SHOWS GROWTH OF PUBLIC
SCHOOLS IN' TERRITORY
■The-growth of education in Alaska
during the last 25 years formed the
•■'basis of a very interesting talk given
by Commissioner of Education U.r.l
Henderson before the Douglas Parent
Teachers Association,.recently.
Inspired diy aMitatemnit-ire .read in
the March ^Congressional Recorur.’t,.
the . effect ./that, “there are fewer
s schools., in Alaska now than there
. were 25 years ago,” which was made
by Senator King of Utah, during a
debate on appropriations for govern
mental operations, Mr. Henderson
had searched the available records to
get all the data he could on the sub
ject
He found that 25 years ago there
. wjere but. two incorporated towns in
Alaska, Juneau and Skagway, which
t had the. only. twee..municipally operat
e “d schools in the ?li rrnory. iAll the
i other schools were carried on and
maintained by the Government Bu
reau of. Education. Of, the .latter,
there were 28, with 57 teachers and
an enrollment' of 1063. An appropria
tion f of $34,000 had been made to
carry them on. ...Last year there were
. 85 government schools. and. J 54 teacb
■ ers in charge, and having an ervroll
•ment of 3979. The appropriation
made for them was $350,000.
Prior.; to 1916 there were no statis
v tical figures ■foiiiid'cot <e i ig th< Terri
torial schools, as no office existed
then where such data might be kept.
Beginning with that year, Mr. Hen
derson told with graphich illustrations
i how the enrollment had. increased in
the. 10' years to date, from .2800 then
to nearly' 4200, in spite of the fre
• qntintl’y heard tmentioned decrease in
population; i .thafothe cost of this
growth was from $1'*0,000 iii 1916 to
$452,000 last year. He explained,
that greater preporiton; te increase in
i ‘ the cost was occasion-d t>y tne in
*" crease m "'lirgtt.rsc.no, Is, where educa
tion cests^twke -as mu h as in the
• elementary schools.
High school: "enrollments are ails;
increasing Hiuchuffcst' r than .the ele
mentary ‘schools, indicating that the
country is'becoming mon stabilized,
i It, is:also evidence, he said, of a con
tinuous educational growth in Alaska
instead o! a decline, as the well' (?)
informed 'Senator would have made
i believed.
Another' illustration supporting the
: growth of education, said MrM. Hen
< derson, is'seen in a comparison ot
the 'Schools?of JO years ago and now.
Most of our modern "school ■ buildings
were built during that .period. -Also,
the number of teachers is increasing,
; and the curriculum is growing so that
subjects are being taught now which
were not then. The P.-T. A. organiza
: tions, with membership in the thou
sands, also indicated the trend of edu
cational activities and plainly fore
casts the future progress of education
in Alaska.
Summarizing; Mr.'Hendersonistated
- that altogether dhs-Mrare lOv 'scKools
in all the Territory, with 364 teachers
and an enrollment" of 8*000, and that
close to-$806,000 is now spent annu
; -ally on them.
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Proprietor
the Bellevue pscopathic department,
addressed the New York Academy of
Medicine Conference here yesterday
on the subject of weight reduction,
and declared that the efforts of the
modern woman to hold her weight
within bounds have caused innumer
able cases of insanity.
PROSECUTIONS FOR VIOLA
TIONS'.ALAShA GAME LAW
Juneau, May 15. The executive
office of the Alaska Game Commis
sion announces recent prosecutions of
violations of the Alaska game laws;
L. Schulmann, a fur trader of Ket
chikan, was taken 1, f re U. S. Com
missioner Kehoe at Ketchikan for a
violation of Section 4. ( hapter 89 of
tie Territorial seu<u, was of 1923,
that ol failure to keep proper records
of furs purchased, and was fined $5
and costs, amountin' to $7.70.
Peter Hammer, .i neau, was taken
before U. S. Commissioner V. A.
Paine and upon a ph a of guilty for
violation of Section 11 of the Alaska
game law, that of buying furs with
out a license, was fined S25 and costs
of $3.10.
Ira Bailey, Juneau, .vas taken be
fore U. S. Commi r V. A. Paine,
and upon plea of guilty to having
trapped without a lice’ -e was as
sessed the costs of Ik case, amount
ing to S2.85, aftei having purchased
a license. The ago of Mr. Bailey and
other extenuating city im.-iances were
considered by the judge in imposing
this light fine.
Jack Garside and James Watson,
natives of Douglas, were taken before
U. S. Commissioner V. A. Paine on
April 12 and upon plea of guilty to
the charge of having taken beaver in
close season were cacti sentenced to
pay ;» fine of $25 and costs of $8.40.
In addition they were given a sus
pended jail sentence of fin days. The
court ordered two guns and two bea
ver skins forfeited amt sold.
