Klukwan Camp No. 8
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Meets every Saturday
7:30 p. m.
Edward Warne, President
John Willard, Secretary
All Visitors are Welcome
Haines Camp A. N. S.
President, Mrs. D. Klanot
Secretary, Mrs. D. Perrin
Meets every Saturday, 1 p. m.
Visiting members welcome
SAXMAN Camp. 16 A. N. S.
Pres. Mrs. Peter McKay
Sec. Mrs. Martha John
Meets every Monday 1 p. m.
Visiting Members Welcome
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KAKE CAMP
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Meets Every Monday
8 p. m.
President, Peter Hanson
Secretary, Thomas Skeek
CAMP 13 v,
Alaska Native Sisterhood
Meets twice a month.
Mondays, 2: o’clock
Visitors are always Welcome
Pres. Susie Abraham
Sec. Helen Bremner
CAMP 13
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Come to our A. N. B. business
meetings and lets see whats
<j£ what, where, who, when and
why.
Jack Ellis, President
Yakutat, Alaska
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General Merchandise
Groceries
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The best way to find your
missing kinsfolk is to ge rich.
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Love makes the world go round
the bend^md park In a lane.
ersham moved his court there. It
was in Fairbanks during the
years up to 1908 that Judge I
Wickersham was called upon u>|
make important decisions in min
ing cases; difficult decisions they
some times were, too. Unques-1
tionably, during those years he
heard and decided more mining t
disputes than any federal judge
^who has sat in the Territory. I
Becomes Delegate I
The judgeship was succeeded'
by election as the third delegate
from Alaska. There Judge Wick
ersham remained until 1921, the I
time marred by two contests.!
The last contest was decided in
Mr. Whckersham’s favor in 1920,
only a few days before the two
year term was to expire. George
Grigsby, who lost to Mr. Wick
ersham in the 1920 election by
290 votes, had served the great
er part of the term but he was
unseated and Delegate Wicker
sham was paid salary for the
period. Then Dan Sutherland
went to Congress, remaining
there until his voluntary retire
ment with the term starting last
year.
Mr. Wickersham’s terms in
congress, his practice of law and
his compilation of the Alaska
bibliography have not prevented
him from research in law. He has
compiled and had published thej
‘'Alaska Territory Law Reports,”;
a work of seven volumes forr
which he received absolutely noj
remuneration. “I did it,” he ex->
plained, “because it was neces-}
sary that reports of Alaskan ter-!
ritorial court decisions be made
readily accessible for the guid
ance of attorneys and judges
alike. Now that-- the work has
been started it probably will be
carried on by others.”
( To be Continued next Week)
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Washington News Letter
By Will A. Steel
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‘ DRIVING SPIRIT
OF THE PEOPLE”
The new Secretary of Com
merce, Roy D. Chapin, has a
particular interest to the people
of Alaska because of his super
vision of the fisheries of the
Territory and of the States, and
cf which he says: “Our Bureau
of Fisheries fosters and protects
a natural resource which sup
ports an industry that is the
means of livelihood for half a
million of our people.” Over the
radio the other evening, Secre
tary Chapin gave a very cheer
ful epitome of improved tarde
sentiment and predicted that
“With a distinct change in spirit
in recent weeks, America is on its |
way to win the fight for econ
omic revival.” He added “There
is no doubt that a new and ag
gressive mood is gripping the
country; a mood more typical of
American bouyancy and fighting
j spirit. The barrage of economic1
[forces against us appears to be I
weakening.” Secretary Chapin
sees a basis for recovery in the
j “driving spirit of the people,”
plus measures being invoked by
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration. The Federal Reserve
Board in credit expansion, and
the Home Loan Bank Board.
Predicting that the next six
months will be momentous in the
history of the United States, Mr.
| Chapin, pointed out that the
conference of business leaders
to be held in Washington “means
much to industry, agriculture,
and labor.”
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CUTTNG TO THE BONE
Almost entirely owned by the
Government the Territory of
Alaska is vitally interested in
the consideration extended it by
the Congress of the United Stat
es. For that reason there is na
turally much apprehension as
jto just what, attitude may be
[taken by the majority leadership
in the House when Congress
convenes at the coming short
session in December. That there
will be further economies in the
appropriation and expenditures
£
is evident from an expression
that has just been given by Re
presentative Joseph W. Byrnes,
of Tennessee, Chairman of the
House Committee on Appropria
tions, who says “We are going to
start cutting appropriations to
the very bone from beginning
of the session. The country de
mands further retrenchment in
Federal expenditures and the
committee will comply.” Dele
gate Wickersham has many
friends among both political
parties and has high hopes that
he may be able to prevail upon
Congress to extend fair treat
ment to Alaska, and not to
sacrifice the best interests of a
patient people and a deserving
Territory by recklessly curtail
ing needed expenditures that are
material to the development of
a land rich in nature’s resources.
