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SANCTITY OP THE BALLOT
Looking over an exchange we
note that M. Josephson, Sea Coast
Packing Co., at Craig, R. E. Doug
las, superintendent of Sunny Point
Packing Co., E. Bushman, manager
of the Nakat Packing Co., W. T.
Hale, manager of the North Pacific
Trading and Packing Co., Craig
Miller, supt. of the Nakat Packing
Co. cannery at Heceta, all left for
the south “this morning.”
The date of leaving being imme
mediately following election. The
The Organic Act requires That to
qualify as an elector, one must have
teen a citizen of the United States,
a resident of the Territory for one
year preceeding the general election,
a resident of the Division for six
months, and resident of the precinct
thirty days prior to said election.
The preservers of the “sancity of
the ballot box” will have the chance
to show their good citizenship by
demanding an investigation of some
of these votes cast by our summer
population.
* * * * *
MISREPRESENTING SPEECHES
When Judge Wickersham spoke
in the recent campaign at Ketchi
kan, the representative of the Asso
ciated Press sent a dispatch to all
the press of Alaska declaring that
Judge Wickersham and Delegate
Sutherland had declared for the
candidacy of Wiliam L. Paul for
next delegate*. We inquired into
the matter and were told that
neither Wickersham had mentioned
any support, nor did Sutherland ev
en mention his name in this con
nection.
Judge Wickersham did say that
If the Juneau Empire and the
Ketchikan Chronicle did not stop
their unfair attacks against William
Paul they would be electing him as
the next delegate to Congress.
Rather a vivid imagination of the
mind and a long stretch from the
truth. We oft times wonder what
some men think of the newspaper
profession when they deliberately
misrepresent and prevaricate as in
this instance. To us it would indi
cate a perverted mind and further
a discredit to the profession.
The proponents of "Racial Integ
rity” in Virginia, who have been
harassing the Indian remnants, re
ceived a set-back when an amend
ment to the 1924 Act was indefin
itely postponed by the State Senate.
The measure caused more debate
than any other subject considered
by the General Assembly, and in
cidently has helped the Indian cause.
An intelligent observer writes us
from Richmond, Virginia .
"Most of our people resent the ad
vertising given Virginia, and espe
cially the unwarranted attack made
on our Indians. They constitute as
a whole a desirable part of our citi
zenship, having no criminals ar
paupers—something that cannot be
said of either our white or negro
population.—The Indian Truth.
(Jawn Walker Troy is from Vir
ginia. We all understand the rest.)
“AMAZING” SALMON INCREASE
As against the report of O’Malley
we would take the field experience
of the fishermen of Alaska. That as
against the fine reports of Secretary
Hoover we have the reports of poor
runs and small earnings from the
fishermen. Again we reiterate, the
the treurn cycle will show that in
spite of the “amazing increase” it
is only amazing that the Bureau of
Fisheries, O’Malley the political
puppet of the Fish Trust can present
such a report.
The increase it is to be noted is
‘ Ip the face of further restrictions”
admitted by Messers O’Malley and
Hoover. They di not state that the
restrictions are now borne wholly
by resident fishermen. They do not
State that practically all bays are
closed to seine operation but that
gigantic fish traps are permitted to
operate at the entrance of said
bays. They do not tell of the eli
mination of “dummy” traps where
by the Fish Barons are divorced
from competition menacing the effi
cency of their instruments of deple
tion. They do not tell that the
“amazing increase” this year ids at
the cost of seed fish that did not
reach parent stream. They harp
on the “progeny of the breeding
pink or humpback salmon that es
caped in 1924.”
It will be reemmbered that the
escapement of that year was a late
escapement and to breed late fish is
to develop a late run of fish. That
the late run this year was a com
plete fizzle. That the pack put up
was practically a trap caught pack.
That the fish weer caught before
the* got to parent streams and that
only “amazing” thing about the
purported increase is the collossal
ignorance or criminal indifference
of men supposed to have the care
an dprotection of this resource of
Alaska.
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“No man ever stood so straight
as when he bent over to lift up a
little child.” —James J. Davis.
A SOLUTION OP THE
INDIAN PROBLEM
Much has been said during the
past campaign about the appropria
tions for the care and medical at
tention and schooling of the In
dians of Alaska. The fever of elec
tion period is over and the citizens
can now look upon the problem and
aid in the solution to the better
ment of the whole Territory. For
this reason we publish in part the
report of the Department of the In
terior relative to its work among
the Indians of the States during the
past three years.
“Assumption by the States of re
sponsibility for the education,
health, and social welfare of the In
dians living within their bound
aries is advocated . Final solution
of the Indian problem it is stated,
will not be accomplished until the
States assume this responsibility.
Administration of the Federal
guardianship over the Indians, the
announcement states, has been be
set with difficulties, largely due to
their isolation upon reservationn. In
an effort to overcome this obstacle,
the policy has been adopted by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs of allot
ing or dividing the lands of the re
servations among the individual In
dians, giving each Indian a farm of
his own. Schools have also been es
tablished, the curricula of which has
included industrial and agricultural
education.
Three years ago a committee of
one hundred American citizens, in
cluding leaders of the Indian race,
publicists, Indian advocates and
friends, was appointed by the Se
cretary of the Interior to act as ad
visory council in studying the situ
ation of the Indian race. This com
pjittee, the announcement reads,
has given concrete recommenda
tions dealing with the early termi
nation of Governmental control over
the Indians, their education, admis
sion to public schools, and other
matters, some of which have been
put into effect. The announcement
of the Department of the Interior
characterizes the work of this coun
cil as a landmark in the history of
the Government’s effort to handle
the Indian question.
