ANCHORAGE WEEKLY TIMES
AND COOK INLET * PIONEER
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Anchorage, Alaska.
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1916.
IMPORTATION OF LIQUORS.
Tne united states marshal s onice at Anchorage labors
under the mistaken impression that no malt or spiritous liquors
may be imported into this town. As a matter of fact and law,
there is no prohibition whatever as to the shipment of liquors
into this town, nor is there any prohibition whatever with
respect to drinking, within the town’s limits. A person may
drink to his heart’s content without any penalties other than
those maintaining in towns where the sale of liquor is licensed
by law. There is a townsite regulation, however, that pro
hibits the sale of intoxicating liquors in Anchorage.
The United States marshal’s office here goes on the the
ory that it has the right to delay, seize or confiscate any liquors
that may be imported into Anchorage,‘and private individuals
have been subjected to all sorts of vexatious delays and sus
picious because forsooth they sought to get in a supply of li
quors for their own private use.
The marshal’s office has a sleuth employed on the docks
whose sole duty appears to be to pry into everything, in an
effort to detect the importation of liquor. So keen and vigi
lant is this particular individual that recently he was caught
in the act of carrying away a parcel post package—United
States mail matter—on the suspicion that liquor was contained
therein.
In this matter, as in other things, the marshal’s office is
presuming too much on its limited powers. How can the mar
shal’s office know that liquor in transit is to be sold by the
consignee.' And if the marshal’s office does not know this,
under what process of law can liquor shipments be seized?
Especially does this apply to small quantities that are shipped
here, duly labeled, for private parties. The Times holds no
brief for the liquor business and frankly concedes, as must all
right thinking people, that the intemperate use of liquor is
bad for the community. No defense can be made in this be
half. But some of the most moral and upright citizens in this,
as in other towns, like an occasional glass of beer or some other
stimulent, and they are just as good and law-abiding people
as those who may never touch liquor in any form.
The Times charges the marshal’s office w’th exceeding
its powers in seizing liquors in transit, consigned to local citi
zens. When the liquor reaches the consignee, it may, under
the search warrant act, be permissable for the mars'ni * office
to investigate, if it has reason to suspect that the quantity of
liquor received by any individual or concern is in such quanti
ties that the consignee cannot alone use it.
Numerous cases could be cited to prove the abuse of pow
er by the marshal’s office. In the early spring, liquor stock for
the drug stores, shipped in exclusively for medicinal purposes,
were held on the dock an unreasonable length of time, greatly
to the inconvenience of the consignees and patrons. Just re
cently, several mining men of Hope, who like an occasional
nip once in a while, each sent for a small keg of brandy or
whiskey. The liquor was shipped via Anchorage. It was held
here for a long time on the dock. In due course, the five kegs
were allowed to proceed to Hope, and when the kegs were op
ened, to the consternation of the consignees, but one contained
liquor—the four remaining kegs were filled with water from
Ship creek.
The Times is informed that at least a fourth of the big li
quor shipment seized at Point Campbell is now missing.
And while this particular marshal’s office has been de
voting its energies to the detection of so called “bootleggers,”
real crimes have been committed and remain unpunished.
Bootlegging, at its best, is but a violation of a regulation
made by man. Robbery is a crime by statute and is a crime in
itself.
The Juneau Empire insists on calling Mt. McKinley Mt.
Danali, because that is the native designation for the hig moun
tain. The Russian name is Mt. Bolshoi, and this appears to be
the favorite designation of the United States geological sur
vey. AY. A. Dickey, now operating a copper mine at Landlock
bay, Prince William sound, who was on a prospecting trip up
the Susitna river when President McKinley was in office, call
ed the big mountain in honor of the martyred chief executive,
and the name has clung to it, despite the efforts of some en
thusiasts who prefer the old native or Russian name. Due to
the killing of President McKinley at the hands of an assassin,
sentiment will probably be against changing the popular name
now mostly employed, but at a fixed principle, we should like
to see the euphoneous native names maintained, rather than
displacement by common names that have no particular sig
nificance with respect to the object named. The native name
especially means something. Danali, in native nomenclature,
means big mountain.
