ininent. Our government ex
f ended enormous sums in a mis
guided attempt, to estimate how
many years the available supply
cf coal would last. On account
of the supposed shortage, a sys
tem of “conservation” was work
ed out (by Pennsylvania’s coal
barons) whereby Alaska’s un
limited supply of coal would be
“conserved for future genera
tions.” The elTeet was to elim
inate Alaska as a competitor in
the world market, and a demand
for Pennsylvania’s product was
assured at prices which made
millionaires of the operators.
Then an unforseen contin
gency intervened. The world
turned to petroleum as an addi
tional source of power. Oil burn
ers now generate the steam for
millions of kilowatts of electric
energy while millions of tons 01
the world’s coal supply todar
begs for a market and thousands
of coal miners are unemployed
Loth in America and Europe. Oil
1 urners have supplanted coal
burners even in homes. From
present indications those future
generations will spurn the coal
which we have denied oursevles
to save.
And as soon as the trend tc
the use of petroleum became ap
parent, a few alarmists began tc
estimate the supply of petrole
um. The supply was inadequate,
they claimed. People’s nerves
were overprimed and somewhat
iumpy. Producing companies
jeuickly saw potential profits
[and another great “conserva
tion” scheme was worked out in
I the name of those poor benight
ed “future generations” which
enabled them to materially in
crease the current prices of pe
troleum products and large areas
of land were tied up in “Naval
Oil Reserves” and the develop
ment of Alaska’s oil was quite
effectively forestalled.
And that impending day of
doom when there should be no
more gasoline—what of it? In
spite of greater gas consumption
than ever before, our govern
ment is today encouraging petro
leum companies to combine to
prevent “over production.” Why?
First, the discovery of distil
late, a means of getting more
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every Friday at 4 p.m.
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gallons of usable fuel out of the
crude, enormously increased the
effective supply of fuel gas. The
new type of combustion engines
which utilize the cheaper heavy
cils are gradually but steadily
supplanting th» gas engine. The
economical distillation of usable
gas from coal, from refuse and
even from sewage, is an accomp
lished fact.
It appears that the Creator
nas abundantly pro\ ic ;d for
man’s needs for power. The ways
and means are here for us just
to the extent that we are clever
enough to catch on, and neces
sity may mother many inven
tions yet.
In the light of these observa
tions, the real reason back of the
jdea of “conservation” of Alas
ka’s coal and petroleum becomes
apparent. Shrewd operators are
clever enough to use the alarm
ists and altruists as pawns and
buffers to forestall economic
competition. And there are men
in our legislatures, in Con
gress, yea, even editors, who
have been scared and deluded
into believing that their solemn
I duty to the generations unborn,
can best be served by denying
the present generation the right
ful use of the Almighty’s bounty
jand HOARDING PERISHABLES!
While others supply the world’s
demands, Alaska’s resources are
sewed up and held for delivery
intact—TO WHOM? To a gener
ation which with the benefit of
tomorrow’s science will provide
itself with better things and
spurn that which we have denied
ourselves to save? Oh, no,—to
be delivered intact to that ele
ment which now looks upon us
as pawns in their game, to be ex
ploitcd by them in their own
good time as our fisheries have
been. Meanwhile freeborn Alas
ka citizens, dumbest of all crea
tures, stand and wait in the
I midst of plenty with open
mouths, empty heads, empty
pockets, empty stomachs, hold
ing an empty sack.
HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT?
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United States Commissioner of
Fisheries is going to recommend
to the Secretary of Commerce
that the Bristol Bay salmon
areas be " closed to commercial
fishing until 1935. And Mr. Hen
ry O’Malley’s recommendations
have in the past become regula
tions in fact.
-x
FOR OR AGAINST?
-x
The salmon packing combine
heretofore has opposed home
rule of Alaska’s fisheries. They
ask for home rule, for home con
sumption, and then lobby against
any legislation which would pro
vide such a rule. Now that Mr.
O’Malley has stepped on their
pet corn it remains to be seen
whether they will continue to
give him their undivided support
or whether they will go after his
political neck.
“He Can’t do It ’
Said a prominent canner: ‘Mr.
C’Malley will never close Bristol
Bay. The Packers won’t let him.”
So? Are the packers bigger than
the government and is it a fact
that Henry is their little pawn
with a price, willing to sell out
his honor and integrity for a bit
of Uncle Sam’s legal tender? We
will see.
WE ARE RIGHT
-x
Right along for the past ten
years we have warned the legis
lature and Congress that deple
tion of Alaska’s fisheries was
but a matter of time. The Bu
reau of Fisheries pointed to big
ger packs each year in refutation
of the charge.
. .On the 7th of July, Mr. O’Mal
ley said that conditions in the
Bristol Bay section pointed to a
good pack. On the 10th of July
he said that the Bristol Bay can
ners would put up their packs;
on the 12th of July the close sea
son was lengthened to 120 hours
a week; on the 17th of July he
closed that area for the balance
of the year; on the 31st of July
he says he will recommend the
closure of that district until
1935. --J-. Sa. --
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1 If our allegations anent deple
tion are not true then there is
(no danger of depletion. The?|
why all this fuss about the Bris
tol Bay section?
