The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 26, 1915, Page 17

f STAR—SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1915. PAGE 17, Quaint Little Old Russian Town Is Kodiak, With Most Cosmopolitan Population ALTHO SOME OF THEM FEAR IN ALASKA YOU ‘MUSH’-IT’S FROM FRENCH SOAP AND WATER THEY ALL CHEESE IT! THE COP’S COMING Summer in Alaska Great Fun After a winter of storm and cold and darkness, Alaskans are fully able to enjoy the wonder Headquarters Pacific ef ling the men and boys. ho conversation between the sexes town of Kodiak i# the oldest Tho musicians suddenly begin settlement tn the New playing at a furious rate and a) World, and few spots under ovr youth croases the floor, inclines his | ae CAN compare with it for out- head slightly before the partner of v charm. It still retains pis choice, all follow sult and the a ee — habits, ‘dance is on the Ht Sonaer thas seatais| Altho some of the Russian fam-| Aaa Me Kodink from (ilies are fairly well off and live in| eee ™ comfortable homes, the conditions among the half-breeds and natives 1, = x) are deplorable 77, 4 curfew law, and she has had a “city beautiful” campaign. | | Every night now at 10 o'clock |sharp all youngsters under 16 must jelther get themselves indoors or run the risk of ire by an of-| ficer of the law | This hour doesn't strike the Be) attle kids as being a particularly | bad time to go indoors, but it tough on the Fairbanks juveniles.) Why? Because the sun is just setting then! And it’s daylight for a long time afterwards. In the winter the hour will be 9, | but thin won't be so bad, for tt will be dark early In the afternoon. Cleaning Up for Tou Fairbanks in expecting horde of touriats this summer, lin preparation for their coming {s giving herself a thoro cleaning. | This “Chicago of Ala jan all other parts of Alas jon the war and the San Francisco | lexposition to turn thousands of seekers for the rugged mountain | beauty of nature towards the North. | land | ful charm of their summer, 4 9 ‘ . wt. ie ’ ae much of the time as possible, : ; en a “ ‘ “ Soioving le tc even at —— b j ot their work. . P 5 4 BEE AOR 4 teat 1] ‘The streams are full of piek-,| Alaska’s Inland Metropolis . e e i The quaintest spot in Alaska {s all Kodiak, even the younger priest, | |! Fig Py | eral, ar ; aad gray ling, fo un Rules Youngsters Must Be Ssocla 10on a Ru own ¢ «eather for the affatr. ‘amillar with the Hoo! at they amu. <r i is hat | All colors and conditions are| |] are eager takers—and as un Indoors by 10 P. M. | cee Uulted States. there. Russian blood from an early | |] willing to be landed — if Ht fm wituated on Kodiak island, governor of the colony mingles Fields and mountain sides are Fairbanks within the last an aland in the Quif of Alaska, with pure Aleutian. On one side! | covered with wild flowers in month hae definitely placed her- 4 Approximately in the latitude of the women and giria sit alone fac-| |) |] Amazing variety and luxuriance, self in the clase of metropoll- ig Scotland and the longitude There ts! |} and later there will be edible tan cities, She has passed a i berries—a score or more of sorts. You can find, for im stance, acre after acre of wild strawberries above the Arctic cirele, and miles of red currants to the southward There are mountaina inviting & summer climb, lakes Inviting a plunge—tho some of them are fed by glacier streams—and everywhere thore are creek beds to be examined for placer gold, and hilisides to be searched for outcropping quartz veins, This in the great Alaskan occupation, but {t fs far too fascinating to rank aa mere labor. It gives a spice to every outing, for there is always the delightful posst- bility of making a casual lucky strike. The only sport from which one is barred in the summer is hunt- ing, for the Alaska game regu- lations are strict, and there is 4 summer closed season for al- most everything living but por- cupines and sea-gulls. Because of their lack of know!-! te edge concerning personal hygtene/ P and sanitation the poor of the col ony are detertorating rapidly. Tuberculosis finds them easy vic jtims, for during the cold weather ythey lve indoors as much as pos sible tn hot, crowded, til-ventilated houses. They five on seal oll, cod fish and sweets. So fond are the Kodiakers of sweet things that 400 tons of sugar are im- ported annually for use in Kodiak and the other small settlements on the island, and about seven tons of cheap candy, The church dominates the little - colony and the venerable priest ts Showing Kodiak and its/the leader of the people. Every In regard to Seward, which! year the natives look forward to be the starting point of the! Holy Week—the “Bright Week” in States government-owned) ine Russian calondar—and at its approach all work stops. Natives trapping in remote parts of the {s- ie carefully piloted thru the| land hasten back to be present at into St. Paul's harbor the|the celebration, for at Easter all village clustered roof of the round dome: The Largest Marine Outfitters on the Pacific Coast —TO SAVE MONEY —to buy good food —tresh vegetables —tresh eggs —tresh poultry —tresh fruit You Want —fresh fish —satisfactory service And if you want, above all else, a fair and square e to Prefontaine Public Market ~ J. SINNETT, General Manager hird and Yesler Phone Main 3769 Our Milk and Cream If Is Superior to Any Milk or Cream in the City Our delivery system the most perfect Our drivers will extend to you every courtesy at the|must be confessed. Enemies ex In Alaska nobody walks or tramps or “hits the trall"—they “mush.” change the kiss of peace in public| It Is @ corruption of the French word “marche” meaning “march,” church and the old Alaska! and old scores are forgotten used in the early days in the North by the French-Canadian trappers. company's trading) There few outsiders living) Now, Instead of telling your dog to “get up” you tell him to “mush.” ce or ap! | HERE’S WAY To |! oy ANSWER THEM A time when the company’s; There Uncle Harry Cope, an jase on the bill was a Russian| Englishman, who is happily mar-| ried to and has! ~ And the population of Kodiak {s|served as postmaster since Ameri-| it# 2 as one could wish.