NEWS OF ALASKA VIA SEATTLE
Seattle, Nov. 22.
Hon. C. H. Huston, assistant sec
retary of commerce, was the guest
of the executive committee of the
Alaska Bureau at the Rainier Club,
Thursday evening, November 17.
.Mr. lluston assured the committee
of the intention of Secretary Hoover
and the assistance of the depart
ment of commerce to do their ut
most towards making more efficient
and more effective the Alaskan ac
tivities of the department. Assist
ant Secretary Huston has been at
tending and presiding over the Al
aska fisheries hearings which have
been conducted here for three days.
These are the first Alaska fisheries
hearings that have been presided
over by an assistant secretary of
commerce and indicate the desire
of Secretary Hoover and his assist
ants to familiarize themselves thor
ousal.v with Alaskan affairs. This
Interest augurs well for the early
adoption of the cooperative meas
ures of t!ie administration towards
doing away with much of the need
less "red tape" and facilitates the
development of Alaska.
The outstanding feature of the
hearing is applications of the Car
lisle Packing Co. to continue limited
pack on the Yukon river, and Aber
crombe racking Co. to take 15.000
cases of red fish from the Copper
river canyon. Both of these appli
cations are being opposed by Messrs.
Adams and Garfield, representing
tiie territorial hatchery commission.
The present regulation Is that purse
seiners and gill netters must not
operate within 200 yards of the
mouth of a salmou stream. If any
change is made, it Is probable it
vv.il prohibit fishing within 500
yards of the mouths of salmon
streams. May promiuent Alaskans
were in Seattle to attend the hear
ings. including H. C. Strong of
Ketchikan. C. D. Garfield, secre
tary of the Alaska hatchery commis
sion: David Paul, representing the
uat v e fishermen of Alaska, and oth
ers.
A thorough investigation of
freight rates ou the Alaska govern
ment railroad will be conducted,
federal officials here announce. This
committee will prepare a compre
hensive freight tariff for future
guidance. William Gerig. Freder
ick l>. Browne and B. H. Barndol
lar have been selected for the com
mittee. Gerig, who w-ill be chair
man. has been assistant chief engin
eer with the Alaska engineering
commission for several years, and
will direct the committee's investi
gations. Mr. Browne has been In
charge of the operation and main
tenance of the Alaska government
railroad for some years. Mr. Barn
doll&r examiner of accounts and le
gal adviser of the Alaskan engineer
itig commission, was one of the first
men appointed by secretary Lane in
1914. He has becu u resident In
Alaska for a number of years and
has been handling the compilation
of all freight and passenger operat
ing statistics since the commence
ment of commercial business on the
Alaska railroad
This committee will make a study
of freight tariffs, schedules and
classifications now in effect on the
Alaska government railroad. TI.e
committee will also prepare a tabu
lated comparison of existing tariffs
on the Alaska railroad with tariffs
of in Aluaks.
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Oil has taken the place of gold in
the attention of Alaskans, accord
ing to Information reaching the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce thru
the Alaska bureau. More than 600
applications for oil leasing and pros
pecting permits have been filed at
Juneau, according to reports. These
affect in excess of 1,400,000 acres.
Regions in which oil hunters nre
active stretch from Southwestern
Alaska to the Aniakchak river dis
tr.ct on the Alaskan peninsula. Al
most 50'< of the total tilings are on
land In the Cold bay region on the
Alaskan peninsula. Prospectors
have located 275 claims in this field.
Idlcations are. according to reports
that geologists have reported favor
ably upon propos.-d operations in
this vicinity and that drilling w 11
start in the spring.
