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Around in Alaska
Nine corporations financed by
Alaskan capital; and ranging in
capitalization value from $25,000
to $300,000 have recently quali
fied for business with Secretary
Karl Thiele. It can be safely ’as
sumed from this that business
in Alaska is on the upward trend
The Hyder Miner, which has
suspended publication, is soon
to appear as a first class weekly
to be published by the Hyder
Miner Publishing Company. The
company is capitalized for $25,
000, and is incorporated by Chas.
F. Sanford of Nome, Chas. Her
ron of Anchorage.and Arthur G.
Coulter of Seattle. Mr. Sanford
will be the editor and manager
The Seward Chamber of Com
merce is raising some of the
fund to be used for entertaining
the presidential party by the
sale of pictures of President
Harding, which may be ussd to
decorate the town for the big e
vent.
The latest addition to litera
ture, on Alaska is ’’The Story of
Sitka”, from the pen of C. L. An
drews. Sitka has a wealth of ma
tarial to offer to the writer; it
was for over half a century the
chief fur trading post of the Rus
sians; in its machine shops was
built the first,steamship cons true
ted on the west coast of America
here also were made ploughs for
the Spanish farmers of Caiifor
nia and bells for the missions,
Mr. Andrews has related all the
events in the history of the town
in a mannerr that makes his lit
tie book very intererting as well
i
as instructive reading.
The annual migration of seals
to the breeding grounds on Pri
bilof Islands lasted from May'1
to the end of June. About 500,000
seal made the trip. Capt. M. J,
O’Conner, Warden Jack White
and assistant agent E. M. Ball pa
trolled the migration.
About 500 seals were taken by
Indians in the Sitka district,
with no violations of the rules
for taking them.
Delegate Dan Sutherland has
said that he will use his influen
ce to have another land office es
tablished at Juneau.
The Hudson Stuck memorial
j hospital at Fort Yukon is report
! ed to have been unsafe during
! the ice jam in the river at that
point. The lives of many Indian
and white patients in the build
ing at the time were endangered.
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, wife
of the electrical wizard, is among
those who will visit Alaska this
summer, so the report goes.
Jack Chovin of Anchorage left
two weeks ago for Atlanta, Geor
gia Where he will represent the
four Elk lodges of Alaska at the
grandconvention of the B. P. O.
E. now being held in that city.
Harry Martella Harry Brink
will operate a dog camp about
15 miles down the Kuskokwim
this summer. About seventy
dogs have been taken there al
ready.
Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
THROUGH SERVICE TO CORDOVA TWICE WEEKLY
0. F. PUGH. Agent
CALEB CORSER Supt.
American Legion 1923
National Essay Contest
On Immigration
In view of the fact that the
period for the Americn Legion
1923 National Essay Contest runs
from May 25 to October 12, school
children wishing to take part are
nrged to give the matter consi
deration before the opening of
school.
The subject and conditions go
verning the contest have been
sent from the office of the Com
missioner of Education and are
as follows:
Subject and Prizes
The subject of the 1923 essay
is: ’’Why America Should Prohi
bit Immigration for Five Years.”
Following are the American
Legion National Scholarship Pri
zes:
First Prize, $75o
Second Prize, $500
Third Prize, $250
First Prize in each state and
territory will be a silver medal;
second prize, a bronze medal:
third prize, a Certificate of Merit
issued by National Headquarters
of the Legion.
The cash prizes will be used
only toward scholarships iu col
leges designated by the winners.
Rules
All girls and boys between
the ages of 12 and 18, inclusive,
are eligible to enter this contest.
Only one essay to a person.
Essayswill not to be over 500
words in length.
Only one side of the paper to
be used. A one inch margin must
be allowed on either side of the
the paper.
Alter essayis finished, paper
should be neatly folded—not roll
ea.
Spelling, penmanship, and neat
ness will be considered in judg
ing the winner.
Age will be given full consider
ation.
Date
All essays must be in the
hands of the teacher, if a one
room school^ and of the princi
pal or superintend, if two or
more teachers are emqloyed, not
later than the evening of October
12, 1993.
A committee ot' local judges
will decide upon the best essay
from each school. This esaay
must be forwarded to the office
of the Commissioner of Educa
tion, Juneau to arrive not later
than November 5th. Prom the es
says so submitted a first, second
andthird choice will be made by
a committee of judges, and the
essays forwarded to National
Headquarters, American Legion
for entrance in the National Con
test.
Baby Tries New Brink
As a beverage gasoline is not
to be recommended. That is what
little Mary O’Neill would tell us
if we stupid grown-ups could un
derstand her langnage. The little
miss to whom life is a series of
in vetigations—mostly for new
dishes to tempt the palate—last
Tuesday found a dish with a bit
of gasoline in it. She drank it. It
acted as sedative, making her do
py. Acting on the advice of Dr.
Gillespie, who was telephoned to
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