The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 2, 1914, Page 14

1% THE STAR—SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1914 sas future time. Alaskans Urge Larger Reindeer Herds IS ALAS sum of $7,200,000, "The transfer | Alaska was made & territory and| James Sheakley, from August 28, RAILROADS took place at Sitka, which was then|the voters empowered to elect a 189%, to July 14, 1897 Tt must not be infer that _.8 $500,000.00 ee ican aed the capital, on October 18, 1867 |senate of eight members, two from| John G, Brady, from July 15,| Alaska Is yet ready to receive the ro Ain gp uabntes echo ‘Tho district was firat turned over |®#eh of the four judicial districts. | 1897, to April 28, 1906 paren gy tg os Weer ler Alaska Northern ... ; ee a 5a to the war department and garri-| An act, providing for the election | Wilford Bi. Hoggatt, from April) NTT as ine gure promise of | (ther abilities «2.0.0... sfesaeee) ‘Nome, Seward Peninsula Road, Solomon River Road (not sons Were established at Sitka,|Of a delegate from Alaska was ap-| 2%, 1906, to Sept. 30, 1909 griculture, but It is yet expert epeented ce ia Wrangel and Tongass. Military | Proved May 17, 1906, The next elec-| Walter BE. Clark, from October 1, pin fh hus the votentiality of Manana Valley Raliwsy e rule was maintained until June,|tion of delegate to Washingion | 1909, to May £0, 1913 thriving towne and of one or two ks (cannery) 1877, when the district was placed | 4nd members of the Alaskan legis-| Major J. F. A. Strong, trom May| oe cities, but they remain to be Portiand Inlet (Coal—not operated) (abandoned) ... |as chief execytive. Wagon Roads and Trails. lity of the district. _ Men and Boys With lin charge of the treasury depart- ment, with the collector of customs |#nd every two years thereafter. ties, he constituted the sole author: | Owing to the inability of these of- ficlals to properly protect the white settlers and preserve law and osder throughout the country, ernment placed the district under|the present time are: naval rule on June 15, 1879. rule continued until the passage of ' 1884, to May 8, 1885. 21, 1913 (took oath of office); | pointed April 18, four years. Capital transferred from Sit llature will be held fn } vember, With bis depu-| Alaska has four judicial divisions | with headquarters as follows vision, Nome; Third diviston. dex; Fourth division, Fairbanks. Governora of Alaska, from date the ov. jot its organization as a district to of the Interior department, | July 23, 1906. ments behind them as do the who plant trees. Naval| John H. Kinkead, from Sept. 15, Common Schooling Practical Instructors Give Practical Instruction, com- bined with just sufficient Theory; in this way you get the quickest results in the shortest time at the lowest expense. THIS SCHOOL is endorsed by ail represensative local organ- izations, including Chamber of Commerce, Commercial Club, Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, Jovian League, Heads of Leading Cor- porations and Prominent Individuals. First Ave. West and Roy Street Special Attention Is Called to the Special Summer Courses AtSpecial Summer Prices « for Public School Boys in Electricity, Mechanical Drawing, Steam and Gas Engineering, Machine Shop Practice, Automobile Repairing. Day School, 9 to 12, 1 to 4. Night School, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 7 to 10. 1913, for term of jentting down trees leave no monu- Open the Your Around *P | awakened into ka to} Remember, dated | fore men | last Iife. Alaska Just a Youngster. | June: b vi about a dozen years old a# a re First division, Juneau; second dt- Sept 3, dhe parsons peng Man | of the American frontier. the sensational gold erties on the Yukon ft was known only for its seal and salmon and Men who have made millions by | for one or two quarts gold mines. Moreover, the policies of two national administrations nt and depositors ction of the entire ; managem th surplus and undivided profits of the assd Agent for First National Bank at Fairi THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SEATTLE BRANCH $01 SECOND AVENUE KH. C, Wagner, Manager Geo, T. 5. White, Asst. Manager is only} ks, Alaska Be discov- the have been distinctly discouraging Are Admitted to This School SEATTLE ENGINEERING SCHOOL BUILDING, CONSTRUCTED AND OWNED BY HANS PEDERSON. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY, SHOWING SWITCHBOARD IN COURSE OF CON- Equipment Includes a gas engine weighing 10 tons and 9 others of different types, 4 and 6 cylinder automobiles, 5 steam en- gines, 3 boilers, 7 pumps, 20 dyna- mos, motors and generators, 2 2,300-volt transformers, 5-panel switchboard (under construction), screw-cutting lathes, drilling, grind- ing, shaping and milling machines, combination gas furnace, etc. STRUCTION BY STUDENTS, TELEPHONE Queen Anne 254 eden “inh and f of tt deni ard c er that no one shall be heavy rainfall, of long, ¢ win 1 « » tt a star to Alaska Alarka erato there would bave bee hin to be create! by wise, far Midnight Sun raflroad con bunke shi reaching public policies. fhe northern port of all) smelters and booming to where Toda Alaska in neither the those countries except Denmark uch things are not, There would | Ticeh mar nar the poor mane oe the midnight sun in summer| have been hard-and-fast monopo tunity—not the rich man’s and aimost no sun at 1 in wit « 1m and transportation | because the nation has closed the te 50 doe the most door on land-grabbing so far as it northerly tion of Alaska, But! t j.