GRIGSBY OUSTED
“WICK” SEATED
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ALASKA'S -GRAND OLD MAN" SEATED AS DELEGATE TODAY
GRIGSBY OUSTED—
WICK SEATED
W'a shi ngion, M erch, 1 —< I rigsby
■wsus ousted from, the house tinlay by
■rots immediately sworn in and ac
floor, will receive about 57.000 day
•until the end of his term F.-ida> no.,:i
ms lock salary.
Wick Wires New> of Accession
Was seated by the House today af
ter hard fight by sixteen majority and
*»ve taken the oath of office.
JAMES WICKERS HA M
Delegate from Alaska.
WICK. CHARGES
VICTIM OF “ FEDERAL
BRIGADE CONSPIRACY"
Washfington, March, 1—In present. |
ing hats ease to Congress today, James j
Wickenshatn. the victorious contestant
in tin Alaska delegate contest, charg* d
tihnt he hsus been the victim of what
he termed 'a eon»iJi rruw on the part of
the fedeiul Iwiguide” in Alaska and ex
pressed the hope that in the near fu
ture. “there will he a new set of of
ficials an Akuska who will enforce the
laws against these criminal's.”
During consideration of the contest.
Grigsby. Wlckerffli:tin’s opponent, de
nied charges made by republican
speakers that lie was ’standing in an
other man’s shoes.” Has argument
was made up primarily of personal at
tacks on Wickorshani. whom he said
had ’voine to the House in the closing
days of the session to make his beta,
nial raid on the I’nited States Treas
ury." Wicke.i’shaan’s charges of po
litical fraud in connection with
< Jrigsl>y\s occupancy of the delegate
seat were not refuted by Grigsby. In
•hnying hlis opponent’s insinuations.
Wickersham declared pointedly that
the delay in bringing the contest fo
trial was tin no degree his fault and
wAs <tfiargeable to conditions over
whldh he had no control.”
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Raw Furs Wanted
, Neb.. July 16. 1920.
Gentlemen:
to know tha
shipped j
$200.00. that these rats '
shipped to one of the most pn
nent fur houses in the United St
it Chicago, and they offered 50 «•
ah article th;
same line of busi
firm claiming
her firm in th?
one of the larg
houses in the United Suites,
ight in calling >
selves THE OLD SQUARE DEAL.
FUR HOUSE of Fort Wayn
you certainly do give a square deal.
I have not only received a square
deal on this shipment but on a great
many other shipments.
If any one doubtg this statement
they can write to me for confirma
tion enclosing postage, ajid I will
allfirm it.
With my ftlndem personal re
gards. I remain
Yours truly.
HARVEY MYERS.
P. O. Bo* 410. Alliance, -Neb.
BANK OF ALASKA
Wrangell. Alaska
April 28, 1920.
A. >1. White Company.
Juneau. Alaska.
I>ear Sirs:
Referring to your letter of tihe
21st Inst., it is true that we ship
ped about 130.000.00 furs ‘hrough
the (sink to Weil Bros, this season.
The principal reason we shipped
this amount to them was because
they handled our business satisfac
torily and paid a fair price for the
We did receive a Weil circular
and you deserve credit for this.
However, we shipped to several
other houses which did not mall n«
any adverting matter. The rea
son Weil got the big end of our
business was becaus? he treated us
Yours very truly.
G. W. UPSHAW.
Vice-President.
(this is a reproduction of a letter
to our advertising agent in Alaska)
The proof of the puddlmr Is in the eating. The above le'ters
are the proof that we pay more for yojir furs.
The oldest Fur House in existence in the United States.
Fifty years under the same cuanfigement.
Any bnnk will tel! you that we are good. Write for prices
—or. better still, ship ypurfuis to us now.
THE OlyO. SQUARE DEAL HOUSE
.. WEIL BROS. & CO., Itic.
.ASfaMO 6,X«lu«fc» > P«rt W.yiw. Ind.. O. S. A.
NEWS LETTER
Seattle. Der. 30—Legislation for
Alaska by the present «'(>nffrww will
! very probably be 1 limited to &)<. ap
i propitiations ft»r Federal activities and
to a bill permitting of hom«tofcn<] en
try on lands now reserved for coal.
Thiis latter measure ha* l*een before
Congress for some time and ita pass
age will result in relief to a nrnnbr
of homesteaders who nave settled in
the Cook Inlet region The law will
reserve all coal rigbtfe but Mill permit
<»f title h«\ing granted to the surface,
said .1. 1... McPrehson. assistant to the
president of the Chamber of Com
merce today. •
Mr, McPherson, who has just re
turned from Washington, 1>. C., pre
dicted however, that the next Con
gress Will enact laws that will permit
Atahka to develop. Mr. MePlierson
wont to the national capital Pec; l ;if
the reuudvt of Congressman Charles
V. Curry, chairman of the house com
mittee on territories. who is anxious
' to have hearings on the Alaska devel
opment board measure begin :ls soon
Finding, however, that it would be
probably impossible t<> complete the
hearings before the committees of both
Houses during the short session and
secure action by both the H use and
Senate, it was deemed inadr;snble hy
: Chairman Clutrles h. Curry, and Sen
ator H i-ry New of Indiana, who is
the chairman «*f the Senate committee
‘ on the Territories. t.o begin the hear
| ings at this session, as the work would
jail have to he done over by th« new
i Congress and there will be a. number
I of changes in the pemonnel of these
comanittees. It is Chairman Curry's
j intention t° begin hearings as soon as
' possilbe after the organization of the
new Congress is completed.
