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THE DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
DOUGLAS, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14; 1921 ~ . no 8
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Company No. ? al
\l?.na Native Brotherhood Hall
Wedne-lav cTculn* proved a ?*
m, ?,.., ?..?? hf declaioo over J??
lirad*. a native boy. by a very nar
row martin, white HtK<ey wa? en
mted to ? ar?w with Joe Collier.
pon.nte ability ?a ? ?????' ?n'1 ,U1d
t.?t Collier. WM uncorkln* *?me "
?rnl?K a draw by Ma ?
turn were *olnK Rood ami exchanic
111(t pun hea. those of Collier , land
ing moetly on Hl*tey'? ?lovea.
match*! tor three round* with
i,,t, a lighter who was also strong
the l khtlDK. At the end of the ?<*
Martini's left that had HI? ?ro*S>
blow would hmve turned his toes
?ho out of condition.
Sammy Jackson. a native boy. am
boiera. white Roberta. though he
land and the bout w?at to Willi*
Uevena and Orahan. carted to
lire department, which la .muted on
Isrg o< yuan, native The
and plenty of soft drinks a, well ax
rer monle# and refereed several "
furnlohed by the Brady .rcheotr*
The eBtlf affair wa? pronounced
on< full of Jaw and pep and waa
SHOT
family reached their destination
after celt In* back there some one
look a ?hot at Sam and wounded
hint. The report that he had been
killed i> Mid to be an error.
*T FT MARRIED
Alexander T. Nelson, formerly of
thi* ritv. was married at Belling
ham. Waah.. on January S. Mr.
Nelaon has been In buslneaa at Bel
llagham for several month*. Hit
many fr:> n<H here wish him the best
HE IS BACK
Dr. Martin DamourstW, who ha*
lived here at various times In the
pa.it twenty yean anil ha* been In
terested in proniotlug various min
ing ventures, returned on the Jef
ferson and left on the Kstcbeth last
night for Hawk Inlet with two min
ing engineers. The doctor declare*
Jie I* going to start development
work on mining claims that he own*
at Hawk Inlet and on which he *a>*
there Is ore running up to $300 a
ALLEGES ABUSE
CAUSED INSANITY
Employee of Whaling Concern Asks
That Big Sum Be Awarded
Him (or Damage*
In it suit filed In the superior
that Louis Cobb, a new patient at
the Sedro-Wooli'* hospital for the
It Is deposed that on June 4. ttv
anil imprisoned at Akulan for nine
teen days, after whlrh Cobb was re
sleeping w ? ommodatiooit on th<
boat from 8e?0le to Alaska. Cobb In
On May 6. Saplannd. the super
Seattle this fall a ravin* nianiar. He
pleted itH dutli-H on Wednesday ol
FOR DELEGATE
Kourlh ... 1413
3719
ATTORNEY GENERAL'
Ruatxanl Murphy
.. 1485
694
Total *.... 5373 3917
VISITS
laic last
nine for
Mr. Itavlea while here
visited at the hum* of
parenta. Mr. and Mra.
of ttali city.
BIG WIND STORM
CAUSES DAMAGE
Knock* Over Building. Causes Flag
Pole to Cnuh and Tin
Up Traffic
A mull heasterly storm that raged
Sunday and Monday on Gastlueau
Channel wan one of the worst storms
of that nature that has ever been
experienced here, and before It
stopped at midnight Monday blew
down the warehouse on the ferry
wharf, the coal hopper thero and the
big flag polo on Mayflower island
Startlug some time Sunday, the
wind lucreased In velocity con
stantly until It reached the apex
Monday evening. The force of the
wind sent big rollers Into the Chan
nel from Taku Inlet and Stevens
Passage and at times the waves
reached a great height.
Traffic between Douglas and the
mainland was practically suspended
most of Monday, as few would ven
ture on mnklug the trip on the ferry
boat Teddy which was on the run In
place of the Lone Klshermau. Sev
eral trips were missed by the boat.
It was Just about 6 o'clock Mon
day evening when the warehouse
crashed. It was fortunate that no
one was In the vicinity at the time,
so no great damage was done. Pend
ing the time that the debris can be
The warehouse that is now noth
lug but a pile of smashed lumber
was for years the pride of Douglas
the city was landed. The structure
ago by the Juneau Kerry ft Naviga
tion Company, owners of the wharf.
