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BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
The 1925 session of the Alas
ka Legislature will be held in
the A. B. building in Juneau,
according to an announcement
by Governor Bone. The quart
ers of the Senate will be'on the
upper floor, while the new
dance hall on the lower floor
will be used as the House as
sembly room.
Walter B. King, chief deputy
jclerk of the district court for
! the first division, was recently
I married in San Francisco to
Miss Lillian Lucille Metz.
An election held in Anchor
age to ascertain the sentiment
:of voters on the question of
bonding the the town to erect
an $100,000 school house, fail
ed to carry by a vote of 74
against to 68 for.
The Juneau city council has
ordered a combined snowplow
and scraper for use on the
streets.
The new grader will clear a
path ten feet wide one day and
by the time it makes a return
trip it will be 20 feet wide. The
machine weighs 8 tons and cost
81,600.
With a temperature of 65 to
65 below zero the Fairbanks
postoffice was recently forced
to close for a week, for the
first time in the history of the
camp. The heating facilities of
the postoffice being inade
quate to keep the fingers of
the clerks warm while sorting
the mail was the reason for
closing.
It is said that three represent
ations of a proposed Seward
pulp mill are working toward
Seward from Prince William
Sound, looking over the pulp
wood proposition and planning
boomyards and surveys. The
men in the field will be met at
Seward by engineers sometime
this month.
Steve Sheldon, Haines radio
A PROBLEM UP
TO ALASKA
chief grievance of the loyal Alaskan against the salmon packer U that he
i I imports labor and supplies, thus apparently depriving Alaska of a portion of
the potential value of her greatest industry. This, like all other problems
which confront the industry, is a common problem, and one in the solution of
which the packer and the citizen of Alaska are mutually interested, but unlike some others,
the solution lies almost entirely in the hands of the people of the territory.
The packer is first of all a business man who is, like other business men, risking his money
and credit in the hope and expectation of profit. He has not always made it. The per
centage of failures has run high and the financial institutions of the Pacific Coast have
shouldered many an enormous loss as a consequence. That Alaskans realise this fact is
perhaps best attested by the fact that very little home capital has ever attempted to enter
the packing end of the industry.
Considering these facts two logical conclusions are evident: first, that the packer must
reduce the hazard as far as possible by having an absolutely dependable source of labor
and necessary supplies, and second, that he would welcome any reduction in coats that did
not jeopardize his season’s operations.
There is not a canneryman who would not be glad to employ Alaskans, instead of paying
transportation expense, whenever a sufficient number of Alaskans are available and will
contract for the season’s work as outside labor does.
There is not a single ennneryman who would not prefer to purchase in the vicinity of his
plant the enormous quantities of eggs, butter, fresh meat, produce and other supplies
which he is forced to ship in annually and must be certain of having.
There is not a canneryman who would not be more than willing to buy box shooks and
lumber manufactured from Alaskan spruce in Alaska’s mills if they wire obtainable, but
the capacity of Alaska's mills is taxed to produce 10% of the annual consumption.
This is simply common business sense. No business man cares to pay transportation cost
on supplies or labor procurable near his plant.
Again we say this is a problem more directly up to the Alaskan than the packer and one
in the successful solution of which they would profit mutually. The packer stands
ready to contribute his share toward the desired result as soon as Alaska is able to
supply the demands of the industry.
Help the packers help Alaska.
■ i
The Canning Industry of Alaska
fan, recently wrote to a radio
broadcasting station in Beau
mont, Texas, telling them that
he had picked up their pro
gram. He signed his card, “S.
Sheldon, Haines, Alaska, home
of the biggest strawberries in
:the world.” Later he received
a letter from Mr. C. E. Brown
of Silsbee, Texas, requesting
that six dozen of the famous
plants be shipped to the lat
ter’s address at once.
Seldovia recently experienced
a spell of cold weather of un-!
usual severity while storms
made it impossible for the local
coal merchants to go to Homer
for a fresh supply of coal. As a
result a serious coal shortage
is said to exist in the Cook In
let town.