SILVER FOX RAISING SHOWS
INCREASE IN RECENT YEARS
Silver fox raising, or ranching, as
it is called among tie breeders, is be
coming a livestock industry in the
United States. The Government is
much interested in offsetting the de
crease of wild-caught fur by the do
mestication of fur-bearing animals.
Regular bulletins are issued by the
Department of Agriculture for tbe
guidance of silver: fox. raisers. . It. is
estimated that - usereraic more than
1,000 pairs of these, animals, in In
diana, and the American Fox Insti
tute says.that th- re are between 120,
000 and 130,000 in captivity in the
United States anduCanada. Th< in
vestment in the United States is in
round figures S30.000,000.
The silver fox is not difficult- to
raise in captivity. - It will thrive and
grow prime fur in Indiana, Ohio and
all the other Northern. States Con
trary tp poput conception long,
cold winters an nut essential for the
best fur. Frosty nights- in the late
fall are sufficient. Regular and scien
tific feeding is necessary, according
to fox raisers. The fox has taken
well to demstication, and does not
seem to mind the confinement in large
wire pens, so its. raising presents
about the same hazards as the raising
of dogs.
The domestication of this valuable
fur animal began in 1887 by Charles
Dalton and Robert Oulton, in Canada.
Their venture prospered. With the
passing of the years the business
grew, until in the ’90s skins sold for
as much as $3,900. Foxes were sold
for breeding stock for as much as
$35,000 a pair. The boom broke in
1914, at the beginning of the World
War. After the war the raising of
silver foxes started again on a con
servative basis.
The silver fox is a brother to the
common red fox. He is black in basic
color, with a sprinkling of. silver
banded haiis ranging, from only a
slight showing of silvern t.» what is
known as three-quarters -silver. It is
said that because of. thee peculiar col
oring -eof the haii —four, shades to
each hair—this fur■ can not be suc
cessfully imitated dnydying less ex
pensive furs. The pelts; range in
price from Slfio up,“depending on
quality.
M MA X NJi». -W i L DO X.
Juneau.—; Anyone'tuiying informa
tion about Mania s .WaJdox, or Wal
<TofF, said to have been .a resident fur
trader of Alaska, and who died some
time in 1920-22, a Russian Jew, well
connected, kindly send all data to the
office of the Governor. Juneau, Alaska.
WHEN •SANDY” SMITH TOOK
TRAIL TO POINT BARROW
James Minano, a Japanese, aged 7d,
employed by Alec Smith .at. Betties,
returned to Wiseman on April 9,
after having Traveled 200 miles be
yond Bottle; up John river, where the
party encountered snow storms with
the temperature averaging around
zero. Th<^>rv^rty went for days with
little eomfmt and at night broke trail
through the .Deep snow up John river,
averaging f: 'OBGR milee t day with
their scanty supply of gruh aivl d«<g
feed. Leaving Betties they took on
enough flour, bacon and ham to last
four days, and since that time had
been subsisting on hard tack, peanut
butter and Hack coffee.
The portable radio was unable to
communicate while on John riv< r, but.
got Fairbanks after crossing; the sum
mit of the Kndicott range, when the
weather cleared with the temperature
dropping to and averaging 1 below
zero, with a strong, east wind and
snow, which upheld the sleds, rebuff
ing in bet’s r time, with Smith urging
the men to "Step lively, there, hoys;
we have to keep moving. ’
The expected game had nut been
seen, and m man had been met. All
men walked to save’the dogs, because
Smith lost l:io of them by.starvation.
One of them dropped on the trail and
Smith said r was dead, but came to
life after a lew hours and attacked
the team pro i aging up from the rear.
A musher shot the dog.
As the result of a scarcity of fuel,
fie was only used to make corn bread
and coffee. Four days beyond the
summit the party split, up, and when
Smith sent some back to Koyukuk, on
the Yukon, the hardtack was divided
each man getting as his .share ten
pounds, but no dug feed. ■ They re
traced their steps to Betties. Smith
continued on toward Barrow, trust
ing to roach n Eskimo cache or that,
the airplane would drop supplies.
Minano reached: Betties exhauStei
and famished, as he had had nothing
for the three days of the journey, and
the dogs were starvr d. After having
rested and his dogs given food, it
took him two days to makt Wiseman.
Minano was hhipwreeked 30 y ears ago
near Bartow one® w'hnlci and mar
ried an Eskimo woman and spent the
balance of his time north of the Arc
tic circh. JJe i one of the discover
ers of the Chimdku district and is
thoroughly com i i sent, with . Arctic
conditions. Hi information is con
sidered authentic, ..nil much stock
was taken in his remark when he said
the Smith., party was the most ill
equipped evcrese a h. Eskimos, who
shun th*■-.barrel , desol. 4 e region. Mi
nano said that Smiu; expeett d to live
off the country, and asserted, that an
Eskimo would even starve if he tried
to do That, and aided that if Smith
i figures thaLway he sou Id fare, illy if
! no relief'«frnar an airplaneawas givep
him. The morale of the party'was ex
; eel lent. Mina no and.
| LARGE INCREASE IN SALE
f OF REINDEER MEAT
Flans for mcnasing shipments of
reindeer meat into tin United States
( through the Sea'tie gateway are being
j made by J. H. Wagner, director of
the Alaska bureau of the United
States Department of Education, ht.
said recently in Seattle. Alaskan
reindeer product rs are being urged to
apply for refrigerator space aboard
the bureau’s met rship Boxer, which
brought in mosr of the carcasses last
year.
