Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-11-26

HI hiaShd, EuucaplOu Ol HaUl NeS or Alaska, 1907-S;" twelve were con- structed in part from that appropri- ation and are to be completed from the appropriation "Education of natives of Alaska, 19O9." Ithas been found necessary to divide the co st of these twelve buildings between the two funds mentioned because of the impossibility Of completing buildings begun in the spring of 1908 and not built under contract before the close of the then current fiscal year. The one remaining building is constructed entirely from the appropriation 'Edu. cation of natives of Alaska, 19O9."
 "Steps have been taken to meet the pressing need of the natives of Alaska, for medical aid. With the approval of the Secretary of the Interiar con tract was entered into with the Holy Cross Hospital and with Dr. J. H. Mustard, of Nome, Alaska, for hos pital care and medical treatment of destitute natives of Nome and its vii cinity. A contract has also been en- tered into with Dr. II. R. Marsh, for the furnishing of medical treatment to destitute natives of Barrow and it's vicinity, for the maintaining of sanitary conditions among the na- tives of Barrow, and for making of a tour of the villages along the coast of the Arctic Ocean as far as Icy Cape twice during the current year, with gical relief and securing sanitary con- ditions. A third contract has been made with Dr. J. II. Romig, of Nush- agak, in western Alaska, for furnish ing hospital care and medical relief to the natives of Nusha gak ard it's vicinity and for the making of tour for medical and sanitary purposes nOrthward along the coast Of Bristol Bay as far as EogialI and southward as far as Ugashik.
 ID. A. C. Muller has been appoint ed physician in the Alaska school ser vice, with headquarters at Susitna, and assigned to the duty of extending medical aid and securing sanitary conditions among the natives of the Susitna Valley and of the Cook Inlet region. F. O. Campbell, F. A. Nor ton, and II. O. Schalaben, the teach CTS of the schools on St. Lawrence Island, at Nulato, and Illiamna, res pectively, are physicians, and the treatment of the natives in their res pective villages is included in their duties. Tn addition to the above, the teachers of Barrow, Wainwright, Icy Cape, Point Hope, Kivalina, Selawik, Noatak, kotZGbue, Dcering, Shishma- ref, Wales, DiOmedc, Teller, IglCo. Sinuk, St. Michaucl Golofnin, and Unala&leet, in northern Alaska, and at Mountain Village, Pilot Station, Russian Mission, Anvik, Hamilton, Koyukuk, Louden, Stevens Camp, and Eagle on the Yukon river, have been furnished with medical supplies to enable them to give nonprofession- al aid to the natives.
 Ut is proposed to contract with physicians at Haines and Sitka for the furnishing of hospital care and medical relief to the natives in the vicinity of those places. It is further proposed to employ two physicians to furnish medical relief and enforce sanitary measures throughout south eastern Alaska, one with headuuar- ters at Juneau and the other with headquarters at Wrangell. During the present summer temporary schools have been conducted in the native camps at Point Ellis and at Sitkoh bay with excellent results.
 "With the cooperation of Mir. c. c. teorgeson, special agent in charge of Alaska experiment. stations, sys. tematic instruction in elementary ag- riculture has been introduced as part of the curriculum of each school, where climatic conditions render such instruction possible, special'ef. fort being made to interest the entire native community.
 "In educational work for the na- tives throughout Alaska, efforts are making to shift the center of gravity from routine work by the childr en Tn fhe school room to the general im- proyement of the industrial, senitary and moral condition of the native communities, by system of practi-