Two hundred and forty-two
cases involving infractions of
the National Prohibition Act
and the Alaska Bone Dry Law
were tried in the Commission
ers’ courts of the First Divis
ion during the period from
April, 1023 to December 31,
1924. Convictions were secured
in 204 cases, 19 defendants
were acquitted and 14 cases
were dismissed. In one case the
jury disagreed and the case
has not been retried.
Since Christmas there have
been about eight hundred blue
foS pelts shipped out of Peters
burg. All came from the isl-1
ands around the town and the
value of the pelts was between
eighty and one hundred thou-1
sand dollars, according to the
Petersburg Herald.
There have also been a great
many pairs of live foxes ship
pd out for breeding purposes
during the past few months.
'•With snow the deepest in
thirty years on Baranoff, Ad
miralty and other islands in'
Southeastern Alaska, the death
loss among deer is reported to ]
be the greatest since the win
ter of 1918, says Stroller’s
Weekly.
Crews of gas boats arriving
here counted 200 carcasses be
tween Pt. Hugh and Pt. Arden.
It is reported that everywhere
on the islands deer have gone
to the beach and are eating
kelp.
Game Warden Goddard, at
Sitka, has asked the govern
ment for authority to cut hem
lock and brush so that the
deer can be fed.
Volunteers are cutting brush
on Baranoff island in the hope !
of saving some of the herds.
Suit was recently filed in the
district court at Juneau, by the
Territory, against the Alaska
Consolidated Canneries, for j
$16,514.86, alleged to be due
from the company for taxes
under the graduated pack tax
law of 1923. This company is
one of the concerns which re
sisted the payment of the tax
on the ground that it is uncon
stitutional, and having lost ■
the case in the Territorian Dist-1
rict Court and the Appellate
Court, have now appealed to
the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States.
Juneau and other Southeast
ern Alaska towns have been
urging President Coolidge to
visit Alaska during the coming
summer, and advices from
Washington indicate that the
invitations are being given ser
ious consideration at the White
House. The President is report
ed to have said he desires to
see the Territory, and may ex
tend his trip from the Pacific
coast, if time can be found for
such a journey.
A FABLE IN SLANG
Once upon a time there was
a Village which Grew so far
out on the Fringe of Civilizat
ion that the big Chandelier of
Enlightenment hanging near
tre Centerpiece cast upon it on
ly a Dull and Feeble Glow. In
fact the Light was so Dim and
things were so New that get
ting a True Perspective was
Difficult. As a result no one
Bothered to scrutinize Pedi
grees and most of the Pioneer
residents Got By without any
one asking about their Family
Connections or what they Used
to Do. For the most part they
were too busy hunting for
Leads or Lamping for Capital
ists to help Develop the Count
ry to Bother about such things
as Family Trees and Intellect
ual Attainments. But there
were sonu like Geo. Ade’s
Chambermaid, who said that
True Gentility consisted of
wearing French Heels and not
having Nothing to Do with no
Drummers from St. Louis, and
figured it out that, inasmuch
as No One appeared to be
Looking, the time was Ripe to
rat the Traces and give their
Aspirations a chance to soar.
And thus it happened that aft
?r a While a few of those who
liked to think of Themselves
as above the Common Her$
decided to form a Circle of
Choice Spirits who could gaze
down from Lofty Heights upon
ihe Vulgar Antics of the Hoi
Polloi. According to the way
they Figured it, the Village
was so far from the Beaten
Paths, and so surrounded by
Lofty Peaks and Mighty Glac
iers, and with only one Hole to
get in and out, that no one
with claims to Real Culture
was likely to Stray In and give
the Snap away. And so they
formed a Coterie of the Best
People and adopted as a Mot
to: “Anybody can be Some
body in a Place where there is
Mobody but Miners, Bootleg
gers and other Common
People.” Their favorite Song
was a merry rune enmiea:
‘Forget it, Forget it: The Past
Is Gone,” while their principal
Gutdoor Recreation was giving
he Cold and Glassy Eye to
hose who did not Fit, accord
ng to their Conceptions. In
:loors they devoted themselves
ihiefly to Knocking Someone,
for they were Unanimous in
the View that by keeping up
i Merry Clatter about Some
one elses Rep. they could keep
people too Busy to Investigate
heir Own. But, at that, Real
Culture was not Popular and
Iherfe were only One or Two
who Thought a College Diplo
ma amounted to Much. And
One and All were in Constant
Pear of *»:e Cat of Criticism.
