Historial Sketches and Experi
ences of Trail-Blazers Who Made
Alaska the Empire of the North
PIONEERS OF ALASKA ji
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EDITED BY
CHARLES L. KEMP,
Secretary Anchorage Igloo No. 15.
BF INTEREST
TO DRAFTEES
home service department
OF RED CROSS STANDS
READY TO LEND AID.
POINTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT.
Committee Will Tell Draftees About
Cheap Government Insurance, What
to do in Case of Sickness, How to
Obtain Financial Aid in Case of
Need, Etc.
A committee from the Home Serv
ice department of the Red Cross met
at the government hospital yesterday
in response to a call from the chair
man, Mrs. E. 13. Ansley. Other mem
bers of the committee present were
Rev. Jack Dunstan, Rev. E. M. Hughes
and Dr. A. Lovas. The important work
on hand was in regard to advices from
headquarters in their particular de
partment and deals especially with
the members of the draft who leave on
the Farragut for Fort William Henry
Seward. In order to get this informa
tion before the draftees, the commit
tee publishes the following:
“To the young men who are going
out for service: Do you know that
the Home Service Department of the
Anchorage Red Cross has been in
formed by the local exemption board
that you are soon to go to the canton
ment ?
“These points are very important
and should be of very much interest
to you.
“1st—How can I obtain the cheap
government insurance provided by the
war risk insurance law; how much
will it cost me; whom can I name as
beneficiaries and how will the benefit
be paid ?
“2nd.—If I am injured in line of
duty, either by sickness contracted ir
service or in action, what will the
government do to provide for me anc
for my dependents and who would b<
included ?
“3rd.—To whom can I turn while 1
am away from home to get friendh
advice, or aid and if necesary financia
assistance in case conditions shouk
change so that those who are neai
and dear to me need help which I car
not send them on account of my limit
ed pay?
“These and other questions are go
ing to arise. Did you know that ev
ery Red Cross chapter has a Horn*
Service section whose duty it is to b<
prepared to give all of the service in
eluded in the above questions am
many others?
“We have a committee for this pur
pose and we will be prepared to an
swer these questions at any time. W<
have the necessary blanks so that voi
can make allotments of your pay am
ask for the government allowance a
once. The Red Cross chapter want:
to be of any possible service to yoi
| while you are helping in this grea
war struggle. The members of youi
Red Cross Home Service section ar<
Mrs. E. B. Ansley chairman, Rev
Jack Dunstan, Rev. E. M. Hughes
Father Sheppard, Dr. J. B. Beeson ant
Dr. A. Lovas. To the dependents lef
at home we wish to say that we wan
to help to solve any difficulty tha
may arise while your loved one are ii
service for our flag and want you ti
know that you are free to advise wit!
any member of the committee at an;
time. Call on us for advice of an;
nature.”
SOME GO TO SEWARD;
SOME GO TO LISCU3V
The local exemption board is in re
ceipt of a communication from Gov
y! emor Riggs ordering the first fift;
P men on the draft roll to be sent t
jiii Fort William Henry Seward, and th
* balance sent to Fort Liscum. Th
* board requests every member to b
present at the office of the exemptio:
board at 10 o’clock tomorrow morn
SAYS OIL IS TO BE
FOUND IN QUANTITY
Louis r. Shackleford believes that
oil in commercial quantities will be
found in Alaska as soon as geologists
have an opportunity to study out
the formation and locate the area
where oil is confined. “At the pres
ent time,” said Mr. Shackleford to
the Dispatch, “the oil locators have
been confining their operations to
localities where seepages appear,
which in the opinion of experts, in
dicates that the formation has crack
ed allowing the deposits of oil to es
cape and necessarily causing low pres
sure and small producing wells.”
Another point that Mr. Shackleford
brings to the attention of oil operat
ors is the securing of a permit from
Oil Director Requa. “Owing to the de
mand for drilling material in Kansas
and Oklahoma,” said Mr. Shackleford,
“the government is extremely careful
regarding allowing materials to go to
1 unknown oil projects, a very proper
step in view of the present war condi
tions, and a permit must first be se
! cured before orders for drilling sup
plies can be filled.”
Mr. Shackleford has spent some
months in the oil business in Cali
fornia, where himself and associates
have two producing wells and about
eighteen more holes under contract
or process of drilling. This oil prop
\ erty is located in the vicinity of Los
! Angeles.
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MR. WHITE ENJOYED
HIS VISIT TO ALASKA
After spending two weeks in An
chorage Mr. Elmer S. White de
parted on the steamer Alaska for his
home in Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. White
made the trip to Alaska at the insti
gation of Charles E. Herron and be
cause this was one section of the globe
he had not visited in his many travels.
