Northwest History. Alaska. General.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1921
• Subjects: fishing village; Juneau; Alaska; Yukutat; Gulf of Alaska; stormy winter; Charles W. Hawkesworth; Alaska bureau of education weekly newspaper; carbon copies; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Pacific; Yakutat
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91886

Fishing Village Cut From World. FISHING VILLAGE CUT FROM WORLD (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) JUNEAU, Alaska, July 20.—Yakutat, a fishing village on the Gulf of Alaska, is peculiarly isolated, being bounded on one side by impassable mountains and on the other by a winter seasons boats can rarely land. Recently Charles W. Hawkesworth, superintendent of the Alaska bureau of education, arrived here with the first direct news of the town since last fall. He reported oil was the principal topic of discussion; seepage was found all along the outgoing coast. Yakutat, although isolated, is not cut off from all communication, with the world. A wireless stateion is i mnery. Mr. Hawkesworth related that the storekeeper at Yakutat got out a weekly newspaper, picking up bits of news journal was composed of long sheets of wrapping paper, the printing done with a typewriter. Subscribers were furnished with carbon copies. The wireless is not used for outgoing messages except in cases of emergency, and the inaccessibility of the town makes the exchange of mail impracticable except during the five spring and summer months.