Proceedings of the Alaska
Legislature for Past Week
(By Special Correspondent.)
JUNEAU, Alaska, Apr. 23.—Lester
D. Henderson, present Commissioner
of Education for Alaska, was re-elect,
ed late Saturday by the Territorial
Board of Education. His term expir
ed March 31st. Some opposition had
developed among the board members
to his re-election, which was endorsed
by the School Boards of virtually ev
ery incorporated town. The opposi
tion was unexpected and become pub
lic some ten days ago, when it was
claimed three members of the board
lined up to oust him. The first bal-!
lot at Saturday’s meeting showed
Governor Bone, and Senators Cham
berlin and Snodgrass voting for Hen
derson; Brown of Nome for H. L.
Rowley, teacher in the Douglas .high
school; and Senator Hunt of Ketchi-'
kan, for Grace Ban, a teacher in the !
Juneau schools. Henderson’s re-elec
tion was then made unanimous.
Senate Bill 107, depriving the pres
ident of the Alaska Agricultural Col
lege and School of Mines of the power j
to appoint but allowing to nominate!
the faculty of the college, passed the
Senate by a vote of five to three; '
Ayer, Dimond and Dunn opposing;
and the remainder voting for the
measure.
The Snodgrass bill, making the of- j
fiee of Commissioner of Education
elective, was tabled in the Senate on
motion by Snodgrass, after he had
denied the measure.
The Senate also passed Bill 50, pro
tecting the blue fox-farming industry
by requiring registration of brands, ;
and the branding of all animals and
pelts by farmers, and the tagging of i
legally caught skins before U. S. ocm
missioners, by trappers.
The Daft Bill requiring the payment j
of persons in private employment in: i
United States money or Its equivalent,; ’
and establishing a monthly payday i '
canneries, and"the so-called herd-law 1
prohibiting live stock from roaming a* 1
large unattended on public highways i
were killed.
The House passed the Senate Bill s
providing for a labor lien for fisher J
men on the pack of the canneries. i
Foster’s bill providing that the ter- 1
ritory refund $30 annually to Schools t
of incorporated towns for each pupil1»
attending from ouside of town, passed
the House, as did the ciii imposing r
tax of one dollar upon resident a”
fifteen dollars upon non resident fis
ermen.
(By Special Correspondent)
JUNEAU. Alaska, Apr. 24.—Echoes
of the mix-up in the Board of Educa
tion over the election of Commission
er of Education L. D. Henderson,
were heard in the Senate this morn
ing when Senator Dunn introduced a
bill providing for a referendum on Che
question of whether the Commission
er of Education’s office should be
made elective and filled by a popular
vote of the people, or continued under
the present system. The referendum
will be submitted at the next general
election.
The Dimond jury bill passed Che
Senate and provides changes in the
methods of drawing all juries in dis
riet and commissioners’ courts. It
eliminates the open venires selected
by marshals of the different divisions
in Alaska.
The Senate passed the Dunn reso
lution directing the ACtorney General
to continue the transportation inves
tigation and also the bill empowering
Indian villages to incorporate with all
I he powers of a second class town.
The prospects of the passage of the
Woman's Jury Bill were brightened
tty apparent indications that the Con
erence committee will be able to
igree on the sex exemption clause in
lie bill. The House instructed its
committee to ask for an amendment
Glowing exemption if desired on ac
count of sex, provided the claim for
exemption was made not less than
wenty days before the time set for
jurors to appear in court.
Callahan, who has been a member
>f the Conference committee since he
vas first appoinCed, withdrew when
he House so instructed declaring he
vas elected as an independent and
vould not be bound by instructions
iom either democrats or republicans, i
The House was this morning con
siderably upset when Representative
decker from the Second division, de
lounced as “unfair, unjust and un
wind" remarks made by Representa-1
ives Daly and Price in a minority .
udiciary Committee report on Deck- j
er's bill proposing the repeal of the
Syndicalist Act of 1919. Decker mov
ed that the House expunge the objec
tionable statements from the record.
Decker and Murray reported the bill
for passage, Price and Daly, non-con
curring, said the reason for their non
concurrence was “because they were
unalterably opposed to a change or
overthrow of the government by force
or violence or the destruction of prop
eity or advocacy of such means.”
They added further, ‘‘The people of
Alaska do not care to proclaim to the
world the advocacy of such damnable
doctrines.”
Representative Decker said the
statements implied that- he favored
such doctrines, and said further since
he introduced the bill it had been ru
mored on the streets that he was an
anarchist and an I. W. W., and was
connected with the Centralia disor
ders on Armistice Day, 1919, all of
which he denied emphatically.
