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THE DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
VOL 23 DOUGLAS, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1921 NOT
TEAM RETURNS
FROM WRANGELL
Baiketball Players Come Home on
Steamer Latouche. After Merry
Time is South
After hairing bcca at Wrangell
alar* fhrmtmaa day. the Douglaa
High School basketball team return
Mi here on the (ral(btcr Utoui'lu
on the afternoon of New Year'a day.
There was quite a crowd of frlenda
on the wharf to welcome them after
their very successful trip, on which
they played two kjuvh and won them
They secured passage on the La
tum he through the rourteay of Colin
M Ulaln, formerly of thla city, who
la now purser on the big freighter.
the officer* cave up their rooms to
the boya and In every way made
everything very homelike for them.
A' ting i steward on the vi-sacl. Mr.
line oe the trip north. All of them
have many good words for the ship
want to coma home when the I -a
willing to atay over In the city la
Ihrv bml the tint's of their live# and
basketball and had a jcuod tim;. Ibc
X. Grant
... J. Coulter
and their ?irennth and speed was
apparent It once. The home team
but there ? ait an air ol tense cx
tuam work or the visitor* was ex
ftr^t half. Wranxell doubled their
e?en better than that, and the vic
tor) .'nod 38 to t!. Osborn wan
? Continued on Pace 4)
BASKETBALL TONIGHT
Practically all of the pupils of th
Douglas public school will go to Ju
mill tonight to wltneaa the last tw
k' a moii of basketball of ? schedule
Mtrlva of four between the girls' an
boys' tt-ama of the Juneau and 1X>uk
la* High Schools. The games arc ti
start at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Aa the aerie* now stand th
Douglas boya have won all thro
games played? two of them on thel
own floor aud one In Juuoau. Tin
game in Juneau was won by thi
narrow margin of one Held haske
i nd was a very evenly matched af
fair. Of the three games played be
I ween the girls' teams, Juneau hai
won two. one In Douglas and om
In Juneau. The last game, whlct
waa played on the Douglas floor
was won by the local team.
Two of the moat Interest In*
games of the season are looked foi
NEW OFFICERS
FOR ODD FELLOWS
Encampment and Odd Fellows' In
stallation Ceremonies Bring
Ont Crowds
This week has witnessed two In
Aurora Kncampmcnt Installed of
very enjoyable.
Wednesday evening John ti. John
Encampment
Junior Warden
Maim Uiki-n
Simon Kosholm Guard of the Tent
Olaf Swan on Noble Granil
Gust Lundell i'ait Grand
PULITZER MISSING
tcrday (hat the roast guard vessel
Snohomish would leave fort Angeles.
what would ordinarily be a three
It la known that exceedingly
stormy weather waa on In the vl
Klne. She has no power to buck
?tortus and the belief la expressed
that the craft is anchored In one of
the numerous small bays that dot
VISITS FRIENDS
Colin M. Main. former wharflnm-r
at the IHiiikIus city wharf, was visit
i 11 K In DoukIom and other places on
the Channel late last week and earl;
.Mr. Blaln aaya that his father-In
!.iw. have Ruiutell. former black
?-ralth at Treadwell. now ha* a ?mal
Main also reports that Mlaa Kuanell
who waa quite III. has now entlrel;
recovered and is enjoying the best o
health.
Job Printing at the Nowa office.
MIDE SPEAKS
ON GOVERNORSHIP
Endorses George C. Hazelet of Cor
dova to Succeed Governor
Thomas Kiggs. Jr.
i> Tho sphinx has Npokon. and Terrl
r torlal Committeeman John C. Mc
s Urlde on Wednesday announced that
? ho was endorsing without reserva
t lion George C. Haxelct of Cordova
? for the position of governor of Alas
- ka. Kurther than that, Mr. McDrlde
> stated thqt he would do everything
> In his powvr to help Mr. Hazolet so
l cure the appointment.
