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Ii. S. Keller, Publisher.
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EDITORIAL
SOME t»K THE OKUAXIZA
TIOX METHODS
The joint Legislative committee
that went to the Pioneers'Home at
siika presented a report to the Leg
islature that is not very creditable
to une of the Boards that has been
running affairs in the Territory Tor
iho past few years. Loose business
methods seem to be the order ot the
day and largely because the board
nt trustee* regard the expenditure of
J75. or more every two years as
a go-as-yuu please affair. In their
repot * the special committee ha* the
following arraignment.
The business conduct of the insti
tution is deplorable. A detailed re
run should be required each bien
■ im. giving all receipts and expen
ditures. including salaries paid em
ployees. An accounting to date
si ould be demanded at once from the
Itnard of Trustees, showing all out
-un.iling indebtedness and reasons
for non-payment.
The business management of both
the Hoard of Trustees atid Superin
of the Home are open to sev
ere criticism. The law creating the
Heard of Trustees was loosely drawn
it does not provide for the employ
metit of the specific officers for the
Home. but leaves all details in the
hands of an un-salaried board, aud
the Hoard has in turn virtually sur
rendered the entire control of the
Hut,:.' to a .- iperintende.'it: an officer
unknown to the law.
r ... judgement or tne nimraii
tee. the system employed -by the
I; .ml »>f Trustees of the Pioneers
Home is most unbusiness-like. Un
der the system practiced, the Super
intendent has been permitted to or
der from such firms as he chooses,
in ;my manner or quanities desired
without check or restraint. The Sup
erintendent is given a free hand to
iuc;:r debts of any amount, with the
understanding that vouchers are to
be forwarded to the Treasurer for
payment, which the evidence shows
is neglected to a degree not justified
without explanation. He is under
no bonds while holding a position of
cre.it responsibility. Mr. Allen Shat
tuck, Secretary of the Board of
Trustees, admitted the charge that
had been rr.ade by otthers that there
are now bills owing and long over
due. for which Mr. Morton, the Sup
erintendent. has sent in no accounts.
—Daily Capital.
TKISI'.ITOKY TO SECT Hi: THE
ESKIMO CURIOS
The House this morning again dis
played wisdom in promptly and with
practically a unanimous voice de
ciding to purchase the rare and val
uable Neuman collection of Eskimo
curios, tor a consideratio l of $13.
000. This will make a valuable ad
dition to the museum that the Terri
tory is acquiring. Ar.vthing similar
to the Neuman collection could not
be otherwise purchased or collected
Business Section of Cork Destroyed by Flames
A panoramic v ifw of I'utrlok street. the peateM liUh.'ny oi tl.e city, lolluwlnj; the Urea which laid the heart
of Cork In ruins. The picture wag made ou the morning following the night of terror. Thousands of people
turned out to view the ruin*.
for an amount largely in exce3S of
the sum now asked for this excep
tional collection. It is presumed
that the Senate will promp'.v en
dorse the purchase wh'i.h is now
made possible because of the gener
osity of Dr. Xeuman. whose loyalty
to the Territory promj.u him o
make a sacrifice so that future gen
erations may have the benefit of
his ten yea J hard and e.cfn Hi« R la
bor in securng curio:, of which
many ar» .ilv-ady aim ut wit ho* i
price. Governor his shown
commendiM" i.rerest in ac. .iiinu
this valuable possession f >r :he Ter
itory.—Daily Capital.
WHY FACTS WIIKX FICTION IS
KAS1KK
What's this we hear? The House
has appointed a committee of four
to investigate the Territorial Fish
Commission, that expends over
$62,000 in two years, and also to
look into the SS5,000. as special in
fluenza quarantine expense, that
was dispensed between October 15.
191S, to .March 31. 1919. Why any
inquiry? Wasn't the Governor the
dispensing officer and isn't he a
member of the Fish Commission.
Of course he is also one of the Pion
eers' Home trustees. But the fault
that the committee finds with his
administration there can be explain
ed. at least to the satisfaction of the
Organization, so why bother about
any further investigations. Let's
have harmony and peace and quiet
ness and sleep. Why get ambitious
and be wide awake? Trouble is
sure to follow. And when it comes
to investigations the rallying cry
j should be harmony. Why uncover
[the unpleasant things of life? Let's
j have peace.—Daily Capital.