It takes but a mere publication of a prospective advance
in the cost of flour, growing out of the increase in the price of
wheat, to raise bakery prices in this town. If we thought the
publication of a decrease in the cost of wheat would cause a
drop in bakery products here, we should be inclined to adopt
this recourse.
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VALDEZ, Alaska, August 15, 191G.
Clias. E. Herron,
Anchorage, Alaska:
II. D. Reynolds, accompanied by mining engi
neers, plans an investigation of the mineral resources
of Willow creek, the Broad Pass and Matanuska min
ing. sections. I beg to suggest that the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce extend him an invitation by
wire, giving him every encouragement.
FRANK M. BOYLE.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS
ABOUT TOWN
(Prom Saturday’s Daily.)
Fred Carlson returned from a short
visit to Moose creek last evening.
Miss Ethel Bennett and Miss Mur
phy’ returned last evening from an
outing trip spent in the hills near
Knik.
Geo. Staman has finished his de
velopment work on their property lo
cated at Moose creek, and has made
a wonderful showing.
Mr. Heady, who has been farming
up in the Matanuska valley, is in town
on business for a few days. He is
stopping at the Crist House.
H. E. Rankin, who has been with
the Commission the past summer at
Matanuska, arrived in town and is
registered at the Crist house.
F. J. Reed, of the Cache Creek
Dredging Co., arrived yesterday with
a poke of gold dust, the product of
their clean-up. He is a guest at the
Parsons hotel.
Joe Consti, from Knik, is spending
several days in the city on business.
On his return he and Geo. Hershy
will move to Kenai where they will
open a po*ol hall.
Jim MeConahy, who just came down
from Happy river, will be in Anchor
age for a few days. He will then go
to the Cheritna river for a few
months’ prospecting.
J. H. Ferguson has just returned
from Valdez creek where he has been
working this summer. He will be in
Anchorage a few days and will then
leave for Moose creek.
Ed Bensel, the old Dawson miner,
and Pete Iverson, of Knik, stopped
over in the city yesterday, en route
to the Yentna mining district where
they will prospect this fall.
To meet Bishop P. T. Rowe and
Mrs. Rowe, Mrs. W. L. Balch opened
her home on Bungalow hill this after
noon, following a meeting of the wo
men who are interested in guild work.
It is reported from Talkeetna that
Charley David and Al. Beet have
struck rich deposits of bomite and
copper. They expect to remain and
develop their property until the snow
J. D. Chamberlain, lately in the tea
and coffee business in New York city,
is a late arrival, and is staying at the
Parsons hotel. Mr. Chamberlain is
very much pleased with this country
and will look around with the idea of
locating here.
The corrugated iron building on the
corner of 4th avenue and E street,
formerly occupied by the Bank of
Alaska, is being moved to the rear of
lot 2 in block 43, to be used for an of
fice by the contracting firm of Balch
& McDonald.
The contract for putting in concrete
walks on Fourth avenue between D
and E streets was awarded yesterday
to Ed Killfeather, for $850, the mate
rial to be furnished. Work upon grad
ing will be commenced at once and
the walks rushed to completion.
The new Presbyterian church at
Anchorage is to be the meeting place
of the annual Presbytery, the conven
tion of all the Presbyterian churches
of this district of the territory, which
convenes on the 15th of this month.
This district includes all churches
west and north of Juneau and should
every Presbyterian minister attend
Anchorage will have a goodly crowd
of D. D.’s to entertain this month.
H. U. M. Higgins, member of the
drafting department of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission, will depart
on the transport Crook, en route to
Seattle, where he will join the Bene
dicts, returning in about three weeks
with one of the charming belles of Se
attle. Mr. Higgins is one of the most
popular of the Commision boys and
is known as one of the devoted fans
at the baseball games.
