RATES WILL BE
AGAIN RAISED
BY COMPANIES
Word has been received in Juneau
that the steamship companies operat
ing boats on the Alaska route will
soon announce another raise of ap
proximately 20 per cent in passenger
and freight rates.
The increased cost of doing busi
ness is said to make the move neces
sary in order to provide returns on
the money invested in the business.
While no definite date is given as
to when the advance is to be ex
pected, it is understood the steamer
companies already have given notice
of the contemplated raise and that
it will be put into effect in a very
short time.
The announcement has caused con
siderable murmuring in Southeastern
Alaska, and in an editorial headed “A
Very Disappointing Announcement”
the Juneau Empire says:
“The announcement that we are to
have another advance in freight and
passenger rates to Alaska—20 per
cent this time—is very disappointing
to say the least. It is particularly dis
agreeable, coming as it does at a time
when the whole country is engaging
in a campaign to reduce the cost of
living. We see the American Feder
ation of Labor calling off strikes, di
recting men to return to work at for
mer wages, putting the ban on further
strikes and urging workmen to do all
within their power to increase the
product of the country.
“With labor leaders throughout the
country exhibiting a patriotic dispo
sition to co-operate in a tremendous
effort to restore stable conditions, it
does not look well for capital to be
increasing rates and profits at this
time. That is not co-operating with
the people.
“Conditions in Alaska do not justify
this sort of treatment. This territory
was hard hit by the war, and her larg
est industry, fishing, has had the
worst season it has experienced in
many years. Business and industry
in Alaska has been charged more than
the traffic could bear without danger
of breaking down. The great strug
gle in Alaska for two years has not
been to make money. It has been to
save our business institutions and in
dustries and to keep the wheels turn
ing until normal conditions may be
restored. This additional burden will
make that task more difficult.”
Board Will Fight
The Alaska Territorial Shipping
Board will oppose further increase
in the freight and passenger rates on
Alaska routes. Tt will light the re
quest for a 20 per cent additional
late at this time. It will take this
stand pending the collation of data
upon which to base further action.
The Alaska Territorial Shipping
Board is investigating the facts with
reference to Alaska transportation,
and until its work is completed it
will not attempt, to arrive at a <
cision as to its course of action to
meet the situation in the north. It is
expected that it will complete its
work before the end of the present
year.
Raises Have Been Continuous
If the proposed 20 per cent in
crease in freight rates is allowed,
it will make a raise of nearly 300
per cent in a little over three years.
The first raise came in April, 1916,
and they have been continuous since
that time.
In the spring of 1916 the basic
freight rate to Juneau was $4 a ton.
At the present time it is $9 a ton,
and it is now proposed to raise this
20 per cent, making the rate about
$11. In the meantime the classifica
tions have been changed so that
many articles of general con^imp
tion which formerly were carried at
the base rate have taken on higher
rates.
REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP
CANDIDATES
Milo Kelly, the Cook inlet mining
man and member of the First Alaska
territorial legislature, has announced
his candidacy for the Republican na
tional committeemanship. In his an
nouncement he pledges that he will
use his whole influence, if elected, “to
obtaining home rule for Alaska,” says
the Juneau Empire.
It is understood that Mr. Kelly’s
candidacy will be in opposition to
the Wickersham ring which is at
tempting to dominate Republican
politics in Alaska.
Milo Kelly is well known in Alas
ka. He resided on Gastineau chan
nel for a good many years after his
advent in the territory more than
a score of years ago. Before coming
to Alaska he represented a coal min
ing district in the Washington state
legislature for two terms.
From Juneau Mr. Kelly went to
the westward, and has been engaged
in mining in the Third division for
many years. He was a resident of
Knik when he was elected to the
First Alaska legislature, where he
did hard work and made a good rec
ord as a legislator.
Mr. Kelly’s candidacy will be sub
mitted to the voters at the Repub
lican primary election next April.
Other candidates for the Republi
can national committeemanship are
Senator J. R. Heckman, Ketchikan
capitalist, and Charles E Herron, An
chorage publisher.
■
In the Democratic party no sub
stantial opposition has developed
anywhere against National Commit
teeman T. J. Donohoe, and if the
Democrats of the territory can in
duce him to become a candidate
again it is conceded that he will be
re-elected in a walk.
Mr. Kelly passed through Juneau
on the Alaska en route to Seattle. He
will be there only a short time when
he will return to Alaska, and may
stop over in Juneau for a while.
GERMAN MISSIONARIES
DEPORTED BY JAPANESE
TOKIO. Aug. 1 (by mail).—Seventy'
German missionaries who were de
ported from the South Sea Islands
by the Japanese government have
arrived at Yokohama on their way to
Germany. They will probably not
leave Japan until after the peace
treaty has been ratified.
Adjutant Takenaka of the navy de
partment issued a statement saying
the presence of enemy missionaries
in the islands was proving a menace
to Japanese administration.
GERMANS ESTABLISH
COLONIES IN MEXICO
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 27 (by mail).
—The territory of Quintana Roo ap
pears to be the main objective for
German colonists coming to Mexico,
newspapers here asserting that a col
ony known as Santa Maria already
has been established there and will
engage largely in the exploration of
mahogany and other woods, in which
the country abounds.