-x
THE WRANGELL RUN
Wrangell during the past week
reports no salmon in that dis
trict. No there is no depletion.
“There are as many salmon as
ever,” says a pro-bureauite. Then
what has become of the June
and July runs of salmon in that
district?
-x
THE PRESENT RUN
The present run of salmon is
said to be the greatest in the
history of salmon fisheries in the
First Division. A pretty broad
statement to make in view of the
fact that those making that
statement have hardly seen a de
cent run of salmon in over ten
years.
-x
INDIAN RESERVES
X
The withdrawal of 625 square
miles of land in the Lake Tetlin
district on the Upper Tanana
River section, for vocational
training purposes for Indian re
sidents has aroused opposition in
some quarters of Alaska. The
reservation is a plan to relieve
conditions among the Indians of
the district. It will be used for
the farming of mink and foxes.
The Alaska Native Brother
hood has opposed the reservation
idea in Alaska. It has asked for
equal distribution of the rights,
privileges and obligations of ci
tizenship—without any special
favor. They have asked for an
opportunity to earn a decent liv
ing.
•The opportunity for the In
dian to make a decent living
Iwing has been dnied him. He
must either receive benefit of
such a reservation as above
named or become a charge of
the government with a ration
system to insure at least suffi
cient food and clothing.
The establishment of this re
servation is a precedent—good or
bad is beside the question. It can
be repeated in other sections—
and it may be asked for. The
next few years will decide that
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MAKING FARMERS
From The Seattle Star
During the years 1915 to 1916,
the government urged farmers to
settle in Matanuska Valley to
raise potatoes to be shipped over
the Alaska Railroad.
More than 400 went and grew
potatoes.
In the fall when the crop was
ready to be sent to the States
the Anchorage terminus of the
railroad was closed by silt and
ice. It was impossible for the
farmers to get their potatoes to
market, and they found them
selves with a surplus of 2300
tons.
The key to Alaska’s growth in
population is the fisheries. A
contented fishermen becomes a
permanent resident and his bank
account and home described to
friends and relatives bring new
comers to Alaska. The overflow
from the Ashing centers natural
ly gravitate to other centers of
mining, milling, logging, farming
and various mercantile and oth
er businesses. The growth could
be phenomenous—but it will not
with bureacratic pinheads doing
their utmost to discriminate in
favor of the $ $ $ $ and making
it impossible for the resident to
make a decent living whereby he
might become satisfied to call
Alaska “my own, my native
land.” That will solve the rail
road deficit in a large measure;
that will solve the deficits in the
accounts ©f local business.
-x
INDIAN HEIRESS AGAIN IN
SPOTLIGHT
-x
Maud Lee Mudd, Quapaw-Sen
eca Indian girl whose wealth is
said to be $3,000,000 is again be
for the Oklahoma courts with
her marital affairs.
She was in the limelight oi
publicity last year, when a Sen
ate Investigating committe was
scrutinizing her marital affairs.
Earl E. Gordon, Tulsa automo
bile salesman, was married to her
In 1925 and the marriage declar
ed annulled only to be declared
legal. Later he sued her for di
vorce alleging abandonment.
While on her honeymoon with
Gordon, June 1925, she disap
peared and was the object of na
tion-wide search for months. She
vas later reported to be living
in Kansas.
In 1926 she appeared at Flor
ence, Ariz., where a court annul
ed her marriage to Gordon,
ihe alleged that the marriage
had been a pretense to escape
custody of her guardian.
Her whereabouts again became
a mystery until she appeared at
Vinta, Okla., in 1927 and tele
phoned her banker to buy her a
new car and disappeared again
after he had complied with her
request.
Gordon fought the annulment
and it was set aside in 1929. It
was then revealed Maude Lee
had married Joseph Wilson im
mediately after the court had
annulled her first marriage.
Her wealth accumulated from
oil, zinc and lead royalties on
the production of Oklahoma
lands she inherited from her
father. The divorce petition
said the whereabouts of the rich
Indian maid was unknown. |
HIE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING
gion for the benefit of its build
ing fund and the play is being
given under its auspices.
There is an old saying to the
tffect that a good laugh is much
better for the health than bad
medicine. If this saying is true,
good health is sure to prevail in
Petersburg for a long time as all
who attend “The Whole Town’s
Talking” are sure to get a great
many laughs. The lines of the
comedy are very witty and the
situations are so clever that the
members of the cast never tire of
rehersals and this enthusiasm
is sure to “put it over” as they
say in Hollywood. Mr. Dodge ex
presses himself as being very for
tunate in securing the services of
so many talented Petersburg
players. Their earnestness, tal
ent and ability make an interest
ing and artistic performance of
the celebrated comedy assured.
The Legion entertainment com
mittee promises more than mon
ey’s worth in amusement value
for all who attend this laughing
show. “The Whole Town’s Talk
ing” will be on for two nights,
the dates and theatre at which
it will be played will be an
nounced in our next issue.
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AT AN EARLY DATE
Excellent Cast of Petersburg Actors
Direction Sanford Dodge
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