The building was opened by a grand
?tall that. It Is said, brought out all
which the building stood was the
finally superseded by the present
city dock. for the past several
years the building has lain Idle, al
lt Is not known exactly when the
was a hundred feet in height and
?as raised ten year* ago when the
pavilion was built on Mayflower. A
flag was raised there for a number
of years In observance of various
I'nder the protection of Mayflower
Island the Douglus gas boat fleet
rode out the storm at its moorings
at the city float and no damage has
been rci>ort<-d to any of the boats.
Although at time* the wind roach
< d a great velocity, at no time did
MONSTER MINE
TO BE OPENED
Placer Ground Covering Great Ledge
Will Be Worked in Spring
Near Douglas
That development work will Mart
next spring on a mine near Dougla*
that will. In time, rival In size and
productivities* the fatuous Trcadwell
mines. Ik the Information wo received
today from what It considered a vary
Rood source. Our Informant Mid
that Just recently a Marge placcr
mine, covering a ledge of monstrous
proportions, was discovered near
this city and that the coming spring
will see this placer ground being
It will be remembered that where
the Glory Hole now Is there wu
once a creek running and thai
placer ground was worked there be
fore tho ledge was uncovered, and It
ii said that this new discovery ha*
The discoverers are extremely re
lucMnt In clulmlng a great discov
ery. but with the coming of spring
will make every effort possible to
develop the property.
The entire matter Is as yet
shrouded In the deepest kind of mys
tvry;thc exact location of tho claims
has not boon divulged, the discover
ers' ntfmos are not known to us, but
we have tho word of a very reliable
person that the whole thing Is on
the square and that all the state
ments are true.
IN HOSPITAL
Robert Krasor of Treadwell Is In
St. Ann hospital, Juneau, suffering
with what is said to be stomach
trouble.
PARTY A SUCCESS
The card party given Wednesday
11 1 Klit at the Ragles' hall by tlio
Douglas Island Woman's Club wis a
sum-as from every standpoint and a
good slzod sum was reallied for the
benefit of the High School orchestra.
About $30 was cleared on the altalr.
The prise winners at whist were
Mrs. Wllmer Edwins, first prise for
ladles; Mrs. Van Huylonbroccken.
second, and Mrs. W. E. Cahlll, con
solation. The prises for gentlemen
were won by David Drown, first:
Charles Sey. aocond .and W. E. Cahlll
< ousolatlon.
A fine lunch was served, aftor
which there was a Jitney dance to
music by volunteers on the piano.
FINE PROGRAM ON
TUESDAY EVENING
Several Good Talks and Good Muiic
at Parent-Teacher Associa
tion Gathering
The regular monthly meeting of
the Douglas I'arcnt-Tearhcr Assocl
atlon, wbirh was held on Tuesday
evening, was both an Interesting
snd Instructive affair. K J. While
of Juneuu and H. L. Rowley of
Treadwell were the speakers of the
evening and their talks were very
much enjoyed. The music by the
lllgh School orchestra and by Miss
Mabel Cleary was of a fine quality.
Mr. Wblte in his talk took for
his theme the cooperation between
the school and the home, and de
clared that the P.-T. A. was tbo or
ganization to bring out this cooper
ation. He spoke of the various
l*arent-Tearher organisations and
stated that Douglas was the second
city to organize In tho territory.
He took a very decided stand on
tho question of native children at
tending the city schools after the
government school was cloned down.
He thought that its practice should
not be allowed and reasonod that It
would be a detriment to tho white
children.
H. L>. Rowley took for theme
"Character Analysis" and by using
children of the grades gave apt Il
lustrations of the charactors of tho
children as Indicated by the three
shapes of facca? couvox. concave
and plain. He agreed with Mr.
White in his attitude In regards to
the admission of native children to
(be city schools.
