R. E. Baumgartner
Attorney-at-Law
Office above Modern Grocery
Petersburg .... Alaska
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H. OYAMA, PRO.
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the promise held forth by th
originators of the National For
ests. I did vision small timbe
claims held under lease and
paternal government, supervi
sion of cutting. I did visioi
white houses against a greei
background, seen from the wat
er; small clearing; stock raising
fur farming; fishing; boating
summer resorts—all safe an<
secure, backed up by an intelli
gent cropping of timber.—I vi
sioned our towns taking on thi
proportions of cities.
But what is the use of re
pining. By taking on this way :
am merely making myself out i
fool and old fashioned. Let u:
greet the new order. I see nou
where I was mistaken. Time;
change and so do ideals. Onct
the people of America worship
ped liberty and were willing t(
speak up for it. Today we wor
ship the dollar and will sink tc
any spiritual depths to get it
Today if a man is foolish enough
to make a protest in the inter
est of justice he is ganged, look
ed upon askence, called a man
with no moral character and
properly squelched.
Let us all bow to the inevit
able and thank the great Yah
iveh that the forests of South
eastern Alaska are being made
safe for bears and the invest
ment of millionaire’s dollars.
Let us give thanks that the peo
ple of Southeastern Alaska will
lever be called upon to make
;uch a heartbreaking struggle to
•ealize the joyous fulfillment of
Ireams as have all other pioneer
jeople. Let us give thanks that
ve may some day have a job
[/ith a pulp company and that
iur children can compete with
he Filipinos in the canneries,
^et us tip our hats to these
elf-confessed agents of greed
iven if we can not look one an
ther in the eyes as men. Let us
cultivate the habit of taking to
he brush whenever a boatload
if tourists comes along so that
hey will not pity us to our faces
ind revile us as men without
ntelligence or courage.
E. S. HUNGERFORD . i
STOP!
LOOK!
LISTEN!
We have fresh fruits and vegetables at
prices that meet the times. Fruits for
canning.
Meat - Hams - Bacon
Chicken
Fresh and Smoked Salmon
The Veribest for the most particular at all
times is oar policy.
The Sanitary Market
Q PAY CALL
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r The “Bonus Expeditionar
i Forces” —undoubtedly large]
- hungrier, and madder than a
i any time since this remarkabl
i army of jobless World War vet
. erans began its strange siege o
• (Washington—staged two sensa
;ltional “marches” on the U. £
11 Senate during the past week.
Both demonstations voiced
. demand for Congress to stay ii
> session until legislation had bee,
enacted to pay the soldiers
bonus or provide jobs.
I The first of the “no-adjourn
jment marches” took place las
.. Saturday and was anti-climaxec
r somewhat, by the fact that whei
. the veterans arrived at the cap:
, tol they found Congress hac
taken a recess over the week-end
, Capitol Barred
With the exception of the re
, gular staff of clerks—and a fe^
hundred extra policemen rushec
hastily there—-the building was
practically deserted. And, foi
what veteran attaches say is
“the first time in history,” all of
the Capitol doors were locked
and barred with iron gates.
Even the huge bronze doors of
the rotunda—required by long
standing precedent to always re
main open unless the body of a
president is lying in state within
the building—were swung shut.
Such is the state of official
Washington’s nerves.
There was no disorder, how
ever The marchers relieved their
feelings by giving “three boos for
Hoover” and went back to their
camps.—LABOR, Wash., D. C.
NO THIRD PARTY
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The nomination of Rooseveit
has disposed of the talk about a
third party. The great majority
of the men who were expected to
lead such a movement will pro
bably back Roosevelt, or remain
neutral. Borah, however, may
eventually support Hoover on the
theory that the Republicans’
liquor plank is the lesser of two
evils.
The chiefs of the “dry” board
cf strategy are leaning in that
direction. In any event, the
“Drys” will not launch a third
party. At this moment, they are
declaring that they will concen
trate—and very wisely, from
their point of view—on the elec
tion of members of Congress and
the various state legislatures.
They know that so long as
they can poll a few more than
one-third of the members of
either House of Congress they
can block repeal of the Eight
eenth Amendment.
G. O. P.’s Hopes
The Republicans do not expect
to break into the “Solid South”
this year, but they have hopes of
the East and West.
They feel their platform is
sufficiently “moist” to placate
the Republicans of the East and
sufficiently “dry” to hold the
Republicans of the West who
might be disposed to go over to
the Democrats on economic
issues.
They are confident the tide
will turn in their favor, if they
can only get business on the up
grade before the votes are
counted.
As Democrats See It
The Democrats, on the other
hand, hold that the depression
has thoroughly discredited the
Hoover administration, and that
the lost ground can not be re
covered before November.
They argue that the opposition
to prohibition is not confined to
| the industrial centers, but has
: permeated the rural districts
I and that the Democratic demand
for the repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment and for the imme
diate return of wine and bee!
I! has struck an exceedingly popu
lar chord.
Prophecies Premature
It is too early for any impar
tial observer to venture a pre
diction. In August of 1864 Lin
* coin thought he was defeated
but he won an over-whelmin
victory in November.
Most of us can remember tha
delirious election night of 191
t,when the Republicans riotousl;
e celebrated the election of Hughe
- only to wake up on “the morninj
f after” to find that the West, vot
-jing to keep us out of war, hat
. given*Wilson a second term.
! This presidential contest i:
just getting under way and a lo
may happen before November.
What About Mayor “Jimmy?”
Even his enemies will concedt
that Roosevelt got away to i
magnificent start in the Presi
dential steeplechase, but withir
l the next week he will face
“hazard” calculated to test hij
“nerve.”
What action will the governoi
take on the charges against
| Mayor “Jimmie” Walker? The
. i mayor expects to file his defense
within a week, and soon there
after the governor must either
remove him or give him a clean
bill of health.
