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WHAT THE RKSl'LT MAY UK
So. the fish from Alaska shipped through a Canadian port destined for
an American market, unless In bond from an American port, will he taxed
two cents the pound, so the reports, from Washington want us to '>elieve.
Personally. as we said some two weeks ago, this would su t us. hut
look:ng about » find that it does not suit the fishermen who are the pvo
dur.'rs, and un :i we can make the fishermen think as we do. we prefer not
to discuss the tatter, at least until something definite is known. We
merely wish to remark that should that act of cougress e»er become effect
ive. the result will be a great big Dump for Ketchikan. So assort) some
fishermen We are told that the townsite that is proposed to be started
close to Prim e Rupert, as was published in the Daily News a few days ago
will be earned out. Should this project materialize, the result cannot be
otherwise t!tan the bump we have in mind. They propose to have a cold
storage' supply store and all necessary things, with which to carry on the
busiries- without ever coming to Ketchikan. And although we hardly be- I
lievi tiiat probable, It is not impossible. Meanwhile a lot of us will be
guessing.
But how the fishermen would gain by such a move, is not clear. Un
less the short haul that would be made by the Canadian railway from that
new port will Justify the carrier of tho fish to the eastern market to ab
sorb the duty. thus. In that case, there is nothing in the world to save us
from that bump.—Ketchikan Dailv News.
WELCOME LoRI) BY.VG—If every individual will do liis part in ex
emplifying the sourdough spirit. Lord Bvng. who is to arrive in Dawson
next Tuesday, will carry a Way an impression that will redound to the cred
it and benefit of Yukon for years to come.
Tiie governor-general is making an exceptional tr p in coming to this re
mote corner of the Dominion and the Empire's Farthest North. He dis
likes pomp and parade and says that he prefers little formality and wants
10 meet the people as they are. His pronouncement is demoncratic It
means he wants to have heart to heart talks with the men from Yukon who
fouglit for the Empire, with the sourdoughs who blazed the tra.l into this
region, and with the men and women who are carrying on. He wants to
see the raining as it is done on the famous creeks of Dawson. He wants to
know Yukon Industries and Yukoners thoroughly. It will be good busi
ness for Yukoners to do their utmost to give him what Information they
an about the country, to tell him their interesting stories replete witti Yu
kon color and reminiscences, to instruct him regarding the wonders of this
land of endless daylight in summer and northern lights in winter, to show
him the farming, the mining, the fox farms, and other places of interest sel
dom encountered elsewhere.
No doubt the real sourdough phase of life will please him more than
any effort along traditional formal lines of the banquet hall and the public
reception. The essential formalities have their place, but, onco they are
ov«r. the more Yukonesque h.s reception the more out of the ordinary will
it be to his excellency. The modest cabiu and the old bean pot and the
sourdough bread reflect the pioneer atmosphere. One and all can extend
him the glad hand.—Dawson News.
l.AIUiK AREA OF
FOREST SOl'GHT
AT THOMAS BAY
Showing his confidence that he
•will be able to float the deal to
i>ut in a paper manufacturing plant
at Tnornas bay, Frank C. Dougherty
hu requested the Forest Service
to allocate a timber unit in that
vlcin.ty including in it at least 2.
4t>0.oo0.000 feet board measure ol
limber. The request was made pub
lie today by District Logging En
gineer Frank B. Heintzeiman. of
the local Korest Seivice district.
A reconnalsance of the country
adjacent to the Thomas bay site
will be made as soon as possible and
the exterior boundaries of the unil
asked for will probably be fixed this
summer. It will be next spring be
fore an accurate ciuise of the unit
can be made and the unit advertised
for sale, said Mr. Heintzieman. Mr.
Dougherty Indicated that he hoped
to be able to close ail preliminaries
this fall and next winter and have
his Umber supply assured so that de
velopment work can be launched
early next spring.
Mr. Heintzieman said that prob
ably 150,000 acres of forest land
would bare to be included in the
unit in order to give the applicant
the amount of timber desired by him.
To cruise this will require contider
able time, more tJun win remain
this season after the available crews
conclude the work lliey are now do
ing.
Mr. Dougherty was recently ai
Thomas bay with an expert hydro
electric engineer representing one
of the foremost estimating and con
struction firms in Sail Francisco.
