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Published twr* Friday by the a. N. B. Publishing Co., Petersburg
Entered In the Poet OSe» In Petersburg as Second Class matter.
ANOTHER DRIBBLE FROM THE
pee-pee
The January 27 th issue of the
pee-pee gets something more off its
chest. This dribble, although witu
out weight, force and of no reach,
sounds iike Schoettler. There is
as much difference between its foal
nest blast and the effusion of the
27th as there is oetween soot and
flake white in color. Schoettler
seems to want the credit of writing
the foul nest article. He may have
it. We surely don’t want it, nor
down to brass nails do we care who
got it up.
Were it not for the fact that he
has (or the pee-pee has) injected
some new stuff in his shoe fitting
come-back, we would not have tak
en any trouble nor time in a reply.
He appears to be worried about the
taxes we pay—or as he has it, don’t
pay. We should imagine that the
mattet of taxes would be the last
thing he’d care to bring up.. To
begin with we were paying taxes
in Alaska before little boy ’blew’
was born,—in truth, even before the
town of Petersburg was even thot
of. The pee-pee editor will have
to go some to catch up.
How about the old tax amount
against the ' pee-plant? Who paid
it? It ran to nearly $400 didn’t it?
We know that when we were scout
ing around with the assets of the
then defunct printery, there was a
delinquency against the thing of
about that sum, and the town was
VERY ANXIOUS that its account
be settled before anything else was
done. For some reasons it (tho
city) didn’t press the pee-pee very
hard after Schoettler got on the
ground. In fact it—the city—made
an 1 LEGAL compromise. It seems
that anything illegal was fine and
dandy with the foul nest press
man. An illegal cut off of the city
tax—in Schoettler’s favor, was jal’.e
with him. Schoettler got the pa
per—some way—and a tax receipt,
for about one-fifth of what was, and
is. legally due the town, A city
has the power to assess, levy and
collect money for its support. It
has no right, nor power, to refund
nor to accept a lower amount than
is of record as due. And the amount
due shall REMAIN as a lien against
said property. How was this ar
ranged? Did the pee-pee editor
have anything to do with it? Who
are back of this illegal transaction?
Nice thing, isn’t it, to squawk about
taxes when the squawker, himself,
owes the city practically $300. in
delinquent assessments. Talk of
town betterment, civic pride and city
advancement come with bum graces
with a delinquent tax sum of such
proportions slinking behind in the
background. It seems to us that
the subsidizers of the pee-pee were
a bit careless in this matter. What
arrangements were made with those
who claimed ownership of the paper
and plant is no body’s particular
concern. They could have turned
the whole affair over to Schoettler
for nothing if they cared so to do.
Bui when the people of the town
have a claim—when the city govern
ment has a bill—against the proper
ty. it can’t be laughed off for a fifth
of its face value. It is evident that
Schoettler was just the man to fit
in with the back-stage program of
the dark cover political and social
wire pullers. The desire to make
it easy for him seems to have over
run any claims of the city. The pow
ers that were—and are yet, but to a
much lesser degree—wanted some
one who would stay put, do no
squeaking, razzle dazzle the town
and print only the orthodox stuff.
All very nice. But every once in a
while the Hon. Schoettler opens
his mouth gets his foot
foul in it. He has cost his back
many an uncomfortable hour. Don’:
worry about our taxes, little boy,
Your own taxes will cause enough
of that. THE ALASKAN doesn’t
owe the city a nickle in taxes, nev9i
has sought an illegal rebate and has
paid up always what the town had
against it.
What we said about the Scow Bay
Mills was true. The mills WERE
cut oft of current to such an extent
that they had to close. The man
agement is coming back to the town
with steam machinery so that it may
turn a wheel without some one irre
sponsible dictating when, where and
how to start up. We fancy the city
got no favorable advertising on this
bit of play.
We hold no particular brief for
Worth, but what we said about the
tearing out of equipment—just as it
was written—is TRUE. If you don’t
think so, bring the above matters in
to court.
GOOD BOY, O’MALLEY
Elsewhere, in the columns of
THE ALASKAN, will be found re
ference to the steelhead regulations
as received from the Departmnt of
Commerce. Before these regulations
came out—January 6th—there was
no open season at all for steelhead
trout. The local Chamber of Com
merce took the matter up and re
quested the Dept, of Commerce to
name an open season for steelhead
Ashing. Earl Ohmer wrote letters
of his own bearing on the matter
and the response, from the; United
States authorities was both speedy
and surprisingly agreeable. A two
months open season was asked for,
but this was cut two weeks. The
Department of Commerce may
lengthen this later on after it is
learned just how the new ruling
works out. In this matter Henry
O’Malley has done the agreeable
thing. Really, it is more than we
expected. O’Malley has been severe
ly flayed, ripped up one side and
down the other and generally abused,
but the more we dig into his actions
the more we believe he is endeav
oring to play fair as he, himself,
sees the game. His is a mighty
hard position to fill. There are
wealthy fish interests pulling at him
from one side and the real catcher*
of fish jerking him from the other.
