truth much more absurd than
i-' sounds. The hooked sho-salm
on escapes, occasionally, and
completes her matronly migra
tion to the spawning bed. Her
knowledge of lures so the
strange theory runs, and her
dread of them is in some mys
tic, mysterious manner com
municated to the eggs she de
posits, and thus the infant fishes
when they in turn go down to
the sea, and grow to be mature
salmon, shun first and last the
perilous metal contrivances that
trollers drag to and fro in the
ocean.
We say it sounds ab >urd. and ■
of course it is. It isn’t biology by
a million miles or as many fath
oms, but it is more or less
characteristic of unschooled
opinion. And it proves, if any-'
thing, that Our Ashes. Whether
viewed from the commercial or
the sporting standpoint, should
always be entrusted as to legis
lative enactment to the hands
of their friends, rather than to
the hands of those who perceive
only the profit that may be in
them. It is inadvisable to base
fish and game legislation on
fairy tales.—Portland Oregonian.
The above is reprinted from
ibe Sunday Oregonian and in
dicates the kind of minds which
attempt to legislate on the fish
(ries industry. And it is the
controling factor in fisheries
legislation, for those who do
know anything about their fish
eries are rarely if ever heard
and their interests and needs
given no consideration.
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ROOSEVELT ON DEMOCRACY
Governor Franklin D. Roose
velt of New York in his recent
inauguration warned against
centralization of government
and urged reform in local rule
which he characterized as “ar
chaic in design.”
He deplored the “dangerous
tendency to forget fundamental
of American democracy which
lests on the right of a locality
to manage its own affairs—the
tendency to encourage concen
tration of power at the top of
a governmental structure alien
to our system and more closely
akin to a dictatorship or the
central committee of a com
munistic regime."
WHEN THE LAW IS ANARCHIC
(Editorial from the Washington,
D. C. “News”)
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Wisely the Wickersham Com
mission on Law Observance and
Enforcement is looking to “the
inside of the cup to discover to
what extent the law is being
fouled by the very courts them
selves.
W idespread and scandalous
is the lawlessness of the law that
:he Kenyon subcommittee has
set about to investigate, but it is
the opinion of this paper that
nowhere will the Kenyon proo
ers uncover such legal anarchy
as in the California cases of
Thomas J. Mooney and Warren
K. Billings.
Some Established Facts
We know, for instance, that
the five defendants in the bomb
ing cases were arrested on July
2G and held incommunicado un
til August 7, that they were de
nied benefit of counsel, that
Mooney complained of his ille
gal treatment before the grand
jury.
We know that witnesses were
t. oached, that they were given j
iree board and lodgings fori
months, that they were promised j
rewards and favors.
We know that Mrs. Edeau,
one of the “witnesses” was
promised aid in the release of
her convict husband for testi
mony that was so false that she
was not called again as a wit
ness!
We know that the five chief
witnesses to convict both Moo
ney and Billings were either con-,
fessed or proved perjurers, and»
that in the case of the Edeaus it
was known by the prosecution
that they were lying at the time
they testified.
We know that innocent epsom
salts was called an ingredient of
explosives by a state “expert
witness” on the stand, that the
material evidence of the alibi
pictures of the Mooneys on the
Eiler Building roof was possess
ed but suppressed by the Fick
ert prosecution, that the court
and prosecution saved from jail
the perjurer Oxmar in his per
jury trial by closing his mouth
when he wras asked if he actual-;
ly was in San Francisco at the|
time he swore he saw Mooney
and Billings plant the bomb.
We know that Judge Franklin
Griffin, whom the people of San
Francisco have honored by five
re-elections, has cried out a
painst the Mooney case that was
tried in his court: “It was one of
the dirtiest jobs ever put over.”
We have from the very lips of j
Prosecutors Brennan and Cunha
the cynical admission that theyj
tried Mconey and Billings not1
on direct evidence but on their
reputations!
Conspiracy Is Charged
And we have it from Woodrow
Wilson’s Densmore Report that
District Attorney Fickert’s office
was in a conspiracy to convict
the innocent and free the guilty.
Here, indeed stands American
justice stripped of all pretense
cf law, as savage and anarchic
as the mob. They in California
“have made a scarecrow of the
law” and yet men and women of
America are asked to honor it.
If the Wickersham Commis
sion fails to include these cases
in its report on legal lawlessness
it will not only by its silence be
come a party to the California
conspiracy, it will make of its
report a sorry farce.
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REDUCE STANDARDS
OF LIVING
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Waddill Catchings, a Wall
| Street banker, and William T.
J Foster, economist, writing in the
February Forum, pertinently
says:.
