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THE DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
DOWLAS. ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1921 NO
NATIVE SCHOOLS
WILL CONTINUE
Secretary P?yn? Says Bureau of Ed
ucation Does Not Plan Closing
Government Institutions
The nue-tlon u to whether gov
ernment schools tor native* will be
,l< .<1 next term at Wransell and
other pln.r* In the Territory nwnw
to have now bwn definitely settled
with them remaining open, accord
ing to a letter rsrtlvvtl by the Ju
ne.iu I'arent-Teucher Aasorlstlon
from Delegate Gcorg* H. Urigsb*.
enclosing a letter received by him
from Swrrtsry of the Interior John
The At .uiatlon at Juneau, as did
against the closing of native schools
raarv 1. I beg to state that the Bu
-JOIIN BAKTON PAYNE.
FINE DECORATIONS
FEATURE DANCE
Xanjr Attend the Ball Given in
Honor of High School Teams
of Prejent Season
i?rv<-4 the purpose of programs At
? 01 . ura furninti'il thr
TRAVELING >IAN DIES
Mr Jacobs flrnt came North nix
fore the holidays ami *e?eral weeka
trrttmrni. He waa a prominent
BIRTHDAY PARTY
of h> r crarddaaughter. l?la Urav
revk only relatives were present.
SPECIAL FERRIES
A "peetal ferry leaving Thine ?t
9 o'clock tonight. Treadwell at SMS
and Douglas at*S:2<? will take danc
er* to the Junior from In Juneau.
A ferry leaving Juneau a 1 o'clock
tomorrow morning will bring them
PARTY A SUCCESS
The card party riven on Wednes
day evening by tho Hebekah auxil
iary for the be ne lit or Armenian or
phan* was a ureal success. there be
ing twenty-three tables of whlat In
play. MIm Augusta Widemann won
first prise for ladle*. Mamlo Keusi
consolation. J. C. Bland won first
prize for men and l)a?e Brown con
solation.
Refreshments consisting of hot
buns and wlen)es were served.
NUGGET RECOVERED;
PIRATES ARRESTED
Missing Qas Boat Wai in Limestone
Inlet ? Hen Marooned on the
Beach Several Day*
The (as boat N'uggst. belonging
to Simpson ti Wright of Juneau,
stolen from her moorings Tuesday
morning of last week, was found at
?on of the Santa Klta. and the three
men, Smith. Neel and Baker, wed
er LeKevre of Juneau and. waiving
preliminary hearing, were bound
inlet but found no one on board. He
? ay. Frank N>?1 I* from wmiern
Ahwka. where he has a jail retord
wer<- foil till aboard the NuK*et. and
InK belonged to Lloyd Winter of Ju
FIRE MEF.TIN(
There I* ti> be a m eel In* of llnw
meetln*. Chief Kron.jvlat will rive
ii talk on the leiwona learned at the
the committee that waa appointed
on hand and their recommendation!
aa to what will be needed for th?
MINING MEN TO
MEET AT PORTLAND
Third International Mining Conven
tion Will Be Held in Roie
City April 5-9
Port land, Fob. S3. ? Portland Is
preparing to be host to tho third an
imal International mining conven
tion to be held here April 5-9. Fif
teen hundred delgates. excluslvo of
their families, will attend and will
represent a territory covering Alas
ka. British Columbia, and tho six
states of Montana. Idaho. Washing
ton, Orcgou. California and Nevada.
Everything pertaining to mines and
mining will be discussed and every
mechanical equipment used In mill
ing and ever yore and mineral taken
from the earth In the territory em
braced will be exhibited.
The delegates and their families
will be the sperial guests of business
men and social leaders of Portland,
and every attention will bo given to
their comfort and entertainment. A
special committee comprised of the
city's moot prominent women has
been appoint :d to look after th.
wive* of the delegates. Banquets,
dances and automobile rides to flccnlc
; pots will be liberally sprinkled
through the Ave days' session.
