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ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
FORMER RIVER CAPTAIN
NOW IN FISHING TRADE
Completing a voyage of nearly
two months during which the little
vessel battled with huge seas and
roaring gales, the power schooner
Apokak, Capt. Edward Opsjon, and
Eunice, Capt. Wallace Langley, of
the Kuskokwim Fishing and Trans
portation company, arrived in
Seattle recently from the company's
fishing station on Kuskokwim Bay,
Eering Sea. The little craft brought
consignments of salt salmon in
barrels and a big shipment of cran
berries from the Kuskokwim river
flats, which will aid in relieving
the shortage of the berries in Seat
tle markets, remarks the Seattle
Times “I have been going to
and from Alaska for the past thirty
years, but* never experienced such
terrific weather as that experienced
f:om the entrance of Unimak Pass
to Juneau,” said Capt. Langley.
•‘Bearing Sea was comparatively
calm, but when we had safely navi
gated the Pass, the storm be
ran kicking up his heels and we cer
tainly got a dusting.”
GOOD FIND REPORTED
IN TOLOVANA COUNTRY
According to a report received
from Fairbanks this afternoon, Jack
McCandles, who was engaged in
! prospecting on Heine creek, at the
head of Livengood, struck excep
tionally good pay recently.
No details of the richness of the
strike, however, have been received.
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HIGHER OUTSIDE
THAN IN ALASKA
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Letters and messages from for
mer Alaskans, now in die States,
invariably referred to the high cost
of living as represented by rents,
cost of food and clothing, etc., and
a comparison with the prices pre
i vailing in the Northland, always
1 proved very conclusively that liv
ing conditions in Alaska, in In
; terior Alaska for choice, are much
| peiferabie to a life anywhere in
-he States under present conditions.
It now appears, according to a
letter from Charley Selienaer, that
even the places of amusement in
the States, whose number is legion,
charge a pretty stiff price for ad
mission to the 4hows. which when
added to the high cost of everything
else, makes life in the States one
long struggle, for Alaskans.
The average Alaskan is an in
veterate theater fiend and perhaps
Charley Sellender is just a shade
beyond the average, and immediately
after he had struck a big city In
the States, proceeded to take in all
the shows in it. He knows what
he is talking about when he says
‘.hat the price of admission is scan
dalously high, and so, even in this
respect Interior Alaska has the
States “skinned" a mile. Some of
the shows and show places were
not as good as the show houses in
the Interior, he says, but the prices
charged to all of them were pretty
stifi.
To add weight to his contention
he sends the program put on at
the Metropolitan, in Oakland, Cal.,
on Wednesday, March 0. At this
picture show Miss Alexandra Car
lisle was starring in Booth Tark
ington's comedy entitled “The
‘Country Cousin.' The prices given
below include the war tax, rang
ing from 20 cents for the highest
and 5 cents for the lowest priced
seats: Lower floor, $2.20; balcony,
first six rows, $1.65; balcony last
six rows, $1.10; gallery, first five
rows, 83 cents; gallery last five
rows, 55 cents.
Our own little Coliseum, even
when such features as “The Birth
of a Nation" and "Intolerance"
were shown, never attempted to ;
“soak" its patrons to the above ;
extent. ! i
Charlie Sellender says that while •
at Ookland, someone touched him ■ j
for his pocketbook also.. This ar- j
tide was recovered later by the | j
police and returned to him, with all,!
the letters it contained. Alaska, !
he says, is a good place to stay in :
taking: it by and large. : i
j Grayling and Salmon Net«, all i
i.zei, at Anderson Bros & Nerland
NATIVES OF ALASKA
REPORT BIG PROFITS j
JUNEAU.—Stores and commer- j
jcial organizations operated by Alas- :
' | ka natives at three points—Metla- j
! katla, Klawock and Hvdaburg— :
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j have proven a success, as evidenced :
by an audit of their accounts just ■
completed by the Bureau of Edu- |
cation. , j
With three sources of revenue, \
a store, sawmill and a capnery labor •
contract, the Metlakatla Commer- !
cial company made a net profit in i
1918 of $9,602.39 on a capital in- :
vestment of $21,140. The Klawock i
Commercial company, operating :
only a store, made a net profit of ■
$3,130 on a capital of $12,700. ;
The Hydaburg Packing company, j
managing a store and sawmill, net- ■
ted $4,104 on an investment of j
$19,577. {
At Klukwan another store is !
operated by natives. :
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FIRE AT FAIRBANKS
DOES LITTLE DAMAGE j
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The Fairbanks fire department :
responded to an alarm turned in j
1 from Garden Island last night. The j
! fire was found to be at Fred Lewis’,:
i machine shop, and was quickly put ;
i out, the damage caused being very,:
j slight. j
[ i The blaze was caused by a spark :
i falling on the roof of the building. •
FRENCH SOLDIERS
HAVE LONG VIGIL
PARIS.—The adventures of two
French stragglers. Sergeant Les- j
quern and Private Levesque, who
'becoming separated from their units I
after the battle of Charleroi, re- j
mained in hiding for more than
four years in German occupied ter-!
ritory are told in the newspaper
La Victoire. In the early days of
the war, civilians helped the two
soldiers but as the German domina
tion became weightier, they took to
the woods.
They made their home in the
forest of Sapogne, in the vicinity
of Sedan. Their dwelling was a
dugout so concealed that it was
never discovered although the forest
which harbors wild boar and other
game was a favorite hunting ground
for German officers. The French
stragglers lived on wild animals,
hare and other game. One German
who ventured into close proximity
of their dugout is also buried where
he fell.
* They made one attempt to escape
in 1915, but on the Dutch frontier
they were shot at by the German
sentries and the sergeant was
wounded, so the two of them re
turned to their forest. The severe
winter of 1916 brought them ter
rible sufferings. They were snowed
in and almost starved.
They owe their lives to an old
Belgian poacher and smuggler who,
throughout all the years of their
adventures, helped them with pro
visions They are now in a French
hospital recovering from the effects
of their privations.
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William Watson, former butcher
in the employ of the A. E. C., left
this morning for Fairbanks.
Trappers are asking the Alaska
legislature to repeal the statute
penalizing the catching of martens
in traps or otherwise, on the ground
that the marten is a born thief,
and will even try and steal the bait
left in traps, with the result he is
trapped himself and the unfortun
ate owner finds himself in the posi
tion of committing an offense
against the law. Eggs of fowl and
fish are also destroyed by the mar
ten.
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DOG KENNELS
NENANA, ALASKA
A. E. C. PROTECTING
DOCK AT CHENA
To protect that portion of the
i Chena dock on which they have in
stalled a stiff-leg derrick and hoist,
the Alaskan Engineering commission
crew is driving piling upstream
from the dock. The piling so driven
is intended to break the force of
and deflect the ice at the breakup.
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Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Saturdays, at 7 a. m.
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national Park.
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