The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 16, 1914, Page 10

By & Representative of the Seattio) (imes as gr Commercial Club. A population of 5,000 In one| A Great Volume of business will | town it Alaska would mean a very Gome to Seattle through the gov a of mer @rmment expenditure of $35,000,000 om the Alaska rallway. Beattle is ready for the business. The people of the city, owning ttle Ia the nearest Americ port and the only port having a thelr own docks, through the port|regular steamship cervice for @Ommission, can offer the govern-| Alaska on an average of every 17 Ment wharfage and dock facilities | hours throughout the calendar ‘Bt nominal figures. No other city | year, It ls natural to assume th: ‘on the Pacific coast can enter Into | the bulk of that bysinesa would be competition with Seattle | directed to thie port. this business with Alaska It ts assumed further that this We are ready for the business | coal miny is located 100 miles in- ‘Qnd we are going to get it }land and reached by a railroad Of Great Value. The output of 1,000 tons per day A government railroad system | YOUld moan a large number of em- @annot help but prove of the great.|Ployes to handle the locomotives “@6t Value to all operating in the | #94 cars from the coal mine to the of Alaska. port, a large number of employes 4 f the | maintain the railroad, more to eg A Ng Aap thy had ter the coal from the cars to labor under great difficulties ships and a larger number of of transportation made it im to transfer the coal from bie for him to succeed and to destination after laboriously getting Into 3 The Outcome. ‘country, if he did not make aj What would be the natural out- the first season he would |°ome? The erection at once at @ome out discouraged and would | *°me porto Prince William sound of a most modern coal storage and ‘As Alaska presents the greatest loading plant, whereby the cars mineralized area, this could move to a high elevation on first the coal dock and automatically un- wot Peereanes. load through chutes into the ships New ‘Towne. lying alongside. With railroad construction, in towns and outfitting points Here we have {mmodiately the spring up and prospectors can }etablishment of a coal mining iy remain in the interior }town and the establishment of a the winter and under | coating port. | The Next Step. ible circumstances. They! Following out the same general be on the ground early With | tine of reasoning, a copper smelter first coming of spring. and all necessary concentrators ie the ratiroad that will estab-| wit) pe erected at the seaport town these mining settlements, and | One industry leads to another and the creation of each new min- camp will be opened a new ch increases ten fold. Its will for the general merchan- The more immediate results and supplies. naturally be derived from the; building of the rallroads. { iY Seattic Benefits. During the years of the construc: After the country is thoroughly |tion of the Copper River & North- and development be- commercial western railroad, which extends) marked = thi from Cordova to Kennicott, less than | of the case will be the most feature, and mining ma- } 200 miles, the purchases of the and supplies of all kinds railroad in Seattle amounted to) more than $2,500,000 a year and Be counted upon as steady from this Alaska ae hoon ng Photo by Curtis & Miller. A scene in the Sitka Training School. A significant testimonial of the, plished with Progress the Alaskan natives are folks through the winter. making fs shown In a change the| But the younger gener Sitka Industrial Training school ef- products of the school fected a few years ago, when St shed allowed its pupils to go home through the summer Tt had always been feared—and with good on—that a month or summer with the ind the customs of their parents would wipe out all the good that had been sccom-| mente of their sons and dsug long,” and its trend towards the old folks at bome, who almost given up old eustoma ra ind some other equipment that rays of enlightenment for agery ‘ation, has 20 years now, has been “coming | ctvt have And now, proud of the achieve: | The Indian girls, and boys ae well, make rapid progress in the care of the white teachers, proving willing and apt pupils. the Indian young, they listen eagerly to the words of th: wisdom falling from the lips of their offspring. There ts no long er danger of & lapse back to say Ex-Governor Brady founded the Sitka school when he was a mis Heation has been too strong for slouary It pased through many hands, their eberished | but has always been popular, since | the day 100 natives, young, old and middle aged, first responded to its this despite the fact that the steel port. any coal vein in Alaska.|and supplies had to be purchased in the East. The volume of traffic in coal, hay, grain, tents, surveying instruments, graders’ tools and equipment and i! things necessary for the ori nal construction prior to the open- ing of the railroad will have to be sent in from the states, and Seat- tle will naturally derive great bene fit therefrom, Only a Starte This is but temporary and, while it represents a splendid opportun- ber day, of several thousand peo- mine forming the first settlement. Dun @ mission worker, came/ reputation In the North from England in 1857 to m : his 4 psn “y rene e rehants to make a| home with and devote his life to it was whispere a Beak chanting teri the days of| work among the savage tribes of |const that they were not jconstruction, it will be as nothing Fort Stimpson, a Hudson Bay trad.) cannibalisi leompared to the splendid results| '!ng@ post on the Tsimpsian penin- They were said following