PROFESSIONAL CARDS
JOHN M. REID
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
LAW NOTARY PUBLIC
Peterson Building Anchorage
L. David
Attorney-at-law
Notary Public
Office, corner 5th and E
Anchorage, - - Alaska
ARTHUR FRAME,
Lawyer
Office: Robart Block
MURPHY ft ALMY
Attorneys at Law
Next Door Times- Office
ANCHORAGE
Practice all courts. Surety bonds
WALLER & DUGGAN,
Attorneys at Law.
Alaska Bldg. Anchorage
C. H. Sundmacher
LAWYER
Bolte Bldg. - - Anchorage
CHAS. G. GANTY
Lawyer
Hewitt Building
Anchorage .... Alaska
L. V. RAY
Attorney-at-Law
Seward
M. J. CONROY,_
Attorney at Law.
NOTARY PUBLIC
Anchorage ; : t Alaska
R. C. MATHIS
Dentist
Alaska Building
Anchorage, Alaska
DR. E. F. GERMAN
DENTISTRY.
Hewitt Bldg. Fourth Ave. Phone 7-Y
Dr. K. A. Kyvig
Physician and Surgeon
CITY DRUG STORE
Anchorage, - - A.aska
DR. M. S. COBLE—
Physician and Surgeon
Alaska Building,
Corner of 4th and G.
DR. F. A. ROSS
Dentist
Alger Block, Anchorage
DR. J. H. McCALLIE
DENTIST
Cor. 4th and C St. Anchorage
H. E. ELLSWORTH
Established 1905.
Assayer and Chemist
Ores Treated, Ton and Oar
Lota.
SEWARD - - - ALASKA
Phil, The Barber
O. K. Bath House and Barber
Shop.
Fourth, Between D and E.
Phil J. Eckert, Proprietor.
C. HENNING,
TAILOR
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Sait!
Cleaned, Pressed and Repaired. 4th
Ave. and D St.
BOB SMALL
Horseshoeing a Specialty
Oxy-Acetylene Welding
Cor. C and Second Anchorage
The following is the report, in
part, of the grand jury for this divi
sion, which recently completed its
labors at Valdez.
There have been submitted to us 44
cases on which we have returned 37
“true bills” and six “not true bills,”
and during the course of our investi
gations we have examined one hun
dred and forty-nine witnesses.
Under the present regulations pris
oners held in the custody of the U. S.
marshal' awaiting trial at the regular
terms of court, and who are acquitted
at such trials and released from cus
tody, frequently have no means of
paying expenses incident to returning
to their respective homes. We would
recommend that a special fund be pro
vided from which the U. S. marshal
could be authorized to pay any ex
penses which in his judgment are ne
cessary in returning these people to
their homes.
We find, that in investigating crime
j in the remote and outlying districts,
the marshal’s office is more or less
I hampered in making an immediate in
i vestigation by reason of funds not be
i ing available. This frequently puts
| the department to a far greater ex
i pense when the case comes up for
| trial. We would recommend some kind
of an emergency fund from which dep
I uty marshals could draw to cover
■ any expense which in their judgment
I was necessary in the immediate inves
tigation of crime.
In the Bristol Bay and L’nga sec
! tions the deputy mrashals have a
large territory under their supervi
sion, and no means of transportation
other than water routes. During the
cannery > season they have to depend,
entirely on the cannery launches for
transportation, and during the winter
months there are no seagoing boats
available. We would recommend that
this matter be taken up with the prop
er department and steps be taken to
ward securing one or more seagoing
launches for the use of the deputy
i marshals in these sections.
We visited the office of the U. S.
district attorney and were unable to
determine from the records the result
of the recent workings of this office,
owing to the fact that they had not
been posted up to date. We were in
formed by the ofice that they were a
month behind in their postings.
We would further recommend that
the present method of paying U. S.
commissioners under a fee system be
discontinued and that these officers be
' paid a stated salary sufficient for
1 their support, thus enabling the gov
ernment to employ .efficient ,men for
these positions.
In the several precincts in this Third
division there is at present no provi
sions made for the care of the indi
gent, other than the fund disbursed
by the district judge, the balance of
which fund we understand has to be
turned into the department at the end
of each quarter, nor is there any pro
I vision made for the burial of people
I without means or friends or rela
tives to provide this service. We
would respectfully recommend that a
fund be provided for^this purpose and
that the U. S. commissioner in the
! several precincts be authorized to use
■ the same when necessary for. these
i purposes.
we are aaviseci mat tne territorial
government has no jurisdiction over
schools other than that delegated the
governor in the Nelson bill. As the
several- municipalities throughout the
territory find the ' funds secured
through municipal taxation inade
quate for the proper maintenance of
the public schools and the fact that
several children are attending these
schools whose parents are not resi
dents or taxpayers of the municipali
ties, we. would respectfully petition
congress to grant the territorial legis
lature the power to enact legislation
whereby a part of the territorial funds
could be used for the maintenance of
public schools.