THE "HOME uu.i: " I'AKCK
The disposition of liip Territorijl
road fund is another evidence of
hoxv the "Home llulerg" t;pur:t
privileges. The Leg'sl.tiuro pro
vided for the election of iV.ir divis
ional Iload Commissioners, and at
the last election the people showed
their great interest in 'he subjivt
by casting a heavy vote to- the dif
ferent candidates. In the First
division the vote was greater than
that cast for Delegate to Congress.
But up to the present hour these
Road Commissioners have been un
able to find any duties to perform.
And all because the Territoriaal
road fund had been turneed over to
a federaal board to expend. And
not that it has been injudiciously
expended, but the point we make is
that the Territoory is continually
asking Congress for more privileges
of self-government and at the same
time refusiug the functions that it
is their duty to carry out. And
when it comes to looking after our
industries or management of our in
stitutions it seems necessary that a
federal official be called upon to
function.—Daily Capital.
XO SHI Tl>OW\ SAYS
GAST1XEAI" CHIEF
TIip rumor prevalent on the
I streets of Juneau that the Gastin
eau mine will shut down on Jullv 3
seems unfounded. In an interview
last night with G. T. Jackson, man
ager of the company, the Daily Cap
ital asked Sir. Jackson whether the
rumor was based on fact, and wheth
er there would he a complete shut
down 01. July 3.
Mr. Jackson replied that various
rumors to that effect were current
all the time, but that no announce
ment of a shutdown had been made.
The directors of the company issue
a report every April after a meet
ing, said Mr. Jackson, and the state
ment, expected during the next two
weeks, will contain reference to em
ployment, and will also include com
ment on the coming wood pulp en
terprise of the company. i
Shipment Alaska
Pulp to Go South
One tluuilii'd Tons to Ui* Soul to
Seattle on City of So utile
This Week
The first shipment of pulp from
Alaska in commercial quantities will
lie one hundred tons to be sent
South this week from the Alaska
1'ulp and Paper company mill at
Speel river on the steamer City of
Seattle, according to \V. P. Lass,
manager for the company.
This shipment. Mr. Lass said to
day, would he in the nature of a trial
| one to give the steamship company
an idea of what kihd of cargo the
I pulp makes and to allow several
paper houses to fill orders for paper
made from Alaska pulp.
After this pulp has arrived in the
south and has lieen made into paper
the Alaska pulp business will have
become a reality. It will herald the
actual launching of the industry as
a factor in the paper industry as
ness of ihe nation.
.MINK TO i:t. ol'KXKI)
i'iu:si:\T yi:\i:
At least two properties will be
working crews of n "ii on l.ijiianski
Inlet this summer, v it It the chances
of another one being added to the
list before the slimmer is over.
Captain .1. II ("ann luis financed
the HI Nido group. paralleling the
Apex group. and arranged for a com
pressor and oilier necessary equip
ment to begin operations as soon as
possible.
Captain Cann arrived Friday on
his boat, the Apex, having made
the trip i>; 120 hours and 3.1 minu
tns running lime. He was accom
panied by T. II. While, of Seattle,
who has become financially interest
ed with him -for opening the E! Nido
property. Also accompanying him
was P. J. Williams, the mining en
gineer in charge of the opening of
the Ilirst-Chicagoff property, who
will serve as tl.e mining engineer
for both properties.
The El Xido is claimed to be the
richest strike .vet mado in Alaska,
considering the extent of the ledge
already traced and exposed. Some
of the richer samples of rock goes
$5 to the pound.
Captain Cann said (l.at 14 men
would be put to work early in May
with machine drills.. A stamp mill
will he erected after the mine is
opened.
The other proper y now being
opened is the Apee.t ar.d Rainbow
ledges. adjoining the K1 Xido. un
der bond to the Chicagoff Mining
company. It will be remembered
that it was due to the habit of Mrs.
•i. H. Cann. who was fond of taking
long walks, that the first discovery
of gold was made on Lisianski In
let. She picked tip samples during
her hikes which caused Captain
Cann to investigate further, with
the result that the Apeex and Rain
bow were first discovered and then
the El Xido.
Other prospects have been located
on the peninsula and it -is expected
that at least one other property will
be opened this summer.
COMMISSIONER WILL VXDEK
TAKK 1HU IJOOZE .IO»
Washington, April 20.—It is in
timated that soon Davit! II. Blair,
who has lieon confirmed as the new
commissioner of internal revenue,
will attempt a rigid enforcement of
prohibition. It is expected that he
will encounter many difficulties in
his efforts to strictly carry out the
law.
Alaskan Items
Near and Far
An oil leasing and prospecting
permit liaas just been issued to Jas.
liuodnett of Cordova by the United
Stales Department of the Interior.
