REQUIRE M ENTS OF HAIR SEAL
BOUNTY LAW PUBLISHED BY
TREASURER
Copies of the Territory’s new1
bounty law on hair heal have been
mailed out to Postmasters and LT. S.
Commissioners in all of the districts
of Alaska in which it is effective it
was announced in the Juneau Empire
by Treasurer Walstein G. Smith.
The law was enacted at the recent
session of t he Alaska Legislature.
Under its provisions a bounty of
$2 is pavabie for each hair seal kill
ed east of the 152nd meridian and on
the southern Alaska coast. This
embraces upper Cook Inlet, waters
around Kenai Peninsula, Prince Wil
liam Sound and Southeastern Alaska
waters.
Evidence presented to the Legis
lature indicated hair seal to be so
numerous in several localities in
these sections that they are a men
ace to salmon runs. They were said
to be abundant on the west coast of
Prince of Wales Island, Stikene Riv
er. Taku Inlet, Copper River, Bering
River and Cook Inlet.
It is required that a certificate be
submitted showing where, when and
Hot and Cold Water in
in All Rooms
Rooms With or Without
Baths
OSCAR DAHL, Prop.
SCHOOL CHILDREN FIT
LOR LINCOLN,S SURE
CLEVELAND, O., June 4. (/P)—
Pennies and nickels amounting to
$30,000 contributed by Cleveland
school children will pay for a new
statue of Lincoln in Playhouse
Square to be executed by Max Kal
ish. Cleveland sculptor, famous for
his bronzes of American laboring
men. The Cleveland Society of Art
ists has protested Kalish’s appoint
ment because the commission was
not. awarded in open competition.
Bob Hatcher, mining man from
Nuka. Bay, ‘arrived yesterday. Mr.
Hatcher is registered at the Van
Gilder hotel.
ST TIE HOTELS
VAN GILDER
J. D. Urban, O. E. Datur, Seattle;
Mrs. H. L. Gentsch and son, J. A.
Ramsay, Mary Havlick. Seattle: Mrs.
Charles Firestone. Dillingham; Mr.
and Mrs. H. N. Evans. Kanatak; Bob
her, Nuka Bay.
SEWARD
H. S. Horton, Earl Olmstead, Paul
i Erickson, E. C. Flaherty, Otto
, Johansen, Henry Taft, A. Anderson.
John W. Olson, Robe’** B. Lewis,
John McCombe.
OVERLAND
J. H. Robinson, Fred Olson, Aid l ie
Paris, Clair Altree.
SEXTON
i J. Roonev, A. Hendrickson.
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how the animalsare killed. Sectior
two. of the law, provides in part:
“To obtain the bounty, any persor
killing a hair seal within the limits
1 herein prescribed, in Alaska, ut'tei
the passage of this act. shall, a;
soon as possible, exhibit to an\
United States Commissioner, United
j States Postmaster. United States A.s
i sistant Postmaster, or Notarv Public
j
within the Territory of Alaska, sc
much of the skin (or scalp.) taken
from the head of said hair seal, as
to show the whole face, including
both eyeholes and both ears” and
make the required certificate.
Eastman kodoks and supplies.
Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
;
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H NOTES
Contracts for the construction of
j the hydro-electric plant at Metlakat
la. involving expenditures of approx
imately $34,000, have just been
awarded F. Manson & Son. of Seattle,
by the United States Bureau of Edu
cation.
* * *
Miss Violet Mae Elliott and Bert
A. Wennerstrom were married , in
Anchorage last week. The bride is
employed in the office of the Alaska
Railroad and the groom is in charge
of the bureau of mines of'ice, both
being vrey popular among the young
er set.
Sidnev T aurence, the Ala 'ca a1st. I
l
who lived in Anchorage and whose
pictures are hanging in the most
celebrated galleries of America and
Europe, is at present in Juneau, hav
ing arrived there a short time ago
after spending the winter in his stud
io at Los Angeles,
The big battery of powerful tug
beats t.o work for the Alaska Consol
idated Fisheries Co., consisting of
the Alco, C-apt. Davis; Kingfisher,
Capt. Jakeway; and Fos.s No. 19.
Capt. R. H. Olson, will soon be as
sembled in Alaskan waters at Ket
chikan.
