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THE DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
DOUGLAS, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 11,1921 NO i?;
LEGISLATURE IS
NOW IN SESSION
Monday Was the First Day of th<
Convening of the Fifth Bi
ennial Alaska Houses
The fifth biennial Territorial l*n
?..? *tartcal organisation was com
pleted with Senator John Sundbark
u president of the wnatc and An
kotno. T. M. Heed waa made wre
ury of the senate and J. P. Daly
?tenth ?f Keprwntatlre K. W. Bur
Kvue SJeLauRhlin. MHa Lola Priro.
Tuesday _
>? tat ton ami Transportation. In
Mr. Collins, chairman. |
.Mr l'-|<*. ? halroian. Miwi. Ilea*
In I House on Tuesday there
Foovlil be read at a Joint meetln* of
ItratUm from the lloitae that It was
organised and ready (or business.
of a communication from OoTrrnor
KIkks notifying them that he would
deliver his message at a Joint ses
sion Id the afternoon; a doxen model
hi I la proposed by Attorney Oeneral
John Kustgard were also read.
HOME AGAIN
Mrs. Robert K. Coughlln, who hai
been spending the past winter ai
Tenakee. returned early thla weel
from that place and has taken ui
her i\-Hlen<e here to remain. Ten
akee. accord In* to Mrs. Coughlln
has been a deeldedly lively plac<
during the winter, with all th<
dwelling house* (Hied with vlsitori
and many activities of a social na
ture going on.
LECTURE GIVEN BY
U. OF W. STUDENTS
Seattle Chamber of Commerce -En
, tertainrd by Members of
Sourdough Clnb
Members of the Alaska llureau of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
treated to a description of a trip
was rcnedered by the guests, the
\ personally conducted lecture tour
quests were taken through the tor
Juneau. Douglas and Sltk& deliver
party at Nenana In charge of Oscar
spirit of the North.
FEW CANNERIES
TO BE OPERATED
Poor Swon Predicted in South
eastern Alaska by Head of
Hoonali Packing Co.
A. E. Lucy and family, relatives of
VISITS OLD SCENES
Senator Thomas C. Price of An
? horaxf. accompanied by Mrs. Price
and daughter. Lois, visited in nouic
Channel.
WITH PIPE GANG
Hubert Vandcn Wyer went to
work this week with the pipe gang
in the Thane mill of the Alaska Ga?
Mneau Mining Company.
BIO FIELD MEET
PLANNED APRIL I
To Be Held in Natatorium Hall.
With Competitor* From All
t Points on Channel
Arrangements hare been com
pleted (or an Imloor Held meet to be
held in (lie Douglas Natatorium on
Kriday evening, April 1st. to be par
ticipated In by scholar* of the varl
1 ous grammar and high schools on
the Channel and whatever adulta
(hat may wish to enter.
The meeting to porfeet arrange
ments was held Sunday afternoon at
the office of P. R. llradley of Tread
well .and won attended by Mr. Ilrad
ley. A. B. Phillips. In charge of ath
letics of the Juneau school; G. C.
Mitchell, superintendent of schools
at lHiuglas; T. U. MacDonald. H. L.
Rowley of Treadwell and others.
All present wero In favor of the
proposl lion and were certain that
have the various schools and organi
sations compete as units, and team
and individual prizes consisting of
ribbons ar^ to be given.
eveuts. and those contemplating
Juneau, or Tom MacDonald. Tread
The following is a tentative pro
Grainar School Events
High School
Senior Events
20-Yard Dash.
S 80- Yard Kelav Hare (4 uivn).
Running Hrood Jump.
American Legion
sun-Yard Relay Kare.
Special Events
ilaskutball Throwing Contest.
Volley Hall Game.
Roller Skate Pursuit Raec.
FAMILY BACK
net-ke. accompanied by tlielr two 1
home at Tread well, after several
fter the middle of th- m*<ith for ,
Nixon's Fork on llie Kuskokwlm (
of the development of some quarts ,
mine* for the Alaska Treadwsll and
allied companies. Mrs. Werneeke
LAST PARTY
bekah Auxiliary will give the Inst
of the aerie- of eard parties for the
benefit of tho Armenlun orphan*. On
series will be determlne<l. Tho party
TEACHERS MOVE
Mis* Elizabeth Thompson, who
with Miss Wlnuifred Kalrman ha*
been oceupylng the Werneeke home
at Tread well, has moved to apart
menta with Mr. and Mrs. James
Christoe of this elty. Miss Fair
man Is occ.vplng apartments In the
Tread well sehool building. Miss
Thompson Is an Instruetor in the
Hiuglas High Sehool and Miss Fair
man teacben at Treadwoll.
