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Two new regular school districts
and one new cooperative school have
been established and will be operated
during the present school year,
it was announced at the office of
the Commissioner of Education. One
of the new district is at Point Ag
gassiz, near Petersburg, The second
is in the Fourth division, at Chick
en, in the Forty Mile region. The
new cooperative school has been es
tablished at Mile 7, Copper River &
Northwestern Railway at the Gov
ernment Radio station maintained
there.
Charles Fox left Fairbanks recent
ly bound for the Pioneers’ Home at
Sitka. Ed Gainer is making the
trip out with the old-timer to see
that he arrives safely at his destin
ation.
Copies of Seattle papers just ar
riving tell of the marriage of Mrs.
Grace Brumbaugh, widow of Ray
Brumbaugh, formerly of Dawson and
Fairbanks, ^to Capt. Jensen of the
President Grant of the American-Ori
ental Mail Line.
Dan Kennedy, who organized the
McKinley Transportation Company,
three years ago, is now engaged in
erecting a building, barn and caches,
just east of the station, and will en
gage in conducting tourist parties
thru Alaska, being associated with
one of the largest booking concerns
on the Outside. He will also special
ize in hunting parties, for which
purpose he will have 30 head of
horses.
/Territorial Treasurer YV. G. Smith
has advised President Bunnell that
he has received from the Treasury
department at Washington a war
rut for $50,000.00 for the College
to cover the mount due the College
for the fiscal year 1925-1926, under
the provisions of the Acts appro
priating money for the support of
land-grant colleges. This is the
fourth payment the College has re
cieved from the Federal govern
ment.
ALASKA—Tl\e next state to be |
added to our Union, will be Alaska, \
now a territory. x\laska aspires to j
statehood within four years, accord
ing to its governor, Scott Bone.
It great handicap is its slow-grow
ing population, which now hovers
around 60,000. But Alaska has vast
natural resources, and when these i
begin to be developed the population !
will increase swiftly. At present J
there is only one inhabitant for every j
10,000 square miles of Alaska.—As
toria Budget.
Tiie Cordova branch of the U. S.1
Forest Service is in receipt of a bul-;
letin prepared by the U. S. Bureau i
of Fisheries under the department fj
commerce, entitled “The Growth and !
Age at Maturity of Pacific Razor1
Clams.” The data for this booklet
has been gathered from the Cordova,
Prince William Sound and Cook In
let regions by the following experts:
F. W. Weymouth, H. C. McMillan,
and H. B. Holmes. Of special inter
est to Cordovans is this pamphlet,
because of the number of clam
beach and cannery scenes taken in
and around Cordova, nd the fact
that the greater part of the infor
mation thus compiled was gleaned
from examination of specimens dug
near this part of the territory.
One woman was fined $800, an
other $500 and a third sent to jail
for three months without the option
of a fine, were the records of a short
session of the court held at Mayo,
Yukon, recently, according to the
following from the Dawson News:
Honorable Justice C. D. Macauley,
C. E. McLeod, H. G. Blankman, Con
stable Cameron and Constable Cruik
shank returned from Mayo on the
.steamer Keno, where they had been
busy in dealing with the several
cases which came before their atten
tion at that place. In the case of
Archie Chauvin, who had been de
tained here on the charge of at
tempted murder, the charge was re
duced to common assault and the
accused fined $50 and set free upon
paying a fine. The case against
R. H. Palmer was dismissed. Maud
Hamlin and Alice Graves were fined
$800 and $500, respectively, while
Mrs. Blakemore was brought to
Dhwson, where she has to serve
three months. Alex Lesperance was
fined $200 and costs for violation of
the liquor ordinance.
C. H. Passels, pioneer Alaskan
and Ketchikan resident for the past
several months, passed away recent
ly from the results of cardiac dis
orders. Until his relatives are in
formed of his death no funeral ar
rangements can be made. Mr. Pas
sels has had a varied and interest
ing life. He left his home in Chicago
in the early nineties when he was
thought to be hopelessly ill. ' He
traveled into the Canadian interior
and engaged in the fur business un
til the Klondike rush in which he
took part. He has lived in many of
the Interior camps and is well known
to all the oldtimers.
Edward K. Scharping of Arling
ton, Minn., who has been in the An
chorage hospital the past several
months, passed away at an early
hour Sept. 5, and the body was re
moved to the Anchorage Funeral
Parlors to be prepared for burial.
