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legal.
iue iNoiue subsidy us a grail pure
and ^simple and Key. Dornen wuii
uus henchmen are voting money in
to his pocket.
We have no axe to grind insoiar
as Carl Strong is concerned tor we
have never worshipped at his snrine
nor do we expect to any more than
we expect to worship at the shrine
of the Reindeer King.
Hut, it the subsidy in the Fourth
Division is legal, then such a sub
sidy is legal in the First Division. |
“nor shall the legislature grant
to any corporation, association, or
individual any special or exclusive
privilege, immunty, or franchise
without the affirmative approval of
Congress.” Compiled Daws of Alas
ka.
Now, isn’t that Domen subsidy a
special privilege.
Page the Reindeer King and the
Ccntleman from McCarthy for be
ing such good watchdogs of the Ter
ritorial treasury.
WRANGELL VOTES DOWN
SCHOOL BONDS
No incorporated town in Alaska
needs a new school building more
than does the town of Wrangell.
me old school building has been
added to from time to time to take
care, of the growing school popula
tion and while caring tor the pre
sent needs could be and should be
improved. The high school build
ing was built about twenty-live
years ago. It is totally unfit for
modern school purposes and is un
sanitary as well as delapidated.
Yet in spite of the knowledge of all
these conditions, the tax payers re
fused to obligate themselves for a
building to cost approximately $50,
000.
The objection of the voters of
Wrangell was not to the building
of a new school building but to
obligating the town to heavy indebt
edness when already it was in deb.
$15,000. incurred within the past
three years.
The tax rate is not any different
from that of Petersburg at the pre
sent time and with less industry to
add to the revenue. That the debt
should be allowed to multiply three
times its original size in as many
years shows a short sighted policy.
That the Council should permit "red
warrants" in the sum of $15,000
in violation of law is rather a sur
prising matter.
The old regime under ex-Mayor
Grant is at an end. The new Coun
ell now managing the affairs o four
neighboring city is making effort i
to wipe oat the debt and will find
ways ttuil illtd.ua to piovine scuooi iu
tuiuus wiuioutiug oouumg tuu cit>
lii tne tiUul Ol $60,000.
iut) vote Wctti it vote oi eouudeuce
1U Ulti administration Oi uiu>ui
Ulumult WHO Opposed LUO UOUU iti
tiuo ana tuu repudiation oi me re
gime Oi eA-iUayor UitlUl WHO iUVOi
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wuuau UA VVAJ9 UOiiiiO
it wiii uu reiuemoered mat am -
iug uiu election oi last lNovouiutii
tiiai a great ueai oi payor auu ins
was wasted ou "illiterates" voting,
e amass,1' ut cutui'a ad luuunuui.
Wu contended tixeu mat it uiauo
ail mu dmerence wnoae oa was gor
ed and on wUose aiue mo Indiana
voted. A case in point. <*
Proponents oi tiiu Pond issue in
w ranged declared last tail mat w n
uam Paul dictated tlie voting oi me
utdians. When tiiey iound mat op
position to tbe Pond issue was get
ting too strong, tiiey wired to rtep.
raui at Juneau lor an opinion on
the question. .Naturally as every
good citizen would, lie eApressea
uimseii as being in iavor oi me is
sue. He also wrote to tlie Wran
fcen tjamp or me AiaBji.it ju .u
therhood urging them to support
tiie issue as good citizens.
Last fall when they thought that
they would iose by having the In
dian vote against them, they de
manded that the Indians do not
participate in the election; when
they wanted to be sure that they
won on the bond question, they
asked and urged the Indian to vote
“on their side.”
Honestly now. These points oi
princfple swing from no to yes so
last and often that it is making
our poor heads whirl. Will the
gentleman from Virginia, 11 oz.,
and the gentleman from “Gawgia”,
the white stroller, please tell us
when it is right for us to vote and
when it isn’t.!! ??
LAWS PASSED THIS SESSION
The following laws have been
passed by both branches of the le
gislature and have the approval of
the Governor
House Bill 2: Making appropria
tion for the payment of a deficiency
in the appropriation for bounty on
wolves; and declaring an emergency
House Bill 6: To appropriate
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tion of a school house at Kotzebue,
Alaska, making provision for the
construction of such school house,
and declaring an emergency.
Senate Bill 3: To amend Section
1120 and Section 1122 of Chapter
31 of the 1913 Compiled Laws of
the Territory of Alaskaand declar
ing an emergency.