He is damned if he does and damned
if he doesn’t. In the steelhad re
gulations as they are in this district
there is an opportunity for thoss
who fish to make a little money in
the early season. Salmon are in no
manner harmed as there aren’t any
salmon running in steelhead.season,
nor for some time after the steel
had quit running. The two months
asked for was not too long, but to
get a fishing allowance for even 45
days is a benefit and is appreciated.
Steelheads are for the most part
caught in gillnets. Some are cap
tured in drag seining for dolly var
den trout as both fish frequent the
same waters at times. There is no
danger of fishing them extensively
enough by these methods to hurt the
average runs. At best there are
no great numbers in any of the
streams, but a few now and then
are captured and bring in money at
just that time of the year when
money is needed.
It seems that the economy plan of
President Coolidge is one of the se
rious snags that the Fairbanks Col
lege ran up against when trying to
get government appropriations un
der the Hatch and other Acts. It
appears that for all school purposes
in Alaska the government holds
a pretty tight flit.
TO LOWER DUTY ON DIAMONDS
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There is something about pretty ;
stones that appeal to ub. Probably
this appeal''is a part of us that:
clings since we dropped out of trees
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and took to caves in the cliffs where
we decked ourselves in all sort of
stuff from leopard hides to hunks
of rusty iron. Woven material has
taken the place of copper scrape
and iron ore. This Inherited long
ing for decorations is still strong,
else there’d be no sale for carbon
baubles, jade and colored crystals.
What we can’t find that is suitable,
we make, such as glass heads, imi
tation pearls and other so-called or
naments that bring fortunes to
some and load others with sinkable
du-dads that we could well do with
out. To offset the $40,000,000 in
precious stone value that is annual
ly smuggled into the United States,
Emanuel Celler (Dem.) of New
York has introduced a bill, Jjan.
11th, to reduce the duty on dia
monds and other stones from ^0 n/'
cent to 5 per cent ad valorem. The
value of the stones smuggled is
practically as large as that of le
gitimate importations, and thbse
who sell duty paid stones can’t com
pete with those houses dealing in
smuggled rocks. However, the re
duction in duty won’t make much
if any, difference in diamond prices.
You will still be obliged to pay sev
eial times what the things are ac
tually worth
WE WONDER HOW THIS’LL.
STRIKE OOOLIDGE
Mr. Calvin Coolidge,
Washington, D. C. i
Dear Mr. President—
According to dispatches of today,
January 3rd, from Managua, my son,
Sergeant Jno. F. Hemphill, was kill
ed in action against General San
dino’s loyal troops. For the death
of my son I hold no malice nor ill
will toward General Sandino nor
any of his men, for I think—and I
believe 90 per cent of our people
will agree with me—that they are
today fighting for their liberty, as
our forefathers fought for our lib
erty in 1776, and that we as a na
tion have no legal nor moral right
to be murdering those liberty-loving
people in a wrar of agdression. What
we are doing is no less than mur
der for the sole purpose of keeping
in power a puppet president and act
ing as collector for Wall Strett,
wrhich is certainly against the spirit
and letter of our Constitution. My
son was 29 years old, served three
years of his third enlistment, sur
vived honorable service through the
World War against Germany, only
to be officially murdered in a dis
graceful war against this little na
tion. My father served through t ie
Civil War, my two grandfathi rs
died in action in the same war, a id
I am proud of their records, sotitis
is not from the pen of a red radical,
but from one who loves justice and
fair play.
I have four sons, and if necessity
arose, I would be willing to sacri
fice not only all four sons, but my
own life as well in a war of defence,
but I am not willing to shed cjne
drop of blood in a war of aggression,
such as this one is. You have lost
a son and you know the sorrow, and
we, as a nation mourned with you
in your hour of grief. Suppose that
son had fallen, as my son has, a vic
tim to the greed of Wall Street,
woud you feel that the financial gain
was worth the cost?
John S. Hemphill.
Ferguson, Missouri.
(Note—Reprinted from LABQR,
Washington, D. C.)
The soldier, Hemphill, was a ser
geant of Marines and died on the
firing line at Manangua, Nicaragua, j
in early January, 1928. I
The “Daylight," a train running
on the Southern Pacific between I
Los Angeles and 'Frisco covers the !
nearly 500 miles in daylight. It Is
the longest non-stop run of any
train in the world. The British
used to claim the longest non-stop
run between London and Glasgow.
400 mile*.
AS TO INDIAN WELFARE
Riverside, California,
January 5th, 1928
I Hon. Dan Sutherland,
! House Office Building,
1 Washington, D. C.
j My dear Mr. Sutherland:
At the Biennial Council Meeting
\ at Grand Rapids last June, the in*
closed resolutions were adopted by
the General Federation of Women’s
Clubs. Perhaps it will be of inter
est to you to know exactly the char
acter of legislation the Federation
is willing to ■support.
