The New yorl<
Pool Billiard And Card Room
Dick Kuwata, Prop.
The Telephone
Is the Open Door To the Merchant's Es
tablishment. One telephone order to-day
means more in the future.
Telephone Exchange
Passenger accom
odations on all the
Admiral Line Ves
sels have been
completly and ma
terially improved. ^
You will find them
very attractive and
comfortable.
Northbound from Seattle
Admiral Evans Sept. 23
Admiral Rogers Sept. 24
Admiral Evans Oct. 13
Admiral Evans Nov. 3
Southbound rrom Peterburg
Admiral Rogers
Oueen
Admiral Evans
Admiral Evans
Admiral Evans
Oct. 3
Sept. 23
Oct. il
Oct. 28
Nov. 18
l INFORMATION AND TICKETS:
Ed. Locken. Agent.
Petersburg-Alaska
| Alaskan Glacier Sea Food Co.
:: Petersburg, Alaska
| Packers of Shrimp Meat,
Crab Meat and Clams,
BIGGEST PACKERS OF SHRIMP MEAT IN THE WORLD j
Buyers of
Halibut, Salmon, and Trout
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They all scream For Carnation Icecream
ALWAYS PURE at
BRACKNEY’S
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Harbor Store
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* “Where Your $ Has More Cents'* j
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General Merchandise - •]
- Fishermen’s Supplies jj
E. W. Harris, Proprietor
Sitka - - Alaska j
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will be made. This is in line
with the general policy of the
Department, which has only
made a few changes in dates,
but no change in the 30 days al
lowance. The Department states
that the adoption of the short
season amendment was based on
reports of investigations care
fully conducted on the principal
breeding grounds by experienced
observers of the governments of
the United States and Canada.
Also that there has been a fa
vorable reaction on the part of
sportsmen, who are lending
their support to the Department
in conserving the birds for the
future.
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WRANGELL MAN IN D. C.
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Wilfred C. Stump, a student of
the University of Washington,
but a resident of Wrangell, was
in Washington last week. He
had returned from Toronto,
where he attended a meeting of
his college fraternity, the Sigma
Nu. After he graduates next
spring the young man expects to
come to Washington and take a
two year course in law.
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SKAGWAY BREAKWATER
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Skagway is anxious to secure
a breakwater at some suitable
site south of its long wharf,
where private yachts and small
craft might be safely moored
and thus escape prevailing
southerly winds. In order to se
cure this shelter the chamber of
Commerce has communicated
with Delegate Wickersham, in
the hope that he may induce
Congress to provide for a sur
vey of the Skagway harbor, in
the next River and Harbor Im
provements Bill.
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MAIL CONTRACTS
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Officials of the Post Office De
partment give assurance that
the new contracts that have
been awarded in several instanc
es to Airplane Companies are
not air plane contracts, but pro
vide for carrying mail as under
the system in practice for many
years past. Recently the Dele
gate filed a petition for the es
tablishment of a mail route be
vween Nenana and Lake Min
chumina, on the assumption
that the recently awarded con
tract would not secure the de
sired sendee. But the addition
1 service has been refused after
rn investigation by the Depart
ment. In a letter from W. Irv
ing Glover, Second Assistant
Postmaster General, he says:
“The report indicates that the
petitioners reside on the exist
ing winter route between Nena
na and Flat, over which weekly
service is provided. Under the
contract, the carrier is required
in addition to carrying the mail
; f,o the post offices, (including
| Lake Minchumina), to supply all
: persons residing at no-office
■ points along the route. At in
: bermediate points where there
• are no landing fields it appears
that IT WILL BE NECESSARY
TO CONTINUE THE USE Of
! DOG TEAMS to serve the pa
• trons.
TOTEM POLES
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One of the returning enthusi
astic excursionists to Alaska
wrote to a Washington newspa
per the other day inquiring
whether the Indians in the
states have totem poles. He was
informed that they have none,
and that these objects were
erected solely by the Indians of
the North Pacific coast.
