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WHAT RIGHTS DO WAR
PERMITS GIVE?
Many persons believe that a
permit from the War Depart
ment to build a structure on
tide lands carries with it a right
to do so and prevents others
from interfering. These per
sons believe that the permit de
termines property questions.
Such a position was assumed
by some citizens of Petersburg
when piling put in place on cer
tain lands transferred by the
Petersburg Packing Company to
James H. Wheeler were removed.
Being rather curious about
the question as the writer is in
terested in properties in Wran
gell wherein the same questions
involve we have looked the mat
ter up. The Supreme Court of
the United States in the case of
State of Wisconsin, et al v.
State of Illinois and Sanitary
District of Chicago (Adv. Op.
196! Sup. Ct. Rep. Vol. 49, p.
163) renently interpreted sec
tion 10 of the Act of March 3,
1899 which forbade the obstruc
tion of navigable waters and the
building of any structures there
in except on plans recommend
ed by the Chief of Engineers
and authorized by the Secretary
of War.
. .“The true intent of the Act of
Congress was that unreasonable
obstructions to navigation and
navigable capacity were to be
prohibited, and in the cases
described in the second and
third clauses of Section 10, the
Secretary of War, acting on the
recommendation of the Chief of
Engineers, was authorized to de
termme what in the particular
case constituted an unreason
able obstruction.” * * *.
. * Congress may not arbi
trarily destroy or impair the
rights of riparian owners by le
gislation which has no real or
substantial relation to the con
trol of navigation or appropri
ateness to that end.”
The permit itself tells its lim
itations for on the top it says: j
“It is to be understood in all;
cases, that the instrument does j
not give any property rights :
either in real estate or material, 1
or any exclusive privileges; and j
that it does not authorize any j j
injury to private property or in- <
vasion of private rights, or any j
infringement of Federal, State, ■
or local laws or regulations. IT ,
MERELY EXPRESSES THE AS- \
SENT OF THE FEDERAL GOV
ERNMENT SO FAR AS CON- ‘
CERNS THE PUBLIC RIGHTS !
OF NAVIGATION. (Cummings
v. Chicago, 188 US 410).
The question of active posses- j
sion or prior possession do not ■,
enter this discussion. That no '
doubt will be settled in the
courts—either for or against the
city. But henceforth let those * ‘
who believe War Department!!
permits to build constitutes le
gal title to tide lands, be disa
lusioned forthwith.
ORDINANCES MADE TO KEEP
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Too many times citizens of
Petersburg hold ordinances in
contempt. If the ordinance §uits
the whim and does not pinch, it
is observed. But when it hits
personal privilege it is held in
contempt. Reference is made es- j
epeially to that ordinance call- l
ing for a tax on dogs.
While the tax is exorbitant in
comparison with other taxes, yet
it stands on the records and no
dog, be it common cur or pedi
greed pup is exempt at all. Did
President Hoover live in Peters
burg he would be compelled to
dig up his six simoleons requir
ed under the ordinance. And it
would not be expected that he
would damn Policeman Nilson
for doing his duty in collecting
said taxes, a duty which has not
altogether been a pleasant one.
Now, he has the Council back of
him in the matter and has been
instructed to collect and to ar
rest the owners if necessary to
secure the tax. It would be bet
to pay gracefully than to have
to go through the disagreeable
process of being forced to dig
up.
WHY NOT DAMN ZIEGLER?
A couple of years ago, Dele
gate Sutherland was damned by
the plunderbund press of the!
Territory for his support of j
Senator Dill’s bill which would |
provide citizenship for the peo- j
pie of Annette Island who are j
a people without a country hav
ing come to the United States
and having no allegiance to
Canada.
If it was wrong for Suther
land to support such a just
measure why is it not wrong
for territorial representative
Ziegler also? He introduced
she memorial to Congress urg
ng taht body to confer citizen
ship on Metlakatla Indians
Dorn in British Columbia
This paper has urged that
-hese people be accorded the
same right of citizenship which
s thrust upon every other na
tionality. There are such men
is Peter Simpson of Sitka, and
>thers more worthy of citizen
ship than many another but(
mfortunately they are neither
‘black nor white” and there
ore have been men without 1
t country these many years
tfr. Simpson came to Alaska as
i boy in the late ‘80’s and looks :
apon this country as HIS
:ountry but he is not a citizen ■
ind verily is a “man without a
-ountry ” His one great desire
s to die a citizen of this coun- :
try and when he does die, the
hope of this paper is that he
will be a citizen.