If he retains Walker he will be
accused of catering to Tammany.
If he “fires” him, a very consid
erable element in Tammany will
undoubtedly resent it.”
This is the sort of thing that
makes running for office one of
the most trying of American
sports.—LABOR, Wash., D. C.
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SNAPSHOTS
By E. S. Hungerford
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A country with land is a myth.
Practically all of Southeastern
Alaska, 21,000,000 acres, is held
from the use of the people as
national forests.
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Twenty-one million acres, cut
up into 150 acre timber claims
will make 140,000 parcels. Each
parcel will support a settler and
his family some day soon. Is it j
wise to let it be given away in
million-acre tracts to non-resi
dent corporations?
Pulp mills can as well buy
their timber from bona fide set
tlers as to import labor to cut
and log it.
* * *
The excuse given for past and
present restrictions and prohi
bitions—conservation—is a joke
wrhen we consider that the mar
ket to which Alaska timber would
be available is supplied without
lestriction from national timber
from other resources.
*
The average timber land in
Southeastern Alaska carries a
stand of 25,000 feet of timber
per acre. A sane and controlled
cutting policy will allow the cut
ting of three acres of timber
from each claim every year.
Seventy-five thousand feet of
timber will produce, not only
pulpwood, but some high grade
saw-timber which will sell at a
higher price. The market value
of Alaska’s timber figures at the
very least $250 per acre.
The present market value of
Alaska’s timber reserve is well
over five billion dollars. This
| timber is being passed out with
[the connivance of the Forestry
I Service to not to exceed sixteen
non-resident corporations which
will according to Forest Service
figures, employ 9,600 men to
make the harvest.
* * *
All that has prevented a flour
ishing sawmill and export log
ging industry in Alaska in the
past, has been the inability of
the logger, due to cutting regula
tions, to supply the timber the
i mills find saleable without forc
J ing the cutting of other unwant
ed and unprofitable timber. The
Forest Service has refused to
rectify this condition.
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A permanent settler on a tim
ber claim would not be confined
to income from timber for his
. living. He could start subsidiary
• industries—stock raising, fui
. farming, truck gardening, etc.,
, without seriously effecting the
I amount of timber growing or
the land.
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5 Government timber land ij
/ not taxable. A tax, even so low
5 as ten cents per acre on Alaska’*
l timber land which is being with
■ held from settlement, would
l yield over two million dollars
per year. This is more than the
5 past yearly revenue of the Ter
ritory. The lack of taxable assets
in the Territory is resulting in
unjust burdens being assessed
!|Cn other industries and will be
relt even more acutely when we
■(are called upon to meet the cost
| of self-government.
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: Both the Forestry and Fish
eries Bureaus have it in their
power to introduce policies and
programs which will relieve
( economic conditions in Alaska
.and restore confidence. They will
I do so if sufficient pressure is ap
plied—not otherwise.
The most effective pressure is
publicity pointing out the in
justices of the program and
policies of the Fisheries and
Forestry Bureaus. If the people
of Alaska organize and demand
, ed reforms, they will get them—
rot otherwise.
BUSINESS CONTINUES |
TO LEARN
Even business now begins to
doubt the miracle-working power
of the Reconstruction Finance,
corporation which, led by a
gentleman smoking an upside
down pipe tries to restore pros
perity in an upside-down man
ner—from the top.
With continued rise in the
value of the dollar, says Busi
ness Conditions Weekly, “inter
est payments become increasing
ly burdensome. In some cases,
borrowing for the purpose of
meeting such interest payments
is tending to aggravate the sit
uation. Railroad borrowing from
the Reconstruction Finance cor
poration is a noteworthy ex
ample.”
The same authority predicta
that:
“Government expenditures will
be finally reduced either thru
the actual failure of the needed
receipts to materialize or because
of the people’s opposition to the 1
payment of the taxes demanded j
a"d the replacement of present j
ofikials by men willing and cap-j
i able to institute the necessary
economies. The steadily declin
ing demand for finished goods
; ultimately force down prices to
a level within the means of
consumers. The excessive pro
duction of raw materials will
socner or later be eliminated by
[the cost factor.”
So, you see, Big Business is
slowly learning a few funda
mentals—and catching up with
the rest of us.—Seattle Star.
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j A sucker is a fellow who has
Jbeen played for a poor fish—
knows it, likes it and permits
jthe play to continue. Some are
jfcorn suckers, others acquire it—
but not all stay that way.
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FROG IS FISH EVEN
’THQUT GILL FRILLS
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! The bullfrog may be an am
phibian to the scientiest, but to
the Idaho statutes he’s a game
fish, Attorney General Fred J.
Babcock told the State Game
Department.
The opinion was in response
tc a ■% request from Mrs. L. V.
Bailey, chief clerk of the depart
ment, asking whether it is lawful
lo shoot bullfrogs. It is just as
lawful, and no more lawful, to
shoot trout or bullfrogs, the at
torney general replied.
Haines Camp A. N. S.
President, Mrs. D. Klanot
Secretary, Mrs. D. Perrin
Meets every Saturday, 1 p. m.
Visiting members welcome
SAXMAN Camp. 16 A. N. S.
Pres. Mrs. Peter McKay
Sec. Mrs. Martha John
Meets every Monday 1 p. m.
Visiting Members Welcome
Angoon Camp No. 7
Alaska Native Brotherhood
I
I Regular Meeting, Monday
Visiting Brothers Welcome
Jimmie George, President
Andrew J. Davis, Secretary
Angoon - Alaska
Klukwan Camp No. 8
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Meets every Saturday
7:30 p. m.
Edward Warne, President
John Willard, Secretary
All Visitors are Welcome
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