Cordially yours,
STELLA M. ATWOOD
The resolutions had to do with
INDIAN CITIZENSHIP, INDIAN
; SURVEY, INDIAN WELFARE and
INDIAN AFFAIRS. Relative to the
Indian Citizenship it was resolved
1
(that the clubs reaffirmed support oi
j such legislative as is designed to
1 give the Indian rights as a citizen
under the Constitution to due pro
I ce3s of law, peaceful assemblage,
i religious liberty and an accounting
of acts of guardians. As to Indian
I Survey it was resolved that Senate
Resolution 341 be indorsed as a
step toward the ultimate solution
i of the Indian problem. (Senate
| Resolution 341 was for a general
; survey of the conditions of the In
i dians of the United States and for
other purposes connected therewith).
As to Indian Welfare: Resolved
jthat the Legislative Committee of
j the General Federation be author
j ized to act in such an emergency,
j (The emergencies referred to are
I “riders” to certain appropriation
J bills which have in view the ruth
j less exploitation of the potential
, wealth of the Indians. The Women’s
! Clubs are against them—the “rid
j ers”—.) As to Indian Affairs: Re
i lative to the policy of the Secretary
J of the Interior to place responsibili
j ty for conduct of Indian Affairs on
• the States wherein the Indians re
} side, thusly lessening Bureau con
f trol and turning over to State man
j agement the budget allotments made
j to tribes within the States and bear
i ing particularly on education, health
j and agriculture. It was resolved
! that the Club indorse legislation
j looking toward that end.
Mrs. Atwood is the chairman ol
the Indian Welfare Department ol
the General Federation of Women’s
Clubs. S
• The IT. S. S. Princeton, a gunboat
I of the old Asiatic Squadrun has
‘ been sold in Seattle recently for the
! copper in the hull. She was con
J structed in 1895 in Camden, N. J.
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4*4 PER CENT LIBERTY BONDS !
OF 1928
Holders of 1928, 4*4 per cent
Liberty Bonds, if they so desire may
exchange same for new Treasury
Notes at par bearing 3 V2 per cent !
interest. The Notes will be dated
January 16th, 1928 and mature De
cember 15th, 1932.
Liberty Bonds, 4*4 per cent, 01
192 8 mature September 15th, 1928
and bear no interest after that date.
IF YOU DON’T HIT TOO HARD
Near Dayton, Ohio, is an old army
sergeant who te an expert in fold
ing parachutes. Folding a para
chute so that it will open quickly
and correctly is an art, and the ser
geant is an artist. Young fliers
must take, in training, at least one
parachute jump a year. They go
to the old non-com. and get him to
fold their parachutes for them. As
they go off with the folded silk and
ropes he advises them thusly: “If
this one doesn’t work, come back
and I’ll give you another.’’
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When human elimination is de
ficient the body is like a boiler with
out a safety-valve. The ferment of
the waste products over-long retain
ed results in inumerable ills, some of
very grave character.
Elimination fails because there is
spinal pressure on the motor nerves
serving the intestine. To correct
this cause, Chiropractic spinal ad
justments will be found most effi
cient in bringing a return of normal
health.
Minister Regains Health
“Two years ago this fall I found
myself with stomach and intestines
very much disordered; my head
paining me almost incessantly; my
eyes giving me much trouble and in
a run-down condition generally. I
took Chiropractic adjustments for
about three months, at the expration
of which time I felt like a new man.
Since then it is a delight to live,
things are bright and happy and I
am doing the best work of my life.”
—Rev. W. N. P. Bacon, Chiropractic
Research Bureau, Statement No.
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ALASKA
WE GIVE PROMPT ATTENTION
TO MAIL ORDERS
ON JOB PRINTING
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SHOE STOREf
Dealer in
C omplete line of Silk Hosiery
Best grade of Shoes for men,
women and children.
£ Best (Quality Goods
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at very low price
Shoe repairing neatly done
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The ever growing Circulation of
The ALASKAN among buyers Is an
Inducement to Merchants to Adver
tise in The ALASKAN.
JsiSszLci'Jtti
Buy at Star Bakery and Save Money
fresh Doughnuts, Cup Cakes, Cookie
and Cinnamon Rolls
Always on Hand Fresh
STAR BAKERY
AMERICA FIRST arrives In Pe
tersburg Friday morning, leaving
for Juneau via Kake and way porta
about noon.
HAHOW TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY
JACQBITZ TAXI
DAY & NIGHT SERVICE
Stand at Arctic Hotel
Phone 35
When in Town Stop at Q
ARCTIC HOTEL
First Class Rooms
Reasonable Rates
CARL ROGER, Pro.
oowo'^xeM
Home Service Mending
of Laundered Goods
We give full value for your
money.
H. OYAMA, PRO.
Sanitary Market
A Roast you’ll like
: The Very Choicest Beef
Mutton arid Pork
: Vegetable in Season
SITKA HOT SPRING
HEALTH RESORT
Rate $3.00 per
day and up
Dr. Goddard, Pro.
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