the completion of the| Sula, le also the story of a modern road into the Interior, the estab-| Miracle, of order brought out of Mshment of mining camps, the|chace by @ simple, high-minded, opening up of new and rich min-|uneelfieh man, and of a reward of eral territory and the creation of | world-wide fame, uneought. great industrial centers as enum- ‘Father’ Duncan, as he has often been called, saw fit to cast his mine, of the railroad branch, of the government. ¢reation of a town means the fo be amon swept through and mowed thelr ranks countless times. were spoken of throughout = thee ntunainen 3 NEW HOME OF BONNEY-WATSON CQ. Seattie’s Most Modern Undertaking Establishment, Located at Broadway and Olive 8t., Showing Assembly Veranda, Motor Equipment, Crematorium and Columbarium The story of how young William}iot with Indians having the worst | North the above ie the lowest in intelligence, were known to have been horribly ravaged by disease, and were accused of un- speakable customs. Smallpox hed down ‘They the | || church, Modern Miracle Performed by “Fath ='\Duncan in Work for Neglected Indians only in tones of horror. Thelr coming was dreaded like a | plague %y other tribes—for like |the Huns and Hessians they fought with terrible ferocity and they |mave no quarter when victors, nor asked for it when taken captives. Good Traits Seen. The kindly young mission work- r from England was not, how- ever, the very first to see the good traits which lay hidden from their neighbora under the mask of fer- ocity they assumed. Years before—in 1841 — Sir George Simpson came upon them, a great community of 14,000 souls, and he found them “peculiarly comely, strong and well-grown * * and = ingen- ind much to marvel over in their neat in ivory, wood and stone. But he wae filled with horror when he be- heid their sickening mode of living, and he hastened from their midst with all speed. Duncan Hears Call. The depraved condition of these people and their mute appeal for aid was recognized, and presently the call for a missionary was heard tn far away England. William Duncan, burning with the fire of youth, full of zeal- man to whom the word wi n—anewered that call. day he set foot on the shores of the Fort Simpson colony the fortunes of the tribes there took a new turn, Picturesque was the first meet- ing between the young English. m: nd his new friends. By hun- is they gathered around bim stared with sullen, stoical of appraisal And the young missionary gazed them, out of big, clear, eyes The Indians wav- d stares husky back at honest ered, And Then He Smiled, Then William Duncan smiled }and the game was won, for no- | body, Indian or white man, has ever yet been able to withstand the utter good will and humor of this man’s smile. Presently the Indiana found themselves looking on him as their leader. For he spent no time in idle words of advice. He began doing things, Because the Indians were overcome with wonder they did little more than look on at first while lone-handed he tackled the neglected land and cleared it for the crops that were to follow Indians Stumpe He never broke word with his Indian friends; he had a winning personality, an enduring faith that was backed by a refusal to be beaten in any task he attempted, and a balance in the bank of cheer. fulness that was never exhausted The Indians, watching him asi- lently, studying him closely, puzzled for a time, soon found, to their utter amazement, that William Duncan was toiling Mke mad for them and them alone. No trace of self-seeking could they Aind in his make-up. His every action, every word, bespoke his all-absorb- ing interest in their welfare. It was too much for the savages; it stumped them! Miracle No. 1. Despite themselves, they love with him. AND THEN WENT TO WORK And therein performed After that the skies were clear for William Duncan and progress | was rapid in the building of Met- |lakahtla, Grain began waving in |the fields and a little village of |trim cottages, a school house, & sawmill, co-operative | stores, and a cannery sprang np un {der the guidance of the mission. fell In THEY FOR HIM! wae miracle No, 1 ary and his agsistants. aided by the now enthusiastic Indians, | War Drums Go. |} All sorts of useful arts and trades were | and | the r taught the Indians, vresently the young men of tribes were building boats, making shoes, cabinets and ropes invitations to come and profit by, arving | THE STAR—SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1914. ILROAD MEANS Indian Girls Forget Old Customs EVERYBODY LOVES NEW INDUSTRIES) After Training in Alaska Schools Al i to fre " of an Th fo in; bt bh co} wl © white man's teachings al First a boys’ then a gt mercy. He has trudged hundreds| were the same as Sitka; while sprang up; then course of weary miles where dog teams! penver was 22 degrees below zero, started. The girle were taught) couldn't go. Huron 18 degrees below and Win- how to do all sorts of useful house hold work and the boys found all about farming, bricklaying, coop- ring and a dozen other trades even paper banging. The school is under the terian Board and for a time received subsidies from the government. er” in Ww Presby-| }, ] and doing carpenter work. Soon) the old Indian drums aed the war dance were forgotten as the red) men marveled over the wonders of | their own brass band. Cloud on Horizon. After he had wrought glorious success, a cloud appeared on the horizon of William Duncan's hopes and achievements, bringing with it a bitterness that the miracle work- er found hard to swallow, He was mot sn ordained min- ister, but he had conducted simple services among the Indians, care- fully avoiding all