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MODERATE RATES
Smqle room with both 12.50 and up
Doubt* room with both I 3.90 and up
Special weekly and monthly rates
'WHERE HOSPITALITY CENTERS*
The Public is cordially
invited
To inspect and compare
prices of our
merchandise
A few of the Specials
Part
Wool
Double
Blankets
Full Size - $3.25
Others from $1.25 to $8.75
Ladies and children's raincoats
95c and up
All other goods priced
reasonably.
Schmidt Smart
Shoppe
The Telephone
Is the Open Door To the Merchant’s Es
tablishment. One telephone order to-day
means more in the future.
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Telephone Exchange
Call in at our shop and inspect the New Tudor
| Ford Sedan for The American Legion. You may
get this beautiful car ready to go. - - Otherwise we
will sell you one just like it for - - - $691.50
Fryer Machine Works
| Authorized Ford Agents
- j hcnsion, as indicated in his ora
j tion that Captain Cresap was re
! sponsible for the outrages, but
i the murders so angered Cresap
[that he threatened Greathouse.
I For years afterward, however,
! the name of Cresap was anathe
ma in Indian homes and moth
; I ers used to quiet their babies by
; saying Cresap would get them
; if they didn’t stay quiet.
Lord Dunmore, governor of the
; Virginia Colony, was loyal to the
; mother country. He heard re
! ports of a,confederation of the
: Indian tribes in Ohio, Virginia
I and Pennsylvania, headed by
: \ Cornstalk, an aggressive Shaw
; jr.ee chieftan, organized for the
; purpose of driving out the white
: settlers. Dunmore determined
! to make war on them.
Dunmore’s chief lieutenant
! v/as Andrew Lewis and each
! leading an army, started west
! j ward. In October, Lewis refus
i ed to obey an order of Dunmore
| io jcin him north of the Ohio
| Tviver, for he was on the trail of
Cornstalk and his band and
wanted battle. He met up with
j the Indian warriors at Point
Pleasant, Virginia, or what was
then Virginia. It has been pre
cariously described by historians
I as the bloodiest, fiercest and im
j I’ortant battle in the annals of
i Indian warfare and the whites
7/on. It kept the Indians from
aiding the British for at least
two years.
Even after the battle, Lewis
refused to join Dunmore’s
troops and the governor further
invaded Ohio in his effort to ob
tain a treaty of peace with the
Indians. Dunmore sent General
John Gibson, who was reputed
to be a friend of Logan and
father of his sister’s child, to
Logan who consented to talk. He
refused to attend the council
but made his simple address'
which promises to carry through
all the future. After the address
was given, Gibson v/rote it down.
Rome historians say Logan spoke
excellent English; others that
the speech ha dto be translated.
Gibson said he spoke in English
and that he put his exact lan
guage on paper.
Logan later drank heavily and
became a wanderer. He abused
his wife, and his nephew, in a
fit. of anger, killed him- near De
troit in 1780.
For a century and more the
tree under which Logan spoke
remained without special im
portance in the life of the sur
rounding country.
With the organization of the
state archeological society, how
ever, steps were taken to pre
seve the plot and the tree, and
it was obtained by gift in 1911.
Monuments surround it and
these commemorate the im
mortal address of the untutored
savage and the treaty of peace
with the Indians. The speech
itself is carved in stone. There
also is a monument for Colonel
Cresap, accused wrongly by Lo
gan, and later to become a trust
ed lieutenant of Washington
and to rest forever in Trinity
Churchyard of New York, where
lie so many of the patriots of
1776.
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Washington Newsletter
By Will A. Steel
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Father Hubbard
The other day Father Barnard
H. Hubbard, a Jesuit geology
teacher at Santa Clara Univers
ity, California, was in Washing
ton conferring with the Govern
ment officials regarding his next
: expedition to Alaska, to which
I section he has already made
■ three trips. The Priest and
three companions will travel by
; dog team several thousand mile;
| over the Yukon trail, making
; visits to twelve Jesuit mission*
; along the way. Their destina
; tion will be Mount Aniakchak
! and the Alaska Peninsula vol
!. cano to compile a record of vol
I canic action and formation.
