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HOOVER AND THOMPSON
The Hearst papers for September
1st announce that Herbert Hoover(
will oppose the League of Nations
if lie runs-for President. Good for
Herbert! We expected that Her
bert would open up on the “reds”
in America, the Soviets in Russia,
the Turks in Armenia or the Box
ers in China but the League of Na
tions will answer his purpose just
as well as any of them. It's a good
campaign issue and will strike a
popular chord and the poor decrepit
old League will not strike back at
Herbert.
•. The Borahs, the Reeds, the Hiram
Johnsons and all those statesmen
who assaulted the League in the
days of its strength and vigor will
observe wfith great interest this
brand new champion as he buckles
on his armour to combat the
League. With Herbert in t.he field
to oppose all entangling alliances
with European powers the selec
tion of the Republican ticket for
192$ will be tlie easiest thing in
the world.
HOOVER and THOMPSON, why
not? With Herbert pounding the
League and Big Bill jumping on
King George and the whole Buck
ingham Palace outfit how could
domestic issues be intruded into a
campaign. This great nation will
not stand for any interference with
our external affairs by the League
of Nations, neither will w'e for a
moment tolerate tlie domination o’
George the Third in our internal
policies.
We doubt if our aspiring states
men can be trusted to smash George
Rex and the League with such vig
or as the American people demand,
but wre are confident that “Herb”
and “Bill” would deliver the goods.
Again wTe say the Republican tick
et should be HOOVER and THOMP
SON.
“WHY WORRY ABOUT ALASKA
SALMON”
‘‘The distress of West Coast peo
ple over the diminishing supply of
salmon and halibut at this time is
altogether unnecessary, because the
fish resources of the West Coast are
practically untouched,” Dean John
N. Cobb of the Colleges of Fisheries
at the University of Washington
says. Even if the salmon and hali-!
but do run out entirely, there are
thousands of pounds of other fish
that American people have never
tliot of utilizing.”
of utilizing.”
At least twenty kinds of digest
ible flounders can be found in the
immediate waters of the Sound, in
addition to the palatable pollock,
rockfish, sablefish and ‘‘ling cod,”
the dean thinks.
The Dean has just discovered that •
the ‘‘mussel” is a much nicer fish
than either the clam or the crab.
Californians discovered that it
was one way a person could commit
suicide—eating mussel after the
spring weather set in.) ‘‘When the
halibut schooners run out of their
kind of fish,” says Dean Cobb,
‘‘they can find an entire new indus
try ready to be developed with mus
sels..”
Ed. note.—The Alaskan suggests
that Doctor Cobb spend a little time
developing the pearls that the mus
sels carry in order that the halibut
men may be able to get a decent
price per bushel for the tons of
mimsels they could pick up on Alas
kan shores. In the meantime ,what
are the salmon seiners, trollers and
herring fishermen going to do for
a living while Dean Cobb ig work
ing up his new industry for the hali
but fishermen? Pulp mills, perhaps.
StbMrtbe for THE ALASKAN.
THIS WAS IN JAPAN
“Hatcheries are no experiment
with us. Their practical value has
been proved beyond doubt. We do
not guess. Our methods are efficient,
and we know that fully 18 percent
of the fish eggs which are planted
return to our streams when mat
ure.” S. Ieho, adviser of the de
partment of agriculture and forestry,
which includes the bureau of marine
and fisheries, for the Japanese gov
ernment, with headquarters in
Tokio, was the speaker in Ketchi
kan.
THE ALASKAN VINDICATED
The Alaskan has declared from
the date of its first issue that the
herring reduction plants were de
stroying a food fish of incalculable
value to the Territory; an asset
upon which other salmon depended
upon for feed; and inasmuch as
the population of the Territory is!
dependent upon the fisheries the
destruction of the feed supply ot
the salmon was putting the entire i
industry upon a pretty shaky basis.
