Fairbanks Among
Alaska's Finest
Opinhm of Koj linlhcrliinl Who
H:i> .lu-i !»>•!urm-<l Krom
Tanami t'iiy
Fairbanks is still one of the ln>st
cities in Alaska, according to Roy J
Kut'ierford. manager of the Juneau!
I.uint>er mills, who returned this'
moring AhUMdi utter hav-j
lit:: made a tri!> to that city. Mr. t
I'liiherfcrtl said that the city ap- j
i p: -sin roi — um! that consid-!
• Me work was going on in the1
Mr. I'uthcrford went down the
Yukon am! cime out by auto !o j
i doi.i aft« • visiting for several!
■ ^ at the Ta'iana metropolis. He
1' ■ it : at ! >a« i-iill has been ,
much of the summer on a|
a I *f «ooil The wheat crop in'
•• Tatiana valley this year Is m>
ie a hij; one. fcu said. and the
■ ir ti 111 hi-itiK hii.lt hy the Flour
i!i Corporation. a hratu h of the
ana V .itey Aur'u ultural Associa-1
>•1 l.e erected at a cost'
i 'e mill will Ih» crind-:
i« .'ii wheat this winter.
ti! • omnussion is expending
lor a> anil near Fair-1
1 the whole district seemsi
'.I s.ii.i, arid the city Itself ]
t i'.i• . tit character that he
i! I-" : in some of the other
Notes of Interest
i
\.ws of discovery of a new "oil '
\laskn and of a new sold
(iirdwood. Alaska, with
lilts; ilt»n a ton on as
ill SiWlli', The 'st
sourdough?
'i •>!' free sold, ac
• i >dav dispatch fi' > n C.
>i> u >.paper correspond- j
noted t'ie girl's dis
creek. north of .
arid Andy Miles is the
He struck pay
! ir^«> and continu (
will soon In* .
;e scale by the
Iwo Iuk pu ■> anils ,
Ms. ■ addition to a j
development.
ot V. -'lingtou. n. c.
"i • r. lo I aval Super
i: W-igle vesterdav
1
is iiiix «>!i his way to
delist ft pro after an ,
^.ilf of i,nn.>,nofi f
1 I- «' patpwood on the Tongas* ^
I'apt-r Corporation wore also '
I l>> the forest service. '
Siirtptn in bringing word "
project. involving pulp
aad water power.'
i like a "sure |1
in this sale te r
! ii> .1 !li:: ty-two,
"
'
niraltr i land to a company. the I
Ti f!r::i will establish lty '
i urhit-h has not been divul
■ i TI lie. a few miles from 1
re it will utilize a 12.. il
• wer electrical project!
■••d by the Alaska- '■
Mi- •. Company not now 1
g work. Timber''
•r't : : d a est side of the
'1. a short distance |
will i,.- transported to the [
or manufacture into
and paper, it is undcrst .od |
The Alaska-Kndicot t Company.!
d* . . loping the mining property at!
•-d construction of a 20-stamp
n i". wit i It it is expected will he
• or • le'ed so as to begin active niil
nn rations early next spring. I
I>n • . the past winter the company
h i.: I'-lt i-l illrtO feet of drifts, up-j
■ 1 cross-cuts and blocked
out a large tonnage of ore. '
Cold nnntz finds continue to be I
re|wirted in the Ctrdwood Mining
district n-ar Anchorage. These in
dic tie a mineral belt of considerable
extent.
SENIOR TESTS
That the small school and the
small class are by no moans without
merit is shown by the results ob
tained from a number of standard
tests given to members of the high
school graduating class of 1921
thruout the territory during the
closing weeks of the school year
1920-21. Skagway with a school
faculty of five teachers and a grad
uating class of two students won
first place, while Wrangcll. with a
school faculty of six teachers and a
graduating class of two students. I
won second place. The latter school
was an easy winner until the class
struck the fatal "Standardized Si
lent Reading Test" which netted
them a total of fourteen points al
j time when points were to be avoid-'
ed.
The five accredited high schools
will need to look lo their lanrels
since they were forced to assume
ihird. fourth, fifth, sixth and sev
enth rank respective!v in a contest
involving seven schools.
The tests given are list.'d in Table
1 which appears below and which
shows the rank of each school in
?ach test. The sum of the various
ranks is the score of i particular
school. The table is to lie inter
preted as follows:
In the test. "Arithmetical Scale
A." Skagway and Wrangell tied for
first places and are each awarded
one point; Fairbanks and Anchor
age tied for third place and are each
awarded 3 points: Douglas won fifth
place and is awarded 5 points: Jun
eau won sixth place and is awarded
6 points; while Ketchikan, with
seventh place is awarded 7 points.
In like manner, the rank of the
various schools and the points
awarded can be determined for each
test.
