SHORT STOWES
ABOUT ALASKA
Arthur Meeker, of the yacht Do
luara, wrho has been touring Alaska
made the statement that he and his
party were much pleased with their
Alaskan cruise. They were espe
cially pleased with Sitka.
The “Billie Woodworth” theatri
cal party which is touring S. E. Al
Alaska taking moving pictures and
giving moving picture and vaude
ville performances, is making a spe
cialty of showing to the canneries.
^ Otto and Alfred Gehrke, two al
leged deserters, were taken off the
steamer Catherine D. at Ketchikan
and turned over to the military au
thorities at Fort Seward. The twro
men, it is claimed, have been in Al
aska the past two and a half years
dodging military service. They have
spent this past season at a cannery
at Sand Point, and wrere returning
from that place to the States wdien
they were apprehended.
Two men of Ketchikan w'ho wrere
charged with operating a moonshine
siil] there wrere released the first of
August, having been found “not
guMy.’1 The principal witness against
made them did r.ot appear. The
still wras made of two large milk
cans connected through the hollow
handles with a coil.
A new Buick, owned by Charles
Miller, and recently purchased by
him, was badly smashed in Juneau
recently in collision with a Ford de
livery car. Both cars were going at
a' good rate of speed when the col
lision occurred. Little Elizabeth was
uninjured and slipped away under
her own power, while the big Buick
was knocked unconscious.
Dr. Carl Alsberg, chief of the bu
reau of chemistry of the department
of agriculture at Washington, lias
been touring Alaska recently inspect
ing the manner in which salmon are
canned. He is authority for the
statement that the conditions of san
itation in the salmon canneries here
are very satisfactory.
Mrs. H. S. Pullen of Skagway has
ieceived word that her son, Col. Dan
Pullen, has arrived at New fork
from overseas. Col. Pullen made a
most creditable record in France
and has won about all the medals
and honors any man could win
there. He wras the first cadet ap
pointed to West Point from Alaska.
A searching party left hurriedly
for a point on the Tanana river re
cently after hearing a report that
there were several human bodies in
an eddy of that, stream. It was
thought that the bodies were more
victims of the Flyer disaster. Upon
examination it was found that what
had been seen was the carcasses of
several dogs.
A. T. Hanson, arrested at Ketchi
kan charged with obtaining money
under false pretenses, was freed
from the charge in the commission
er’s court. Hanson was the organ
izer of the Non-Partisan League of
South Dakota in Alaska. It was
claimed by some that he did not rep
resent the league, but he proved he
bad represented it for fourteen years,
and that the local league that he had
formed in Alaska would have been
affiliated with the parent body if they
had given him time to do so. rj
E. P. Walker of the bureau of
fisheries says that the law against
aliens fishing will in the future be
strictly enforced. He also says that
the practice of jigging salmon in
the creeks would not be allowed, as
it was prohibited by the order of
December 21, 1918.
A man adjudged insane recently
at Petersburg had an illusion that
he wanted to go south to have one
of his hands cut off and an artificial
one put on. His stomach did not
suit him, either, and he wanted to
exchange it for a pig’s stomach. He
was taken to Moringside.
The motor ship Tillamook is now
on the run between Ketchikan and
Prince Rupert. The boat is carry
ing mostly cannery products that
are shipped ast over the Grand
Trunk. Pacific. On an average two
round trips a week will be made be
tween the tow points.
Dr. Ann Brown, a lady physician
of Wrangell, received a certificate
from the U. S. Public Health Service
commending her for her work done
during the flu epidemic of last win
ter. Two native girls of Hydaburg
and Metlakahtla also received cer
tificates from the same source.
Andrew Brown, who has a home
stead at the mouth of Fish creek on
Douglas island, is the possessor of a
unique Indian relic. It is a stone
hatchet or ax. The weapon is made
of a hard rock, resembling flint, and
shows evidences of having been la
boriously shaped by hand. It resem
bles a wedge more than an ax, but is
perfectly formed. Grooves have been
cut in the rock so that a thong would
fasten it to a handle. It was picked
up by Mr. Brown on a trail near his
home.
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Hillery-Scott I
Company
In placing 600 shares of capital stock at $25.00 per !
share on the market, the HILLERY-SCOTT COMPANY
wishes those interested to consider the following facts:
FIRST
This is a home concern, 90 per cent of the stock be
ing owned in Cordova. The plant is located at the City
Dock and employs local help. The management is
based on general training of a conservative nature, with
several years of active contact with the fishing industry.
Further, the important operators are experienced, efficient
cannerymen and fishermen. Mr. Whitcomb, who is in
charge of the season’s operations, has been in the salmon
canning business twenty-four years and knows it.
SECOND
Every share of stock is represented by its equiva
lent in physical value. There is no watered stock for
promotion, nor is the company over-capitalized. From
a physical valuation of more than $39,000.00 Messrs.
Hillery and Scott are offering $1 3,000.00 in the form of | j
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stock. In other words, there will be only $39,000.00 in
stock outstanding.
THIRD
The stock for sale is only released for the reason that
the present short run of pinks has apparently made it im
possible to make necessary improvements out of this j
year’s profits.
FOURTH
It is quite possible that a dividend may be declared
this season. Preparations for the silver salmon run have
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been made. The output of at least five good traps, with
the independent catch, should produce a fair pack of sil- j
ver or medium red salmon, which will readily sell, owing
to the general limited pack.
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LASTLY
New canneries on Prince William sound are either in
process of building or contemplation at the present time.
An operating cannery is an attractive investment which
seldom is offered to the public. It is a safe statement that
no holder of HILLERY-SCOTT COMPANY stock would
part with his holdings for less than I 00 per cent advance
over purchase price by the opening of next season.
Subscriptions will be received at the Cannery Office,
on City Dock, or at the office of Mr. Kelly Robinson, in
the Ostrander Building.