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PROMINENT OLOIH
LEAVES FOR KSIH
When the steamship Starr sailed for
Chignik today she carried Mr. J. S.
Osmund and wife, prominent oldtimers
of the Teritory. Mr. Osmund is man
ager and superintendent of the Colum
bia River Packers Association cannery
at Chignik, and has been a resident of
the Territory for 33 years, looking af
ter his company’s interests to the west
ward ,the past 18 years. The Colum
bia River Packer’s plant is a three
line cannery, situated in Chignik bay,
and is one of the best plants of the
kind in the district, Mr. Osmund
stated that in all his experience in
the packing game not one can of fish
had been condemned by Outside in
spectors . In nine years he had had
but one man go insane, and this in
sane nerson was taken to Kodiak and
sent outside at the expense of the
company.
Mr. Osmund is not an ardent advo
cate of the reserve system as he be
/ lieves that it deters the smaller can
neries from operating successfully,
giving the larger plants the advan
tage. In the case of the Chignik can
nery. fish marked by his cannery are
taken in Bristol bay plants, and his
cannery is loser. The company is al
lowed to operate on a 50-50 basis, and
can pack 50,000 cases under the re
serve ruling, but last year packed but
23,000 cases. He believes that the can
neries now established should be cur
tailed in their pack and no new can
neries established, as within a few
years the fish will be gone entirely un
less the number of plants is curtailed
and restrictions placed on fishing.
The Columbia River Packers gives
employment to a large number of na
tives and hires the majority of its men
in Alaska, and also helps maintain a
school and assists the teacher in many
ways.
Mr. Osmund is also interested in the
fox business but believes the Territory
is making a mistake in placing a
heavy tax on the industry. His idea
% is that the industry should be encour
aged by placing a tax on fur market
ed, and not on the islands. The pro
posed acreage tax on fox islands, he
believes would be confusing and de
trimental to the industry. He states
that he #aid $6,000 for foxes on his
islands and whe nmarketed they had
cost him $5,420, leaving but little
profit. At the present time he has
purchased 16 pairs of silver grays and
will place them on an island in Chig
nik bay .paying a man $100 per month
to look after them, and giving him a
bonus of $15 per pelt marketed. By
this means good men can be secured
and the animals properly cared for.
While this is far above the average
wage paid he believes it will insure
beter results.
Mr. Osmund has been in negotiation
with the Bureau of Education in an
attempt to place 50 head of reindeer
on Sutvick island near Chignik, where
feed is said to be abundant and the
deer would do well. His proposition
is to pay a native $600 per year to
look after the deer, furnish him pro
visions, and take the increase which
would be used to supply fresh meat to
the residents along the peninsula, and
towns contiguous thereto. The offal
would be fed to the foxes and noth
ing wasted thereby. As the Bureau
has many thousand head on hand it
would be easy to supply the deer ,the
expense being borne by Mr. Osmund.
The past winter has been one of the
worst the westward has experienced
in years ,but it is pointed out that
the deer on Kodiak island have done
well, in fact better than those on the
mainland, there being few predatory
animals to bother, and fine climatic
conditions, with little snow.
ANNOUNCEMENT
I will be a candidate for re-election
to the office of clerk of the school
board, and solicit the support of the
voters at the April election,
tf. CURTIS R. MORFORD.
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J. H. Flickinger of the Alaska Steam
ship Company received a message to
day from E. T. Stannard, at head
quarters in Seattle, stating that the
Seward radio station would be reopen
ed April 1, but the message did not
.state whether the Navy or the Army
would be in charge. For several
months past the Chamber of Com
merce has been trying to have the
station turned over the Army, and on
Tuesday a message was received that
Iira War depai tni- n* :ud recommend
ed it transfer. It is believed that ac
tion has been taken by the Navy de
partment in order to keep the War
department l.v a getting a foothold on
11 e coast.