A more complete report of the re
sults of these tests is to he mime
ographed and will be seut to each
school as well as to any one inter
ested in receiving more detailed in
formation.
Similar tests were given in the
elementary schools of the territory.
The results of these tests will be
tabulated in an early issue of the
Bulletin. All test papers were grad
ed in the office of the Commissioner
of Kducation. thus assuring unifor
mity in grading and tabulation.
Following is a list of the high
schools in which students in the gra
duating class were tested, showing
the number of students, the total
score and the rank, of each school:
No. of
in 12th
Pupils
ratio
Skasway
W ran Bvll
Fairbanks
Ani'hurapo
.1II lll'UII . .
Ketchikan
Don Kins .
i \r.i»i\<; as ski;\
ISY Vi lltTllt'I.UT'K
It is seldom thai a great publisher
indertakes to himself Interview a
, celebrity, much less personally
rrili" up an audience. Such work
alls to the lot of special writers or
eporfers to perform. Viscount
Corthcliffe. noted Hritish publisher,
fas an exception to the rule during
lis recent visit to this country, lie
aided his London newspaper a pen
repression of President Harding as
e saw him during an hour and a
ialf spent al the White House.
"Probably the most phvsii ally at
ractive man in the long list of pres
ents." was the way he sized tie
ur chief executive, adding "He it
ery definitely his own master and
ot 'the man' of any seciion or co
wrie: no pose, or affectation of
implicit/, for he is simple w.thout
ffectation." Lord Nortluliffe be
eves that Harding learned the ways
f human kind through newspaper
xperience. lie says: "Ilarding
>ves to hear the views of other,
nd he gives them full consider.-!
on before deciding on a course."
From this llritisher's iewpoini
larding is "not only a chief, but an
ffectlonate friend" of his subor
inates N'orthcliffe bade adieu to
.merii-a. well pleased and comforted
i the thought (hat "the destinies
f the American people, and the in
luence which their action must
ave upon the welfare of the world,
nuld :mt he safer than in the hands
f tie big-limbed. well-built,
t might forward son of Ohio."
IIK KHJHT KIM)
ok appmvti ks
We have heard some criticism
nnrerning the appointment of
l" right Wenrich to the posiM'w of
ante warden. Personally, we h ive
nown him probably longe- than
nvone else in Juneau, and we can
ay for him that he is honost, con
cientions and of unimpeachable
■ orals. He will discharg • t lie dn
i".« of the position as they app-cr
r him well and faithfully iwid any
rstalits he may mike will be of the
ead tsfher thai if the hoait.—
;:r n--s' Weekly.
iik mtrdkr .irsTinro,
SAID .It HV
mat toiiow jusi Miu-i' :i i omc
un. That's 50 times this year."
toasted tho American.
"You're stringing 're. old lop."
aid his Knglish guest: "how the
lure could he make a home rtii
vhen it has no legs"
so woMtKi: hk's happy
A happy man
1 William Hyde:
He always look:;
On the bright side.
>BSEKVATIO\S OF
OLDEST INHABITANT
The fellow who was waiting for
lis ship to oome in when I was a
ioy still is waiting for it—in tl'o
•emetery.
F. H. Malcolm is preparing to es
tablish crab canning plans at Jan
?au and Cordova. A plant has be^n
in operation at Petersburg for some
Lime, and has proved successful.
i;i:i OKI) OF SI'OK.WK
I . S. HISTOKV TKST
Kiglith Grade.
Schools in Incorporated Towns
School—
Anchorage ..IS 66.61 69. 9
Cordova ....12 75.16 75.5 »!
Douglas .... 4 53. 52.5 in ,
Fairbanks .. I! S3.66 SI. 2
Haines 3 69. 61. 7 I
.Juneau IS 64.72 66.5 11
Ketchikan ..25 66.16 69. lrt
Petersburg .. 4 S4.25 S4.5 1
Seward 4 S4.33 SO. :t
Silka 3 S 1.33 0. 3
Fkagwuy .... 7 67.S5 7o. s i
Valdez 7 79.S 7!'^r, 4 j
Wratigell ... 10 76.fi 79. 5
Total ...116 69.5 72.
lumber of pupils
.Average per cent.
of accuracy
Median score |
Hank according
to pur cent.
of accuracy
Median score for eighth grade of
Spokane, consisting of 514 pupils
78.
After giving the test and tabulat
ing results, the Spokane schools do-,
elded upon a score of 51 or above
as a passing mark.
Perfect score. 100. One Alaska
pupil, John r>. Clark of Fairbanks. •
made a perfect score.
POKMS IS POKMS
While the muse nodded the i
Spring Ford (Ohio) poet (or black-1
smith?) put this one over:
I'p heere in Spring Ford we find it
very hot.