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The sale of the iteamer City of
Seattle by the Admiral line fore
casts the introduction of larger
steamships on the triangle run to
Alaska, with probably a curtail
ment of the southeast run in favor
of an increased service on the vv.-st
ward run. The steamship Queen
will replace the City of Seattle on
the southeast run. and it is bellev
ed the Admiral line will .• ••■it ,iiy
place one fast stea tier on t . Seat
tle. Ketchikan. Wrangell, Peters
burg. Juneau and Sitka run. leaving
Seattle every Saturday night, and
increase the westward run via Ju
neau with several fast steamships of
large passenger and cargo capacit\
UNKNOWN SOIiDlKU l<HI
CANADA IS OI'INISKH
Toronto, Nov. 1?—The I'arkdale
branch of the C5. W V. A. last night
passed » resolutlot. strongly oppos
ing the proposal to bring an un
known soldier frotv France for bur
all In Canada. The honor accorded
the unknown soldier buried in West
minster Abbey was sufficient for the
overseas dominion:? and tne British
empire, contended the members.
When the weather observer prophe
cles wnriiier weather, we heS
wrong: when he says it will be cooler,
we like to have faith In bis prognostl
j cations.
ALASKA SCLTHVH
TO BE MARKETED
EARLY NEXT SEASON'
Alaska Sulphur Company Expert
In Sent I le to Ship Reflnery
riant North
W. W. Johnson, representing the
Alaska Sulphur Co.. Is In Seattle to
close contracts for shipment of a
100-ton dally refinery plant to the
company workings it I*ost Harbor.
Alaska, located on Akun island, first
island west of Cnlvnak pass.
Early In the season a tramway
was shipped north, and company of
ficials are advised it has b«en finish
ed. Docks, buildings, etc., are also
constructed so that as soon as the
refinery plani is Id operation the
company is prepared to start sul
phur shipments.
The market for Alaska sulphur
will be confined for the present io
paper mills in the northwest, as well
as concerns using sulphur in fertil
izer preparations. The Ocean Falls
paper mill Is now receiving sulphur
shipments in 5.000 ton lots. This
sulphur is now con.ins from Mexico,
where it is hauled by auto trucks 10
seacoast at heavy expense.
The Alaska Sulphur Co. has a
wireless plant in operation at Lost
Harbor, and often ficks up message;
from oriental-bound vessels 20 m leg
off the island. It is believed in time
many of these \essels will call at
Lost Harbor for suphur cargoes —
Exchange.
\l W STAMPEDE REPORTER
OX GALENA till I
Several of the late arrivals here
from Mayo report thai a new find
I:as been made oc the McQuesten
side of Catena Hill, and that fully
sixty claim* have been staked in
that vicinit} in s new stamp* >le.
Oscar Miller and others are reported
to ha*e made l);e find, and it is s.iid
that they got gold hearing as »ell
us galena ore. with assays running
several thousand dollars to the ion
One sample is said to have run $15
100. At:drew Knudson. Charley
iiunkin and others heard of the
str.ke before leaving Mayo. Most
of the top of Galei.a Hill was »tak
ed last summer, following the find
of h wide antimony ledge. Some
thing over a year ago that portion
of Galena Hill nearest Keno Hill
was staked by s?\«?ral old timers,
including Dave Cunningham. Ra>
Stewart. Kodolph Kosmuse:. Louis
Lokke nnd others Dawson News
To Cuit n CotQ tn One I)IVJ
Take Grove s LAXIT1VE BROMO
QI'IMNE tablets. The gemtire bearf
the signature of E. W. Grove. ."0c
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It is easy to identify
Victrola Instruments
You can tell Iheni the moment you raise the li<i ami
wr the trademark "Victrola." You will also si-e other
Yictor trademarks, a- the picture anil the phrase "His
Master's Voice.-'
Be sure to get n Victrola instrument of the great
est artists ami specially made to play their Yictor rec
ords.
The Yictor trademarks besides being your means
of identification are also your guarantiees of quality. Vic
trola Instruments are built to give a lifetime of service.
l.<x>k under the lid for the Victor trademarks—"Vic
trola," the picture and the phrase "His Master's Voice"
—and you can lie certain of lasting satisfaction.
Yictrola instruments to Sfl5tM>.
Victrola
Ko«. V. S. Pat. Off.
You can have one of these In
struments sent to your home at
[ once, for you can buy ;h?m on
easy terras, a small amount down
and the balance In raouthly in
stallments.
J Keller Bros.
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EXTRACT FROM DECISION
Of Commissioner of General Land
Office, Washington, D. C.
