Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-17

- - sssni $ sAali uasn pursa-
nnns an1 fat
Kaaaan - Ess absut go nnnlisal
Mltsa narsu ar1 fzom Vfefnria ard q
liffsa b. - smnFd a. Is vessels a.
Eae9sza Eaasa - Akn. II hes beel1, f11
ge3Ea. 90 o8eaEfoMal nln9piua poinf "a
khe Idaho On har EoYmRas. Bat IS 10 not
aad na%eE hag been pnst o. entry nor
paKA Of daAiusFy. lk is nos q rllaee
maeFe there is any marke& or demand
fa8 arlnm. u iaM nimple aaAiun atnflgna
/ Il he no inanssfy bus thaa az ca1chinRs
packing and axpaR11nQ fish, and M pop
citation bna enc fanzilg OF half breed In
dlaas and the employees Of the hsaery.
Il waa. IN sh0Ff, q ssetnded ana &p4 plaas
for the Eeosp&ion and diaRuising and
elaadestine deporiati0n q ocnfraoaad
oriam-
This hslasxs, as ths tia.s Of the Deeen-
Der VeEaas ard KNasAu asiznres belouQed
% tie masfaF Of the fdaho. Belonged
20 him. / say, fer be was pee1nlaFiiy
insaSesfed 10 Is and asenaily had and vas
exercising the management and ea1trol
Of i, ghsGhsr il stFlot legal sense the
eBnsr OF not HeaRpsaFs 60 have borne
ehlz relation 30 TIA fishery for q long
tins. From DsesmbeF. 1eo3 ill and
Ineiudi1Q November, 1854, al oOn5lgn-
meats Of such Supplies and fnrnitare as
we're necessary for tha ashing basinsss
e t1af plAoe we're shippsd 30 TIE master
e. sansiensa. Eleven such appear, on
pazsa s.. 81. g. n, Is. a, IS. 1e3. los.
12I and Isl of the freight book. After
these, the oan8ienmonf8 Of E1oh meF-
ehsndise weFs entered 20 kaasan Bay
Co.. eonHenss. % pages -. 24S. 81,
80. $40 and $40. In the aFst, third ana
fourth Of the latter entries, an eEasuFe
undaEiies Para OF the whole Of the con-
sigase's name.
juneau lies. according 10 the routes
Of travel, about $50 miles northuard
from Kassan Bay aud $50 miles north
eastward from SitkA. Il. too. 10 place
where tue fishing Industry IL pross-
euied. bat il Is also one Of she principal
points Ia Alaska fer the collection a1d
shipment Of peltry. Herss the master
Of the Idaho vas part owner, and. ~
think the evidences shows. managing
owner Of the wharf at which the idaho
vas won't TO land. he also owned inter
ssss "a whaEves at other places on the
vessels Foata.
Fort TonRas 10 Q Customs station Of
tha uaited States. seventy OF eighty
miles s0utheastward OF kaasAE Bay, az
the extreme southeaal peint Of Alaska,
and 80 nearly a. may be in the direct
track Of ell inland faTinR vessels from
ths aaters OF British Oolumbia 90 those
Of Alaska and uics rsvsa.
The Idaho prosecuted her voyages for
the express and sole purpose Of oon-
Meeting remote Alaskan ports and places
With the great business oonters 20 the
soathward Of them. Soc possessed
practically monopoly Of the trafno up
and down the unfrequeRted vAters
visited By her. North Of Pert Town
send, she tEaverssd, in every voyage,
abeut 1900 nautical miles ef lonely land
locked see and sea channels. twice into
and twice out Of British waters and
twice ons Of and twice into the waters Of
the United States. Her lines Of tradio,
In cons qusnos Of these characteFisfics
and the hlRh taKif on the importation
Of opium into this country, presented
enormous temptations TO SMUGGLING, as
val e. facilities for il hardly 20 be
paralleled and impossible 70 be sur-
passed. Bat, as II the conditions
Afforded b. her lines % sEafnc we're not
snfhciently favorable for frauds upon
me reeenas. she vas allowed by the on
oials Of the United StateA Treasury De-
partment 10 land goods at al points on
tie route and at all hours Of the day
or night. without special permit and
wttheat any cheek whatever, except an
Inspector OF the Customs on board,
whos for ell the apparent use he has
been 70 the Government. might as we'll
have been nominated by the owners Of
the steamship OF her master, or the
would-be smaggleFs. aud Who. accord
ina 70 the mildest construction Of that
part Of his career which 10 ventilated in
this ease, has been utterly st sea IS re-
CARDS the very violations Of law be va
salariea 10 detect aud prevent, and who
- most felicitouslY described in two
words be has himself chosen 20 give
under cath as his title" Inspector
AEioas."
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