•SHORT STORIES
ABOUT ALASKA
OCCURRENCES
Thirteen new houses are in course
of construction at Bayview.
Because influenza wiped out the Es
kimo and native tribes of the far
North there will be little trapping dur
ing the next ten years in the Arctic
circle.
The price of sealskins is being
^forced down by the rapid increase in
the herds at the Pribilofs. The num
ber of seals has doubled in the past
few years, and the industry is on a
healthy basis.
The coast guard cutter Unalga has
recently returned to Seattle, after
having spent five months in Northern'
waters. The boat sailed north early
in May, and on her cruise visited
many of the out-of-the-way spots of the
territory.
Murato Makami of Petersburg was
found guilty by a jury at Ketchikan
recently of the murder of a Chinese
woman and baby, and was sentenced
to life imprisonment. It was proved
that he made advances to the woman
and killed her when she spurned him.
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J. R. Heckman has purchased a
half interest in the Steadman hotel,
at Ketchikan. M. J. Buggee is the
other owner. Changes will be ma'de
before next spring in the building, as
Ketchikan is experiencing a lively
boom, and the hotel business is a
small mint.
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Arrangements have been made for
t the transfer of two small boats from
the navy to the United States bureau
of fisheries to join the Alaska patrol
fleet. The vessels are the Cobra, a
53-footer of about 40 horse-power, and
the Calypso, 54 feet long, with a 20
horse-power engine. The vessels will
be brought to the Pacific by the navy.
The Sea Otter left Juneau last week
for Youngs bay to get William Price,
who lately died of pneumonia, while
on a hunting trip in that district. Mr.
Price was an old-time Alaskan, and
had lived for many years at Juneau.
He worked for many years on the pile
*" driver of Edward Webster. He was
about 60 years of age, and has a niece
in the States, the only known relative.
An old-timer came through White
horse recently with a specimen of sil
ver ore that went $6,000 to the ton.
The man said that he found it in the
mountains about two hundred miles
from Dawson, in a canyon that was
filled with snow. For the past six
years he has been trying to get where
the lead crops out, but the snow has
been too deep.
A new mall route has been estab
lished between Ketchikan and Wran
gell, Doyhoff and Petersburg. T^*e
mail will leave Ketchikan once a week,
every Thursday morning at 7 o’clock.
All classes of mail will be carried.
As the larger steamers do not stop at
these towns, the north-bound mail will
be left at Ketchikan and sent on from
there.
Mayor J. L. Gray recently returned
to Juneau from a trip to the native
villages in Southeastern Alaska, and
expressed his surprise at the highly
civilized state of the aborigines, most
of whom have fine dwellings, nice mo
tor boats, and are well posted in the
ways of the whites. He stated that
most of the younger natives could
read and write, and that they were
in a healthy state of civilization.
Best coffee in town served at the
City Bakery. 13-ti
To KILL
a Church
or Sunday School
use following
reliable rules:
1. Don't come. P3. 52:4.
2. If you come, come late. Ps. 84:10.
3. If too wet, or too dry, too hot or
cold, don’t think of coming. Ps.
122:1.
4. Come bound to tind fault. Ps.
100:4.
5. Don’t for the world ever once
think of praying for your pastor
or the church. 2 Thes. 3:1.
6. Don’t come to Sunday school; it
looks childish. Mat. 15:4.
7. Don’t attend prayer meeting; and
if you should, don’t take part.
Acts 3:1.
8. Don’t read the Bible; it may re
* veal your own faults and sins.
Isa. 59:8, 9.
9. If your pastor or church warns
you of the evils in modern
amusements, abuse him, refuse
to attend church, and keep your
children from the Sunday
¥ school. Jonah 3:8.
10. Don’t encourage the pastor; tell
others his faults and let him do
all the work. Gal. 6:1: Isa.
41:6, 7.
If you want to help yourself, com
munity and God’s work, attend the
FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
11 a. m. 8 p. m.
"The Church with a Message” >
NORTHWESTERN CLEAN
ING AND DYEING HOUSE
TAILORING
All kinds of Repair Work. Fancy
Garments a Specialty. All Work
Guaranteed. Goods called for and
delivered
J. LEEN
Next to Hegg’s, on C Street
Phone 123-4
PROFESSIONAL |
DR. W. W. COUNCIL *
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office and Residence, Cordova i
General Hospital tOstrander
Building).
Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 132
' DR. W. H. CHASE
Physician and Surgeon
Lathrop Building
Phone 9
Established Cordova 1908
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! DR. W. D’ARCY CHACE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
WINDSOR HOTEL
Hours:
1 p. m. to 3 p. m. and 7 p. m. to 8 p. m.
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DR. CHAS. DAGGETT
DENTAL OFFICES
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CORDOVA, ALASKA
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DR. CORA DAGGETT
SPECIALIST
Pyorrhea and Dental Prophylaxis
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DR. VON ZESCH
Dentist
ADAMS BUILDING
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DR. CHARLES M. RODSETH
CHIROPRACTIC. PHYSICIAN
Northern Hotel,
Phone 158
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D0N0H0E & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office*:
CORDOVA and VALDEZ
FRANK H. FOSTER
attorney-at-law
ROOM 1. OSTRANDER BUILDING p
E. F. MEDLEY
ATTORNEY and counsellor
AT LAW
Room 1. Adams Block
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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R. H. L. NOAKS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
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D. C. FAIRMAN
TEACHER OF PIANO
^FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL 8URVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska
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SCHOOL OF DANCING
Private lessdns every evening.
American Bakery. Phone 203.
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THE BARGAIN STORE
JOHN RAW80N
KENNY HOLDEN’S
Pool and Billiard Parlors
CIGARS, SOFT DRINKS AND TOBACCO.
FIRST-CLASS BARBER SHOP
IN CONNECTION
MUSIC EVERY NIGHT PHONE 16
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:§ EXTRACT FROM CHAPTER 53, SESSION LAWS OF 8
;i;i ALASKA, 1919 ijij
8 "Any person who shall In any manner willfully and
maliciously Interfere with or alter any meter or other
device for the measuring of such current or power, or £:
8 shall, without the authority of the owner of any such
8 telegraph, telephone, electric light system or system for
the transmission of light or power by the use of elec- *:
tricity, divert, use or appropriate any message or cur- :•>
rent or any portion of such current, or shall tap any
wire or line used for the transmission of such message, £:
current or power, or shall procure or advise the same
to be done; the person so offending shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
$: shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred 8
•$S. dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment not to exceed six 8
months, or by both such fine and Imprisonment in the
o: discretion of the court, and shall be liable to the com- 8
8 pany or the persons whose property Is Injured, or line
8 obstructed, or current diverted, In a sum equal to three
8 (3) times the amount of the actual damage sustained
8 thereby, and three (3) times the price of the current, |
5$ light or power diverted or used." $:
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