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SHIPMENTS OF
PRODUCTSFOR
LAST MONTH
Products of Alaska shipped to the
United States during the month of
August were valued at $6,572,998, ac
cording to the report made by the
customs house. The report follows:
Products of Alaska—
Animals .$ 150
Bones, hoofs, horns, etc... 120
Curios . 1,549,
Fertilizers . 9,090
Fish
Fresh, other than salmon.. 82,162
Dried, smoked or cured .... 7,003
Kippered herring . 56,928
Pickled . 86,497
Salmon—
Canned . 5,043,144
All other . 262,380
Shell-fish—
Clams . 11,415
All other fish and fish prod
ucts** . 18,339
Furs and fur skins (except
seal skins). 99,790
Gypsum . 5,400
Jewelry . 278
Oils—animal, fish and other 57,606
Ore matte and regulus—
Copper . 793,650
Lead . 6,929
*Ali other articles . 25,743
Total value of products of
Alaska .$6,572,998
Articles of growth, produce
or manufacture of the
United States, returned.. 224.118
Total value of foreign mer
chandise . 470,732
Total value of shipments
of merchandise .$7,267,848
*Items included in “All other ar
ticles”—
Manufactured furs .$ 1,378
Fruits .;.. 26
Wool . 77
Turnips . 55
Hair seal skins . 10,441
Platinum . 1,418
Palladium . 12,000
Lead bullion . 348
$25,743
**Including:
Crabs .$ 612
Fishmeal . 14,950
Stearine . 1,760
Whalebone . 1,017
$18,339
All shipped to Seattle, Wash., ex
cept:
Shipped to Tacoma, Wash.—Copper
ore, 7,816 tons; concentrates (gold
and silver), 329,649 lbs.; fresh fish,
184,642 lbs.; gypsum rock, 1,350 tons.
Shipped to New York—Pickled fish,
2.264 bbls.; canned salmon, 20,150
cases.
Shipped to Bellingham, Wash.—
Canned salmon, 163,579 cases.
Shipped to Anacortes, Wash.—
Dried (salt) codfish, 109,600 lbs.; kip
pered herring, 2,834 cases; canned j
salmon, 24,863 cases.
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AMY FOOL CAN FIND FAULT
Practically Impossible for Any Prop
osition, However Good, to Be
Absolutely Without Flaw.
There is nothing however good but
a person may find some fault in it if
he is determined to do so. There is
nothing perfect that is of man’s mak
ing. There is nothing that man origin
ates or performs but what contains
more or less of his weakness. Worth,
like water, must stay below the level
of its source. It is quite natural that
a person should dissent. The scientists
dispute as much as the theologians.
Every time one obtains a new stand
point he changes his opinion. Every
time he meets a friend he finds that
he differs.
So we must make up our minds to
disagree in the right spirit, observes
the Ohio State Journal. If we don't do
that and our disagreement falls into
ill will and anxiety, then we become
poemies of the truth and social pests
besides. The person we earnestly ana
candidly disagree with may be right,
and ourselves wholly wrong. It would
make us feel very absurd sometimes
in the midst of a violent controversy,
to have a sudden light let in on the
controversy and show our adversary
entirely right. The safest thing, so far
as one’s conduct toward him is con
cerned is to remember he may be right
and treat him accordingly.
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ELEPHANT MADE NO WHIMPER
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Underwent Pain of Having Tooth
Drawn With Stoicism That Would
Shame Many Humans.
It does not require much imagina
tion to realize that pulling an ele
phant’s tooth Is something of an en
gineering as well as a dental job.
An example of this was when Albert,
one of the biggest elephants in the
Ringling herd at Madison Square gar
den, New York, had refused to eat
and the circus veterinary found a great
tooth cavity which was beyond reme
dy by filling.
The tooth that was giving Albert so
much discomfort was as large as a
man’s fist. After a liberal dose of co
caine had been injected, forceps as big
ns ice tongs were clamped to the tooth,
a rope attached to the forceps, and a
squad of trainers made ready to sup
ply the pulling power.
At a given signal the trainers gave
a tremendous pull, and out came the
huge tooth.
In this sort of dental work the tin
known quantity lies In what the ele
phant will do. Albert had been taken
out “of the menagerie to prevent panic
among the rest of the herd in case he
developed an inclination to object to
the process. However, he underwent
the ordeal calmly, and as soon as his
jaw was dressed he was conducted
hack to his stall.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division. Torger
Asbjorson plaintiff vs. Caroline
Asbjornson, defendant. No. C-176.
The President of the United States of
America, Greeting to the above
named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of
the publication of this summons, to
wit, within thirty days after the 25th
day of October, 1919, and answer the
complaint of the above-named plain
tiff in the above-entitled action,
wherein said plaintiff prays that he
be given an absolute decree of di
vorce from you forever dissolving
the bonds of matrimony heretofore
existing between you and said plain
tiff.
And unless you so appear and
answer the plaintiff will take judg
ment against you for want thereof
and will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in his said complaint
as hereinabove set out.
The date of the order for service by
publication herein is September 3,
1919, and such order was duly made
and entered and filed herein o.i said
date.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is September 13, 1919,
and the date of its last publication is
October 25, 1919.
WITNESS, The Honorable Charles
E. Bunnell, Judge of said court, and
the seal of said court, on this 3rd
day of September, 1919.
(Court Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
( ierk of th3 District Couit for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
By JOHN B. MILLER,
Deputy.
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