Latoache Herring Plant
Organized by Salater
Type & Salater who v.or-' i'1 *be ,n r'
ring business at Drier I3ay last season
have incorporated as the Lyi e Salater
company and will build a i" w plant
- .at Ijatouche this year dhe company
* ‘is headed by* John Saltier, who will
supervise the curing operations, and
s |jPPi who has been in the mild
< u ing business at Cordova, will alien t
<o the business end.
The company has taken over the
sawmill of the Ladysmitu Mining Com
pany at Latouche.* which will be im
proved with a 75 horsepower water
power plant anil will get out lumber
for the salting establishment and will
dispose of its output in loca* market
which will use 500,000 feet a year.
“TWO STEP JAKE” ENTERS
SUIT TO RECOVER PELTS
John Hirsh, familiarly known as
"Two Step Jake” arrived in Anchorage
last week from Talkeetna to start a
suit against the game warden to re
covered «>0 beaver skins seized at Tal
keetna last tall. The skins were taken
, before the law was passed prohibiting
^ the killing cl beaver.
furrier OPENS SHOP HERE
0. 1). Wandling, a well known fur
dealer, who has been in business in
Anchorage, arrived Saturday with Mrs
Wandling and children, and will open
a iur store in the Tecklenburg build
ing across the street from the Arcade
building.
Mr. Wandling is one of the best tax
idermists in the country and has a rep
utation for fine work;
CHIC KENPOX WHITE MOUNTAIN
^ Thirty-six cases of chickenpox have
been reported at Nome by authorities.
The epidemic first appeared in October
and has continued up to the present
time.
EPIDEMIC FLUE AT PT. BARROW
The natives of Point Barrow are
suffering from an epidemic of influ
enza, according to word received at
Nome recently. The Bureau of Edu
cation has closed all schools.
PREMIER LOSES SUIT FOR
ORE LOSS DAMAGES
Following a five day trial in "Van
couver, the suit of the Premier Gold
Mining Company against the Coast -
wise Steamship and Barge Co. Ltd.,
for damages in the sum of $17,600 for
loss of a barge load of ore last year,
was dismissed according to V ancouver
napers of a recent date. In his decis
ion the court held that the testimony
failed to sustain the mining company’s
contention that the barge used in the
transportation of the ore from the
Stewart Dock to Annyox was not in
a seaworthy condition. The decision
in effect attributed the loss of the
barge to perils of the sea and exoner
ates the towing concern from respon
sibility therefor.
RAILPOAD TO DISPOSE! OK
TWENTY HEAD OF HORSES
The stores department of the Alas
ka railroad will dispose of 20 head of
horses in the very near future. The
stock, left from construction days, has
( been kept in the railroad corial north
east gt the city and has picvcd to be
an expensive item, without producing,
as the railroad has had no use for the
horses fo1' some time.
UNPRECEDENTED VOTE
»
At Tuesday’s election Anchorage is
leporied to have cast a voi? of 1020,
about EDO over normal elections.
The vote was as follows:
For Mayor—
Ccnroy .512
Shonbeek .508
For Council—
Sherman .742
Eckmann .506
Bolte .-.-494
Matheson . 404
Cribb ...-.311
Stoddard . 264
Stoy .-.-.-.158
School Director—
Beeson .595
Bayer . 331
STEESE APPOINTED ENGINEER
ALASKA ROAD COMMISSION
The Seattle dispatch stating that
R. J. Sommers of Juneau had been
appointed engineer officer for the
Alaska Road Commission succeeding
Major John C. Gotwals, is said by the
Anchorage Times to be erroneous,
Col. James G. Steese having been ap
pointed to succeed Major Gotwals.
Mat Peters arrived from Tunnel to
day with seven cars and an outfit to
drive fender piles and fix up the dock
for summer travel.
Junior Red Cross Show
Proves Financial Success
The Junior Red Cross show and re
vue, given Saturday night at the Lib
erty theatre, was a success from all
standards. The youngsters made a
nice sum of money which will be used
for several necessary articles, such as
material for going on with Red Cross
classes, and playground equipment,
of which they are in sore need.
