The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1934, Page 2

frrrrrrr e Juneau’s Public Schools s st b i i i i) | miighy By ROBERT S. RAVEN Superintendent Public School the present site school building 1885. From then until 1900 1t was under the supervision of the U. S. Commissioner of Education. This school-eonsisted of one room The first school board was elect- ed under the Carter Code in 1900 The school was enlarged to four rooms soon after the new board assumed office. During the sum- mer of 1902 an upper story was added with the corps of teachers enlarged to six. The high school graduated two students in 1904 and in 1905 all four years of high school were represented i 1ld the Laa become 50 crowaea tnat upper 1loor oI tne city hali given over to the hign scnool. ‘tne wtal enrollment of votn the eie- inentary scnool and the high scnool was 315, The Juneau established at the elementary was of in o swory pullding e was 1ne new building lalhize unul 1914 it house the elementary school ana high school combined. in 1918 a Junior-Senior high scnool was ar- ranged. Seventy-one students reg- istered in this department tne first year. In 1923 the school was reor- ganized into elementary and high school, the junior high school plan having been eliminated In 1926 the school again became overcrowded and it was found ne- cessary to teach the kindergarten in the council room of the city hall. The enrollment of boch the elementary school and tne high school had grown to 4 and the teaching staff to 17. The high school used not only the upper floor of the building but also three rooms on the first floor. The new high school building was not com- pleted until November, 1928, and was occupied immediately The schools have continued to grow since 1928 until now we have an enrollment of 733 students with 27 teachers. There are 15 elemen- tary teachers, 9 high school teach- ers, and 2 special teachers. There is now a total of 323 alumni taught did not mater- was oult 10 hysical Education from the first grade through the high school. Startir with the sixth grade, four specially trained teachers take these classes and give corrective exercises as well as drills and games. Classes are sched- uled in both gymnasiums. Vocal Music is taught throughout the schools. The vocal music teach- er divides her time so that each room receives at least two periods ALASKA'S TRADE VOLUME RUNS T0 BILLIONS One) is (Continued from Page most of these things were tied up in national reserves in Alaska. Here the timber is held in National For- ests, the coal and oil and water power reserved, and the fish and the furs, and even the game which played such a large part in all the country’s early frontier exploration and settlement, is held in strict control by the Federal Government. Obstacles Are Surmounted Naturally, these conditions slow- ed up Alaska’s development. It was 17 years after Alaska was pur- chased from Russia before law was extended to it, except that exercised by military and naval authorities. And it was 27 years more before Congress would con- sent to even a most limited form of Territorial organization. Such obstacles retarded but could not block the developments of a land s0 rich in natural resources as it is. Figures representing the value to the country ol the production of | Alaska’s major better picture than words can. From its placer and lode mines there has been added to the Na- tion’s wealth the total of $418,791,- 000 in gold. From 1880 to and in- cluding 1930, the average annual value of the Territory’s gold pro- duction, as shown by figures of the United States Geological Sur- vey, has been about $7,700,000, or more each 12 months that was originally paid to Russia. From its copper mines has been produced ore valued at $214,687,000 And other minerals, including sil- ver, coal, lead, tin, marble, plati- num, gypsum and others worth $30,208,000 have been produced Its sea fisheries, stretching from its southern border to Bering Sea have yielded a large variety of pro- ducts having a total valuation of $965,186,756. These are the richest of its pres- ent developed resources but others played a part in the volume of commerce built up. It has shipped airplane spruce for fighting planes in the World War, and Petrowski turnip seed for Northwest Pacific farmers when their supply was cut off from the Scandinavian countries in the same for Santa rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeraaa| there any | industries give a | DEVELOPMENT hDITION ——TH[: DAILY ALASKA LVIPIR!: bUNDAY JAN 28 1934 Iy \a capital tnvestament Of than $75,000,000. The Silver Horde made famous in | Beach's “The Silver Horde,” fur- the raw material for the branch of the fisheries in- The canned salmon pro- school consists ()f'd girls’ glee club, | duction accounts for about 80 per :‘“:’:’»“m:]“: H‘I"‘\‘l‘)’h “““ :\n("”‘“' 13| cent of the total annual produc- joi, RS eIV, BN T tion of the entire industry ; Wich he Wt I man's best supply of food, posses- M“‘M:L, two periods sing greater nutritive value than . s Yien any other in the world at a com- parable price. The