He said the members of the com
mittee making the adverse report had
no right to bring in such statements
unless they first ascertained the views
of the author. Both Daly and Price
denied they had intended to imply
undue motives to Representative
Decker, Daly adding that he was only
following the custom of former legis
latures. He said he was not concern
ed with the views of the author of
the measure, but with the measure it
self.
Representative Price declared he
was strongly against the bill and
wanted to state his position ip the re
port sufficiently strong to impress the
members with the necessity of think
ing before introducing bills in the
House which might be taken as evi
dences of disloyalty.
By a vote of thirteen to three, the
members voted to expunge the obnox
ious statements from the records;
Daly, Ralston and Price voting against
the motion.
The local American Legion Post
Saturday passed a resolution con
demning the Decker Bill.
(By Special Correspondent)
JUNEAU, Apr. 25—One of the heav
iest budgets ever to be presented ito
the Alaska legislature for school pur
poses was introduced yesterday by
Representative H. H. Ross, of the
Fourth division, chairman of the ways
and means committee, when he sub
mitted a general appropriations meas
ure in the House calling lor $1,540,000
or $362,000 more than was asked for
>n the 1921 sessions bill. More than
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fifty per cent of the allowance as.*-ed
for is for educational pur pores. 'rhe
allocations of the measure were as
follows.;
For educational purposes, $83<,.c0o
This includes $380,000 for schools in
incorporated towns.
For Alaska Agricultural College and
School of Mines, $182,600.
For Roads and Trails, $240,000.
For Fish Commission purposes,
which was almost overlooked, $12,000.
This amount is asked for to investi
gate the salmon supply for the can
ning industries and the storing of
equipment and planting of eggs in the
hatcheries, but does not allow for new
work.
Pioneers’ Home at Sitka, $07,250.
For Pensions, $60,000.
Dependent children, $35,000.
Relief of destitution, $24,000.
Shelter cabins on Alaska trails,
$10,000.
The remainder of the amount asked
for in the measure would be devoted
to administrative purposes and covers
oilier miscellaneous small items.
This does not include special legisla
tion which carried appropriations va
riously estimated at between $100,000
and $250,000.
(By Special Correspondent)
JUNEAU, Alaska, Apr. 26..—The
Senate passed Chamberlin’s bill ap
propriating $5,000, providing for plac
ing deer on the Islands of Prince Wil
liam Sound and in waters adjacent to
Kenai peninsula. Its passage in the
House is virtually assured.
Carrying an appropriation of forty
thousand dollars, the House this morn
ing passed the Staser bill creating a
Territorial Board of Mining Develop
ment composed of the Governor, Sec
retary and Treasurer, and providing
that the Board shall carry on co-op
erative work with the Alaska college,
its expenditures subject to the appro
val of supervising mining engineer, B.
D. Stewart of the Bureau of Mines.
The Senate passed the Snodgrass
bill providing for Territorial co-opera
tion with each division for an annual
fair, appropriating $10,000 of which a
thousand is available for each division
annually the next biennium.
Price’s bill abolishing the office of
Attorney General was defeated in the
House.
Price’s bill, authorizing Notaries
Public to issue marriage licenses when
authorized by the District Court,
where no commissioner is available,
passed the House, with several other
minor measures and memorials.
(By Special Correspondent.)
JUNEAU, Apr. 27.—The bill of
Representative Decker, of the Second ;
Division, calling for the repeal of the
Territorial syndicalist act of 1919, was j
yesterday afternoon defeated in the j
House by a vote of 13 to 3. Decker,
Ross and Wilson supported the mea- j
sure. Prior to the vote Decker read
a prepared address which took an;
hour and forty minutes to deliver. In
covering the subject he argued that
the syndicalist law was abridged be-1
cause there were plenty of Federal
laws which covered the subject.
It was his opinion that the present
law wras a vicious one, directly and
indirectly. He also made further ref
erence to the alleged street rumors in
which stated that he was a radical
and was backed by the I. W. W., giv
ing absolute denial of any connection
writh that organization. In concluding
his address he asserted that the re
peal measure had the support of sev
eral churches of different denomina
tions. On his resigning the floor a
roll call was taken with the above
mentioned results.
Senate bill No. 107, giving to the
regents of the Alaska college power
to appoint instructors wras defeated in
the House. The House also defeated
the measure which would give to In
dian villages certain powers enjoyed
by" municipalities regarding police
control and trial. Representative
Ross of the Fourth division, who vot
ed against the measure gave notice
that today he would ask for a recon
sideration of the measure.
