THE KUSKO TIMES
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TOKOTNA, ALASKA. DW. 1. 1923
Gordon Betties Tells of
Trip to Arctic Coast
Sewn'-A Gateway
Gordon Betties, a well known old
Alaskan operator, having been a resi
dent. of the Territory since 1887. left on
ihe steamship Alameda for Whidby
Island, Wash., where he will spend
the winter visiting with his brother,
James, and daughter, both former
Alaskans.
Mr. Betties has just returned from a
ODg trip along the Arctic coast. He
.eft Fort Yukon early in April in com
pany. with H. McGregor, also an old
lime prospector, going by way of
Chapdlar and following up the river
and through a pass into the Salmon
and Colville districts, Here they em
ployed a chief of the Huskie tribe as
guide and swung to the eastward, to
within about 30 miles of the boundary
and about 100 miles from the coast line.
They abandoned their sleds the latter
part of May and, packing their dogs,
twucg in a wide circle to the west
ward, thence hack by way of Labe Ooi
Tille to Fort Yukon, which they reached
the*! alter part, of August. Mr. Betties
'.tated that while the district traversed
in- highly mineralized, it would take
dollar for dollar to work it. as there is
not a stick of wood of any kind to be
had, and no twigs as large as one's
Inger. Cooking must be done with
twisted moss or kerosene stoves, and as
zu-oplies cannot be packed in in suffi
cient quantities, one must live off cari
bou and birdo.- While absent Mr. Bet
ties discovered a new breed of wild
sheep, they being well furred and of a
light yellow. They are much larger
than, the species in this section. He
reported their presence to a naturalist
▼jetting ia Alaska, who announced that |
he would go into the country next year
and secure specimens.
Mr. Bstt+ec declares the Huskie na
tives the finest specimens of Indians oe
has $een for some time. He says they
use no boats, but plunge into the icy
waters or the streams and swim them
ike a wild animal. They carry no
.deeping bags, but gather a little moss|
and gurl up at night like a bear. They i
have many legends and are sunersti- j
irieus to a degree. They trade at Her
schel island mostly.
The country abounds with caribou,
sheep, ptarmigan ;md foxes, as well as
rabbits of two species.
Mr. Betties settled on the Kusko
jwitn in 1887, at Kolmakofsky, later
celling out to Duke E. Stubbs and lo
cating cn the Kuskokwim. He knows
ihe country north of the Yukon better
:hau"any living white man, it is said.
In his boyhood he worked as a com
positor on the Detroit Free Press, and
printed the first paper in Alaska, at,
the mission above Holy Cross, in 1886.
The press, an old style Gorden, was
sent out recently to the Alaska Mu
seum.
Rev. Chapman watted* to translate a
part of the Bible into Eskimo, and sent
r> thfc Miseion Board for a small oress
and some type. When the outfit ar
rived it, was larpe enough for a p:<per,
and Mr. Chapman<6ecured' the aid of
Mr. Betties in issuing a few editions of
a weekly paper, the first to be issued
in Alaska after occupation by the
United States. Mr. Betties was heav
ily interested in 7 eadville in the early
days, before coming to Alaska
Hagan Describes
Shooting of Bernard
Anchorage Times: James Hagan,
deputy U. S. marshal at Nenana, who
shot and killed John Bernard during a
raid on a st;!l near McKinley Bark sta
tion on the night of September 13, is a
I visitor in Anchorage. Mr. Hagan is
on his way to Seward to bring back
Saui Horton, charged at Fairbanks
with vfolating the dry laws.
To friends here Hagan today recited
the details of the shooting of Bernard,
which, he said, he deeply regretted.
| Hagan and H. E. Seneff, a prohibition
officer, had gone to the scene of the
shooting in search of a still. Seeing
smoke and eventually finding the
moonshine plant in operation, they sur
prised Beiuard in the act of tending
the fire, and Albert Fortier and Mi
chael Sullivan a short distance away.