> Mr. McBrlde. In making tho an
nouncement. said that since the elec
I Hon he had glveu the matter due
' consideration and bad consulted
with various divisional chairmen,
who. he said, were a unit In endors
also stated that ho had Interviewed
1'ijc Mr. HazcleC* candidacy. He
i other Hcpubllcan leaders on the
matter. He gave It as his opinion
that tho appointment of governor
would be one of the first made, as
Governor Kiggs Intended to hand In
his resignation on March 4.
George C. Hazelet Is one .of the
pioneers of Prince William Sound,
having landed there before there
was any town of Valdez. He was
for many years a miner and prosper
tor. He has made hlu home at vari
ous cities in Western Alaska ever
ilnce and Is said to have a large pcr
He was elected delegate from Alaa
THE JUDGE WILL
MAKE BIG FIGHT
Former Delegate to Congress, Him
self an Aspirant for Governor
ship, Speaks Out
times delegate to Congress. aspirant
polntment of George C. Mazelct as
governor of Alaska and In an Inter
view given to the Juneau Kmplre
yesterday has the following to say
"Mr. McBride's endorsement of
Mr. Ilazeict, of Cordova, for Oover
he could do. Ilaxelet and Itonohor
elected MeBrlde as National Coin
by appointing Ueogle, Haxclot, Mar
?iuam and MeBrlde then endorted
for Judge and later Hazelet and
Marquam will endorse MeBrlde ?
great natural resources on the public
trol or the government of Alaska,
agents and servants as Governor and
In the Territory? Shall Hazelet and
, Marquam be permlted arbitrarily to
name the Judges and other court
officials In the Third and Fourth
Divisions where the Alaska Syndi
? ate has its Kcunccott and Latouchc
copper mines, its Copper Kiver am!
Northwestern Itailroad. its Alaska
steamship Company's headquarters.
Its dominating 5?>-year government
lease of the most valuable parts of
the Bering Kiver coal fields, its Ka
talla oil monopoly, and transporta
tion control over the government
railroad and naval coal mines? Mr.
MeBrlde thinks that he will, but I
1 think be will not.
"Mr. McBrlde declares In his en
' doreement of Mr. Hazclet, In yea
1 lerday's Empire, that ho would do
everything In hi* power to help Mr.
Iluzelet secure the appointment, and
I now declare that I will do every
1 thing In my power to warn Preal
aituatton. and everything possible to
, defeat the appointment of Hazclet
>- and every other man endorsed by
r the Alaska Syndicate combination.
I In that contest I ask the assist
ance of all Alaskans who want a
square deal In Alaska, free from
the domination of the Alaska Syndi
cate and Its bipartisan political or
ganisation.
I "Thli situation presents to Presi
dent Harding, even before he has
taken his oath of office, the same
problems that beset President Taft
In 1910. The Alaska Syndicate's
attempt to control the great naturel
resources of Alaskn In 191U destroy
ed the Taft administration, severed
the bonds of friendship between
President Taft and Colonel Roose
velt. split the Republican party into
two great factions, which destroyed
each other in 1 9 1 S. elected Presi
dent Wilson, and defeated Hughes
for President In 1916.
"Will President Harding begin
his administration where President
Taft left off, and appoint the Cor
dova agent of the Alaska Syndicate,
wltb his Keystone Cauyon record,
as governor of Alaska, and turn the
government of Alaska over to It
bodily?"
PARENT^ TEACHERS
MONDAY NIGHT
Fine Program Arranged for the
Regular Meeting Next
Week
An unsually Interesting program
has been arrangod for the January
meeting of tbe , Douglas Parent
Teacher Association that Is to be
held In the assembly room of the pub
lic school building next Monday
evening. The features will be musi
cal numbers and addresses by Terri
torial Superintendent of Kducatlon
L. D. Henderson and J. H. Long
A lunch will will be served by the
domestic science department at the
cloae of tbe meeting.
The program In full follows:
Selection. . High School Orchestra
Piano solo. Minuet In E Minor
Solo, "Happy Days".. Miss 8tnnsflcld
(Violin obllgato. J. A. Nichols)
Address L. D. Henderson
Duet. "Nearest and Dearest"...