Refreshments were served in the
domestic science room of the school
The sot program that was to havo
been given 011 Monday night was
postponed until Tuesday on account
of the storm. Several people from
Juneau who were to be on tho pro
gram found It impossible to be there
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Kewi has been rocelved hero of
the death of Mr*. N. K. Adams,
mother of Mr?. Kenneth Carpenter,
who formerly lived here. Mrs.
Adams visited her daughter here
for a time. She died Just before
Christmas while living with her son.
Her remains were brought to Ta
eome for burial.
RICH ORE
Six hundred tons of ore from the
Premier mine in the Hjrder district,
going $500 a ton. was recently
shipped south or a C. P. H. boat.
Three thousand tons more will be
shipped front the mine this winter.
The ore is freighted out over the ,
snow.
WE HAVEN'T A DROP OF
WHISKEY
in the (tore to warm you up
this cold weather '
BUT?
WE HAVE GOT?
Hot Water Bottles
Electric Heating Pads
Chamois Vests
Chest Protectors
and
About 100 Boxes of
Cold Tablets
For You
Guy s Drug Store
GUV L. SMITH. Prop.
3d and D St. Douglas, Alaska
SEASON CLOSED
FOR BASKETBALL
Dougla* Boy? Champions and Juneau
Qirla the Winner*. After
Intereiting Scries
The steam roller was working for
(ho Itoys of the Douglas High School
basketball (cam at the Juneau High
School gym last Friday night when
in tho fourth and last game of the
season with the Juneau High team
I hey won by a score of 49 to 18. The
Klrls loat their game by a score of
IC to K. With the winning of this
gamo the boys concludcd the sea
son undefoatod, having won from
the Jutioau High school four times
and from other teams five times.
The Juneau girls are the champions,
as they have defeated the Douglas
girls threo out of four games played.
The boys' game opened with a lot
of xipp. with the Douglas boys
shooting baskets almost at will, and
the end of the first half saw the
score 83 to 3 In their favor. Tho
second half was more even, as the
Douglas bova mlssod dozens of easy
throwa for tho > age. The Juneau
boys made 15 points In this half
while Douglas was scoring 16.
On Recount of the Ion of Una
Crowe, who was out of the game on
account of slcknes*. the Douglas
girls' offensive line was rather weak,
although Selma Aalto played hard
and was responsible for all eight of
the points made by her team. The
two Junoau forwards working as a
unit were very effective.
Line-up and Score ? Girl*
Juneau Poa. Douglas
llcndrlckson F (C) Aalto
Lundstrom F Cam
? Feusl
Kelly - ... 8C McCormlck
O Wiltanen
Janlksela (C.) O ? Niemela
island substituted for McCormlck
when latter substituted for Cam In
second half.
Douglas ? Field goals, Aalto 3:
free throws, Aalto 2.
Juneau ? Kleld goals, llcndrlckson
Lundstrom 3; free throws, llcnd
rlckson 4, Lundstrom 1.
Score at end of first half, Juneau
10. Douglas 6; final, 16-8.
Referee ? Ilowley of Treadwell.
Boy?
Juneau Poa. Douglas
Brltt C Brown
Uussc) F H. Gallwa*
Fortncy P Nelson
Barragar 0 M. Gallwas
Perelli O ............. Manley
Capt. llcndrlckson substituted for
Bussey In second half and Pcabody
for Perollo. Other substitutes who
did not play were Janlksela for Ju
neau and Cam for Douglas.
Itouglas -Field goals, Brown 2,
It. Gallwas 6, Nelson 10, M. Gallwas
3, Manley 1; free throws. Brown 6.
Personal fouls, 2.
Juneau ? Field goals. Brltt 2; Bus
sey 1. Kortney 2, llcndrlckson 1; free
thrown, Britt 6. Personal fouls. 3.
Score at end of first hair, 33-3;
final socre, 49-18,
Iteferee ? Hodges of Thano.
NEW OFFICERS
FOR REBEKAHS
Installation Ceremonies Held Last
Night Under Charge of District
Deputy President Livie
I>lnt rict Deputy Grand President
Catherine Llvle. assisted by Deputy
Grand Marshal Gertrude Laughlin
last night had charge of tho Instal
lation ceremonies that made Mrs
I'rledo Swanson noble grand of
Northern Light Kebekah Lodge No.