Because of his increased practice,
Dr. German has taken a lease on the
entire upper floor of the new Hewitt
building, where he has provided An
chorage with one of the most com
plete and commodious dental offices
in Alaska. Nothing has been over
looked in providing for the comfort
and convenience of his patients. The
latest electrical equipment known to
modern dentistry is being installed.
Dr. German has as his assistant Miss
Martha White, who is a specialist in
prophylactic work.
Roger Summy returned from the
Junction last night where he has
been for several days in the inter
ests of the North Side Lumber com
pany. Mr. Summy reports that he
made a trip through the farming com
munity and found the farmers all in
good spirits and the crops in splendid
condition and was agreeably surprised
at the advancement of this section
within so short a time. He also said
that the North Side Lumber company
was doing a good business at the
Junction and were congratulating
themselves on establishing a yard at
that point.
A son was bom to Mayor and Mrs.
J. G. Watts this afternoon at the
government hospital. James G.
Watts 3rd is a healthy child the phy
sician in attendance, Dr. E. S. Reedy,
announces.
(From Monday’s Daily.)
The government launch B. and B.
No. 2 left last night at 7:30 p. m. for
Talkeetna, with a large scow in tow..
Launch Standard with an outfit for
the district engineer party sailed last
night for Susitna river points.
This office was complimented yes
terday by an offering from the gar
dens of R. W. Silver, who presented
us with as handsome a bunch of nas
turtiums as has ever been grown any
where fit any time. The best part of
the gift is that it is planted on rich
soil and will continue to grow and
bloom and be a thing of beauty until
winter.
Charles Nelson, John Johnson and
T. M. Coulston are recent locators of
homesteads in the Matanuska valley.
Percival Mimms, of Matanuska, is!
a guest at the Hotel Anchorage,
spending a few days in town on bus
iness.
Irish Collins, convicted on a charge
of assault and battery, was fined $25
and costs yesterday afternoon in
Judge David’s court.
Carl Sodaberg, an employe of the
Commission, arrived in the city last
evening and will remain here for a
few days.
Chas. H. Bennett is another A. E.
C. employe who is in town. He came
in from Talkeetna last night and is
stopping at the Crescent.
Members of the forestry service de
partment leaving here today for Pot
ter creek included L. S. Tripp, O. B.
Judd and George W. Root.
The family of J. C. Sully, of the
accounting department of the com
mission, arrived on the government
boat Crook and are stopping at the
Hotel Anchorage.
Harry Austin, of the storekeeping
department of the A. E. C. at Mata
nuska, is in town, awaiting the arrival
of the Alaska, when Mrs. Austin will
arrive to join him.
Alex Leska and James Lowery left
this morning for an extended pros
pecting trip up the Eklutna river.
They will be out of the city for a few
weeks.
Andrew Johnson, apprehended by
Game Warden Ericson for violation
of the game law, was convicted and
fined $25 and costs in Judge David’s
court one day this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee, of Los Angeles,
are departing on the Alaska for Sew
ard after spending several weeks in
Anchorage. Mrs. Grow, and Miss
Forsite are accompanying the party.
R. W. Feltham, of the firm of Bar
ker and Feltham, of McDougal, was
an arrival on the J. and J. yesterday,
coming to Anchorage for a visit of a
week or ten days. He is a guest at
the Crescent.
Jean Bartholf, one of the first men
in the Willow creek district, arrived
in the city last night. Mr. Bartholf
has some very valuable mining prop
erty in that district, and is looking
forward to a great camp.
John Gillan, who has been running
a road house at Bird creek for the
past two years, came over on the
launch Pioneer yesterday. Mr. Gil
lan will be in the city for a few days
attending to business.
John Koch, who has a contract
eight miles up the line, was in town
yesterday. Mr. Koch came in for six
more men, so as to push his work
more rapidly. He has in all 38 men
now working.
Valdez is the latest city to recog
nize Anchorage as the coal center of
Alaska. The Happy Valley Coal Co.,
have just received an order for 400
tons of their best coal to be delivered
to H. E. Ellis at the Cliff mine.
