Government Aids Alaska Natives With Education and Health
Federal action targets neglected Alaska natives with expanded education and medical care. The Education Bureau reports 59 schools serving 3,067 pupils in 1908, plus 13 new or rebuilt buildings planned for 1909. Medical contracts fund hospital care for destitute natives in Nome Barrow Nushagak and mobile physician teams for Arctic coastal villages.
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Bureau of Education
United States
Alaska
Diomede Island
Bering Strait
Kobuk Village
Kobuk River
Igloo
Sinuk
Seward Peninsula
Stevens Camp
Rampart
Kokrines
Yukon River
Nenana
Tanana
Seldovia
Kenai
Cook Inlet
Secretary of the Interior
Holy Cross Hospital
J. H. Mustard
Nome
H. R. Marsh
Barrow
Arctic Ocean
Cape
J. H. Romig
Nushagak
Fell Fifteen Feet in Shaft Injures Miner at Treasures Creek
Fred Martin fell 15 feet down a shaft on the Victoria group at Treas ure creek Friday. He landed on his head and shoulders but recovered quickly and was about the city Friday night. He is connected with the firm Doyd and Martin as the laymen continued sinking the shaft on the old Woodson workings.
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Fred Martin
Victoria Group
Treasure Creek
Doyd & Martin
Woodson
Tanana Valley Railroad Time Table No 12 Fallback Schedule
Tanana Valley Railroad Company releases Time Table No 12 effective 12:01 a m September 20 1908. The timetable shows train times and routes subject to change without notice.
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Tanana Valley Railroad Company
Health resort guests report improvement in rheumatism
Ed Miler arrives with letters from a health-seeking party at the hot springs noting steady recovery. Fred Douse and Lennie Heacock also report better health and hope to stay longer at the new 12x12 cabin beside the bath house as holidays approach.
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Miler
Chena
Fred Douse
Lennie Heacock
Resignation of Alaska customs collector noted in Washington
Washington dispatch reports Clar ence Hobart resigning as Alaska collector of customs. It says J. R. Willis, now special deputy collector at Juneau, is likely to succeed him. Willis has many Tanana friends and is praised for ability and conduct. He visited Fairbanks last summer but returned quickly for urgent home business.
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Alaska
Tanana
Haines Mission
Sitka
Juneau
Wrangle
Point Ellis
Sitken Bay
C.C. Georgeson
Alaska Experiment Stations
The
Washington
Clarence Hobart
J. R. Willis
Willis
Fairbanks
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Commissioner of Education
Noatak
Selawik
Mountain Village
Pilot Station
Russian Mission
Hamilton
Oulato
Koyukuk
Louden
Hliamna
Susitna
Kaugarock
Petersburg
Tyonic
Douglas
Sitka Bay
Bristol Bay
Bogiak
Agashik
A. C. Muller
Alaska Schools Service
Susitna Valley
E. O. Campbell
E. A. Norton
H. O. Schalaben
St. Lawrence Island
Nulato
Kamna
Wainwright
Icey Cape
Point Hope
Kivalina
Kotzebue
Deering
Shismaref
Wales
Diomede
Teller
St. Michael
Golomin
Unalakaleet
Mount Village
Plot Station
Auvik
Bemis
O. K. Jewelry Co
Amundsen
Northwest Passage
Lake Washington
Chirikof Island
Wile's
Second Avenue
Seattle
Fairbanks and Chatanika
A. P. Tyson
Gen
Mgr
Fairbanks No
Caena
Goldstream
Fairbanks and Gilmoreers
Pei
Ester
Fox
SRR
Gilmore
Eldorado
Alcon Joss
Esident
Hope
Hobart
Greenland
Arctic Brewing Co
Fairbanks Brewing Co
Pioneer Hotel
Dave Petree
P. M
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