1-A, and Inducted the other new of
ficers Into their places for the pres
ent year. TI14 ccrcmontes. which
were very Impressive, were followed
by a banquot and considerable speech
making and were held at the Odd
Fellows halt.
The following are the new officers:
Krieda Swanson Noble Grand
Mary Garn Vice Grand
Josephine Langseth Secretary
Sabin Dokanlch Treasurer
I Gertrude Helgesen Warden
Agnes Garn Conductor
(lertrude Laughlin Chaplain
Catherine Llvle K. S. N. G.
Virginia Laughlin L. 8. N. U.
Mice Hull ... R. 8. V. G.
William Anderson L. 8. V. G.
Kd Asplund .. Inside Guard
TEACHER ILL
Miss Theresa Reeve, of the faculty
of the Douglas high school, was III
several days last week and unable
to attend to her duties as a teacher.
STORE CLOSED
J. W. Martin haa clotted up bit
atore In thla city anil haa wired K.
('. Uubcrta, who haa had charge of
the eatnbllahmcnt for the paat acr
cral weeks, to crnto up the remain
ing gooda and alilp them to Seattle.
Mr. Martin hai asked that the
Newi thank hit patrona for their
trade In tho paat. Thoae owing ac
counta ran pay them at the Klrat
Territorial Dank of thla city.
MISSED TRAIN
IN TO JUNEAU
Man Write* to Hit Wife That He
Won't Be Home Tki? Winter,
ai Last Boat Hai Left
Railroad trains at Juneau! No
more boati for the south thli winter!
Shade* of Ananlaa! Can It be true?
It must bo If we arc to believe ?
report from Cedar Rapid*. Iowa,
which stale* that poor Mr. Fuller
I* stranded a hundred and fifty miles
from Juneau, and unable to net
there to catch a train on account of
a broken leg.
If Mr. Fuller'* letter to hi* wife
be quoted correctly, he *ure has an
original excuse, It ought to pass
anywhere, ? except in Alaska. First
Mr. Fuller had the misfortune to
crush his leg sixty miles from camp;
then lie was compelled to wait a
week for the physician to set the
leg; and to top It all, when he I*
Anally able to be about on crutches
lie finds that he cannot get to Ju
neau to catch a train, and anyway,
the last boat has left Alaska for the
States this winter!
Mrs. Fuller Is evidently st 111
waiting for her husband'* return.
The report In full reads:
"CEDAR RAPIDS. la.. Dec. 1.?
(Special to The Register) ? Suffering
agony from a broken leg while hi*
companion trumped sixty mile* on
snowshoes to obtain the service* of
a phyilcian to reduce the fracture,
was the experience of It. A. Fuller
of this city, who is In Alaska. Mr.
Fuller went to Alaska last summer
on s hunting expedition. At Ju
neau he met an old friend and tbey
decided to go into the Interior.
"They tramped 160 miles from
Juneau when the accident happened
to Fuller. A falling tree barely
missed his head and dropped on his
leg, crushing It.
"The nc.irest camp and physician
were sixty miles away, and Fuller's
friend set out on hi* inowihoe*. It
was more than a week before he
returned and the broken leg wa* set.
"Fuller, according to a letter rc
< elved by his wife. Is able to be
about on crutches but is not able to
walk the ISO mile* to Juneau to
get a train, and as the last boat has
!efl Alaska for the State* this win
ter. he will be unable to return to
Cellar Rapids until next June."
WRESTLE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Nick Davlscourt. who for one sea
Moil worked at Treadwell and gave
several wrestling exhibitions at the
Treadwell Club, is matched to
wrestle "8trangler" Ed Lewis for the
world's championship on January 21 ;
at Rochester. New York. Davlscourt
at the time ho was here wax amateur
?-hamplon of the Northwest. He Is
a blK. husky fellow.
TO BE NUN
The news has been received hero
that Frances. 17-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cashcn of
this city, lias entered tho convent of
St. Ann at Victoria as a novice. She
has two years In which to complete
her training and to take the vows.
The young lady went to Victoria last
fall to attend school.
