KODIAK. AT,ASK/.. .TCNK 4 .M'l.V 1!»1T V..1, XVII. No. :( & 4
i:\ploration Party Goes to Mt
Katmat
Amongst the p »jjers >trri\ ing on
♦ h<- Admiral Watson .limetf, whsiIh*
K\j»pd it inn sent Milt hy »he National
'» graphic Society t«» • xplore the
K iMiihi volcano and virinitv
i'rof Roller t F Griggs, Columbus,
■ direeUd Mm Kxp« diti« n The
r member* « f th* party arriving
v rl« him w* re Clarence I*’. Ma> card,
t* p 'grapher, Washington, l). C ;
1 *‘S S. Mine, zoologist Coin in hits,
; J. W Shipley, chemist, V. anito
t i Agrindturn! College, Winnipeg;
1> !i Church, photographer, Danville
i •! », Jasper r>. Sayre, botanist, Pack
er- wn, P*nn.; Paul R Ifagelharg* r,
b mist, Akron. Ohio; at Kodiak
i. ms G F Is in, general assistant,
hi Walter Metroken and Andre
Yu ;ashofl\ packers were added to the
party whn-h sailed from Kodiak June
H n the schooner “Hunter “
! he expedition ins well equipped.
An its results were entirely satisfaet
r A full aocouut of the trip will
I - published in an early number of
tl. National Geographic .Magazine.
Ir ay be interesting to our readers
• :.ow that Pr«»f. Griggs found the
> r r of Mt Katinai to be unchanged
in ^. neral appearance but larger, as
?''• n by the topographer’s taeaaure
n> . s, tbau he had previously esti
mated.
Prof, (irigus considers the Vallpy
of T» n 'I'lii.1 nhiuI SmnJcpg one of tha
greatest scenic wonders of the world.
Ho found the valley to be consider
ably larger than the size he estimated
on the previous trip.
The temperance sentiment has been
growing for many months in Kodiak.
Those -a ho were simply indifferent
on Hie subject have been fully con
vinced recently by the drunken
brawls of fishermen on the streets.
The saloon license extended >nly
till July and as thnre was no object
in having it renewed for only six
months as all Alaska is to be bone
dry after Dec. 31, on the advice of
the Marshal the saloon was closed be
fore the license expired.
The Northern Fisheries Company
has opened a cod-fishing station at
Kodiak. TheW. J. Erskine Co. is
interested in the enterprise as their
warehouses and boats form part of
the equipment of the new company
It would seem that there is now no
longer tieod <>f the natives of Kodiak
and viein'ty being without food < r
c'othmg because of no opp«»rtunifv
of earning money.
They can fish for cod throughout the
year, getting not less than &.*»0.00 per
1000. In the summer there i9 work
in the cannery to be had at not less
than cents per nour.