Among tho distinguished men who
have been invited to address the con
vention un subjects pertaining to
mino^ and mining are: Herbert
Hoover. Governor Kiggs of Alaska,
he Honorable WfTTlam Sloan, mill
Inter of tylne* for Ilrltlsh Columbia;
succeeds Herbert Hoover as prefei
dent of the American Institute of
Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.
?feculent of the American Mlniug
HONOR BIRTHDAY
OF WASHINGTON
Mich School Qivet Program of In
cidents From Life of Our
First President
In romnu-mnraMon of the birth
day of GvurKu Washington. "Kathor
of III* I'uunlry." the Douglas lllch
"The American I'rool" Anw Veaojii
Mary Vwoja
Our Kirxt I'reiililunt" Kl<a Nlemi
FUND GROWS
lli'v. ( M. VanMartcr. chairman
a subscription of fl.063 from thai
place. and Wrnngdl. in tho iuim<
the amount now reported up to $16,
There have been no reports mail,
for the district along the west roast
uf I'rlnee of Wales Island and it is
believed that returns from that dm
(riot will be received later. There
Is still misalnx also reports from
Anchorage. Seward and |>oints along
the Alaska peninsula, and only purl
of the Nome district has been heard
from.
INJURED
i Kd. Andrews, the photographer. I<
i In his studio. Mr. Andrews required
I the attention of a physician to sew
up the wound.
RAID CELLAR
Kureno Kranchetto. an rmployn
of the Heady Bullion hoist, waa to
day fined $25 and coata by U. 8
Commissioner John Henson, aftoi
linvlng pleaded itullty to having It
his possession about sixty gallons o
ratal 11 maah at hla home mar tin
Heady Uultlon mine. The maah wa
also ordered deatroyod. The trla
waa for a violation of the Alaaki
bono dry law.
Special Officer J. F. McDonali
dlarovercd the maah and the youni
man waa arreated today and tried
pleading; guilty. The contenta <>
the maah barrels la said to have rut
24 per cent alcohol. The worm ol
a st || | was also found on the prem
Isea.
CLAIMS DAMAGES
FOR HIS GOODS
Louis Dufek Say* Picture Framei
Are Being Withheld From
Him Unlawfully
Louis Dufek. through his attor
ney. J. R. Marshall, has filed ault
before IT. 8. Commissioner John
llenaon against John and Ilrlta llaho
for damages in the sum of )100 for
what he claims the unlawful reten
tion of property belonging to him.
In his complaint the plaintiff al
leges that on February 9 he deliv
ered to tho defendant two' picture
frames, the value of which, he al
lege*. was $29.00, and that since
that time the defendant has refused
either to pay for the frames or re
turn them, although he has on nu
merous occasions demandod the
goods from them. He asks damages
to the extent of $100.
The rase liaa been aet for trial at
(S p. m. on March 2.
Dufek 4s an Itinerant canvasaer
for enlarged pictures and framed
who has been in this vicinity tor
several months taking orders and
making deliveries of his goods. He
has dono considerable business on
WOULD COBTK HOME
From recent arrival* from the
?outh It In learned that many former
Itougla* Inlanders whom they mot In
their travels would. If an opportu
ii it presented Itself. return to
It la aaid that a number of for
mer resident* who were attracted to
the Miuth on account of high wage*
during war days arc now out of
work and have been writing to
friend* here to And out whnt the
opportunities are for employment.
At the present time the labor
market on Oaatlneau Channel, with
the exreptlon of skilled miner*. I*
overdouc aa there arc a number of
Idle men In Juneau. 8kllled miner*
the varloua mine* on the Channel.
It I* thought that more work will be
available within a few weeka when
men now employed leave their poel
tlon* to go to the fl*hlng ground* in
the spring and to various outlying
logging and amaller mining camp*.
