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THE DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
DOUGLA8. ALASKA, FRIDAY, .JANTARY Jl, 1021 NO 9
MACKENZIE VALLEY
WONDERFUL PLACE
Noted Mu?hrr Explore* the Coun
try and Finds Out Some
Strange Fact*
According to J. T. ( Engineer ?
Burn*. ftho recently went from
Sk.?K?av to Prior* Rupert on the
Prime** Mary. <>>?? Markenile river
rounlr; or northern Canada con
man and to aim full of -oil seepage*.
Indicating the presence of thai
there. Besides the mlnoralizatlon of
the region. Barn* ray* he found a
fossilised area where the remains of
prehlatorlr animal* were uncovered
Mr. Burns went to Edmonton
30th last for the north. Going b?
Great Slave lake, ller* he waa do
layed for nine days waiting for
the headwaters of the Mackenzie he
aceured a poling boat and floated
overland to !fewaon. and expocted
feel* keenly the loan of some gold
sees it. the northland provide*
prove a very high grade
He abo found the fomtl of a fl*h
cached thai, to be brought out or
hi* next trip there Imbedded In a
Mr. Iturns rays that game la very
plentiful throughout the region he
covered The same animals we have
tn the Yukon abound In that coun
try .and in addition there to the but
falo. which I* indigenous to north
ern Canada. II* dirt ont ?w any of
the latter, however, but learned
troro the natlrea that they wore plen
tiful; and that an regard* their *lie.
one bull waa killed which weighed
twenty-four hundred pound*. Moose
it nd caribou are aeen In great num
ber*. but he say* they will be exter
minated unlet* something I* done to
reduce the number of wolve* which
bunt In great pack* throughout the
whole region. Theae animal* travel
In half-moon formation, and aweop
everything before them; and he aays
he haa never knowi of any country
being ao overrun with them aa the
Northwest Territories are at the
.preavut time.
Aaked hi* opinion of the Port
Norman itrike. Mr. Hurna Mated
that he had no doubt but that time
would prove that country one of the
great producer* of the world. Aa to
eaay to make, and he nee* no reaxon
A. S. SHATTUCK, JR.,
DIES AT SEATLE
Well Xn&wn High School Boy Suc
cumbed to Spinal Meningitis
Thursday Morning
Shattu< k. Jr.. aon of Mr. anil Mr*.
8. 1903. and was In his junior year
Channel. II e worked on the Kmplre.
for Juneau on the l*rln<em Mary.
IS HOSTESS
while her father. I>r. I. II. in ore.
The (oljowlux from the Scuttle
venture:
A hostess Id time of peace has ,
partmeut and has been undertaken
The Prwldlo Is one of the four
Presidio, three ?iimru have none on
BACK TO SERBIA
S. Paarlrh. a miner who until re
cently had been employed at the
Keady Bullion mine. hus left tor hit
old home in Serbia. Mr. Pasclch has
been llvlnjc on Gastlneau Channel
for the past ten years.
DOG MUSHCK
IS WRITTEN UP
Scotty Allan and Hii Dog, "Baldy of
of Home." Get Space in Sunset
Magazine
Under the caption of "Interesting
Western People." Kloronce Wll
loughby contrlbuten an article In
the February number of Suuset Mag
ailne on "Scotty" Allan, known to
people of Alaska on acount of his
record an a driver of dogs and for
the fact that he vlalted thla section
of Alaska a* a representative from
Nome to the Territorial house of
representatives.
