PIONEERS PROTEST CHANGE
IN ELECTION LAWS
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After having gone on record
at their meeting a week ago as
opposing the recommendation
of Governor Parks to make the
offices of Commissioner of Edu
cation and Highway Engineer
appointive instead of elective,
Anchorage Pioneers put their
protest in the form of a resolu
tion last evening and the docu
ment has gone forth to Juneau,
with a request to the members
of the Third Division delegation
sion to change the present law.
The resolution follows:
Resolution
Whereas, The Pioneers of
Alaska believe in a repuldicm
form of government and that as
far as possible the people c..
the Territory have an inalien
able right to choose by ballot
their own officials and servant
°nd vehemently decry bureau
cracy in any form, as ;ubvc;
.'ve of the principles of demo
cracy; now therefore,
Be it resolved. That lgi^o No.
15, Pioneers of Alaska, ea’ nescJy
protests against any «. ;temp.T
rn the part of the Territorial
Legislature, now in session ai
Juneau, to repeal or to amend O’
alter Section 1 of Chapter 115
Section 1 of Chapter 114, the las^
paragraph of Section 2 ofChap
ter 113, and Section 12 of Chap
ter 118, of the lows of 1929, or
any part of said laws herein spe
cified, in such manner that the
c-ffices created and provided foi
i herein and thereby shall here
after be filled by appointment
rather than by election.
—Anchorage Times.
Outside of the tew politician?
whose policy and practise it is to
betray Alaska’s interests to the
federal bureaucrats, there is no
call nor desire to throw those
elective offices back to the ap
pointive powers of officers not
chemselves responsible to Alas
kan control but subordinate only
o official Washington.
Unless you register your pro -
test you will awaken with all
your present limited powers of
political autonomy sold to the
sycophantic federal machine.
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The Open Forum
Bradfield Canal, Alaska
March 5, 1931
Editor ALASKAN,
Dear Sir:
I am enclosing two clippings,
one as you will notice from th"
Anchorage Daily Times the other
«.ne from the Ketchikan Chron
icle of recent date. The lette:
from Stewart E. White, pointing
iut the brazen gall of Eastern
tenderfeet in meddling in the
affairs of Alaska and actually
nsinuating that his suggestions
ai’e entitled to more considera
tion than those who actually
live among the Alaskan brown
bears. Instead of this party in
.-Tetchikan returning the letter
to Mr. White, with thanks, they
appointed a committee to make
ffcrt at the next meeting on
,he subject matter of the let
icr.” Very nice indeed! Most
likely this party in Ketchikan
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will advise the Game Commis
sion that the poor brown bear
needs more protection as it is
not capable of protecting it
self. Very likely also, the said
Game Commission has been get
ung its advice from just such
people, or why is it that all the
i-ir-bearing animals have beer
cleaned out of Southeastern
Alaska while the country has
l een under the management of
tne Alaska Game Commission?
air. White thinks that the brown
bear should be preserved as a
lure” for game hunters. We
oon’t want those “game hunt
ers.” People who come to Alas
ka simply as trophy hunter.
and leave thousands of pounds
of meat to rot in the woods, we
certainly can get along without.
But leave it to the Game Com
mission, they will fix it. They
will fix it so nobody can fix it!
They are now up a stump in re
gards to the fur-bearer. He is
gone. They now want somebody
0 fix it. They now want people
no take out traplines, but thev
,.'iave net mentioned what thev
expect people to trap for. I
he Government officials had
eft the traplines to the native
Indian? who actually protected
the animals before the Biologic
al Survey started meddling, the |
fur-bearing animals on the
Southeast Coast of Alaska would
have been here today. But un
der big salaries these official'
-r„me to fix it, and they certain
ly did. It will be the same wit1
he game while Mr. White’.1
•‘game hunters” are permitted.
Very truly yours,
Geo. S. Wilson.
Note: “A letter was read from
Stewart Edward White making
suggestion for the preserva
tion of the brown bear of Alas
ka.. He suggested among other
things, that further reserves be
made for saving the brown bear
f’-om extinction in order to serve
is a lure for game hunters and
others. A committee was ap
pointed to make a report at the
1 ext meeting on the subject
matter of the letter.”—Ketchi
kan Chronicle.
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Divisional Notes !
KETCHIKAN
Mr. and Mrs. George Beck on
the 29th of March announce-*
the arrival of a baby daughter.
George H., is son of Rev. and
Mrs. George E. Beck.
A. B. Edmonds, for many years
n government service, died re
cently of heart trouble.
The case of Erik Johnson and
Otto Bindpage for salvaging of
fhe George A., has been contin
ued to the next term of court.
These men saved the big her
j.ingbuss which they found- sunk
and adrift off Baranof Island.