The committees worked hard and
much of the success of the program
is due to Miss Dahl and Miss Miller
of the teaching staff, Mr. J. P. Hannon
who read the lecture with the Red
Cross slides, and Miss Baughman, who
took care of the advertisements and
tickets. Mr. Brosius and Mr. Frost
lent timely aid, and the committe
wishes to thank the town for support
ing the affair so unanimously.
INDIANS WILDLY EXCITED
OVER FLIGHTS OF AIRPLANE
W. T. Scott, who arrived in town ri -
cently from Nenana, states that th?
airplane flights are arousing curi
osity among the Indians. At Nenana
when Aviator Eielson stopped to take
on mail, Chief Silas and a number of
bucks weer interested speetotors. The
chief asked, “You go McGrath to
day.”
“Yes,” replied Eielson.
“Back before supper.”
“Huh,’ said the chief, ‘“all same
,o>0-40 rifle.” This was his idea of ex
treme speed.
The Indians cannot believe the plane
[can make a trip in a day requiring 22
days by fast dog team.
Northwestern Has
Light List Southbound
The steamship Northwestern sailed
! Saturday night with a light list of pas
| sengers for southern ports. Those
taking pasasge from Seward were:
For Latouche—Dan Williams, Henry
Stone.
For Cordova—Miss Neville Lewis,
Harry N. Porter,
For Juneau—E. Thiessen, S. Shuck
lin. Hobt. J. Rogers, Julia Willsant.
For Ketchikan—J. Jacobson.
For Seattle—Mrs. Stephen Adelman,
Margaret Adelman, Frances Adelman,
Josephine Adelman, Geo. A. Frenchik,
W. E. Moultray, Roger H. Stevenson,
! Mrs. Stevenson, L. J. Scanlon, F. M.
Crocker, Mrs. W. S. Woolaver, J. E.
; Crutcher, Mrs. Anna M. Crutcher.
Culler Haida to Call in
At Seward for Pontoons
SEATTLE. Mar. 31— Commander
Martin announced today that his Hy
ing squadron would get away Wednes
day morning in case the weather was
favorable. The cutter Haida will sail
April 6, in connection with the flight,
calling in at Seward to pick up the
airplane pontoons for conveyance to
Unalaska. The same day the Algon
quin will depart from Astoria for Una
laska direct. The Haida will go as far
as the Japan coast.
Suits maae to measure, see Urbach.
| —because, when they used to wear ar
I mor, they thought it safe to remove
; the helmet when talking with a friend.
This action, a compliment, passed into
our custom of raising the hat. Cus
tomers compliment us on
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because they gain from them safe re
lief from colds, grippe and headache.
Absolutely true aspirin, tablets so
skillfully made that their beneficial
action begins in 15 seconds. Highest
purity, never irritate or burn.
One of 200 Puretest preparations.
Every item the best that skill and con
science can produce.
Seward Drug Co
The o£JL Drag S/on
Mrs. Robert J. McChesney
Passes Away in Seattle
_
Mrs. T!ll?e McChesney, wife of Rob
ert J. McChesney, pioneer Alaska
newspaper man, died at the Columbus
sanitarium in Seattle recently of dou
ble pneumonia. Deceased was taken
suddenly ill and lingered but a few
days.
Mrs. McChesney was born in Haiti
more, Maryland, -48 years ago, going
to California at an early age with her
parents. She is survived by Paul E
Struck of Portland, and Frank Struck
of Sacramento, two brothers, and her
husband, R. J. McChesney.
Mr. McChesney is manager of the
Alaska Printing Company of Seattle.
He came North in 1898 with Mrs. Mc
Chesney, and established the first pa
per at Fairbanks, later engaging in the
business at Cordova and Valdez.
The sympathy of all Alaskans goes
out to Mr. McChesney.
