Klukwan Camp No. 8
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Meets every Saturday
7:30 p. m.
Edward Warne, President
John Willard, Secretary
All Visitors are Welcome
Haines Camp A. N. S. *
President, Mrs. D. Klanot
Secretary, Mrs. D. Perrin
Meets every Saturday, 1 p. m.£
Visiting members welcome
SAXMAN Camp. 16 A. N. S.
Pres. Mrs. Peter McKay
Sec. Mrs.^Martha John
Meets every Monday 1 p. m.
Visiting Members Welcome
Hunter & George Co.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
and
FRESH FRUITS
ANGOON - - ALASKA
EUREKA TRADING CO.
Dealers in
General Merchandise
Kake.Alaska
ERNEST KIRBERGER
General Merchandise
Kake - - Alaska
Highest Prices Paid for Furs
KAKE CAMP
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Meets Every Monday
8 p. m.
President, Peter Hanson
Secretary, Thomas Skeek
| CAMP 13
Alaska Native Sisterhood
Meets twice a month.
Mondays, 2: o’clock
$ Visitors are always Welcome^
Pres. Susie Abraham
Sec. Helen Bremner
CAMP 13
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Come to our A. N. B. business
meetings and lets see whats^
$ what, where, who, when and]
^ why.
Jack Ellis, President
% Yakutat, Alaska
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Sales FORD Service
Hardware - General Supplies
Draying
Haines - - Alaska
Erick Oslund - - Proprietor
Carl Bjornstad
General Merchandise
Groceries
Shoes - Gents' Furnishings
Haines - - Alaska
THE
©®e§ M Bestt
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Out Of Town Laundry will
Be Taken Care Of In The
Shortest Possible Time.
Everything Back But The Dirt
CITIZENS STEAM LAUNDRY
Russel York Proprietor
The best way to find youi
missing kinsfolk is to ge rich.
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Love makes the world go rounc
the park in a 1m,
Miss Laure Joyner and Eric
Lmdberg of Ketchikan were unit
ed in marriage recently.
I. W. Collings, former resident
o/ Ketchikan—operator of a se
cond hand store—died in Cali
fornia recently.
Mr. William Estes, former can
nery operator in Douglas and
lately operating in Seldovia went
South having had a„ very good
season—except perhaps the price
which he will have to work on
later.
Samuel Jacobson, diver, who
died in Juneau recently was
buried in Ever Green Cemetery,
Juneau, under the auspices of
the Order of Moose.
Col. L. D. Sturdevant, U. S.
Engineers and Lt. James Truitt
who had charge of the surveys
and dredging of the Narrows
were in Wrangell, Tuesday.
Governor George Parks re
turned from Nome where he was
in conference with the Reindeer
Committee regarding regulations
and policies to be followed in the
future. The Lomens are not
satisfied with the regulations,
policies or publicity which they
have secured in the past few
years and they are demanding
vindication of the charges pre
ferred by Ernest Walker Sawyer,
assistant to the Secretary of the
Interior. Friends of Mr. Sawyer
are not worrying over his sub
stantiating his charges.
Rev. Warren Griffith of Skag
way is filling the pulpit of the
Juneau Presbyterian Church for
the time being, in place of Rev.
C. C. Saunders, resigned.
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A Communication
Seattle, Wn.,
September 8, 1932
Mr. Lou.is F. Paul, Editor
The Alaskan, Petersburg, Alaska
My dear Mr. Paul:
I enclose copy of letter for
warded to Mr. Earl N. Ohmer,
President of the Petersburg
Commercial Club.
We do not know the source of
reports that this Chamber plans
to abolish its Alaska Depart
ment; however, they are in er
ror as nothing more than a
change in pesonnel, to perrr.'t
more economical operation, has
ever been contemplated.
It is our desire to have our
work for Alaska, under this re
organization, continue more v;g ■
orously and aggressively than
ever before.
With kind regards, believe ms
Very truly yours,
Christy Thomas, Gen. Bgr.
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Seattle, Wn., Sept. 8, 19^2
Mr. Earl N. Ohmer, President
Petersburg Commercial Club
Petersburg, Alaska
My dear Mr. Ohmer:
Under reorganization of th«:
staff, P. L. McGovern on Sep
tember 1st assumed manage
ment of the Chamber’s Alaska
Department, succeeding C. D
Garfield resigned.