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J'UNEAU >
United States Marshal Albert
White left for Seattle recently
o take the oath of office and to
file a new bond. He will return
very shortly
Henry Moses who has been in
’ enakee for some time returned
to town.
Fred Handy, Prohibition ' jeiR
massed through enroute . Se
attle where he will attmd a
school of instruction.
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WRANGELL
George Bottler, Spokane con
tractor, was low bidder for the
new public school house here.
His bid was in the cam of $32,
COO. Wrangell Electric Co., Jack
McBride r ec the wiring con
iract fo 1,025 and H. A. Arnold
was lo\ bidder for the heating!
■nd plu mbing contract.
Old Mr;. Kconk oldest native
resident passed awTay on the 2nd
of this month. Wife of Koonk,
t-ne of Wrangell’s most promi
nent Indians, she lived past her
allotted three-score and ten and
ner memory reached back to a
< ime when men, now in the clos
ng hours of life, were yet un
born whe she was a grown wo
man with children of her own.
Funeral services were held by
Rev. Russell F. Pederson.
Walter Waters opened a trail
irom Shoemaker Bay to Rain
bow falls and has been assured
of further trail work by the
Chamber of Commerce.
Arnold Olson, Bellingham, ar
ived to take over the mechanic
al department of the Sentinel.
Staff-Captain Acton left for
; Cordova and way points.
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HAINES
Just as the people here were
despairing of getting any her
ring eggs, the herringbuss Hazel
H., showed up with a full cargo
nf this delicacy. Many orders
*or local hen’s fruit were report
ed as being cancelled and orders
ior the juicy herrings eggs were
doubled.
i The Mission boat Princeton
• arrived here late Friday after
noon. It went up to Skagway
where Rev. Wagner held Easter
Services and returned the same
afternoon in order that Easter
services might be held that ev
en. Early the next morning the
good ship sailed for Juneau with
delegates to the C. E. convention
at Sitka. At Juneau, other de
egates were picked up.
The Moose Lodge held a dance
n tire A. N. B. Hall, Saturday
night. All tickets were sold out
in advance and everbody had
a hiyu time.
Much to the delight of the
the good people of Haines and
Ohilkoot Barracks, the A. N. B
and A. N. S. Camps staged an
Old Custom Dance in the A. N
B. Hall. The dance which was
staged by the A. N. S., recently
■•ailed for a repeat.
The flu is fine here and so is
the weather. A very crude way
of saying it. but it is the truth
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KLUKWAN
Again death comes to Kluk
wan this year. The Grim Visitor
called here on the 29th of March
and took away Charley Claydoo.
Funeral was held on the 31st
and the remains buried in the
local cemetery. Charley was a.
good member of the Brother
hood and he will be sorely miss
ed.
Paddy Duncan and Jimmie
Koo-doo-wat and families came
>ut from the interior where they
nave been for some time. They
will return with their outfits
soon to start working on Jim
mie’s placer mine
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KLAWOCK
Mrs. Lois Gunyah Chuck died
eeontly after a lingering illness.
l i.-.es on a very dear woman
who was beloved wherever she
went.
To Mr. and Mrs. Sam Thomas
on March 30th, was born a son.
He will soon be a Junior A.N.B.
On the Adelaide J., came
visitors from Massett, B. C, on)
the first of April. During the
'tinner, a speech of welcome was;
given by Frank Peratrovitch.!
Mayor of Klawock and President |
of the Klawock Chamber of
Commerce; George Demmert
President of the local Camp, A
N. B„ David Roberts, Elder of
the Presbyterian Church; Jack
son Coombs Salvation Army
Honor Envoy; William Benson,
S. A. Captain; Mrs. Bob Smith,
President A. N. S ; J. K. Wil
liams, President C. E.; Andrew
Wanamaker, Presbyterian lay
Worker; Mrs. William Benson,
President Home League, all ad
dressed the gathering. A dinner)
was served to the visitors by the
Home League and the Mission
ary Society. A social was given
by the A. N. B.
Elections held this week for
Tty officers placed the following
In office: Mayor, Frank Peratro
'’itch; Clerk Frank S . James;
Treasurer, John Peratrovitch
Council, J. K. Williams, George
Peratrovitch, Jack Peratrovitch
Joseph Demmert GeorgeDem-j
mert.
Mrs. Fletcher, government
nurse tendered a reception to
fhe mayor and council.
Andrew Cocque died and was
buried on Wednesday. Andrew
was one of the older employees
of the North Pacific Packing Co.,
and one of the most substantial
of Klawock’s citizens.
R. J. Peratrovitch is installing
a coolrom in his plant in order
to better handle fresh fish which
he will commence buying next
week.