J. Hudson, mayor of Metlakatala,
who was in Ketchikan recently on
business announced that the new
,wharf built there under the direction
| of the City Council is completed ajad
that ordinary power boats can lay at
the end of the wharf at low tide.
New boats are appearing in Ket
chikan almost daily. Among the lat
est are the Sitka and the Valencia,
which passed through port recently.
Both are of hte seine boat type and
are headed for Red Bluff to engage
in ‘he herring, business.
* * *
Another of the projects of the Ter
ritory’s game stocking program.
launched in 1925. is being started on
i „
: Baranof Island with the placing there
!oI ten live beaver, it was announced
| by E. P. Walker. Executive Secretary
of the Alaska Game Commission.
The animals were captured at Skowl
Arm on Prince of Wales Island.
Two hours after they were arrest
ed in Fairbanks for violating the
Alaska bone dry law, John C. Crooks
and Mrs. Mary J. Black had plead
guilty, had been sentenced to one
year and three months .respectively,
and had begun to serve out their
sentences. Crooks served a year in
the Fairbanks jail for bootlegging
j about four years ago and later spent
j six months in the Seward jail.
* * *
, Shirley Baker, CoHova agent for
! the Bureau of Fisheries, announced
; the appointment of half a dozen
i patrol guards who have been placed
| on duty, for the most part in the
j Copper River district, for the dura.
Jtion cf the fishing .season. With the
exception of Tom Burnaby, who wa
placed on duty as elan; inspect©)
eaily in April, the following five
deputies were assigned to their dut
ies just recently: Ocorg:* E. Scott
Uemy W. Hawes, Cha'de.. F. Sinclair
Lewis K Smith and Cbtrios J Hill
* * *
The first native of Southeaster!
Alaska to be ordained as deacon ii
the Episcopal church, Paul Janie:
Mather, was presented to the Righ
Incense and Incense Burners. Schal
Ierer’s Alaska Shop.
Ask for the film In the yell w boa
Eastman’s Films. Schallerer’s Alask;
Shop.
Rev. P. T. Rowe, D. D., bishop of
Alaska, in St. John’s church of Ket
chikan ,on May 29, the Sunday after
Ascension Day. Paul James Mather
is a member of the Tsimpshean tribe
and was born on August 11, 1878, at
old Metlakatla, a village of 2000 in
habitants situated near Port Simpson
in northern British Coulmbia. Bap
tized into the church by a priest of
the Church of England, he lias al
ways maintained a close identifica
tion with it. He was later confirmed
by Bishop Rowe who w!il now ordain
him to the work and office of deacon.
His education has been obtained in
Alaska. First under Father Duncan
and later at the Sitka training school
he laid the I’ouaidation. He has
studied public speaking for a period
ot eight years under the guidance of
Dean R. K. Patterson Kline by cor
respondence.
Axminster and Congolian rugs. J
L. Graef.
Take in the Llnertv tonight.
■
T£h new styles have arrived for >
Peggy O’Neil.
Several pairs of high top leather
boots for sale. Seward Leather
Work 3.
Orlander
Jeweler
Dealer in Watches
and Clocks, Nugget
Jewelry, Old Ivory,
Curios, and a full line
of goods usually car
ried in a first class
Jewelry store.
Watches Repaired, on
Short Notice
12 Hour Sunday
xcursion
to
BEAR GLACIER
NORTHWESTERN GLACIER
CHISWELL ISLAND
SEAL ROCKS
for
$3.09 PER PERSON
Leaves Seward Sunday Morning, June 5, at 7 o'clock
Luncheon Served on Board Free
MOTORSHIP DISCOVERER
H. BERGER, Captain
Make Reservations at the Seward Grill
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Cal M. Brosius
Builders* Supplies
Construction Lumber
Boat Lumber
Mill Work
RADIO SUPPLIES — SOCKETS — BUSSBAR
JACKS—CONDENSERS—SWITCHES, ETC.
RADITRON PRICES.
U V 199 .$2.25
U X 199 . 2.25
U V 201-A . 1.75
U X 201-A _ 1.75
U X 200-A . 4.00
U X 120 _ 2.50
EVER-READY
BATTERIES
No. 486, Layerbuilt
45-volt B.$5.50
No. 772, 45-volt B ...3.75
No. 77141-2-volt C. 75
No. 7111 11-2-volt A 55
. M. BROSIUS
BUILDING SUPPLIES
Seward
Front Street
Alaska