FIRE MEETING
Tho regu'nr meeting of Hose Com
panies 1 and -2 of the Douglas Fire
Department will be held next Mon
day evening.
TOURISTS COMING
According to E. Q. McMlcken
passenger traffic manager of tbi
Admiral Line, Indications point t<
Alaska enjoying thli year onu of thi
beat tourist seasons In her history
This evidenced by the unuiual mini
bcr of inquiries bciiiK received b>
tlu> Admiral Line from all parts ol
the country requesting detailed In
formation relallvo to the company'i
Alaska summer excursion*.
The Admiral Line Is arranging tc
feature a weekly sailing from Seat
tle to Southeastern Alaska points,
leaving Seattle evory Saturday,
which should simplify the matter of
promulgating their sailing schedule
to the public and Eastern tourist
agents.
MONDAY PROGRAM
BE OF INTEREST
Parent-Teacher Association Hai Se
cured Many Feature* for
Next Monthly Meeting
An interesting aud varied pro
gram Is to be given at tho next meet
ing of the Douglas Parent-Teacher
Association at the assembly room of
the Douglas public school next Mon
day evening, to consist of several
good talks, recitations and Instru
mental numbers.
.The complote program will be as
follows:
. School Orchestra
I'lano Duet ..
. Elizabeth and Mamie Keusi
High School pupils
Talk. "School Methods of Sixty
Years Ago aud Now"..
.. John Honson, Sr.
Violin Trio
Recitation .. ..... Tom Caahen
.... Miss StansAeld
(With violin obllgato and piano
accompaniment by Mr. Nich
ols and Miss Cleary.)
Myrna Bland
Address ... L 11. Henderson
t Commissioner of Education
... School Orchestra
ANOTHER SMOKER
Another smoker loom* In the of
ring, with ?Joe Collier, who boxed
I .co lliglcy recently, matched against
DeArmond. the Fort Seyurd bat
tler. as headllners for the American
Legion at the A U. hall, Juneau, on
The Legion, which has already
l>ut on several successful boxing en
Mntrhmaker Jack Wilson, maklnn
lrrangcni'eiits (or several other (tool
M>uts with some of the men seen
n action at the Elks smoker of last
11011th matched.
NEW TEACHER HERE
ilty of Washington, arrived here
yesterday on the City of Seattle to
:akc the place of Instructor In tho
>>ouglnx High School made vacant
ly the resignation of Miss Theresa
Itocve.
TRAINING
will be begun by the Douglas High
mil grammar school students for!
the indoor meet that Is to be held ai
the Douglas N'atatorlum on Friday
evening. April 1.
The young folks of the Island ha<!
> skating party at the Douglas Nat
itorlum on Wednesday evening.
WE SELL
Fresh Milk and Cream
Ferry Ticket!
Steamship Ticket*
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 best tines
of merchandise regularly car
lied in any first-class drug
store.
Guy's Drug Store
GUY L. SMITH, Prop.
3d and D St. Douglas, Alaska
ALASKA FARMS
; ON THE INCREASE
Last Ccnsui Figure? Just Release*!
Show 364 Farms With 90,652
Acres in Them
i That tho Territory of Alaska ii
rapidly liriomlng a country of farmi
> h proven by the report of the con
sub of f920, Just released for publl
, ration, which shows that tho num
ber of farms In tho Territory wa?
364. as compared with 222 In 1!U0.
Tho land In farms amounted to SO,
652 acres In 1920 and 42,644 acres
In 1910, and of the total acreage
8.3 was Improved land, both In
1920 and In 1910.
The value of all farm property In
creased during the decado from $1,
076.703 to 11.808.641, or 68 per
cent. The average value of farm
property per farm was $4,969 In
1920, as compared with $4,850 In
Of the 364 farms In Alaska. 230
reported live stock In 1920. Horses
were reported by 183 farms, cattle
by 67. swine l>>- 56. dogs (work an
imals) by 74 and foxes by 22. The
value reported for horses was $80,
520; for cattle. $91,696; for swine,
$13,810; for dogs, $9,510; and for
foxes $219,353.
The total production of milk In
1919 wus 104,002 gallons as com
pared with 66,386 gallons In 1909.
The value of dairy products, exclud
ing homo use of milk and cream, was
$47,945 In 1919; or eggs, *17,092;
and of chickens raised, $15,626.
Of domestic animals not on farms,
the moro important classes reported
were as follows: Horses, 1.063 In
1920. as compared, with 2,106 In
1910; cattle, 445 In 1920 and 356
In 1910; dogs (work animals), 17.
foxes. 1,190 In 1920 and 180 In
1910.
