Douglas Island news. [volume], March 25, 1921, Image 1

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THE DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
DOUQDAS. ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 2S, 1921 .. NO IH
ORDER APPROVED
TO SELL TIMBER
Nothing Now Remains But to Ad
vertise Two Billion Feet (or
Outinean Company
CARD ARRANGED
FOR THE SMOKER
Six Bouts Will Fill Program (or
Swat(est in Junemu Next
Tuesday Evening
I.?-Ki?n (ranker to bo held tu A. U.
announce*! in detail h.v MaN- hniaker
. ard of six iuuIm rs, (witorinii the
I'arlua and Johauaon Cler?ttO tntrh
ANOTHER SLIDE CASE
Jul mi before Judge Robert W.
plaintiff and Iteilrnthal & Hcllen
thai tor the defendant company
GONE TO WORK
rived here from Portland. Ore., ha*
taken a position in the Alaaka Ju
neau alii.
?
SERVICES FOR EASTER
Baxter aervlce* for ItoUKlaa Island
folk* are to be held IB the Congrega
tlonal church next Sunday evening.
KwIit sermon la to be preachcd by
Kpiscopal church of Douglas. A
program of Knatcr specialties will bo
? CORDWOOD JACK"
IS LAID TO REST
Died in Juneau Last Saturday. After
After Lingering Illness From
Cancer of Stomach
neau cemetery. The funeral serv
Nova Scot t?. He tired In Dougla^
ed build up the North for those
McFADDEN BILL
IS EXPLAINED
Hope I* Agtun Expreued That the
Bill Aiding Oold Industry
Will Pass Congress
excise and premium hill, ronmonh
known ait the "bacus bill." Iniil
passage of the bill, lie -iys a gold 1
Callbreath'a statement on the Me
by caring. flooding and the rotting
of Umber* when the mine* nre shut
down. The gold production of the
dollars In 1915 to 49.5 million dot
that are (till working are Rnwtly re
ufaeture of jewelry and other Indus
trial u?ei in 1? 19 amounted to 75.5
million dollars. which la Ifi excess of
'he production for that year of $15,
<<00,000. The price of cold being
rlxed by the government has ren
dered gold production unprofitable
<!ur^g the period of rising coats.
-timers of gold being supplied with
the me'al at the pre-war prices are
i a effect aubaidlxed."
Job Printing at the News office.
FISHERIES BILL
IS INTRODUCED
Campaign Started to Get Territorial
Control of the Fith Industry
in Alaska
The most Important measure in
troduced during the present term of
the legislature now In ik-mIou at Ju
neau Is the Drift fisheries resolu
tion with bill appended, providing
and regulations to govern the In
dustry. This resolution was Intro
duced In tile, Soate, Wednesday, by
Senator \V. K. llrltt ot Juneau.
The bill would create a Territorial
Klsb Commission with full jurisdic
tion over all lishlug of whatever na
bnna fide residents of Alaska.
Annual license fees are provided
is done. The license not only ap
producl, but also to fishermen and
dealers In freah. salted or froien flsh.
an- to be expended in the towns of
iiated In an incorporated town. The
lied two-flfths for the maintenance
of the fisheries commission and the
remainder to go to tho Alaska flith
Provlalons are made for the site
from the mouthH of itreams and the
tug device ta proving to be ineffec
Thene cover a period of 20 dayi to
to the opening of the fishing seosou
Viwik nf i ho mi me II hp nnd wen
;6' the closed season
ii from August 15 to September 5
mid after October lu to tbo open
inlet and Bristol bay. Fishing In
rertain rivers Is also prohibited.
person who Is not a cltixcn of the
vide that women may serve on Jitrlen
in court* of .the Torritory It tbey are
twenty-one year* of age. have all
laws of the Torritory ami to correct
Representative George Get chill of
Juneau this week Introduced a now
eight-hour law affecting mill*, saw
turlng establishments, open pit or
open cut quarrlo* or rnlnen. It pro- 1
If they are paid at the rate of time
Committees have been named
iroro both house* to make a trip of|
inspection to the I'loncers' Home at
RECOVERED
Ceorg- Williams and young son
have returned to their home at
Thane, having arrived on the 1'rln
ess Mary last Sunday morning.
The young man has secovered from
?he lllnesH that caused him to be
akeri south for treatment a year
igo and his father left several week*
.igo and an om panted him north.
FIRE MEETING
Next Monday night U the regular,
meeting nlsht of Hose Companies
! \o 1 and 2 of the Douglas fire dc
] partmcnt at fire headquarters.