J. D. Meehan, the contractor and
builder, has returned from a trip to
the Matanuska valley, where he locat
ed a homestead for himself. Mr. Mee
han expressed his surprise at the de
velopments in progress in the Mata
nuska valley and declares his belief
that it will evolve into a great agri
cultural region.
Jack Coffey, Charles and Way
Bowker, who left Anchorage three
months ago on a prospecting trip up
the Chulitna river, arrived at Broad
Pass last week. They will remain
there for a few weeks doing assess
ment work on some valuable claims
which are located on Costello and
Colorado creeks.
Wm. Martin, from Willow creek,
:ame down for a few days’ visit.
W. M. Elliott, of the Eklutna road
house, is a visitor in Anchorage to
E. B. Summy was among the out
going passengers, en route to Seattle,
on the Alaska.
John Komp, section foreman, camp
No. 1, arrived in the city last night on
a business trip.
Miss Elizabeth C. Smith and James
L. French were married yesterday at
noon by Judge Leopold David.
H. P. Gallagher, an employe of the
Commission, stationed at Matanuska,
came in for a few days’ visit.
Harry R. Brown, U. S. marshal, dis
trict Knik, arrived in Anchorage this
morning, having a man in custody.
Jesse C. Martin, a prominent busi
ness man of Valdez, and Mrs. Martin,
were arrivals on the Alaska.
P. S. Hunt left for Moose creek
this morning where he will take mov
ing pictures of the coal mine and con
struction work.
John Bylen, an employe of the
Commission, arrived in the city last
evening and will remain here for a
few days.
Sydney Anderson, cashier of the
Bank of Anchorage, will return from
a trip to Seward on the Admiral Far
ragut.
Percy E. Pitchford, David Barnes
and daughter, and Bill Bartholf, ar
rived on the launch Swan this morn
ing from Knik.
A. N. Anderson, a business man of
Minneapolis, accompanied by Mrs.
Anderson, arrived on the Alaska and
will remain here for an indefinite pe
riod looking over possibilities.
Born, at an early hour this morn
ing to Mr .and Mrs. W. G. Wilt, a 6%
pound baby boy. Mr. Wilt is employ
ed in the mechanical department of
the Alaskan Engineering Commission.
Charles G. Ganty, a well known at
torney in this division, arrived on the
Alaska and plans to remain here per
manently. Mrs. Ganty and children,
now in Valdez, will join him later.
The sea-going tug Wilson, of the
engineering department of the Unit
ed States army, is making a tour of
inspection of the fish traps in south
eastern Alaska to see that they con
form to the regulations of the war de
partment.
Emil Pasteris is reported to have
made a strike on the Immachuk river.
Pans running as high as $40 have
been found, and some rich pockets un
covered, but the ground will not aver
age high.
Fr. Bemerd, a former resident of
Nome, whiting from the Vosges moun
tains in Alsace, states that he found
among the dogs employed by the
French service one formerly owned
by himself at Nome.
The net sum of $1,079.35 was de
rived by the American Woman’s club
of Dawson from the Fourth of July
picnic held there. The entire fund
will be turned over to the patriotic
cause.
Reports from various points in
southeastern Alaska state that the
salmon run in that section this year
has been very light and that the pack
of the canneries will be the shortest
in years.
S. Blum & Co.'s big $30,000 store
building at Valdez is nearly finished
and will be christened by a big ball,
at which the whole town will partici
pate. It is one of the finest buildings
in Alaska.
Lewis P. Shackleford, the republi
can boss, returned recently to Juneau
and expressed confidence in the elec
tion of Hughes for president, but stat
ed that the fight to gain the senate
would be a hard one.
Harry, the 2-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Bowman, of Green
stone, in the Ruby district, was badly
scalded recently by pulling a vessel
filled with hot water over on himself.