He expresses himself as being de
lighted with his Alaska expeiiences,
which will unquestionably result in
much future good for Anchorage. Mr.
White is a personal friend of Colonel
Ilerschman, owner of the Pittsburgh
“Press,” which enjoys the largest cir
culation of any publication in the city.
ed to remain in Anchorage and for
this reason has made no excursions to
the numerous places of interest con
tiguous to Anchorage. However, he
has quietly gathered considerable in
i formation and data for future pub
lication, which will be of great inter
est and information to the eastern
■! public.
Mr. White is a prominent club man
! in Pittsburgh and will enjoy adding
■ his varied Alaska experiences to his
other oft-told tales of travel. And,
i too, it will probably be a relief to his
fellow club men to hear of the beau
■ ties of Alaska. Mr. White is an adept
• story teller, endowed with exception
; al descriptive powers and from this
i fountain of first-hand information
I Anchorage will not suffer. In pass
; ing, the Daily Times will miss his dai
; ly morning visits and complimentary
i remarks in regard to Alaska’s un
: bounded resources, the glorious cli
• mate, unsurpassed scenery and won
■ derful future possibilities of Anchor
■ age.
1 FIRE DESTROYS FAMOUS DOG.
Filax, the famous Belgian police
: dog, a veteran of the battle of the
: Marne, who was wounded on duty in
i the trenches in France, and who had
) collected more than $2,000 for the
i Blue Cross fund in this country, was
r one of seven valuable dogs burned to
r | death when Mrs. Leo Wanner’s ken
nels at Meadow Brook, Long Island,
N. Y., were destroyed by fire just be
i fore daybreak, on May 18.
1 Mrs. Wanner, a special deputy sher
iff, has been of much aid to the sher
■ iff of Nassau county in recent months
• running down criminals, and she and
>r others believe the fire was incendiary.
5 Mrs. Wanner said there was no way
2 in which the fire could have started
2 accidentally.
i Mack Sennett girls make Edendale
- look like Fifth Avenue Fashion
Parade when they are all dolled up.
Bering Sea Fishing and Packing
Company, Jafet Lindeberg, president,
is a new corporation recently organ
ized at Nome to engage in the fish
packing business at Golovin Bay.—
Nome Nugget.
Todd Packing company, L. C. Smith
Bldg., is a corporation recently organ
ized for the purpose of operating a
cannery in Peril Straits.
Wilson Fisheries company is recon
structing its plant at Little Port
Walter and installing a three-line
cannery. Salmon and herring will be
salted, smoked and canned, and dll of
fal will be made into fertilizer. (Ju
neau Dispatch.)
The Kachemak Bay Fisheries, Inc.,
1425 L. C. Smith Bldg., is preparing
to install a saltery near Seldovia,
Alaska.
The Diamond Fish company, Einar
Beyer, president, is a new organiza
tion preparing to start a herring
plant at Warm Springs bay, Alaska.
The Northern Fisheries company
has been recently organized at Juneau
by Earl Hunter and Wm. Dickinson to
engage in the salmon canning and |
salting industry at Washington bay. j
Pioneer Packing company recently
organized by Mr. Fisher, of Belling
ham, is starting a mild-cure station
near Craig, Prince of Wales island.
M. B. Dahl, Inc., is a new organiza-1
tion preparing to enter the mild cure
salmon industry near Port Alexander i
Everett-Pacific Fisheries company i
of Everett, has been recently organ-;
ized to engage in the salting of sal- j
mon, codfish and herring from Prince j
William sound.
H. Van Vlack & Co., formerly of j
Olympia, has acquired the fishing sta- j
tion of the Gardner company at Thom-1
as bay, where they are preparing to
can shrimp and other sea foods.
o, 11. UUli^ l vviupaii^v nart ;
completed construction of a salmon !
cannery at Juneau.
E. W. Griffin and James H. Hamil
| are preparing to construct a cannery
at Bristol bay.
The Cheney Grocery company, a
| new mercantile establishment in
Ketchikan, has taken over the store of j
! Mr. Otto Anderson. Mr. Cheney was!
| formerly manager of the grocery de-j
partment of J. R. Heckman & Co.
i The sawmill at Craig, Alaska, has
been leased by Henry Shattuck, who
will operate it in cutting spruce lum
ber for the U. S. airplane service. j
BLUE GLACIER BEAR IS
NOT A DISTINCT SPECIES
JUNEAU, Alaska, July 1.—Con
trary to a belief popular among big
game hunters that the blue glacier
bear of Alaska is of a distinct species,
A1 Hasselborg, who, with Dr. Harry
S. Worth, curator of mammals at the
University of California, has made a
special study of these animals, asserts
that the great morose haunter of the
ice rivers is no more than a color
phase of the common black bear. Mr.
