THE DISCOVERY OF i
WESTERN ALASKA !
By PROF. BULL;
A TRUTHFUL NARRATIVE CON-j
TRADICTING FLASE CLAIMS j
WOULD-BE EXPLORER
(By Prof. Bull. B. V. D. C. O. D.) j
Urged to be of service to my fel- J
low Alaskans and to contradict the :
bobus claims of discovery made
lately by various explorers, air-1
pilots and squawmen. I started re
search and the collected facts,
labor of a snowbound day, I think.
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will stop forever the ficticious!
claims. Fact is that the coast and J
also the Bering sea was visited |
very early by Ericson, Behring and ,
the Alaska Packers, but their ac- j
cidental visits and fishing expedi- j
tions cannot be considered as the ,
discovery of the country.
My research, verified by truth
ful statements of tycoons, medicine
men and natives, living and dead,
gave proof that “Glasseye Jones”
was the first white man ever to
have settled in the West.
The date of his arrival is uncer
tain but quite a few years before
others explored this part of the
country in search of Troy. His
excursion, interestingly narrat
ed, was and must be a failure as
he depended upon the instinct |
of his Grecian dogs to fina the
battle-grounds of the Illiad. The
multitude of sun-cured salmon
irritated his dogs and the smell
of the fish destroyed utterly every
scent, even Greek.
“Glasseye’s” second trip by
plane, is doubtless an epoch in
the history of Western Alaska, asj
he imported then and here the j
first orange brought in by plane.
In honor of this remarkable ach
ievement, the Squaw Men's Union,
Local No. 1, will erect a monument
and the president of the Orange!
Grafter Union will be requested!
to dedicate his unearned bonus, j
about $6,000, for this worthy pur- i
pose.
We had a difficult time to pre
vent the Union member from
electing him as a life-long mem
ber.
The Union is very strong in this,
part but it is interesting to note
that suffragettism has started to
sprout. Some time ago the squaws
demanded a change of the matri
monial rite and formula. The
question: Do you take this awful
woman to your lawful wife, is
modified and in some cases drop
ped altogether.
But to come back to Jones.
He was a mighty Swede. His
habits are still the style of the
country; his powerful swearings
and also his recipese lor making
bivouk and' booze will always be
used. Time cannot make an im
provement. One cupful of Jones
Brew” will paralyze one's glare;
two will start the rite of “whal
ing” the squaw. To be truthful
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10 POUNDS H. K. FINISH. Min
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IF IT IS LAUNDERING, CLEANING,
PRESSING, HAT BLOCKING, ETC.,
WE CAN DO IT.
PLONE MAIN 148
HARRY KAWABE, Prop.
CaU for find deliver Dry cleaning
I have had to admit that the rite i
underwent some modification and
is doled out in a more humane
manner. Only one black eye is
given at each beating but if the
amount of blvouk provided drinks
for two days, the coloring is more
uniform and more intensive.
“Glasseye” Jones was accident
ly killed. He was beating up the
wrong squaw and the temporary
owner of the squaw shot him by
mistake His monument, the tall
est two by four totem-pole, broke
down recently under the weight
of washline-load. but will be re
newed as standing in a good lo
cation to dry laundry.
Sometimes I feel sorry that re
searches contradict mythical fame
and made historic heroes of ordi
nary men or even hoodlums. Poor
“Glasseye” shares this fate with
many others. Rumor made him to
be anything and nobody. According
to the whim of his biographers he
could be the Count of Luxo. a Swe
dish nobleman or Captain Cook’s
dishwasher. The truth is he was a
runaway codfisherman.
His old sea-bag, unwillingly will
ed to his squaw, contained a few
sailship discharges, his Swedish
seamans-book and a multitude of
railroad timetables, all of them
bearing on the flyleaf the slogan:
Young man, don’t go yeast, go
West! From this I assume that
his intention was to come here
and start a barbershop. He enter
ed a wild and woolly country, bar
ren, good only for reindeer rais-:
ing.
Fish were plentiful and the;
lakes covered w'ith water-fowl,
fur-bearing animals, such as fox, j
land otter and mink, if trapped
and not poisoned, would provide j
indefinitely trappers with the
means to make a good living. Not i
over-smart, but smarter than the j
native, Jones remembered the
old saying that in the kingdom of.
the blind, the one-eyed wrould be
king.
Without federal aid he began
developing the country in the true 1
ICE CREEPERS and OOLIGAN j
NETS at J. L. Graef.
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itors Association, Seattle, Wash.,
Alaska sense. Alaska for Alaskans,
a phrase heard all over the coun
try, had for Jones the same mean
ing then for the other 93% of the
inhabitants. Use and misuse the
country like a good Alaskan. A
stake made in Alaska can be snent
faster in California so in order
to make a quick and good sized
stake and play millionaire in Swe
den, “Glasseye” opened a store
and went into partnership with
trappers.
He only took the skins and left j
the carcasses to the trapper. Of
course he was obliged to trade with
them and to do this profitably, he
charged only twice the 100 per
cent retail prices for strict cash
sales. Credit sales were again
doubled and payments always
added to the bill. If a debtor died
without leaving property, his bill
were added in full to each other
debtor. His creditors he very sel
dom paid. No wonder that he could
live better than King Solomon.
Business depression he never
heard of.
His family he raised like the
other natives. Mrs. Jones was not
beautiful. Her smile could not be
broader because the ears did not
permit the mouth to open witfer.
Her teeth, tobacqo-stained—both
of them—were seemingly borrowed
from a baby-walrus. An aromatic
frangance of something surround
ed elephant-like form.
Why Jones selected her for his
helpmate is just one more prob
lem for other scientists to solve.
I have not the time or inclination.
Undoubtedly the answer will go
a long ways toward influencing
the fur market and election of
the Alaskan delegate.
(To be completed within the
next 40 years, in the dark of the
“moon.”)
FREIGHT TRAIN FRIDAY
The freight tram, which ordi
narily arrives in the local yards on
Thursday evenings from Anchor
age, will arrive tomorrow (Friday) 1
evening instead. The delayed boat
arrival last week is the reason for
the change in schedule.
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for $7.50 your hair will be given
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