A strike running $2 to the foot on
bedrock is reported to have been made
by Spaghetti Dan, Shorty Olson and
others on the Diamond L claim, a
short distance north of the Ingleside
at JNome.
Fred Carlson, while working sus
pended over a cliff on the government
line near Moose creek was struck by
a rock slide and sustained a broken
shoulder blade and severe cuts about
the head and face.
Surveyor Summerlin, of the land
survey department of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission at Nenana
was the first patient at the Nenana
hospital. He was operated on suc
cessfully there for appendicitis by
Dr. Smith.
Atlin has taken on new life again
after the last disastrous fire and
many new buildings are being erected
and the work on them will be pushed
as fast as men and material can be
gotten. The new White Pass hotel
would be a credit to any town.
The Douglas city council is much
perturbed over the wholesale ship
ments of liquors to citizens of that
burg, the quantities being so large
that the councilmen are confident they
are not intended for private consump
tion.
The Yukon council has passed a res
olution calling upon the Dominion
government to adopt some plan for
the destruction of wolves in the ter
ritory, which are threatening to exter
minate the moose, caribou and other
game animals.
G. M. Arbuckle, founder, proprietor
and editor of the Iditarod Pioneer,
was struck on the ankle by a gang
plank on the steamer at Ruby, which
resulted in his being confined in the
hospital for two weeks after his ar
rival at Iditarod.
O. E. Masted was taken into cus
tody at Nome on the charge of insan
ity. The jury in the case recommend
ed that his friends on the outside be
notified of his condition. Masted says
that all that is the matter with him
is that he is too happy.
The mail service between Juneau,
Skagway and Haines, which was dis
continued some time ago, has been
re-established. The service calls for
weekly trips, calling at Juneau, Skag
way, Haines, Jualin, Comet, Eldred
Rockand Sentinel island.
Mrs. Peterson, sister-in-law of N.
E. Bolshanin, and wife of Captain
Peterson, of the whaler Herman, now
in the Arctic, died recently at Unalas
ka, leaving a family of five children,
whom Mr. Bolshanin is caring for.
Fur Warden Harry J. Christopher
who has been on the Pribiloff islands
this summer, arrived in Seward re
cently with 400 blue fox skins, which
will be sold by the government. He
reports that the seal herds on the
islands are increasing rapidly.
Ruby Igloo No. 5, Pioneers of Alas
ka, aided by the citizens of that town,
have taken up the matter of the loca
tion of the Pioneer’s Home for Inter
ior Alaska, and have entered a strong
protest against the selection of Chena
Hot Springs, which has been promi
nently mentioned for the site.
Racheal G. Ferguson, one of the
popular nurses at the St. Ann hospi
tal at Juneau, and Duane M. Kline, of
Thane, were married recently at Ju
neau.
Fifteen men, in the employ of the
Alaska Road commission, under Supt.
Jack Hayes, are engaged in building
the wagon road from Skagway to the
boundary.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Earle, of New
York, a newly wedded pair, arrived in
Juneau recently on their honeymoon,
which they expect to spend in the
north hunting.
Eastern capitalists are testing the
W. W. Woodward placer claims on
the Kichatna river, a tributary of the
Yentna, with drills, preparatory to
putting on a dredge.
Charles J. Brooks has filed suit at
Nome against the Columbia Mining
Co., of that place, for $1,127.86 for
services alleged to have been per
formed by himself and others for the
company.
The Brooks Whirlpool is the name
of a ijew publication gotten out by
Mrs. Clara E. Wright at the new Tol
ovana camp. The paper is printed on
a typewriter and carries a large
amount of advertising.
Southeastern Alaska tourist travel
is said to have been affected by the
mobilization of the national guard in
the states. On hundred and nine pas
sengers cancelled their reservations
on one steamer lately from this cause.
On the arrival of the steamer Daw
son at Whitehorse recently the fire
men, waiters and deckhands of the
steamer went on a strike for higher
wages. Their positions were filled by
others and the boat got away on the
schedule time.
