The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-06-22

journalism in the Far North"
was the title of an unusually en-
fore the National Editorial Associa-
ton at Houston, Texas. by Mrs.
Mary +. Hart, president of the Alaska
Cruise club and president of
the Pacific Coast Women's Press
association
After telling in a general way of
the newspapers OF Alaska, Mrs. Hart
in her paper reCited the difficulty
that befell her in publishing an IL
Illustrated story of the marriage and
honeymoon of native couple. near
Nome. In part her paper was as
follows:
The first newspaper in Alaska
was established in Sitka in 1867
a weekly edition-not larger than
the double page of a magazine. but
mighty journalistic tree, with
branches that reach to the re-
hottest distances of our great north
ern territory-these distances that
Alaskans fondly hope will soon be
encompassed by means of the Iron
Trail" since congress has so recent
ly passed our Alaska railroad bill;
and right here wish to state that
the Alaska press was one of the
greatest factors in the securing Of
this government recognition, which
means SO much to our northern
population and the world at large
as we'll
Newspapers Everywhere.
Every little settlement has it's
weekly and all the larger towns
daily papers, and these publications
now have associated press service, so
that our people are up to date on
news of the outside world. The
new gold strikes are duly chronicled
and as our Northern press is con
servative. and it is well known that
no wild cat schemes are advocated
our people trust their published
statements, and have no hesitancy
in casting their lots with other
stampeders to any new "diggines'
that be noted as promising by the
local editor.
THE society and club "doings'
also have space in our dailies, for
Alaska towns have their club and
other social functions, and the So
ciety matrons have the same weak
ness for seeing their names in print
as do their sisters of the Outside"
"a term applied to any United
States possessions outside of Alaska.
In all of my fourteen years of
wanderings o'evr our northern terri
tory, | only came across one native
woman who evidenced this so call
ed weakness, Gf it be weakness
to desire just need of praise for
deeds accomplishments l do not
gaia Makrikoff Antesilook Anaok,-
better known as "Sinrock Mary, the
Reindeer Queen of Alaska" as she
is the proud possessor of over one
thousand reindeer in her own right,
being the wealtiest native woman in
all that country.
Was on Bridal Tour.
She had come with her retinue
to Nome on bridal tour, on the
occasion of her second marriage to
Anaok, a young Eskimo of her tribe,
and the happy pair We're encamped
upon the sandspit lying between
Boring sea and the Snake river, not
far from my own little newspaper
office. Learning of this and know
ing that l was a personal friend OF
the bride. the editor of the Nome
News" sent messenger with the
request that l interview the newly
weds, and secure their photographs
for the following days edition, which
proceeded to do, readily gaining
their consent when l made clear to
the bride that her picture, with that
O. her new husband accompanied
with pice write up" was to ap-
pear in pint
81 turned 10 my story and the
photographs, and the cAvf day
copy of the edition was brOugh; e
my little office, and there on tho
front page appeared the article jus,
as 1t had been written with re-