74 ALASKA FISHEHIES AND FUR mDUSTRlES IN 1919. 



Unalaska on the Eider November 25. Subsequently he proceeded to 

 Seattle on a commercial steamer. Dr. J. J. Richstein left Seattle 

 October 26 on the Eider and arrived at St. Paul Island November 

 23. Dr. H. H. Stromberger was on St. Paul until October 13, when, 

 having tendered liis resignation, he took passage on the Nanshan for 

 Seattle. Mrs. Agnes K. Stromberger, who had been employed as a 

 nurse at St. Paul, left at the same time. Dr. Frank H. Gunn arrived 

 at St. Paul Island on the Nanshan in September and left the following 

 month on the Nanshan. Mrs. Cora Giles Haley, school-teacher, 

 tendered her resignation and left St. Paul Island on the Nanshan in 

 October. IVIrs. Lois Lippet Proctor was employed as teacher in 

 the jimior school on St. George Island for a number of months in the 

 first part of the year and, effective October 1, was appointed school- 

 teacher for St. Paul Island in place of Mrs. Haley. Edward C. 

 Johnston, who had held a number of positions in the Bureau, including 

 that of naturalist on the Albatross, prior to military service, was 

 appointed school-teacher, effective August 16, and arrived at St. 

 George Island on the Nanshan September 6 to take up liis work. 

 Mrs. Ella J. Jolmston was appointed special school-teacher for St. 

 George Island, effective September 15. 



Mr. Wm. P. Zschorna, employed temporarily for certain technical 

 investigations, arrived at the Pribilofs on the Saturn in May and left 

 on the Nanshan in October. Mr. A. Christoffersen, by-products 

 expert, also arrived at the Pribilofs on the Saturn in May and left on 

 the Nanshan in October. 



PURCHASE AND TRANSPORTATION OF SUPPLIES. 



The regular supplies for the support of the natives and for the 

 general operation of the Bureau's business at the Pribilofs were 

 purchased through competitive bids, chiefly at Seattle, Wash. 

 Following the practice of previous years, schedules covering the 

 greater part of these supplies were printed and distributed in the 

 spring to prospective bidders. 



About 100 tons of salt and 15 tons of general supplies were for- 

 warded from San Francisco April 16 on the U. S. S. Saturn, Naval 

 radio vessel, w^iich arrived at the Pribilofs (St. George Island) May 5. 

 The bulk of the season's shipment was subsequently assembled at 

 Seattle and forwarded on the U. S. S. Nanshan, a supply vessel made 

 available by courtesy of the Navy Department. The Nanshan sailed 

 from Seattle August 22 and arrived at the Pribilofs (St. George 

 Island) September 6, 1920. The supplies forwarded consisted of 

 approximately 1,300 tons of general freight and 45,000 feet of 

 lumber for St. Paul and about 400 tons of general cargo and 15,000 

 feet of lumber for St. George. 



About 300 tons of supplies and 26,000 feet of lumber, which could 

 not be taken by the Nanshan from Seattle, were forwarded August 28, 

 to Unalaska on the Pacific American Fisheries steamer Catherine D. 

 The supplies delivered by the Catherine D were then transported to 

 the Pribilofs by the Nanshan, which made a trip from the islands to 

 Unalaska for the purpose. The Nanshan was unable to make 

 delivery of about 155 tons of the coal aboard for St. Paul Island, 

 and it was accordingly left at Unalaska for subsequent delivery by 

 the Bureau's vessel Eider. 



