Iditarod pioneer., 1914-01-17
ALASKA

Ray FQIer, the Rofeiuiheh' @hoo' teacher from Russian Mission, and A. k. Edwards, the trader from Old Hamilton, ar rived at St. Michael on December with the body of Mir Ful.er's father who died at Old Hamilton on November 1. Mr. Fuller's mother is the government teacher at Old H amiton, and her husband, who was veteran of the civil war, has lived Tn Old Hamilton for a couple of years. The body will be embalmed and shipped to the states next summer.
 | Fifty million feet of Alaska timber will be sold this year by the forestry department of the United States department of agricul- ture, according to E. H. Clapp, an assistant | forester, who was in Portland recently after a two months trip of inspection through the government forests Alaska. The govern ment is offering this lumber at low rates, and all that retards real awakening of the lumber industry in the Northland IS ex potaton by capital. Most of the standing timber is on rock islands and can be easily loaded to freighters Last year few ship | loads were sent to the States but most of | he timber IS used in Alaska for mining op- | erations.
 | As result of the epidemic of humps prevalent in Fairbanks, all places where it might be contracted by the children have been closed by those in charge of them. The action was taken by the advice of the city
 ,hysician, who states that under the sys- tem of keeping the schools and places of entertainment open the epidemic might be- come serious. Accordingly the graded schools of the city were closed by order of the school board on December l3 and the nigh school will also be closed until further notice The Sunday schools have also given until the epidemic is over, the several cer gymn of the city having agreed to assist as much as they can in the stamping out of the disease.
 The election in Sitka recently resulted in 8 victory for the proposition to incorporate. l The vote was IF in favor of the proposl- ton and 75 against it. Felix Beauchamp Ferdinand Roll and Dr. J. w. Johnstone were elected trustees.
 1 The assurances Of congress and the Presl- Lent have been obtained to bill suggeste l by the interstate commerce commission. which voids the tax of Sl00 perimilc on all railways in Alaska and remlts the peEal ties for failure to pay the tax in the past. The interstate commerce commission points out that 1t never had considered the inter state commerce laws as applying to the Ter ritory of. Alaska until forced decision ln the supreme court made them so apply. The result has been nothing but embarrassment and trouble for the Northern roads and e1- tra work for the commission.
 At 8 recent meeting of the town council of the Indian town of Hydaburg resolu- tion was introduced and passed that there after all business transacted at the council meeting must be through the English Ian guage. Professor W. G. Beattie, district su- perintendent of the United States bureau of education for the district embracing South eastern Alaska, believes that this breaking away from old customs and traditions will result in good
 | The cocks and walters union at Juneau went on strike recently for more pay and 1 shorter hours and until the matter was patched up the common public suffered in silent hunger. This was distressing, but nothing to compare with the real agony that would follow if the members of the bartenders' union should strike.-Douglas News.