The application covers a claim of
two thousand, five hundred acres in
the Yakataga district.
V.". F. Lewis, one of the best
' known homesteaders on the Kenai
' peninsula, with a ranch at Cooper's
; Landing, received a large quantity
| at glass recently with which he will
j build a green house where he in
I tends to raise early vegetables and
I garden truck.
Stewart Kdward White, big game
1 hunter and author, whose western
; stories are familiar to millions of
' people, is making arrangements to
! tour Southeastern Alaska. It is un
derstood that Mr. White and L. W.
! Peck, a literary man of San Francis
j eo. will spend several weeks in Al
! aska waters this summer. They
' have purchased tthe Hydah. a 50
1 foot launch, for the purpose.
The Alaska Coal and Coke Com.
I pany has secured a lease on blocks
I 20 to .11. inclusive, in the Bering
| river coal fields, according to a
| recent announcement of the United
States land office at Juneau. The
I land covered hv the lease embraces
| a portion of the famous Cunning
| ham group of claims. The grout
. of claims leased to this company is
situated about one mile east of the
j Falcon .losslin leasehold and lies
| north of Kushtaka lake and east ol
the glacier of the same name.
The natives at Auk Bay were
greatly excited recently over an al
leged case of witchcraft. The al
leged witch lias been sent south to
the Chemawuh native school in Ore
gon. Conditions became so serious
in the native village that the federal
authorities were forced to take a
hand to prevent bloodshed. Arriv
ing in Indian Town the officers
found a meeting in progress at
which heated arguments over the
disposition of the allegd witch were
being waged. Little 9-year-old Frank
Peters was the subject bewitched.
It was claimed he stole various ar
ticles while under the power of the
wielder of the black art.
visits m:\TisT iias tkkth
I'l'l-M'iD AMI TALKS AGAIN
Baltimore. April ?•>.—Four years
ago. when his son was drafted for
the world war. Benjamin /.ion
Kramer, of this city, was so grief
si ricken that he lost the power of
speech. Today Kramer had two
teeth extracted by a dentist cud the
shock restored his speech.
-Good luck!" cried Kramer as he
leaped from tthe dentist's chair.
They were the first words he had
uttered in four years.
Kramer went to the dentist with
pad and pencil and made it known
that he was speechless and that he
wished to have two aching teeth re
moved.
ST1KINK BREAKING VI'
Tho ice has been breaking up in
the Stikine river for two weeks
according to William Patterson, the
Wrangell merchant, who has been in
Juneau for several days on business
and it is expected navigation on the
stream will begin almost immediate
ly aftev May first. The season on
the Stikine is nearly a month fur
ther advanced, said Mr. Patterson,
than last year. Captain Sydney Bar
rington is preparing his fleet of
steamers for the summer's work on
the Stikine.
Mr. Patterson returned to Wran
gell on the Jefferson,
R
"I can't always ask for w hat I want
but I let you know when I get
what I want."
What baby wants most of all is the
loving care of Mother, especially
when Mother is aided by the baby
necessities that we t;:n supply. Our
entire line of baby goods is made
up of the products ol manufactur
ers who have long recognized that
Purity Is Essential
We have always used the utmost
care in handling goods in this de
partment. Careful mothers can do nothing
wiser than to come here for !>;:ljy f'>nds, nurs
ine bottles, nipples, soaps, spoi:;-< s, powders,
and those internal and extern.:! rcnieJ'cs
lone associated v.itl^thc c^re "i th.* kahy.
jfor I
Everything Babi Meb
Keller Bros., Skagway, Alaska
DEPARTMENT OK THE INTERIOR
United Slalos Land Office
Juneau, Alaska, April 20, 1921.
Notice is hereby given that on
the 30th day ot May, 1921, there
will be filed in this olfice Township
Plats as follows:
Township 1 South, Range 11
West, Seward Meridian;
This Plat covers land on the East
side of Cook Inlet.
Township 2S South, Range 55
East, Copper River Meridian;
Township 29 South, Range 50
East, Copper River Meridian;
Township 29 South, Range 5S
East, Copper River Meridian;
Township 30 South, Range 57
East, Copper River Meridian;
These Plats cover land on the
Chilkat River in the vicinity of
Haines, Alaska.
