The Cordova daily times., 1919-04-09

of $50 people. The houses are located in the shelter of trees.
 The superintendent report to the bureau of education for 1916-17 con cerning Noorvik says
 "The establishment of the Noorvik center, involving as it did the removal of Eskimos from the coast to tim bered section, has been an epoch making event in out management Of the Eskimo problem. The Noorvik station is the biggest project our peo- pie have to handle in this district. It called for leadership of the highest order and an unusual display of me- chanical ability. Charles Replogle and his son handle the largest school in this district. They also manage and operate a saw mill and an electric lighting plant; they have installed and are bringing to perfection a wireless station that is communicating direct with Nome regularly; and they have organized various native industries, among others a fish trap, managed by | a native company-a native store started without any outside help. They have likewise established sawmill- l,operating company, which takes charge of the management of the. mill, paying the labor and engineer and saving on shares. After the success of the electric lighting system the natives wished electricity in their homes, so an arranement was made for the natives to purchase the lights, wire, etc., and to pay for a native en- gineer to keep the plant running. All of this work has been inaugurated and carried on by our people at Noor- vik, and it has all been done in addi- tion to the regular school, village, and reindeer work that all other teachers have to manage"
 While the final order for the plac- ing the Eskimo orphans in homes of | the northern Eskimos has not yet been given, and probably will not be until the opening of navigation makes possible the transfer, it is believed that there is little likelihood of per manent orphanages being established
 In the meantime the good people of Noorvik, who have volunteered to come at once by dog sled for the or phaned children will have to wait un- til spring, when the transfer to the Kobuk district can be made by water 1 to Kotzebue Sound and from there to Noorvik.
 Decimated by Influenza. | The influenza epidemic, beginning last November, cast a pail over the coast district from Cape Prince of Wales, not far from the 65th degree of latitude, north, to Point Dall some distance. below the 62nd degree of latitude, north
 Important settlements included in the district are Cape Prince of Wales, Nome, St. Michael, while many of the smaller coast villages were affected. Two hundred and fifty deaths oc- cured between St. Michael and Point Dall, and 75O occurred between Nome and Cape Prince of Wales. 1 Of the 25O or 300 orphans ninety are at Nome. These will be among the drst transferred, although it is prob able that the first allotment from Nome will not exceed fifty, as con- pared with the 121 asked for by the citizens of Noorvik. | 1t is expected that the transfer Of the orphans will be made with very little expense, although some assist ance may be acceptable in the pur- chase of clothing.
 1 It was not many years ago that the Eskimos were considered strange and unreal people, who counted their wealth in fish hooks and whose main delight was to eat tallow candles, soap and blubber.
 Today they are known as an intel ll;gent race, sympathetic, kindly and docile. Seattle Times.