The article follows:
He waa christened Allan Alexan
der Allan. I'oetlc "cheechakos" (new
comers) to the Land of the Great
White Silence that borders on the
frozen Circle call him King of the
Arctic Trail, but to "sourdoughs" he
is affectionately "8cotty" Allan, the
greatest dog-musher that ever made
.. track in Alaska. In a land where
driver for their very existence dur
ing the Ions winter, this meaua that
able courage, physical endurance,
lleetnem and sureness of foot and an
them safely through the haiards of
the arctic bliuard. the wastes of
houseless snows, the frosen rivers
and treacherous Ice-fllled canyons of
Twenty-four years ago Scotty.
then but a lad not long from his
native Scotland, "broke dogs" for
the KOyal Northwest Mounted I'o
thing In the soft burr of his voice
that won the wllil heart of the wolf
dog after Canadian half-breed mush
crs. Imported for the purpose, had
lie-bound Jrom November until
dred wiles of trackless empire to
Vsldex. where steamers from the
States called. With nothing but a
the first to set out with his huskies
and dogs battled for every mllo of
no purchasing power on a trip where
all that land of beauty and majesty
that could thrill them as did the
llrst glimpse of Scotty. frost-covered
down that last stretch of the silver
parka dancing, every sleigh-bell
ringing, every pointed-nosed, pink
tongucd huskle In his team laughlug
To the cheering Northerners mall
day was an epoch and Scotty a hero.
work in the All Alaska Sweepstakes.
they eyes of the sporting world to
ward Nome. A writer on Alaska
"Kor the unexpected and exciting
slid as a test of speed and endur
ance. It Is doubtful If the spqrt has
hummocks on Bering Sea: over wide
( do* n sleep hillsides; though deso- ?
late valleys where the flerco north
and snow, sweeps; over the track
less Ice of lakes and rivers. Nowhere
else does the world know such- a
race course."
It was over this four hundr'd aad
twelve mil* ?course that Allan drove
the dogs he had bred for the pur
pose and brought them In winners
seven times In eight years. Oold
mines were wagered on those races,
purses of ten thousand dollars went
10 the winning teams and thousand!,
i if dollars were paid for a single
racing dog. It is recorded that $1,
jon was paid for McMillan of the
Ilroken Tusks, a racer of tempera
inent who. after the purchase, de
(Continued on page 4)
RF.T.IEF FUND
Receipt* to (late In Douglas (or
European relief total $75.25, accord
In* to a statement niadu today by
K. A. J. Gailwas. chairman for tho
drive In Douglaa.
Of thia amount. $31.25 was ob
tained by tbe beneflt play, "Auctlou
of Houla," at the Liberty theatre ou
Sunday and Monday night*. The
gross receipts of tho chow totaled
$131.25. of which the management
received $100.00 and the relief fund
tho balance. Approximately half of
the money taken in for the show
was accured through tho aalo of
tlcketa by school children.
The balance of the monoy, to the
total of $75.26, waa socurcd on sub
scription llsta that are In various
places In the city. The llsta will be
out for several days yet, so that
PULITZER IS SAFE;
RUDDER IS BROKEN
Vessel Given Up for Lost After More
Than a Mont's Disappearance
Is Reported
That the mall boat Joseph 1'ullt
ser. reported mining slnco Decem
ber 16. in safe at Chlgnlk. but that
her rudder In broken, making her
helpless. la I ho report rocelrwl yes
terday by the United States Inspec
tor* of steamboats at Juneau. The
Pulltxer went aahore In a storm at
Auiakchak bay and lost her rudder.
The crew got her off and. rigging a
Jury rudder, qavigatcd the vqtwql
Into Chlgnlk.
The United States fisheries de
partment boat Elder came Into Chlg
nig and finding the vessel there took
the mail from her and Is now dla
trlbuting It to points along the Al
eutian Peninsula.
The crew of the Pulitzer have re
quested that they be taken off the
vessel and the coast guard cutter
Snohomish, now on the way search
ing for the missing vrsel, will prob
ably take them on board.
The Pulitzer left Uyak, December
IC for I'nga and should have reach
ed there In throe days. After the
viSKcl had not reported tor several
wpeks a request wo* made that a
roast guard cutter be sent In search
of her. with the result of the Hno
liomiah being despatched uorl?.