The total number of reindeer re
ported for 1920, Including those on
farms and those on public range and
elsewhere, was 92,933, and their
value. $2,238,562. In 1910 thtrc
wore reported 22,107 reindeer, val
ued at $525,054.
The total value or crops ror i?i?
was 1393.902, an Increase of 39.3
per rent over 1909. Hay and forage
crops were valued at $219. 075, veg
etables at $150,767, and grains and
needs at $21,482. The area devoted
to hay and forage wo* 3,531 acres,
to whrnt 14$ acres .and to potatoes.
Karma and Farm Acreage ?
Number of farm- 3M
Land In farms acres 90.652
Improved acres 5.736
Farm Value* ?
All farm proporty (not
Including reindeer $1,808,641
Implements and machinery 160.253
Acres Production
Oats 69 3,132 bu.
Wheat 149 2.833 bu.
I'otatoca 431 37,389 bu.
Hay crops 3,475 4.061 tons
56 203 tons
Value of Crops -
All crops $393,902
drains and seeds 21,482
Hay and forage ....
Domestic animals on farms (not
Including reindeer) ? 1920 1910
385 20<:
Mules
Cattle 640 811
Sheep 132 184
(ioats >. 67 36
l)ogg (work animals).... 363 ? 162
Domestic animals not on farms
Horses . 1.063 2.106
(loats ..._ 134
Dogs (work anlmals)17,262 19.795
Reindeer on farms and elsewhere
V 1920 1920
Total number .. 92.933 22,107
Total value . $2,238,662 $525,064
FROM TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Long returned
this week from a trip to the south.
Mr. Long, who Is mnnagcr of the
Douglas Island Packing Company
plant here, was placing orders for
the product of the cannery, consist
ing of herring, clams and salmon.
They will occupy the Gurr house
here soon.
REGISTER
The registration office Is now
i open for the registration of citizen*
' who wish to voto at the city election
of April 6. The office I* on Kront
I street near the city pump house. and
Registration Officer Kllburn In there
between the houri of 10 a. m. to 13
m. and 2 to 4 p. m. each day.
Seven counclltnen, a clerk and a
i director of the school board are to
> be elected.
FORMER DOUGLAS
RESIDENT DEAD
Mrs. J. W. Sean, nee Anna Oiter
berg, Passes Away at Miami,
Middle of Last Month
That Mrs. J. W. Sears, formerly
MIm Anna Osterberg of Douglas,
daughter of C. P. Osterberg, Sr., for
many years an employee of the
Treadwcll Company, died at Miami,
Arizona, the middle of February. Is
the news received in this city re
cently. Her fathor and brother.
Arthur, live In Miami.
At the funeral, which was held at
Miami, with Interment In the Ma
sonic plot there, the following for
mer'Treadwell employes acted a*
pall bearers: Arthur A. Fleck.
George Spcm-e. Joe Kobertaon. Geo.
Hamilton, Frank Robertson and Joe
Adams.
The Miami (Arizona) Silver Belt
has the following wrltoup of the
death and burial of the yotfng lady
"Tho funeral of Mrs. J. \V. Scam '
tfhlch took place*8unday afternoon I
from the Mllca Undertaking parlors^
was attended by her many friends
Mrs. Sears, whose death occurred
on the 12th, was the daughter of C.
P. Osterberg. She was born In
Brooklyn, and after her graduation
spent a year with her father In
Douglas, Alaskn, as a clerk in the
R. It. Hubbard store in connection
with the steamship and express of
fice, The severe climate did not
agreo with her and she returned to
| llrooklyn and entered college.
"Three years ago Mrs. Soars came 1
to Maml anil was employed by the .
Inspiration Copper Company In t.Tic
capacity of stenographer, and on
April 7th, 1920, was married to
James Wesley Sears.
"Mrs. Sears was greatly loved by
all who knew her and her smile and
swoot personality won for her many
friends. Site is survived by three
sisters In lirooklyn; two brothers In
Brooklyn; one in Alaska, and one In
Miami, Mr. A. Osterberg.
"The pull-bearers for Mrs. Sears
at the funeral were all men who had
ELKS ARE BEST
IN TOURNAMENT
Prove Their Superiority Over Other
Teami With Lead of Several
Hundred Pini
In the last tames of tho Inter
city tournament, bowled last night,
the Elks team made the biggest score
of the winter when the rolled for a
total of 2627 on their own alleys
against Thane, which made a icore
of 2276. The Elka won first plare by
a several hundred pin margin, with
Thane second, Drunswicks. third,
and Treadwell last. Treadwell was
nosed out of third place last night
when the Brunswlcks beat them on
tho Brunswick alleys 2437 to 2365.
