Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-02
Unga News

sidewalk they are furnishing the town.
 Friday the 11th day of May, the first class ever graduated from the Unga school graduated with honor to them selves and their teachers. The Misses Esther Lauritzen, Gladys Larsen and Viola Sloberg composed the class. These exercises closed a very success full term of school for the teachers, Miss Orah Dee Clark and Miss Selma Simonson, both of Anchorage They have both been offered the school for another year by the school board. Following the exercises a basket ball was given, lunch baskets being sold to the highest bidder and besides hay ing an enjoyable time until the wee sma hours enough money was raised to pay off the indebtedness of the town hall and make some badly need ed repairs. Thanks to the P. T. A.
 Our U. s. commissioner who has just returned from the States is get ting into harness again in good shape, his trip having done him a world or good.
 The 18th of May, Unga received wis tors on the steamer Starr, ehe Hon. Dan A. Sutherland and Hon. E. E. Chamberlin Our delegate and sena- tor were heartily welcomed and both were entertained royalty. After ad- dresses by the delegate and senator, Capt. Johansen spoke and Miss Fuller gave a health talk, and then dancing until daylight with a fine luncheon by the ladies.
 MT. Sutherland by his straightfor- ward talk made a great many friends in Unga and the people all agree he is the man to send to Washington.
 MT. Chamberlin made many friends in Unga. He has done a great deal to build up the educational system of the territory and is particularly in- terested in the schools of the Terri tory, being member of the board of education.
 The 22nd Of May the coast guard cutter Algonquin came ts Unga to have the surgeon aboard operate on Mrs. Kronen. He performed the op- eration the next morning and at this writing she is doing nicely. The cut ter was in port four days. MT. E. Horsman, the druggist had been at tending her, but could not operate and so wired the Algonquin to stop as they were passing.
 Miss Orah Dee Clark has taken a trip to Unalaska to visit old friends before returning to Anchorage.
 Mr. William Stoddard of the staff ot the Fisheries Bureau is in the district and on the job again MT. Stoddard is well liked by the people and is first class in his work. Mr. L. c. Wingard, the new fish commissioner, is here and very busy issuing permits to fish Mr. Wingard is new in this district but has already made good impression.
 On the 20th of May word was re- ceived by wireless was received from Port Moller that Captain Cunningham and six others had been missing for 36 days and that his boat was found near Bear river partly filled with sand The boat was broken in the middle, and only the forward portion was found. The cabin was found after wards by the searching panies near Sandy river. The stern of the boat and the engine the parties have not been able to locate. All hope of res cue is abandoned. Mrs. Cunningham is now in Unga and expects to return to Herendeen bay in day or two to take up the search again. The wreck occurred about April 26th, during bad weather on Boring sea, as the party was returning home. The boat was 2S feet long, Columbia river model, powered with a fve-horsepower Stan dard engine.
 The Pacific American Fisheries Co. cannery at Squaw Harbor will soon be ready for operation. 4, sure indication of the beginning of the salmon run is the appearance of the orca or killer whale, and large schools of them are now around the mouth of SQuaw har- Dor and the Kelly Rock trap. The genial Mir. Bradford, superintendent of the cannery has about fifty of the Perryville natives with him this sea- son. These natives were the Katmai Indians and were forced to leave their homes when the volcano blew up, and the revenue cutter Perry moved them to Three Star Point and the govern ment built them homes there. There are about 25 families in the village and they still have their tribal GUS 4@Hn 1C 1~4o T