ALASKA RED TAPE
NOT SO BAD AS
THAT OF RUSSIA
A THOUSAND CANNERIES SCAT
TERED ALONG 2,000 MILES
SIBERIAN COAST
BOATLOAD OF RUSSIAN FURS
Capital of Siberia Habboris Announces
Skipper in port last Week.
Captain Harry Weeding of the two
masted schooner Chukatsk which ar
rived in Seward last Saturday from
Petroavlovsk, Siberia, where, for the
past four months he has been engaged
in the fur trading business, stated the
season had been very successful in
every way. On board the staunch 110
foot schooner, constructed for Arctic
work, wth iron bark sheathing the hull
from stem to stern, were two of the
Olaf Swenson Co., traders, which com
pany also owns the ship. These men,
E. J. Ketchum and George Hunter,
have been stationed on the Siberian
coast for the last four years.
There was also Kenneth Price on
board the vessel who was picked up
at Petroavlovsk, where, it was report
ed he had been left stranded. Two
Russian sailors, George Kulink and
John Kleshin, well known in the Nome
district and both of whom have tak
en out their first citizenship papers
in the United States, were also taken
on the vessel. These men were among
the members of the crew from the
schooner Ram, wrecked on the Siber
ian coast. The “Scurvy Kid,” well
known Alaskan character commanded
the wrecked vessel. The sailors are
being carried to Seattle where their
status will be determined by the au
tnormes.
The schooner Chukatsk was form
erly the Tyee of Seattle, and is known
to many local citizens. During the
last season. Captain Weeding reports
no ice was encountered, in fact, no
ice was seen at any time.
The vessel has her holds jammed
full of furs, sable, ermine, squirrel,
bear skins and fox, furs of every des
cription, blue, silver, white, red and
cross fox. In addition the skipper has
four live Russian squirrels which he
is taking out to the Seattle zoo at
Woodland Park.
Conditions on the Siberian coast
show a great improvement, Captain
Weeding stated to the Gateway. There
are lots of Siberian and Russian of
ficials and soldiers everywhere but
the soldiers were being rapidly with
drawn at the time of the schooner’s
departure. The customs house and
hospitals, and other official offices
and buildings, are modern in every re
spect, the captain said. The capital
of Siberia, unbeknown to the majority
of people is not at Vladivostok, but
at Habboris, it is stated. An attempt
to find this town on the Siberian map,
though, would, the captain believed,
prove unavailing for he could not lo
cate it himself, and he looked over
many maps. Habboris is a fairly
good sized town, the last census be
ing 20,000, and is located about 200
miles north of Vladivostok on the Si
berian-Russian Railroad.
The Captain did not believe any
comparison could be made with ref
erence to the Alaskan and Siberian
fishery, or cannery business, for the
canneries of Siberia outrival by far, j
in numbers, of those along the Alas- J
kan coast. He said that intervals of
approximately two miles, a salmon
cannery or saltery is located on the
Siberian coast line running North for
about 900 miles, then Westward for
another 900 miles. Some of these can
neries, which number close to a thou
sand, are very small but many are as
modern as can be found anywhere.
The canneries are nearly all owned
by Japanese and worked by their
countrymen.
Captain Weeding has been operat
ing in the Siberian trade for the past
fifteen years. The Olaf Swrenson Co.,
of Seattle, the former Hibbard and
Swenson Company, are the oldest tra
ders on the coast and have been, for
some years past, the only trading com
pany which the Soviet government has
been doing business with, it is stated.
Last year, in 1924, the company did
not operate, but the three years pre
vious, carried on their regular trading
activities.
In conclusion, Captain Weeding
jocularly remarked, “I have heard a
• lot about the Alaska ‘red tape,’ but you
ought to view the workings of the
Russian ‘red tape.’ Alaska is a para
dise in comparison.”
Barnett Takes Both
Games of Handball
Guy Barnett took Ernie Bailey
into camp last evening at the local
gym when he won both games of
handball from Bailey by the scores
of 23-21 and 21-18. The first game
ended in a duece or a tie, 21 all,
Avhich required one of the men to
made two consecutive scores in or
der to win.