Out even so we are all on the trot I
There are picnics and luncheons and |
parties galore.
.Mixed in with threshing and oats |
cutting more.
Such is the life on the farm, we'll |
admit.
But, oh! Tell us where life is more
fit.
(Try the "Cit." old scout t
(.IKI.S, WHAT'S YOl'R Oi l ss"
Says Colonel George Bailey: "One
obscure prophet sa>s it will not be
so long until women are wearing!
pants and men the skirts. In that
day the short skirt will go." We
wonder what Oeorge has in mil i' I y
t;.ui ir.e suc't a positive sutfnie. l.
o- have you ever seen an oxniliiM^n
of i..en's nether extremities*
i One billion, two hundred and
[twenty-four million dollars was
[spent during 1920 on public school
Education in the United Stales. This
lis the most that has ever been spent
I by one nation In one year on its
[educational system. Since the Rev
olutionary War. $14,000,000,000
has been spent on education in the
I'nited States.
These figures seem large but are
small when compared to the S22.
I I'OO.OOO.OOO spent for luxuries alone
in the nation last year. This is al
most twenty times the amount spent
'for education and thirty per cent.
• more than has been spent on edu
cation in all our history.
The chances foe German's indus
trial revival Iooks sood to all who
remember how she ised to work be
fore she had to.—Boi'ou Herald.
rOAli COMMISSION'S REPORT
The State Coal Commission of
Washington has completed its work
and has made a formal report to Ed
ward Clifford, Director of Labor and
Industry. This commission was
composed of two members repre
senting the miners, two representing
the owners or operators and one be
ing an expert engineer from Penn
sylvania. These five men make a
most thorough report of the coal
'mining industry of this state,
bringing out all of tho features per
taining to the increased cost of min
ing and distribution of the coal and
pointedly showing the strong com
petition the local product has to
face in tlio importation of Canadian
and I tali coals. As before stated,
all of the members subscribed to
Ibis report and in addition, Mr. All
purl. the engineer member, makes
a personal report suggesting the ne
cessity of wage re-adjustment and
various changes in the work of pro
ducing and marketing the product.
At li e present time the miners gen
erally are still on strike which wj-s
calle.i March lfi lasi, and right now.
, two of the summer months. usuallt
11lie time when the householder puts
in his early winter supply of coal.
|have been lost and this loss falls
[with equal severity upon all con
cerned. Nothing can "make up for
it lie loss of the last few months, for
|the imported coals have displaced
I the local product and the use of
firewood has become more general
This report, which is signed by two
union members as well as the oth
ers. clearly sets forth why it is im
possible to successfully mine coal in
Western Washington under the high
wage schedule of the war period
and p<i nts onfall the economic facts
which go to show that the enforced
closing down of the mines is day by
day weakening the whole future in
dustrv in this state and at the same
time strengthening this market for
those engaged in the distribution of
outside coal There is. of course,
no intention of even a suggestion of
pirn" s any embargo upon imported
fuels as they will always be in de
mand. but in the past the Washing
ion coal mines have supplied their
proportion and it now looks as if
even that proportion will be lost, a
irre.it industry will be ruined and
I hoi; .rids of people who have found
their living in and adjacent to the
mines will he forct-d to move else
where unless these men can be
shewn how impossible it is for the
mines lo continue to operate unless
tliev i.in do so in conformity with
the general re-adjusiment that has
:e!y .ome to the commercial world
at large. It is. of course, up to the
unions or rather to their national
officers, and it is to be hoped that
this report will be read, not only by
the nien themselves but by their of
ficers and that they will accept the
inevitable as every business house
or pro:- -tional man has had to do
in facing these same re-adjustments.
— liailwa> and Marine News.
Mi:. ( HANK ( liOSSKS RISSIA
After 50 days of very eventful I
traveling Charles Crane, former |
minister to China, readied the west
ern border of Russia. He started j
with a supply of pins, needles, tooth-]
brushes, quinine and tobacco to pay
his way through the Soviet country,
hut two officials of the Chita bov-|
eminent of Kastern Siberia, both |
former residents of the I'nited
States, fooled him into believing |
that I.cnine had revoked his pass
port and persuaded him to give his |
supplies to their hospitals and them
selves. lie proceeded on his wa>
with his f.'iir companions and threaj
trunks full of money, and when he
reached Kica ho had reached the |
bottom of his trunks. The Chinese]
cook received a million rubles a day j
to purchase supplies, while railroad
fares and other expenses were paid
for by millions. He got 10.000
rubles for three dollars. They took
baths at as many towns as possible,
for which they paid 3000 rubles!
each. Several days were spent at
Moscow and Petrograd, where con
ditions were studied and data se
cured for the state department.