Senate Bill 6: To amend Sections
1 and 3 of Chapter 21 of the 1919
531 of Chapter 11 of the 1913 Com
piled Laws of Alaska and declaring!
an emergency
Senate Bill 10: To amend Section
1 and 3 of Chapter 21 of the 1919 '
Session Laws of the Territory of
Alaska entitled. “An act relating to
the filing for record of mortgagee
of personal property and providing
for renewal affidavits, and repealing
Sections 553, 554 and 744 of the
Compiled Laws of Alaska insofar
as they are in conflict
Hous Bill 3: To amend Section >
6. Chapter 13 of the Session Lawsj
of 1915, as amended by Chapter 8j
of the 1925 Session Laws of Alas-i
ka. . |
House Bill 4: To amend Chapter ,
42 of the Session Laws of 1925 of
the Territory of Alaska by repeal
ing Section 4, and declaring an
emergency.
House Bill 13: To repeal Chapter
75 Session Laws of Alaska of 1927, j
being an Act providing for fish i
Hatcheries and other purposes
House Bill 17: Making appropil
ation for the payment of a deficien
cy in the appropriation for print
ing of vital statistics forms and
binding in permanen tbook form re
cords of births, deaths, and mar
riages now on file; and declaring
an emergensy.
House Bill 14: To repeal Chapter
30 of the Session Laws of 1919 and
amendmenst thereto including Chap
ter 38 of the Session Laws of 1919,
being an Act relating to the estab
lishment of fish hatcheries and oth
er purposes including the creating
of a Territorial Fish Commission.
. .House Bill 24: To reimburse the
City of Petersburg for expenses in
curred during epidemic.
House Bill 50: Making appropria
tion of moneys to provide for cer
tain aged residents of the Territory
of Alaska, to be expended under
and pursuant to the provisions of
and for the benefit of the persons
described in Chapter 46 of the Ses
sion Laws of Alaska of the year
1923; and declaring an emergency.
Senate Bill 26: To amend the
various statues (Statutes) of Alaska
by substituting the word “Terri
tory” in place of “District” where
ever the latter is used to designate
the Territory of Alaska.
House Bill 45: To provide for the
election of a monument to com
memorate. transfer of Alaska to
United States, and to appropriate
Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars
($750.00) therefor.
Senate Bill 34: to appropriate the
the sum of $693.36 to pay balance
of salary due Miss Mary Monaglo
for teaching in the Woodrow School
District, Third Division of the Ter
ritory of Alaska durng the year
1925-26. with interest for one year
at 8 percent per annum, and declar
ing an emergency.
Senate Bill 9: Authorizing thej
Territorial Board of Road Commis
sioners for Alaska to construct an
automobile which will connect the
towns of Anchorage and Matanus
ka in the Third Jundicial Division |
cf the Territory of Alaska, to cost
not exceeding Two Hundred Thou
sand Dollars ($200,000.) of which
amount the sum of twer.ty-FIve
Thousand Dollars ($25,000.) is
made available out of monies ap
propriated at this session of the Le
gislature for the construction and
maintenance of roads, trails, bridges
and ferries and which may be allot
ted to the said Third Judicial Di
vision; providing for co-operaton
between said Board and the Board
of Road Commissioners in the con
struction of said road, and for the
expendturei of said money, and de
I daring an emergency.
Senate Bill 7: To appropriate
funds for the erection and construc
tion of a school house at Tanana.
Alaska, making provision for the
I construction of such school house,
nd declaring an emergency
Senate Bll 8: To create the office
of Commissioner of Transportation
for Prospectors and prescribe its du
tes and appropriates funds for its
purpose .
House Bill 16: To appropriate
funds for the erection and construc
tion of a school house at Mission
School Distrct near the City of ® w
ard. Alaska, makng provisions for
house, and declaring an emergaucy
the construction of such a school
house.
House Bill 20: To repeal Chapter
89 of the Laws of 1923 entitled
“An Act to impose a license tax on
trading in pelts and skins of fur
bearing animals, and repealing
Chapter 42 of the Laws of 1921
House Bill 33: To appropriate
funds for the erection and construc
tion of a school house at Yakutat,
Alaska, making provision for the
construction of such school house,
and declaring an emergency
House Bill 42: To reimburse Sit
ka Lodge No. 1350 of the Loyal Or
der of Moose, for Labor and sup
plies expended on the Pioneers’
Home Cemetery Road making ap
propriation therefor, and declaring
an emergency.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR
BENNY BENSON
Seward today feels a Just pride
in Benny Benson, winner of first
prize for a flag design which is to,
become the imperishable emblem of i
a great Territory and finally a *
State.
And none will be more proud of ,
this achievement than those of the
Jesse Lee Home, whose faithful
stewardship has shaped Benny’s
mental and spiritual faculties.
Like Betsy Ross, whose sugges
tions were accepted in the final de
sign of the first American flag, and
whose nimble fingers sewed the five
pointed stars onto the field of blue,
Benny’s name will go down in his
tory as a contributor to national
V
glory.
