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THE DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
%TTTr DOUGLA8, XLASKA, KRI1?AY, DECEMBER !0, 1920 NO 3
VOL. ^
ANNUAL REPORT OF
FISH COMMISSION
Mhm> Vanom Recoramendotiona
for the General Good of
Industry
The Alaska Territorial Kl?h Com
Mission. constat ln( of Thomas
KIkks. governor and chairman. C. t>.
Dougherty and A. J. Adams, ha*
the year ending March 31. t>30.
The conclusion of the report sums
up the Alaskan fisheries situation In
t ih>ii an examination of tho pro
duction It will be noted that there
With tl ?!??!> "ion o; ?n? uiuiuii
!?* roallnuni With our entry Into
thr ronflK 1 Is 1917 extraordinary
trust, rausnl a break In the market
are more than two million raars of
tcrlous frtlah which would con
(Continued on pace i)
.
CHRISTMAS MAIL
Notice bu txwn itlvvn that the
last boat that will take wall south
*ith an assurance that the mall
will reach polnta In the East by
Christmas day. will be the Jefferson,
which U due to no louth Sunday,
rackajcra and letter* should be
mailed not later thau tomorrow.
The next boats to go south will be
the Northwestern and I'rlnrew
Mary, both of which are scheduled
to sail south on l>eeembcr 16. Mall
for the Middle West and Pacific
Toast points that catchea these boats
?lll reach Its destination by Christ
ANXIOUS MEN
CAUSE FRIGHT
Get Relief Ship to Look for Earl M.
When That Boat Does Not
Considerable anxiety was felt In I
Juneau early thin week for (he!
<afrtjr of the Has boat Karl M.
11 1 n k on trips to several point* on
ind others did not (eel much eon
<"i'ii. but on Tuesday the two men
vent to P. 8. Commissioner Burton
ind asked that a boat be sent to
Wednesday, while on the way to
>\ loek Wednesday evening,
it Uypaum. ('apt. Mauley told them
MANY INDICTED
IN FIRST CITY
Srand Jury Attempt* to Clean Oat
Ketchikan's Underworld
la bfllncd. were made In ail attempt
BUYS GATEWAY
Harrr O. Steele, owner of the Cor
.dova Dally Time*. boa purehaaed
li?h it In the future.
TREADWELL LEADS
IN TOURNAMENT
Fifty-one Pins to the Good in Sec
ond Hound ? Each Team Will
Bowl Twice More
With their victory over the Thaue
bowling team Wednesday nlKht, the
Treadwell bowlers Jumped to the
(rout In the Treadwell firemen'*
tournament and now lead the Doug
las firemen In tho two matches
played by 61 pins, the totals being
Treadwell 4501 and Douglas 4150.
Friday's Oames
The Kagles' bowling team defeat
ed Thane last Friday evening by a
score of 1075 pine to 2056. Hay
McCormlck, bowling with the Kagles.
made high seoro of 191 and high av
KAGLES
130 14S 108 ? 308
It. McCormlck 126 171 191 ? 488
llokanlrh .... 157 114 134 ?405
160 143 136 ?439
THANK
W.McCormlck 152 148 153 - 153
163 134 174 ? 470
14C 1*0 144 ?41<>
Tuesday's Games
In the game-* Tuesday evening
the Douglas firemen won from the
Heady Bullion team V the narrow
margin of six pins, the totals being
2235 to 3229. William ltobcrtson
of the firemen rolled 180 for hUh
wore und Itay McCormlck of the
Hl'LLH J*S
DOl'QLAS
W. Kobcrlnon ISO 15? 149 ? 486
U C'uheu . 137 164 121 ? 401
Wednesday's Games
TUEADWHLL
? 179 141 130 ?450
133 101 109 ? 343
Standing of the Teams
K?Kl<-? 4064
SENTENCE AFFIRMED
penitentiary gircn to Al Weather*
hy JiiiIk" Robert W. Jennings of the
titvnt to rob. at the spring term o[
by tbo president. Weathers must
with others, was eharged with shoot -
der Forrester at Admiralty Point
charged that the shots were fired to
load of fish could be taken.
Tho ease was a Ion* drawn oni
one and at the end Ernest Slice and
1 1 Weathers were found guilty of
' - .1 u It with Intent to rob. Stage
was given a year In the Juneau Jail
and Is now serving his tlmo. Weath
ers was senteneed to four years at
MrNclls Island and hit* been out on
bonds awaiting the outcomo of his
appeal to the circuit court.
CHRISTMAS AT TREADWELL
The Treadwell l'aront-Teacher
Amuclullon has decided that there
will b? a community Christmas tree
In their town this year. aii<l at the
special meeting of that body held
Wcdnodday evening laid plans for
the evout. setting the date as De
cember 24. and the place tho Tread
wall Club.