Five Alaskan companies are now
producing reindeer for food pur
| poses. These companies have been or
1 ganiaed by the bureau. The eom
| panies, operated by natives, sold
nearly $10,000 worth of deer meat on
Seattle markets in 1DH4-25.
Mr. Wagner, in a bulletin issued to
native producer^. sa«>
“Reindeer meat is now served in
the dining cars of transcontinental
trains, in many palatial hotels and
hundreds of homes in the cities of
the Pacific coast. With the number of
reindeer in Alaska rapidly approach
ing the half million mark, domesti
cated and handled much the same as
our flocks of slicep on the Western
ranges, the time lias passed for rein
deer meat to be sold os game or ven
ison as a luxury at a fancy price.
“It must therefore sell in competi
tion with choice veal and mutton,
ranging in price at present from ID
to 18 cents per pound wholesale. In
creased production and sale of rein
deer meat will cause it to be placed
ob the market, as jerked or dried
meat, chipped beef rrul bologna, pern
mican or hamburger, which adds v».
riety of flavor and keeping quality,
"It Is also now -sold in Seattle mai -
kets in flie form of metwurat and sa
lami, commercial names for reindeer
sausage.”
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NOTICE TO CHE1MTOBS.
In the J'rohate Court at Mapamute,
K u kekwim Precinct, Fourth Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska, before
fit (Hire W. Hoffman, United Stab s
Commissioner, and ex-officio Pro
hate Judge.
tn rf;<■ matter of the Estate of
Thom • \uderson, deceased.
Noth,, is hereby given that '.he. un
desrsirm ! has been appointed admin
istrator of the Estate of Thomas An
del-son, deceased.
All ij, ions having claims against
said c-itate are required to present
them duly verified, with proper
vouches attached, t.o the undersigned,
at the !T>ited States <Commissioner’s
Office, \apamute, Alaska, within six
(6) months from the date of this no
tice,
Dated Napamute, Alaska, dune }7,
192(5,
H. M. HANSEN,
Administrator,
Notice to Pay School l ax
TojAll '.'•'bom This May Concern
Inane,;.,) with Chapter 58?, Session
Laws of Alaska, 1919, and amendments,
thereto, all male persons between the
ages of twenty-one and fifty years, who
are sot "sailors in the United States
navy or revenue- cutter service, volun
teer fire men, paupers or insane pri
sons,’ ai required to pay &n annual
school la;: of -five dollars ($5).
This t:i . is due and payable Alter the
PROFESSIONAL
Mrs. Jean McLean
Notary Publh.
Tokoina, Alaska
Du Rand’s j
Cate and ;
Hotel !
Flat City
and deduct aa iaareia specified withic
first Monday ta the mouth of April and
ehail be paid before the first day of
May, providing you are in the Terri
tory of Alaska ou said first date; if not,
the ta* is due within thirty days after
vour arrival in Alaska or within tec
clays after written or oral demand is
anade upon you by the school tax col
lector Taxes not paid in accordance
with tbe loregoiDg requirements shall
become delinquent, and each person de
linquent shall be -subject to a fine o
two do’lam.J
All persons, firms and corporations
amployiag labor in Alaska shall fur
Dish to collectors a list of all employes
subject to tax, and employers of- labor
a- above set out are authorised by pro
! visions of said act to deduct amount o
! the ta,, from the wager, of each cm
I ployee who is subject thereto. If any
i of such employers shall fall-to report
the period designated lor payment o
j said ta.,, tbe said employers of- labor
1 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor aoc.
subject to a fine of from #0') to i500.
; All persons subject to, and -refusing
i or oei’lecttDg to pay, raid tas, are sub
I ect to a oe of I2.">. ti- imprisonment ir
jail for period of one month; and all
such employers of labor as herein set
out, who neglect or refuse to -collect
said tu t from employees may be pro
ceeded against and nhal! pay the
amount, of each individual mix, atid z
further penalty of hil for each suet
tax.
Tax receipts will be furnished by the
tax collectors
Dated at Takotoa, Alaska, thfi .DsC
day of Mry, 1-920.
J. It. McLEAN,
Duly • authorised and qualified
Alaska Territorial Scboe 1 Tax
Collector for Tokotna District.
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Hardware
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Slkitt ^ts
SSfc.'r tsiand MnAnms
Babe*'s or H.’eu Lushing
Voigt’s harness, the tpry
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