| 1s possible to do so under present you hould know that Alaska ts But id | law not the poor man's because ot only @ land of stupendous size,| have been development 1 on Fy t wide ry Seo Land for Youth Dre t are other consideration that The point is that the count 18 | w eloy t throw much of it ‘ within the | not et ready to rece and sus or it then? rth-temperate zor und make|tain a large influx of population r nat the : onditions of life much like those! put for no fault of its owr ‘ we hat severed lin the northern tler of the United 4 the hmus can open this wilder | States and the southern tler o The time is coming when the the ente A Herd of Reindeer Near Mt. Village, on the ¢ Yukon River, The Animals Form an Intensely interesting Phase prov call of Alaska will «© heard te that of th task it hy Canadian provinces Velopment Is Urged by White Men, Who Are at Present Barred From Ownership. . i @ Alaghan Parm Lite. Their Greater Oe ile Ate shout the country tand the abundant reward 4 rid, nd a young na gifted ame time enrich the ‘ the “tenderfoot from the, 1887 Charles H. Townsend urged{ities are the most meager. Thojtle and sheer ‘ stretches west romeo BR «en er iy mite jo and wheep. {mercial value is developed on with pluck, ambition, stout he ation Stee )States” one of the most interest-/the government to bring rein-| development of the re ae Need Little Care vgn ge di a od guavar lau (ane tae ain jira phases of Alaskan farm life deer and teach the natives how to/ dustry in this section can be ac The reindeer malst on the na Offer New Plan. a more t If} very important) will go there poor Giving seeds to child fe the reindeer industry, the de care for them it was not til | complished without encroaching on/ tive he the reing Th individual ownership te at | Way to the Orient from Seattle or) and come out rich M y a fam-|is a happy idea Velopment of which is at present 1891, however, that ac lets where other lines of agri-| moss mmer, and re-| present restricted to I 1, | San Francisco, Alaska also reaches) ijy of hard-working farmers willl ciated boys Geil) restricted to the native own-| were made to carry foasi ble itt aro,| ¢x- | Indians nd a few Lappe an attenuated arm away down the/| eo there and acquire property of rifles @rs of the anim into reality hinted that , trem ‘san-| came with the first Importation | Com#t. cutting off great portions of eat Boao sie snineeasiniciel ———————$$—$—— _ te was early recognized by white First Herd Increases. posal in | dering The quality as instructors of the natives, Some | British Columbia from the sea, so in the north that intelligent) The late Dr. Sheldon Jackson at herds of cart|of the meat i excellent and |the of the missions are in possession |(4t much of it Hes actually furth mare,‘ be given the natives to agent in Alaska of the reindeer which have |skins are valuable, Up-to-date lit-|of a few of the antmals and there Iu By ct t on Ree N F ALIFORNIA mm in coping with t 1 of education, aided by do are yet fougd in con-|tle attempt hea been made to june | are all government herds rnp a gle Wiciesitudes of the country which nations from private parties bers in the regions|the Alaekan deer for dairy 4nd The. fact that whites are barred |sneee. ¢ e coast for Were fact sweeping them into od-| bought a herd of European rein-|north of the Yukon, in the moun-| transportation purposes, ax is the |from ownership has met with criti. | Over 1 ly mods National Association of San Francisco Tivlon. The reinde being a hardy | deer, which wore landed in Alaska|taina of the Alaskan range and | practice in Europ ciem. There are many who be-| fee the « LaF neh Bho scion UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY animal of the cold lands, was pre- in 1892 total herd, tnereased |down the Alaska peninsula, It 8] In 1911 100 carcassex of the lieve the government should OO eng nc ge pene Mie Sal tcrma a Gented to them as a means of sub” by other importations, numbered| the plan of government men to| reindeer were Je American cattlemen ‘in |th® growth of vegetation eet re re — it was hoped by this/ 1.280 head. number had in-| uild upon nature's foundation a|from Nome. T | charge of the industry, who | Good Place to Live. to make the natives a pas | creased to 15,889 1907 and It ts domestic animal industry in-|ly at high prices, It proved pot} handle it on @ scientific ba | Most emphat y is Alaska a STATEMENT OF CONDITION fare! People and, in, time, as agri- estimated that at the present time ndent of what may be accom-|only a novelty, but decidedly pala-|at the same time not injure the | Country fit to live in. As a matter Including Its Branches in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland Cultural as the nature of the sea there are about 30,000 of the a _by the introduction of cat-‘ table, giving evidence of it epm-' native in his rights of ownership. | of fact if reduced to primitive = ten me i es Sone would permit. animals in Alaska. — | conditions, a could get a liv . “AS carly as 1851 Prof. F. 8.| The region north of the Yukon ing easier the than anywhere strongly urged the importa-|river and the western half of the else, because of the abundance of of European reindeer and sug-| territory is best suited to the rein | flab and game. At least 10,000, the step would be of great|deer. It [ts also the district in 000 people are living in Europe 578.42 to the Indians. Again in which other agricultural opportun-| By WALTER GARFIELD FOX jthe “Organie Act.” May 17, 1484) APS rd, from May 9, 1885, | under practically similar climatic | > mecure circulation ........+2++ 5,019,000.00 eae cs “7 | Alaska was purchased by the/ establishing a civil form of govern-| to ieea 1 conditions, largely on agriculture repose gly, EPPS ped cane 285,000.00 United States from Russia under|ment. This plan continued in| Lyman E pp, from April 38,| 884 fisheries. Doubtless the sme : weg ’ oe2.04 ALASKAN TRANSPORTATION the treaty of March, 1867, for the| force until August 24, 191%, when / 1889, to August 27, 1893 will be the case in Alaska at some rep Pres ¢