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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  Bureau 
  has 
  on 
  several 
  occasions 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  years, 
  in 
  its 
  

   instructions 
  to 
  the 
  agents 
  and 
  physicians, 
  called 
  attention 
  to 
  this 
  

   matter. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  without 
  hope 
  that 
  this 
  ambition 
  may 
  yet 
  be 
  

   realized. 
  

  

  NATIVE 
  DWELLINGS. 
  

  

  The 
  dwellings 
  provided 
  by 
  the 
  Government 
  for 
  the 
  natives 
  are, 
  in 
  

   most 
  cases, 
  tight, 
  warm, 
  and 
  in 
  fairly 
  good 
  rcpau-. 
  In 
  four 
  instances 
  

   on 
  St. 
  George 
  Island 
  the 
  houses 
  are 
  entirely 
  too 
  small 
  for 
  the 
  families 
  

   that 
  occupy 
  them. 
  One 
  family 
  consists 
  of 
  husband, 
  wife, 
  and 
  6 
  

   children; 
  another, 
  of 
  husband, 
  wife, 
  and 
  10 
  children; 
  and 
  two 
  others 
  

   each 
  of 
  husband, 
  wife, 
  and 
  7 
  children. 
  The 
  houses 
  occupied 
  by 
  these 
  

   large 
  families 
  have 
  been 
  enlarged 
  by 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  bedrooms 
  built 
  

   on 
  the 
  outside, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  still 
  too 
  small. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  larger 
  

   houses 
  should 
  be 
  built. 
  The 
  new 
  buildings 
  should 
  be 
  one 
  and 
  one- 
  

   half 
  stories, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  upper 
  floor 
  could 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  bedrooms. 
  The 
  

   regulation 
  house 
  is 
  one 
  story, 
  12 
  feet 
  front 
  by 
  20 
  deep, 
  divided 
  into 
  

   two 
  rooms, 
  with 
  a 
  lean-to 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  for 
  a 
  kitchen 
  and 
  an 
  entrance. 
  

  

  The 
  house 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  family 
  of 
  12 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  has 
  

   a 
  kitchen 
  and 
  three 
  rooms, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  used 
  as 
  sleeping 
  rooms. 
  

   The 
  largest 
  room 
  is 
  11 
  by 
  12 
  feet, 
  the 
  next 
  9 
  by 
  11, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  7 
  by 
  

   1 
  1 
  feet. 
  To 
  enlarge 
  this 
  house 
  would 
  be 
  more 
  expensive 
  than 
  to 
  build 
  

   a 
  new 
  one. 
  One 
  house. 
  No. 
  8, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  oldest 
  dwelling 
  on 
  St. 
  

   George 
  Island, 
  became 
  uninliabitable 
  some 
  time 
  ago 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  

   torn 
  down. 
  All 
  the 
  lumber 
  in 
  it 
  possessing 
  any 
  value 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  

   in 
  repairing 
  other 
  houses. 
  

  

  The 
  houses 
  on 
  St. 
  Paul 
  Island 
  are 
  essential!}' 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  type 
  as 
  

   those 
  on 
  St. 
  George. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  in 
  fairly 
  good 
  condition, 
  but 
  

   many 
  of 
  them 
  need 
  considerable 
  repairs, 
  and 
  some 
  larger 
  houses 
  are 
  

   needed. 
  

  

  New 
  shingle 
  roofs 
  were 
  put 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  six 
  native 
  dwell- 
  

   ings. 
  Extensions 
  of 
  existmg 
  lean-to 
  kitchens 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  two 
  

   houses. 
  The 
  tenants, 
  assisted 
  by 
  other 
  natives, 
  did 
  the 
  work 
  with- 
  

   out 
  compensation. 
  The 
  Government 
  furnished 
  the 
  material, 
  and 
  the 
  

   work 
  was 
  well 
  done. 
  

  

  UPKEEP 
  OF 
  RESERVATION. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  policy 
  of 
  the 
  agents 
  to 
  encourage 
  the 
  native 
  men 
  

   and 
  boys 
  in 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  common 
  tools 
  and 
  the 
  making 
  of 
  useful 
  articles. 
  

   On 
  St. 
  George 
  Island 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  winter 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  such 
  articles 
  

   were 
  made. 
  Four 
  pieces 
  of 
  office 
  furniture 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  native 
  

   workmen 
  from 
  plans 
  or 
  designs 
  furnished 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  agent. 
  These 
  

   articles 
  are 
  a 
  desk 
  and 
  cabinet, 
  a 
  typewriter 
  desk, 
  an 
  office 
  desk, 
  and 
  a 
  

   cabinet 
  around 
  the 
  safe, 
  with 
  card-index 
  drawers. 
  

  

  For 
  this 
  work 
  the 
  natives 
  received 
  the 
  usual 
  wage 
  of 
  25 
  cents 
  an 
  

   hour. 
  

  

  