The grand jury commends the-work
of the Alaska Division of the Bureau
of Education, Department of the In
terior, among the natives of Alaska.
The successful introduction of the
reindeer industry among the natives
of western and northwestern Alaska,
making a self-sustaining and pastoral
people from a race of poverty strick
en fishers and hunters, through an
endless chain of apprenticeship sys
tem, which has already resulted in
making them owners of fifty thous
and reindeer, valued at more than one
j million dollars, proves that the offi
j cials connected with this division arc
men who understand the needs of na
tives in Alaska, and know how to se
cure results from inadequate appro
priations.
Since there yet remains native vii
lages in certain localities in this divi
sion, which have not been supplied
viih reindeer because of inadequate
funds, we respectfully recommend
chat congress increase the present an
nual appropriation from $5,000 to
$10,000. We also recommend the.*
congress appropriate for the use of
the Alaska Division of the Bureau of
Education at least $25,000 as a reim
bursable fund to be used in assisting
natives of Prince William Sound,
Cook Inlet and other regions not suit
able for reindeer, in the establishment
of practical industrial enterprises.
The results secured from the elforts
already made along these lines, in
spite of lack of funds, have demon
strated beyond doubt that an adequate
reimbursable fund would enable this
division to reach and help many needy
natives in a way to make them self
sustaining people.
We also recommend that congress
increase the appropriation for educa
tion of natives of Alaska to an amount
which will enable the Alaska division
of the Bureau of Education to estab
lish a practical industrial training
school lor the natives of this district
and thus remove the need of sending
natitve children to the Indian schools
in the states, where many of them be
come unfiitted for the life in Alaska.
We also recommend that the appro
priation for medical relief of the na
tives of Alaska be increased to an
amount sufficient to enable this divi
sion to erect at least one tubercular
sanitorium for natives in this district.
There has been handed to this grand
jury a copy of a bill known as the
Alexander bill, now before congress
and the senate. This body wishes
most emphatically to express their
disapproval of the passage of this bill,
for tne following reasons:
First, on account of its placing the
entire control of the fishing industry
in the hands of the federal govern
ment, thereby taking the power to tax
the real and personal property and
the output of the several canneries op
erating in Alaska away from the ter
ritorial government, where we think
it rightfully belongs. Should this bill
be passed and become a law that part
which gives to any one party the
privilege <)f locating and holding in
definitely an unlimited number of fish
trap sites, would we think evenutally
favor the larger interests anti work a
hardship on the small fishermen.
The several cannery companies, uTe
are reliably informed, have real and
personal property in the Territory of
Alaska to the value of approximately
$37,000,000. We would respectfully
petition congress to grant the terri
torial legislature the power to impose
a reasonable tax on this property and
also the output of the canneries, the
money derived from these taxes to' be
used, two-thirds for the building of
roads, better educational facilities and
other territorial expenses, and the
other one-third to the bureau of fish
eries.
We would ree’ommend that the gov
ernment acquire by purchase or other
wise, all the private hatcheries in
Alaska and that they be operated un
der government supervision. We
would further recommend that the
practice of canneries paying part or
all of their taxes by releasing salmon
fry, be discontinued, and these taxes
paid in cash; also that the territory
have an inspector in each section
where canneries are located.
This grand jury has had before it
several cases in which the defendants
have been accused of selling or giving
liquor to Indians, and while we have
brought indictments in most of these
cases, the prosecuting attorney’s of
fice hast been unable to secure convic
tions in'a jury trial. The law in de
termining the status of an Indian, as
quoted to us, reads that when an In
dian has severed his tribal relations
and is living away from his tribe or
has taken up his residence among
white people and adopted their man
ners and customs, he can no longer
be considered an Indian. As the In
dian, when put on the witness stand
will invariably state .under oath that
he has no tribal relations or that he
is living among white people, it is
almost impossible to secure convic
tions in any of these cases. We do
not think this law applicable to the
Indians in Alaska, and would respect
fully recommend that congress enact
laws determining the true status of
the Indian in Alaska; either, to have
the Indian come before a U. S. com
missioner or other proper official,
swear allegiance to the government
and become a citizen, or a law making
it a felony or misdemeanor for any
person to sell or give liquor to an In
dian regardless of the Indian’s place
of residence or mode of living.
