NEXT MONDAY, OCTOBER
18, WILL BE ALASKA DAY
(Continued from Page 2.)
Alaska for the greater part of the
Russian occupation. He was replaced
as manager of the Russian American
Company in 1818 under circumstances
which showed small appreciation for
the services rendered.
Bancroft, in his “History of Alas
ka,” pays this tribute to.Baranof: “To
him was due, more than to all others,
the success of the Russian colonies in
America;,by him they had been found
ed and fostered, and but for him they
never would have been established, or
would have had, at best, a brief and
troubled existence. Here, amid these
wintry solitudes,-he had raised towns
and villages, built a fleet .of seagoing
ships, and. laid a basis*< ' trade with
American and Asiatic parts. All this
be had accomplished vvhib paying reg
ular dividends to shareholders, and
now in his old age he was cast adrift
and called to render an account as an
unfaithful steward.”
English Exploration
Captain James Cook, a noted Eng
lish navigator, who had conducted ex
tensive explorations in South America,
sailed up the western coast of North
America in 17.78, making his first re
covery of the Alaska coast near the
present site, of Sitka. Ho then sailed
northwestward.. naming Cross Sound.
Cape Fair went he>- and Controller
Bay—Port Eaches on. present-day
maps. He named Cape Hinchinbrook,
■ also Montague Island, the largest
island in . Prince William Sound, thoj
name applied to the whole Inlet. He \
• then rounded and named Cape Eliza
beth and entered the inh't which bears i
his name and which he explored with
the idea that a northwest passage to
Europe lay in this direction. Thence;
. he cruised along the Alaska Peninsula;
- and Aleutian Islands, touching at Un
; alaska. and Dutch Harbor. He then
entered Bering. Strait and continued
northward through .Bristol Bay, Nsr
t ton Sound and Bering- Strait. En
route he entered . the mouth of the i
- Kuskokwim river, discovered and
. named Sledge Island, near Nome, and
King Island,, lying directly south of j
Bering Strait. On entering the Arctic ■
Ocean he encountered heavy ice floes,
which forced him to keep a-westerly j
course until he reached the Siberian !
v coast at a promontory which he named j
. Cape North. On the return voyage he j
stopped- vat —the- . Hawaiian Islands.;
where he was killed in an encounter
with the natives. Cook mapped and
■ charted the. coastal region of Alaska j
from 58 degrees to 70 degrees north
and added much to the world’s knowl
edge of this unexplored section of the i
North American continent. Many of1
his maps and charts stood the test of,
much more extended and scientific
. later investigations,
* The explorations of Cook north and
west of 00 degrees were considered;
accurate but needed verification south!
of this point. There were also those j
who believed that a navigable passage
might be discovered connecting the
North Pacific with the Atlantic ocean
in latitudes south of Bering Strait.
. This double mission was assigned to
George Vancouver, who sailed from
England in 1701. Considerable ex
ploration work was performed south
of the Alaska coast, and it was not
until 1793 that the expedition reached
McGrath
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Fresh Fruits
Candies
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Cigarettes
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Geo. Mutchler
Proprietor
j Portland Canal. Vancouver navigated
Behm Canal, Clarence Strait and other
| waters to the mouth of the Stikeen
j river. Winter approaching, he re
. paired to the Hawaiian Islands to en
ter winter quarters. Early the follow
ing spring he set sail northward to
Cook Inlet, which he navigated to its
head. Thence he rounded Cape Eliza
. beth en route to Prince William
1 Sound, where he anchored in a harbor
on the. coast of Montague Island.
Beats were sent out to survey the
-south, and the coast as far eastward
as Yakutat Bay. Anchor was then
weighed and the expedition sailed
eastward to Chieagof Illand. From
here a boat explored Lynn canal and
a part of Chatham Strait. Vancouver
then proceeded .southward through
the arihipelagq to the Stikeen river,
the point where observations had
ceased the preceding fail. From this
point he returned to England, having
satisfied himself that no navigable
passage connected the Nor. o Pacific
with *! • Atlantic Ocean, ai I having
made certain corrections in r.d addi
tions to the work begun by Cook.
These explorations, by Cook and
Vancouver formed the bask of Eng
land’s claim to Northwestern North
America.
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AMERICANS AGAIN W U.'NEI)
BEWARE SPANISH SWINDLE
Washington.-—The “Spa; '.ish pris
oner swindle,” which for n irly half
a century has been carried < through
the mails between Spain, and the
United States, has again been brought:
to the attention of the Department of
State.
The swindle, in general, takes the
form of letters from unkm .. n corre
spbndents in Spain, claim! kinship
and asking help for a ung and
beautiful daughter, who father
writes from prison. Such letters
| should in all cases be disregarded as
far as sending money is concerned,;
the Department of State advises, and
inquiries regarding sue! letters
should be sent to the Ann .ran con
sul at Madrid.
