49 CONVICTIONS OF
DRY LAW VIOLATORS
BRISTOL BAY DISTRICT
Prohibition Officer D. W. Flanagan
and Special Agent Baggen returned
on the Starr yesterday from a long
trip through Interior Alaska, the
journey by land and water extending
over 4000 miles. Mr. Flanagan, in
company with Agen Baggen, Mr- and
Mrs. Gale, Mr. Felder, of the Bethel
Mercantile Co., and Postal Inspector
Mellick, left Seward May 12, going
to Nenana, from which point they
took the steamboat General Jacobs for
lower Yukon river points, going as
far as Holy Cross. In an interview
with a Gateway representative, Mr.
Flanagan stated that while he had
no time to make a thorough investi
gation of conditions, he visited all
Indian villages en route and found
some evidence of liquor violations at
times during the oast winter, but
found only two villages where the li
quor laws were violated to any con
siderable extent. Where such viola- ;
tions were found invaribly they were ;
from traders giving liquor to natives j
for furs. The worst condition, accord
ing to Mr. Flanagan, were found in
the vicinity of Koyukuk, the traders
there apparently being very active in
furnishing liquor to natives.
At Anvik, the natives were prosper
ous, and also at Holy Cross. Poor
conditions existed at the Russian mis
sion owing to local poverty.
From Russian Mission polling
boats were taken, crossing the port
age and proceeding to the Kuskokwim,
where they were met by gas boat
and taken odwn the river to Bethel.
The party stopped at Akiak on the
Kuskokwim and found the natives in
a prosperous condition under the di
rection of Edwin Forrest, of the Bu
reau of Education. A sawmill is
owned by the government and natives
at this point, and many new homes
are to be found, all cleanly and /pros- !
porous looking. The branch at Quin- i
agak under Supt. Stecher was also
in fine conditions. This mission is
doing splendid work here and is prac
tically self-supporting.
While unable to visit the natives at
Nelson island, Mr. Flanagan learned
that $iey were in dire poverty and
a miserable condition exists, owing to
lack of transportation and the inac
cessibility of the country’. This is the
great breeding ground of the walrus
and the Nelson island natives are
adepts at hunting these mammals, and
are also skilled carvers and workers
in ivory. The natives on Nunivak are
said to be also in bad shape for the
winter. The natives from Good News
Bayr, Togiak ,and Kulutak are almost
exclusively dependent upon the wal
rus for their subsistance and a scar
city of these animals means starva
tion. The nearest trading posts are
at Nushagak and at Bethel, which are
visited at rare intervals.
Arriving at Bethel the party was
both surprised and delighted to find
immense stocks of goods at low prices,
despite lack of transportation, boats j
serving this port but twice a year. I
The party outfitted here and left on j
June 18 for lower Kuskokwim. Leav-1
ing Bethel the first real hardships of!
the party were encountered. Many
sandbars and uncharted waters made
navigation most difficult at times, and
very dangei-ous. After ten days hard
travel, Mr. Flanagan, Agent Baggen
and Customs' Inspector Sides, who
joined the party at Bethel, arrived at
Dillingham, Bristol Bay.
H^re the first liquor violations of
magnitude were found. Seven can
neries were investigated and eight
law violators apprehended all of
whom pleaded guilty and were lined.
Proceeding from here to Bristol
Bay proper, the officers -picked up 45
men, 34 of whom were found guilty
of violating the liquor laws and 11
the Federal narcotic act. Four of
these men were peddlers of drugs,
one being alleged to be the largest
operator on the coast. The 34 plead
ed guilty and were taken before Unit
ed States Commission Neilson and fin
ed .and the dope operators were plac
ed under $2000 bond to appear before
the Federal court at the fall term.
hTe fines in this district aggregated
$4200 . Ten stills were seized and
nearly a thousand gallons of mash
and liquor destroyed.
After cleaning up the district, Mr.
Flanagan, accompanied by Agent
Bagley, started on June 18 for Port
Moller. Shortly after their departure
their craft was struck by the severe
gaie which swept Bering Sea, and
for many hours the lives of the occu
pants were endangered. The engine
was put out of commission by the
heavy seas ,and the temporary sails
torn away. Huge seas swept over the
vessel and carried away anchors, skiff,
luggage and provisions, only a lull in
the gale preventing their foundering.
They returned to Naknek and awaited
the arival of the Starr ,on which they
took passage to Seward .