RUSH IS ON
With three hundred and flfty
Inns of freight for Anchorage and
three hundred passengers for West
ern Alaska, the steamer Alameda
wan In the Channel today with tho
Aral stampedera of the aprlng on
board. The Alameda will Inaugurate
the spring season by making the
first call at Anchorage thla trip.
Krery Inch of available spare on
the vessel Is taken up by paaaongera
.ho are rushing to Weatorn Alaakc
to share In the good times that It Is
. * pec led will follow the laat yoar of
< onstructlon work on the govern
ment railway. People wUhing to
leave Juneau on the boat wore com
pelled to be contont with aecond
i lass accommodations In exceedingly
crowded quarter*.
WORK TO START
ON THE SURVEY
B. F. Heintzlem?n Arrive* at Ketch
ikan to Look Over Timber
for Government
H. F. lleintxleman. logging engin
eer of the United States forcatry of
ttve. arrived in Ketchikan on the
stcumahip Northwestern to start the
preliminary surveys of timber for
the live applleanta for power sites
who expcct to start development as
soon as they arc given permission,
says the Ketchikan Chronlclc.
Preliminary surveys of the timber
will be mado now. That will be suf
ficient to furnish the applicants
with the Information which they
must have to present to the power
site commission. Ijiter in the year.
the land and accurate surveyx of the
.Mr. lleintzleman says that the
possible. Two of the flvo applicants
? ? ?< :it plan >?? Uulld m* on I pulp
plantt. but also pap< i mills. Mr.
induce thorn to build thoir paper
mill in the cities such as Juneau and
aocurc waterpower at little coat.
How soon tho poweraitc applica
tions will be granted cannot be
learned at this time as the commis
sion has hundreds of applicants
awaiting their action, and the or
ganization being a new one Is not
as thoroughly supplied with experts
ax will probably be necessary to han
One interesting feature of their work
is that the applications for the de
velopment of projects, which, If
they were all carried out. would In
crease the present harnessed wator
power of the country by approxl
RETURN FROM VISIT
Mrs. David H. Chrlstoo and little
duughter. Josephine. and Mr?. A. E.
Jeflerson, due hen- tomorrow. Mrs.
David Chrlstoe and daugbior have
been spending the wlntor month*
again make their homo In Douglas.
Mrs. A. K. Chrlstoe has for sev
eral years been visiting with her son
and other relative* In Callfornlu
and with two of her sons and their
families at Seattle, and returns to
visit for a time with her two sons.
James and David H., of this city.
WE SELL
Fresh Milk and Cream
Ferry Ticket!
Steamship Tickct*
(Admiral Lino)
Cnt Flowers
Potted Plants
Electric Light Globes
Ice Cream and (^ndy
Magazines and Newspapers
Fountain Pens
Stationery
Fiction and other books
Cameras and Films
In addition to the best lines
of merchandise regularly car
i led in any first-class drug
store.
Guy s Drug Store
GUY L. SMITH. Prop.
3d and D St. Douglas, Alaska
INDOOR GAMES
ON NEXT FRIDAY
Big Meet to Be Staged at the Dong
las Nata:oriuir. ? Entrant*
Fron All Point*
Tho Douglas Natatorlum in now
In the hands of workmen who arc
preparing the big building for the
indoor Held meet Hint Is to take
place there next Friday evening.
April 1, and which Is to consist cf
all the sporting events usual at such
affairs and many special events that
will be of great Interest.
For tho past two weeks pupils
from both the grammar and high
schools of Douglas and Juneau have
been In training for many of the
events and adequate entries will be
in to make all of them exceedingly
interesting.
Among the events scheduled are
dashes, long runs, high and broad
lumps. Indian wrestling, boxing and
many other sports. It Is thought
that tho keenest rivalry will bo on
between the two schools, and good
sport U looked for.
In tho senior events, entries have
boen received front all points on
Gastlneau Channel, as thore arc
are a largo number of good athletes
In the various elites. th?so entries
will be of more than passing In
A corps of men will be on hand
to handle the sports so that there
will be no waits, and at times there
will be several contest* going on on
the floor at the tamo time. Scorers
will keep track of points and awards
of ribbons will be made on tho
bnsis of the winning of tite highest
number of points.
Music will h(< furnished during
the evening. A small admission fee
to defray the costs of the meet will
br collected at tho door.
MERCHANT RETURNS
Julius Jensen, pioneer hardware
merchant of this city, returned here
011 tho Princes* Mary, ufter haviug
boon visiting the coast for the past
two months, and Is reopening his i
store and replenishing his stock In I
some departments.
Mr. Jensen had some very enjoy
able visits while on the Sound with
former Douglas Islanders. He visited
Martin Olson at Ills farm near Mount i
Vernon and found that the Olson
boys have now grown up and do I
much of the work around the place, i
At Delllngham he visited Alex <
Nelson and M. J. O'Connor and had
a ride In the letter's new car with- (
out any bad results. Mr. O'Connor
Is still In the grocory business and
handling butter nnd eggs wholesale.