A committee, to consist of the
Mexdumea. MacDonald, Illchards.
Graven. Kreeburg. Weschenfeldor
and L. II. Mrtigur. was named to
Iibto charge of arrangements. Tho
MIkm-s Kelaey and Falrman. teach
ers at the Treadwoll school, were
appointed to have charge of a pro
gram to be given by the school chil
dren.
DOUBLE HEADER
GAME TONIGHT
Girls and Boys of Juneau and Doug
lu Will Meet for Third
Game of Series
Juneau and Dbuglas High School
basketball team*, boys and Kir In.
moot tonight in the third icumc of
i series of four that Is scheduled to
lx< played between the team*. Sv
far the Douglas girls have lost two
(nines and the Douglas boys have
'von both of their contests.
The girls have been practicing
lard and will go on the floor tonight
with n determination to win. It Is
laid that during their practices this
*eek they havo shown remarkable
niprorement.
The Juneau boys' team, made des
lerute by not having won a game
rom Douglas for two seasons, will
ry hard tonight to come out on top.
loth games will be the scrappiest,
inapplcst ever witnessed on the Isl
ind. All four teams will start with
?radically the .tame llno-ups as at
he previous games.
i'latts have practically been corn
deled for the Douglas High School
i series of games In that city. A
nost likely be talpn. It is planued
PARENT TEACHER
PROGRAM ARRANGED
ilonday Night Is Regular Monthk
Meeting Night of the
Organization
A most entertaining and Inst rue
Ive ?program has been arranged by
he committee In ehn'gc for th?
egular meeting of the Douglas
chool house next Monday evenlr.p
rho program will be as fellows:
lelectlon High School Orchestra
Elisabeth Robertson and
Emma tiarn
... Junior Orchestra
. Mrs. John Richard*
... Flora Kaledovlch
... Senior Orchestra
ralk. "General Health of Chil
dren" Dr. Gladys Rowley
Song Mrs. \V. K. Cahlll
'America" ....... Orchestra
COMING HOME
Mrs. Harry W.Irvine, accompanied
by her two daughters, Eleanor an !
Hetty, are now their way here, after
liuving been visiting for several
months with relatives in Kentucky
snd Ohio. They left Covington.' Ky .
un Dec. 6. Sergeant Irvine expect ?
them here sonic timo next week.
NOW!
18 THE TIME TO GET YOUR
'XMAS CARDS, TAGS
AND SEALS
While the luuorttiHMit Is com
plete? and It's a fine one, too.
BOOKS AND TOYS
(LOTS OK KM)
Holiday Oifti for Everyone ?
Large and Small
Guy s Drug Store
GUV L. SMITH. Prop.
3d and D St. Douglas. Alaska
REPORT OF WORK
IN KUSKOKWIM
Livingitone Wcrneckc Return! After
Spending Nine Month* at
Nixon Forks
Livingstone Wcruookc, geologist
and m t it I UK engineer for the Tread
, well and allied mining companies,
who him been In chargo of prospect
us work for the companies In the
Kuakokwlm country for Iho past
nine months. In speaking of the lode
mines that arc bring developed, said '
that they arc situated at Nixon
Pork, 3S mile* easterly from lie
Cratli and 11 miles northwest from
the forks of the Kuskokwlm near i
the heads of Hidden, Kuby and Mys
tery creeks.
McUrath I* situated 570 miles
above the mouth of tho Kuskokwlm ]
river anO 70 miles below the Junc
tion of the North anj South forks,
the head of navlgafiou on the river.
Ocean-going vessels, drawing fifteen
feet or less of water, ran travel to
Uetbel. 7<' miles above tho mouth
of the river. Prom there supplies
must be transferred to lighter
draught vessels to be taken to Mc
Grath.
In describing the geology of the
country. Mr. Wernocko said: "The
claims arc located along the margin
of a granite stock about three miles
In diameter which Intrudes a pele
7olc limestone. All the ore bodies!
