The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-12

IHAR6ES Af once sensAAkonM an sed
ous hAps 6een preferred against -.
Sheidm IAeksos. tAs sdseAtienAi Aesaf q
fhe sooevmnsnf d AlasAa. 1As Usta6
NAtss grand juy fos fks dstSs hAs ~
= o'ritssn sepxt. Anssdv gross tsAftsaliua
to ~ dsftss. squAsdsrdU fhs SCHOOL moaUs
"saade rssndacioss official ssports an ~
sAe6u h useiess and sxpsassps attss9t
to ase sedadssr f. trAasportAAIsa h Akaska.
WtA rsesrd to hhs LATTER ehaaes. hks seAa6
jsc sAys HAT sof~,dhstAndRae Ake Anss-
onsfsatsd faaise II ths expssawsk. q.
Jsekscn hss H. effionfsy 10 Officially ~.
an that ''t6s sssay Of tks ftAi Aas en-
1dNce6 missionaries. frAdsss AR6 otAen ~
siag h Alaska fkAf Ibnsstie N6sds@ en-
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centuries n LapkAnd." III rspnt s4ys.
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h aAe facs Of 4 AtreAtsnsd lass of : eAer.
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JUNEAU. Aiaska, June A-IAs United
serious charges agAinst Rev. gAeldon
Jackson. educational agent for Alaxka.
Tha portion Of the rcpcrt referring 70
DR.. Jackson II in full - follows:
I'm the hope that Il may b. ahlo 70
eKectuaily reach some remedial power a.
authority. the grand jury desires to dissct
attention TO the dcpiorable condition Of
educational affaifD In A1Aaka~ That the
educational facsiities accorded Alaska ars
wholly inadequate 10 notorious fact
concerning which there 10 no difference
of opinion among those who have even =
partial psfSDnai knowledge Of extsting
conditions. That our people have . juaa
cause Of complaint In this regard asaiust
whoever may b. found rssponslhte Sof
the neglect which leaves them With e6u-
cationa1 facilities little better than none
at al. cannot b tfuthfsIily deaisd. n
the town of Juneau alone there are over
80 white children of school Age for wA60
no provfssOn whatever has oesa made. tn
consequence Of which parents have hoen.
and arc being. 0bityed 20 senA their cAii.
dren ont Of the territory 70 rece1ve ehae
education. which presumably the authos1-
ties at Washington fon6iy tmaGtns has
been placed within their easy reach hsre
az their homes.
seAeels PsoSly Lscaae1.
'-Ths schools on Douglas island. though
supplied with competent and faithful
teachers. are wholly inadequate ~ 10 ec-
commodastcn, and indi6efensiy provided
with the material which the government 10
supposed 20 furnish: indeed. the teachers
are incxcusabiy overworked. notwffh-
standing tho accommodations are not Suf-
nesert fer the attendance Of suore than
half the children of school age resident q
Douglas City. ana the great mines an1
mills adjacent thereto We have good
reason 20 believe that the same state ~
affairs. 10 . greater or less extent. ex-
lists at other towns ana sct,iements ID
the district. We are aware ~ one tn
stance. ~ least. where = schoolhouse was
built and 4 teacher installed therein. In
the woods four mites from the neareus
white settlement, and where there IL not
today a single white child. nor yef .
dozen native children 10 he fourr1. there
beanH actually nnnc os the latter living
within attending 1istanea ~ the time
shs school was Established. This school
has little or no attendance while the
white children - . very considerable sfl-
IA~e four miles Distant are aitc9esheS
without educational facilities This mat
ser might be considered trivial. bat for
the fart that the white settlement had
oe~n In extss~nce for years before the
school was established, ana the further
fact that the few native families n0w
residing near IL were Obliged 10 remove
from tke white settlement In order 70
Avail themselves sk iss advantages.
In seeking Ter the cause ~ this lament
aide state ~ AFFAIRS. the grand jury has
not bses obsteed 20 tsavei . very long dis
sanee. The aisme cannot b. justly laid
at the deors % con9ysss. Between the
years is4 ana itss. inciasfve, there was
approsrsafed for education in Alaska a.
a8greaAse Of tsf1oh. = sum which. had &
been tud1eaoussy sxpendsd. ought 20 have
given Aiaska . sctsoos system fAtriy eosn-
mensurAfs with the requirements ~ 0us
peopas We DO rot undertake TO ssy that
there has b~sn sny dishonest or dffuc4
mssa rproprsssson 81 ARP part - this iasws
sum of money. bat ws 60 aver that .
eons4derasss pcrsion - II has neea frft-
tsrN4 away In payments Of she expenses
general nxsns of education 90 s~mose passe
Of the territory. and N fSe establish
Rsens of schools IT poonts wisese none voD
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