Fairbanks Physician Is
injured Aboard Ship
Dr. Frank R. de la Vergne of Fair
banks, who left on the last trip of the
Alaska, with several prisoners, was
unfortunate in breaking a shoulder
blade on the trip. The Alaska en
countered very rough seas in the Gulf
of Alaska and the doctor was thrown
down breaking his shoulder.
Southeastern Republicans
Believe Indians a Menace
An advertisement in a Juneau pa
per, signed by J. H. Davis, H. R. Shep
ard, Howard Ashley, and A. E. Gurr I
prominent Republicans, states that a
plan is on foot to extend to the Indians
! of Alaska all the privileges of whites,
including the right to sit on juries, to
vote irrespective of mental qualifica
tions, and to send their children to
white schools, to mingle, regardless of
physical condition, with white children
at the latter’s peril.
An organization has been perfected
to carry this plan into effect and this
organization has been adequately fin
anced.
The advertisement continues: we
do not believe that the Indians are yet
ready to assume all the duties imposed
on the white; and we do not believe
that the Indians generally have suffi
cient knowledge of the rules of sanita
tion to insure the safety of white chil
dren should both races be admitted
freely to our schools together. For
these reasons we have declared in fav
or of a law to prevent the mass vot
ing of illiterate Indians; and we are
against the law that will be proposed
i at the next Legislature, to compel
| school boards to admit all Indians who
i apply for admission to the Territorial
i schools.
“Remember, those who are exploit
j ing the Indians are well organized and
I financed.
“Unless those who are opposed to
I having Indians in the Legislature and
j white schools and on juries, also or
ganize, the Indians are certain to hold
the balance of power. '
“An opportunity to keep the Indian
in his place until he is better qualified
to exercise all the privileges and as
j sume all the duties of the whites; and
ito keep him there for his own good
| and the benefit of the Territory is af
forded all Republican voters by sup
j porting the undersigned at the prima
; ries April 29th.”
NEW GIRL BABY BORN
MR. AND MRS. F. E. TOWLE
Announcement of the birth of Pa
tricia Towle, on April 2, 1924, was
made today by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank E. Towle. Dr. Baugh
man was the attending physician.
CITY CLOCK THAWS OUT
AND IS NOW RUNNING
(Nome Nugget)
The clock located in front of Seger
strom and Hagen’s Jewelry store, the
property of the City of Nome, is again
keeping time. The clock was for a
number of days frozen and would not
operate, but owing to the warm spell
the frost has melted and released the
mechanism again.
5ITKI loiifs
FRENCH DECHTE
Felix Beauchamp, second vice-com
mander of the American Legion, De
partment of Alaska, was favorably re
membered by the French people for
his services during the World War.
Last mail Captain Beauchamp re
ceived the French Croix de guerre
from the minister of war in recogni
tion of his valor at Belleau in 1918 and
at Vierzy, south of Soissons in July
of the same year.
MAIL CONTRACTS IN
ALASKA ARE AWARDED
The Post Office Department has au
thorized the extension of the mail ser
vice in Alaska as follows:
Dillingham to Kanatak—Former
winter authorization which provided
three round trips between November 1
and March 31 each year has been in
creased to five round trips or one
round trip per month from November
1 to March 31 each year effective on
the first day of November, 1924.
Seldovia to Anchorage—Former sum
mer authorization which has provided
service twice a month from April 16
to October 31 each year has been in
creased to allow one additional trip in
November each year.
Nome to Taylor—Former winter au
thorization providing service once a
month except in May has been extend
ed to provide a round trip in May of
1924.
Circle to Ft. Yukon—Regular twice
a month service has been extended to
provide 1000 pounds of additional mail
during the winter of 1924.
Ophir to Holy Cross—An emergency
contract has been authorized for ser
vice from Ophir to Holy Cross carry
ing all mail offered. Four round trips
will be made each year from the open
ing of navigation about May 24 to
about October 31, each year for the
years 1924 and 1925. The trips are to
begin at Ophir and the last departure
is to be made from Holy Cross not ear
lier than September 20th. The trips
will be made about one month apart.