SHATTUCK PLEDGED A
FALSEHOOD
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. .“The controller bill, Mr. Shat
tuck asserted, was a political
measure. It was an effort to try
out an experiment in govern
ment that had never been un
dertaken before by any state or
territory of the nation. It
sought to establish executive
authority in the shape of a
board to replace one-man exec
utive authority, to divide that
authority so that no individual
might be held responsible for
any failure that might occur.
He further stressed the fact
that no law of the legislature
would give the people of Alas
ka additional power.”
And during the last campaign
Mr. Shattuck, along with others
of his political principles prom
ised the electors in Petersburg
and elsewhere that he would
support any measure giving the
fullest measure of home rule.
Probably meant home rule by
the federal brigade.
ANOTHER HOME RULER
About election times we taavc
certain Democrats and federal
Republicans promising the ‘full
lest measure of home rule.’
On every occasion, since that
measure has been presented to
the electorate the federal ma
chine has fought any measure
that gave any control into Ine
hands of the People. Stroller
White for instance always has a
beautiful rainbow of a home
rule idea for the electors to
chase. The gains made by the
last legislature are not to be al
lowed long on the statute books
as per the following:
“It is to be hoped the next!
Territorial Legislature will undo
one of the acts of the recent le- |
gislature by taking the matter |
of the choice of Commissioner |
of Education out of politics and
placing it in the hands of a
board of some sort. * * * Under
the recent law passed Alaska
will vote for a Commissioner of
Education the fall of 1930 but it
will be the last time if the legis
lature chosen at that time does
its duty.”
In other words, let the Gov
ernor appoint a political board
from the chosen Ishmaelites and
continue to govern Alaska by
boards, commissions and bu
reaus. The pork barrel and
political swill feeders will con
tinue longer in office answer
able to the federal brigade than
responsible to a critical elector
ate.
AS IT LOOKS TO J. R. JUSTICE
Norwood W. Brockett, publicj
relations man of the Puget:
Sound Power & Light., tells the
Municipal League what ought to
be done to the city light depart
ment. He also insists that the
public has a right to know how
the books of the municipal plant
are being kept, and he also talks
of other tilings that he says are
the matter with city light.
He did not inform his hearers
that the city comptroller keeps
check on the lighting depart
ment and that Harry Carrol and
bis helpers are rated pretty good
accountants. The public can
?et the information at the comp
troller’s office.
Something else that Mr. j
Brockett did not go into fully!
was his recent testimony before
the federal trade commission,
but they prefer to get these
facts from their official account
ants regularly elected or appoint
3d.
If the Municipal League has
lost none of its virility, fairness
and courage it will give us the
facts as it finds them. Some
will still go on swallowing the
facts and figures passed out by
:he publications financed by the
Power Trust, but the majority
of the people will know and un
derstand.”
All of which is food for thot
here in Petersburg in view of the
offer to purchase the local mu
nicipally-owned plant. Let’s get
some figures as to what the
plant has meant in the past and
its possibilities for the future.
According to reports, this testi
mony showed that the Puget
Sound Power & Light Co., had
chiefly financed the numerous
surveys made and published in
“Facts,” a local publication.
These “facts” did not reflect cre
dit nor good management on city
light. He dismissed the matter
with the statement that tliere
was no mystery about it, as the
newspapers had previously print
ed the statement.
The Municipal League com
mittee discovered that the book
keeping and findings of “Facts”
failed to credit the city light
with some $3,000,000 cash sur
plus and that a bond issue of
approximating nearly $1,000,000,
which the light department had
paid off had been charged to ex
penses.
Chicago has a publication call
ed the Public Service Magazine.
The papers report that its pub
lisher admits that the controll
ing interest in the magazine is
owneed by public service offi
cials. It recently made a “sci
entific survey” which proved to
its own satisfaction that munici
pal ownership of lighting sys
tems was a flat failure. This
survey cost around $100,000.
Down in Oregon a “news serv
ice” has been grinding out
“ready-to-wear” articles to coun
try papers that give municipally
owned light and power a black
eye. The publisher admitted
that he had received $84,000
from the nower trust for this
service.
And it has recently leaked out
that a number of newspapers in
the east and south were con
trolled by the power trust.
It is very desireable that the
people know the facts about
their publicly-owned utilities,
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