Miss Stansllcld and Mrs. Naud
Music . High School Orchestra
High 8chool Orchestra
CARD PARTY
To provide fundi for the support
of the Douglas High School orchea
tra. the Douglas Inland Woman's
Club will glvo a public card party
next Wednesday evening at the
Kaglcs hall. Progressive whist will
be played, and the ladlea ore asking
that everyone possible attend to
spend an onjoyable evening and help
out this worthy fund.
The club met on Wednesday even
ing at the home of Mrs. J. R. I?ang
seth. There was an unusually Rood
attendance present and the meeting
was said to have been highly en
joyable. Refreshments were served
by the hostess. "
VASA INSTALLS
The Order Qf Vasa Installed of
ficers last night at their meeting
place at the Kagle hull In this city.
There was a full attendance of the
The officer* for this year will be:
Olaf Swanson .. President
Gust Nelson
Perry Seaberg Chaplain
Krnest Berggren Financial Secretary
Gust Nelson Recording Secretary
John Q. Johnson ....
John Runquist .
Joe Halver Warden
Happy
New Year
Best Wishes
for 1921
I Guy s Drug Store
<3UY L. SMITH. Prop.
3d and D St. Douglas. Alaska
BUREAU SCHOOLS
TO BE ABOLISHED
Where There Are Territorial Schooli
Native Children Will Be
, With White*
That the bureau of education will
illscontlnue operating school* for na
tive rhililron In those parts of Alas
ka whore thore are Territorial ? anil
Nelson schools, Is the statement
lade early this week by ('.?Tea W.
llawktMworth, superintendent for
Hie bureau In Southeastern Alaska.
This statement followed the an
uouncoment made by Mr. Ilawkes
worth to the school board at Wran
,ell that this would be last yoar
the school for natives would be op
' rated there.
The policy of tho bureau In the
1 ruturo will, according to Mr.
llawkeaworth, be to have tho native
| children attend tho schools with the
white children, if the parents of the
former have severed their tribal re
lations and are lax payers and If the
I children come from sanitary homes.
This assimilation of the native chil
dren, according to Mr. Hawkeaworth.
will go a long ways towards solving
the native problem In Alaska and is,
according to him, the tblng most de
sired by the natlven themselves.
Ho does not think that the change
w'il Icome all In one year but that It
will come gradually and that in the
? 'jurso of a fow years the bureau
v II be able to confine Its activities
to those outlying places where there
are no territorial schools. Ho .thinks
(hat the fault found with the native
children on account of Irregularity |
of attenduueo can be remedied by a |
sharp enforcement of the Territorial
compulsory educational law. He
also believes that examinations of
the homes of the native children
should be made frequently by a
health officer.
will art uk a lover (o compel the fed
eral government to furnlih funds
with which to help support the Ter
ritorial school* U alw) an opinion of
Mr. Hawkeaworth's.
Differing sharply with Mr,
llawkeaworth on hi* aland In the
matter of non-segregation of tht
children of the Territory. L. D. Hen
denrson, commissioner of education
for Alaska, him made the statement
that in hla opinion tho time la not
yet ripe for tho assimilation of the
Indiana and that it wll take aeveral
general Ion* more before they have
arrived at a plane of culture that
will Justify them meeting tho white
children on an equal footing In the
school*. He ?uya that heredltery
tcndenclea of tho native* In mo?t
caacs would not permit them to at
tend with tho regularity of white
children and that poor sanitation in
the home of the native* and the con
tagiou* dlaeaae* they are heir to
would make them a detriment to the
white children.
Ho alio *ald that the abolishment
of the bureau school* In Incorporated
town* would not necessarily mean
that the school* would be thrown
wide open to tho native*. If the bu
reau closed It* Rchool* and It wijp
proven that the municipalities were
found to be responsible for the edu
cation of the natives of the town
who were tax payer*, ono solution of
the matter, according to Mr. Hen
derson. would be the maintaining of
Territorial school* In tho town* for
native* alone.
Summing up th? matter, lie Raid: !