Last night's scores:
BRUNSWICK
Tcrxovlch 145 214 124? 483
Henry 165 149 168? 482
Thorpe 178 180 161? 619
Total 816 867 762?2437
TREADWELL
| Anderson .... 161 1<22 186? 469
Hlgley 136 120 124? 380
.Manning 147 127 147? 421
Total 835 769 771?1365
THANE
R. McCormlck 187 163 157? 607
(iammara . 155 143 146? 444
W MrCi.rmlck 150 169 13#? 448
E. McCormlck 166 172 129-*-2276
Total 801 776 699?2276
ELKS
Barragar 203 206 175 ? 684
Livenlk 188 173 143? S04
Total 877 936 815?2617
! URGES PUBLICITY
FOR TERRITORY
Newtpaper Man Sayi That the Ter
ritory Needs Advertising to
Dispel Ignorance
IluK M. McConnell, associate ed
itor of the Literary Digest, and who
visited Alankn lam aummor. writes
the following letter which he ad
dresses to Alaskans In general and
membera or the Territorial legiala
ture in particular:
"Aa a sourdough who has been
from one end of Aliiaka to the other,
and one who expects aooner or later
to make the Territory his home, I
venture to hope that this sesaion of
the legislature will provido for a
Territorial publicity department. This
Is a matter In which every Alaskan,
particularly the business man, la
vitally Interested, and the need for
such a department probably was
never so great as it Is today.
"As one of the editors of The Lit
erary Digest I have had an excellent
opportunity during the past two
years to study the newspapers of the
entire country. In that time I have
1 ionic to realize how little is known
I of the Territory. Misstatements of
uct occur in practically every one
of the hundred or more editorials
that I have collected in the past
year; and it ia no wonder that the
people of the United 8tates proper
have an erroneous Idea of Alaska!
Most people have an Idea that Alas
ka Is a good place to keep away
from; that It is At only for Eskimos
and polar bears. They have no Idea
of its agricultural, mining, fishing
and pulp and paper possibilities ? to
mention only a few.
Now. this Is all wrong; It is a
bad thing for Alaska. And only a
campaign of education In American
newspapers and magazines will help
matters. You and I may have the
greatest faith in Alaska, but tho
people down here are not mind
readers. In ordor to attract settlers
and capital to tho Territory, the
people whom you wish to attract
muKt be enlightened by a brisk cam
paign of education.
The ignorance prevailing hero
regarding condition! In Alaska may
not be the fault of Alaskans In gen
eral or anybody in particular. In
fact, much liaa been printed about
Alaaka down here In the paat few
yeara, but If the legislature faila to
provide funda at the coming setftlon
for the purpoae of advertiaing Alaa
ka. the blame ncrcaMriljr must fall
upon the hcada of the people of Al
aaka to whom Hila letter la ad
dresaed.
"You may he surprised to know
that many newspapers have mani
fested a desire for good Alaaka
'copy.' I have written aeveral ar- ,
tides about Alaaka for The Literary
Digest, tlie New York Tlmea and
other paper* and magazine*, and not
only hare they been readily accept
ed. but othehr papera and maga
zine* have either copied them in
their entirety or quoted from them.
All of which merely show* that there
I* a demand throughout the coun
try for llvo new* stories of Alaaka.
I might add that I got my 'dope'
mainly from the preaent publicity
bureau.
"I firmly believe that the member*
of the present legislature could take
no atep that would do more to fur
ther the Intereat* of the Territory
than would an act providing, aay,
twenty thousand dollars for a cam
paign of general publicity In the
State*. New* and feature atorlee. aa
well aa purely Informative article*
on Alaaka would, I am aure. be
'eaten up' by the presa. And there
never waa a more opportune tlmo
than the present for auch a cam
paign. as the general buatneea de
pression Is a caualng a large num
ber of people to aeek new Helda."
VISIT WIFE
J. G. Zimmerman 'left on the
steamer City of Seattle yeaterdty en
route to Taaadena, Calif., where
Mr*. Zimmerman and Cheater have
been for many montha. Mrs. Zim
merman has been In California for
her health. J. Kokaih will have
charge of the Tex Clay cigar factory
during Mr. Zimmerman'* absence.
TOM HEBE
Tom Donaghey. for many yeara a
resident of Douglaa an now a mem
ber of the crew of the lighthouse
tender Fern, visited In Douglas early
In the week while the boat on which
he la employed waa in the Channel.
Tom has been at Ketchikan most of
tho time alnce receiving hi* dia
charge from the army.