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THE PLEDGE
We pledge allegiance to the flag,
iny flag, and to the country for
which it stands. One nation, indi
visible, with Liberty and Justice for
ell.
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THE LAND I KNOW
I hear the voice of the West again
From the heights of the moun
tains tall,
Wlieie the anows are white
la the still midnight
With the gray skies over all.
A clear, sweet call from the rug
ged glen
Where the moss boulders are;
From the vales below
And the desert’s glow
Or the wild seas racing far.
Oh. the wanderlust is in mv veins
.o.nd I long for the bounding tide
Of a deep far flung
f rom a land that’s young
Where a new world opens wide.
I fare me forth to the endless
plains
With my cap and staff of sloe.
And my heart is gay
Tor the morning way
Leads back to the land I know.
—J. E. PAXTON
SAILING UN Dim OUR
OWN COLORS
Speaking of subsidized papers we
are asked “who pays and guarantes
the bills of THE ALASKAN?" The
inference being that we are subsi
dized paper.
The Alaskan is owned lock, stock
and barrel, from the broomhandle
up, by the Alaska Native Brother
hood. The hard earned nickles and
dimes of the Native population in
almost every town in this division
is invested in this plant. It is ALL
THEIR OWN. No chattel mort
gages or shoe string propositions.
Our policies are subject to the
will and direction of the Grand
Camp. The Brotherhood became
t;red of paying big printing bills
monthly to enemy poliical mouth
I ieces, helping them to fight our
c wu efforts as it were. So this
plant was purchased.
We have paid our way without j
assitance and we hope so to con
tinue. But with the work of educa
ting the general public to the needs
of the Territory and to secure a bet
ter understanding by having a
voice that will reach farher than
the confines of our villages, we see
the necessity of continuing in this
field and later in broadening the
scope of our work.
INDIAN CITIZENSHIP
‘ There is every reason to believe
that William L. Paul, political boss
of the Southeastern Alaska natives,
member of the last legislature and
a candidate for re-election, is not
a citizen of the United States. Born
in Simpson, B. C., he is not a citi
zen by birth; born of a Canadian
father, these facts on his own ad
mission, and making no claim to
having taken out naturalization pa
pers himself, he has exercised every
right of an American citizen, ap
parently without the slightest right
so to do. (And we have no doubt
that the bill introduced in the last
days of the past Congress to natur
alize all American Indians was for
the benefit principally of Paul.’’-Val
dez Miner.
There is a trite saying: Expose
your ignoranct and it will evaporate,
which just about fits the editor of
the Minor. At least we will excuse
the article on that score for cer
tainly the honor of the press would
not let him make a deliberate pre
varication, even if there were more
tliau one in the article.
1. William Paul WAS born in
Simpson, B. C. in the spring of ’85.
His fathers’ antecedents on the ma
ternal side date back several gen
erations through the Tongass Na
tives; on his mothers’ side the same
is I rue ouiy through the Natives of
Wrangell. When the time of labor
neated, the father took William’s
r.iotuer to Simpson the nearest point
of medical aid. And what father,
we ask, Mr. Valdez Minor, wouldn’t
do just that same thing? Just as
soon as the mother was able to re
turn to her own home she made the
trip and except in 1893 never again
stepped on Canadian soil for more
than a day.
Were he born in China under the
same condition, does that make him
a subject of China? A cat has her
kittens in an oven, are they bis?
cuds?
Under such circumstances natur
alization papers are not necessery.
The case is not analagous of that
of Herbert L. Faulkner, whose cer
tificate of naturalization is a matter
of considerable discussion even at
this date and yet w'e do not hear
The Minor sap a word about if.
NATURALIZING INDIANS
The bill proclaiming all Ameri
can Indians citizens was a bill spon
sored by Senator Curtiss of Kansas,
himself an Indian. The bill being
in recognition of the services of the
Indians during the late war. Dele
gate Sutherland had nothing to do
with lawr whatsoever.
MEN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
curing tne past year, senator cm
of Washington introduced in the
Senate a bill giving Indians born in
the Continent of North America the
right of naturalization* He request
ed Paul to give the bill to some rep
resentative for presentation to the
House. Paul mentioned to the De
lag'ate his mission and Sutherland
oPertd to introduce the bill. Paul
spoke of the political effect it
li ipht have on Sutherland’s cam
pain and Sutherland replied, “It is
only just is it not that those peo
ple be given justice.” Were Dan
an opportunist h ewould have not
presented the bill and theerby re
ceive the condemnation ofthe press
of Alaska.
In Sitka is Peter Simpson, a man
without a country. Born in Canada
he come to Metlakatla dissatisfied
with the lack of citizenship in Can
ada. After a number of years h"
ka asin British Columbia. In 1921
he took up with District Attorney
Shoup he matter of naturalization
and was advised that only those
of the Caucasian or the Black race
-could be naturalized. Not satisfied
Simpson took the matter up with
Judge Wickersham and was there
advised that onl through Congres
sional enactment could he hope to
become a citizen. Simpson has oft
said that he would never be con
tent with life until he had secured
the right of American citizenship.
