men have chaffed under these exact
ions, and now the differences have
reached a point where seccession is the
next step. A plan has been matured
whereby the young generation of both
the villages of Klinquan and How
kau are to withdraw and set up a vil
lage of their own. The project has the
backing of the government bureau of
education, and the government seheel
at Klinkquan will be removed to the
location which has already been se
lected near the Sukan Narrows. The
name of the new village has not been
chosen. Klinquan has a bad harbor
and a poor water supply, while the new
site has an excellent harbor, and a
splendid supply of water.
C. B. Hawkeswortli has been trans
ferred from the Arctic district, where
he has taught for four years in the
Indian service, to take charge of the
schools in the new town. He is now
engaged dismantling the school build
ing at Klinquan, and will superintend
its removal to the new village.
A COOK BOOK STOBT
There is some unnecessary anxiety
in Douglas over a very clever cook
book that will appear on sale in both
the Gastineau channel towns some
time this fall.
A public spirited woman conceived
the idea of getting a culinary and lit
erary volume of recipes as a means to
secure a piano for the Congregational
Sunday school. Scores of Douglas
women contributed details of delicious
dishes and Douglas not only has the
prettiest women, but the best cooks
on the foot stool. After the book was
completed, the same public spirited
woman procured enough advertise
ments to bring several hundred dollars.
Then she advanced the money out of
her own pocket, and thanks to her ef
forts, and the women who assisted her,
the kiddies in the Sabbath school have
good music as often as they get to
gether.
But when the book was completed,
the book was sent down below with a
newspaperman who was going out of
the country, to be printed. She heard
from him at Seattle, the prices -were
too high at the Seattle print shops, and
he would ake it to Tacoma. Since then
there has come no word.
There is really no ground for ques
tion, how'ever, but that the book is in
process of publication, however—that
they don't do things in such an all
fired hurry in Tacoma, that’s all—its
an almighty sure place, if it is slow—
and the eagerly awaited volume will
be here in its own good time.
The “res geste" as the lawyers say,
of the anxiety lies in the eagerness
with which the volume is awaited, and
the delay will only help tho sale. Per
haps, indeed, it’s all a part of a clever
woman’s plan—who can tellf
The Alaska Derby.
“The English Derby,” eaid Capt.
E. Kleinschmidt in “The Lure of
Alaskan Outdoors in the August Ev
erybody ’b, “is no cricket mateh. ’ ’
“It is a real race, with a terri
fic thrill to it; but the suspense is over
in a few minutes. Our suspense in
Nome grows hourly for three days and
a half, and we are not a phlegmatic
community, either. Moreover, we are
worked up to the event for five long
and otherwise fairly idle months. Eor
this event, trial races of all sorts have
been held. Every dog has been train
ed to the highest pitch; every one of
them is known to the whole commun
ity; each animal seems to realize com
pletely what it all means and is ready
to give every ounce of strength in him,
not because he is urged, but because
he is in a race and knows it. The
dogs are as much in the spirit of the
thing as any of us. On the rests in the
1909 race, Scotty Allen’s dogs refused
to sleep until they saw him lying down.
During those four mad days of the
race, Nome is in one long, ever
mounting frenzy, for returns come in
continuously by telephone. Virtually
all business is suspended, the district
court is adjourned, and the schools are
closed. Very little sleeping is done,
and meals are a matter of comparative
indifference. The excitement suggests
many sorts of great events, and yet is
like nothing under heaven. Little
wonder that there is never any diffi
culty in that city of two thousand
—winter population—in raising a purse
of eleven thousand dollars. It is, how
ever, but a tithe of the money involved
and an owner often spends that much
before the race starts.
NEW FISH COMPANY
John F. Maloney, Frank II. Mad
den and Silas B. Hawley, the last two
of Medford, Oregon, wrant to build a
hundred thousanu dollar fish house at
Warm Springs Bay. Their articles of
incorporation were filed with the clerk
of the district court this week.
The stream which flows from the
wonderful lake back of Warm Springs,
and falls in a beautibul cascade into
the bay, makes probably the fiinest
water power site in Southeastern Alas
ka. It probably would furnish the
greatest amount of power for the least
cost of development of any stream in
Alaska. A sawmill, operated by pow
er from the stream, is already in oper
ation at Warm Springs, but the am
ount used is very small compared to
what the stream is capable of furnish
ing. The new company wants the
right to pack and clean fish, but they
will first put in a cold storage plant.
Forestry Assistant Hoffman, in the
Tahn, is on the wTay to examine and
report on the application of the com
pany to use the ground for their pur
poses at the springs. The order of the
president, taking the area out of the
control of the forestry bureau, will un
doubtedly delay the project, and may
in the end, defeat it altogether.
UNFORTUNATELY UNTRUE
For he last ten days there has been
a persistent rumor in circulation that
the Alaska Juneau had taken over the
Ebner mine from the California-Neva
da company. The story has gained
considerable credence.
To a representative of The Sour
dough this week F. W. Bradley, presi
dent of the Alaska Juneau and the
Alaska Treadwell companies, stated
that the rumor was wholly without
foundation.
Two plunks—that’s the bargain
price.
If you like the Sourdough, don’t be
grouchy about it. Kind words, yfiu
know, can never die.
Right now, spot cash, $2. Some oth
er time, $3.
There is no time like the present.
There’s a difference—a dollar differ
ence.
News stands, $5.20 a year—regular
price $3 a year. Bargain price, $2 a
year.
The regular price for the Sourdough
is available right now. Take it any
way you like.
Oh yes, buy it of the boy if you
want to, or at the news stands. Only,
of course, the Sourdough had rather
you’d subscribe, because when you
subscribe you’re a definite asset.
F. H. Gray has been appointed fish
warden for the Wrangell district by
Commissioner Cobb. Obsering all ani
mals find birds, their ranges and per
iods of migration, are included among
the duties of the job. The Wrangell
Sentinel says that Gray is well quali
fied.
There are many lucky Swedes in
the Northland, but probably Nels Pet
erson is the hiekiest. He is now tak
ing out his third fortune—gold ore as
high as $13,000 to the ton. He
made his first fortune in the early
days, and for a while, owned the
steamers Eldorado and Bonanza King,
and then he went flat broke. He got
a grub stake and made a second for
tune and spent it in Seattle.
Piling under a portion of the can
nery at Lake Bay, near Wrangell gave
way Thursday of last week, and the
machine shop, part of the boiler shop
and warehouse collapsed at 2:30 in the
morning. It was the early hour which
saved the lives of several of the em
ployees.
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