"The quest ion In my mind Is not of
rare, hut as whether or not the na
tives can conform to the necessary
itandards. The determining fac
<ora In any solution of the problem
ihould be the highest good of the
greatest number. From this stand
point. segregation of the white race
teems necesary."
Governor Thomaa Rlggs has stated
that while in the course of time the
unlive children of Alaska may be
admitted to the Territorial schools
<in an oqual footing with white chil
dren. he Is convinced that they arc
not as yet ready for such a step.
As for the legal aspcct of the mut
ter. (iov. Klggs said:
"In putting the policy of the bu
reau into operation It will largely
rest with the local school boards as
to the substitution of Territorial
schools for those maintained hy^he
bureau of education. If the school
boards do not desire tho Intermixing
of whites with nmtlvcs and mixed
hloods In the schools they have the
authority to prevent It."
Tho governor then quoted the
rase of Davis va. Sitka as a point of
law where Judge R. A. Gunnison de
cided that the school board at Sitka
could prevent a child of mixed blood
from attending tho achool.
TAX COLLECTIONS
That more than 18,000 persons
In Alaska paid a poll lax In 1920 li
(ho statement mada tbla week by
Walatoln 0. Smltb, Territorial treaa
urcr. The poll tax collectlona, ac
cording to Mr. Smith, up until the
cloao of business on December 31,
were slightly more than 190,300.
This la conalderable In excea? of the
poll tax money collected In 1919.
when it amounted to 186. 000.
Something like 120,000 la being
withheld from tho Territory whllo
the validity of the law la being
tinted. The law haa been upheld In
the district court and the circuit
court of appeals and Is now pending
In the supreme court.
liy divisions tho poll tax collec
tions were: Klrst division, $32,000;
Second division, 13,600; Third di
vision, 150,600; Fourth division,
14,200.
TWO ARE DEAD
FROM EXPOSURE
Leslie Williams Falls Off Cliff When
in Weak State and Herb Scott
Dies in Snow
I.esllo Williams, 17-year-old aon
.if city ooaadlnui k. j. wniiams at
Ketchikan, and Herb Scott, aged <0.
asalatant keeper of the Mary laland
light near Ketchikan, arc dead from
being lost In a blinding snow storm
while out hunting on tho Island the
middle of last week. Hoy Chapman,
the third member of tho party, la
Htlll quite alck from exposure.
The three went hunting on Mary
Island. They were out all of Wed- 1
uosday night and the following day
nnd bad completely lost their bear
ings. Scott waa unable to proceed
?ny farther, so, leaving Williams to
?ratch him. Chapman, who la a high
Hckool boy, went in search of help,
lie wandered around for twenty-one
hours and finally reached the llght
liouae more dead than allvo.
Lighthouse attendants raised the
ilistretis signal and twenty-four hours
later the halibut achooner Washing
ton came along and brought the news
to Ketchikan. Searching parties
started out from there Sunday morn
ing and late that day came upon the
Williams body at the foot of a cliff
that he had stumbled over. Early
i he next day Scott's body was found
near by with Indications that he had
died from mid nnd exposure.
TREADWELL WINS
Tho Trcadwoll bowling loam in
creased It* lend In tho present bowl
ing tournnmont by defeating the
Eagles by a margin of 410 plm Wed
nesday evening. The totals were
Tread well 2394. Eagles. 1984. Ter
lovich had high wore with 196.
while Gavrll had high average with
177. Tho aeore folowa:
THEADWELL.
Terxovlch .... 163 195 160 ?608
Manning .... 121 156 157 ? 484
Graven 151 130 . 140 ?421
Danlelaon .... 182 167 161 ? 500 i
Gavrll 190 194 147 ? 531 !
Total
Caya
Grig*
Oakea
Kenstor
Wlltancn
807 842
EAGI.ES
112 113
106 147
136 113
161 146
746?2394
164 ?502
118 ? S4S
114 ? J?7
119 ?367
108 ?406
1?1984
Total 679 682 623
NOW IN SEATTLE
Mrs. Guatav Grundlcr, accom
panlcd by her two daughters. Mlsa
Krelda and Mrs. M. V. Chrlstman.
are now In Seattle, having arrived
recently from California. Mrs.
