native apprentices being trained in the industry. The increased cost of food and clothing has made it impossible for the Government to train as many apprentices with the same appropriation as formerly. The statistics regarding the reindeer service for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1917, show that during the year the number of reindeer increased from 82,151 to 98,582, and the number of herds from 85 to 98. Of the 98,582 reindeer, 67,448, or 69 per cent, were owned by 1,568 natives; 3,046, or 3 per cent, were owned by the United States; 4,645, or 5 per cent, were owned by missions; and 23,443, or 23 per cent, were owned by Lapps and other whites. The total income of the natives from the reindeer industry during the fiscal year, exclusive of the meat and hides used by the natives themselves, was $97,515. The total number of reindeer, 98,582, is a net increase of 20 per cent during the year, notwithstanding the fact that 13,144 reindeer were killed for meat and skins, or were lost. There is still need for the extension of the industry into the Copper River region and especially in the delta country between the Yukon and the Kuskokwim Rivers, where hundreds of natives are living in abject poverty, unreached by civilizing influences. The fairs, of which four were held during the winter, again proved to be a great stimulus to the natives engaged in the reindeer industry. LIST OF PERSONS IN THE ALASKA SCHOOL SERVICE, 1916-17. William T. Lopp, superintendent of education of natives of Alaska and chief of the Alaska Division, Seattle, Wash. EMPLOYEES IN THE WASHINGTON OFFICE. William Hamilton, acting chief of the Alaska Division, Pennsylvania. James O. Williams, clerk, Illinois. EMPLOYEES IN THE SUPPLY AND DISBURSING OFFICE, Seattle. Harry C. Sinclair, supply agent, Maryland. Alexander H. Quarles, special disbursing agent, Georgia. Chauncey C. Bestor, assistant supply agent, Washington. Julius C. Helwig, clerk and stenographer, Indiana. Mrs. Iva M. Knox, stenographer and typewriter, Washington, from October 23, 1916. EMPLOYEES IN ALASKA. DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS. Walter C. Shields, northwestern district, Nome. Walter H. Johnson, western district, St. Michael. George E. Boulter, upper Yukon district, Tanana. Arthur H. Miller (acting superintendent), southwestern district, Copper Center. Charles W. Hawkesworth, southeastern district, Juneau. PHYSICIANS. Emil Krulish, M. D., Public Health Service, on special detail. Linus H. French, M. D., Kanakanak, July-August, 1916, and May-June, 1917. James P. Mooney, M. D., Juneau Hospital, from September 2, 1916. Daniel S. Neuman, M. D., Nome. H. N. T. Nichols, M. D., Kotzebue, during July, 1916. CONTRACT PHYSICIANS. William Ramsey, M. D., Council, from September 1, 1916. NURSES AND TEACHERS OF SANITATION. Mrs. Mabel R. Borland, Kanakanak, from September 1, 1916. Miss Frances V. Dwyer, Juneau Hospital. Mrs. Lulu A. Evans, Akiak, from September 1, 1916. Miss Esther Gibson, southeastern district, from November 1, 1916. Thomas R. Glass, Kanakanak, July-August, 1916; Kogiung, from September 1, 1916. Mrs. Carrie W. Lamb, Nulato. Miss Mabel Le Roy, southeastern district, from December 13, 1916. Mrs. Lucia Petrie, St. Michael, from September 1, 1916. Miss Rhoda A. Ray, Juneau Hospital. STENOGRAPHER, OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT, JUNEAU, ALASKA. McMurtrey, J. P., from September 16, 1916. Teachers and school attendance, 1916-17. NORTHWESTERN DISTRICT-ARCTIC OCEAN AND BERING SEA REGIONS AS FAR SOUTH AS THE KOYUK RIVER, INCLUDING ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND. Miss Anna E. Karlson. Mrs. Elizabeth Dupertuis. Mrs. Elizabeth Forrest Total. |