At Lhe command of the officers to
“Stand where you are,’’ Bernard got
up and raD. Sullivao'raised his hands,
but Fortier was so drunk he could not
comprehend. Hagan and SenefI fired
in the air, and then Sene IT yelled:
“He’s got a gun, Jim.” Having heard
that threats had been made to “get”
any officers who came in that vicinity,
Hagan says be fired lower. Later the
body of Bernard was found.
The coroner s jury found that Ber
nard came to liis death from a bullet
fired by Hagan in the discharge of his
duty and held the officer blameless.
Native Alaska Popula
tion Attending Schools
Seattle.—Chief of the Alaska divi
sion of the Bureau of Eduea>ioo Wag
ner forwarded a report today to Dr.
Tigert. U. S. commissioner of educa
tion in Washington, showing the na
tive school census-of the Territory of
Alaska;
The native population, adults and
children, attending school is 25,508,
and of this number 11,158 pupil*, exclu
sive of grown-ups, were served in gov
ernment schools for the fiscal year end
ing .Tune 30, 1923- Of the Indians and
Esk imo3 at tending school, 58 percent,
of the total adults read and write; and*
among the children two-thirds of them
jwsre io school every dav during the
yeah. _
Eskimo Murderers
at Herschel Island
Two Eskimos, charged with the mur
der of two white men, Constable Doak"
of the Canadian Mounted Police, and
Otto Bioder, a trader, were recently
convicted bv a special court and sen
tenced to death at Llerschel Island.
The court was sent to Herschel Island
for the express purpose of meteing out
justice to the Eskimo murderers, and
forced to travel for the greater part of
; two months to ^accomplish its-purpose
j and return to Edmonton, its starting
| point. The thoroughness of the Cana
dian method of administering justice is
well displayed by the presence of an
official executioner in the court party.
After sentencing the two Eskimos to
death, the magistrate, "Judge Dubas,
returned to Edmonton, leaving the exe
cutioner at Herschel Island to carry
out the sentence of hanging on Dec. 7.
Another Eskimo, accused of murder,
was sentenced to three years’ imprison
I ment,
Dr. W. D’Arcy Chace
Gets Leniency of Court
From Ketchikan comes the report
that owing to various extenuating cir
cumstances surrounding the case of
the United States vs. Dr. W. D’Arcy
Chace, the widely known physician
was the fortunate abject of consider
able judicial clemency, which resulted
in a sentence comparatively light, in
view of th : seriousness of the charge
against him.2
Chace was indicted by the grand
jury on six counts of violation of the
anti-narcotic laws, and is said to have
faced sentences of imprisonment which
in the aggregate would have amounted
to four |or five years, with additional
(roes amounting collectively to about
$3,000. He was fortunate, however,
and escaped the penalty in all but one
instance, the remaining cases being
dropped, following his plea of guilty to
one charge. The sentence in this in
stance was imprisonment -for a period
of one year and ten days and a tine of
$100. The court also-ordered that the
senu r-ee be served in the federal jail
at Juneau, thus permitting the physi
cian to escape the stigma of incarcera
tion in the penitentiory for his regret
table offense.
Ford May Return War
Profits to Government
Detroit.—Secretary E. 6. Liebold, of
the Ford Motor Company, confirmed
the report that tho books of the com
pany are being audited in order that
Ford may turn back to the government
the amount of war profits made by bis
concern. No statement is made as to
the probable length of time required
for this work.
They sat upon the garden stile—
The youthlefc and the maid;
“The stars above are not so bright
As you,” he softly said.
She lifted up her little band
Toward Luna’s golden light;
“The moon above is not so full
As you, my dear, tonight.”
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AIT Fresh Goods
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j
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses
Mrs. Frank Larson
Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Knskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
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ALASKA GIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.
Arrange to Spend the Night at the
Big River Roadhouse
Best possible meals. Private rooms]
New dog kennels, and the best of * ‘ower river fish
for dog feed.
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Proprietor