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BOOKLET ON ALASKA
l The Interior Department is
> about ready to circulate a new
> booklet giving general informa
> tion regarding the Territory of
j Alaska. The first edition of this
; work was prepared by Ernest
; Walker Sawyer in November 1929
; and it has since had wide circu
| lation. But the edition was al
! most exhausted last spring when
I Mr. Sawyer prepared the copy
! for the new booklet, which is
> now issued in the same form but
\ with a number of changes and
5, additions, la a prologue, pre
pared by Secretary of the Inter
ior Ray Lyman Wilbur, he says:
“Ice, gold, opportunity—what
does the name ‘Alaska’ conjure
up, and what does that vast ter
ritory hold in the way of present
end future promises? To the pi
oneer, whether he is engaged on
ly in clearing his own little
homestead or is directing the
destinies of a large industrial
enterprise, this State in the
making holds premise of either
success or disappointment, de
pendent upon his ability to grasp
and utilize its offerings. For the
fit who, through experience or
readiness for effort, ore willing
to cope with and surmount diffi -
culties, this northern land holds
cut an alluring invitation and
a welcome.
“Within its far-flung borders,
Alaska presents so wide a divers
ity of physical features, climate,
and industries as to appeal to al
most every taste. Here, the
densely forested mountainous
areas of southeastern Alaska,
with its multitude of deep-water
fiords, challenge the enterpris -
ing to undertake the develop
ment of mines, fisheries, timber
resources and water powers.
There, in central Alaska, is a re
gion of broad alluvial valleys
carved in old mountain-built
mineralized rocks and traversed
by rivers which form the main
avenues of travel, that invites
settlement by home builders,
agriculturists, miners and trap
pers. Again, the fastnesses of
the Alaska range and other
mountain groups possess magni
ficent scenery, wild animals, and
mineral deposits that beckon
the miner, hunter, traveler, or
other lovers of nature to revel in
their bounty.
“But Alaska’s appeal does not
consist only in its undeveloped
resources. In it are homes with
equipment and charm compar
able to those in any similar com -
munities in the States, towns
with all modern facilities to sup
ply diverse requirements of peo
ple who need and appreciate not
only material but intellectual en
joyment and industries that are
pouring out each year needed
products worth scores of millions
of dollars. Even in some of the
i remote parts of the country ex
isting means of comfortable
[transportation by boat, railroad,
and airplane or of communica
tion by mail, telegraph, or radio
annihilate the desolateness of
isolation and bring the comforts
of civilization to the residents.
“It is to give accurate infor
mation regarding the varied as
pects of this outlying possession
of ours that the accompanying
volume has been prepared from
the most authoritative sources
available.”
DAN SUTHERLAND RETURNS
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Former Delegate Dan Suther
land, accompanied by Mrs. Suth
erland and son Donald, returned
on September 11th from their
summer sojourn in the White
Mountains of New Hampshire. It
is the aim of Mrs. Sutherland to
remain in Washington during
the ensuing year while the son
is finishing his high school
course. Dan has not formed his
plans for the winter.
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POSTAL RESIGNATIONS
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Changes in the smaller post
offices in Alaska are most fre
quent. The latest wire indicates
that Mrs. Lillian M. Dudley is
leaving for the states and resigns
the office of postmistress at Mile
Seven, the radio headquarters
out of Cordova. Mrs. E. C. Gay
nor has been recommended as
her successor in charge of the
post office. The Department au
thorized the establishment of a
postoffice at Goodnews Bay, on
the ocean side of the Kuskokwim
and appointed Nelson H. Jones
as postmaster on April 24th last.
But Mr. Jones has failed to qual
ify and now D. Bernard Bull has
been recommended for the office.
