Communication
Is this our much boasted-of Lib
erty. Justice and Equality?
Because one man ventuured out
into the wilderness at his own ex
pense and risk of life and limb,
and staked a mining claim in ac
cordance with the mining law, a
privilege granted by the mining
law, from which he receives no
earnings nor other benefits, but
spend his hard earned money to
develop, to improve himself and
his country financially, if it should
happen to turn out to produce a
profit, (records show that only one
of three or four hundred proper
ties developed becomes a prof itable
mine) he is suddenly forced to pay
a tax, which the other men, that
sat home by the fireside and en
joyed the fireside chats is not
forced to pay.
Why should the hard worKing
enterprising man, the pioneer of
the second largest industry in the
United States be penahzed?
The law does not consider that
the average hard working prospec
tor is so tired at night he often
falls asleep, against his will, with
his clothes on, after his evening
meal, which ha has to prepare
himself often under all kinds of
adverse conditions met with only
on the trail.At high altitudes he
mostly has to spend hours instead
of minutes to cook his meals no
matter how hungry he is. In the
morning he often wakes up cold
and stiff, but he must get up and
go to work or move on even in
bad weather as the elements have
no mercy. When he returns to his
cabin in the Fall he is so lean and
tired he just cannot move for a
week, and when he absolutely has
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MR. AND MRS. JIMMY SIR
LOAK'S DAUGHTER DIES
'The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
my Sirloak was saddened yester
day with the death of their two
year old daughter after a short ill
ness.
Funeral services were held from
the Catholic Church this afternoon
at 2:00 p.m.
Jimmy is a King * Islander and
ivory worker at Polet’s, surviving
are five other children.
to move he can only move by
stages the first few days. From
there on it takes him about three
or four months to get back into
shape again if, he has not rup
tured himself or suffered other in
juries or is suffering from rheu
matism.
No consideration whatever is
given him by the law whether he
is able to pay or not, nor is he al
lowed time until his claim is pro
ducing, but if he fails to pay the
tax when due he must pay inter
est and penalty besides, which is
made a first lien on the property.
If he fails to pay the lien they just
foreclose on him, in short there is
no human touch to this law. The
attitude of it shows no respect for
the man who has to work hard
and sweat blood to earn the tax.
Prospecting or developing a
mining claim and experimenting
are very much alike, if it does not
turn out the money expended is
a complete loss. The knowledge or
experience gained belongs to the
experimenter, he found it.
Prospecting looks easy, but it is
about the hardest work and life
there is. Try it yourself; after a
few years you would not be in
clined to tax the poor prospector
to death, but throw that wicked
law into the fire as hard as you
possibly could.
Why burden this man when he
is already taking all he can carry,
there certainly cannot be any lib
erty, justice and equality in such
action.
The Spirit and Intent of the
mining law is apparently not to
levy a stake tax or other fictitious
tax on the generally poor prospec
tor as none is mentioned in the
law; the $100 worth of assessment
work or other equivalent value
being considered sufficient.
The good Lord in whom “We”
trust (as stated on every silver
dollar) always favors the hard
working man, because he does
good, the real purpose of life “To
Do” good to improve our souls
while we are here, and punish the
wicked ones regardless of every
thing else.
Did the Bill of Rights, that guar
antees us freedom from oppressive
taxation, go overboard with the
j sacred Monroe Doctrine?
I Otto Wihl.
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SCHOOL NOTES
HIGH SCHOOL
The Russian flag was lowered
at Sitka on Oct. 18, 1867. The Stars
and Stripes were raised amid the
roar of cannons firing salutes.
Oct. 18th has been called Alaska
Day. The country was named
Alaska from a native word mean
ing great land or peninsula.
Congress passed a law making it
a district. On Aug. 24, 1912, it was
created a Territory and the capital
was changed from Sitka toJuneau.
Alaska was purchased by the U.
S. from Russia for $7,200,000.
Alaska’s flag consists of the Big
Dipper and the North Star, all in
gold placed on a field of blue. The
floral emblem is the forget-me-not.
ALASKA, MY ALASKA
O, land of gold, I sing to thee;
Alaska, my Alaska;
Thy snow capped peaks I love to
see;
Alaska, my Alaska;
From Arctic Ocean’s frozen shore
To Baranoff of Russian lore,
Thy mighty rivers I adore,
Alaska, my Alaska.