The Ladies deftly Cautioned
each other against Chewing
Gum, sticking Pencils in their
Back Hair, or displaying othe
Evidences of a Previous Con
dition of Servitude; while the
Gentlemen were Warned
•gainst dexterously Shuffling
he Checks at the Gay Little
Parties: talking about Back
Packing or Sinking Holes and
o avoid all other references
:o Manual Labor. Most of them
^referred a Game of Craps to
Mah Jong because it took less
Bead Work, and Cross Word
Puzzles were not at all Popu
lar, except with the Kids, and
he Common Table Knife was
he Bete Noir of the Whole
Bunch.
And so the Charmed Circle
:ontinued merrily until a Min
?r, who was too busy Mushing
iver the Hiils in Search of
imere to wash very often,
'ound a Rich Lead that Made
he Camp and then some Real
MORE REASON FOR
THAT RAILROAD
Alaskan products shipped to
the States during the month of
December aggregated $ 1,704,
089, according to the monthly
report issued from the Juneau
headquarters of the Customs
Service. It shows the month
about normal, the value of the
exports being approximately
the same as for December
1922 and 1923. There wa3 a
slight decline in shipments of
fisheries products, largely due
to the closed season on halibut.
Copper, although somewhat
smaller in volume, was slightly
higher in value, due to better
market conditions. Shipments
of this product in December,
1923, totaled 6,706,322 pounds
las compared with 6,633,936
pounds last month. The value
'of last month’s shipments was
$919,623 as compared with
$893,294 for the same month
of the preceding year.
The gasboat Hazel I was seiz
ed recently at Ketchikan as an
alleged rum runner, by the
Coast Guard Cutter Cygan.
The men aboard the Hazel
made their escape and so far
have not been anprehended.
The boat is said to have had 16
sacks of beer, whiskqy and gin
on board when captured.
Lying prone on his bed in the
Crescent hotel in Anchorage.
Casper Kossuth, committed
suicide a few days ago by
shooting himself through the
right temrle with a .33 calibre
! revolver. The suicide is attrib
uted to an acute attack'of mel
ancholia. Kossuth is said to
have been a lineal descendant
of the great Hungarian patriot.
He is survived by a son, a resi
dent of Skagway.
People came to Town. The self
elected Socially Elect tried to
Capture them but somehow the
Newcomer’s failed to Pea t
and the Delights of belonging
to the Inner Circle did not
seem to Appeal. The Truth
; was that many of the New Ar
|rivals were already safely Tn
!stalled in the Social Register
and those who were not were
Live Wires looking for Busi
ness Opportunities and had ro
Desire for Social Elevation \r
all of them had come to Take
Hold of Things and Develop
;the Country. Their Attitude so
appalled the Self Elected
Bunch that they went into a
Daze and did not Recover un
til the Swift Birds had Annex
ed all the Choice Locations
and were making things Hum.
And when they got Through
there was nothing left for the
Choice Spirits to do but go to
Work for them or Beat It So
in the End most of them were
scattered among the Limber
; Camps and Ha?her:es of the
Earth and not even a Memory
of them remained in the Place
iwhere they once Figured they
I were the Whole Cheese. And
when they were gone the real
(Honest to Goodness People
l who figure the Value of a Man
by what he Does instead of bv
the Genealogical Tables, got
I together and joined hands in
: gathering in the Rewards of
Prosperity. And once a"ain it
:it was revealed that all
;are made of the same M"d,
jeven tho’ some of them do
Blow in at the Second Story
Window.
Moral— Putting on the dog
works fine as long as you don't
I get caught at it.
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