Now comes Senator Heckman i
voicing the opinion of The Alas ]
kan and fishermen of the Territory
for whom it has been speaking and
declares these practices of using
this tine food fisli for fertilizer and
oil to be “an industrial and eco
nomic crime.” With the Commer
cial Clubs heeding the warning*
in time, it is to be hoped that ac
tion will be secured whereby this
asset may be saved before it goes
the way of the salmon. The voices
that have been raised in protest
against the practices of the fertiliz
er plants are the same that have
protested the destruction of the
salmon industry. The evils at
j tendant with the herring destruction
are all too evident iu the salmon
industry. It is to be hoped that
Henry O'Malley will take early
action to save the salmon indus
try by eliminating the effectiveness
of the trap system, curtailing pack
et salmon but yet allow properly
regulated seining of salmon by resi
dents in Alaska.
DANCE HALL FANNY
A Tale of Gold Rush Days
By AHN-KUTTY
(Continued from last Week).
Fanny, with a smear of r-d
around her mouth sank in a heap
to the floor. The Rat, not knowing
there was anyone near, looked down
at the girl and grinned.
“So, you tiger ,that’ll do for you.
You were too damn wise. I've i
mind to throw another chunk of
lead into you. You may be tougher
than the others.”
“Throw it. into me, you dirty
coward,” said Petlington as lie
hastened over to the bleeding Fan
ny. Although armed, lie made no
attempt to stop the Rat nor to look
his way. His whole attention wasj
[centered on the still form on the
[iloor. On his knees beside her he
raised her head and stroked the
hair off her face. He talked to her
in low tones the while lie watched
a trickle of blood zigzag down from
her half open mouth
The Rat wa3 cool enough. The
mmenlary start he felt at Felling
ton’s presence had passed. He had
thet situation well in hand. lie
looked the room over carelessly.
“Rich in plunder,” he soliloquized,
“and I fancy considerable money.
I'll put this whimpering dude out of
commission and go through the
joint.” Suiting action to word3 he
tired from the level of his coat
pocket. Pellington bumped his
head on the floor and rolled over.
Tiie Rat, hardly noticing the ef
fect. of his second shot, laid his still
smoking gun on the big center
table and pulled out one of the
drawers nearest him. This lack of
attention to his prostrate victini3
was a fatal blunder. He didn’t see
Fanny reach over and extract a
heavy revolver from Pellington’s
coat pocket; he didn’t see her pull
herself to her knees, but he did her
her mussed up hair over the table
top and he saw the muzzle of an
ugly weapon lifting in line for his
head. Amazingly quick he dropped
to the floor, grabbing his own gun
as he went down. Fanny as speedi
ly depressed her weapon and had
it in liis face, before The Rat could
shoot.
“You got me, I guess,” said Fan
ny in halting words. “And you’ve
killed Jamesy. Should I kill a doz
en like you I'd still be miles be
hind evening up the score. I’m
sorry that I can’t make you suffer
unending agony.” She pressed the
trigger and through the flare of
smoke she saw The Rat throw out i
both arms, saw him fall backward, j
heard his gun rattle against thei
chair legs back of him, heard tho:
thump of his head on the floor. Shej
raised herself by holding to thej
table edge, to wobbly legs and by:
the same support she worked her
self around until she stood directly'
over her foe. His face wasn’t nice!
to look at. Black powder burn1
masked the countenance and be
tween the half-shut, gimlet eyes,
blood well up from a big ragged
edged hole.
'“God! What an awful corpse,”!
ran through the woman’s mind.!
She turned away with a hand be
fore her eyes. Then she turned
back and, holding the gun down so
that it almost touched the blacken
ed skin, fired the five remaining
shells.
Pellington, deeply grazed along!
,the skull, quickly recovered, but
iFanny slowly weakened and recur
rent hemorrhages held her bed
fast.
“I’m not going to get out of here
alive, Jamesy,” she whispered.
“Three months I’ve lain here and
I’m sinking inch by inch, day by
day. You tell me that I’m looking
better and feeling finer, but you al
ways were a cheerful liar, big boy.
I may be able to tool other people,
Jamesy, but 1 can’t fool myself
And you can’t fool me, either,
dearie. When I can’t sleep and it
is dark around me I can see the
winding path over the Great Di
vide where I’ll meet dad. He’s go
ing to help me on the stepping
stones to the other side. You sit
patiently by my bedside, dearie,
waiting for me to gain health so,
that I may enjoy life. Dad waits
calmly, over the big hills, for me
a time
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She cooks doughnuts a
few at a time in the
hot fat so as not to
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