BACK FROM MINE
Arthur C. Olson, who for tho past
several months has been employed
by the Chlchagoff Mining Company
at tiioir mine at Chlchagof. returned
from that place on tho Ambeascador
on Wednesday and Is now at bis
home in this city.
FINE PROGRESS
Miss Trine Museth. who was op
erated upon last Friday morning at
Juneau for Appendicitis, is making
a fine recovery. She has suffered no
pain whatever since the operation
und is rapidly gaining strength.
BACK HOME
Mrs. Thomas Ness, accompanied
by her son. Arthur, and little daugh
ter. Emma, orrlvcd here Wednesday
night, after having spent the winter
v lulling at Tacoma, Wash.
DRIVE STARTED
FOR GOOD CAUSE
Honey Being Baited to Feed the
Starving People of Europe
Thi? Winter
Tho drive (or the European Relief
Council has now started on Douglas
Island with P. R. Bradley, chairman
for Trnadwcll. and F. A. J. Gallwas,
chairman (or Douglas. This council
la headed by Herbert Hoover, and
Governor Thomas Klggs baa charge
o( the work in Alaska.
At both Treadwell and Douglas
subscription lists may be (ound at
various placea about town.
On next Sunday and Monday
nights the great picture, "Auction
of Souls," will be shown at the Lib
erty theatre (or the benefit o( the
fund. This picture shows tbe Turks'
treatment to half a million Armenian
women and girls. It shows them
sold into slavery, murdered and rav
ished by Turks and wandering
bands of Turkish brigands. Aurora
Mardigunlan, said to be the solo
survivor, came to America and acted
In this film and directed the film
ing of it, giving all the enormous
earnings o( the picture to her people.
Hundreds o( people were used In
some o( the great scenes that the pic
ture contains and those who have
seen the picture say it is one o ( the
greatest triumphs o( fllmdom and
a vivid portrayal of th? sorrows of
the Armenian people.
Gordon C. Mitchell, superintend
ent of the Douglaa public school, has
taken <harge of the ticket sale for
the performance and the children of
the city will sell them for fifty cents
each.
Tho cause for which the money is
to be raised has been pronounced a
most worthy one. It is said that
thousands of little children arc wan
dering over Europe with no homes
and nothing to cat. Representatives
of the Council are now feeding many
o( them, but unlesa more money Is
secured many are doomed to starve
be(ore the next harvest.
At Ketchikan a thousand dollars
has been raised for tho fund; Juneau
is now conducting a drive for the
fund that Is meeting with great suc
cess. and almost every other city in
the territory Is raising money (or the
cause.
CONVERTS MADE
BY JOHN DARROW
Salvation Army Worker Hvainf
Good Succeti Among the
Native People
John Darrow, representative in
Douglaa for the Salvation Army, re
ports moat excellent aucceaa In this
vicinity for the Army. The first
meeting held by htm waa on Novem
ber 25. when there were four con
vert*; at the Aral meeting in De
cember there were three more con
vtrta and at the regular New Year'a
Kve watch night aervicea four more
were converted. On that night John
Darrow. who la a native, preached
a aermon on the "Ten Vlrgina."
The achedule of aervicea of the
army la: Prayer meeting at 8 o'clock
Sunday morning and Sunday achool
at 2 p. m. that day. The regular
Sunday evening aervicea are held at
7 o'clock. Services are held in the
Juneau Indian village Tuesday even
ings and in Douglas Wednesday and
Krlday nights.
Mr. Darrow also reports that there
Is to be a Salvation Army wedding
on the first of next month before
Commissioner Henaon. when Joe
Acosta and Jennie Plaen will be
married.
Caah donation* have been made
to the cause as follow*: Bay View,
f 8.70; Ensign Quick. $5.0(1; Ed
Belts, $7.00; caah from friend, $2;
Jennie Plaen, $1.
Mr. Darrow waa here laat winter
also and made many converts among
the native people.
NEW POLE LINE
A crew of men working for the
Juneau Electric Light ft Power
Company are this week putting up
a new line of transmission polea on
the city dock to replace the onea
that have become weakened with
| age.
COMING HOME
Mr*. H. W. Irvine haa left Ken
tucky and la now in the Weat. She
and the two children are acheduled
to leave Seattle January 23 for their
home here.