“One cannot help noticing
that it is never their own stand
ard of living which the bankers
propose to reduce. It is always
the standard of living of the
i rank and file of the wage earn
ers. Or, if any banker does con
template a lower level for his
own family, it is a level far above
the highest level ever reached
by 90 per cent of American fami
lies. Even so, we should have to
agree with these bankers, if the
United States were unable to
produce enough wealth to main
tain consumption at the level of
recent years. But—we repeat—
j the United States is abundantly
able. Not once since the war has
our consumption of wealth even1
approached our capacity to pro
duce wealth. Not once have we
reached the standard of living
which is readily attainable.”
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CHESTERTON HAS
CONDEMNATION
FOR ROTARIANS
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G. K. Chesterton, noted Brit
ish author, condemns Rotarian
ism and “get-together” organi
zations.
“Compliments paid each other
by Rotarians are gross, greasy
and hypocritical,” Chesterton
rsserted. “Human dignity has
been lowered and friendship de
based by such organizations.
The loud calling of Christian
names by luncheon club mem
bers and the wearing of little
labels saying, ‘I’m Tom,’ falls
below the standard of comrade
ship conceived by Jefferson and
Francis of Assisi.”
Atheists, according to Ches
terton, are jeering at these sys
tems of human companionship,
“and they are right.”
“There goes along with the
brotherhood of man,” Chester
ton said, “the Fatherhood of
God. When that is absent there
can only be a lowering and be
littlement of comradeship and
none of that ability to compli
ment one another gracefully
and with dignity.”
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USURPATION OF STATE
POWERS
Frank J. Jeffery, Spokane, Wn.,
attorney recently made a speech
before the Seattle Society of
State Rights when he said: “Our
federal government, through its
assumption of police powers of
the separate states, has taken on
itself a burden our forefathers
did not intend it to carry.” He
pointed out that the national
government has enlarged upon
its originally delegated functions
by the appropriation of govern
mental duties quite worthy but
entirely without its proper
jurisdiction
The day will come when the
free-born American citizen will
break the shackles of bureaucra
cy and bring the government
back to fundamental principles
as outlined in the Declaration
of Independence and the Consti
tution of the United States.
Which will probably mean an
evolution by force.
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SALMON SURPLUS NOT
ANTICIPATED
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Possibility of a surplus in the
record-breaking salmon pack for;
British Columbia in 1930 is scout
ed in statements by Maj. J. A.
Motherwell, supervisor of fish
eries.
Review of the complete export
situation reveals that the esti
mated world pack for 1930 was
300,000 cases below the estimat
ed pack for 1926, a year in which
market absorption of the catch
left nothing to be desired. \
It was in 1926 that the pre
vious record pack for British
Columbia was marked up, a to
tal only 157,000 cases below the
1930 figure.
Extension of markets, parti
cularly in Great Britian and
France, is being systematically
undertaken by the packers and
rrade commissioners to offset
the reported drive of the Jap
anese and Russian packers.:
Major Motherwell also an
nounces that a survey leads to
the belief that the pack for 1931
will not equal last year’s mark,
especially in the catch of pinks.
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Divisional Notes
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JUNEAU
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The Norland, Capt. Sandvik
arrived in port with 20,000
pounds of halibut, the first
catch brought to this port this
year, and the reported prices of
fered was 13 and 9 cents on the
old grading. The fishermen are
not taking kindly to the new
grading rules which were put
out by the buyers and consider
able trouble is expected.
C. J. (Shorty) Graham was
acquitted by a jury after a long
dead-lock, of violation of the
Alaska Bone Dry Law.
Gus Benson was returned to
j Haines by Deputy Marshall Sul
livan, on a charge of larceny in
a dwelling. He was arrested in'
Craig on a warrant from Haines.
Frances Orson, eigth grader in
the public school is among the;
prize winners in the “Our States”
contest sponsored by Current
News. Her contribution involved
an outline of maps and informa
tion about Minnesota and Missi
ssippi.
The local sawmill will resume I
operation at an early date. Mill
wrights are getting ready for an
early opening and the logging
camps in the Kake vicinity are'
buzzing with action.
Lee Pulver, heir to the Emery
Valentine estate, fell down the!
stairs in his shop and was ac- j
cidently killed. Marshall Trues- j
dale found the body of Pulver,
and reported the matter to the
Commissioner.
Foster and Ellis is the name
of the newest law firm to prac
tice law in Juneau. Mr. Foster is
legislative representative from
Cordova while Ellis is a former
district attorney in the Cordova
courts.
