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Items of Interest from Sitka to Juneau Skimmings
The Sitka native school adds a welding outfit to its shop and notes cost savings this month. The First division marshal’s office sends notices to cannerymen indicted by the last Grand Jury in Juneau for tax issues tied to 1919 salmon packs. no arrests yet. Shorty Austen of Carcross, a famed Yukon hunter guide, travels to Victoria and Vancouver to buy horses for summer mountain trips. Prince Rupert seizes the American gas boat Portage of Ketchikan for failing to manifest outward cargo. ten cases of whiskey found aboard. A House vote eliminates a bed tax provision aimed at hotels and lodgings in town limits. Nearly the entire Janeau school staff resigns. board to consider new applications. Kechikan court rules divorces can lead to remarriage immediately. no six-month residency requirement. Judge Finney named first assistant secretary of the interior under Fall. Gov. Riggs presents government railroad scenes. Alaska Musical Association benefit well received. Chris Bailey buys the Royal Hotel, plans a facelift and renaming to Pioneer Hotel. A new Fairbanks-Morse engine powers the schooner Republic, yielding fuel savings and faster speeds. The Anvil motor schooner, bought by Seattle interests, to run Seward-Kodiak. Captain Ed Upston to command. Bottles of confiscated Alaska Beverage beer on courthouse grounds sold for $60. odor and splintered glass noted.