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WANTED PARTY VOTE
The politicians of Washington
ntroduced a bill but was de
feated in the House which would
require that when registering,
the voter must declare his party
affiliation and at the primary
election he could vote only for
candidates on the party ticket
he designated. Voters who do not
i indicate party preference would
j be barred from voting for parti
i san candidates at primaries,
j Such a bill was presented in
the Territorial Legislature sever
lal years ago but was defeated.
'Present indications point to a
change in the election laws of
Alaska. It is not improbable that
this will be a part of the change
in the system. However, it is not
believed that such a measure
will be allowed to pass as op
position to it will be strong from
the party in power—the party
which now asks for “self govern
ment” but refuses to trust the
electorate with its political ma
chinery.
The bill to restrict primaries
was passed in the Washington
I Legislature later Evidently
Washington has somewhat the
same kind of troubles as has
Alaska—politicians meddling in
party politics and attempting to
name candidates in both parties
by political machinations.
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SOME CHICKEN
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We have heard that every
chicken has its own peculiarities
—physical and mental. Listen to
this one—Down in Fond Du Lac,
Wis., is a chicken that would
have to turn upside down in or
der to fly—in other words in
order to fly up it must turn
down.
Perfectly normal wings are
reversed with the feather side
underneath. In every other re
spect the chicken is normal.
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LOW PAY HIGH PRODUCTION
COSTS
From London, England comes
the statement that low pay in
variably accompany high pro
duction costs. The claim that
high wages mean increased pro
duction costs and dearer goods
has been frequently exploded, but
never more completely than by
Sir Percival Perry, chairman of
the Ford Motor Company, Eng
land.
“We employ Americans, Eng
lishmen, Irishmen, Dutchmen,
Frenchmen, Belgians, Danes,
Germans, Italians, Spaniards,
Swedes, Finns and Turks,” he de
clares. All of them work in their
respective countries and are do
ing the same jobs with similar
tools and under equal factory
conditions. We find that in
countries where wages are high
est costs generally speaking, are
lowest, and in countries where
wages are lowest, costs are high
est.”—Labor.
We might suggest to the can
ning industry, which has been
staggering along “at a great loss
for many years,” that they take
a leaf out of the Ford industry
and apply it to Alaska condi
tions. Perhaps they too, will find
that low wages mean high pro
duction costs and if they have
sufficient sense they will apply
practical methods to their busi
ness.
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MINER ADOPTS FROG
OUT OF COAL MINE
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W. L. Watkins, Portsmouth,
has acquired a frog for a mascot
Digging recently in a mine he
unearthed a frog, its eyes ah
but closed, indicating great an
tiquity. The creature was white
when brought out. But in the
sun a short while, it returned to
’ts natural greenish tint.
Which reminds us that several
years ago, when the foundation
was being dug for the MacGre
gor Theatre, Charley Mantan
found a frog completely enclosed
about eight feet under a solid
blue clay bank. It also came to
life and its whitish coat turned
to a vivid green when expose'4
to the air and sun. Charley re
j eased the frog in the brush.
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FIND ANCIENT SKULL
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What js believed to be the
skull of a prehistoric man was
ploughed up near Chehalis Wn.
last week. The scene of the find
is an ancient lake bed on which
rrees known to be from 800 to
1,000 years old have been felled.
The soil is of pumice stone
formation and the skull was
found upside down securely im
bedded in what was once the
bottom of the lake.
I Traces of red hair were found
.about the top of the skull The
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hair and cheek bones indicate
that the skull is not that of an
Indian or an Oriental. Univer
sity of Washington and Smith
sonian Institute scientists have
been asked to classify the skull
as to age and origin.
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BELIEVES WIVES SHOULD BE
SPANKED
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In the opinion of Harvey R.
Thomas, Los Angeles, wives
should be spanked. Mrs. Ruth
Lydia Thomas obtained a di
vorce from him in the Superior
Court. Says Mrs. Thomas, “He
would spank me three times—
said I needed it.” Perhaps some
wives do need that kind of pet
ting.
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WOMAN AWAKES IN CASKET
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Miss Acuna Casthlo, suffering
from prolonged catelepsy wv
recently declared to be dead and
forthwith p’aced in a coffin, ap
■ mm —
parently dead two days and
nights. She came to life in her
coffin and thereby escaped buri
al by three hours. Her physician
declared that she undoubtedly
would have revived in the coffin
ihad she been buried.
The families and friends of
the woman had neared the end
I of a period of mourning when
she moved and said: “Please
give me a glass of water.”
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GETTING DOWN TO WORK
Elections are over—the elect
ed members—Charles- Greenaa,
i Robert Allen, re-elected and A.
i B. Holt will sit in council and
meditate over the whys and
wherefore’s of the various prob
lems of city government. They
accept responsibility of flndinr
solutions to some problems
which have serious aspects. May
they be successful and may their
counsel be wise so that the gov
ernment of the city again will
be on the profit side of the
ledger where it should be.