ALASKA'S FIRST CHILD
BRLDE VISITS JUNEAU
After being initiated into the mys
teries of wedlock in the little mining
town of Sumdum at the tender age
of 13, Mrs. R. V. Underwood, five
times a bride, came back to Juneau
recently to visit the land of her early
youth, says the Alaska Daily Press.
She was accompanied by her fifth
ana last husbana, K. V. cnuerwooa,
to wnun she nas seen married for 13
years and stood amazed at the
cnanges that have taaen place in Ai
-nee she arrived on tne little
paczet Aicott, 41 years ago, a little
„irl of 11.
Airs. Underwood, during her visit,
went to tne olnee of United States
Commissioner renx Cray and copied
uown me lecord of her marriage to
\v. a. teniungnon, wno was cmef
superintendent oi the auin.tium mine
tnen, and 33 years old.
ihe record reads prosaically, “This
is to certify that Coy ai C. v> irt, a
regular oruamea minister of the gos
joei, did unite in marriage at aum
uum, Alaska, on November 25, lays,
v>. S. Uenningnolf and Miss Stella
Tnompson, and Henry C. Boenrig
ana miss Viola Tnompson. Marriage
c«.it.ncaies were uuiy issued by me
yo both parties and in witness
thereoi the same were signed by F.
C. V* ard and Mrs. Lizzie Vv ard,
mother of both brides.1’
For Stella Thompson's 17-year-old
sister was married ,n the little camp,
to a 24-year-oid mine assistant,
and of these two coupies who were
married di th* presence of the group
of 14 white families living in Sum
dum, only Mrs. Underwood is living.
Boehrig died only two weeks later,
leaving 17-year-old Viola a widow,
and Benninghoff died two years la
ter.
Many stories could Stella Thomp
son Benninghoff Underwood, still a
remarkably young-looking woman,
tell of her experiences after coming
to Alaska with her mother and sis
.ter. She knew well the famous
“Klondike Kate,” now Mrs. Kate
Rockwell Matson, who is at present
visiting in Dawson. She also knew
H. T. ifVpp, one of Juneau’s oldest
residents.
But the adventure she will remem
ber above all is her simple .vet or
nate wedding, which was held in
typical early-dav Alaskar. fashion.
The girls stitched and sewed dresses
for days and weeks, and when the
time arrived, Benninghoff chartered
a ship to come to Juneau for the
occasion, complete with a pastor and
a sumptuous consignment of huckle
berry wine.
Child marriages were deplored in
a wave of sentiment which swept
•through the country early- this year.
VMrs. Underwood, hale and slender
and vigorous, and a social leader in
Redmond, Oregon, would be a good
subject for study- by those who speak
the loudest—or perhaps just the ex
ception which proves the rule.
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STATUTE EXPLAINED—
In order to clarify a previous
statement issued out of the Attorney
General’s and United States Attor
ney’s Offices relative to an interpre
tation of Sub-divisions (A) and (G)
of Section 13, Chapter 78. Session
Laws of Alaska 1937, the following
is submitted by District Attorney W.
A. Holrheimer and Attorney Gen
eral James S. TruiU: Subsection
(A) of Section 13, Chapter 78, Ses
sion Laws of Alaska, 1937, “Bever
age Dispensary Licenses: A Bever
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the holder th-reof the right to sell
or serve on the premises beer and
wine. Provided, however, that the j
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Subsection (G), covering “Retail1
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ducted on the same premises. Hence;
our previous statement, that a liquor i
business is a business in itself, re-!
mains, governed by the restrictions
set out in said Act, and will accord
ingly be strictly enforced.
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