The bill regulating the speed of
motor vehicles on highways outside of
incorporated towns was passed.
The bill reducing individual bank
ing loans to thirty-five per cent of the
capital stock and surplus, instead of
fifty, as now provided, was brought
up and after short deliberation, wras
passed.
The bill including the allowance for
the construction of schools outside of
incorporated towns was passed. The
measure pprovided for the sum of
$2500 instead of $1800 previously in
corporated in the measure.
The Senate passed the bill provid
ing for an additional appropriation of
$12,000 for relief of the destitute.
Henry Koford this week disposed
of the gas boat Helga to Charles
Tecklenberg, who will use the craft in
hauling supplies to the fox farm on
Black Island near Afognak. Ship car
penters are at present arranging a
new cabin and interior fittings for
cargo space.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska,
April 19, 1923.
Notice is hereby given that An
drew Sholin, of Homer, Alaska, who,
on November 10, 1919, made home
stead entry, No. 01052, for E V2 NEVi,
Sec. 20, and S% SE1^, Sec. 17, Town
ship 6S, Range 13 W., Seward Meri
dian, has fled notice of intention to
make final three-year proof, to estab
lish claim to the land above-described,
before Mae Harrington, at Homer,
Alaska, on the 9th day of June, 1923.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Joseph Lee, of Homer, Alaska.
Henry Ohlson, of Homer, Alaska.
Stanton Shafer, of Homer, Alaska.
Mrs. D. M. Woodard, of Homer,
Alaska.
FRANK A. BOYLE,
Register.
First publication April 26, 1923.
Last publication, June 1, 1923.
Run continuously in daily. 30t
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska.
April I'J, 1923.
Notice is hereby given ihat Stan ion
Shafer of Homer, Alaska, who on Feb
ruary 26, 1923, made homestead entry
No. 05523, for SWVi SW%, Sec. 13,
SE14 SE14 Sec. 14, NE%'NE%, Sec.
23, NW% NW>/4, Sec. 24, Township
6 S., Range 14 W., Seward Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make j
final three-year proof, to establish |
claim to the land above described,
before Mae Harrington, at Homer,
Alaska, on the 9th day of June, 1923.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Henry Ohlsen, of Homer, Alaska.
Mrs. D. M. Woodard, of Homer,
Alaska.
Edwrard Sholin, of Homer, Alaska.
J. R. Crittenden, of Homer, Alaska.
FRANK A. BOYLE, !
Register.
First publication April 26, 1923.
Last publication June 1, 1923. 30t
Run continuously in daily.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska,
March 13, 1923.
Notice Is hereby given that Bertha
A. Fulmor, sole heir of Albert Filmore, j
deceased, of Eureka, California, who
on Febr. 20, 1922, made homestead en
try No. 05299, for Lots 2, 3, and 6,
Section 32, Township 8S, Range 14W,
Seward Meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make final five-year
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the United
States Land Office at Eureka, Califor
nia and to submit the testimony of
two of my witnesses before Ralph V.
Anderson, U. S. Commissioner at Sel
dovia, Alaska, on the twenty-fifth dav
of May, 1923.
Claimant names as witnesses:
G. M. Chambers, of Seldovia, Alaska
James Cleghorn, of Seldovia, Alaska,
C. B. Peterson, of Seldovia, Alaska,
Jack Tansy, of Seldovia, Alaska.
FRANK A. BOYLE, Register.
First publication April 14, 1922.
Last publication May 15, 1923.
NOTTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
the undersigned has been duly ap
pointed School Tax Collector for the
town of Seward in conformity with
Chapter 29, Alaska Session Laws, 1919
and amendments thereto.
All male persons between the ages
of twenty-one and fifty years, except
sailors in U. S. Army or Revenue Cut
ter Service, Volunteer Firemen, Pau
pers and Insane Persons, are subject
to tax in the sum of Five ($5.00) Dol
lars.
Should you be living in Alaska on or
prior to the first Monday in April,
1923, said tax shall be due and pav_ •
able on said first date, and shall be
delinquent after May 1, 1923. Should
you arrive in Alaska later than first
date above mentioned, tax will be de
linquent thirty (30) days after your
arrival, or within ten (10) days after
notice is given you.
All persons, firms and corporations
employing labor shall furnish list of
employees to collector and are au
thorized by law to deduct amount of
tax from wages of employees.