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YAKUTAT
By R. P. Reese
In one of the longest meetings
in the history of any town in
Alaska, Yatutat held elections
for officers of the A. N. B. and
A. N. S. and city officials on the
12th of January. The meeting
was called to order at six o’clock
in the evening and it did not
adjourn until 7 o’clock the fol
lowing morning. After much dis
cussion, arguments and debates,
I the following officers of the
Brotherhood were elected: Pres.,!
r. M. Italio; vice president, Dan-!
iel S. Benson; ccr. secretary,
Richard P. Reese; rec. secretary,I
H. K. Bremner; fin. secretary,1
Ned Williams; treasurer, Sam,
George; sgt.-at-arms, George1
Bremner. Luncheon was served:
by the Sisterhood and music fur-'
nished by Peter Dick and his
orchestra immediately following'
this election.
The Sisterhood showed a lot
more pep in their elections and1
placed in office the following for
1931: Pres. Mrs. Susie Abraham;
vice president, Mrs. Emma Ellis;
cor. secretary, Mrs. Helen Brem-'
ner; rec. secretary, Mrs. Sadie
Ophien; fin. secretary, Mrs. Hel
en Rener; treasurer, Mrs. Dora:
Williams; sgt.-at-arms, Mrs.'
Marie Henenger.
Immediately following thisj
election the whole town entered]
into election of city officials
and council and the following
will serve during 1931: Mayor,'
Daniel S. Benson; Judge, H. K.
Bremner; clerk, T. M. Italio;
Council, Sheldon James, Peter
Frank, Sam George, Willie Ben
son, Jimmie Jackson, William
Jackson. For chief of police, Geo.!
Johnson and his deputies, Geo.
Bremner and Nick Milton.
Never in the history of Yaku-j
tat has there been such debates,
discussions and enthusiasm as|
was shown in this meeting and it
will go down as a record maker
for all time.
Capt. Billy Gray gave a free
show at his “Pass Time” Theatre
to the children of the school on
the 24th of January. It was a
happy crowd that enjoyed- this
generous treat.
Peter Dick has organized a
new orchestra and has named
it the “Sisterhood Orchestra”
and it consists of four saxo
phones, three violins, one clarin
et, piano, trap drums and one
trombone. This will be the offi
cial orchestra for the conven
tion to be held here next No
vember.
A good lively game of basket
ball was played between the
.Sisterhood’s “Sweet Sixteen” and
the Brotherhood’s “Old 49’s.”
The sweet sixteens won the hard
fought game by a score of 8 to 6.
The spectators went home with
a head ache from so much
laughing.
Repairs, improvements and an
addition of twenty feet is being
made to the A. N. B. Hall. The
Sisterhood is busy cooking and
serving meals to the workmen
and giving them the pep and en
thusiasm to finish their job at
an early date and to make sure
the hall is ready for the next
convention. We have the best
A. N. B. Hall in all Alaska! Al
right, boys, take up the chal
lenge.
The City and A. N. B. basket
ball teams tangled in the first
game of the season. And it had
to end in a tie score—28-28.
Sheldon James and family
have returned from Juneau
where he has been under medi- j
cal care for the past several
months. Mr. James is much im
proved in health.
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PETERSBURG
By Joyce
The Bureau School gave a
short program Friday afternoon
February 20, in honor of Wash
ington and Lincoln. A short
business session of the Bureau
School Council was held, after
which the following number.'
were rendered:
1. Song of Our Land....
.Bureau School Pupils
2. Poem - Washington....
-Third and Fourth Grades.
3. Paper on Lincoln....
...James Berkeley-8th Grade.
4. Song - The Name We Sing
Tune, America.
.Bureau School Pupils
5. Paper on Washington. ..
.. .Joyce Wilson - 7th Grade.
6. Poem - Liberator and Mar
tyr . 5th and 6th Grades.
7. An Address - Washington
and Lincoln. .Mrs. Wm. Tamaree.
. .8. Song - America.
Bureau School Pupils and
Audience.
9. Flag Salute. By all
Mrs. William Tamaree gave a
fine address on Washington and
Lincoln, which was both enjoyed
and appreciated very much by
the pupils and everyone present
First she spoke of Washing
ton’s boyhood, also telling the
pupils the story of the prize
cherry tree when young Wash
ington told the truth. She de
scribed how different a boyhood
life Washington had than Lin
coln. The one had everything he
needed, while the other lived ir
a log cabin without doors or
windows and with the bare eart!'
for a floor.
She spoke of Washington be
ing such a good man, that he
was called the father of his
country. How he prayed to God
for help and guidance in the
terrible struggle for indepen
dence.
