Newberg graphic., December 11, 1891, Image 5

Newberg Graphic Supplement
FR ID A Y , D ECEM BER 11, 185)1.
the “ yellow ea rth ” in paying quantities.
W hile the Russians were slowly ex­
Kuprianoi Island one cf the largest
tlie A lexandiiun Grouu is situu'ed in hit. tending their trad«» lim its in the Aleutian
57 long. 134. It is bet .Veen Koo or Kuiu Islands, t>y force of arm s, the E nglish and
Island on the ocean side and th e main- , French were doing a lucrative business
land from which it is sepaiated 1^' the; in the A lexandrian Archipelago, with
‘Wind F iats,” shallows from which the] better and cheaper goods than could be
sea almost entirely recedes at low tide. brought from Siberian. Kupriunof fur­
It is a trapezium in outline having its nished her lull quota of furs to these skip­
longest extent i»oni N. \V. to S. K. and pers. In 17514 she was visited by one of
is about litly by sixty miles. Puma- Fred­ the petty officers of Vancouver’s expedi­
erick Sound separati-s it from Adm iralty tion and her shores partly explored. She
Island on the Nor 1; W est and Clarence lies out of the regular line of steam ship
Strait from Prince >1 Wales Island on the navigation and not a w hite man resides
South East. N um erous bays indent the on the isiumi.
coast on th.o N onh Hast an oblong strip I he natives are called Kakes. Tin y
com prising nearly one fourth the island have borne a bail nam e and have so far
being alm ost cut oil’ by a narrow inlet. resisted attem pts at developing theii coun­
Many hash w ater stieam s tlow from its try and determ ining its resources. Of
high rocky interioi along whicli are bear, ¡ale yeais theii adoption of English hab­
be;iver and iii’nk. Dog salm on, wliite its 01 dress, ibeir need of many tilings to
salmon and red salm on visit these stream s lie bad only at trading stations far away,
annually to spawn while trout may be lias m ade them long lor a store in their
found in abundance. Deer are plentiful midst. In sum m er they scatter all over
and nnmbeiei ot wo.ves are killed for their the adjacent islands lim iting and fishing.
Skin*. The channel separating the island Some go to the canneries whole they find
from 'K uiu is full of tucks, subm erged at em ploym ent, some to the m ining cam ps
h.gn lidt and is known as Rocky Pass. where they labot at m ining or cutting
Seal of tie* hairy aperies fr.q uent these wood. The money they leceive if nut
rocks, an«.! are killed by the Indians who spent im m ediately is laid out in blankets
.- 1 « .1 upon them while basking as the the unit and staple ot a l hlinget’s wealth
tide goes out. T here is any quantity of in the w inter they congregate in their
cod-fish, pci poise m e continually sport­ villages, feast, poDatch and dance in true
ing in view and t«> catch a huge hali but barbaric style. They also consum e great
all you need do is to drop your hook in quantites of a vile liquor called hootch-
i 1 *> 111 twenty to thirty fathom s of water inoo which they m ake from brown sugar
and wait. A busiiel of clam s m ay be dug or black m olasses. If is needless to add
in half an hour an equal quantity of black th at this hom e m ade beverage, the sam e
mussels m ay be gathered in the name as the ‘white m an's w hiskey’ contains
time and clinging 1 0 the roeks is a sm all 'quarrels, and lights alm ost every winter
univalve shell tish called, “ sho w h,” by sees its snows crim soned with an enem ys,
the natives, “ gun boats,” by the whites. life.
Countless sea urchins deck the sea oed 1 he goverernm eiit has built a school house
and on calm days the water is full of in Cake village and sends a teacher this
graceful moving jelly ti- li. Vast s» bools year ior th e first tim e. Here we are m y­
of herring spawn upon the beaches and self and an interpreter to open this work.
during th at period are visited by the W rung! », A laska. C. I I . Enw \ k d s .