The writer of these letti; . the De
partment points out, usual I' states
that he has abundant fund in some
place generally described as a trunk
or portmanteau, with s .seen t pocket,
to obtain which bribe must be paid
or sourt costs settled t<> obtain the re
lease of the baggage.
The names of complaining victims
receiving these lette - in the United
! States have not been given out by the
! Department, bur pres- dispatches from
j Mexico reported recently that a mer
i chant in the Mexican capital had paid
§2,500 to obtain information as to the
; location of the gold treasure which
President Carranza of Mexico is re
ported to have buried after his flight
before the Obregon revolution of
1919.
The alleged swindle has been car
ried on in various forms in corre
spondence with Americans, and the
Department of State has issued vari
ous warnings against sending money
in response to such appeals. The
earliest of these official warnings,
dated October, 1919, says the “for
tune” dangled before the recipient of
the letter amounted to $90,000. The
size of the fortune lias since grown, |
however, and in 1921 the sunt men
tioned was $360,000.
The letters sent out in that year!
were simpler in form, hut several
copies which were gathered together
showed that while apparently written I
on cross-ruled paper of the type fur- i
nished in cheap European cafes, had
been reproduced in quantity by some
mechanical process, with the address
filled in in ink in the same hand i
writing:
“Madrid, 8-5-1824.
“Dear Sir: Being imprisoned here!
by bankruptcy. J In vour aid in. n '
i covering a sum of ••60,000 dollars i
have in Americt, being necessary to
j come here to raisi the seizure of my
j baggage paying to t he registrar of
i the court the expi-ns. of my trial and
' recover my pormanicuu containing a
i secret pocket when- i have hidden scv-,
oral checks for that amount.
“By reward 1 nft'cd you the third:
part, viz., 120,000 dollars.
“I cannot receive jour answer in!
the prison, but if you accepted send
the following cables, am to a person
of my confidence ■ will deliver it
to me:
! “Poveda-—Lista Corn os—Santander.
“Mail Account, la.
“Kelly. |
| “Awaiting your .. wer to instruct!
j you all my sec l i t ,
“Yours truly:,
“R. de S.”
j “First of all answer by. cable not
by letter. The hisghest discretion is
j wanted.”
ORDER
AND NOTHE OF
TION
i
[
To Be Held On Tuesday, November 2
1 ‘>20.
In the Office of th<. United. States
Commissioner at McGrath, Alaska,!
Fourth Judicial Division.
Now, on this day, pu siiant to si. |
Act of Congress approve'* May 7 \
1906, entitled "An Act Providing for!
. the Election of a Delegate to the j
' House of Represen tati\ From tin j
! Territory of Alaska,” and an Act of j
Congress, approved August ”4, 1912
entitled “An Act to Cn a Legists
tive Assembly in the Territory of
Alaska, to Confer Legislative Power..
Thereon, and for Other Purposes/'
; and in conformity therewith;
It is hereby ordered that for the
purposes of the general election to
be held on November 2, 1926, all the
territory in the recording district
known as Mtt. McKinley Recording
District, outside of incorporated
, towns, is herebj divid'd into voting
precincts in each of which a polling
place is hereby specified.
The said voting precincts are desig
nated, described and bounded as fol
lows:
McGrath Precinct, No. 1—United
States Commissioner’s Office
Judges of Election:
Ed Stephenson,
R. M. White,
T. ,H. McLean.
Takotna Precinct, No.-"—-Pioneer
Hall.
Judges of Elections
Chris Peterson,
Gus Gullikson,
Jake an.
Med fra Pi 3—-Spencer’s
Store.
Judges » .on:
F. C. 11. Spencer,
Walter Stephens,
F. A. Matthews.
Notice is hereby given that a gen
eral election will be held on Tuesday,
November 2, 1926, for the purpose of
electing the following officers, to-wit:
A Delegate to the House of Repre
: sentativea from 'the T«rriftory/l»
; Alaska.
’ One member o' the Senate of ttv'
Territory of Alaska.
Four members of the House of
, Representaives of the Territory ol
Alaska.
Two Road Commissioners for Roar
District No. 4.
The election v. ill be held in the vot
ing precincts above named and at th(
polling places therein specified. The
said polling paces will be open be
tween the .hours of eight o’clock a, m
and seven o'clock p. m. of said day.
Dated at McGrath, Alaska, October
1st, 192C.
W. T. VANDERPOOL,
U. S. Commissioner for the Mt
McKinley Recording District,
Fourth Division, Territory o'
Alaska,
“Raw’s Smith in the high . imp—
- any good ?”
“Nav.; he .-can hardly claaT hi
■ throat.’—Oclopu
John W. Bunn
OF K1IBY
Independent Candidate for
Territorial Senator
Paid Advt. !
-- i
Candidate for Re-election
for
Thrice elected, he has served you.3 terms,
faithfully, conscientiously. His record
proves him an Alaskan who works fo>
Alaska. Keep him there. Show your
appreciation of his efforts—do thi?