Uotli the expert and Mr. Dougherty
were highly impressed with ti.e pos
sibilities for economic development
at the location and plans for the
construction of a plant to develop
25,000 horsepower will be drawn
up in connection with the pro
posed mill construction. T.iis, it
was cla.med by Mr. Dougherty,
tvould supply all the necessary pow
er for the operation of a 250 to 300
ton paper mill.
(K.N'AKKK CAXNERY PACK
SAYS TEXNKSON
The Alaska Consolidated Canner
ies plant at Tenakee, has pui up a
pack of 11,000 cases of salmon, ac
cord ng to J. T. Tenneson, super
intendent. who is in Juneau on a
business trip. The fish run Is
good and if It continues the can
nery will close with U pack of 25,
00 cases. Tenneson said. The
plant is prepared for a small pack
only and the anticipated pack be
fore the season started, will be
greatly exceeded.
. INDIAN DRUM
, IllMSTraTtons by J
Irwin P\yevsr"
Cbfxjriqhf by Edwu\BuImer
"'At midnight. Father, to westward
of the Foxes, we heard the four blasts
of a steamer In distress—the four long
blasts which have sounded In my soul
ever since! We turned toward where
we saw the steamer's lights; we went
:»-arer and. Father. It was his great 1
ship—the Mlwaka! We had heard two
,a.vs before that she had passed the
Soo; we had not known more than that
of where she was. She had broken her
new shaft. Father, and was intact ex
cept for that, but helpless iu the rising
<ea . .' '*
The priest broke olT. "The Mlwaka!
I di'I not understand all that that had
meant to him until Just now—the new
ship of the rival line, whose building
meant for him failure and defeat!
"There Is no higher duty than the
rescue of those In peril at sea. lie—
Benjamin Corvet. who told me this—
swore to me that, at the beginning
Done upon the tug had any thought ex
cept to give aid. A small line was
drifted down to the tug and to this a
hawser was attached which they
hauled aboard. There happened then
the tlrst of those events which led
those upon the tug into doing a great
wrong. He—Benjamin Corvet—hud
taken charge of the wheel of the tug;
three men were handling the hawser
In ice and washing water at ihe stern.
The whistle accidentally blew, which
those on the Miuaka understood to
mean that the lutwser had been se
cured. so they drew in the slack; the
hawser, tightened unexpectedly by the
pitching of the sea. caught and crushed
the captain ami dec! hand of the tug
and threw th»m Into the sea.
"Itevause tin-} were short-handed
now upon the tug. mill also because
consultation was necessary over u hat
was to he done. the young owner of
tlie Mhvaka. Captain SlulToril. cmue
down lli«- hawser onto tlu* tup after the
line IiiiiI been put straight. Mi* I'lime
to the wheelhouse, where ttenjamln
Corvet whs, ami tlie.v consulted. Then
Benjamin Corvet learned that the
other owner was aboard (lie new ship
as well—ltamsdoll—the man whose
money you have Just told me hud huilt
tills and was soon to huild other ships.
I "did not understand before why learn
ing that a fleeted him so much.
"'Stafford wanted us' (this is what
Benjamin Curvet said) 'to tow him tip
the lake; I would not do that, hut t
agreed to tow him to Manistiqtie. The
uight was dark. Ka hep—no snow, hut
frightful wind which had been increas
ing until It now sent the waves wash
ing clear across the tug. We had gone
north an hour when, low upon the wa
ter to my right. 1 saw a light, and
there came to me the whistling of a
buoy which told me that we were pass
ing nearer than I would have wished,
even la daytime, to windward of Itoiii
der reef. There are. Father, no people
on that reef: its sides of ragged rock
go straight down forty fathoms Into
the lake.
" 'I looked nt the man with me in
the wheelhouse—at Stafford—and
hated him! I put uiy h>-ud out al the
wheelhouse door and looked hack at
the lights, at the new. great steamer
following safe and straight at tiie end
of Us towllne. I thought of my two
men upon the tug who had been
crushed by clumsiness of those on
board that ship; and how my own
ships had had a name for never losing
a man and that name would be lost
naw because of the carelessness of
Stafford's men! And the sound of the
shoal brought the evil thought to me.
Suppose 1 had not happened across his
ship; would it have gone upon some
reef like this and been lost? I thought
that If now the hawser should break.
I would he rid of that ship and per
haps of the owner who was on board
as well. We could not pick up the tow
line again In so close to the reef. The
stenmer would drift down upon the
rocks—'"
Father Perron hesitated nn Instant.