It was eminently fitting that
Alaska’s flag design should come
from one whose blood is linked in
the genesis o fthe great land of the
the Midnight Sun. It again express
es America, whose worth while con
tributions come from the people,
not the least of whom is Benny Ben
son, who carries the blood o fab
original ancestry from the most
primitive to the right to stand
among the great—the President of
the United States.
The Gateway extends to Benny
its heartiest congratulation not only
tor his success in the competition,
out for the fact that he has ere
ated irom ms Drain sometmng
worthy and enduring. —Seward
Gateway.
Ed.—It would not be amiss on
the part of the Gateway to praise
Juanita Wewis of Wrangell and Vic
tor Wacker of Ketchikan for win
nig second and third places res
pectively. They too, come from the
stock that like the timbers of Alas
ka’s hills grow from little plants
to the wonderful timbers of the
hills, die and return to the soil
from which they sprung.
Fertilizer From Herring
In the annual Report of the Bu
reau of Fisheries for 1910, when
that Bureau was ably managed by
executives who recognized their
responsibilities as trustees of our
fisheries, the question of making
fertilizer from herring was thus
summed up:
“The use of herring in the
manufacture of fertilizer and oil
as conflicting with its use by man
directly as a food and bait flsh,
and indirectly through the depend
ence of the valuable king salmon
fishery upon it as food material,
gives raise to a somewhat puzzling
uuestion of right and administra
tive policy.
The present fisheries law does
not prohibit such use of food fishes,
and there is now one plant, that
of the Alaska Oil & Guano Co., at
Killlsnoo, in S. E. Alaska, engaged
in the industry. This year this
plant caught 59,000 barrels of
herring, with an aggregate weight,
roughly, of 11,800,000 pounds. Of
these all but 130 barrels which
were pickled for use as bait, were
converted into fertilizer and oil.
It is easy to conceive of com
mercial uses to which fishes arr
put which take precedence ove«
other uses with respect to public
advantage. Thus the manufacture
of fertilizer and oil from fishes is
a lower use, inferior to the bus
iness of preparing food products
from fishes, or even to their use
as bait for food fishes. Thus the
menhaden ranks lower than the
herring. Such a view in par
grows out of the fact that these
fertilizer and oil products, quite
legitimate in themselves, do not
depend entirely on fishes for their
raw material. Furthermore even
i;sh fertilizer and fish oil do not
depend upon the herring, for var
ious nonedible fishes, as the men
Msdon. are available. The general
view of a higher use denoted by
r.he appropriation of fishes for
mi man food has widely obtained
i.iHl is evidenced by various legisla
tion prohibiting the lower use
v\ here it has conflicted with the
higher. The dependence of a high
•y prized food fish and a corres
pondingly valuable fishery upon an
other fish as food for the former,
as in the case of the king salmon
upon the herring, may be classed
vith the higher uses. This in
fact is one of the moat important,
aspects of the value of the*herring !
fishery, if not its chief use. An
important food of the king salmon
is herring, and as the catching of
king salmon by trolling now forms
one of the most important and
profitable of the fisheries of S. E.
Alaska, no condition that adverse
ly affects It in a material degree
should exist unless by justification
of a paramount right and import
ance.
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JACOBITZ TAXI
DAY & NIGHT SERVICE
Stand at Arctic Hotel
Phone 60
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Because of its rich, savory flavor,
Frye’s "Delicious” Brand Bacon
adds extra appeal to many other
food dishes. Bacon is in season the
year round and is suitable for serv
ing at any meal. It harmonizes with
and tones up other meat and many
vegetable dishes, as well. BUT IT
MUST BE GOOD BACON. E»
perience will teach you that Frye’s
"Delicious” Brand Bacon is "every*
thing the name implies.”
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Quality
and
Quantity
For less at
The
Modern Grocery
Buy at Star Bakery and Save Money
Fresh Doughnuts, Cup Cakes, * ookies
and Cinnamon Rolls
Always on Hand Fresh
STAR BAKERY
AMERICA FIRST arrives in Pe
tersburg Friday morning, leaving
for Juneau via Hake and way port.u
about noon.
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Meals at all Hours
\ Good Services, Fair Prices
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When in Town Stop at
ARCTIC HOTEL
First Class Rooms
Reasonable Rates
CARL ROGER, Pro.
SITKA HOT SPRING
HEALTH RESORT
Rate $3.00 per
day and up
Dr. Goddard, Pro.
Sanitary Market
A Roast you’ll like •
jj; The Very Choicest Beef i
Mutton and Pork
; Vegetabl * in Sea on
Dr. Kae L. Ca Ison
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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of Laundered Goods
We give full value for your
money.
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