Word has been sent to the deceased’s
relatives in New York state, and fu-j
neral arrangements are being held
until a reply is received.
* David Gaydon, died at the Pioneers’
Home July 30. He was born in Ten
nessee in 1855, came to Alaska in
1898 and has'lived in all parts of the
territory since. He has lived in Sel
dovia where he became ill and was
admitted to the Home a year ago
last June. He leaves no known rel
atives.
Before the closed order of fishing
was made for Wrangell Narrows, G.
T. Lundgren established his home in
West Petersburg and expended some
$1,600 on a home. He had depended
upon his gill net to get fish to keep
him going. ’He has lived in Alaska
30 years. He says to the Petersburg
Herald, that since the closed order
he has been compelled to abandon
his home and must go elsewhere tc
make a living. Mr. Lundgren says
the policy of closing Wrangell Nar
rows and then allowing an open sea
son on the outside of it where the
fish may be caught before they can
get into the Narrows, is one of the
funny things about the method by
winch tr.e Bureau of r'ioneries is
seeking to consreve sainion in Alas
ka. He adds that Charit * Kooney
uf Scow Bay was oLo put out of bus
iness by the order. Taj latter has
b'Uc loxes and figures on making
his living from fishing near home un
t.l i*e could get a
Tourist: To what do you attribute
your great age?”
Oldest Inhabitant: ‘‘I don’t know1
yet; there’s' several o’ them patent
medicine companies bargaining with
me.”
Four well known residents of Fai"
banks were joined in marriage on
Sunday, last, the ceremony taking
the ‘form of a double wedding, with
LT. S. Commissioner M. It. Boyd of
ficiating. The principals were Will
iam A. Appleby and Sophie Peck,
and William Henry Cleveland and
Dorothy Dickson.
A late Standard Oil bulleton pre
dicts that there is no cause for alarm
concerning an oil shortage; that the
present supply seems adequate and
that it has been the history of oil
that when a shortage seems emmi
nent a new field is invariably discov
ered. The Bulletin makes no refer
ence to the supposed oil-bearing
areas of Alaska.
The tourist season, the most suc
cessful in the history of the north,
is drawing to a close and another
two weeks will practically turn Alas
ka back to her permanent population
for the next eight months. The feel
ing between the tourists and Alas
kans this ^ason has been a mutual
one, each having enjoyed the other.
A general increase in development
and progress of the Green Butte mine
in the Copper River District is the
recent word received here. A ship
ment of 200 tons of high grade ore
is being made monthly from the
mine and six teams are used for
hauling ore. This year the mine
will be worked all winter and a camp
of 50 men will be maintained.
There Js no use in trying to please
everybody, says an exchange, and
the Bureau of Fisheries has long
since realized that fact. The re
sult is that beneficial regulations
In the main, are being promulgated
and enforced and in the end the fish
ing industry will be the beneficiary.
Gilbert Lee, one of the oldtimers
of Valdez, met death last Saturday
night, at Latouohe. His body was
brought to Valdez and was interred
in the Valdez cemetery. The Val
dezs Miner adds the following ac
count of his death: Mr. Lee and
Frank Gustafson were returning to
Latouche in a power dory, and when
within a short distance off shore the
motor stopped. Mr. Gustafson went
forward to get a pair of oars when
he slipped and fell overboard. He
swam ashore, leaving Mr. Lee in the
boat, expecting him to row the
short distance in. As he did not
appear, a search was made for him,
but m>t until Tuesday was he found,
in comparatively shallow water. He
still etutched in one of his hands
a coil of rope, showing that- he had
intended to aid his companion, and
had also fallen into the water. The
boat was found adrift about S miles
from the scene of the tragedy.
Andrew Peterson, employed by the
Alaska Consolidated Canneries at
Saginaw Bay, died on the powerboat
. Homer, Aug. IS.
The new musical selection, “The
Spirit of Alaska,” a march, was play
ed at the Coliseum at Juneau recent
ly, and proved to be a peppy com
position with a good swing to it. The
words of the chorus were flashed on
the screen and the audience permit
ted to adjust them to the part of
the march intended.