"1 bear witness." lie said solemnly,
"that Benjamin Curvet assured me—
his priest—that it was only a thought;
the evil act which It suggested was
something which he would not do or
even think of doing. Hut he spoke
something of what was in his mind to
Stafford, for he said:
" 'I must look like a fool to you to
keep on towing your ship!'
"•They stared, he told me. Into one
another's eyes, and Stafford grew un
easy.
" 'We'd have been all right.' he an
swered, 'until we had got h«-'p. If you'd
left us where we were!' He. too. lis
tened to the sound of the huoy and of
the water dashing on the shoal. 'You
are taking us too close,' he said—'too
close!' He went aft then to look at
the tow line."
Father I'erron's voice ceased; what
he had to tell now miide his face
whiten ns he arranged It in his mem
ory. Alan leaned forward a little and
then, with an effort, sat straight. Con
stancy turned and gazed at him; but
he dared not look at her. He felt her
hand warm upon his; It rested there a
nijuKut and moved a way.
"There wus a thlriT nmn In trie
wheelhouse when these things were
spoken." Fill her Perron said, "the mute
of the ship which hud been lulil up at
Munlstiqtie."
"Henry Spearman," Sherrill sup
plied.
"Thai Is the name. Benjamin Cnr
vet told me of that man that he was
young, determined, hrutul and set upon
getting position and wealth Tor him
self by any means, lie waflied Cnrvet
and Stafford while they were speak
ing. and he. too. listened to the shoal
until Stafford had come hack: then be
went aft.
"'1 looked at him. Father.' P.enjamln
Corvet said to me. 'and I let him tin—
not knowing. He came hack and
looked at me once more, and went airnin
to the stern; Stafford had been w.itch
ing him as well as 1. and sprang away
from me now and scrambled after him.
The tug leaped suddenly; there was
no longer any tow holding it buck, for
the hawser had parted: and ( knew.
Father, the reason was lliai Spearman
had cut it!
•' 'I rung fur the engine l" i»- siuwen.
and 1 left tne wheel anil xvcnt aft;
some struggle was going mi at tlw*
stern in* the tug: u Mash fame from
there and the cracking of a shut. Suil
tleiily all was light alioui me as. aware
of the breaking of the hawser ami
alarmed by the shot, the searchlight of
the Mlwaka turneil the tug. 'i'lie
rut end of the hawser was still upon
'lie tug. nnd Spearman had been trying
to clear litis when SialTonl attacked
him: they fought, nnd Stafford str'efe
Spearman ilown. lie lunn ii ami cried
out against me—accusing me of hav
ing ordered Spearman to etlt the line.
He held up the cut end tnw:>rd lialils
dell on tlie Mlwaka anil cried out to
him and showed hy pointing that It
had heen rut. Wood was running
from the iiaiid with wlilrli lie pointed,
for lie had been shot hy Spearman;
and now iigaln and a seeond and a
third time, from where he lay upon the
deck. Spearman tiled. The second of
those shots killed the engineer, who
had rushed out where I was on the
deck; the third shot went through
Stafford's head. The Mlwaka was drifl
Ing down upon the reef; her whistle
sounded again and again the four long
blasts. Tlie fireman, who had followed
the engineer up from below, fawned
on me! I was safe for all him. lie
said; I could trust l.uke—Luke would
I not tell! Do too thought I had or
I deled the doing of that thing!
"'From the Mlwaka, Itaiasdell yelled
Clirses at me. thrca'cnlng me for what
he thought that I hud done! 1 looked
at Spearman as he got up from the
deck, and I read the thought that had
been In him; he had believed thai he
could cut Ibe hawser In the dark, none
| seeing, and that our word that It laid
been broken would have as much
strength ns any accusation Stafford
could make. He had known that to
share a secret such as that with me
would "make" him on the lakes; for
the loss of the Mlwaka would cripple
Stafford and Iiamsdell and strengthen
me; and lie could make me share with
him whatever I made. Itut Stafford
had surprised him at tlie hawser and
had seen.
"'I moved to denounce mm, cinner,
as 1 realized I Ids; I moved—hut
stopped. He liad made himself safe
against arousal ion hy me! None—
none ever would believe thai he had
done this except hy my order. If he
should claim that: and he made phUn
that he was coins to clnhn that. He
called me n fool and defied me. Luke
—even my own man. the only one left
on the tug with us—believed It: And
there was murder in It now. with Staf
ford dying there upon the deck and
with the certainty that all those on
the Mlwaka could not he saved. I
felt the noose as If It had heen al
ready tied about my nc-k! And I
had done no wrong. Father! I had
only thought wrong!