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A HOAX ON ALASKA
i
A Washington Sunday News
paper recently gave considerable
space to an illustrated article
entitled “Where Bootleggers aie
banged, shot or burned to
death.” The incidents set forth
were from a book recently pub
lished by Jen Welzl, entitled,
Thirty Years in the Golden
North,” and aims to depict some
stirring chapters on Arctic jus
tice as administered in Siberia
principally, and northern Alas
ka. The Newspaper states that
the book seems destined to start
a good deal of controversy Vil
balmur Stefansson, famous Arc
tic explorer, has declared that it
contains many false statements
and asserts he believes it to be
a hoax; other Arctic experts,
however, have warmly defended
it, and the publishers have stood
by its authenicity. The book will
no doubt prove quite illuminat
ing to Judge Lester O. Gore, Dis
trict Attorney LeRoy M. Sulli
van, U. S. Marshall Charles D.
Jones, and other minions of the
law in the Second Division.
At one time, Welzl says, he
served on a jury which tried an
American blind tiger. It happen
ed that two of the jurors voted
against the death penalty, al
though the mans guilt was ob
vious. When the head juryman
announced the decision, he add
ed, “The two bad jurymen will
immediately be burned alive,
This was done, and the blind
tiger was then shot to death.
Brief though these trails are,
they are usually dispensed with,
Welzl says, when the prisoner
has fired at his pursuers during
the fight. In such cases the man
is simply lashed to his sledge,
drenched with benzine and set
afire as soon as he is overpow
ered, with no formality at all.
Now and then the Polar settlers
will be warned, by friends in
some such Northern city as
Nome, Alaska, that a blind tiger
or bandit is coming into their
neighborhood. They will be un
able to proceed at once against
the man because he has, as yet,
committed no crime; but they
do not care to wait until some
one has been robbed, poisoned
or murdered before acting. So
they send some one to the man
and warn him to leave the dis
trict at once; and at the same
time word is sent to trappers and
Eskimos that any one who finds
the man in the neighborhood
24 hours after he has been warn
ed to leave may shoot him on
sight. “That,” remarks Welzl,
“practically amounts to a sen
tence of death, because there
are often terrific blizzards or
spells of frost which prevent the
man from getting away any dis
tance.
Once Welzl says, he himself
had an unpleasant experience
because he tried to do a kind
ness to another Northern trad
ei. This man passed by Welzl’s
place on his way to a distant
trading post, and asked if he
might leave a number of boxes
cf merchandise with him until
he returned. Welzl got curious
end examined the merchandise.
To his horror, he found that it
consisted of tins of ootleg liquor
of the worst sort. If his neigh
bors should find this in his cave
Welzl knew, he himself would be
executed, he was a trader, and
| there was small chance that his
j‘ alibi” would be accepted. Fur
thermore he was often away for
weeks at a time, and the liquor
might be discovered at any time.
I In the end he managed to get
it all destroyed undetected. But
I until the job had been finished
| he had some anxious hours.
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FUR SEAL CATCH
The Bureau of Fisheries in
formed that on August 19 a
shipment of 49,334 seal skins,
taken from the Pribilof Islands
this season, arrived in Seattle
aboard the U. S. S. Sirius, and
were later shipped to St. Louis.
There the skins will be tanned
and dyed before they are sold at
auction for the account of the
United States Government. This
shipment is about 190 skins
smaller than last season’s kill.
The decrease was caused ,it is
said, by unfavorable weather at
the Pribilof Islands which pre
vented as many young males
coming ashore as anticipated.
The seal skins from the Pribilof
Island herd represents about 80
per cent of the world’s supph/,
and the demand for these skins
determines the price of seal skin
coats and wraps which will be
worn next season. The Pribilof
Island seal herd is considered
tlie most valuable in the world,
and has been under the manage
ment of the Bureau of Fisheries
since 1910. When the Govern
ment first took charge of this
herd it numbered about 125,000
animals and since that time it
has been rebuilt to approximate
ly 1,200,000 animals, an increase
of over a million in 22 years. In
the same period, the Bureau’s
workers have taken about 500,
000 skins from surplus 3-year
old males.
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When Pietro Sala, music
teacher, saw a small boy drag
ging a toy cart made out of a
violin and some wheels he paid
the lad 25 cents for it. Inside
the instrument he found a tag
saying “Antonius Stradivarius”—
Cremonensis Fasebat— Anno
1717.” If the violin proves |o be
a genuine Stradivarius. Sala esti
mates it is worth $50,000.