Unalaska to Nome—Emergency ser
vice has been authorized to provide
4000 pounds of additional mail during
the present winter.
Pilot H. T. Lewis of the Railway
Mail Sendee at Washington, D. C., has
been detailed to make an investigation
of Alaska to ascertain whether it will
be practicable to use airplanes on oth
er routes in Alaska.
Rothenburg President
Grand Iglco Pioneers
(Special to The Gateway)
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. April 1.—The
| Grand Igloo of Pioneers adjourned
last night with the election of officers
j for the ensuing year, and concluding
all other business before it.
Richard Rothenburg, of Fairbanks,
: Grand President.
Charles Taylor, of Iditarod, grand
first vice president.
Charles Nagle, Fairbanks, second
vice-president.
George C. Moody, Fairbanks, secre
j tary.
I H. H. Ross, Fairbanks, treasurer.
George J. Love, Valdez, historian.
Rev. S. Hall Young, chaplain.
1 George H. Myers, Fairbanks, ser
geant at arms.
Thos. Evans of Hyder, Frank B.
Howard of Tanana, Charles Rice of
Nome, J. H. Groves, and George A.
McQuarrie of Fairbanks, trustees.
A resolution authorizing a referen
dum on the question of extending eli
gibility for membership to arrivals
I prior to December 31, 1905, was pass
jed; also a resolution protesting
i against the division of the Territory.
The Alaska Native Sons and Daugh
ters of the Golden North were taken
under the guardianship of the Grand
Igloo.
The next convention will be held at
Juneau, March 15, 1925.
The steamship Admiral Peary sail
ed this morning from Seattle, and will
call at Uzinki, Kodiak, Seward, Port
Graham and Anchorage. She will load
i 250 tons of coal at Anchorage, 200 for
Juneau and 50 for Lake Bay. The
vessel will also take 50,000 feet of
cedar from the Sitka mills to Seattle.
CAPTAIN FREEMAN
DROW NEAR RUPERT
Captain H. K. Freeman, well-known
coast mariner, was drowned last week
when his launch sank near Shatwatlan
Passage . The cause of the accident
si unknown. Captain Freeman for
merly lived in Seattle, where a broth
er Miller ) ■ ceman is a publisher Free
man went to the Yukon gold fields in
'98.
GOLDSTEIN RE-ELECTED
AS MAYOR DF JUNEAU
JUNEAU, Apr. 3.—Isadore Gold
stein was re-elected mayor of Juneau
Tuesday, despite desperate opposition
by the Wickersham-Rustgard,Suther
land element. The recent attack on
Mayor Goldstein by Delegate Suther
land in the columns of the Examiner
of Ketchikan, caused the voters to
rally to his support in one of the
dirtiest fights in the history of the
city.
SEVEN BUILDINGS BURN
IN KETCHIKAN FIRE;
PROPERTY LOSS HEAVY
KETCHIKAN, Mar. 31.—Seven busi
ness houses including two department
stores and the Ketchikan Spruce Mills
were destroyed Saturday, the loss to
taling $150,000. The fire destroyed
Mayer Bros. Jewelry, Hotel Revilla,
Joseph Meymene Clothing Co., Arcade
restaurant, and several smaller con
cerns.
KETCHIKAN, Mar. 31.—The fire
was confined entirely to the Revilla
hotel building, including the Arcade
restaurant, the California grocery, Pe
ter Pan shop, Pruell gift shop, Revilla
barber shop, Jofenyes store, with a
loss of $240,000. The safe deposit
boxes in Revilla containing unknown
sums of money were opened this morn
ing and the money and other papers
were charred beyond recognition. One
man is known to have placed $5000 in
cash there yesterday afternoon . An
other put $3900 in the boxes.
