could
count in a many a year; I saw Nort
hern Lights that woo’d fairly make
Mister Ed iso i ashamed of his torches,
and on the way out i saw a school of
Whales. ’ ’ Pat who had sat in amaze
mi it whispered softly, “A school of
whales, and the teacher too.”
AFTER A W1ILE
The millions expended in building
a mighty navy, and the billions
loaned to the Nations of the East
echo back from the near future-tax
es-taxes- axes.—Uncle Josh