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MARINE STRIKE WOULD BE SET-BACK
Indications of the possibi * ity of a maritime strike on the
Pacific Coast again this spring are well recognized by this
time It is generally conceded that such a strike would deal
Nome and Seward Peninsula mining sections a deadening
blow With every prospect pointing toward a normal, heal
thy. and deserved development a strike again this year—foi
.owing on that of 1934—would set this section back in near
ly every conceivable way.
The Federation of the Pacific, with its head in Seattle,
and which is reputed to be of greater power and wield more
control than the organization which tied up shipping last
vear, is to vote on a strike, according to the press reports.
Last year shipping was tied up and Alaska boa*.- were
held for several weeks before they were released mainly
because of the food and medica 1 supplies which were requir
ed throughout the Territory. What will be done this year
can only be conjectured. They may not concede Alaska ship
ping and that is where its serious effect will hit this section.
Nome suffered through the fire last fall and in many
cases ordering was shorted. With the PWA work to be car
ried on, the possibility of a federal building, a further high
hope for a new school, Nome will require materials with
which to build. The mining sections of Seward Peninsula
will be seriously handicapped because of a lack of machin
ery and the operating season cut to nothing. Todays advic
es show some hope for the aversion of a trike and it is hop
ed for to the fullest extent.
DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK?
By Edson R. Waite, Shawnee, Oklahoma
The editor of the Pinange Gazette and Straits Chron
icle, in speaking of poverty in the midst of plenty, says in
part:
“Paradoxical though it may seem, it is a fact that pov
erty and prosperity go hand in hand.
“On the flood of prosperity there is a certain amount of
backwash. In spite of trade recovery, each big nation is
grappling with its unemployed problem and there seems to
be no royal road to absorb all the unemployed that exist to
day.
“Each country has its quota of poor. In Malaya this pro
blem of the poor has never been so accentuated as it is today.
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And - :de by side with this problem of the poor, there is the
, uaily pathetic problem of those who are not likely to find
emp.r vment on account of advancing age or ill health.”
It seems that there are many people who would rather
tarve than ask for charity. Some way should be found to
c rdinate relief work so these people would have assistance.
A Syi WV MANS
LAMENT
(From the Original)
I id: seen : Id Scroggins since
along in S3.
I came down from. Hunker or.
•.he da . he pulled his freight
Or j£ jytxsrr.. down the Yukon in
ar. Id Lake Ber.r.ett boat
W • .= digs and other plunder.
- ut all his craft would tote.
The rr.a.n ante un ehe jackpoe was
. f: r.-.ful, pock-marked klootch.
H . -g--.aired ‘-see. Manar Jane.
i: rr. down the Yukon flats.
T. iz an average couple, tho
■ oe . had the usual spats,
T— Siwash matron never talks of
■ g ,:r. home to ma."
A 1 I reckon that her family ties
d own on the Tanana,
Cr. r. i rigger w.th Marier, for she
nore was glad to go
T .-■• upper river salmon didn't taste
i:ke them below.
i> gg tj. was glad to klatewa.
and he told me mightly plain
H j rry he left Circle and was
go.r.g back again:
Ft. rapid fire erasin' his language
sure was swift
A d -a .nen it come to kickin' he was
work.o' double shift.
H '/as powerful in his language in
h.s own untoutored style,
A .1 =ome of his remarks was a
vergin' on the vile,
F - • roasted the officials and he
did the job right well;
'/.', --d err. all a new appointment
the warmest spot in Hell.
A : •r.er. oe cussed the royalty, and
when I said "on-kare”,
H •- a chaw of Climax and then
he cussed some more;
H tp.r.on of the Recorder (for
p- iAeness I omit.)
-. ame was shared by others
is a fact I must admit.
At. the influx of cheechaccos result
in' from the Dawson boom
' t:.e cheechaccos ways and cus
toms filled him to the top with
gloom
Wher. he says doggone my buttons,
where’s all these rabbits frum,
La t year’s crop was bad enuf, and
still the critters come.
• uckup town of Dawson, with
its highfalutin’ airs,
With papers, banks and churches,
and other foolish snares;
They put on so durn much agony, it
seems to me it hurts,
Tv barboys wear white packas and
g' rgeous hard-boiled shirts;
But wor.-t of all the sourdoughs are
a wearin' yeller shoes
And when 'hey call fer liquor mixes
water with their booze.
And them big, two-story cabins, all
built of lumber, too,
I calls it downright wasteful you
bet your socks I do.
Fancy fixens on their winders, and
handles on their doors,
And in the hull of Dawson not a
single good pole floor;
I'd l.ke to have them geezers whip
sawin’ for a while,
I sure as hell soon show 'em their
extravagance and style;
C-;.r. beards for buildin’ houses
when any fool should know
Si^.ie lumber's what they're fit for.
Wal I gues I got to go.”
He i had his kick out by this time
ar.d so the queer old guy
SI*.: ved ns boat out in the current,
n ithout tellin' me gc>od bye.
Well I hadn't seen him from that
day till one night in Nome
I played a stack of rubbers an’ was
driftin' on toward home:
I stepped ,nto the Hub saloon to git
a fresh cigar
Ar.d there was ol' man Scroggins, a
leanm' on the bar.
"Kiahowa, Tiilicum'. I sed: kla
howa Mike,” sez he;
He was lookin' pretty much the
same as fer as I could see:
If he'd staked himself to macki
naws in the four years just past
The pattern ar.d the patches wuz of
the same old cast;
And I'd gamble he was wearin' the
battered old skypieee
That he stomped on up in Dawson
when he scrapped with the police.
His whiskers alius looked the same
—jest dirty brown and gray.
The brown was caused by Climax
juice, the gray by nature's w’ay.
I loosened up and bought a drink
and then we talked awhile;
Of doin’s up to Circle and on to
Forty-mile.
We mined the country plenty with
sluice box and with pan.
And, of course, at proper intervals,
ground sluiced the inner man;
When the oil of gladness greased
his pipes he's alius at his best
I only played a listen’ part, old
Scroggins done the rest.
When that old rooster cashes in if
its a busy day.
An' old Peter’s issuin’ wing checks
or lookin' tother way,
An' old Scroggins tries to sneak in
through the Pearly Gates,
He swears the streets are only brass
and just as sure as fate
He’ll try to make the angels think
thei/ harps are out of tune
An’ that their crowns are counter
feit, or else they fit too soon.
He roasted everyone and everything
until I begin to tire,
An’ jest to switch the eubject I ask
ed about Mariar.
He looked at me some solemn and
sez “I thought you knew
That Mariar climbed the golden
stairs, I don’t mind tellin’ you
'Twas a mighty sore affliction fer
me to lose my pard
An’ the way she quit this vale of
tears, was bowdaciously hard.
There's no one now to make, my
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