Hasselborg, who has been studying
Alaskan bear for nearly twenty years,
is regarded as one of the best-posted
men in the territory on the animals.
Other men, taking exception to Mr/
Hasseyborg’s statement, point out
that the blue glacier bear is more
“rangy” in build than the black. They
are likewise more vicious it is assert
ed, and have been known to attack a
man on sight, and keep coming so
long as the breath of life remains in
them.
Fred Polley recently received sev
eral photographs of his brother Frank
dressed in soldier's uniform. The pic
tures were taken in San Antonio,
Texas, where Frank is in the aviation
service. Frank also writes that he is
extremely well satisfied with army
life except that like all the rest of the
Anchorage boys he is anxious to see
real service in France.
m MORE
ROADWORK
The following resolutions in regard
to “Good Roads” were adopted at the
last meeting of the Anchorage Cham
ber of Commerce:
Whereas, we are today facing one
of the most vital questions in the
country’s history, and whereas the
only way to avoid a disastrous ar.d
possibly fatal issue of this question is
for every citizen and official to en
courage and assist in the production
and franspox-tation of every pound of
foodstuff possible.
And whereas there are in the vicin
ity of Anchoi'age in the neighboi'hood
of one hundred homesteads, and in
the Eagle river, Eklutna, Knik and
Matanuska river valleys in the neigh
borhood of three hundred homesteads;
that there are now in the cellars of
those homesteaders an estimated
amount of at least one thousand tons
of choice vegetables, with every pros
spect of those becoming a total loss
both from an economic and military
point of view, and whereas this loss is
solely due to a lack of transportation
and distribution, not over 10 per cent
of those homesteaders having availa
ble roads or highways. That those
homesteads have been taken up and
improved in good faith by their lo
cators, having been assui’ed by the
government agents that they would
have good i*oads as soon as conditions
justified.
Therefore, be it resolved that we
petition Secretary of War Newton D.
Baker to cause to be constructed a
military highway paralleling the gov
ernment railroad from Anchorage to
Matanuska with the necessary cross
roads to the different railroad stations
so as to make an outlet for the farm
ers and horresteadei’s and thereby
prevent another shameless loss when
the crops are again harvested this
fall, and also to be used by the Gov
ernment in the case the raili'oad is
blocked by wrecks, washouts, floods,
slides or foi'est fii’es.
And we will ever pray.
The Cook Inlet Good Roads associ
ation passed the following resolution:
Whereas, there are south of Knik
river and in the vicinity of Anchorage,
one hundred or more homesteads; that
those homesteads are all in the Chu
gach Forest Reserve; that they were
taken up and improved in good faith
by their locators; that they were as
sured by forestry agents that there
would be certain sums available for
the improvement of highways each
year; that a Mr. Waugh when here a
year ago, spoke before the Chamber
of Commerce of Anchorage, and
among other things said that there
was about $20,000.00 available for this
district, and again speaking before the
same body lately, he said this money
had been shelved, but gave no reason
why.
Therefore, Be it Resolved, that we
request Secretary of Agriculture Da
vid F. Houston, to use all such means
as are in his power to prevent another
enormous loss when the crops are har
vested again this fall.
BOYS OVER THERE
ENJOY “SMOKES”
Anchorage tobacco is becoming well
known in France and many of the
packages sent out from here have
reached the front lines. Milo M. Jano
vich is in receipt of a card from Com
pany “A” First National Guard Bat
talion written from “Somewhere ii
France” acknowledging receipt of to
bacco sent from Anchorage.
“Doc” Daykin is working in the
Seattle shipyards waiting for a chance
to wear the honored khaki. Doc has
made repeated applications for serv
ice but so far without success.
Read the Anchorage Tmes.
FRESH FLUE HAD
TO OLD GOLD ROBBERY
A new chapter is written in the Kin
caid gold robbery in Dawson after the
lapse of eleven years says the Dawson
News. Phil Kejley day before yester
day found a portion of a mail pouch
in the grounds at Government House.
The pouch bears marks plainly iden
tifying it as one of the sacks used by
the U. S. government for carrying
of registered mail. It had been qut
in two and the portion to which the
lock is attached is severed entirely
from the other part. The lock is un
opened. It is the style of lock which
automatically registers a new number
every time it is opened. An empty
buckskin poke also was found by Mr.