oil in canned salmon contains twice as much vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin good cod-liver oil, some varie- ties as much of Vitamin A as the same oil, and Government research has also shown that it is one of each pupil enrolled in this depart-| ). pest and most economical ment. Instrumental music 1\\][)‘1\‘l surces of Vitamin G, a preventa- are asket rchase the wn m‘ nkull to :)}m(‘;\x‘ 1€ :l‘ ‘:‘ |tive of pellagra. The canned fish instruments with the excep! other elements besides ¢ t l hict ¢ contains certain instruments which cannof e > vitamins, fats and proteins, such as be used for solo work. These a: & il | After o | lodine, Time and phosphorus. Few : "n }”l:l’mvm‘;,m" \ Fedlned !n(hm' foods, indeed, bring as many CIMIR - DFS 3 > | valuable confributions to the fam- these students enter the senior| ily table as canned salmon. As for orche which is composed main- Iy of high school plipils economy, in cost per pound, it is among the cheapest of the high- protein foods, and has been appro- tely styled, the “King of Food Fish | more \ \ | : Salmon Rex \ o largest E rek vocal sic igh 2 week. The vocal mu hig j(lll\ll’\ in poor is reacher weekly | out Grade pupils, beginning at about the fourth grade are allowed n opportunity of starting instrumen- .. tal music. All instruments taught except piano. One individ- ual lesson each week allowed are of scl Seventh and eighth grade pupils | are taught Home Economics Alnd Manual Training. This instruction is given them in the high school| building two periods a week The high school the subject is allowed course. A Production Is Immense Territory’s annual produc- of salmon exceeds 5,000,000 The total production since establishment of the first cannery near Wrangell in | The is organized on | tion and a student ase ases. to choose his or m.‘m e wide range of subjects small 5 ere 2l ng Mathematic: is offered including Mathematics, yore RN ReRr B English, Languages, Science, His- tory, Manual Arts and Commer-|P8s¢d on declarations of value to cial subjects. Eight of the nine '11(:‘ U‘"“(;‘d sf““‘* C“:‘L"m"_’ SRee: teachers are teaching only those “”l'““ SHTARNEA. Yiliies prior subjects in which they receive their | ' that time X $795,084,760. On the major training and experience. The "; s of figures m““’”"“y"-‘ the high school is fully accredited both | United States Bureau of Fisheries, 5 the Tnivesstts Washineton | And which are probably nearer the and the Northwest Association of |3ctual sums received by the pro- High Schools sal. Oollges | ducer than those for declared val- Each teacher in the high school Ues. the salmon canning industry sponsors one of more activities |has produced about $845000.000 These activities are educational worth of food since its inception well as enjoyable to the students.; It has put 6,914,580,784 pounds of the healthiest, most nutritive They include the following: Stu-! . dent Assembly, Annual, Dramatic,|2nd most economical food on the To do this it was Declamation, Newspaper, Honor|Nations tables Society, Rifle Club, Library, Radio|Decessary to take and process more Club, Popular Orchestra, Senior! than 2000000000 fish. Packed in Sunior Ols Sophomore | One-pound tall cans, if placed in Class, and Freshman Class. In|a single line, end to end, it would addition to these the City Basket- be 490921 miles long, reaching al- ball League uses the high school | most 20 times around the world gymnasium almost every week; Prior to transport to the market, night during the winter months. it first had to be cased which re- The school board, faculty, and Guired almost 750,000,000 feet, board students of the Juneau Public, measure, of lumber which was Schools, are working together to bought from the mills of Alaska, make this educational institution Washington and Oregon an outstanding example of modern A Unique Crop educational principles, a school in| Salmon is a unique which a happy guided educational plants itself and returns to the and social life is experienced, fit- planting grounds to be harvested ting them to step into a 1 er so- |y after year. Managed and prop- cial sphere with confidence of hav- ly controlled production, yermit- ing mastered the fundamentals ne- ting the homing fish to return to cessary to win a permanent suc- the parent streams, has prevented cess. depletion and insures perpetuity to the industry. of and pasis of as crop. It Claus’s steeds in various the country; parkas, gloves mukluks for Admiral By Ant- arctic expeditions; oil paintings for private galleries as well as com- mercial studios; ivory in raw and manufactured form; several prod- ucts from the whale such as oil, meat, tail, bone, hides and ferti- lizer; castors from northern bea- ver; even an occasional supply of bears’ gall that finds its way to Chinese doctors of Pacific Coast cities. The discovery of gold in Klondike, in Yukon Territory, Can- ada, gave it its first impetus to-| ward real settlement, but 20 years| before that time, the foundation | for its greatest industry was laid. | i For its gold mines, particularly | the bonanza placer camps