The I'ulltxer Is a pilot boal whose
primary power la sails. The craft
ran operate at tho rate of about
four mill's an hour with her auxil
iary gas engines. She has taken the
mall run from Seward to Dutch Har
bor and Intemediate porta and Is
owned by Dr. Andrew C. Smith of
STRIKE AUTHENTIC
More Information has been re
ceived In regards to tho rumored
gold strike near Douglas that wa.?
made last fall. Those concomcd In
the matter are only awaiting the
The discoverers are oldtlme pros
pectors who have had years of ex
perience in both quartz and placer
mines In Alaaka.
BOWLING
A movement Is on foot to start a
bowling tournament on Uaatineau
Channel that is to be between toams
from the Kiks. the Brunswick. Doug
las. Treadwcll and Thane.
All the details of the affair have
not yet been worked out.- but It Is
expected that they soon will be and
that the tournament will start soon.
WE HAVEN'T A DROP OF
WHISKEY
in the store 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 Yon
Guy's Drug Store
GUY U SMITH. Prop.
3d and D St. Douglas, Alaska
FORMER DOUGLAS
GIRL IS WOUNDED
Georgia Stanton Shot by Delbert
Roper Loit Saturday
Morning
Mrs. Georgia Stanton wax (hot
i hrongh the upper piyt of the right
i>rm and (ho right lung with a 4G-70
i Ifle In th eliaiids of Delbert Itoper
at Junean last Saturday morning.
Roper afterwards attempted to kill
hlDiHClf with the name gun by shoot
nig himself ovor the heart. Roth are
at SL Ann hospital In Juneau and
hIII live. The shooting occurred in
Roper's cabin on Ninth street at
shortly after 4 o'clock in the morn
ing. and according to his statement
was caused by Jealousy.
Roper claims that a male visitor
had been entertained In the house
Jointly occupied by himself and Mrs.
Stanton up until 1 o'clock on the
morning of the shooting. He said
that he had taken her Into his house
about two months ago and had
given her half of It to live In and
had paid for the food and other ex
penses .and that whon she had other
visitors he loat his temper and shot
Mrs. Stanton claimed that aho
went into Roper's part of the house
and they wore sitting at the table
having some lunch when au argu
ment arose and ho reached up and,
taking his rifle from the wall, shot
her.
After being shot Mrs. Stanton ran
from tho house and went almost a
block before she fell. Her little 4
year-.old boy followed her out and
?hcn he saw his mother fall, ran to
* neighbor's house and kicked on
the door and told them that his
mother was dying. Sho was taken
In and the doctor and police sent
Shqrtly after doing tho shooting.
Roper, while sitting in a chair In a
leaning position, placed the rifle
over his heart, reached down and
pulled the trigger, sending a bullet
through his chest.
The rllfe with which tho shooting
was done Is almost tho largest bore
known. Tho bullet that hit Mrs.
Stauton passed clear through her
and, coming out In the middle of
Iter back, went through some cloth
ing on a line, a curtain and a parti
tion and lodged 111 a door casing. '
Thtf bullet thot hit Roper broke 1
lown the wall of his right chest,
ante out almost tinder his arm and
'odged in the roof of the house.
Klrsl uid treatment was given to
Oie two wounded people by Dr. L>.
to tbe hospital In an automobile,
l)r. H. C. I)oVlghne dressod the
rounds. Although fearfully wound
-d. It Is now thought that both will
Georgia Stanton was born In
Douglas twenty years ago ,the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McWII
llams, who are pioneers of this city.
She was married to Harry Stanton
when she was fourteen years of sge.
but has been separated from him
lor several years. She has one sou,
beween four and Ave years of age.
Kor a time she lived at Skagway with
her mother. Mrs. RUa McWIlllnnas.
who Is there now. Since coming
back to the Channel she has been
living In Juneau, where for a time
she was employed as a waitress.
Her father, J<**s McWIIllams, died
several years ago.
Nothing much Is known of Roper
only that he gave his age at 42 and
that he had been a hnhcrraan and
laborer.
Roper v.-as arrested on Wednes
day evening by deputy U. 8. mar
bhals on the charge of "shooting
with intent to kill." Ho Is now con
lined in the strong room at the hos
TO HOT SPRINGS
Frank Uarh. after having worked
''readily for the pant several year*
it hi* Job of head Jailer at the fed
eral Jail In Juttoau. left last night
? ?n the Kstebeth for Tenakee. Mr.