to date have been found In the lime- j
stone, although some mineral-bear
ing veins occur In the granite. The
mineralization seems to bo closely
associated with certain porphyry
dikes when Ihey occur at or near
the limo-granltc contact. The posi
tion. shape and occurrence of the
ore bodies are Irregular; some lie
along bedding planes in (he lime;
others along fractures in the lime,
and some Immediately at the con
He said that the average assay of I
tho orn that will be mined will dc- 1
pond somewhat on tbe costs of op
erating and the efficiency of tbe
time, he stated, one oro body whlcb
{fin a ton; another $60. and still an
other, $30. For the present, thc|
tonnage that can bo produced is In
Snmming up the prospect work
sunk on the claims the past sum
prevented bv the lack of hoisting
equipment. On account of the early
freeze-up the arrival of gasoline for
the compressors and hoists was de
layed. and this winter's work will
work done, 73! pita and trenches v
wero dug through from three to I1
eight feet of noil and bedrock to de- 1
tcrmlno the nature of the bedrock '
below. A permanent camp waa ea- '
tabltahrd. with two frame buildings "
completed for a bunk houae and a *
nun* houae. as wvll na a frame ware
houae and |>ower houae at Bcrry'a !>
Landing on the Kuskokwlm. Two 1
log barna. an assuy off Ire, a fore- f
mail's ratln and a Ior hoiat and 1
compressor houae hava ?Iho been
constructed thla an miner Thirty
one men waa the largest mtirfter em
ployed during the aummer and (his
force has been rut down to 25 dur
ing the winter. Charles Horner,
formerly of Treadwell, la now fore
man In charge, with l.loyd liullard
as aaaayer and aurvcyor and Frank
I'ualch. blackamlth.
will for metallurgical teata to de
termine a suitable process for recov
ering tho gold, silver and copper.
Half of tho experimenting will be
done at Kellogg, Idaho. It Is also
planned to ship between 400 and r>no
tons of the sorted ore next spring to
determine the freight and shipment
charges and smelter discounts to
make a comparison between ship
Mr. Wcrnecke also Mid that there
was no reason for anyone stamped
ing to the district with the expecta
tion of finding bonanza ore, neither
la there anything there that war
rants production on a low grade
basis. He said that the future of
tho Nixon field will be determined
by the work that will be done thlx
Mr. Wernecke loft the middle of
last March for tho Kuskokwlm.
taking with lilm hi* portable aaaay
outfit to examine mining prospects
near McOrath. He matle the trip by
iloic team from Woxtla over flock y
P*k.m to McUratb. It took blm four
teen day* to make the trip, lie says
that the portable naaay outfit wan
imlifipenfilblc to till work and that
over 200 assay* were taken that
uthcrwlae would havo to havo been
shipped long distances.
Ho left the Kuiikokwim on Novem
ber 1G on hla return trip and ar
rived here December 5. After re
nialiilUK at Troadwell for ton day*
lio will go to Seattle to spend the
holidays with hla family.
DOUGLAS WANTS
RETURN GAME
Willing to Play Thane if Certain
Conditions Are Met by
That Team
The Tliano basketball learn is
hireling for revenge from the Dong
as High School, the only team that
las defeated them this scaaon, and
hi December Tth pouted a challenge
o the High School "to play them a
i.imc for the championship of Gas
Ineau Channel. Thane objects to
I. I). Cole of Junoau as rofcrce anil
vnnts some one else, anil also wants
h ' game to hi' jijayed on a neutral
As the High 8chool team has
ot hern defeated this seaion, the
ame could hardly be for the cham
lonship, and even if Thane should
In. honors would be even. As the
hallenglng parly, Thane has no say
s to where the game will bo played
r ? ho shall referee.
A. day before the Thano challenge
h posted, Gordon C. Mitchell,
oai'h of the High School team, sent
letter to Thane telling them upon
hat conditions they could have an
ther game, and the provisions were
?ore than fair, as considerable more
Inn their rights were conceded,
he letter in part follows:
"The Douglas High School basket
all team will play the Thane team
n the night of December IS, pro
Idod the Metlakalla team has not
rrlved on me Channel?on or before
bat day. In case tho Metlakatln
?am has arrived, we will play
bane any night they may name
lie following week. The" game to
e played In some hall that comes
jmewhere near the regulation size.
II. Cole < 111 referee at least one
alf of the ;amc and If agreeablo to
hane the can choose a referee for
le other linlf. An early reply le
A* yet 110 official answer has been i
mile to tho letter.
DENNIS MILAN DEAD
News has been received that
eiinls Milan, for many years a res
lent of Douglas, died last Saturday
t Providence Hospital. Seattle. He
iiirvived by his wife.
Dennis Milan Is a real pioneer of
lio Island who came here over 22
ears ago. He was engaged In bus
nexs for a number of years, being
lie first one to operate the Hotel
luiiter In this city, lie sold out to
ho Butler Brothers and left slightly
lore than 18 years ago for L.vnden.
fish., where be ownod a farm.
Iteming Ills farm several years
go, he and Mrs. Milan came bark
u Alaska and stayed on the Island
or about a year, ho being employed
n a mill at Treadwoll.
STEAMER DOPE
A new schedule of t he Alaska
iteamshlp Company will make Mail
men fur the North from Seattle ait
ollows: Victoria, Dec. 17; North
vestorn. Dec. JO; Victoria, Jan. 10.
riic Victoria will leave by the out
ild" passage and will call at the
K>rta of Cordova. I.atouche and
' ward, eliminating the Southeast
?rn Alaska calls, which, however,
a 111 be served by the Northwestern
:* usual. The Southeastern Alaska
Iner .leflerson will sail for Ketchi
lan, Wrangcll, I'etcrsburg, Douglas,
luneau, llalnea and Skagway on the
tallowing dates: Dec. 19, Jan, 1
>nd 13. The sailing of this ship
Dec. 19 will make her the Christ
mas ship to Southeastern Alaska
points, as the Victoria will not make
l hone calls.