of Fair- banks and Nome, Iditarod, Ruby and lesser ones, Alaska became most widely known. For there is a magic about the word “gold” that kindles the imagination and fires the zeal of all peoples. Before Nome, the first great placer camp of the northern do- | main, mushroomed into existence, already adventurous souls were es- tablishing processing plants to reap a harvest from the Alaska fisheries. | Steadily and continuously these have grown in number and pro- duction until the Alaska fisheries are recognized as the most valu- jable in the world, and the indus- parts the Coffee Catsup | try founded on them occupies first place in the Territor: commerce. Abundant Fishery Products The production of the fisheries industry of Alaska for the past decade have averaged more than $40,000,000 annually and since 1915 has not fallen below $25,000,000. It has exceeded $50,000,000 twice, in 1918 and 1928. It reached its peak in the latter year when the total was $54,545,588. Alaska salmon and halibut, pro- cessed in cold storage plants, are served almost daily on tables of the Nation from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Can- adian border to the Mexican boun- dary line. Canned and mild-cured salmon, mild-cured herring, clams, crabs and shrimps, codfish and even trout are produced for the markets of the world Oil from its herring and \\hale‘ reduction plants find its way mu» high grade cooking compounds | manufactured in the United States and sold to the world. Meal from | | the same plants feeds pouliry and | livestock in nearly all parts of the | | United States. | More than 25,000 persons are em- ployed annually in the industry and millions of dollars are pald' out for labor, fish and all kinds of supplies and materials necessary to production. In canning and other plants, ves- | sels and gear, it is estimated that Forty Its value, | Food Products “The Peak of Quality Canned Fruits Canned Vegetables General Groceries DISTRIBUTED BY West Coast Grocery Co. Serving All of Alaska For Over Houses located at Ketchikan, Alaska, Tacoma, Aberdeen, Chehalis, Olympia and Auburn, | Washington e New Sport in Fishing Copper Mining Inactive Alaska copper mines have pro- |duced almost $215,000,000. Due to the distressing situation of the copper mining industry of the world, the great Kennecott mines, have been forced to cease active operations. The owning company, Kennecott Copper Corporation, produced from these mines and others on Latouche Island, by far the largest part of the total for the industry The Latouche mines were closed down a few years before the de- pression hit the industry hardest. Kennecott continued to produce until two years ago. Regarding the of tue industry, the United Geological Survey, early this said: That this has been accompllshcth is evidenced by the steady produc-| tion levels maintained for several years, and the escapement records kept by the Government which show that ample spawning fish| reach the beds to seed them for future cycles. The United States/ Bureau of Fisheries, armed with| absolute authority, can and does | close any over-fished areas, reduce gear in others and by fixing the periods for commercial fishing ef-| fectively regulate and control the | entire industry | \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ l} & “Strip Fishing,” for salmon has developed into a decidedly popular sport among followers of Isaac Walton, in Southeast Alaska. The tackle used consists of average of 30 pound test raw line, fly rods from 6 ounces up, special salmon rods from 9 to 10 oun with 6 or 8 pound test leaders. Relativ small hooks are used and herring from 5 to 8 inches in length are used for bait “Stripping” gets its name from stripping in the line after the cast, from either a row boat or anchored power boat. The baited hook or hooks, (some fishermen prefer two hooks in the herring) along with a light sinker are cast as far possible and slowly stripped in by hand. The reel is not used until the salmon is hooked. Frequently King salmon 40 to 50 pounds in weight are landed, after battles that last from one-half hour to three hours. Few salmon of any variety are caught under 18 pounds in weight an silk Gold Mining Next or | Gold mining is the next in im-| portance to Alaska and to the Na- |, . tion. Alaska’s miners in 1933 pro- | g .. duced $10,758,000 worth of the yel- |/ low metal, on the basis of $20.67 a fine ounce, an increase of more than a half million dollars over 1932. This brought the total since | the beginning of the industry in|° 1880 to $419,791,000 on the old gold basis. It should not be presumed, how- ever, that Alaska has permanently ceased to be an important source copper. With increased demand ,m the metal and consequent high- prices, the Kennecott mines will sain produce, interest will be re- vived in many undeveloped cop- | per properties throughout the Ter- | ritory, and the search for new lodes will again be sufficiently at- tractive to enlist the attention of prospectors. Also Affects Silver production in Alaska for In the first five years, when| the yield was still less than $100.