Grundlcr left hero for San Francisco
on account of the Illness of Miss
Krelda and was accompanied south
from Seattle by Mrs. Chrlstman.
Miss Frclda was found to be much
improved In health.
SMOKER POSTPONED
The American Legion amoker,
scheduled to be given In Juneau on
the night of January 14, ha? been
postponed until some date In Febru
ary. The reason (or the postpone
ment is given that some of the men
( ould not get into condition In auch
short time and that there was some
difficulty In matching the various
men. Several boys from the Island
wore to appear.
TANK FULL
To roplace some water lost by
leakage, tho salt water Ore tank on
the hill back of Douglas was tilled to
' day by the big fire pump on Front
j street.
PAPER CONCERNS
MAKE INQUIRIES
Will Come North in the Spring to
Make Investigation! for
Themselves
That good thin rh are In store for
Alaiika during the coming spring In
pulp and paper manufacturing de
velopment la evident from a tele
gram received several daya ago by
the forestry office at Ketchikan, In
which It waa said that three bin out
fits are preparing to make their pre
liminary surveys during the coming
spring. The details of tho telegrams
] or the plans have not been given out
lor publication by the forest office,
tiut Charles H. Klory. In chargo or
, 'he Alaska forestry service, admitted
ihla morning that he had received
! ueh Information.
Should these three outfits proceed
to build, or even If ono them carries
out the plans, It will mean a great
deal of employment and the con
stant disbursement of large sums of
money.
It is reported unofficially that ono
of the companies figuring on estab
lishing a paper plant is a large
church publishing house In the cast
which expects to make all of its pa
per in Alaska. If this concern should
go ahead it Is understood that It
would put up a tremendous plant
which would give employment to
hundreda of men.
At all events, tho telegrams re
ceived by the forestry office Indi
cates much Interest In the possibili
ties of pulp and paper manufactur
ing In the Ketchikan district which
is sure to lead to results In the near
future. ? Ketchikan Chronicle.
CHRISTMAS DAY
Today is Christmas Day, according
to the Greek calendar and the men
of thut faith living In this vicinity
are not working but are celebrating.
Owing to the few people here who
belong to the church now, no serv
Icoa ore being held in I ha local Serb
Ian church, but there are services In
the Greek church In Juneau.
At one time there were over a
thousand persons on Douglaa Isl
and who celebrated January 7 aa
their Christmas. but owing to the
closing of the mine* and the fact
that many of the men went back to
the European war, there are hardly
half a dozen of them left.
OPERATON SUCCESS
Miss Trine Museth was sticreas
fully operated on for appendicitis
this morning by Dr. H. C. DeVlghne
at St. Ann hospital, Juneau. Al
though the- trouble had reached an
acute stage, It Is do-lared that the
young lady will make a good recov
ery, Miss Museth entered the hos
pital several days ago. after having
been 111 at her home for aome time.
I
HOME SOON
Sergt. Harry W. Irvine of the lo
cal cable office experts Mrs. Irvine
and the children to be at Seattle by
January 13 and they will take the
first available boat north from that
port aftsr that date. They have
been visiting relatives In Ohio and
Kentucky for the past several
months.
DIED LAST NIGHT
Mr*. William Donovan. a former
resident of Douglas. died last night
at her home on Third street In Ju
neau of hemorrhage of the lungs.
Funeral arrangements will be made
upon . hearing from Mrs. Donovan'*
relatives In the south.
STEAMBOAT TOMORROW
The steamer City of Seattle Is due
hero at noon tomorrow and after re
maining on the Channel for sereral
hours discharging freight is sched
uled to sail directly south from Ju
neau. not touching at Sitka.
IS IMPROVING
Anton Nelson of Thane, formerly
1 a resident of Douglas Island, has re
turned to his home, arter having
been In St. Ann hospital. Juneau,
for several days with lead polson
! ing.
VISITOR
Mrs. Mildred Casey of the Perse
verance has been visiting with her
brother. Carl H. Erlckson. and fam
ily of this city for the past several
days.