Seward daily gateway., 1932-07-12
NORTH STAR BACK FROM FAST TRIP
 ID BER|NG SEA
SUPPLIES STRIB U TIE ID BY BUREAU VESSEL TO MANY
 POINTS NORTH, WEST

The Bureau of Indian Affairs new vessel MS. North Star, Capt. $. T. L. Whitlam, commanding, arrived in port this morning short ly after o'clock from it's first voy- age to the Bristol Bay region, Kus- kokwim region and Nelson Island in the Bering Sea. The vessel ar rived in Seward for the first time early in June having come from Seattle where the vessel was con- structed. The vessel took on about 600 tons of coal at Seward and then proceeded to the Westward stop ping at Perryville, Belkofsky, Dutch Harbor, UnalaSka, Nushagak, Nak- nek, Kanakanak, Kulukak, Togiak, Good News Bay, Bethel, Tununak on Nelson Island, Nash Harbor on Nunivak Island and Hopper Bay.
 The MS. North Star discharged coal and supplies at these various points for the Indians with about 40 or 50 tons being the aggregate of cargo unloaded at each of the stations. At Bethel 400 tons of cargo was discharged and 200 tons were taken off at Naknek.
 On the Westward voyage Dr. Paul Gordon, new head of the Indian Bureau activities in Alaska, accom- panied by Lester Troast, Govern ment architect, and J. R. Ummel, purchasing agent for the Depart ment of Interior, were passengers on the vessel. Dr. Gordon and MT. Troast left the vessel at one of the Bering Sea stops and have since visited Nome and other points in Interior Alaska by airplane.
 The farthest North point on the trip of the North Star was Hopper Bay, where the vessel discharged some cargo and then began the ojurney back to Seattle.
 On the return trip from the Der ing Sea the MS. North Star stopped at Kanakanak where Rev. and Mrs. Tikhon I. LavriScheff boarded the vessel. MT. Lavrischeff was direc- tor of the United States Industrial School at Kanakanak and Mrs. LavriScheff member of the teach ing staff, but following the discon- tinuance of this school and the transference of the pupils else where, MT. and Mrs. Lavrisheff have been transferred to Hoonah, Alaska. Mrs. w. A. Borland, also teacher in the Kanakanak school is aboard the MS. North Star and is being taken to the new Indus trial School at Wrangell where she will become a member of the staff there. Mrs. Benawaw, also of Kanakanak arrived on the North Star and will be stationed at the Eklutna Industrial School, just north of Anchorage.
 At Akutan, to Westward Alaska, Mrs. Ambur, who has been teach ing there for some time, joined the vessel and she is going to accept a new position in Southeastern Alas ka, at Saxton. She will be in charge Of the school there.
 Miss Foy, a teacher at Bethel, is going to Seattle on the North Star and from Seattle Miss Foy intends to go to North Carolina to visit her folks whom she has not seen for some time.
 Wireless operator Oakley, who has been in charge of the Signal Corps Station at Kanakanak, is a passenger aboard the vessel and he is enroute to Seattle where he expects to be stationed.
 While at Kanakanak the North Star picked up number of native children from the Kanakanak h.
 
 dustrial School who are being dis tributed to the various other in- dustrial schools in Alaska. Some of the children were taken to Unalas- ka and Belkofski, while others will be taken to Eklutna, Tanana and Wrangell.
 On the return trip to Seward the North Star stopped in at Kanak- anak, Unalaska, Akutan and Bel kofski. The vessel will load 1900 tons of Alaska coal and will then go directly to Hoonah. Other places to be visited by the ship before reaching Seattle will be