Alex Nelson, who was recently mar
ried. has a second hand store.
Kd Si-lmon. a former resident of
this city, who It seemed was hope
lessly erlppled when ho left here,
has absolutely regained bis health
and shows no III effects whatever
from his long illness. He lives in
Seattle. Mrs. Salmon Is dead.
Mr. Jensen visited with many ,
other former Douglas Islanders also. ,
ALEX IS OF AGE
Alexander Soy. con of Mr. and
Mm. Charles Sey of thin clly, wan
twenty-one yeart of age I ant Tuos
dky and In celebration of this grent
occasion u big surprise party, at
tended by about sixty young folks
from both aides of the Channel, was
held In Kagles' hall on that night.
Dancing was the principal feature of
the evening, only being cellpsed In
interest by the lino lunch kerved.
Arcording to Alex, the surprise
part of the party did not material
ise, as he "smelled a rat" and was
prepared for al 1 eventualities by
conversation not meant for his ears.
He bore up nobly under the honors
and presents showered upon him
during the evening and wai. r.blc to
attend to his duties at the Tread
well assay office the following day.
BACK TO ISLAND
The "840 Swede." who worked
for many year* at the 240 mill at
Trondwoll. has returned to the Isl
and after an absenco of several years
and Is now employed In pulling sul
phuret at tho Ready Bullion mill.
IN NORTH AGAIN
Harry Hanson, a young man who!
was raised In Douglas, returned on \
the Alameda today, after an absence,
of several years, during which time
he has been living at Seattlo and
Ketchikan.
Job Printing at the Newo office.
VISITING
Mr. and Mm. M. S. Hudson ar
rived from Gypsum enrly In the weok
and have been visiting friends on
the Channel during the past week.
Mr. Hudson returned to the camp
on the Estebeth last night, but Mrs.
Hudson and son, Edwnrd. wltl re
main 011 the Channel for a couple of
weeks.
CABLE ROUTING
TO BE CHANGED
Will Run Direct to Ketchikan in
Future, Suy? Head of System,
Colonel Seone
"It Is desired that you Inform the
mayor that this office took up with
Washington the question of making
changes In the routing of the Sitka
Juneau ruble so that the "Y" at Kan
shaw would be cut out and the cable
brought into PetersBfcrg by laying
approximately 40 miles of cable,
with a view to improving the service
at Kctchikan. This chango has
been approved, but It may be some
time beforo the necessary cablc for
the purpose becomes available,
probably not before Juno or July,
when the Burnslde will go north for
the purpose of muklng the changes."
Tho foregoing paragraph Is part
of a letter received this morning by
Sergeant L. J. DeLong, operator In
charge of the Kctchikan cablc office,
from Col. Seone, officer In chargo of
the system with headquarters in
Seattle, says the Ketchikan Chron
cle of recent date. In the same letter
the sergeant Is Informed that In
stead of using land cablcs. such as
now used in the Ketchikan office, a
regular ocean cable will be used.
This probably will mean that pro
vision will bo made to "cut In" Ket
chikan at Petersburg, thereby hav
ing Kctchikan work directly with Se
A few months ago when Col.
Seone was in Ketchikan, the matter
of a direct cable from Seattle to
Ketchikan was taken up with him.
Cable engineers held It would be
impracticable to bring the cable In
south of this city because of the
(hallow water and number of Ash
ing vessels that are working In the
waters. It was thought more ad
visable to bring the cable In to Pet
ersburg and the officer said he
would so recommend. Thereby, In
itcad of ?<>tng from Kctchikan t<>!
Petersburg, (hence to Sitka ami
thence to Seattle, messages will g<<
lirert. thereby saving time and
hance for error.
OLD CUTTER IS
IN BONEYARD
Boar Will No Longer Travel to the
Arctic Each Year as It Has
Done in Past
Famed veteran of far northern
patrol routes, the old revenue cutter
Hear, which (or thlrty-tlvo summer1
h?K broken Ice path*, fought pirate*
?nil smugglers. rescued explorers
and done many other thing* In th<'
Bering sea. ha* been taken off her
'I'l run.
Tho Bear's work in the Icy north
is over and the old boat will spent!
her remaining days balking In the
nun of San Diego, Calif., whore she
??vii I be used as a naval training ship.
Every spring for years the Bear
has been the first vessel to enter tho
Bering after tho departure of the
winter Ice. She always left Seattle
in late April or May and early In
June was at the southern edge of
the receding floes ready to follow
them north. Following hor lead
i ame the passenger and freight ves
sels with fresh supplies tor the win
ter-bound camps.