The local Chamber has had strong
assistance in the project, the San
Francisco Chamber, the Seattle Cham
ber, the Alaska and Pacific Steamship
Companies, and the Harriman Bank
people insiting that the station remain
in operation. Secretary J. P. Hannon
of the local Chamber, has rendered
invaluable service, as he was in charge
of the local station for some time, and
is thoroughly familiar with all phases
if the questions involved.
The station was closed last fall, os
tensibly for the reason that the Navy
had no money left for its maintenance.
Since that time all efforts of local peo
ple to have the station used has been
nullified by Washington. Pressure re
cently brought to bear by the army
to secure use of the station by the
Signal Corps, has been fought vigor
ously by the Navy department, which
apparently would rather see the sta
tion rot than made use of by the peo
pie.
COOLIE CARRIES
DAKOTA PRIMARIES
FAR(X), N. D., Mar. —rnofficia
returns from substantially all pre
cincts indicate that Coolidge has car
tied North Dakota primaries, with La
Follette second, and Hiram Johnsor
third.
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GRANT W. SEXTON, 59,
PROMINENT MASON DEAD
George W. Sexton received word on
this boat that his younger brother,
Grant W. Sexton, a resident of Wash
ington, D. C., for the past 40 years,
passed away at his residence in the
capital city, February 16. Mr. Sexton
was born in Indiana, but had lived in
Washington since he was a young
man. He was prominent in Masonic
circles of the city, being past master
and a life member of Mt. Hermon
Lodge No. 179, F. & A. M.|, of Hyatts
ville, Md. He has been employed in
the government printing office and
later in the Department of Labor. He
is survived by a son, Dr. R. Lyman
Sexton, a a daughter, Miss Belle Sex
ton, bot hof Washington.
LOCAL MEN GET AGENCY
FOR SILL SILL MILL
Messrs. Hendrickson and Hagan, of
Seward have taken the agency for the
Ellis Ball Chili mill, one of the great
est inventions of the modern age ,in
crushing mills, made in all sizes from
200 pounds to 500 tons per day ,and at
a price that is much cheaper than con
structing an arrastra. This mill makes
the prospector independent of the la
bor involved in constructing cruder
methods of ore crushing. The amal
gamator is also a concentrator in prin
ciple and it can be made so by the ad
dition of a fe wparts without extra
cost to the purchaser.
The mill will fill a long-felt want in
Alaska, the prospector being permit
ted by this process to work any high
grade stringer which would not war
rant more expensive machinery. Some “
of these mills have been in operation j
over three years with no replacements.
ENGINEER FOR NEW ENGLAND
PASSES THRU ON WATSON
The engineer for the New England
Fisheries who passed through here on
his way to Kodiak, branded as bunk '
the reports going around that the New j
England would locate its main plant ]
at Kodiak. When Messrs. Davis and 1
Nunen were in Seward they stated a j
branch would be located at Kodiak to |
handle shorts, and that this would ]
have no bearing on the plant for Sew- 1
ard. Mr. Davis stated that the plant j
at Seward would be compelled to put .
carriers on the run or else build a ]
i branch at Kodiak, and the engineer is
i now on his way to look the ground 1
over.
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Sales Agent for Seward
Notice of Sale of Real Estate for Delinquent Taxes, Town of
Seward, Alaska for the Year 1922.
(Continued from Page Two)
Vhom Assessed
Location Lot Bik. Taxes Pen. Int. Costs Total
3. E. Rudolph . 3
3. E. Rudolph .. 4
3. E. Rudolph .. 5
3. E. Rudolph . 6
3. E. Rudolph . 7
3. E. Rudolph ._... 8
3. E. Rudolph ... 9
3. E. Rudolph ._.... 10
3. E. Rudolph . 11
3. E. Rudolph . 12
3. L. Ballaine, Tract “A” .
3. E. Rudolph, ten acres .
PERSONAL
3. L. Ballaine .-.
iobt. Guest .....
3red Johnston ..—
L McLaine ...—...
tobt. McIntosh ...
f. A. McPherson ..
Town Seal)
Municipal
3irst Publication March 8, 1924.
Last Publication March 29, 1924.
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