ENTERTAINS AT CARDS
Mr*. Otto Wldemann wa* the ho*t
pim at a wlilat party at her home on
Fifth *trect la*t Friday evening, at
which four table* were In play
I'rlie* were won by Mr*. Leo I>o
Mvtt, who wa* flr*t. Mr*. J. Cottrell,
connotation, and Mr*. Augu*t Ol*on,
cut prize. nefrc*hmcnt* were *orv
ed by the lioste**.
Job Printing at tho New* office.
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WE SELL -
Fresh Milk and Cream
Ferry Ticket*
Steamship Ticket*
(Admiral Line)
Cut Flowers
Potted Plants
Electric Light Globes
Ice Cream and Candy
Magazines and Newspapers
Fountain Pens
Stationery
Fiction and other books
Cameras and Films
in addition to the bout lines
of mcrchandlH? regularly car
ried In any flrst-clawi drug
store.
Guy s Drug Store
GUY L. SMITH. Prop.
3d and D St. Douglas, Alaska
ELKS IN LEAD v
IN TOURNAMENT
' ! Bowl Good Scorc Last Night When
' , They Defeat Trwdwell; Bruns
wicki Beat Thane
lly defeating Treadwoll by a score
of 26(12 to 2264 111 the fourtli games
of Ihc Intercity bowling tournament,
played lunt nlxlit on tbelr own alleys,
the Elks lengthened their lead In
that event. The Brunswleks won
from Thane by a score of 2338 to
2304 on the Brunswick alleys and
registered their first winning game
of the series.
Standing of Teams
Team (James Won l<ost Total
Treadwcll 4 1 3 9096
Brunswick .... 4 1 3 9047
Last Night's Scores
ELKS
Unrragcr ..... 181 1R9 179? 629
Kry 173 179 181? 6SH
?Met calf 1 (S3 148 139? 460
Lavenlk > 194 170 200? 664
Hunter 1C? 149 168? 486
Total 880 816 867?2662
TItEA DWELL
Anderson ... 137 126 180? 443
Uokanlch 161 121 1 4? ? 418
Uavril 171 169 200? 640
Total 748 713 79J? 2264
BHUNSWICK
Tersovlch .. 110 182 114 ? 426
George ..... 138 117 1C6? 421
692 822 824?2338
THANE
R. McCortnlck 160 124 14?? 420
Uammarra . 144 188 140 ? 472
E. .McCortnlck 179 166 168? 603
Total .. 767 768 779- 2304
COURT DENIES
ANOTHER TRIAL
Decision in the A1 Weathers Case
Still Stands. According; to Cir
cuit Court of Appeals
The rourt of appeals for tho ninth
circuit has denied a new trial in
tho case of United States vs. Al.
Weathers. according to advices re
iclved by I). 8. Attorney J. A. 8miser
the middle of this week. Stay of
execution has, however .been asked
for by Charles J. Ileggerty of San
Francisco, up to and including
Mar< h XI, until a new writ of ap
peal can be perfected to tho Supreme
Court of tho United States.
After having been convicted of as
sault with intent to rob a flsh trap
at Admiralty Cove on July 8, 1919,
Weathers was sentenced by Judge
Kobert W. Jennings to serve four
years In the federal prison at Mc
Neils island. The case was appeal
ed last fall to the circuit court and
the verdict of the district court sus
tained. On January 3 of this year
.John J. I'lielan of Raymond. Wash.,
and Chas. J. Heggerty of San Fran
cisco. attorneys, Ifled briefs for a
rehearing. The briefs were read by
the circuit court of appeals last Mon
day and the new trial denied.
JURY DUTY
Douglas J. Oliver of this city I*
doing hi* flint tour of Jury duty as
a member of the petit Jury of the
winter term of court now In session
in Juneau. IIo wa? excused yeater
dny >IMV ordered to appear Monday
morning.
Jan. Garner of TrcafJwell and I'ollx
Cray of Douglas are member* of the
grand Jury, while Oliver L. Ander
hoii of thl? city. Is serving on tho
petit Jury.
BOOM OF LOGS
Earl Manley. eontrartor in the
wood-sawing bustiers, has received
? boom of logs, they having been
brought to town yesterday by t'apt.