“ Koraual” or large tin i at k w hale which
T i l K S A N T I A >1 Al I N K S ,
preys upon ttie little tisli. On sunshiny
days the spouting of th P huge l eviathan l ' r a c t i r a i Kvid«*tice o f t h e V a l u«‘ o f I'ro H l
may be seen miles away, great columns
»•»le M ining ; D |i< *ratio ns.
of ¿pray being reflected in the sunlight.
All sorts of water fowl throng the mussel As evidence of the valili of mining
beaches and brook flats and bevies of oj>erations tributary to a city, it can he
sandpipers clam orously w ing the shores. stated that the Albany M ining iSc Milling
Forests of spruce, hem lock and cedar ex­ Co., is already adding m ore hi Die trade
tend lor m iles into the interior under- of this city than is generally supposed.
grown with w hortie-berry, buckle-berry, This com pany has ex|»ende<l in Albany
cran-berrv, bunch berry, devil’s-club and for supplies alone during the past week
cowheh. Wild rasp-berries are found over $1000. T heir expenses for th e past
along the beach and w ild currants and 1M) days for labor and other expenditures,
elder-berries along the stream s. Coal not including the cost of their new m a­
crops out at H am ilton Hay, but the pros- chinery, has been $3000 per m onth. This
jwi*tor has not yet succeeded in tin ding has been nearly all pai«! in this city and
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to men who trade here. From this some
idea of the value th at these m ining opera­
tions will be when fully under way, may
be reached. The com pany is carrying on
the work on a business basis. They know
the value of the ore, and are now putting
in m achinery to work it. Before the year
is »»ruled it is believed that the work will
develop the fact that a profitable m ining
industrv tributary to Albany is an estab ­
lished fact, and the gold and silver bars
from these m ines will he produced in
quantities sufficient to insure profitable
returns for th e capital invested.
This company now em ploys about ot)
m en, and theirs is already becoming one
of the valuable industries of the country.
— AI ha iii/ I/trahl.
Additional Local.
Owing It) the dem ands m ade on the
colum ns of the O kai ' iiu for advertising
space wo have been compelled to issue
.1 supplem ent this week.
W e will con­
tinue this ui.til after the holidays and if
the rush is kept up we will enlarge the
paper.
M akkikd — At the hom e of .las. H am ­
nett, father of the bride, Monday, Dec.
7, 18511, Miss Ada H am nett and (i. ().
Wordon. Rev. < iriggs officiating.
T he Box Social given at Armory hall
(in last Friday night, was well attended
s*U(l a very pleasant, tim e is reported. A
cake was given to Miss Leavitt, she re­
ceiving 532 votes, and Miss Tibodo 521 at
five cents a vote. The sum of $85 was
realized from the entertainm ent.
Mrs F. L Harford, who walked inbi
town yesterday, a distance of 3 1..» m iles,
to attend the meet ingot the \V. ( ’. T. IJ.,
made a pleasant call at thisotli a».
I,ai«l t o K e n t.
The funeral of Dr. Frank ( ’arnian took
place in this city last Tuesday, Dec. 1st.
His rem ains arrived from Newberg, O re­
gon, on Mondav evening. The funeral
service look place at the Presbyterian
church, Rev Then. Bracken officiating,
assisted hv Rev. H indm an. The A. O.
I W ., S. of V. and (». A. R. m et in th eir
resjMTtive halls an 1 at 2 p. in m arched
in a body to pay their last respects to one
of as honorable young m en as ever lived
in our city
11»? lied Nov. 21st at Newb«*rg, Oregon,
where he w ent directly from this city
about two years ago. He was a m em ber
of both the A. O IT. W . and H. of V., who
were faithful in the perform ance of their
duty to this their honored brother.
Mrs. C arm an, his m other, and his
brothers and sinters have the sym pathy
of the entire com m unity in this their
hour of «ad bereavem ent.—Phillipshurg
< K an.; Herald.