En route two liquor peddlers were
arrested at Chignik and a still and j
quantity of liquor seized. At Uyak, |
as the boats loaded, the two Japan-!
ese apprehended at Chignik shouted |
a warning to a comrade standing on
the dock, and a footrace ensued be
tween the agents and the bootleggers,
two men being taken as they were
hurrying a fine well made still into
the brush. Several hundred gallons
of mash were destroyed. These four
Japanese were taken to Kodiak and
tried before Commission Bettman,
pleading guilty and fined, an aggre
gate of $500.
They were peddling liquor to na
tives and were a menace to the
health of the community their stills
being deplorably filthy and unsani
tary.
While the fines on the trip were
not excessively high, the Commis
sioners believed it were better to
make them of an amount the men
were able to pay in order to save
the government the expense of trans
portation to Valdez ,and board and
lodging in the jail there. In case
they were taken outside it would cost
the government many thousands of
dollars to take them by dog team to
transportation centers.
During the long trip of Mr. Flana
gan, no good weather was encounter
ed until approaching Kodiak, and the
dangers of the trip were many and
frequent. It shows the magnitude of
the territory expected to be covered
by federal officers and cost the gov
ernment considerable money. This is
the first time this district has been
visited by federal prohibition officers.
In nearly all cases the cannery super
intendents cheerfully assisted the of
ficers and furnished transportation
and information as to conditions in
their plants.
EXCURSION PLANNED TO
LATOUCHE BY CHAMBER
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
is planning an excursion to La
touche in the near future. Latouche
merchants and citizens are good pa
trons of Seward and it is with a
view cf working up further tcade
that the excursion is planned.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Ordinance No. 78 df the Town of Seward, en
titled an Ordinance to Establish and Regulate
Rates, etc., provides that all electric current in
the Town of Seward shall be sold through me
ters after September 1, 1924. The maximum
rates fixed by said Ordinance are as follows:
For Lighting and Domestic Purposes:
12 l-2c per k. w. for first 100 k. w. hours.
10c per k. w. for the second 100 k. w. hours.
8c per k. w. for all over 300 k. w. hrs.
For Power the rates are: One horsepower
and more, the rate shall not exceed Six Cents
per k. w. hour.
The Ordinance also fixes a flat rate for in
stalling meters including connecting and discon
necting at $1.50 each. Consumers should make
application promptly to the Seward Light and
Power Company for meters specifying that ap
plications are made under Ordinance No. 78
and the rates fixed by said Ordinance.
By Order of the Town Council
By Wm. H. Whittlesey, Town Clerk
Dated at Seward, Alaska, July 14, 1924.
CHARLES A. SHELDON
SEWARD POSTMASTER
Yesterday, Charles A. Sheldon took
over the Sewar dpostoffice, succeed
ing’ W. E. Root, the veteran postmas
ter, who has been in office eight
years and four months. Mr. Sheldon
recently removed here from Nenana
and was named postmaster by Presi
dent Coolidge. Mr. Root is an old and
respected resident of the town, whose
term of office has been eminently
satisfactory. He has no plans as to
the future to be announce.
RUSSIAN PRIEST NEARLY
HALF CENTURY IN KODIAK
The Rev. N. P. Kashavaroff, priest
in charge of the Kodiak parish, is
| receiving the congratulations of his
! many friends over forty-nine years
spent in Kodiak as priest and offi
I dating clergyman. Bom in Kodiak,
the Rev. Kashavaroff has spent near
ly his whole life there, going to San
Francisco in 1869 and returning in
1875. He was educated in a Russian
mission and is a fine linguist speak
ing many of the native dialects be
sides Russian and English. During
his residence in Kodiak he has seen
the transfer of the Territory from
Russia to the United States, and the
gradual growth of the town into an
important trading post. The Rev.
Kashavaroff is a brother to P. P.
Kashavaroff, pastor at St. Paul isl
and; Andrew Kashavaroff, curator of
the Alaska museum, also a priest, and
a brother in the States, the family
of five boys furnishing four priests.
The good being done in Kodiak by
the Reverend prelate cannot be too
lightly estimated. For many years
he has worked with no salary depend
ing on contributions to the famous
church in his charge.