Joe Adamson with the gas boat Ad
Earl will now start up his gaso
line drag saw and start cutting wood
again, after having taken a vacation
for some time. He had sawed up
all the logs In sight before closing
I down.
Become a stockholder In tho Unit
ed State* ? buy war-savings stamp*.
LOADS FREIGHT
The steamer Princess Mary railed
in nt the Douglas wharf yesterday
morning on her way south and load
ed fifteen tons of furniture belong
ing to Mr. and Mr*. A. K. Rurr of
tlila city which is to be taken to
Prince Kupert.
The Gurr home hero in the rear
of the Firm Territorial llank la to
be ocruplcd by Mr. and Mr*. J. II.
i,ong on their return from tho
South.
CARD COMPLETED
FOR BIG SMOKER
Six Events Arranged for Boxing
Fctt at Elks' Hall, Juneau,
Tomorrow Night ? t
The card for the Klks' smoker
i hat la to be held at the Klka' hall
.it Juneau tomorrow night haa now
been completed and will conalst of
six eventa. They will be aa follows:
1-co lllgley vs. Joe Collier, heavy
weights. In the main event.
Karl Itcutor vs. Itay Hightower,
lightweights, semi-wlndup.
Bill Iloudln vs. Louis Carlos,
featherweights.
Pat Hollywood vs. Bob Atwell,
14S pounds.
Itoy Osborn vs. Bill Chuck, 168
pounds.
Bill Maniey vs. A. Bcaudln. ban
tams.
The bouts will be six-round at
tain and all the contestants have
been in active training for some
time, working out in various train
ing camps 011 the Channel.
The last match to be arranged
was the one between Reuter of Ket
chikan and Hightower. Keuter Is
the man who cleaned up all the
Ketchikan boys In the American Le
gion smokers there and also won
draws with Chct NefT and Lonnle
Mcintosh, two of the best light
weights on the coast. Hightower is
from San Krunriseo. where he says
he has done considerable boxing
around the various cities on the bay.
Tfcose who have seen him in train
ing say he la a fast man.
An event tliat will he of consider
able Interest to local people will be
the bout between Iligley and Col
lier, both of whom nre Douglas Isl
anders and who met for the first
time In tho ring at the fire depart
ment smol: r hero several weeks ago.
Collier has laid off from his work at
the Perseverance to go into active
training fir the match, while Hlg
ley la also training at Treadwell.
Both At well and Hollmvood live
at Treadwell, Atwcll working in the
Treadwell store and Hollywood at
the Heady Bullion mine. Rill Man
ley, who will appear In the curtain
raiser against A. Ueaudln of Ju
neau. is also a local boy.
Tickets for the smoker are now(
on sale at the lirunswlck and ad
vance sales have proved very heavy.
Iteservatlons for seats can be made
by phone, and these reservations
will be held until 6 o'clock tomorrow
night.
Jack Wilson and Tom MacDonald
will alternate in refereelng. with
MacDonald probably refereelng the
main event and acting as one of the
Judges for the others.
A' big delegation of fans from
DouVlas Island is planning on at
tending.
SAD ACCIDENT
Mr*. Lewis Long, a native woman,
wlfo of Lewis Long. former employee
? >f Treadwell. where he worked with
the track gang, wait killed Wednes
day night when nho fell from a side
walk tp tho beach and fractured
her skull. Tho accident happened
1 on the tide flats just at the end of
Willoughby avenue in Juneau.
The deceased woman is survived
by her husband and four children.
I,ong is at the present time emloyed
us a deck hand on the Ambassador.
WASHINGTON PROGRAM
With the whole school dressed In
colonial costume, the children of
the government school under the dV
rection of Mrs. Helen McEvoy, the
teacher, gave a program last night
at the Alaska Native Brotherhood
hall, commemorating the birthday of
(ieorge Washington. A lengthy pro
gram Including songs and speaking
Illustrating the life and works of
the first president, was given. In
cluded In the program was the sing
ing of an original Alaskan song
' written by Mrs. McEvoy.