We would recommend that the ter
ritorial legislature at its next ses
sion enact what is known as the
“Kansas Small Debtor Law,” it being
distinctly a poor man’s law, saving
expense to both plaintiff and defend
ant, and enabling the plaintiff to col
lect what is due, and the defendant to
pay a proportionate sum monthly ac
cording to his income.
See the Thanksgiving special ad
ertisement of Felix Brown & Co.,
his paper. 33
TIDE TABLE
Monday, November 20.
High Water- 1:38 a. m. 27.3 ft.
Low Water
High Water
Low Wate
Tuesday
High Water
Low Water
High Water .
Low Water
8:23 a. m. ft.
2:22 p. m. 29.1 ft.
9:50 p. m. 3.2 ft.
November 21.
.. 2:52 a. m. 27.5 ft.
.. 9:11 a. m. 3.6 ft.
.. 2:59 p. m. 29.7 ft.
..10:33 p.m. 2.2 ft.
FEAR COAL SHORTAGE.
DULUTH, Minn., Nov. 9.—Coal men
here today abandoned all hope that
the present reserve of coal would sup
ply the Northwest’s demand for the
coming winter. Ports here and at Su
perior furnish nearly all the North
west’s coal. Their admission of their
inability to get sufficient coal while
navigation was open is fair evidence
that there will be a coal shortage
this winter when thermometers regis
ter around 50 below zero.
WAR ODDITIES.
LONDON, Nov. 6.—A Canadian
soldier recently wired his mother th$
following laconic message: “Safely
wounded.”
SHEFFIELD, Nov. 6.—Two consci
entious objectors were given work as
grave diggers but they quit at the
end of the second day because they
objected to death in any form.
LONDON, Oct. 30.—(By Mail.)—
Twelve hundred dozen sets of false
teeth were part of a recent German
“catch” by British blockaders watch
ing American shipments to Germany.
PENRITH, Wales, Oct. 21.- (By
Mail.)—The old curfew bell here
which has pealed every night since the
days of William the Conqueror has
now ceased to ring. Thepractice was
discontinued as a precaution against
hostile air raiders.
Wood for Sale!
Seasoned birch wood cut and split
in 16-inch length. Phone 46-R.
ANCHORAGE SUPPLY CO. Phone
46-R. 11
Seattle Second-hand Store buys and
sells everything. D and 4th Ave.
11-6-tf
Hot, cold and mixed drinks at Peter
son’s. 19
All kinds harness repair work done
by Bartholf, between 5th and 6th, ne-*tr
C St.
I
| He Had No Bank Account
I “ :
He liad some m6ney—but lie had no Bank Ac
count. He could not see the need of one. He
had a splendid chance to enlarge his business
Sand make big money. He had not enough cash
on hand. He was unable to borrow any from a
Bank, because as he kept no Bank Account the
Bank knew nothing about his financial respon
sibility. ',
i Does This Mean You?
OUR TOTAL DEPOSITS ARE NOW OVER $413,000.00
We Are Growing Daily; Why Not Open An
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2
2
Account and Grow With Us?
BANK OF ALASKA
8to«w*» ANCHORAGE
ALASKA
NEXT DOOR TO HARMONY THEATRE
Wraagell
ALASKA TRANSFER
Express and Heavy Hauling Storage in Connection
COAL AND WOOD
OFFICE LATHROP BLDG.
ALFRED BENSON, Prop.
THE PLACE where restful hours can be spent with all
your friends.
CIGARS, FRUITS, CANDY AND SOFT DRINKS OF
ALL KINDS.
The ARCA-re
City Drug Store
THE REXALL STORE Dr. K. A. Kyvig, Prop.
We carry a large assortment of imported French and
domestic Perfumes, Soaps and Toilet Articles. A full
stock of the great Rexall line. Rubber goods and Station
ery the best in the world. All at surprisingly low prices.
IT PAYS TO TR£jDJEr HERE.
BON MARCHE
Opp. Postoffice
Thanksgiving Sale!
We will give 25 per cent discount or 1-4 off on all
our Ladies’ Fur Coats, Plush Coats, Cloth Coats,
Tailored Suits, Skirts, Fur Sets, Muffs and Stoles j
for this week only.
■L.L.fcX.r,
♦innUM IIIIHW 1111 IHIfl I
You’d better hurry and make your selection.
Special sale on all our Ladies’ Comftys, Felt Mocca
sins, and Felt Slippers, $2 values, sale price $1.25
Children’s Plush Leggings, $1.25 values, sale price
75 cents.
The BON MARCHE,
Opp. Postoffice 1
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