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L OUIS F. PAUL,
C. O. PARKS,
- EDITOR
BUSINESS MANAGER
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GRASPING FOR LAND
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Auk Village, the townsite o.
the Auk tribe of Thlingets, is sit
uate about twelve miles north
of Juneau on the main highway
to Eagle River. This road is al
most 30 miles in length and on
the uplands are hundreds o:
acres of land open to settlement,
on the water side of the road ar-:
many coves and beaches.
Some few Juneauites, however,
have greedily eyed the old Auk
Village site for a long time and
have cudjeled their brains as t.,
how they would get possession
Now for several years, no In
di.in has lived in the old village—
but they have always maintain
ed their gardens there and dur
ing the run of salmon, camped
there and put up winter’s food.
These generous cheechacoos
who call themselves Alaskans,
told of their heart’s desire to th<u
nice, kindly agents of the For
est Department and these pliil
anthropic gentlemen, with on
ly the idea of building up the
Territory, had this small tract
set aside for park purposes. CL
course, in defense of these gentle
men, it must be admitted that
the beach was a nice place anc.
the grounds nicely cleared off.
The gentlemen who misrule
Alaska, forthwith set aside thes-'
few acres of land and ruled tha:
the Indian claimants must ge.
off, iind themselves a new gar
den spot and start all over again
Recently Judge Harding is
sued an injunction forbidding
the Indian owners from tres
passing on their own property.
Of course, the Judge had no
other recourse when the Forest
Czars set up their defense and
the Indians had only their
vague idea of their rights and
no one to present their defense.
Now, there is an Act of Con
gress entitled, “An Act providing
a Civil Government for Alaska.”
23 Stat. L. 24, Sec. 8, wherein
Congress provided:
“That the Indians or othei
persons in said district SHALI
NOT BE DISTURBED in the pos
session of any lands actually ir
their use or occupation or nov
claimed by them, but the term
Uliucrr WHICH aucu pci anna maj
acquire title to such lands IS
RESERVED to Congress.”
Under this Act these Auk peo
people were using and occupymc
this village site and their reht
t; » reto were reserved by ma Aci
■Tbeve mentioned.
In the case of Young vs G '1'
no o (DC; 97 Fed. 301 and ir
:.‘ip ease of Sutter v Hecicman, ]
Alaska Law Report, 188, th:
Courts held that “The Act o
Congress of May 17, 1884, pro
viding a civil government foi
Alaska, also provides that ‘tin
Indians or other persons in saic
district shall not be disturbec
in their possession of any land;
in their use or occupation or nov
claimed by them, but the term;
under which such persons ma]
acquire title to such lands an
reserved for future legislatior
by Congress.’ By this provisior
all persons in the peaceable
possession of lands in Alaska OI'
THE DATE OF SAID ACT, ar:
guaranteed the right to ulti
mately acquire a perfect title tr
such lands through such legisla
tion as Congress may enact foi
that purpose.
Auk Village never was a pari
of the Tongass National Foresi
or any other Forest service re
servation, by reason of the clause
in the Proclamation of the Presi
dent creating the Tongass For
est, which clause reads as fol
lows:
“That this proclamation shall
rot be construed as to deprive
any person of any valid righl
possessed under the treaty foi
the cession of the Russian pos
sessions in North America to the
United States, concluded al
Washington on the thirtieth day
4>f March, 1867, or acquired un
der any Act of Congress relat
ing to the Territory of Alaska.”
Under this clause the Courts
cl Alaska and the Forest Service
agents may not interfere wit:*
the rights of the Auk Indians,
or any other Indians in then
claims to use and occupy ola
village lands and gardens, unti
such time as “future legislation
by Congress” is enacted to com
plete their titles to their land;'
so in their use and occupation
on the dates of the Acts of Con
gress aforementioned. No such
“future legislation by Congress’
‘■'as yet been enacted, and neith
•;v the Forest Service nor any
r,tner official has any power or
right to dispose of these lands
by lease or otherwise until such
“future legislation by Congress
has been enacted.
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CONSERVATION OF SALMON
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..“I am confident, that. Com
missioner Henry O Malley of the
United States Bureou of Fisher
ies, has solved your salmon con
servation problem and is rapidl.v
restoring the runs to norma*
size,” thus spake Senator Wal
lace H. White, author of tile
White Fisheries Law which gov
erns in Alaska.
Truly a wonderful observation
vVe mind when Senator Whitt
investigated the fisheries prob
lorn in Petersburg just recently.
He got off of O’Malley’s yacht
walked up to Wheeler Drug Stor*.
and borrowed a match, walkea
over to the cable station and in
sisted that a message be sem1
over the wires for him after th ;
regular sending hour at night , j
walked down to Oscar Nichol
son’s house (Oscar being super
intendent of the P. A. F. can
nery), back to the boat and on
to Juneau.