.Although no word has come from
Senator Harding as to when t.he extra
sosssion will be called, .it is the con
census i*f opinion of both the leaders
of the Senate and House that it will
'be probably the middle of March.
It is thb intention of Alaska's friends
| in Congress to initiate a policy that
! w ill result In local industries in Al_
I ask a, and in the encouragement of
j settlement by a. home-building citi
zenry. aud fu-ther. to provide for ;i
coordinated administration of federal
affairs in Alaska that can be held re
sponsible for esults.
with President elect Hardin# at. Mar
ion 4tml presented him with a fine al
hufrn of Alaska, views, on behalf of the
Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce and invited him to visit
Seattle and the. territory. Senator
Hardin# remarked: "It has been a
dream of mine to visit Alaska.” Mr.
McPherson will return to .Washington.
D. C. when the senate and house
committees take up the Alaska de\ •!.
opment board measure at the next ses
Seattle is dii 'ctly concerned with
the success of the educational cam.
naign to be carried on by the saint
n terminals in Scat le. is shown in the
n port submitted to the f.ustees of th*
Cnamiber of Commerce.
With th? sluggish salmon market
and the public insisting on «he red
salmon, thereby leaving the pink and
chum salmon unmarketed, the pa x
situation, and the report made to the
trustees of the Chamber emphasized
how intimately Seattle and the can
ning industry are connected. The re.
]*ort .showed It hat any disaster to the
saiD.rtnn industry would be a vital blow
at Seattle.
The Chamber has sent a wire to the !
state’s delegation at Washington, D. !
C., urging that every effort be made
to haw? congress act favorably on the
recommendation of the bureau of fish
eries for a f20.000 appropriation to
promote the sale of the cheaper grade
of pohnon. A tariff to protect Amer
ican fflJmon and save the industry W's
also urged. ■
During lfif. our pack statistics
»how that Aiiaaka and Puget Sound
iistrict produced 5.887,827 casKt* from
168 canneries, out of whBch quantity
1.986.000 cases were handled through
the city of Seattle. Out of the 1920
mck. from 153 canneries wfoiCh accord
ng to present csti mates will aggregate
1.607.000 Cases—3.163.000 cases will be
i.'tndled through this port.
Three men convicted of murder,
rwm Mexicans and a Canadian. were
wrought to Seafttl- from Ketchikan.
Maska. on the. steamship N'oihwent
m by rifted States Marshal J. M.
nanner of Juneau. The Mexicans will
ie confined at McNeil’s Island pen*
tentlary and the third man is being
aken te he Morniogslde Hospital nr
thfc Insane, near Portland, Oregon.
A Washington special says: The
Secretary of Commerce, with the pa*,
i ive hacking ot the ‘■ecre.tnry of »hc
navj’ and of t)he Interior Department,
will make an effort ut this session of
Congress to eslaJ)!: h a government
supply -station at Dutch Harbor, Alas
ka. whore coo), fuel and otlici sup
plies can bo obtained by government
ships at any time of the year. The
mil punK>8e behind this plan is to
establish a coaling base not only for
naval ships but for tho merchant ma
rine, survey ships and other vessels
operating in northern waters,
GOTWALS SEES
GREAT FUTURE
NUME SEGTIUN
There is promise of steady and psos.
peroui* progress in Ahuska, according
to Cat>t. J. C. Uotwals, who in his
travels about the territory in his ca
pacity as amotniber of the road con
struction SL-rvUce, 'has picked up broad
gunge view of the question. Among
other things he has noticed during
The additional development of pla
in- mining which is necessary to gain
a vast amount of the gold still re
maining in placers of Seward penin
sula. culls for cheap power and ine
chanioul »■ 'iifipmerat. Outside coal now
sells iti Nome for $45 a ton. This
as prohibitory for lower uses or either
for thawing except from tho richest
The water power sites at Salmon
Lake and in the Saw Toot.li range are
most promising as a cheap source of
Second* in promise is the coal de
IKisil.s on the Kugruk river. Further
development is necessary to ascertain
the quality and exton*. of this coal.
Transportation iia necessary to bring
the i-oal from the mines to the placer
workings. The road projection from
the Kugruk liver to Candle will pass
through this ctxil field and will lend
a hand in facilitating its development.
Tlie coal-ting trade and trade with
Siberia from the Seward peninsula and
particularly from Nome has now’
reached substantial dimensions. The
breakwater now being constructed at
| Snake river will be of gr?at use to
i these t oasting vessels. The local pro
! «*uctiun of ivory anti furs lias eontin
ueil. although some of the bePtt car
vers died during the influenza ypi
vlem.e. All of this local commerce
lias titled Seward pentiiisula greatly in i
[maintaining business activity and!
The reindeer industry has reached
a definite status, as was shown by the
I. 000 reindeer shipped to Seattle on
the Lust Victoria. Four cold storage
plants have been established at Can
dle, on Kotzebue sound, at Nome, at
(lolovin hay and at Unulakleet, re
KP ctively. The facilities with addi
tional cold storage on vessels serving
Reward peninsula will enable a stea ’
production of reindeer meat to be
made and thus give a market for th!«
"ellrtfouH meat in thie United States.
The visit of Roald Amundson, on*
J. is departure for the north pole, and
of «lie army flyer’s, has made a his
torically memorable summer for the
Sewrurd peninsula sourdoughs.—Cor
dova Tillies.
FOUND—A bundle of lidding or
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