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“DIRIGIBLE”
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Tonight and tomorrow night is
being shown “Dirigible” at the
Variety Theatre. In the cast are
Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and
Fay Wray with a strong support
ing cast. This is an epic of the
air and was filmed with the as
sistance of the United States
Naval Air Corps so that it is one
of the best pictures of its kind
ever made. The theme is full of
thrills and it is a picture you will
get every enjoyment out of.
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GRETA GARBO HERE SUNDAY
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Greta Garbo is the Star in
“Susan Lenox” which will bei
seen at the Variety Theatre, Sun j
iday and Monday, with Clark;
! Gable playing the leading role
opposite the famous mystery of
the screen. I
The story of the fall and rise
of Susan Lenox is taken from
the book published by David
Graham Phillips, one of the
great writers of the day. It is
well carried out by a pair of
screen lovers that give magnifi
cent thrills in tnis flaming love
story. The picture is a Metro-;
Goldwyn-Mayer picture and is
one of Garbo’s best pictures.
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“BILLY THE KID”
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“Billy the Kid” is one of those
immortal characters of the West
era frontiers of the days when
Colt’s was the law of the land.
It is an epic of American life
picturized in a manner that
makes It a saga of Western life.,
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COLISEUM
LAST TIME TO-NIGHT
Whirlwind Action—Breathless Adventure—Thrilling Story
In this Great Epic of the West—Zane Grey’s—
“RIDERS of the PURPLE SAGE”
MADE EVEN GREATER BY THE SCREEN WITH—
GEORGE O’BRIEN & NOAH BERRY
—DON’T MISS IT—
SATURDAY ONLY
“THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUTH”
: 1
LORETTA YOUNG is at her Best in this Startling Drama.
Her Greatest Screen Triumph.—KIDS REMEMBER 'Satur
day is CANITY NIGHT.
SUNDAY & MONDAY
“TRANSATLANTIC"
With
EDMUND LOWE—LOIS MORAN—GRETA NISSEN
THIS IS ANOTHER OF OUR SUNDAY SPECIALS
—DON’T MISS IT—
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
PAL NITES
CONSTANCE BENNET IN—
I
“COMMON LAW"
Don’t Miss—Constnace Bennet in Her Finest Role Since-—
“Common Clay”—Remember this is PAL NIGHT. Each PAL
NIGHT A BARGAIN.
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
JOE E. BROWN IN—
“LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD’
DON’T MISS THIS KING OF COMICS IN THIS PICTURE
HE’S GOOD TO THE LAST LAUGH.
| COMING SOON—
| JAMES CAGNEY IN— “THE PUBLIC ENEMY”
If Another Big Special, Watch for the Date.
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[t is not.just an ordinary West
ern as western’s are known as
it is built up around the actual
story of that Westerner who
stands out in the developn^ent of
the West. This picture will be
seen next Tuesday and Wednes
day.
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“SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK”
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“East Side, West Side, All A
round the Town” with all the
laughs that give the greatest
wallop in many years is brought
out in “Sidewalks of New York”
which will be shown in the Vari
ety Theatre next Thursday and
Friday.
Buster Keaton and Anita Page
with Cliff Edwards supporting
along with a good cast gives
many a laugh in Keaton’s hil -
arious trip of his lifetime in this
picture. There are more howls,
heart interest and kid stuff than
in a dozen other good pictures.
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DOROTHY LEE, SCREEN HIT,
WAS MERELY MARJORIE
MILSAP
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Dorothy Lee, who plays lead
for Joe E. Brown in “Local Boy.
Makes Good,” his latest First
National starring vehicle, to be
shown at the Coliseum Theatre,
Thursday and Friday, was ori
ginally not called Dorothy or
Lee either. Her name was Mar
jorie Milsap, and because she
liked John Held’s drawings Gf
‘ Merely Marjorie,” she for a
time decided she should be so
billed. Being less than five feet
!n height and weighing several
pounds under one hundred,
Dorothy tells how her first
theatrical employers, Fanchon
and Marco, when she introduced
herself pertly with “I’m Dorothy
Lee!” replied in chorus, “Well,
what of it!” Her captivating
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Angoon Camp No. 7
, Alaska Native Brotherhood *
j Regular Meeting, Monday
Visiting Brothers Welcome
Jimmie George, President
Andrew J. Davis, Secretary
Angoon - - - Alaska
sauciness in the role of Julia in
“Local Boy Makes Good” proves
that there is more than littleness
of size and name in the person
ality of Miss Dot Lee!
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I Sitka - - Alaska
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