|can occupancy. 1 the younger) | and Aleutian were the orig-|son of an old Eng! family and Suggested a Latest reports Indicate the output tions sbout Al of canned salmon per year is 3,739,-| 185 cases, valued at $13,631,604. The! capital Invested amounts to $31,341, 1670, with 79 canneries in operation, distributed as follows wers to ques ‘Stocks. In the present day a\a few years ago was in line for) in from almos@pbvery race can le, but wisely declined in the few hundred tn- Japanese, Malays, Mex- Portuguese and what not a it from here Q—When do you first see the midnight sun? A—About noon. | working | Q—Where? Canneries, $8,499,740; Hon is carried on in Rus- A-—in thd sky. : joapital, $11,821,430; wages paid,| PHONE MAIN 157 mixed with Aleut or vice versa, Q—When wae the capital 2; veesels of all kind of Alaska moved to Juneau? A.—When It was taken from Sitka. Q—le It cold im Alaska? A—The higher the fewer. ‘a8 a rule they are a silent peo-| ple he has so long lived amid and versation {s discour-| with whom he will die. Dr. Stilverman {s one of the most important men in the town. He formerly was United States com- migsioner, but now he is doctor. — ee smaller power boats. In 1914 2 practicing lawyer, photographer.| The capital invested in herring in| vessels, totaling 85,409 tons burden, teacher, engineer and assistant to| Alaska is $261,480; persons em-|of which 25 were steamers, were/ received according to their | fhe postmaster ployed, 200, of whom 139 are whites.| ongaged {n the trade, besides many te dance. About once ® month a little) products valued at $191,105. hundred of small motor boats hall's hardwood floor,| steamer braves the rough seas of} —————___ j from the States, is the| the gulf to bring news of the Worlt:| 1A my GRANITE WORKS CREDIT eee cme Sat come freight TO ENTIRE PACIFIC NORTHWEST | HE JAPANESE = ; seines and nets, $36: 498, tonnage of 7 in the ealmon industry, besides many NORTHWESTERN DAIRY CO. SEATTLE Strangers | Handy to all Street Cars. WM MMMM In the Index Granite Works, of;at 310 Alaska bullding, Seattle, in} | which J. A. 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Many of Seattle's greatest commercial houses are owned or ma da by Italians who, by thrift are & decided finan- Predicting that Seattle, because of her friendly treatment of the Japanese people, will profit mate- fially in increasing Oriental trade, members of the ae Japanese association voice the opinion that _ the Seattle spirit will have much to do with an as- sured and lasting peace between their native land and their adopted country. The long list of Japanese marriages in this city, they point out, shows clearly the intent of their countrymen to make permanent homes fere. “The old belief that the Japanese lives on much fess than the American is fast dying out,” a member | declared. “Japanese do not send their money to the | Fatherland. They are liberal spenders and adapt _ themselves readily to the conditions found here. 4 “They patronize and assist public institutions of all __ kinds, and are willing and anxious to help in the up- _ building of the institutions which have so remarkably The cemetery or coun- try church-yard is where man’s hand comes nearest to God. A in- brokers and steamship with offices at 607 Jack- a large percentage o own their own homer ve nignified their inten- tions to become citizens of the United St or are already cit jit ts asserted by experts, than the |Index granite. Washington's cll- mate, on the west side espectally, is such that soft Imestone, such as) has been used in some government |and other structures, is impractical on account of the dampness. The Index granite can be sup- | plied for practically the same price as the inferior Eastern stone, and jin addition, is a distinctly Washing- |ton product, entitled to patronage by residents of this state. 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They look upon the United States with a sort of feeling of rever- ence, as a son has for his father, for it is the United States that is really responsible, they feel, for Japan's present enlightened status. “Japan’s military strength is not intended as a standing threat of invasion against the United States. It is her peace insurance. Americans should know this. “Were the Japanese accorded the same treatment in other parts of America as they receive in Seattle and the Puget Sound country, there would be no talk of hostilities between Japan and the United States. “As a result of this courteous treatment, Seattle and the Northwest are now realizing and will realize more fully in the near future the gratefulness of Japan and Japan's friendly feeling in greater com- merce. “My people, coming here, do not decrease the wage scale, as politicians have tried to make Americans believe. 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