Kelly. -
This sack no doubt is one of the
several which were stolen from the
mails at the time George Kincaid, the
then government carpenter at this
place, got away with tens of thous
ands of dollars in gold dust. Kincaid
as carpenter, had access to the Daw
son post o'"ice at various hours, and
during shifts when no one else was
there and in the days when gold dust
was left about in sacks where it could
ut; reaciieu nt; luuk. sevtrui ui tiie
sacks. The gold was from Fairbanks
and was en route during the season of
j navigation to Seattle. For a long
| time after the mail was stolen there
| was no clue to it. The Royal North
S west Mounted Police and special de
i tectives worked on the case a long
j time, and finally fastened the suspic
j ion on Kincaid. Just about that tmie
| Kincaid took a steamer at Dawson for
| Whitehorse. He was shadowed by a
j sleuth, and "“was between here and
Whitehorse when he was put under
arrest. He was scarcely in custody
| when he committed suicide on the boat
j by taking poison. His remains were
| brought back to Dawson and buried
! there. The most of the gold nevei
was recovered. The sum total stolen
is said to have been about $43,000. A
long time after the crime was com
mitted many of the small empty pack
ages in which the gold was packed foi
shipping and some of the empty sacks
were found under the public school
building in Dawson. They had been
buried far back under the building
and workmen made the discoveries
when digging to repair the founda
tions. Some of the gold also was
found buried there. A great deal of
the gold likely was spent by Kincaid
in Dawson, as he lived a fast pace
here for a long time.
The sack which Mr. Kelly found
day before yesterday was buried ir
what had been used as the chicken
yard. Mr. Kelly was preparing the
ground for a garden.—Skagway Alas
kan.
Every one of the 1,215 county anc
township councils of defense in Mis
souri is to have a women member.
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ESSENTIALS
MINERS WILL RECEIVE A DE
FERRED CLASSIFICATION
UNDER DRAFT LAW.
MAY TAKE OFF TAX ON GOLD.
M«eting of Congressmen From All
Mining States and Government Ex
perts Will Hold Meeting Friday to
Discuss Mining Industry — May
Urge Bonus Plan.
Washington, June 26, 1918.
Chamber of Commerce,
Anchorage, AlasKa:
At a conference with the war in
dustries board today, I was assured
that gold mining will be placed in the
essential industry class and men thus
engaged will receive a deferred classi
j fication under the selective draft law.
j Congressman Kitchin assures me
; that the ways and means committee
| is carefully considering the matter of
abrogating the taxes on gold mining.
I He has summoned experts to confer
| on the matter. After personal solici
tation, I have secured pledges of sup
; port from many congressmen to as
l sist the miners. Have arranged a
meeting of congressmen from all the
i mining states and government ex
perts, to be held Friday forenoon, to
j discuss the matter of stimulating the
| mining industry by a government
; bonus and other assistance. Much in
j terest is shown here in the matter,
j Hope to obtain satisfactory results.
SULZER, Delegate.
TO STATION SUB
CHASER AT JUNEAU
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JUNEAU, July 3.—Rear Admiral
i Koontz, commandant at the Bremer
ton navy yard, is in Juneau for sever
al days, a guest of ■Governor and Mrs.
; Thomas Riggs. Mrs. Koontz contin
i ued to Skagway, making the round
; trop on the Princess Alice.
Commandant Koontz announces
110-foot subchasers will be stationed
at both Juneau and Ketchikan for pa
! trol work this season. The Explorer
I goes to Prince William sound and the
I
! Patterson to British bay for similar
duty.
Commandant Koontz is making a
careful study of Alaska conditions,
coast line, etc., owing to the import
ance of this country in case of trou
ble on the Pacific.
“There is only one way to cure a
wounded heart; break it altogether.”
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A GROUP OF PROMINENT BANKERS AND CAPI
TALISTS CONCEIVED THE IDEA OF AND
FINANCED THE
BANK OF ALASKA
WITH THE AIM THAT ITS GROWTH WILL GIVE
THE NAME FULL SIGNIFICANCE.
THE TREND OF AMERICAN BANKING LEG
ISLATION IS TOWARD BRANCH BANKING SYS
TEMS. THE PIONEER IN THIS TERRITORY IS
THE BANK OF ALASKA, WHICH IS THE FIRST
AND SO FAR THE ONLY BANKNG SYSTEM.
IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS THE STRENGTH
AND JUSTIFICATION OF THE SYSTEM IS AP
PARENT, FOR EACH BRANCH HAS THE FULL
STRENGTH OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM BACK OF
IT.
THE SYSTEM IS BACKED BY VERY ABLE
MEN, AND FURNISHES ALL THE ADVANTAGES
OF A METROPOLITAN BANK, HAVING THE FA
CILITIES OF CHECKING ACCOUNTS, CERTIFI
CATES OF DEPOSIT, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, TRAV
ELERS’ CHECKS AND SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES.
YOUR ACCOUNT IS SOLICITED. *
Bank of Alaska
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