Joe Pollostrini was fotmd guilty re
cently of assault and battery on the
person of Mrs. Petree in the munici
pal court at Fairbanks, and was fined
$75 and sentenced to serve 20 days in
jail. He took an appeal to the dis
trict court.
* Maxmilian Foster, the magazine
writer, will come to Juneau next
month and calling at other cities in
southeastern Alaska, will secure data
for a series of stories dealing with
Alaska for publication in the Satur
day Evening Post.
D. A. Woods, a JuneaU transfer
man, was the first to break the new
ordinance against the taking of liq
uors into the restricted - district of
that city. He pleaded guilty, but
sentence was suspended as he was not
aware of the contents of the package
he delivered.
Diver Stagger recently recovered
two pieces of structural steel from
the bottom of the bay near the Alas
ka-Juneau dock, dropped overboard
from the freight steamer Ravalli. The
steel was a part of the structural
work of the mill and its losses would
have seriously delayed construction
work.
President W. L. Cochrane, at Nome,
of the Dakota Alaska company, will
make a shipment of the very excellent
quartz discovered on the Boulder
creek property of the company last
fall. A quantity of the ore is being
taken out for shipment and something
like 15 tons will leave on the Victoria.
The Alaska Tin company, operating
in the Nome country, will install $
hydraulic plant to work eroded ledge
matter from its claims. It is estimat
ed that from 20 to 30 tons of the erod
ed ore will be cleaned up, averaging
60 per cent wolframite and 35 per
cent tin, and valued at about $2,000
per ton.
The whaling plant at Akutan is do
ing a nice business this year, having
already caught 11 sperm whales, be
sides a large number of blues. It is
feared that the whales around here
will soon be destroyed, as they only
breed once in three years and they
have but one calf. The past two sea
sons over 600 whales have been
caught.
Judge Charles E. Claypool, former
ly United States commissioner at
Fairbanks, has filed his declaration as
a candidate for supreme court justice
of the state of Washington. Judge
Claypool located at Olympia after
leaving Fairbanks, and was appointed
superior court judge by Gov. Lister,
but was defeated for re-election. Lat
er he located at Seattle, where he
BODY OF MAN IS
FOUND IN WOODS
(Juneau Empire)
The body of a man thought to be E.
Schwaab, old man, who disappeared
from Juneau several months ago,
was found in the woods near Lemon
creek this morning by H. P. Crowther
and Victor Manville, who were run
ning a survey line.
The body was brought to town this
afternoon by Charles Hensel, of the
C. W. Young Undertaking Parlors
and Deputy Marshal James Manning.
When found the body was in the
woods 200 yards from the road and
a half mile beyond the Davis cabin.
The body was lying face up with one
leg doubled under and with an empty
bottle which smelled of whiskey lying
near. There was no evidence of foul
play and it looked to be a clear case
of suicide.
The body was badly decomposed
but appeared to be the remains of an
old man. The hair was sandy gray
and long and the body was clothed in
a blue serge suit with a purple stripe,
a black short overcoat, black soft felt
hat, new rubber shoe pacs with red
soles, a brown knit tie, with a horse
shoe stick pin set with a four leaf
clover and small stones. An old
com cob pipe with a badly chewed
stem was lying by the head of the
body.
Schwaab was one of those who was
being aided by Mrs. Mary E. Berg
mann and disappeared on the day of
her death. He was later traced out
the Salmon creek road as far as the
Salmon creek power house and was
never seen again. Searching parties
were organized and sent out but were
unable to find any trace of him be
yond that point.
Barge Breaks Loose.
A barge moored in the channel
broke loose Saturday evening and
floated off in the Inlet, finally ground
ing on the beach near Point Campbell.
Seven men, who were on the barge
when it broke loose, were rescued by
the light house tender that was in the
vicinity of Fire Island.
Matanuska Can
Get Public School,
Writes Governor
The following communication will
be of interest to the residents of the
Matanuska valley:
Juneau, Alaska, August 2, 1916.