Id the matter of
HOMESTEAD APPLICATION
of
HARRIET & POLLEN
Washington, D. C„
October 4th, 1921.
....A brief summary of all the
testimony submitted shows that the
entr.vwoman was on her land con
tinuously for 8 months during the
first year (1$15-1916). and 7
months during tbe second year
• (1916-1917). and there is no satis
factory evidence to show that she
was not on her land 7 months the
third year.
The reason entry woman d.d not
remain continuously on the land 7
months each year was because the
land did not afford a living and she
was obliged, to make support fori
herself and family, to work else
where. The presumption Is that
said entr.vwoman made entry In
good faith for a homer, and there Is
no evidence in the case to impeach
that presumption and no evidence
from which a sufficiently strong In
ference of bad faith may be infer
red; and there is no ground there
fore. for concluding that the entry
was made for any other purpose
than for a bona Cde home. Your
decision (Juneau l.and Office Deci
sion l is predicated on the evidence
showing that entr.vwoman herself in
her ow n proper person was not pres
ent un lhe land for a period of as
much as 7 months each year for
illrev years, not withstanding the
fact that her family lived cont.nu
ousl> there for the requisite length
of time The depart
ment lias uniformly held that where
.< homestead entryman has in good
faith duly established residence on
the land embraced in his entry, his
subsequent absence* therefrom for
cause sufficient to excuse the same,
will not defeat submission by him
of acceptable final proof; provided
t appears that during the whole
period of such ahsence. his family
has remained on the land and con
j linut d in occupation thereof as a
home and place of residence; the
presumption being that WHERE A
MA.VS FAMILY RESIDES, THERE
ALSO HE RESIDES.
I'ndiT the old 5-year Jaw, in cases
where commutation proof" was sub
mitted. in view of the brief period
of time which res.dencc was requir
ed to be made, a greater degree of
stricitiess was insisted ca by the
Department in the examination of
such proofs with respect to the con
tinuity of residence than in straight
live-year proofs: and many of the
decisions of the Department held in
commutation cases, that residence
must be substatially actual and per
sonal.
An examination of these cases,
however, discloses that the terms
"actual" and "personal" residence,
used in said decisions, were not in
tended to bear a sense ci exclud
ing the idea of family residence, but
on the contrary were employed to
pr>-. lude and deny any claim of resi
dence based upon representation, as
for instance, by a tenant or by
persons not constitut;ng en
tryman's own immediate family and
whose domicil is not by law presum
ed to be the entryman's domicil. It
is clear that the terms "actual" and
"personal" as used in these deci
sions were intended to mean nothing
more than that a homestead entry
man may not in commutation proof,
under the five-year law. rely upon
constructive residence as opposed to
| actual occupation; or upon residence
In any representative other than
such a representation as is afforded
bv his own family, his wife and
children. No case Is found where:
the Department has construed the j
term "actual" in a sense to exclude
the Idea of family residence, and no
case is found in which the Depart
i ment failed to apply and enforce
the rule that where an entryman
has established his residence npon
a tract of public land, his home will
continue to be on that land as long)
as his family resides there. (Itef.
2 LD S2. 3 LD 21. 7 LD 35. S LD |
615. 42 LD 510).
Therefore,, for the reasons stated,
your decision (Juneau Land Office
decision 1 is hereby reversed, and
said proceedings dismissed: and you
will, in the absence of any valid
objection appearing on yonr records,
issue final certificate.
Signed by:
Commissioner of Land Office.
The new town hall to be erected!
j at Metlakatla, will be combined1
with a courtroom and Jail. A spe
i cial room has been fitted up for the
| accommodation of moonshiners.
A fleet of six barges and one river
i steamer will winter at the West
Dawson shipyards in order to be In
readiness to handle the Mayo silver
I output next spring. The fleet will
carry S.000 loas at a trip.
OUR RICHEST MAN.
Mr. Rockefeller at eighty-two play,
tag golf is an Interesting flpnre. Hut
the man who holds an umbrella ever
him when It ralot, or when ilia sun'a
rajs be com* toe fervid, la a more In
structive picture to the young or
middle-aged man who has the courage
to peer Into his own future. Mr.