Canneries to Westward
Enjoy Unusual Fish Run
From Unalaska to Seward the can
neries this year are swamped with
the unusual run of humpbacks. At
Seldovia the All Year Round cannery
has put up 4500 cases. At Kodiak,
the pack is about 6000 cases. At Ug
anik with the run just starting about
15.000 cases have been packed- At
Uyak, 40,000 cases; Chignik, with
three canneries, gives Northwestern
24.000 cases, and the Columbia and A.
P. A. about the same ,as the pack
is being put up on a 50-50 basis, one
fish being allowed to escape for each
fish canned. The P. A. F., at Squaw
Harbor has 63,000 cases. At King
Cove, 80,000 cases have been packed.
False Pass, the Harris cannery has
64.000 cases and the P. A. F., 60,
000. The King Cove cannery holds
the record for canning, having work
ed through 3816 cases in 11 hours
and fifteen minutes.
In Bristol Bay, which had only a
30-day fishing season the pack is
about half, with 30 per cent- red fish.
When the Starr left the night of the
25th marked the close of the season
and the canneries were preparing to
load their packs on ships for outside.
SCHOOLS BADLY NEEDED
MANY WESTWARD POINTS
Schools are badly needed at many
westward (points according to residents
of the districts. At False Pass there
are about 25 native children of school
age ,and no school. Supt. Nicholls,
of the A .P. Harris Packing Company
declares that his company will furn
ish wharf facilities, wafer and lights
if a teacher and building is provided.
These natives scatter to their trap
ping grounds in winter and the only
time schools would be of ar. advan
tage would be in the summer months.
The Eureau of EducatTm has been
appealed to but has granted no relief.
At Chignik ,a worse condition ex
ists as some 25 or 30 children of
school age are mixed wThites and na
tievs. A fine school building is lo
cated here but no teacher is available.
Jas. Osmund says that a summer
school here is a necessity as the same
conditions exist as at False Pass.
These residents believe that the
Bureau of Education is neglecting
their sections in not providing summer
| instead of winter schools, and are ap
pealing for relief.
Seizure of a purse seine boat
loaded with fish alleged to have been
illegally taken, was made recently
near Ketchikan by Fish Warden
Stensland, and the four men compos
ing the crew of the boat are confin
ed in the Federal jail at Ketchikan.
The men are charged with taking
fish wdthin prescribed stream limits,
and in such cases, in addition to the
punishment prescribed for illegal
fishing, the boat, equipment and fish
are subject to seizure and sale.
BANKER IS DEAD
TORONTO, Can., Aug. 5.—Sir Ed
mund Osier, president of the Domin
ion Bank of Canada, died here yes
terday morning.
SCHOONER OLIVE WRECKED
IN HEAVY STORM KANATAK
The schooner Olive, Capt. Olsen,
owner, was wrecked in the heavy
pale which swept the westward July
22, being put ashore in a bight near
Kanatak to save the lives of
the captain and crew. The Olive,
which is an 80-ton auxiliary schoon
er ,plying in these waters for years,
was insured for six thousand, iess
than half her value, and has been turn
ed over to the underwriters. Captain
Olsen arrived in Seward on the Starr.
The gale was one of the fiercest in
years, many houses in Kanatak be
ing moved from their foundations. The
Blazer, being used as a barge, drag
ged her heavy moorings and was
swept into the sesond line of breakers
but a lull in the gale allowed her to
to be saved.
KANATAK CERTAIN 01 L
WILL BE STRUCK SOON
The Standard oil drills are down
2660 feet and in soft oil bearing sand,
making about 20 feet per day, and
employes say that oil is certain to
be struck within the next 300 feet.
hTe Associated Co. is down 1200
feet and is working steadily toward
the oil bearing sands.
ROAD COMMISSION CREWT
RETURNS FROM KANATAK
Joe Bell and crew of men returned
on the Starr from Kanatak where
they have been engaged in repairing
the road to the oil seepage, and the
oil camp now has one of the finest
roads seen anywhere. The old muck
and trash was scraped off the sur
face and a new road constructed the
entire distance. This will greatly ex
pedite transportation to the oil field
and give the camp a much needed
thoroughfare. Mr. Bell and crew left
today for Anchorage. •
CAROLYN FRANCES
IS AT KANATAK
The power schooner Carolyn Fran
ces, Capt. Wirth, was in Kanatak on
Friday on her way to Bethel. She
unloaded a lot of lumber and sup
plies for the new school building to
be erected at Kanatak by the terri
tory. A number of teachers and nurs
es were on board en route to points
north.