All the children took their parts
I remarkably well and a large crowd
| attended the exercises.
Job Printing at the News Office.
COURT CONVENES
FOR WINTER TFRM
%
Important Trials to Be Held Before
Judge Jenningi in District
Court Now Sitting
The winter term of the district
court convened In Juneau at 10
o'rlock Monday morning and the
jurymen were Immediately excused
to appear Wednesday afternoon at
2 o'clock pending the arrival of
Jtidwe Hubert W. Jennings from the
south.
Wednesday afternoon the follow
ing grand jurymen, with L. D. Hen
derson as foreman., were sworn in
and Immediately started on their
investigations: D. M. Ilotliwell,
i.ouls Krlckson. I). H. Kemmer, W.
L. Oray. James Garner. W. J. Harris,
George W. Kohiepp, W. J. ^tanahan,
l>. McCloskey, Stanley Nowlcka, K.
H. .Sherman, I'aul Peterson, M. H.
Truesdalo. John 8. Young, M. K.
; itogers and William Pels.
The petit Jury that reported wan
I. H. Ashby. Oliver L. Anderson,
George F. Coury. John A. Davis, An
drew Dalgard, A. J. Kicken, Oscar
Harri. Julius Jueger Harry Jordan.
L. F. Morris. 8. I. Oliver. J. F. Ko?s.
George Oswell, A. Rundall. M. II.
Sabln, I. Sowerby, T. P. Smith and
Douglas J. Oliver.
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock
the work started in picking a Jury
to try the damage cace of Koski vs.
the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining
Company on account of the lou of
property and the life of A. Koski In
the slide on the Juneau hillside on
January 2. 192U. The regular
panel was exhausted and several
special veires were sent out to se
cure a trial Jury for this case. This
Is oue of several suits filed by Ju
neau people who lost property or
were injured In this slide and all
the cases will come up for trial at
this term of court. John Rustgard
is appearing tifr the claimants and
Hellenthal A Hollcnthal for the
company.
The trial of these casea. In which
ilamagrs to the extent of many thou
1 i^and dollars Is being asked, will, it
| is predicted, take a long time, as
many witnesses are to be Introduced
on cach side.
REAL ESTATE IS
SOUGHT AFTER
Sales Reported and Options on Res
idential Property Taken? Mar
ket Is Promising
That there Ik considerable inure
ment In Douglas real estate at the
present time Is the statement henrd
on the streets within the past few
days. Options hare been asked and
given and one trannfer of property
has been made during the week, the
estate of the late Anton Paletta hav
ing been sold to Juneau parties.
There were Are houses inrolred In
the deal.
All along since the first of the
year thore has been a bullish more
ment In Douglas real estate, with
many Inquiries for pioperty. Op
tions are held at the present time on
at least a half dozen pieces of resi
dence property and inquiries are
now being made for mire.
No reason has been giren for the
new trend in affairs other than tho
i set that a general boom Is looked
:or on Castlneau Channel this year
ind If the boom strikes. Douglas Is
1 bound to be benefltted. as this is the
| only site left for growth.
INDOOR MEET
A move Is on foot on Douglas Isl
and to promote an Indoor athletic
meet to be held within a few week*
at the Douglaa Natatorlum. It haa
been auggeated that there la plenty
of room ^n that hall to have some
indoor relay racea and all klnda of
jiporta. It haa boon proponed that
there could be competition between
JuHlora aa well aa seniors.
The eventa could Include relay
rarea. all klnda of jumpa. volley
ball, ball throwing for accuracy,
boxing, wrestling and perhapa many
other aporta.
It haa been many yeara alnce a
meet of thla kind -haa been held on
Douglas laland. and for the good of
local aport, It la hoped that aome one
will take a lead In the movement
and bring the plana to perfection.
NO SKATING
It waa decided late thla afternoon
that there wtould be no akatlng party
at the Natatorlum hall tonight.