The Wrangell sentinel., 1933-07-07
North Star Brings 1900
 Fox SklnS To Market

Southbound from a trip to the Arctic the Bureau of Indian Af- fairs vessel, the North Star, Captain IS. T. L. Whitlam, called at Wran- gell Wednesday with supplies for Wrangell Institute.
 The North Star sailed from Seat tie May II with teachers, nurses and other Bureau employees, and 1900 tons of freight for distribution to Indian schools, hospitals and reindeer stations in Alaska. The freight was lightered ashore in all the Boring Sea ports, the boat car rying a lighter aboard for that pur- pose. The ports of call were Met lakata, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Pe- tersburg, Rake, Angoon, Juneau. Haines, Hoonah, Yakutat, Cordova, Kilitlik, Valdez, Chenaga, Seward, Alitak, Old Harbor, Karluk, Kama talk, Perryville, Belkofski, Akutan, Dutch Harbor, Ugashik, Nakuek. Kenakanak, Kalukah, Togiak, Good News Bay, Bethel, Tanunak, Nun iyak, Hooper Bay, Boxer Bay, and dambell and Savoonga on St. Law renee Island.
 Leaving St. Lawrence island at midnight on June 2S the North Star headed for Wrangell, a dis tance of about 1925 miles, with Akutan the only port of call The vessel remained in port at Akutan for "A hours and reached Wran- gell at O clock on the morning of July 5. At ractor and two trail- CTS for campus clearing and other equipment was brought to Wrangell Institute form the Kanakanak In- dustrial School which was abandon ed last year by the Indian Bureau.
 Fairly good weather prevailed through May and June, stated Cap tain Whitlam, with the exception of much fog in Boring Sea. Little ice was encountered except on the northeast part of St. Lawrence is land where the boat was able to work it's way around through the ice without undue danger.
 Employees Southbound
 Several employees of the Bureau were aboard returning south from the northern stations
 Mrs. Able Morgan is a young widow returning to her home in
 -oquiam from Kulakak where she Rad her husband were sent two
 ears ago, Mrs. Morgan as teacher
 Id MT. Morgan to have charge of .le reindeer station and general saperyision of the Eskimo village
 Last winter while returning from a trip to Kanakanak he got wet when his dog team broke through an overflow on the ice. and he was found the next day frozen to death within sight of his home.
 MT. and Mrs Leo Schrammeck who have been at the Togiak sta tion for the past six years, were obliged to leave Alaska on account of the health of their 13-year-old son Wallace who has been i'll for some time as the result of a severe case of intestinal flu.
 From St. Lawrence Island
 Miss Mabel Lein, government nurse, at the two St. Lawrence island villages, was aboard the North Star enroute to her home in Minnesota, but will return to her Arctic post in the fall.
 Miss Elizabeth S. Burrows, who has been teaching at Akutan will spend the summer in the states and expects to be transferred to another school in the fall.
 Valuable Fox Shipment
 The most valuable item in the cargo this trip, is shipment of 1500 white fox skins, said Captain William. These will be sold at fur auction to the highest bidder. The skins were taken by the St. Lawrence island Eskimos and it is expected that after paying for food md clothing supplies for next year, which have already been shipped from Seattle by commercial steamer, q considerable surplus will accrue as the skins are of extra fine quality and will probably bring around $30,O00. About 500 Eskimos live on St. Lawrence.
 Captain Whitlam, whose first seagoing experience was on the At lantic, has been in Alaska since 1906. He has been engaged by the U. S. Bureau of Education and the later organization of the U. S. Of- flee of Indian Affairs since 1922, and is known as one of the best of the navigators in the wide stretches of Alaoka ooactoI wotoro norfio,,