Fines and imprisonment are provid
ed by the Act above quoted for those
wiio fail or neglect to pay tax or furn
ish list of employees.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, April 11,
1923.
CURTIS R. MORFORD.
School Tax Collector for Seward
Publish Apr. 11, 12, 13, 14, 1923. 4f
FORFEITURE NOTICE
Seward, Alaska, March 23rd. 1923.
To A. F. SPRAGUE, liis heirs, execu- *
tors and assigns: —
You are hereby notified, that I have
expended, curing me year 1920 and
during the period Jan. 1st 1921, to Juiy
1st, 1922, the sum of two hundred dol
lars in labor and improvements on
each of the following lode mining
claims, situate on Gilpatrick Mt. in the
Kenai Recording precinct, Third Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska, to wit: Sum
mit, Lisbon, Olympia, Hattie, Meat-ia
the-Pot and Clara, recorded respec
tively at page 132 Book 4, page 133,
Book 4, page 132 Book 4, page 46 Book
5, page 84 Book 5 and page 46 Book
5. Said Books mentioned being records
of mining locations of the Kenai Re
cording precinct aforesaid.
All of the said expenditures ^ were
made to hold said claims una'e?* Sec
tion 2324, Revised Statutes of the
United States, and all amendments
thereto, concerning annual labor on
mining claims, being the amount re
quired to hold said claims for the year
1920 and the period ending July 1,
1922. And if within ninety days after
the publication of this notice you tail
or refuse to contribute your propor
tionate share of such expenditure,
which amounts to $33.33 each for the
Summit, Lisbon, Olympia and Hatne
claims, $50 for the Meat-in-the-Por..
Claim and $25 for the Clara claim,
then your interest in said claims will
become the property of the subscriber,
one of the co-owners, who has made
the required expenditure as herein
stated, by the terms of said section,
and laws.
GUS BROWN
Date of First Publication: April 2n i,
1923.
Date of Last Publication: April 17, *
1923.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS
Pursuant to and by direction of tlia
stockholders of the Seward Arctic
Brotherhood Association, a Corpora
tion organized under the laws of the
Territory of Alaska, and having a usu
al and principal place of business at
Seward, in said Territory, at an ad- ’
journed special meeting held at Sew.
ard, Alaska, on March 12, 1923, the
Board of Trustees for said Association,
hereby give notice that a special meet
ing of the stockholders and sharehold
ers of the Seward Arctic Brotherhood
association, will be held at Seward,
Alaska, on Tuesday, May 15, 1923, at
the hour of eight o’clock p. m. of said
day at the small Arctic Brotherhood
Hall in said Town of Seward, for the
purpose of voting upon the question
of the sale of the real property and »
other assets of the corporation; the
repair and alteration of the same, and
upon any other question relative to
the sale, mortgage, lease or other dis- ,
position of said property and assets;
and upon the matter of dissolving the
corporation; and upon any t^her mat
ter which may lawfully come before
said meeting.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, Apr. 14. 192"
SEWARD ARCTIC BROTHERHO'V
ASSOCIATION, a Corporation
By L. V. Ray, Chairman of Board of
Trustees; and L. A. Peel, Secre
tary, Board of Trustees.
Publish Apr. 14, 21, 28, May 5. 12. 1923
SUMMONS
No. S-173
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska. Third Division.
Mary Catherine Suits, Plaintiff, vs.
Joseph Sheridan Suits, Defendant.
The President of the United States of
America to the above-named defen
dant: Greeting:
Pursuant to the provisions of an
Order made and entered in and by the
above-named Court in the aobve?enti
tled action on the 7th day of March,
1923, directing that service of sum
mons be made upon you by publica
tion, you are hereby required to ap
pear in said court within thirty days
after the completion of the period of
publication of this summons, to-wit.
within thirty days after the 28th day '
of April, 1923. and answer the com
plaint of the above-named plaintiff in
the above-entitled action.
And you are hereby notified that i
you fail to appear and answer the
plaintiff’s complaint as herein requir
ed the said plaintiff will take judg
ment against you for want thereof,
and will apply to said court for a de
cree of divorce dissolving the bonds
of matrimony existing between you
and plaintiff and such other and fur
ther relief as to the court may seem
just and proper in the premises.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is March 17, 1923, and
the date of its last publication is April
28, 1923.
Witness the Honorable E. E. Ritchie
Judge of said Court and the seal of
said court hereunto affixed this 7th
day of March, 1923.
(District Court Seal) W. N. CUDDY.
Clerk of the District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
Publish March i7, 24, 31, April 7 14,
21, 28, 1923. 7t