Pay of District Attorneys
> About a year ago the Deparc
I ment of Justice wrote letters to
> the various District Attorneys,
> U. S. Marshals, Clerks of the
> Court, etc., in Alaska, that glaa
> dened their hearts with the Jn
> formation that effective July 3,
> 1930, their salaries would be ad
> vanced $200. They received the
‘ advance and properly expended
6*it, but were startled a couple oi
months ago to receive a com
munication from the Comptrol
ler General McCarl stating that
this advance had been been
made under the “Brookhart”
Act, which was not applicable
in this instance, and intimating
that they would have to blow
back the advance. The Officials
at Fairbanks referred the mat
ter to Delegate Wickersham.
v/ho took it up with the Comp
troller General and the Attorney
General. As a result the latter
has issued an order making an
“Administrative Increase” which
will be respected by the Comp
troller General, and the Alaska
officials will not be expected to
return the past year’s advance.
Absentee Voting in Alaska N.G.
For eleven years Albert J.
Zyvolski worked on the Alaska
Railroad and the Copper River
and Northwestern Railway, but
recently came outside and took
a civil service examination in
Seattle. He successfully passed
and was assigned to the 'Navy
Department at Washington,
where he has been workin for
three months. He was in to
see the Delegate the other day
to say that he intended to re
turn to Alaska and wishes to re
tain his legal residence in Chiti
and wanted to know whether the
Act that ^yas passed at the last
session of the Territorial Legis
lature providing for absentee
•oting would permit him to cast
a ballot in Alaska at the next
election. Unless Congress ap
proves this Act or something
similar there can be no absentee
/oting in the Territory.
Leasing of Matanuska No. 2
For some weeks past the Gen -
sral Land Office has been wrest
ling with a proposition as to
whether or not to lease Unit No.
2 in the Matanuska coal field,
and to give an exploration per
mit for Unit No. 3. A lease had
been given several years ago,
tut it was canceled. Now the ap
plicants are Jesse Lander, Hen
ry Baxter, Bartley Howard. E. K
Kasmussen ana rrmiK. ^uiuum
falo. The Land Office officials
have been surveying all the facts
that surround the matter, in the
effort to know just what to re
commend to the Secretary of the
Interior. It may be that some
of the applicants have a prior
claim for lease and then again
it may be decided to advertise
for bids, with certain stipula
tions, and let the highest and
best bidder take the permits. -It
is expected that coal from No.
2 Unit, with greater depth, will
show a higher value than here
tofore.
Seward Wants Closed Streams
The Common Council of Seward
has memorialized the Bureau of
Fisheries here to prohibit the
taking of salmon from any
stream emptying into Resurrec
tion Bay, so as to insure the es
capement of salmon to their
spawning grounds, and thus aid
what is becoming an important
industry to Seward.
Land Elimination
C. E. Giebel, of Ketchikan, has
applied *for elimination of a
small tract of land in Loring,
Tongass National Forest, and an
order of elimination is expected
to soon issue for this tract and
two or three others.
Nome Man Visits Here
The other day D. N. Protopa
r<as came over from New York to
attend to some business. In the
«arly days he was mining at
Nome and still has property in
several sections of Alaska, com
ing out from there in 1925, and
stating that he will return next
vear. For some time past he
has been engaged in raising
plantango psilium in the Argos
district of Peloponeseus, Greece.
It is a medicinal product and he
has 500 acres under cultivation,
employing twenty workmen, 14
horses, and using 14 plows.
Mt. McKinley Land Withdrawals
A request comes from the In
terior. to send copies of land
withdrawal orders that Presi
dent Hoover has made of Mt.
McKinley Park. But the Presi
dent has not issued any such or
der.
Indian Possessions to Get Title
The Natives of Wrangell have
been fearing for some time past
that the white men would be al
lowed to get title to what has
been designated by the Govern
ment as “Indian Possessions.’
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But their fears may nqjv be dis
pelled for a plat has been made
showing the claims of the vari
ous Indians, and this has just
been ordered filed in the Land
Office, at Anchorage. Commis
sioner Moore has directed the
Register in Alaska that “This
rlat exhibits a subdivision of In
dian possessions in Wrangell
Townsite and was made for the
purpose of permitting the deed
ing of said tracts to the Indian
occupants thereof.” J. A. Ram
say, Chief of Field Division, will
soon issue the deeds to the pro
per claimants.