Throughout tho summer the Boar
would patrol tho Bering and very
ofton venture up through Boring
straits Into the Arctic ocean. Slio
carried supplies to isolated Eskimo
school stations and mission posts,
wont to the assistance of vessels III
distress and called in at points on
the Siberian coast. Every Alaskan
seacoast point from Point Barrow
at the "corner of the contlnont,"
down to Dutch Harbor, on the
Aleutian islands, and even points In
southwestern Alaska know tho Bear.
A score of explorers havo been
aided by the Bear. In 1884 she
found and rescued'sevcn survivors of.
a party of thlrty-flve Lieutenant ,
Adolphus W. Grecly led Into the
Arctic. Later, In 1914, sho picked
up and brought south members of
ine crew of the schooner Karluk. the
wrecked flagship of the expedition
piloted by Vllhjalmur Stefansson,
Canadian explorer.
CAUCUS TONIGHT
FOR NOMINATIONS
Council Name* Official* to Have
Charge of Election on Tuet
day, April 5
A public caucus will be held thin
evening In the assembly rooms of.
(ho Douglas public school house for
the purpose of nominating seven
councilmen, one school clerk and a
school director for the coming year
for the city of Douglas.
The city council at its meeting of
last Monday night named the of
liTlals to have charge of the city
? lection that Is to be held 011 Tues
day, April 5. They are Julius Jen
en, Axel Kronqvlst and Mrs. Geo.
W. Ilewitt, Judges, and Mrs. Felix
7. Gray and Mrs. Kobert K. Cough
lln, clerks. The polling place is at
the Douglas city hall.
Only those who have registered
are eligible to vote at the coming
election, and the registration bo>ks
will close on April 2. The registra
tion ofTlccr. I.. W. Kllburn, Is at his
office each day between the hours of
10 a m. and 12 m. and 2 to 4 p. m.
FIRST CREWS ON
ALAMEDA TODAY
Come North to Repair the White
Pass Boats Caught in the
Ice Last Fall
As the vanguard of the army of
employes of the White Pass tc Yu
kon Route who will spend the
spring and summer along the Yukon
river, a party of steamboat men
comprising the first crews to leave
Seattle this year are aboard the Al
aska Steamship Company's liner
Alamedn In the Channel today.
The steamboat crews will go to
Sewnrd aboard the Alameda, by the
government railroad to Chulltna,
then by dog team a dlstanco of 85
miles over the uncompleted section
of the line and by train again to
N'enana and Fairbanks. The men
will repair and overhaul the steam
boats caught In the Ice ln.it fall and
gel them ready for service. Vessels
of the White I'ass & Yukon Route
were frozen in both at Fairbanks
and Tanana. In addition to the
crews to be sent north aboard th?
steamship Alameda, a party of river
boat men will sail for Seward aboard
the steamship Northwestern. April
2, and will follow tbe same route,
mapped out for the cr?ws which are.
on the Alameda. Steamboat crews
will also be sent to Fairbanks and
Tanana vU Skagwar the latter part
of April and by St. Michael In June.
Tho White I'ass & Yukon has de
cided to cancel lis far-famed "Mid
night Sun" excursion this year. This
was made necessary by the loss of
the steamboats Washburn and Sel
kirk In the Ice last fall. Excursion
ists, however, will be able to make
the trip to Atlln and Dawson as
usual. Those who have been plan
ning to take the "Midnight Sun" ex
cursion have been asked to consider
the trip to Dawson and Atlln.
Tbe auxiliary engines of the
sunken steamboat Selkirk have been
recovered, according to advices re
ceived from the North. Later an at
tempt may be made to salvage the
main engines and boilers.
BOXER HERE
B. E. (Chub) Douglas. at one time
several year* ago employed at In
the tramming crew at Tread well,
was In Juneau a number of days
this week and left for Western Alas
ka on the Alameda today. He Is en
route to the Tolovana country,
where he spent some time a number
of years afro. Slnco letvlns Alaska
the last time he has been In British
Columbia mining and prospecting.
??Chub" Douglas Is a well known
amateur boxer who had a very Rood
reputation In the Northwest. He
boxed at a smoker here with Norman
Worth a number of yoars ago and
lost the decision by a narrow margin.
TO CHICHAGOF
golem Jackson, who has been
working In the Alaska Juneau mill,
will go to Chlchagof on the Am
bassador tonight to take a position
In the mill there.
00 TO RANCH
William Shafer and John McWII
llams are making preparations to go
to their ranch on Shelter Island In
I.ynn Canal next montu to prepare
i he ground for planting their crops
! for the season.