- 000 annually, placer gold constitut- ed the main source. But from 1885 to 1898, the lode miles played the most important part. The situa- tion was reversed again in 1899 and | until 1917 largely exceeded the lode | Slivae output. Since then, and particular-| =" Y ly during the past four or “W\m.«n,\ years has been largely inci- years, the lode mines have account- dent to the mining of other metals, o4 Tor mbre ‘and ot of the ‘U_?Li.llllt‘\llill‘ly copper and to a less tal until last year the percentage|CcXtent gold. Alaska copper ores, was about Pv“; ‘llumul\ low in silver, have in the Known rich placer deposits have | 2EEreate, produced notable Jong since been worked out. Behind | 2TOURts of that metal. The amount the shovel and bucket miner has|derived from that source naturally come hydraulic glants and gl_v“”!hu(\u\les with the demand for dredges, ‘gold boats, which, through | COPper, and the closing of the modern mechanical devices and | SOPPer mines in 1933 is reflected more scientific recovery methods,| D ® decrease.in the silver output are profitably operating properties| LNCreasing prices for silver have on a large scale that several years directed new attention to_the pos- ago had to be left untouched. sibilities of development of known Industry Is Stimulated silver lodes, and caused a revival of prospecting for new lodes. Pronounced stimulation has been Coal and Oil Reserved given the gold mining industry by | while coal deposits of the Ter- the policy of purchasing newly ritory are practically unlimited and mined gold at a premium, and by gll grades of coal are found wide- the President’s dollar revaluation )y scattered over its area, there are plans. It has greatly increased in-|three main fields—Bering River terest in prospecting, exploration Matanuska Valley and Healy River of prospects and the development The coal lands are not open for of both placer and lode mines. |entry and patent and coal deposits Many gravel deposits, says a bul- | can only be worked under lea letin of the United States Geologi- The leasing system has not been cal Surve recently published, gsuccessful and offers no encour- “hitherto considered to be of 00| agement to large-scale development low grade or too remote from trans- | that would require any heavy vol- portation to be attractive, are now yme of capital investment. The being re-examined as dredging pos- industry is purely local and min- sibilities. Similarly, there is re- ing is carried on in a very limited newed interest throughout the Ter- | jeasure. Production last year ritory in gold lodes and active de- apout 100,000 tons which we velopment with a view of installing | sumed largely along the milling equipment, is under Way | Railroad on many properties.” oil, too in Government re- Many known lode deposits, here- | serves, except for a small patented tofore classed as “marginal” area in the Katalla field where finding prospective capital for de-|the Chilkat Oil Company operates velopment. Nowhere is activity |y number of shallow wells and re- more pronounced in this class of | lodes than in the Juneau district | products mainly gasoline and dis- D ALASKA’S GREATEST NEED lS HOME RULE (Continued /mm Page One) into the Territory and invested their money and time and brought about the considerable development that we have had. It is the ob- vious duty of the Federal Govern- ment to build roads that will afford transportation that would have been supplied by private capital if private enterprises could have ac- quired the natural resources May Prove Satisfactory is not improbable.” the Gov- ernor said in concluding his intro- ductory remarks, “that development under conservation policies might in the end be more satisfactory to the people, though that has yet to be proved. The Federal bureaus are clearly striving for progress nd to be useful to the people.” It es tillate, find a ready market in com- patition with the best known com- mercial brands, No explorations of known fields have been made in several years. This is due partly to the over-pro- duction of oil in the States and to the leasing system prevalent here. Other lead, tin was con- Alaska is minerals mined include platinum, quicksilver and limestone. The value of the output annually is not large, but over a period of years has run well into millions of dofiars are fines it for local consumption. Its D000000000000000000000000000000000000000000050000¢ To Our Northland Friends--- O THE GOOD PEOPLE OF ALASKA from the remote outposts in the interior to the thriving communitie: on its coast, we take this npporluutiy to say THANK YOU You have demonstrated your confidence in us and in our products. Our efforts to justify this confidence have brought about better production, better packing, better quality and larger sales volume. You have contributed in a large measure to the success of this organization. T In .lppu-(].muu of all this we extend to you across the miles our hand in greeting with the wish that 1934 will bring to you a full measure of happiness and prosperity. 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