FROM SEWARD
Mrs. H. L. ltowley, accompanied
by her three children, arrived here
on the Admiral Watson Tuesday
night from Seward. Mrs. ltowley
and ramily will live at Treadwell.
where Mr. Rowley I* omployel In a
clerical capacity at the Treadwell
PIONEERS GATHER
FOR ANNIVERSARY
Many Math From Far Parts of
North to Feed on Grab Raited
in Alaska
I'lonccis of the North, from Port
land Canal to Seward Peninsula,
mushed to Masonic Temple in Seattle
Wednesday evening, Dec. i, and to
'he number of 814 partook of "grub"
brought from the fields, flats, gar
dens aud streums of the land once
li-slgnatcd us "the great white mya
tery." Under the ausplcca of the
Yukon Order of Pioneers, Seattle
l<odge No. 2, the guests celobrated
the twenty-sixth anniversary of the
order, and lived again. In song and
reminiscence, the trials, hardships,
sacrifices and Joys of the golden
qucat.
t'lam chowder made from Cordova
dams; reindeer meat from Nome;
potatoes from Matanuska, cranberry
sauce from St. Michael flats, hot
biscuits made out of Tanana flour,
and pickled beets from Skagway,
formed the principal items on the
menu, with pie of blueberric* from
the Yukon flats to top It off with.
Charles II. Miller, who made hia
way Into Dawson in 1897, presided.
Mr. Miller was recently honored by
uloctlon as president of the Seattle
lodge. Dan Sutherland, delegate
elect to congress from Alaska, was
'lie guest of honor and principal
speaker. Mayor Hugh M. Caldwell,
former U. S. Senator Samuel H.
Piles, George T. Snow, the oldest
actor in the North and a past presi
dent of the lodge, and Maj. John C.
Ootwali, U. S. A., chairman of the
Alaska road commission, were the
speakers.
Judge Charles K. Iliinncll of the
Kalrbanks division; Arthur Frame,
representative-elect from the Third
iIIvIhIoh, Anchorage; John Montford
and Clark P. Haumur, Dawson oper
ators; Kd. C. Kussell, twenty years
a publisher in Alaska; O. D. Coch
ran. representative-elect from the
Nome division; Mrs. M. U Stltt, sec
retary, and Mrs. Alice D. Jones,
treasurer of the l^adles of the Gol
den North, and Delegate and Mrs.
Dan Sutherland were among those
seated at the speakers' table.
Ueorgc T. Snow, who served as
first president of the order, made a
forceful appeal to Alaskans now res
ident outside to respond to the call
for united support of the Northland,
lie declared that thero arc 28,000
men of pioneer calibor who are en
titled to membership in the order.
Delegato Sutherland was received
with cheers, the audleno standing.
"The placers of the Yukon are now
exhausted, are gone," he said. "Tho
presence of so many pioneers in Se
attle Is evidence of the fact." He
declared his belief that tho next He
publican congress will placc a tax
"on all gold used as a luxury in or
der that producers of the precious
metal may be able to produce It at
a liberal profit." The sentiment
found a responsive echo in the big
audience He visualized a brighter
side to Alaska of tho future, how
ever, predicting that fields of golden
grain will soon take the place of
gold mines, and that the soil of Alas
ka will be tilled by men from the
United Stall's. The pulp industry
is another development no longer a
dream, but on January 1, he said,
will become a dream realized when
the first pulp mill will be in opera
tion; oil for fuel is better than a
prospect. The oil Industry of Alas
ka will come to the front. "I believe
the government will drill for oil
thero." he remarked.
BOAT MISSING
The gas boat Diana. Capt. Ed.
Jones, and owned by Charles Gold
stein. Is five days overdue from a
trip to the lllrsi Chlchagofr mine on
Chlchagof Island, and fears are felt
for the safety of the boat, as wire
less news has been received from
Chlchagof that tho craft has never
reached there.
The Plana left Juneau on Novem
ber 3? with two men on board be
sides the captain. She was taking a
load of supplies to the mine, and waa
expected hack in port last Sunday.
Yesterday Commissioner N. L.
Burton of Juneau sent the gas boat
Dixon out to search for trace* of
the missing boat. The Murre, on
the way to Sitka, also had Instruc
tions to keep a look-out. and the
Chlchagofr. which arrived last night
searched while on the way to port
and failed to find any trace of the
Have you answered the Roll Call
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