Ilarh haa been troubled with a ae
wre cough for gome time and I* Ro
mp to the hot springs town In the
hope that the baths there will ben
ilaiiKhter. Mrs. It. E. Coughltn, and
her husband while at Tenakee.
GOING SOUTH
Kred Hobert. at one time a clerk
at the Treadwcll store who for a
numhor of yeara haa been operating
i he Hub clothing (tore In Juneau, Is
< losing out his business. Mr. Hebcrt,
with his family, will leave in a few
weeks to locate on a farm near
Knumclaw. Wash.
FOR BONUS
Ketchikan Poat of the American
l.cgion recently pawed resolutions
endorsing legislation to be Intro
duced at the noxt session of the Ter
ritorial leglslaturo to give all Alas
kan ex-service men a bonus of 125
pur month for each month they were
In the service, the payments to bo
made In Ave yearly Installments and
to be given only If the ex-service
man Is building a home for himself
In the territory.
The measure provides that a
bonus at the rate of $3i> per month
for each month he was In the serv
ice bo glvon to ox-sorvlcc men who
aro proving up on homcstoads in tho
territory.
The Ketchikan Post wll do every
thing possible to havo the proposed
bill passed by the noxt Alasku legis
lature.
MORE STUDENTS
Throe new students have enrolled
in the Douglas public school this
woek. Joseph Vexetti, who has been
working at Thane, came Hack to tho
high school; John Halm, who wu?
also employed at Thane, Is In th<
Krudcs, and Arthur Ness, who h?a ,
recently returned from a visit to Ta
coma. The enrollment in the high 1
i hool Is now 34. or ten more than
last year.
MANY TRANSFERS
IN STOCK MARKET
Alaska Juneau and Alaika Gold
Stock* Move Freely, But
Remain Low
In the annual number of The An
nalist. a New York financial paper,
a summary of Now York stock ex
change transaction for 1920 shows
that 341.300 shares of Alaska Ju
neau shares changed hands during
the year. The stock opened at the (
beginning of the year at 2V4, reach
ed Its highest point of 3 on March i
31 and Its lowest notch on Decem
ber 21, when It went down to \
It closed the year at Tfc.
The stock has a par value of $ 1
a share and the amount of capital :
rango of prices during 1919 was
from 3'* to 1%.
Alaska Gold (Alaska Gastlncau)
:>pcned the .ear 1920 at IT4. reach
id its high water mark of 2H on!
March 24 and low at H on Decern
her 22. It dosod at % the last of
the year. Total sales for the year
were 1S1.500 shares.
This stock has a par value of $10
und the capital stock Is $7,600,000.
During 1919 the range was 4H
PARENT-IEACHER8
The orchestrn of the I lunulas pub- 1
lie school will play several selections |
at the meeting of the Treadwcll
Purcnt-Teachcr Assoc lation at the
Treadwcll school Iiouru this evening j
.mil the Treadwcll school children ;
will glvo songs and recitations.
The committee in charge of the ,
program tonight have issued a gen
eral Invitation for everyone to at- i
tend.
BUYS SHOP
Krank McDonald, who at one
time was blacksmith at the Tread
well machine shop and laur head
blac ksmith at Thane and who went
to Seattle to work In the shipyards
during war days, has bought a
blacksmith shop at Port Angeles,
Wash., and Is now operating it.
Mr. McDonald's family Is still at
Seattle and will move to Port An
geles as soon as he can sveur* a
house to live In.
OPERATION SUCCESS
Ilobert Fraser was operated on at
St. Ann hospital." Juneau, last Mon
day by Dr. H. C. DeVlghne. It was
found that Mr. Frascr's sickness
wus caused by adhesions of the In
testines and it Is believed that the
operation will have entirely removed
the trouble.
Mr. Frascr's condition since the
operation Is continuing to Improve.
For several days after he suffered
severe pain and was unable to sleep
but is uow said to be feeling better.