show of cere- mony that the tribes so lately raised from the plane of bar- | bariem would have difficulty in un- derstanding. Sorrows Come. | In 1881 the Chureh of England, the Institution that had sent Dun- can to his field of conquest, de- cided to divide {t into a separate diocese. And this meant a re dent bishop. Bishop Ridley wa: chosen, and turbulent times be gan, The greatest sorrows in Wi liam Duncan's career were ahead. The characters of the two men Were a decided contrast, and they clashed almost as soon as Ridley self-centered, out of all sympathy with the Indians, and domineering, | began criticising Duncan's form of| service. Duncan had been with the Indians for years and he knew he was right. Breach Widens. Ridley refused to bow before a man not ordained. Duncan would} not work under the, guidance of | the new bishop. The re sult was inevitable In 1887 the missionary went to Washington, D. C., and pleaded his cause with such sincerity that he was given the rights to Annette Island, For a long time he and his tribe wished to get away from the Chureh of England's rule, and under United States jurisdiction. The trouble with Bishop Ridley hastened the decision to act Driven From Hom During Duncan's absence mat- ters went from better to worse at home. \Ridley's dealings with the Indians met with their opposition. Hence it was that when “Father” Duvean arrived at-Annette Island his troubled face lit up with pleased surprise as all but a hundred of his 800 Indian friends from the old home met him. The Canadian gov- ernment had denied them the right to take more than their personal effecte—all the results of their years of work were left behind, The Great Tribute. They had sacrificed their homes everything—because of their great, simple love for this true- hearted friend, And herein they had paid William Duncan the greatest tribute he could wish, And today, after more than 20 years, one finds model city and model community, well governed, well built, orderly, sending its sons and daughters through the East in search for the best in educational fields. He Smiles and Works, And biuve-eyed, white-hatred Wil- Nam Dunean smiles his kindly smiles at visitors, bids them wel- some, dismisses them, and goes on working. His life has been devoted to his work. He has cared nothing for the fame, He has been and is content to “let his work speak.” And now there remains to be chronicled the pathetic part of the story, The United States government officials fear Father Duncan has outlived his usefulness, and one reason for Gov. Strong’s present trip to Washington is to confer with President Wilson on how best to remove the old man without breaking hig heart, for Father Dun-! can refures to give up. Gov. Strong has a soft spot in| his heart for Father Duncan, but even he recognizes that younger heads are needed to carry on the work at Metlakahtla risen night and traveled th supplicants at his door, and have of Home Missions,| pand ALASKA’S BISHOP P, T. Rowe, “the bishop of all|tions and doses of medicine tn aska and be 1 of all men,” | equal potions, He is nurse and one of the giant characters of druggist, rector and missionary © North friend and counsellor He has captured the heart of Ray of Hope. ¢ an in the territory nd ‘oi - ere fant Py bird who does mot| He shares the joys and sor nor bis name Just “The Bishop.” General! is known as nothing There “The | is d of anything else, for “The| op” hae presided at all sorts strange ceremonies, in rough, | wolate places from one end of| @ country to the other Every dy knows him The Eishop i# everybody's friend body has ever called on him r help and been turned away Would You Do This? Cheerfully and willingly be has from his warm bed at mid ugh blizzard & tortuous 6 or 7- day trip over wen wastes to get the dying nfession of some stricken man. He here today hundred flee away tomorrow, and then u will heat of some kindly deed his performed way over at the » of the territory, thous da of miles distant How he gets there is a long story itself, and a mystery Because He Loves Them, He flinches at no hardship. here is no trial too forbidding r this man, no pass too threaten # when some lonely soul awaits ® message of comfort and love. is a Bishop P. T. Rowe. seikcesibibieaplaangeisasraudiloeitaalpseennsn of his flock from Skagway to Nome. He is a ray of hope in hours of adversity, and a source of comfort to the dying The lowly dwellers of the igloo and the men of wealth {n their |costly mansions on the “Outside |have known his courtly presence- He speeds over ice and snow be Wak eh theta: We ia’ the nd teams of huskies, his only|#"4 to each o} mpanion an Indian guide. Or he | **™@¢ s a ides over the lonely Yukon, often| January 6, 1912, the temperatures lone, bent on some errand of|of Los Angeles and San, Francisco nipeg 20 degrees below. They were colder than any pl Doctor and Nuree. His shining face has shed light to the dark corners of Alaska. hite man and native have been Alaskans have a sweet The sugar that wernt north und him ready, with a helping| Seattle in 1913 weighed 4,35 3 pounds, and the northerners dug $221,825 out of their pockets for it, He doles out spiritual preserip- @helsea Seattle’s Scenic Hotel Facing Kinnear Park 10 minutes from business center; HIGH- GRADE FAMILY HOME; large rooms; magnificent view; excellent neighborhood; ROOF GARDEN; large lobby; private tele- phone in all rooms. a Single room and suites, evith private bath, at moderate prices. European plan, $1 per day and up; American plan, $2 per day and up. Take Kinnear car at depots or on First Ave. Phone Queen Anne 1895. 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