The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-30
SCHOOL Sites IN ALASKA.
Governor Brady's Report to the In
terror Department.

/ IIc Concludes His Tour Of the Terri
tory ard Says lie Finds the Peo-
pie EnEer for Educational FaciIi-
tIcs-Stntc of the CnnHiu:- Industry
! The Interior Department has received
{ from Governor Brady. OF AlaS-a. a report
/ dated Sitaa. August O.. 1901. dealing with
/ tho affairs OF the Territory. Governor
! Brady has just completed a tour of invoS-
/ legation Of Alaska for the purpose Of Sc
/ l,ctin~ suitable school sites. In addition
/ 60 data on this subject the report gives
/ some interesting Information regarding
/ ;ho fisheries and canning Industries OF
/ Alaska
Governor Brady says in part:
81 have 'hc honor To inform You that
! on July 70. the United States revenue cut
/ ter Rush. William f Iliigore. captain.
/ left Si,ka for a cruise i'm southeast Alas
! la. Prof G. G. GeorEesou. the agent of
/ the Agricultural Department. and myself
/ were aboard. We stopped over night i'm
/ Rodman's Bay. about 50 miles from Sit
/ ka. At the head Of this bay a mining en-
! ttTnTiSC backed by London capitalists has
/ been started. There is "A large body Of
! low-gr5de ore which was prospectcd last
/ fan with stamp mill They have deter
( mined To erect 4 stamp mill with Loo
I l'bLlh stamps llt-F iliht bAllA a TtA7NeA1l
! tiaI wharf and propose 20 run a railway
/ from this wharf directly TO their mines,
] distance Of seven miles.
/ Water power is abundant ut this place
/ and a handsome profit can be made on
/ ore as low as $3.50 a ton.
~ bTicG stop was made at Juneau
! where Prof GeOrgcsOn Gisembarked to
( proceed TO Skagway and down the Yukon
The next stopping place was Peters
! burg. in WrangeH Narrows about 105
! miles south Of Juneau. This place has
i large salmon canrcTy, with a capacity Of
: 5000. saw mill. and a saltcry for sal
mon. herring. and halibut. The same COM
Uany which owns it also control two other
/ cauneries at Sitpoo and one at Bartlett
/ Bay. II employees ~ Chinese, who will
( draw in wages about $4,000 annually"
/ Gov Brady also says. At Petersburg
we hunted up the natives on the beach.
/ vaccinated forty and gave them a general
/ talk on schools. cleanliness. and the use Of
pure water"
I The party next visited TOula. six miles
4 below Petersburg. where they found
/ canning factory. employing Chinese and
native labor. Forty-seven of the natives
| submitted to vaccination.
! The Governor continues: "Our next stop
| was at Kctchikau. where we arrived late
/ in the afternoon. We went directly ashore
! to the large fishing cannery some distance
south Of the town. BY the assistance Of
J the superintendent. Mr.. Howard Pratt. we
collected the natives for vaccination. and.
/ though at first dazed by the suddcuuess Of
1 IL. they gave no trouble whatever. Some
times fear would seize a little fellow. and
/ when his arm was barred he would begin
/ TO yell Justify as though his hand was 10
/ be taken off. This would make amusement
/ for the others. who would assure him he
I was not TO De killed. When we went
ashore again the next morning we met
United States COMMISSIONS FiEEiHs- This
officer has taken a high moral stand. and,
! Of course. in 50 doing ne has encountered
/ the hostility Of the whisky element and
1 the squaw men"
/ The party next touched at New Net
+ lakahtla, whore they found fish can
. merry in operation. They left l0J vaccine
i points al this place and proceeded to
/ Karta Bay. in Kassan Sound. Prince Of
/ Wales Island.
/ In his report Governor Brady says:
/ Nearly all the canueries have fishing
/ crows AZ this place and they keep con-
st9ntly going. Of course. unless this is
/ checked it Is a sure destruction TO the
/ salmon We went ashore late. but ciEh-
/ ty-foUr natives asse mbltd in the dance
hall and were yacci.ated. These for the
most part were % the Hyd0b race con-
coded by all who have studied these peO-
PIE 20 DE az the head in the olden times
/ they were warriors and dominated an the
rest % saw many me specimens Of
! both men and women They were anx-
iOUs 10 know whether they could have
school at their village located on Shawl
arm j gay" them an explanation OF
I Alaskan school matters and told them IL
would probably be- known late I'm August
/ how much money would he DEVOTED % the
Alaskan schools. I thought. however. the
amount would be large enough 10 furnish
schools and teachers TO every community
where there was a pressing ueCrssitv
They f.UF No.. tb,+ 49, 49, 49,.
children II school age.
"A cOmmltt,r Of three was appointed
! 10 go with us the next morning 10 lay
out Government reservation for "a
school site AZ Kassan Village DR. Kill
gore detailed Lieutenant StUrdcvHUt TO
make tho plat Of the reservation IL Is Il
beautiful plot Of ground and viii serve
th"lr purposes well ] told them that
they must make out a list of the school
children. giving their names and ages as
TINS would be the best showing for the ne
CeSslty of a school building and teacher.
I They have done that and since my return
TO Sitka, ] have received the same which
] include as part Of this COmmunica-
ton
At KIin-guan. on the other side of the
Prince Of Wales Of Island. another school
site was selected and more natives were
Nacciuatcd. At hunters Bay cauuery
Governor Brady discovered little half
breed held as a slave. Governor Brady
rescued her and she is 10 be placed in the
Sitka Industrial School
stops We're made M GOrdOya BAY in
ketta Inlet. the Copper Mountain Mining
Camp. which Is "a hourishing community
with a wharf. steam sawmiU and ore
bin, and at klauaCk.
At the latter place is located the old
est CauucTy IN Alaska. The Government /
has a school building there, but there has !
been no teacher for several years The
inhabitants were very earnest in asking |
for teacher. Salvation Army and Chris
tlau EudaayOr workers haze been among I
them and Governor Brady reports that
tn. good results Of their work are very
evident I'm the SJbTi ty and industry 6f /
the people one hundred and seventy
Lluc persons were Ea-riuatsd nj klautrk !
on TIM return trip to Sitka Governor I
Brady says he met the revenue collier /
Perry which carried to Alaska Senator /
j. b. Jones sN-SIuatDrs Dorsey Petit
cr' ", and Butler. Representative SuIz-r.
and some capitalists and mining experts I
These gentlemen were visiting the couu-
iry I'm private business capacity vet /
the people seemed rather disappointed /
that their visit was not more CNt,uIed. /
REINDEER FOR ALASKA.