Then taking up the life of
Lincoln, Mrs. Tamaree spoke of
Lincoln being the savior of his
country as Jesus Christ was the
Savior of the world. She told of
how Lincoln always suffered
whenever he saw how the claves
were mistreated, how he declar
ed that if he ever got the chance
he would hit the thing hard. Of
what a struggle Lincoln had for
an education, of his honesty
and kindness to every one.
Mrs. Tamaree’s talk was both
instructive and entertaining
She had a fund of information,
and she made it very plain that
it wasn’t necessary to be rich in
order to become great in after
life, but rather that a clean
honest, Christian life after all
commands the greatest respect.
Daniel Paul, first grade pupil
left for Juneau in the care of
his mother for urgent medical
attention. Word received this
week says Daniel successfully
underwent the operation needed
and is recovering nicely.
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HAINES
As far as Haines is concerned.
Mr. Jimmie Groundhog can stay
ir his hole all summer if he feels
like doing so. The woodcutters
were just on the point of join
ing the straw hat and parasol
maker’s union when a nice white
blanket of snow came offering
an entrance to the woodcutting
locations. The town is buzzing.
Not with traffic but with saws.
Two contracts were let last week
for piling for the Army Post
dock and for the Haines dock
and the piling is already being
secured.
Marshal Sullivan left for Ju
neau on the mailboat to bring
back John Fassett who is to be
given a hearing in the commis
sioner’s court on a first degree
.murder charge.
The world’s day of prayer was
observed at the Presbyterian
church on February 20th and
thru the direction of the Wo
men’s missionary society, carried
out a very fine program.
A large group of citizens and
i members of the Army Post went
on the harbor patrol boat “Forn
ance” to attend the dedicatory
exercises at the new capitol
building, Juneau. Their return
was delayed several hours on ac
count of a severe snow storm.
John Fassett of Juneau was
brought here by Marshal Sulli
van for trial for the murder of
Ed Donnelley. It is said that Fas
■mtt confessed in writing to Don
nelley’s mother that he had kilt
ed Donnelley who was a resident
of Haines.
To the surprise of the peop’e
of Haines, they had to disea- l
'iraw hats and bead pajan s
which they have been wearing,
when the Skagway wind blew a
’•ound the corner bringing with
it a heavy snow fall. We hope
the weather changes so that we
ran get back to our Palm Beach
costumes.
A new power plant is to be in
stalled in town soon. Machinery
is to be shipped up from Seattle
at an early date The old plant
:s unable to keep up with the de
mands of the growing town.
Watch the white lights along
the streets when the new plant
is in operation.
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SITKA
Ethel M. Hollywood was ad
judged insane by Commissioner
DeArmond and taken to Juneau
from whence she was taken on
to Morningside Asylum, Port
land, Oregon.
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CRAIG
By “Ham”
Work has been started to clean
up a lot for the new hospit I
planned for Craig. It will b°
several weeks before construc
tion of the building will be start
ed. But with the local Chamber
cf Commerce and every citizen
back of the plan, it is a fore
gone conclusion that it will be
erected before long.
Dr. de Wydum has been kept
quite busy with an epidemic of
sickness that has been going the
rounds lately.
Mrs. Gilbert McLeod had a
very serious case of appendicitis
m Dr. de Wydum took her to
Wrangell where he performed
the operation. She is recovering
as rapidly as might be expected.
Herring is making an early ap
pearance around Craig this
year and the people are already
Planning to harvest the fishegg
crop.
The A. N. B. Camp staged a
minstrel show on St. Valentine’s
Day and it was a very fine show.
Immediately following the show
a dance was given with music
furnished bv the Klawock A. N.
3. orchestra. Coffee and dough
nuts were served during the
dance and every one had a fine
time. Another affair of similar
nature is planned for the near
future.
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HYDABURG
The Christian Endeavor So
ciety and Salvation Army Corps
of Klawock were stormbound in
Hydaburg for four days when
they were enroute to Masset, B.
C. for a general revival. The A.
N. B. and the missionary Socie
ties of Hydaburg entertained
them with programs and refresh
ments after their evening ser
vices while here.
Norman Natkong of Hydaburg.
v,ho has been in Port Townsend
Marine Hospital for several
months died there on the 18th
of February He is survived by
six brothers and two sisters who
mourn his death. It is expected
that his body will be brought
home for burial in the cemetery
on the next trip of the Zapora.
The Bureau School teachers
are going to stage “Deacon
Dubbs” some time next month.
They promise a fine entertain
ment.
Robert A Cogo and family
moved into their new home
this week. The fine new resi
dence was constructed by Alex
Peele, son of William Peele. It
.was a good job and would be a
credit to any community in
j Alaska.