Capt. J. H. Cann, operator of the
Apex-El Nido mine at Lisianski In
let, came to Juneau recently, says
the Empire, to make arrangements
for the purchase of a small compres
sor to be used in development work
on his property and will leave in a
few days for the mine taking the
machine with him. Capt. Cann ex
pects to keep the mine open the com
ing winter, which will be the first
time this has been done since work
was started several years ago. Gen
eral development and opening of new
ground will be carried on thru the
winter monJths.
Jacob Nordahl, 53 years of age,
pioneer of Alaska and Juneau, died
at St. Ann’s hospital in Juneau from
the effects of double pneumonia. He
had been in the' hospital four days
and was ill several days before en
tering the .fyospital.
Albert Seagles and Ralph Johnson,
who deserted the Coast Guard cut
ter Algonquin, while she was in
Cordova recently, surrendered them
selves to Deputy Marshal Hoffman
last Saturday and are now in cus
tody in the federal jail awaiting
their disposition by Lieut. Comman
der Howell of the Algonquin. A third
sailor, who also deserted is still at
large but his comrades are endeavor
ing to help the officials locate him
as he is said to be without money
and hungry. He is expected to sur
render himself soon.
/
B. Ray Dyson, who for eight years
was in charge of the clothing de
partment of the Blum-O’Neill store,
at Cordova, has purchased the Hub
bard Army Goods store and tailor
ing shop, the deal going thru last
week, and effective immediately.
The General Petroleum Corpora
tion will begin drilling on Johnson
Creek in the Yakataga Oil Field,
about ten miles from Icy Bay, about
October 1, according to M. J. “Big
Mike” Sullivan who passed thru
here recently. The company has
completed the erection of radio sta
NOT ALL OF US—Not all of us
are on the government pay-roll in
Alaska. But Secretary Worth says
3,000 white people or more than
one-tenth of the white population of
Alaska are on the government pay
roll. This means a powerful politi
cal brigade when those wrho are
on the pay sheet and those who pro
fit from government patronage stand
together for any Alaskan issue.
tion at Icy Bay and is now in com
munication w'ith the outside world
via Yakutat. The large station at
the point of operations will be ready
for use in about a month, and then
the relay via Yakutat will not be re
quired.
John Smith, who was apprehended
in Cordova with a ftve-gallen keg of
mule whiskey early this week enter
ed a plea of guilty as charged. The
complaint contained two counts, pos
session and transportation of liquor,
and the defendant was sentenced by
U. S. Commisisoned Harwood to f>0
days in jail tfnd a fine of $250 for
the first count, and a suspended sen
tence of six months for the second
count.
Miss Ruth Balderston will teach
j school at Katalla this fall.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
7:30 A. M.
MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
A train leaves Seward at 8:Cd a. m.
Sundays for Anchorage and interme
diate paints. Arrives Seward at 2:15
p. m. from Anchorage.
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD
7:30 P. M.
WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
STEAMSHIP STARR
STEAMER STARR SAILS SEPTEMBER 14
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON IS*. SEWARD, ALASKA
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from
Seattle—
Sept. 8
i
Oct. 6
Arrives at
Seward—
Sept. 15
Oct. 13
South from
Seward—
Sept. 22,
Oct. 20
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res., Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
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COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
Aug. 29
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10.
Scheduled Sail 5
from Seward
Stpt. 6
Sept. 13 E
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10. =
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call —
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Steamers in above schedule will not leave Seward earlier than FOUR 5
O’CLOCK Sunday afternoon, sailing date.
Steamer Redondo, carrying freight and passengers, connects with =
above steamers at Seward, weekly, for Cook Inlet and Kodiak Is- =
land points, subject to change /without notice. E
E J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent !
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I EXCURSION RATES DURING 1
I WESTERN ALASKA FAIR (
For the accommodation of those who care
to journey to Anchorage for the Western Al- |
aska Fair, September 14th to September
| 19th, the regular excursion rates of one and
S one-third of the normal one-way fare, for
| the round trip, will be in effect.
= Dates of ticket sales from all points, Sep
tember 10—11—12—13—14—15—16—17 1
18 and 19. Final return limit September i
24, 1925.
STOP-OVERS
Stop-overs will be permitted at all points
within the final return limit, on both going § i
and return trips.
E DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
| The Alaska Railroad |
E (McKinley Park Route) 5 $
Seward Anchorage Curry Nenana Fairbanks 5