BEAR ATTACKS MAN
After escaping from drowning in
the rapids below the Big Bounder
dam in the wilds of inland Alaska,
47 miles from Haines, the nearest
town, Lawrence McConnell, surveyor,
climbed the steep banks of the creek
and on pulling himself over the last
edge to the top was pawed on the
back of the neck by a brown bear. A
fractured skull and minor scratches
about the head and shoulders were
the result of the encounter. After
the bear had struck him down he
remembered stories of old hunters
who had said that a bear would not
further attack a man who appears
dead, so Mr. McConnell remained
quiet and Mr. Bruin, who was really
not of the ferocious type, and had
only come to the stream to catch
salmon, walked away. Mr. McCon
nell’s comrades, members of his sur
veying party ,dressed his wounds as
best they could. After two weeks’
recuperating he was moved to Ju
neau ,from where he sailed for Seat
tle.
NEWHALL-DRUGS WEDDING
Miss Edith Newhall, daughter of
Dr. Newhall o fthe Methodist Epis
copal orphanage at Unalaska, known
as the eJsse Lee Home, was united
in marriage to Nels Drugs, at West
Chazy ,N. Y., June 5, and are at the
present time visiting with the bride’s
father at Unalaska. The bride was
one of the popular young ladies of the
western camp, and her marriage was
a surprise to friends and relatives.
The young couple will be employed at
the home .
HUGE HAUL OF SALMON
At Karluk, last week, a haul of
180,OPO salmon was made by one of
the Uyak canneries. So many fish
were in the trap that it was impos
sible to brail it without tearing and
the remainder of the fish were per
mitted to escape.
STEAMER ANVIL ON
WAY TO SEATTLE
The steamship Anvil called into
King Cove last week and was laid
up a day or so with a broken steam
pipe. The damage was repaired and
she proceeded on her trip south.
SHIPMENT OF WOOL MADE
Eighteen sacks of wool of a supe
rior staple were brought in from Un
alaska by the steamship Starr, con
signed to the States by the Aleutian
Livestock Co. The shipment weighed
about six thousand pounds.
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HAGEN & BENR1CS0N, Alaska Agents
WRITE FOR INFORMATION TO
P. O. BOX 1105, SEWARD, ALASKA
RALPH GROSVOLD MARRIED
TO v SAND POINT GIRL
On Sunday, July 27, at Unga, Al
aska, Ralph Grosvold, only son of
Andrew and Mrs. Grosvold, of Sand
Point, was united in mariage to Miss
Harriett George, United States Com
missioner Driffield performing the
ceremony, at the home of Mrs. Knut
sen. Those present were Andrew
Grosvold, Mrs. George, Mrs. Mel lick,
a daughter of Mr. Grosvold, Mrs. J.
H. Nelson, a neice of Mr. Grosvold,
Mr. and Mrs. Knutsen, Mr. and Mrs.
Lauritzen and family, and many oth
ers. Mrs. Knutsen served a delicious
luncheon to the wedding -party, after
which all departed for Sand Point,
and at seven o’clock the same even
eng, a wedding dinner was served at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mellick,
who was assisted by the Misses Lau
ritzen and Knutsen, 24 guests being
present.
On August 1, Mr. and Mrs. Gros
vold departed for little Koniuji isl
and where he will be the general
manager of the Little Koniuji Blue
Fox company, where they will make
their home in the future. The con
| tracting parties are well known here.
! POWER HOUSE BURNS,
MINE CLOSES DOWN
CORDOVA, Aug. 5.—The Bonanza
Jumbo ,one of the Mother Lode mines
1 of the Kennecott properties will be
put out of commission for about three
months as a result of a fire which
destroyed the power house near this
city.
SEVERAL DROWNED IN
BRISTOL BAY DISTRICT
—
| Two fishermen and one native were
drowned in the Bristol Bay district
! this season during the heavy gales
: The loss of life was much smaller
this year owing to the shortness of
the season.
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Hal Roach, producer of motion
■ picture comedies, arrived in Juneau
: recently on board his own yacht, the
Gypsy. He is now rated many times
a millionaire, says the Empire of
recent date. His second coming to
Alaska is strangely contrasted with
his departure several years ago when
he left Valdez, where he had been
I for several years, with his steamer
ticket and $4 in cash.
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