RKCORD FOR PANAMA CANA1
During the last fiscal year over
11,590,000 tons of commercial car
go was carried through the Panama
canal, or 2 4 per cent, more than for
any preceding year, while the tolls
amounted to $11,276,000, or 33 per
cent, more than any previous year.
In addition there were about 454.
000 tons of cargo carried on Cnited
States government vessels free of
toll. American, British and Japan
ese ships -carried 90 per cent, of the
total commercial tonnage. The to
tal number of ships passing through
[the canal was 2S92.
Four years i l prison for two Ger
man officers who fired on a *io-ji,;tal
ship is almost ..a sew* treatment
as if they Uud stolon a tire.—In
dianapolis News.
Fraternal Order of
Eagles
Skagway Aerie, No, US,
fraternal Order ol
Ragles, nioet the firw
and third ^'edn^sday MS"* 01 earn
month at their hall 011 Fifth Ave
nlift. Visiting brothers cordially in
vited to attend.
C. H. IMKJERS, \Y. P.
J. M. Griesbach, Sec'y.
Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 12,
meet in A. R. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:30 p. nj.
Visiting brothers cordially wel
come. 3. C. PHELPS, Sec'y.
Xaomi Chapter No. 0,
0. E. 8., meets in Ma
sonic hall, first and
third Friday, of each
month, at 8 o'clock. Vi9
Itinj; members welcome.
Charrie Mario Spark#,
Worthy Matron.
Virginia Suffecool, Secretary.
Take Grove's LAXTT1VE BROMO
QtlMKR tablets. Tlie genuine bears
the signature of E. W. Grove. 30c.
To Cure a Cotrt tn One Day
NOTICE
When you want anything moved
Trunks, BaRgape or anything else.
Call up tlie John Williams, U. S.
Transfer Co.
Also Wood and Coal Tor sale.
QUI A LYREUEN
?RH
l ""lie
il -OER
AN". ALL
ISCHABBfcS
SAFT A SIOT^m
Fju h Cayv /^~*N ]
rr«rr of counyrfriis
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
W. B. STOUT
Attorney at Law "j
Practice In all o<\nrt*
In Territory of Alaska
HAINES Ai.ASIi A
DR. L. 8. KELLER
Tlentist
Most Modern Method*
Office Hours: 0-12 a. m.—1-fl p. n».
Alaskan liuihling Broadwaj
«KAGWAY ALASKA
SK AG WAV'S
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Camp Skagway No. 1.
S n,eet* eTrry •econ<1 ■»«!
toorth Tuesday *r»nln»
»t 8:SO o'clock. Tlslt»
Ini; brothers cordially welrom#.
J. M. Keller, I* 8- Keller,
Arctic Uecorder. Arctic Chief.
B. P. O. ELKS, Ska*.
| way Lodgo, No. 481, B.
r. O. Elks tneeU Urc><
snJ third Thursdays at
8:30 p. m.
Visiting brother* cor
.T. C. WOOD, E. H.
K. J. YAXNKWALL, Secretary.
F. * A. M.
White Pasi Lodge P. £ A.
A. M. No. 113, meet* 2nd
«it>d 4th Saturday »veninB*
of each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wel
come.
JOHN' N. HANSEN, W. M,
T. J. Slamlish, fvHTCtary
Home Made Candy Shop
Carer©**, Y. T.
GLADYS SIMMONS. Proprietress
Latitud*. 71 DffWfi Altitude, 2160 F*«t
TAKE A SOUVENIR BOX HOME
..Rochester Hotel..
A. Rystogi, Prop
All Modern Conveniences
Corner King Street and Second Ave., D AWSON, Y.T
Seven-Passenger McLaughlin Buick Car Service
Attention
Tourists...
WHEN* IX \V HI I I ll(iIlSK
- CITY CAFE -
GOOD EA TS
LUNCHES, SHORT ORDERS, AND KI LL MEALS SERVFD
George Yashida, Proprietor
ALSO MANAGER OF THE
Caribou Hotel Dining Room
CARCROSS, Y. T.
JUST A REMINDER- - WE DO FIRST CLASS PRINTING
White Pass & Yukon Route
:iME TABLE XO. -4 7
Daily except Sunday
No
1, X. Bound
1st Class.
9:30
11:55
1:30
3:05
S:2S
Leaves
Arrives
Xo. 8. Bonrd
1st.CI as*
Arrives 4:30 p.m.
3:00 p. m.
1:45 p. m.
11:50 a. m.
9:20 a. m.
leaves
SKAGWAY
WHITE PASS
BEXXETT
CABCBOSS
WRITEnoBSp
Passengers must be at the depot In time to have Raggage In
spected. and checked. Inspection is stopped thirry *nlnute» before
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of Baggage will be checked free win "*ch full far#
ticket, and T5 pounds with each halt fare ticket.