Fine Toilet Articles and perfumes at
The Alaska Shop. tf.
Mrs. Glen Young and two daugh
ters, Jennie Marian and Wilma, were
Seward arrivals Saturday from Fair
banks, their home. The Young sis
ters are clever vaudeville perform
ers and are under contract to ap
pear at a Juneau theater.
—
Eastman KociaK Agency, The Alas- j
ka Shop. tf.
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Seattle Boy Glad To
Get Back Home from
Siberian Adventures
Kenneth Price, the 17-year-old lad
who arrived in Seward Sunday on
the Siberian trading schooner Chu
katsk, is mighty glad to be home
ward bound, according to his state
ment to the Gateway.
Shipping as a mess boy on the
schooner Apollo, out of Seattle last
April, upon the vessel’s arrival at
Petroavolck, he left to try his luck
among the Russians. Mixing in with
the younger element he journeyed to
Vladivostok and other Siberian towns,
returning to the coast during the sum
mer. He met few who talked the
English language so was practically
forced 'o learn to speak Russian.
The young man still wore his Siber
ina clothing upon his arrival in Se
ward, appearing quite conspicuous
in his highpeaked cap and knee
high leather boots.
Price was born in Seattle and is
the son of C. H. Price, a Seattle
mechanic.
W. E. Mountray, Alaska manager i
for the Standard Oil Co., who has
been a business visitor in Seward for
a Aveek, left for Juneau on the Vic
toria.
The Gateway is advised that Fr.
Vander Pol, formerly of Ketchikan
has been transferred to the St. Stan
slaus church at Lewiston, Ida.
Brunswick phonographs and rec
ords at the Alaska Shop. tf.
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complete vaporization
It isn’t gasoline that explodes in
the cylinder and makes power.
It’s gas—air, mixed in the carbure
tor with gasoline to form vapor.
Red Crown gasoline vaporizes
completely. It forms a homoge
neous mixture with 12 to 16 times
its volume of air. That mixture
explodes cleanly and powerfully,
leaving comparatively little car
bon residue on valves, spark plugs
and cylinder walls.
That’s why you get better mile
age out of “Red Crown”—and a
cleaner, sweeter-running engine.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(California)
“Smiling” Ed Rogers
Quits the Territory
E. J. Rogers, well known young
man who has made his home in Se
ward for the last three years, de
parted for Seattle, Sunday, on the
steamer Victoria, en route to Sioux
City, la., where his parents reside.
Rogers does not expect to return
North, but plans to locate at Lew
iston, Ida., where considerable rail
road construction is under way.
Mrs. J. E. Boland, a resident of
Fairbanks who has been back to
the Mayo Brothers where she under
went an operation, returned to Sew
ard on the Victoria and departed yes
terday morning for her Interior
home. Mrs. Boland has been Outside
for the past two months.
Ford Cromley, an employe of the
Government, in the Interior, took pas
sage south out of Seward, on the
Victoria.
Bartley Howard, of the Howard
Jesson coal mine, Moose Creek, pas
sed thru Seward Saturday en route >
to Seattle. Mr. Howard had intend
ed to go to Valdez on company bus
iness but changed his mind. It is
believed Mr. Howard will make a
trip to Washington, D. C., before re
turning North.
Fiank W. Redwood, a former bus
iness man of Anchorage, passed thru
Seward Saturday, on his way to
Knights Island, where he will join
the tie camp force.
Eyes Hurt? Try This
If your eyes hurt try simple cam
phor, witchhazel, etc., as mixed in
Lavoptic eye wash. The instant soo
thing action is beyond belief. One
small bottle Lavoptic helps any case
weak, strained or sore eyes. Sew
ard Drug Company.
All the latest sheet music, at The
Alaska Shop. tf
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Rooms with Bath. Sample Rooms in Connection
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Steam Heat
Prices Reasonable
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