VISITING HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Hurlbut and
daughter, Mary, arrived here Tues
day night from Chlchagof and will
::pend a week visiting with Mrs.
Ilurlbut's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
McCormick. of this city.
MINING EXPERT
FAVORS INCREASE
Sayi That Ail Increased Price on
Would Prevent a Decline
in Production
That a riw In the price of gold,
while prftbahly not tending to In
crease tlio world'* output of that
precious metal, would certainly tend
to rcturd Its decline and to prevent
a predominate proportion of the
metal from going Into channels other
than for tho manufacture of coin, I*
the opinion of Henry Strakoseh, ex
prciied at the International Finan
cial Conference at llrussels. Mr.
Mtrakosch la quoted In part aa fol
lows In the Aaaallst:
"Gold as the standard of value and
as the foundation of tho currency and
credit organizations of the civilized
world has proved so efficient that It
cannot be supposed that It will be
abandoned In the future. It la well,
therefore, to examine the question
of gold production, and the usea to
which It is put. Those factors are
uf very considerable Importance In
the consideration of the currency
problems before us." ?
Mr. Strakoseh then reviewed the
production generally from 1893 to
1915, when It reached tho high
water mark of 96 millions storllng.
rapidly declining until 1919, when
the value of the total world output
waB reduced to 72 millions sterling.
Judging from the figures so far
available for the curreut year, Mr.
Strukosch estimates that the yield
will not oxeced 69 millions sterling,
while u review of gold mining gen
erally, he believes, points to the
probability that the world output
will show a further decline in 1921,
mil that from then onward the out
put will more or lesa steadily recede.
The discovery of a new field, even
:>f the size of tho Klondike, would
inly slightly affect the situation, ac
.ording to Mr. Strakoseh, who de
lures that a radical chango In gold
production can only be expected If
the discovery Is of an outstanding
liaracter. Of tho uses to which the
(old output of the world has been
put, he says:
"Taking the years 1907 to 1913.
nhen the output of gold on an aver
igc amounted to 94.7 million strel
,ni;, the available data indicate that
Lhat amount has been absorbed to
lie extent of 22.6 millions (or 23.8
per ccnt.) for industrial purposes
nid for the arts In Kurope and Am
irica, while the East. and especially
India, has taken 17.7 millions stori
ng (or 18.7 per cent.) of the
world's production, so that the world
.onsumptlon of gold for purposes
jthcr than money has amounted to
lu.3 millions (or 42. S per cent.),
rhe balance of 54.4 millions (or
17.5 per cent.) may l? assumed to
lave been devoted to monetary pur
poses.
The Movement of Gold
"The destination of gold produced
In the Transvaal since the free dis
posal in the best market of that
country's output was permitted in
July. 1919. is instructive not only
because there are precise data avail
able. but because they may fairly
be taken as Indicative of the move
ment of gold produced In the rest of
the world. From that time down to
Sept. 3 last India. 4he Straits Set
tlements ii lid coined gold reshlpped
to South Africa to replace exports
of specie from lhat country to (he
Kast have accounted for no less than
59.9 per cent, of the gold production
of the Transvaal, while 6.6 per ccnt.
was used for industrial purposes In
Kurope, so that a total of 66.4 per
lent, was devoted to purposes other
than money (which compares with
42.5 per ccnt for the period of 1907
13). leaving for monetary purposes
33.6 per cent., which compares with
57.5 per cent, for the period 1907
1913.
"Tho rapidly diminishing world
output of gold and the radical
change which has taken place in
the uses to which that metal Is put
at present, as compared with pre
war days, deserve special attention.
What are the reasons for these
phenomena and what lessons do they
teach us?
"As regards the diminution in
output it is clear that this has been
brought about by Increased cost of
production, which was unaccompa
nied by a corresponding rise in the
value of gold.
Oriental Demand Increasing
"As to the changes In the uses of
gold, the conclusion Is Irresistible
that the low value of gold in terms
of commodities has very materially
extended the demand for the metal
(Continued on page 3)