Rockefeller s ambrella man U a sym
bol of comfort la old age, of secur
ity fr<>m poverty, of the care and con
slderatlon and attendance all old peo
ple need to make smooth the path on
die shady side of life, says the Chi
cago Journal of Commerce. Kvery
pru.lent man must desire sn "um
brella man" to protect him from in
clement wealher when h'l vigor de
clines, and will work and save and
deny himself te get such protection,
ss well as to secure It for his family.
The truest happines comes to those
whose Industry and talent and thrlftt
not only provide for their own need*,
bat also enable them to be of service
to their children. If a census of the
hopes of men could be taken, we doubt
not that their dearest ones would be
those which cluster around their lore
for their children.
The Philadelphia Korum has been
recently launched. The purpose of
this new Institution ts to afTord te
the people of Phllsdelphla an oppor
tunity of enjoying and of participat
ing In platform eventa of a civic, edu
cational, literary, musical and re
ligious character. A feature will be
made of the discussion of questions
of national, state and municipal In
terest All of these discussions are
to be strictly nonpartisan and non
•ectarian. According to the an
nouncement of the management, the
forum's first season will Include 75
events, beginning In October, 1921.
The establishment of the Phllsdelphla
Forum was brought about by the ac
tive co-operation of the University
Extension society, the Civic club,
the Academy of Music corporation and
the City club. Each of these organ
lr.itions Is represented on the forum
boenJ of gpwernora.
Expert* tn the "acience of palntinj:"
will he trained at the Cnlversity of
Pennsylvania. A chair In this scienca
hia been founded by ar unnamed Phil
adelphla connoisseur of art. A two
year*' room *111 I* riven, and th»
major emphasis at first *111 be on
the nature and an of pigments Hi*
nature of palntlnf media, Including
the use of picture varnishes end fixa
tives *111 he another topic of in*! fac
tion. Picture "hyriene - tlie re
moval of varnish from palmlnc*. sci
entflc rellnlnc, rradllrn and retouch
ing Will he I third, laboratory «-nrk
will he a feature. The priman ran
•on for estahjlahlng the c*- s* 1*
found In the need for Infnr • as
slstsnts and for export rest. r. s-rt
tra'ned curator* for collector* rare
old palntlnga.
Doubtless It Will siilden the C"v
ernmenta at Washington 1-ondon.
Tarta and Rome to leam 't>«t he
cause Russia was not Invito1
coming disarmament confere- Tel '
tchertn. the Bolshevik comi smk f
foreign affair*, threatens "
•ov'eta will nullify any notion It tuay
take.
To Raft Loo* * -»~af Ot«i
From Varr,.hver, R. C.. <n Yoko
hama. Japan, the distance > -i
miles. Between the two rolls the vast
ocean that bears the reas«u-inc "ant
of Pacific. As a rule. It Is n«t s®
stormy a6 tie Atlantic, hut !' hns its
days of rape, notwlthst" . its
name.
Tndannred by this gmtt ■! sot
and the dancers of storms n
Japanese lumber Imponors pn^vnues
to raft timber from British t*o ;-n hia
to Japan. The Davts rap i - to
be used. The essential
consists of an outside ro- •( Ins*
laced with strotip cables The raft
will have a snperstnictim of ulled
logs. all strongly laced.
If the venture sueceo. - i;mat
quantity of timber will be tr- nsjvirted
to Japan at a much less ,ykt than
would he entailed by carry I tic It B.-ros
tic Pacific on boa-d shir
ORF.A Tt lli OK C. P. K
OROSSRS THI HIMOF
London, Nov. 50.—l,ord Mont
Stephen, who had a larter hand
than any other man In the creation
of the Canadian Pacific Ka.lroad.
passed over the great divide in th!s
city today.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
W. B. 8TOCT
Atttraif at L a »•
PrarUca ta *11 conrta * j
In Territory of Alaska
HAINES —' ALASh «
DR. Ik 8. K ELL KB
Dentist
Most Modern Methodf
Odlce Honrs: »-12 a. m.—1-0 <*».
Alaskan Bufldlng Broadwav
SRAGWAT ALASKA.