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SENATE COMMITTEE MAY
VISIT S.E. ALASKA
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Senator Lynn J. Frazier is now
la Washington and indicates
that the Senate Sub-Committee
on Indian Affairs will start on j
their trip of investigation to the
Western States about the first of 1
September. Chairman Frazier
holds out some hope that the
Committee may sail from Seattle 1
for Southeastern Alaska about
the middle of September, to look
into the affairs of tho Indians of
that section.
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LIKES ALASKA
Assistant Attorney General C. ;
P. Sisson is one of the most en
thusiastic boosters that Alaska
has in the National Capital, as a '
result of two trips to the North
land. Referring to his recent
pilgrimage to Alaska General
Sisson says:
“Last year, I visited the coast
[of Alaska as far west as Seward, i
and the Interior east from Fair
banks to Nome^and north to Ft.
Yukon. This year, in company ■
with the Commissioner of Fish
eries, Henry O’Malley, I visited
the coast towns and went into ■
Bering Sea through Unimak
Pass, northeast through Bering
Sea to the head of Bristol Bay, '
leaving there by plane for Sew
ard.
“Despite its lack of forestation. \
the Alaska Peninsula is remark
ably scenic. The high volcanic 3
mountains with their snow' and
lava and green coats of low j
growth present pictures never to ;i
be forgotten. In Bristol Bay, the j
fishing industry in its concern- *i
trated extent is amazing. Tv/en
ty-eight canneries in this section
with their smoke stacks remind
ed me very much of Gary, Indi • '
ana, or sort of an Arctic Pitts- I
burg; and the hundreds of gill ’
net boats, each with two men .*
aboard and no motive power but •
sails and occasionally the brawn *
of some stalwart fishermen, <
looked to me very much like my •
conception of what the Sea of -
Gallilee must have bteen two
thousand years ago.
“Most of my contacts in that >
region were with cannerymen l
and the personnel of the Bureau >
I of Fisheries. Without exception,j|
I found them to have high mu- [ \
tual respect for each other—men j \
of character and standing in the I
business world dealing on an un- j
derstanding basis with intelli-ri
gent Government officials. f
“On the trip to the States, j|
when the steamer stopped at jj
Seward, Valdez, Cordova, Ju- *
neau„ and Ketchikan, it seemed -
almost like old home week to ’
greet the many friends I had the
privilege of making last year. For
me, at least, Alaska is still the
finest vacation land under our
flag, and the home of some ofj
our finest citizens.”
HAINES POST MOVIE
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Objection has been made by
the owner of the movie theatre
at Haines that the War Depart
ment theatre at Chilkoot Bar
racks maintains a lower price of
admission and interferes with
the attendance at the commer
cial movie. The matter has been
investigated by the Adjutant
General and he reports that the
Barracks movie is operated one
night of the week when no shows
are held at Haines, and that the
Barracks movie is primarily for
the entertainment of officers and
enlisted men, their families, and
civilian employees residing on
the military reservation. The
admission of other civilians is a
matter of accommodation to
them but is neither sought nor
encouraged.
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JOSEPH O. RUDE,, M. D
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Over People’s Drug Store
Office Phone 61
Home 66
T. W. Benson M. D
Physician & Surgeon
Office in
DAIRY BUILDING
PHONE 50
COLISEUM
Saturday Only
Victor Me Laglen in
The Devil with Women ’
Also Chapter 9 of “The Spell of the Circus”
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SUNDAY and MONDAY
“Viennese Nights”
all talking and singing
Special Colored Prodnction
Coming Soon
“Renegades”
another one of the Big Ones
watch for the Date
Last time to-night . The Two Black Crows in
“Anybody’s War”
BRENNAN’S
Pool and Billiard Tables
Cigars and Tobaccos of all kinds
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Finest of the Season !
ALASKA RUTABAGAS
ALASKA TURNIPS
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Keep Out of the Kitchen
Finest Meals always ready at
ALASKA CAFE
(Leave the dishwashing to us.)
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