“Boards of Health, departments
of education, agriculture, boards of
charity and welfare in the States
could take over the supervision of
the Indians within their borders at
little expense* *The Indian problem
will have to be assumed by the
States eventually. The next epoch
of the red man’s history will bring
cooperative rather than initiative
participation by thenational govern
ment.
“Administration of the Federal
guardianship has been beset with
diiliculties.** The restricted life of
the reservation proved an obstacle
to permanent advancement because
it encouraged retrogression to the
tribal state after the Indian student
returned to his own people.
To get the Indian from the wig
wam to the permanent home, to
preserve his health, to educate him
and make him self-supporting, so
tnat he can take his rightful place
in the American citizenry is the be
ginning and the end of the Govern
ment’s policy to save the red man.
PORTLAND SCHOOLS PERMIT
BIBLE STUDY
The Bureau of Education recently
announced that arrangements have
been made whereby pupils in public
schools of Oregon are given system
atic Bible instruction in school
hurs.
Students of Portland, Oregon who
wish to take a course in Bible study
are excused upon written consent of
parent or guardian to attend class
es outside the school building. The
Slate Department of Education has
outlined a course of study which is
entirely nonsectarian, and prepares
the examinations.
Manuscripts are graded under the
direction of the State Department.
Students receiving a grade of 70
per cent are recommended for one
credit in the Old Testament and one
credit in the New. Each Testament
requires two semesters’ work.
SCHOOL OF MINES
While the University of Washing
ton was opening its sixty-fifth year
v-ith more students than it can pro
properly accommodate, the Alaska
Agricultural College and School of
Mines opened its 5 th year with mo
dest attendance. Classes ara
numbered in groups of five or ten
rather than in groups of hundreds.
It offers education on the retail plan
rather than the wholesale. The fa
culty of the Alaska College is care
fully selected. The institution has
not the stately buldings and well
groomed campus, for its very youth
has demanded that all its money be
spent for housing and new equip
ment. Ths equipment compares fa
vorably with that available to stu
dents in the larger Universities and
the individual student has far more
equipment at his command than he
would find in a larger University.
At the Alaska College each stu
dent is required to participate in
student activities. Many of our pro
minent national leaders are the pro
duct of small Colleges where their
latent talents for leadership were
awakened b the stimuli of necessity.
This year students from Ketchi
kan, Juneau, Valdez, Cordova, Se
ward and Anchorage are attending
the Alaska College. Within the
next two years fully half the gradu
ates of Alaskan High Schools will
turn from the congested colleges of
the “States” to take advantage of
the unusual opportunities offered by
our Alaskan College—a healthy vig
orous young institution which is
winning recognition for the high
type of collegiate work it is offer
ing.
These are thoughts which merit I
the attention of parents and of
the young men and women of Alas
ka, when the time comes for choos
ing a college.
HUNTING MINERAL BY PLANE
William L. Kilcoin, Assistant
Trade Commissioner at Johannes
burg, Africa announced recently the
pians for an areial survey of about
22,000 square miles in Rhodesia
for the purpose of making a geo
logical and photographic study of
that in region in South Africa. The
suivey will be undertaken by a large
group of mining men and is some
thing entirely new in minerals pros-1
pecting .
GOING TO THE DOGS
Recent . election returns from
Buffalo county, S. D., show that a
full county ticket of Indian candi
dates was elected. The Associated
I ress dispatch declares this to be
the first instance of its kind in the
history of the United States. (Page
the Empire.)
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General Practice Specialist: Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat
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You will be Surprised to see what the pood NEW H TFMAN
PRESS at THE MEN’S SHOP can do for your suit or overcoat
A COMPLETE STOCK
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
in Alaska, Prices from $25.00 and up
THE MEN’S SHOP
A. B. HOLT, Prop,
ANSCO
Cameras and Films
at
STEDMAN’S GIFT SHOP
William Stedman, Pro.
PEHRSBlikQ MEAT CO.
The place where the thrifty buyer gets the most values.
We a:\j headquarters for the Best of Everything in the
Meat line
The Choicest Cuts of Beef,
Veal, Mutton or Pork
Our Motto Is “SERVICE" Our Stock Is Always Fresh
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Thoughts"
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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
Mountain Stew. As
the n a m e 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,
“Bacon is a perfect food. For
babies over a year old it beats all
others as a body-builder.”
That's for health—for flavor, the
taste will tell every member of
the family that Frye's “Delicious”
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Petersburg Meat Company Agent,
Buy at Star Bakery and Save Money
Fresh Doughnut.*-, Cup Cakes, < ookies
and Cinnamon Rolls
Always on Hand Fresh
STAR BAKERY
CHINCHILLA RABBITS
Buck and two Does $25,00
WIlLARIi FOX & FUR FARM
Port Beauclerc Alaska
SITKA HOT SPRING
HEALTH RESORT
Rale $3.00 per
day and up
Dr. Goddard, Pro.
ALASKA CAFE
George K.im, Proprietor
Meals at all Hours
| Good Services, Fair Prices
We Solicit Your Trade
When in Town Stop at
ARCTIC HOTEL
First Class Rooms
Reasonable Rates
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lil The Very Choicest Beef i:
Mutton and Pork
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EYESIGHT SPECIALIST
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
Home Service Mending
of Laundered Goods
We give full value for your
money.
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Sash, Doors
& Millwork
direct from the
manufacturer
at money-sat
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