| Summary: | Newsletter of the North Dakota School for the Deaf. The North Dakota Banner Published by the North Dakota School for the Deaf, Devils Lake, North Dakota VOL. XXXIX JANUARY, 1930 NO. 4 CARL BEN EIELSON From the beginning of time wc have cheered those who have done the unusual or heroic thing, So we stand with heads uncovered before Eielson the great aviator, Carl Ben Eielson and his pilot, Earl Borland, have been missing in the Arctic since November 9, 1929. The world has been watching the North ever since. Ben Eielson became famous when he flew over the North Pole as the pilot of Wilkins. They returned to the United States after this trip and Eielson made speeches all over. He told the people about the North and its beauty. Wilkins praised him for his ability and bravery. One day the government offered him a position as a mail pilot in Alaska. He accepted this offer. He knows the North as well as any other man so tlie government felt sure of him. ffe is a steady, unassuming man and an expert aviator, it was thus that Eielson came to be in Alaska when the ship Nanuk became icebound with its load of furs. Mr. Swenson, his daughter, and a group of men sailed to the North last June. Their men had gotten a shipload of furs but the ships could not leave the northern waters before the ice came. They were icebound and they asked for help. They wanted to get the furs to Nome, Alaska as soon as possible. The government airplane came to help them. Ben Eielson and Frank Dorbandt made one successful trip and Eielson started back to the ship. If was during this trip that the airplane v/as lost somewhere on fhe coast of Siberia or Alaska. In the taking of furs the animals are brought together in large groups. This is done by leaving the loocl they like around so that they can get it. If is often very hard on the animals. The reindeer villages are thus formed and the deer gather together. It is from one of these villages that we have the last report of Eielson. The clue tells of an airplane heard by the natives. One of the men, who is trapping for furs for the Nanuk, returned to the ship with this story. He tells us that the Eielson plane flew over the reindeer camps—just about twenty miles east of the North Cape of Siberia. Tlie natives, thinking that they had heard an evil spirit ran and hid, when they heard the plane. It is hoped that Eielson and Borland arc in one of the reindeer villages instead of in the sea. We do not know— we can only hope. —I, C. A NEW YEAR'S FORECAST When the New Year rang in at 12 o'clock many were making merry and many were asleep. Some made New Year's resolutions and hoped for better success in the year of t930. I think this year will be the cpieerest of all the years I have ever known. Girls will be wearing long hair and long- dresses and look so conspicuous beside men who will be wearing short trousers and making themselves better fit for summer. Airplanes will become more popular than cars. Portable radios will be invented to fit the head and we may be able to go anywhere with music ringing in our ears. People will be wearing roller skates run by electricity to speed them down town to their offices—instead of walking. More new and queer things will be invented. For instance, we will soon be able to have sunlight at night by way of reflectors, ft may be so that man will no longer have to work when all he needs to do is press a button and electricity will do the work for him. -Gladys WaJford. .j. THE WINTER SPORTS WE ENJOY We, who live in North Dakota or some other northern states, get much enjoyment from our winter sports. We do not have to go to the South to have a good time, for we have our skiing, sleighing, skating, tobogganing, coasting and hockey to keep us busy and happy through winter. There are also winter carnivals where many kinds of entertainment are furnished. Tobogganing and sleighing are old-fashioned sports which are still enjoyed by both old and young. Sleds and skis maybe attached to sleighs drawn by high spirited horses. Coasting is another old-fashioned sport which all boys and girls love. Have you ever tried coasting down a hill? ft SO, you know how thrilling it is. All the time you are going down, you arc wondering how long- it will last or if you will stop safely or land in the snow on the way clown. It is fun to fall off the sled, for you may get a regular snow bath. Skiing is growing more popular every day, and many of us have learned how to ski and we enjoy it very much. Have you tried skiing down a hill, too? I fried it during the Christmas va-
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