Mr. Charles E. Herron, Anchorage,
Alaska: I have your letter of July 24
with reference to the organization of
a school district in the Matanuska
valley near the junction of the rail
road. I note you say that there are
36 school children and that every boat
brings up some new families.
In reply I have to advise you that
school districts outride of incorporat
ed towns in the Territory are created
by the clerk of the district court in
the judicial division in which they
are situated, upon petition. This peti
tion must specify, as near as may be,
the location and boundary of the pro
posed school district, the number of
people, the number of families, and
the number of children between the
ages of 6 and 20 years resident there
in, and such other material facts as
tend to show the necessity for the
establishment of a school district. The
petition must be signed by not less
than 12 persons of adult age who are
citizens of the United States or have
declared their intention to become
such, and who reside within the boun
daries of the proposed school district.
A school district must not embrace
more than 40 square miles of terri
tory, nor contain less than 20 white
children between the ages of 6 and 20
years.
I have, therefore, to suggest that
you notify the people of the proposed
school district to proceed in the man
ner above indicated and forward the
petition to the clerk of the court at
Valdez. I may add that when the dis
trict is regularly established, this of
fice will make provision for the build
ing of a school house at a cost of not
more than $1,000, this amount being
limited by the law to that amount,
and for the maintenance of the school,
together with supplies etc., for a pe
riod of nine months or less, according
to the time that the school house may
be ready for occupancy.
I am Yours very truly,
J. F. A. STRONG,
Governor, ex-officio Superintendent
of Public Instruction.
Claims Steamship
Lines Discriminate
(Juneau Dispatch)
Charles Goldstein, the prominent
merchant of Juneau, states that he is
prepared to furnish facts to prove
discrimination on the part of the
American steamship lines to Alaska
merchants when the interstate com
merce commission holds its hearing
soon in Juneau.
In answer to a question, he stated
that he did not care to divulge the
facts at the present time, hut would
furnish them to the proper authorized
body when it met here to receive
statements.
BOTTLED MESSAGE IS
CAST UP BY THE SEA
—LOOKS LIKE HOAX
Cast up by the sea on the shores
of Savary island, in the northern
part of the province last Wednesday,
was a small bottle ^earing the fol
lowing note:, says the Vancouver
World of last Saturday:
“Barney McCrudden and Jas. C.
Mayer, on S. S. Humbold, Lost
July 10.”
It was found by Mrs. Hicks, an
island resident, and forwarded to The
World, bearing the postoffice stamp
of Savary island.
Whether the message, scrawled
with blue pencil on a scrap or paper,
was the last despairing cry of two
occupants of a doomed ship, or wheth
er it will prove a hoax, remains to be
seen, but the fact remains that within
the memory of Savary island resi
dents a ship named “Humbold” was
lost upon the iio.ih coast about a year
ago. Cape Sb’wrrt, secretar- of the
Marine as^ wV'on of B. C., and a
well-known waterfront aut ority -n
Vancouver said that a schooner .< 1 jm
bold had been sunk in northern waters
for a lo i ' ti'co past, and shoulu the
newly-found message prove to be gen
uine the sealed bottle with its last
message would have travelct several
hundred miles before being cast
ashore.
PROF. GEORGESON IS
GIVEN TITLE WHICH
DESIGNATES HIM “DR.”
(Juneau Empire)
Prof. C. C. Georgeson, head of the
experimental stations in Alaska for
the department of agriculture, will be
known as such no longer. He is now
known as Doctor Georgeson, having
been granted a degree of doctor of
science by the University of Michigan
recently in recognition of his good
work in the scientific branch of agri
culture.
Dr. Georgeson expects to leave
within the next week for a trip to the
interior of about six weeks’ duration.
During his absence he will inspect the
work being done at the government
experimental stations at Rampart and
Tanana.
Frank Andrews is in town buying
supplies to take to his claims in Wil
low creek. He says that he and his
partner have struck a new rich vein
below the recent Garber strike.