'"So long as one lived among those
on the Mlwaka who had seen what
was done. I knew I would he hanged:
yet 1 would have saved them If I could.
Rut, In my comprehension of what
this meant. I only stared at Stafford
where he lay ami then at Spearman,
and I let him get control of the tug.
The tug. whose wheel I had lashed,
heading her Into the waves, had !>een
moving slowly. Spearman pushed me
aside and went to the wheelhouse: he
sent Luke to the engines, nnd from
that moment Luke was his. lie turned
the tug about to where we stIII saw
the lights of the Mlwaka. The steam
er had struck upon the reef: she hung
there for a time: and Spearman—he
had the wheel and Luke, at his or
ders, was at the engine—held the tug
off and we beat slowly to and fro un
til the Mlwaka slipped off and sank.
Some hnd gone d.iwn with her, no
doubt; hut two boats had got off. car
rying lights. They saw the tug ap
proaching and cried out and stretched
their hands to us; hut Spearman
■stopped the tug. They rowed toward
uj'then hut kUitiu mil loi. ^
man moved -ml- tag away from their,
and then aga'.n stopped. Tliey cried
out ntraln and rowed toward us: nenln
he'moved the tug away, and then they
understood and stopped rowing and
cried curses at us. One hoat soon
drifted far away; we knew of Its cap
sizing hy the extinguishing of Its light.
The other capsized near to where we
were. Those in it who had no life
belts nnd could n"t swim. sank first
Some could swim and. for it while Uie.\
t'outht the waves.'"
(Continued on Thursday)
BELIEVES TROOPS
.MAY SOOX BE FEB
FROM LOCAL SOIL
j Gauging his deductions from what
l>e saw of agriculture in and around
Anchorage, Major-General Charlea G.
Morton expressed the belief that in
| live or more years it will be pos
sible to feed not only army troops
| from the products of the soil, but all
Alaska as well. In his belief Major
General Morton is seconded by Brlg
: adier-General George B. Duncan, of
• the army supply department.
It was for the purpose of ascertain
! Ing for himself agriculture possibll!
It.es as a guide to future action tiia<
! Major-General Morton visited the
j Marsh ranch. After viewing tho re
i suits and loading himself up with in
| format.on as to costs and revenues,
| the general announced that he had
arrived to a definite conclusion.
I Among the things I e observed was
.the cost and difficulty of securing
I farm implements and live stock.
1 "One of the things most needed in
| connection with pioneering in acri
] culture," said General Morton, "is
J livestock and implements that should
' be easy of acquisition.
j "I shall tell everyone 1 meet of see
ing one of the mos. inspiring exatn
j pit s of p.oneer farn.Ing to he found,
with t e sturdy sons who had served
|t!:eir country In the world war. la
' boring in the city after hours assist
! ing in changing tht wooded conufy
' into a fruitful' area and producing
' crops the e<inal of any I have seen
lelsewhere. Tl ese tilings should be
known in the United States and some
I steps taken to place settlers mi the
i land. Think of ti.e money that
I would rema n in Alaska if it were
j eating from its own soil. I can appre
j elate tho difficulties, but they may te
overcome by some comprehensive
pol ev."
• Brigadier-General Duncan stated
1 that the matter of supply for Alaska
j had been solved, as far as the inter
i ior was concerned, by the Alaska
! railway, which eliminates the old
| system of getting supplies up the Yu
' kon river once a year. Like Major
leneral Morton, Brigadier-General
| Duncan is of the opinion that in
| course of a few years orders w.ll be
placed in Alaska for supplies for the
army in such volume tl.at the serv
re will be greatly simplified. "Why."
said Br gadier-General Duncan "our
[ boys at Matanuska raided suffclent
| spuds there to supply the detail
I troops stationed there, which is the
j lirst evidence of the kind I have en
' countered."
I The generals expressed their party
| endorsement of t e plan whereby sol
1 diers wore given leave to work on the
I farms when labor was scarce a^~Mat
I anuska. "It does the boys good to
| work occasionally," said the Gener
j als, "and they are learning some
' thing about the basic industry of a
nation."
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