Ryno With Boeing System
John R. Ryno secured a radio
operator’s license in 1925 and
secured his first position with
Libby, McNeill & Libby, at Nu
shagak. Later he was in charge i
of KGBU Station in Ketchikan, j
and is now employed with the;
Boeing System at Seattle. Last
week he had his name filed with
the Civil Service Commission in
Washington, to take the exam
ination for the position of As
sistant Inspector, Radio Enforce
ment.
Political Appointments
At the Department of Justice
, it is stated that a successor has
| not yet been named to succeed
Julius H. Hart, a District Attor -
ney at Nome, who retires on July
31. Charles P. Sisson, Assistant1
Attorney General, (Administra
tive), has been in Alaska look-j
ing over the situation and an ap-;
pointment will be announced
shortly after his return in Au
gust. He will be somev/hat de
layed by going to San Diego.
California, where his brother
and a young son were accidents
drowned wrhile they were out
fishing in a small boat on the
Pacific.
Nushagak Fish District Fails
The Nushagak area v/as clos
ed to salmon fishinng on Julv
15, for the reason given by the
Bureau of Fisheries that the
run of Red Salmon was so poor,
and there has been no improve
menr since, wmcn was a mcuiu
tion made long before the sea-|
son opened. The area will be
opened August 3 for silver salm
on fishing.
Laminated Highway, Ketchikan;
A blue print has been received
here of a proposed laminated
'.ishway from Ketchikan to the
top of Deer Mountain, with aj
descriptive prospectus of an ob-:
servatory with electrical beacon
lights, a golf course and various
amusement features. The moun
tain is right back of the town
and has an altitude of 2.900 feet.
It is believed that the proposed
resort, to be known as Aurora
Heights, will prove a great at
traction not only to the tourists
but also to the people of Ketchi
kan and Alaska. It is expected
to secure the necessary permit
for construction from the Bu
reau cf Forestry and the Bureau
of Public Lands.
Farm Loan Baord & Reindeer
A suggestion comes from a
former Alaskan, now residing in
California, that the reindeer
question of the North could
easily be settled by shipping the
animals on hoof to Monterey
and there sold. He believes that
the project could be financed
through a loan secured from the
Farm Loan Board.
Federal Radio Licensse
The Federal Radio Commis
sion has granted license appli
cations in Alaska as follows:
Alaska Packers’ Association, at
Clark’s Point; Hood Bay Can
ning Co., Hood Bay; Radioma
rine Corp., of America, King
Cove, Zachar Bay, Ikutan. All
,the above licenses to expire Oc
I tober 15, 1931. Libby, McNeill
& Libby, Libbyville, modifica
tion of C. P. to 200 watts.
Alaska Bear in New Jersey
A Washington paper the other
day published a four column
cut of seven Alaska brown bear
cubs, three months old, each
taking a refreshing drink these
warm days from bottles of milk
The cubs were being fed by their
owner, Richard Crowe, of Wayne
New Jersey, and their delightful
tricks attract many visitors.
The “Flying Priest”
Brother George U. Feltes, the
“Flying Priest,” started last
week in his plane on his trans
continental air journey to the
Interior of Alaska, where he will
serve 27 missions, one of which
COLISEUM
Saturday Only
99
“The Medic n? Man
With
Betty Bronson and Jack Benny
Also Chapter 2 of “The Spell of the Circus’
Sunday-Monday
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Captain Applejack
All-Star Cast
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Last time tonight
Sweethearts and Wfoes
A roaring comedy
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Independent Meat Market
NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Next door to the WHEELER DRUG Store
Buying and selling Alaska-grown produce,
Meats, poultry, vegetables, milk.
PRODUCE WANTED
Buy Alaska-grown produce and build up
your home community.
Our Prices are right.
Harry Goldberg, Prop.
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Finest Meals always ready at
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(Leave the dishwashing to us.)
Oxy-Acetylene Welding
Blacksmithing
Pipes and fittings
Tanks of Toncan Iron made to order.
All work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
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John R. Kolstrand
Petersburg : : ; Alaska