For forty years has this man look
ed in vain at the promised land of
Liberty and Justice; for forty years
has this man fullfilled the obliga
tions, excepting that of election, of
the highest type of citizenship. And
would anone deny him the gratifi
es lion of his wish. Would the coun
try be worse off for his securing a
right handed those of foreign birth,
on a platter. There are perhaps a
ccaple tjozen more in Metlakatla
who would be benefited by this law
and is it right and just that they re
main in the country and never have
oppoitunity of sayin.g This is my
ov u my native land,.” We might
mention others who also have de
monstrated a worthiness of the
rights of citizenship and who only
receive the condemnation of racial
propogandists for their desires. •
Those who decry the enactment
of this just jiece of legislation would
have thes men say: Liberty and jus
tice for all but the Indian.
MINORITY OPINION
“If Dan Sutherland had not been
Delegate from Alaska during the
last six years, but the Territory re
presented by a constructive man,.
Ketchikan today would have 50 per
cent more ppulation and industry.”
That was the opinion of Edward
G. Morrissey, editor of the Chron
icle on October 30 of this year. We
suppose that by this time he has
learned that the citizens of Ketchi
kan do ndt agree with him.
“A CALM REVIEW’’
We have watched and taken part
in not a few elections but never in
such an election as that which we
have just passed through. The
year President Wilson was elected,
the Portland Journal, Democrat, at
midnight of the da of election, gave
up all hopes of a Democrat leader
in the White House. Like many
other “Republicans” went home to
bed with a feeling of work accom
plished and the fruits of victory as
the reward. When we got down
town the next day it was to learn
that our joy was premature. But
in retrospection we see two great
parties in titanic struggle—financial
powers versus financial powers;
tress versus press; machine politics
versus machine politics. The only
difference that year being greater
financial powers behind one candi
date was greater than the other.
Oregon with its young Republicans
turned that State to Hughes, the
only Coast State so to do.
In this Territorial election we see
the entire press of the Territory
viili the exception of The Alaska
Fisherman and The Alaskan, not
counting Frame’s mimeograpr tab
loid. The business organizations,
varied business interests and finan
cial powers backing a Federal Bri
gade of carpet baggers. Against
which men fought for the principals
of right and justice. Issues were
smothered by spleen ann animus;
attempt to smother justice with ra
cial animus; misrepresentations and
n lsquotations were the rules, if
tneie were any. The electorate re
fused to be hoodwinked with all the
I'unkum that was handed out, it was
an informed electorate which refus
ed to swerve from principle of right.
The work is not done, it has only
begun. The welfare of the Terri
tory is the wrelfare of everyone in
the Territory. We cannot believe,
knowing each candidate, that they
.;r drive business from the Terri
tory . We do believe that they will
attempt a fair adjudication of
those of those problems which de
plete rather than build up the Terri
tory. That their efforts are and
will continue to be that of free
agents, owing obligations only to
the entire Territory. Did we as
American citizens ask an more wre
will bze willing to be branded any
name applicable to such conduct.
Beach Combings
By AHN-KUTTY
Well, folk, it is over with. It is
natural to feel cheery when on the
winning side. We can’t all come
out on top, you know. “Non imnia
possumus omnes.” So we feel great
ly elated over the election returns
and firmly believe that Alaska will
benefit through those who now
perch on the saddle boards of vic
tWy.
In a day the candidates elect
have stepped out from the ordinary
walks of life to the more promnient
ianes of officialdom and responsibil
ity. May they serve honestly and
efficiently.
We have been in many a hotly
contested battle of ballots, but at
no time, nor in an yplace, have we
assisted in scaling such wall as that
which confronted the Republican
candidates and the part issues this
election.
Lined up against us were promi
nent men, the backing of wealth,
the power of practically 98 percent
of the press of Alaska, the boosting
of outside influence, the surge of
a'lied interests and a seemingly well
greased and perfectly running po- ;
litical machine. Before the on
slaught of a well informed citizen- !
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If you are going to need a new Suit or Overcoat for Christmas
Now is the time to order it from one of the most complete stock
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Two cents (to cover
cost of mailing) will
bring you Frye’s
"Meat Guide.” It con
tains our thoughts on
preparing 187 dainty
dishes. Send for it.
One of the most delic
ious recipes is "Quick
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the name suggests,
quick and easy to make
and most appetizing.
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it's the ideal "day opener" for all
the family—children as well as
grown-ups.
Major C. E. McDonald, Surgeon
U. S. Army, and international
authority on care of infants, says,
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DAN E. STANDARD, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Worth Block
CHINCHILLA RMS
Buck and two Does $25,00
WILLARD FOX 5 FOR FARM
Port Beauclerc Alaska
SITKA HOT SPRING
HEALTH RESORT
Rate $3.00 per
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George Kim, Proprietor
Meals at all Hours
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EYESIGHT SPECIALIST
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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