C. A. Schonacker, representing the
Zellerbach Paper Co., lost property val
ued at $3500. Many other traveling
men lost all their samples, and the
guests of the hotel lost all personal ef
fects. The belongings of Charles Ing
holl, owner of the hotel, now in Los
Angeles; Wm. Pruell, owner of the
Gift Shop, now in Seattle; and Wm.
Temple, owner of the California gro
cery. also in Seattle, were lost.
The steamship Admiral Rogers and
coast guard cutter Smith together put
nine streams of water on the flames.
Firemen from the cutter and the Cygn
patrolled the ruins all night.
COPPERNOLL IS CONFIDENT
A letter was received on this boat
from Judeg Wm. D. Coppernoll, who
at present is in Jureau. stating that
he had been assured of good support
in the First division, but that the
present attorney general was backed
strongly by Delegate Sutherland and
the Indian vote, and that his majority
depended largely on the latter vote.
Mr. Coppernoll stated that if Rust
gard did not beat him more than 200
to 300 in the First that he (Copper
noll) would be elected, but if the del
egate’s influence carried much weight
that Rustgard might carry the First by
! more. He says the sole doubt lies in
i the Indian vote. Some estimate it at
| 400 and others from 700 to 800. The
question remains whether or not the
whites or the Scandinavians and In
dians or to predominate.
Judge Coppernoll will leave for
Skagway and Wrangell on April 8th.
He will reach Ketchikan about the
113th and will remain there until after
: the primaries.
Judge Coppernoll says he will get a
good majority in Ketchikan.
IMfDISTBIGT
The Alaska Hills Mines Corpora
| tion have on the Seward dock await
ing transportation by the steamer
! Starr, a complete mining equipment,
j consisting of a Worthington Ball
| Mill, a Blake crusher, three Deister
joverstrom tables, a Pelton water
wheen, flume and tramway, and all
accessories necessary for the opera
tion of the Paystreak mine.
The history of the property own
ed by this company is generally
known locally, they having two ledges
of high grade ore on which consid
erable work has been performed. Es
timates based on one-quarter of the
actual values shown by average as
says of these ledges show $60,000
worth of ore now in sight.
These ledges are true fissure cross
! cutting a blocky slate formation, and
iare showing an increase in width with
depth. The ground is admirably lo
I cated about one mile from tidewater.
! A gravel flat reaches from the beach
i to the camp and mill site.
There is an abundance of water
! power and timber within sixteen
j hundred feet of the mine.
Numerous mining men, both from
this district and from the otside, have
visited this property and all of them
believe that the Nuka Bay district is
| destined to make a prominent min
I ing camp in the near future,
j Seward will be outfitting point for
! a great many prospectors who will
i operate in that vicinity this summer.
COUNCIL CANVASSES VOTE
The city council met yesterday and
canvassed the votes for the city elec
tion. They were found as stated in
yesterday’s issue of the Gateway, with
the exception of the vote on Ordi
nance Number 79, which was found
to have passed by a large majority of
votes, or about 60 per cent.
Ralph J. Grover, a former army
aviator of note, now living in Anchor
age will arrive in Seward the latter
part of the week to write a series of
articles on the globe flyers.
Little Excitement Yesterday
When Citizens Go to Polls
The city election passed off quietly
yesterday, the only contest being for
councilman, and a sporadic attempt to
make a contest out of one or two of
the other offices.
The ballot was as follows:
For Mayor
L. V. Ray . 175
For Town Clerk
YV. H. Whittlesey . 179
For Town Treasurer
Sylvia Sexton .179
For Councilmen
J. S. Badger . 155
J. S. Hofman 143
H. E. Ellsworth . 119
1 onald H. Tver 93
For City Attorney
A. E. Rucker 22
For School Clerk
Curtis R. Morford 167
For School Treasurer
Inez Waugh . 1st
Ordinance No. 79
For ... . S4
Against . 41
Scattering Votes Cast
For Mayor—S. Lundblad, 6;H. L.
Smith, 1; Tom King, 1. B. Malloy, 1.