Notice is further given that pur
suant to the Act of February 14,
1920, Soldiers and Sailors who serv
ed in the war with Germany ami
have been honorably discharged or
separated therefrom, or who have
been placed in the Regular Army or
otherwise qualified, will have a pref
erence right for 03 days front May
30th, 1921, within which to file ap
plications to make Homestead En
try for any of the lands mentioned
above and not included within a .su
perior right of a settler under the
Homestead laws.
On and after May 11th, 1921, and
until May 30th, 1921, this oQlcc will
reserve Homestead filings by kuhI
Soldiers or sailors, or by any other
person having a preference right to
any of the said land by virtu s of
some law applicable to the Territory
of Alaska; that all applications tiled
during this period and at 9 a. m. on
May 30th, 1921, will bo treated as
filed simultaneously and disposed of
under the provisions of-the Circular
of May 22, 1914.
Applications by all persons: other
than those mentioned in the para
graph above and under any Law ap
plicable to the Territory may be filed
in this office during the 20 day peri
od from June 13th, 1921, to August
! 2nd, 1921. These applications, and
j all applications filed at 9 a. m. on
August 2nd, 1921, will be treated as
filed simultaneously and will bo dis
posed of under the provisions of the
Circular of May 22, 1914.
Frank A. Boylo.
Register.
To Cure ;< l olil in One Day
'lake Grove's ]*AXIXIV12 DilO.MO
QUIXIXK tablets. Tlic genuine bears
the signature oi E. W. Grove. 30c.
UKl'.Vlt.MKM in Lili: JNTIiMOK
GcncKil Land Olfire
Juneau, Alaska, April li, 1921
Xoticu is hereby gi.eu that the
Ai'cUc ivruilicr. uuti Cemetery Asso
ciation, Corp< tion, by IV. li.
Siou;, ..1. uuell and ii. u. Bantu,
its trustees, i..u filed nonce ot' its
ii.. to - — iinl1 proof i.i
support ol .... . .. ..i.ii.iM, Hriil
OIiIjJ, Ivj. t..... t* uaucr the iJi'ovis
ions ul the Act oi! . ,arc-It 1, laUT,
(ol biat. lu.'-j tu. ia,;ds embraced
within l. Purvey No. 1235, sit
uated «». . - bank of'the Chil
kat iiiver, o ie j west ot Haines,
Alaska, in i.auu.da o'J degrees 11
minutes KuitU and Longitude 135
degree., - . i..ina oj V. est, and more
l<ariitulaiii . :■;.'<_d as toiiows:
Co;. ... ir. . at Corner 1,
whence l. b. i.. iM. No. 573 bears
North i. degrees u4 minutes East
{>3.40 < . ii:is distance; thence
South i.. • j chains to Corner No.
1; thence West 1G.29 chains to
Corner No. 3; thence North S.SU
chains «.o Coiner No. 4, meander
corner on Jine or ordinary high
tidj ot C.iilke. Uivur; thence me
andering tue said river (1)
North o> degrees 17 minutes East
12.2'J cl.uins lo Corner No. 5 it.
C.; thenco East 5.03 chains to
Corner No. 1, iiie place of begin
ning, containing an area o£ 21.CG
acres. Variation 31 degrees 30
minutes East.
| i'roof i:i support o£ the applica
jtion will be submitted by the appli
' cant ,1 two ol i .e following wit
nesses; Carl Ejurnstad, Erik Os
iund, U. A. Baruett and C. Ji. Liud
J uolm, nil oi li.uues, Alaska, before
c.. llinch!.:.i:i, is. Commission
■ er .,i II;.in<». .via..! i, ou June 1,
1521.
t'R \NIC A. jiUVLE,
Register,
j First Publication April 14, 1921.
I Final Publication ?.iay 14, 1321.
HOUSE POP. SALE
Four-room, substantial cottage, ad
joining my home. Best offer takes
it. House must bo moved fro.u
present location. Cash or terms.
Apply W. C. lilanchard.
White Pass & Yukon r outa
TIME TABLE Xo. -Hi
Tuesday nml Fvitry
No
1, N. Hound
1st Class.
30 a. m. Leaves
So. 3. Boui il
1st. Class
SKACWAY Arrives 3:45 p.m.
11:00 a.m. " WHITE PASS Leaves 2:10 p.m.
12:40 p.m. " BENNETT " 12:45 p.m.
2:10 p.m. " CARCROSS " 10:55 a.m.
4:30 p.m. Arrive WHITEHORSE " 8:30 a.m.
Passengers must be at the depot in time to have Baggage in
spected, and checked. Inspection is stopped thirty minutes before
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of Baggage will be checked free with each full fare
ticket, and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.