SKAGWArS
FRATERNAL ORDERS
1
:imrxumiminxnr
Camp Pknffwsy No. 1.
meets Stttj iiecond aiw»
fourth Tuesday srenina
at 8:80 o'clock. Visit*
trig brofbews cordially welcome.
1. M. Roller, U 8. Keller.
Arctic Recorder, Arctle Oilet
B. P. O. ETJTS, Staff
way Lodp, K». Wl. t
P. O. KIki, mepu evrrf
Thursday •* 8 P- ">•
Visiting brother* cor
dially welcome.
J. C. WOOD. lu. 1
F. J. VANUKXCALL, Secretary.
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F. AA.M.
Whlta Taa Lodge T. * A.
A. M. tf®. IIS, m«e<» 2»>o
!q\_ *nd 4th Saturday wrrrlnK*
of Hit month at t> o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wm
£ comet
JOHX N. HA5SEH. W. M.
T. J. Statidiah. Secretary
rntrrnal Order ©t
Eafflea
>k»STrnj Aerte, ?>o. 25,
I ratertml Order of
Kmitlon, meet tiM Br*t
hHu Utirn rNinf^in# "> w
month *! their hall on Fifth At**
one. Visltlne brotlion rordlallj !»•
titml to
C. H. ROGERS, W. P.
J. M. <>rin>bsch. (W'y.
PlMipnn of Al«sk», IpllO Jftk. 12,
mooi in A. R. Hull flrot Mond«y l»
rirrj month a* 8:2W* p. IB.
Visiiinc bmthfrf cordially wal
come. C. rUKIiPR, !"•
C"h*p<«r S«. #
O. K. P., mwu In M»
winir hall, flrrt •«'
third Friday, of each
montti. ■» f o'clock. Vl»
ilinc mcniwff wrironw.
Chan* M*rte Spark*.
Worthy Matron
V'lrtln a Snffwool. Secretary.
NOTICE
\\>en you want anything h»ot*4
Trunks. Baggage or anything else.
Call ur Jo*1" William*. U. S.
Transfer Co. Al!>e wood. It lach,
delivered. $4 FO. and coil, per ton.
delivered. SIS
$1W Reward. SIM
Th* reader* rf thta r*P*T Wfl! M
pt#a«ed tc Iwirri that there *• *1 U*#t
one draaded dl«*a«e that aHat*^
able to cur* tn all lt» atac*
thRt la catarrh Ca'iirrti hetwc #Ta*tJr
Influenced by COBttttUthJIIll C©adjllb**a
rtxjuirea c^natltutlonal treatment WfcT*a
Catarrb Medicine la taken fr*ematly
ac*« thru tba> Wood on the Mwoo«i Por
face« of the 8vfi*>rr thereby AwtreTiBS
the trai>6+l\vn of fhr «11wwe.
ratTVrt lUmth hr btiildlnt «|>
attrition and aanta'fnc nature lf» dotfef ftj
an)rk. The proprietor* hare as*
faith In the rur*tf«e pcwera OT HaDa
Catarrh Medic ne that '"W Ow
Hundred T^nurt for any fan®
to cvr* Send for Ti«t of T.-»tlTB91x*ie
Artdrew F. J CH1EKRT * CO.. Tol*4».
Ofcio. Sold by all Drn*el»». le.
White Fass & Yukon Route i
TIME TABLE XO. 4R. g
TueMav* and Frldir*
Kft 1, X. Botrnd. p. Xo. 2, S. Rovim i
im a***. lot n««. ^
S: 30 a. m.
10:45 *. m.
12:30 p. m.
2 CO p. m.
4:15 p. m.
Leaves
Arrlve«
SKAGVV A Y
WHITE PASS
BKXXKTT
CARCROSS
flHTTEHORSE
Arn ret
iMrm
Passengers in net be at tie depot in time to narv »a*r*r* in
spected. and checked. Inspection I* stopped thirty mtnntM befoie
'.earing tlm« of trains.
160 pounds of Bajrgape will be checked free *It.i each foil far*
ticket, and TE pounds Kith each halt far* ticket.