The Nome daily nugget., 1911-08-05
SCH. REDFIELD
 GOING NORTH

The gasoline schooner F. S. Rcdfcld in command of Captain MoKruna. which has been expected for several weeks arrived in Teller yesterday af.,r calling at several ports curoutc and win proceed at once Go Point Barrow to carry the supplir- for that most Northern Mission
 When the Redheld sailed from Seat tie many days ago the local papers ar that port had the following to say about the vessel. her cargo and trip.
 Bound for the farthest North Amer ican school house. little frame structure at ic,-imprisoncd Point Barrow. where a class of hardy Eski- mos. wrapped in skins and furs. learn to read and wrtc the English language. are taught to sew and cook and ceIe- brate Christmas and Independence Day. the staunch power schooner F S Redield, carrying school books. sat. $. pencils. provisions and coal with sail north from Seattle.
 Will Visit Twenty. Nine Ports.
 "Olher government schools in th, North will receive shipments from the Redheld in fact. the vessel win visit twenty mine ports. but the little red school house a Point Barrow. the farthest north point where the gov ernment is making an effort 70 extend the light Of civilization. this year has added interest. More slate pencils. more arithme,ics and spelling books. more lead pencils than ever before will. be sent North for the government has. learned that all of rh, classes huyc m- creased rapidly
 The nice warm school house has be- come decidedly popular and E~kimos have come many miles over th, bar ren waste of ice and snow to partake of the generosity of Uncle sam. con sequently the government i- going ta| ship more school supplies to Point. Barrow this year than ever before
 Uncertainty Surrounds Voyage.
 However. there is a great IeaI ar| uncertainty surroundus the G,..a..d.- voyage. There is uulg ~hs. ..m. during the year that the lee ufI allow a vessel to get into Point Barrow. aud| then the government has not heard from the teacher of the little school for nearly a year. and there may and may not be school house at th, Arctic port However, the shipments are being loaded aboard the Redfeld and she will sail Monday with Point Barrow as her last port of call
 "H. c. Sinclair. agent in Seattle for the United states Bureau of Educa- tipn. said yesterday that shipments of lumber for th, construction oc new school houses in tho North. books. pencils and slsfes, coal and provisions this year would aggregate more than s27,ooo. new record. All of the ship ments will be carried by the power schoonerS Ahler, Bender Brothers and F . Redfeld
 "In the government shipments aboard the Redneld win be approximately LGOO different articles. including everything from pins to all tha Is needed to erect school house
 To Go On Whaling Cruise.
 "The Reaeld vil be in command of Captain James McKenna. and after diseharging her cargo ut Point Bar row win go on an extended whaling cruise in the Arctic ocean Captain McKenna will have a hardy crew of fifteen men who will spend the summer hunting the levia.hans of the Arctic
 "The Redheld is being sent North by the Alaska Commercial Company. of which Capt Omar Humphrey Is the Seattle agent"
 Pineapples, soc apiece.