Report cards came out Wednes
; day aftei a strenuous week of ex
j aminations in all subjects. Stu
dents who made the first six
i weeks honor roll are: George Bell,
Harold Bell, John Bell, Ralph
Bingham, Wilfred Boucher, David
Bowen, Clara Brown, Juanita Fa
gerstrom, Shirlee Fricke, Olga
Hay, John Hudert, Donna Miller,
and Vernon Olson.
The aquarium is teeming with
new life. Two crayfish, three
newts, and twenty-five different
snails have been added to the
aquarium. We are proud of these
small creatures because they hold
| the world’s record for long dis
tance airplane flying, having ar
rived on the P.A.A. from Seattle.
The beautiful harvest moon has
Soviets Building
Fortifications On
Yugoslav Borders
I BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, </P)—
Yugoslavia charged Wednesday
j night that Russian troops have
moved into neighboring commun
i ist countries to build up “war
j mongering” pressure against Mar
1 shal Tito’s regime.
The charges, printed in the of
ficial newspaper Borba, said Red
army troops have moved into Ro
mania. Fortifications are being
built under Russian supervision
along the Yugosclav borders in
I Bulgaria, Hungary and Albania,
[ the paper declared.
(In Athens, well-informed in
telligence officers said privately
that Russia has placed five divi
sions along the Yugoslav borders
in the last month.
(These sources—American, Bri
tish and Greek—said Russia ap
parently feared that Tito was se
cretly backing plans for a revolt
! in the isolated Soviet satellite of
Albania).
Borba’s charges were the most
I specific accusations yet made in
the Yugoslav capital about Rus
sian troop movements. Two weeks
ago Tito accused Russia and her
satellites of “rattling their arms”
in an attempt to intimidate Yugo
slavia.
, The Borba report charged Rus
I sia had moved into Romania
through Bucharest, with some
' small Red army units approaching
the border toward Yugoslavia.
The article said also that the
cominform countries with Russian
help were strengthening their bor
der guards and building trenches
and bunkers all along their fron
tiers with Tito-land.
Tuna Found In
North Pacific
SEATTLE, </?’)—Tuna has been
located as far north as the Wal
ker Seamount area, 300 miles off
Baranof Island in Alaska waters,
the research vessel Oregon learn
ed on its exploratory voyage.
No tuna were found farther
north, however, the U. S. fish and
wildlife service reported Wednes
day on return of the vessel to
Seattle.
The craft, commanded by Capt.
Sheldon W. Johnson, worked up
the B. C. coast and into Alaska
coastal waters. Some tuna were
located off Cape Cook and Cape
Scott, but they were moving fast,
the fishery men said.
Bait was a major problem, be
ing hard to find during the trip.
Donald Powell, fishery engineer,
and Henry Hildebrand, aquatic
biologist, made the trip, which
started August 8 to gain informa
tion about abundance, range and
commercial possibilities of Alaska
tuna fisheries.
Radio broadcasts were made to
tuna fishermen when fish were
spotted by the Oregon. Scientific
j equipment was tested during the
| trip. Data will be analyzed and
J findings published to aid the in
dustry.
moved into the new moon phase.
Because we are still in the eclipse
season, there will be a solar
eclipse visible in Australia, New
Zealand and the Antarctic.
Auto Industry
| Fares Shutdown
Due To Strikes
(Continued from Page One)
Chrysler—the auto industry’s “big*
three,” are agreed shutdowns are
in prospect by mid-November if
the twin walkouts continue.
General Motors will feel the
pinch by the end of the month as
will Chrysler.
Ford, which makes about half
its own steel, will be forced to
shut down most operations by
about November 11 if the strikes
run on. Its assembly operations
could continue until November 15.
A G-M spokesman says some of
ots auto plants may go on a four
day week by October 31.
Hundreds of smaller industries
face shutdowns for lack of steel.
“The zero hour is now at hand
for many steel users,” says The
Iron Age, metalworking trade
weekly magazine.
WASHINGTON. UP)—President
Truman suggested today that la
bor and management get together
•and settle the coal and steel strikes
in in the interest of themselves
and the country.
The President told a news con
ference he had no present plans
for seizure of either industries and
he still hopes that mediation will
be successful.
The sooner employers and em
plioyees come to a conclusion and
go back to work, he said, the bet
ter it will be for the country an<C
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