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Vb/. /. No. 3
Douglas, Alaska, Friday, September 15, 1911
10c a Copy
v A Sanitary Code 'ft V"
A Quarentine Law * 5'v
Belief for the Destitute
Provision for Vital Statistics
V' A Cumpulsory School Law
These five things Governor Cla*k will
endeavor to secure from cohgress at
* the next session of those bodies, "and
these five needs for Alaska he will em
phasize most in his annual report,
which is due next month.
“Not,” said the governor to a rep
. resentative of The' Sourdough thi$
• week, “that the opening of th<? <joal
fields are not of primary Smportaiiw,
but they liaVe been sufficiently fidvef
Vi8§Ch However essential to the de
velopment of Alaska the opening of the
coal fields may be, there is very little
left to be said on the subject from an
Alaska standpoint.”
'. Govetfnpr £Td$k' intends to-.make a
^Strenuous .end^avtor to obtain these five
things for Alaska because they are so
obviously needed. ‘ ‘ Alaska is the
only territory from which these things
have* h'een withheld and the territory
suffers, for the lack of them. The fail
ure, to supply these laws has been pure
hbglect on the part of congress.,f
Throughout Alaska there are many
pioneers who have done hard , service
on the frontiers, blazing the way for
civilization. They have mushed over
the long trail in vain, the bright dust
pf Bp«;ces§ 1)9$ failed to gleam in their
pa’u9, and they facie a discrepit old age
with empty pokes. There is absolutely
no provision for such as these in Al
aska—for those who fought the battles
of the country in the wars are pen
sions, but for those who have fought
the fere? frontier of the Northland,
and with as great—perhaps greatei
courage, faced death in varied forms
Alaska offers but the charity of strang
ers. As the direct result of Governoi
Clark’s recommendation, a bill was in
troduced in the senate in the session
just closed, providing that five pei
cent be set aside from the Alaska fund
for the relief of the destitute in Alas
ka and this bill has passed that body,
Ae the meeting this winter will be ano
ther session of the same eongress, the
bill will not have to pass the senate
again but now only awaits the action
of the house to become law.
There is absolutely r.b government
regulation in Alaska for the .public
health—there is not another territory
or district, for which congress has not
made adequate provision along this
line. The governor will ask that law
be passed for both native and white
settlements, towns, cities, fishing vil
lages and mining camps.
- The small-pox scare in Dawson this
summer, pointed ont the necessity of
a quarantine law. There is no statute
to authorize a quarantine in Alaska.
Outside of Douglas, where the city
council has passed an ordinance which
enables the city clerk to collect vital
statistics there is no place in Alaska
v, h re records of deaths, births and
marriages is preserved. It is not pos
sible to prove a marriage, a birth or a
death 'yx the records.
- *7 -dal mil territory but Alas
mv has a c)mpubory school law.
Thr.s"1 things are vital every day nee
o::.-! t cs i or Alaska. They are not the
sensational ‘things and not the sort of
material out of which orations are
made, but.they Are urgent *eods.
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CASTING AT THE TREADWELL F OUNDRY
BRAND NEW STORIES IN THIS ISSUE
Governor will make earnest endeav
or to secure Passage of Five Laws.
Deputy Collector Garfield Says Ruby
City is the Coming Camp—Porcupine
River Indians Fleeing from Smallpox
—Iditarod will Produce Three Millions
and Half of Gold this Year.
Minneapolis Expert Says Treadwell
Sand is Ideal Material for Concrete.
Indians Reviving Totems after Quar
ter of a Century of Disuse.
The Editor of The Sourdough Re
plies to Owner of Vincent Hotel.
. Gold Found in Ashes Identified by
Crosses of Greek Church.
Father Duncan Asks Government to
Relieve him of Industries at Metlakah
tla.
Woman Sues Popovich for $800 and
Smart Money, and Says he “Glommed”
her Household Goods—Believed Suit
to he part of Plot to Create Prejudice
Against Prosecuting Witness in As
sault Case.
“The Gang Around the Store”—
Some More Gastxneau Channel Poetry
by Mike Bice.
Government adopts Thumb Mark as
Signature for Indians who Cannot
Write.
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