He found what he wanted to
find—complete satisfaction from
those who benefit by the dis
criminations under and the vio
lations of the White Fisheries
law. If Senator White talked
, with a single fishermen, cogni
zant with conditions in Alaska,
i we will be pleased to give him
■ all the credit for conducting a
> fair investigation.
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TRAP SYSTEM WRONG
It is being reported in Wran
; gell that when Commissioner
O’Malley was there, he said, * i
. have come to the conclusion that
I have made a mistake in my
trap policy. The runs and es
i capement to Anan Creek show?
conclusively the destructive pol
' icy of the traps. I intend gradu
: ally to .eliminate these traps.”
Take it or leave it for what it
‘ is worth. To us it does not mean
i anything for we have seen too
1 many officials talk for home con -
l sumption or political effect.
: But, if O’Malley really is be
r ginning to see the light, all glory
i to him—if he can work out his
’ convictions. Mr. Ball, forme r
: Commissioner of Fisheries also
i came to the conclusion that the
. trap system was destructive and
when he became too kindly to
: the fishermen, was transferred
: to other fields.
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i CROOKED POLITICS LETS THf
GANGS LIVE
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Governor Gifford Pinchot o
Pennsylvania recently stated ii
the New York American tha
“Racketeering is needless. Ws
have it only because we do no
fight it as we could and should.
Public sentiment could stoj
racketeering if it would. It
would stop it except for the
backing the racketeers get from
politicians in high places. Rack
eteering is a cancer on the body
politic, and corrupt politicians
are the heart of it. We shall
clean up the rackets when we
clean out the political racket
eers, and not before. The Hearst
papers are doing a great service
through their educational cam
paign to arouse the people.”
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POVERTY AND SOCIAL
STANDARDS
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There were reported in New
York City alone, more than 100, -
000 unemployed women and
their condition reported as bein
“pathetic.”
“The combination of long-con
t'nued unemployment and wage
cutting when work is finally se
cured have forced many thou
sands of girls to lower and lower
standards of living,” was the re
cent report of the Welfare Coun
cil of New York.
“Many girls try to save rent
and to seek rooms in poorer
neighborhoods, often with dis
distressing results. Many of
them are without funds, rela
tives or bank accounts.”
According to this Council, at
least $25 a week is needed to
maintain a girl in “decency” and
thousands who are working are
getting less. And thousands of
ethers, unable to even get work,
find the solution to their prob
lem by sale of themselves on
“the lines.”
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WAGES AND PROSPERITY
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The only economic answer to
mass production is a mass con
umption.
“Lower prices and higher wag
?s will give to mass production
he necessary mass consumption
o make it necessary to make it a
jermanent process.
“Wages and salaries are the
only economic means the great
mass of the people have for se
curing control, or acquiring pas
session of commodities.”
This statement is made by Dl
l'1. J. Warne in the August issue
cf the Review of Reviews, under
he caption of “A Plea for Eco
-omic Intelligence.”
Does this stateemnt contradict,
the assertion of this publication
which declares that the more
fishermen employed and the
more they eam, the better the
financial condition of even
business in the Territory.
In Alaska, 3,000 seiners and
net men fish salmon for a living
An average of five dependents
makes a total of 15,000 depend
ent on the fisheries for food and
clothing supplies, education and
medical aid, etc.
Canada with half the produc
tion of salmon, employes 9,00.
fishermen or a total of 45,000 de
pendent ufkon the fisheries foi
living expenses.
The fishermen who earns not):
ing can spend nothing. But j
fishing population of 10,000 mer
in Southeastern Alaska alon:
would mean an eating popula
tion of 50,000. Fifty thousanc
in Southeastern Alaska wou!'
mean much to every busines:
that is in operation.
But listen further: “The in
dustrialist and political states
men must know and act upot
the facts of the economics o:
consumption,” Dr. Warne con
tinues.
The economics of consump
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Seattle Fur Exchange
tion require a high standard of
living with high wages and de
creased hours of labor.
“With an overabundance of
virtually all commodities ne
cessary to supply the material
needs of organized society, we
find ourselves confronted by in
1 dustry on part time and conse
quent unemployment to an ex
tent unprecedented in recent
jears.
“And these unemployed are
greatly in need of the very com
modities of which there is such
a great oversupply. Production
and consumption of goods are
quite evidently out of adjust
ment.
“Somewhere there has been
a breakdown in the application
of man’s intelligence to eco
nomic phenomena. This would
seem to have been unnecessary
in view of the tremendous
strides that have been taken ini
the mechanics of statistics.
“Have our political and indus-j
trial statesmen made sufficient1
?nd proper use of this accumu
lated store of knowledge of eco
nomic laws? Rather, have not
both conspicuously misused
such knowledge for partizan.i
political or economic self-inter
Bst purposes?”
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TO BE EXPECTED
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The Wickersham Committee
lecently mentioned the infamous
railroading of Tom Mooney but
made no recommendations. Re
cently it declined to express an
opinion regarding this case It;
declared that it had no right or
authority to review the case, and
that it could not do so because
it is now before the governor of
California on a petition for par
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