For Councilmen—Pete the Greek, 1;
S. Lundblad, 1; Horton, 1; Malloy, 1;
For Clerk—Benson, 1.
For City Attorney—Whittlesy, 9;
Smith, 6; Ray, 4; Patterson, 1; I). YV.
Brownell, 1.
For School Clerk—Y'iola Swetmann
10; M. Banning, 1.
For School Treasurer—Miss Ras
mussen, 1.
Owing to its not receiving the re
quired percentage of the votes cast,
Ordinance No. 79 was defeated.
There was no candidate for city at
torney, and A. E. Rucker was elected
by 22 votes.
The election was one of the quietest,
in years, about half the total vote of
the city being cast.
COL. LANDIS RETURNING
Col. I.ee H. Landis, general manager
j of the Alaska railroad, left Seattle
Saturday on the steamship Alaska en
route to Seward. Col. Landis has been
in YY'ashington, D. C., and in San
Francisco, Los Angeles and other Cal
ifornia cities.
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Admiral Evans in Port
On First Trip Anchorage
The steamship Admiral Evans ar
rived in port yesterday from Seattle,
on the first trip of the season to Cook
Inlet points. The Evans brought the
following passengers for Seward: W.
Duvall, Geo. H. Koppitz, W. F. Lyons
and wife, Mrs. W. W. Clake, Lloyd
i Pinkerton, J. E. Holmgren, J. I). Bur
ton, Mrs. R. E. Lander, C. E. Bryan
and 5 steerage.
Passengers sailing on the Admiral
Evans from Seward were: H. B. Mad
land, Fred Hamburg, for Kodiak; Os
car W. Anderson for Seldovia; John
Kozak and Vincent Couch for Anchor
age.
Other passengers on the vessel en
route to points westward were:
For Port Graham—Wm, Kirby, Ed
Johnson, E. Sorits, Anton Johnson and
wife, Eleanor Johnson, Lind Jorgesen
j and wife, John Casey, C. Erickson, C.
Hanson, J. James, A1 Smith, Carl E.
Johnson, Harold Johnson, Herman
i Matson, Thos. Costello, John Mars, W
! Anderson, Olaf Bol, Ed McCloskey, J.
I Johnson, W. M. Groke, W. Kline, Tom
Alger, Ben Thompson, Mike Thomp
; son, Sig Jacobson, Sam Thompson, J.
Stave, Harley Hathaway, Joe Tjosvold
Dick Hansen, J. Hansen, A. Ameson,
Ras Tjosvold, Iver West, Victor Locke,
| Beernard Strand, Ed Sperring, W. Iv
eerson, Seid Fook Yee, Leong Hong
Chow, R. B. Hursley, W. Willmont and
21 steerage.
For Seldoiva—M. Forren, R. C.
Dunning, A. Holmes, A. K. K. Thomp
son, M. J. Vand, F. H. O’Neill, Mrs.
F. H. O’Neill, Frederick O'Neill, H.
S. Young and wife, E. J. Fribrock, J.
F. Tigh, J. W. Patton, C. Hanson, 0.
Hansen, M. Sagen, John Holden, G.
Johansen, Oscar Hange, E. Holson, G.
P. Kearns, Jack Mogn.
For Anchorage—John B. Henderson
and wife, N. Kane, Mrs. Bruce Haines
and Mr. Haines, 2 steerage.
For Kodiak—0. Halverson, Tom Tor
gei’son, J. Dahl, J. Bornhardtson, J. B.
Gordon, F. Fukhada, 7 steerage.
ANCHORfiGEYOUTHBOUND
OVER TO GRAND JURY
Howard Sheehan, the Anchorage
youth accused of grand larceny in con
nection with the theft of 47 fox pelts
which were later recovered, was held
to the grand jury after a hearing be
fore Commissioner Ragor, last week.
Sheehan mad^ no statement, his
consel waiving when the court asked
if the defense would offer any testi
mony.