Mr. McGovern, whom I regard
as one of the most able members
of our organization, will serve
as Secretary of our Alaska Com
mittee, of which Edward W. Al
len is Chairman. Mr Allen, o1
course, is well known in Alaska
and with his fine leadership lhe
Alaska Committee will continue
to be aggressively active hi co
i operating with Alaskans, indi
vidually and collectively, towarc
the wholesome upbuilding anc
prosperous development of the
territory.
J. W. Underwood, a formal
Alaskan, will remain as Manag
er of our Washington, D. C., of
fice. In co-operating with oui
Washington delegation in Con
gress, he will continue to help
Alaska with the problems requii
ing solution at the Nation’s cap
ital.
The writer also is deeply in
terested in Alaska and, as you
perhaps know, recently complet
ed a trip over the Territory ij
which he endeavored to acquain
himself with its principal prob
lems and meet as many as pos
sible of its business men
It is hoped our friends in the
North will avail themselves of
our facilities, that we may be
mutually helpful to Alaska.
Very truly yours,
CHRISTY THOMAS
General Manager.
EDITOR’S NOTE—Mr. Edward
Allen is chief counsel for the
Nakat Corporation, which oper
ate several canneries in Alaska.
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SOVIET QUITS U. S. SYSTEM
OF SCHOOL INSTRUCTION
On the eve of the new school
term, opening September 1, the
central committee of the Com
munist Party issued an edict
marking a significant departure
from the Communistic theory of
education followed since the be
ginning of the Soviet regime.
Hereafter the work of individ-|
ual students will be emphasized. |
the theory of group instruction
to be abandoned in elementary!
and secondary schools.
Following the principle of “in-'
dividual responsibility” establish!
ed in industry, the new ruling re
nounces the system modeled up
on the so-called Dalton plan
formulated by the American edu
cator under which students
studied in “laboratory brigades”
without tests or examinations,
the theory being that more cap
able students would raise the
standard of the backward in the |
class. i
This method, under which the
students also were self-disciplin
ed, made the teacher a mere
i clerk and resulted in widespread
“cribbing.”
The new edict, while empha
sizing the importance of collec
tive study, now introduces for
the first time individual ratings,
makes final examinations com
pulsory. and greatly increases
the authority and contribution
of the teacher in classroom work.
ECONOMY
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Assistant Attorney General !
Charles P. Sisson has been trav
eling over the United States for
the past, month conferring with
officials of the Department of
Justice, in the effort to impress
upon them the necessity for
practicing the utmost economy
in administartion because of the1
reduced appropriation allowed
the Department by Congress.
General Sisson is now on the,
Pacific coast but has decided it
will not be necessary to make a,
pilgrimage to Alaska, as the offi-1
cials of that Territory are co- ]
operating toward the necessary
aim of economy.
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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK
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, The Federal Home Loan Bank
Board has determined finally the I
| make-up of the 12 regional bank
' districts and has fixed the mini
mum capital of each regional
j bank so the new Federal finan
t cial unit for the relief of home
owners will start operation with
capital of $134,000,000. Alaska
has been assigned to District No.
ill, which includes the states of
• W ashington, Oregon, Idaho,
| Utah, Montana and Wyoming,
I together with Alaska. A capital
of $6,000,000 has been assigned
t,0 this district, while the eligible
institutions in the district hold
[ approximately $200,000,000 of
mortgages of all types. Franklin
: W. Fort, Board Chairman, an
nounces that it is the definite
hope and purpose that every one
of the 12 banks shall be in op
eration and doing business by
Get. 15. It is explained by Board
Officials that for obvious reasons
no town in Alaska can be select
ed as the headquarters for the
district, as the city selected will
have to meet the needs of the
area from the standpoint of
transportation and convenience,
- so that extreme portions of a
i district will be out of the picture
tas headquarters. It is under
- stood that Seattle and Portland
-are making strong efforts for
recognition,
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REPRESENTATIVES IN
POLAR CELEBRATION
Capt. R. S. Patton, director of
the Coast and Geodetic Survey,
has named the following Ameri
can scientists who will take part
in the Second International \
Polar Year Program at College, i
near Fairbanks: From the Coast
and Geodetic Survey: Franklin
P. Ulrich, Everett R. Johnson,
and Harold F. Bennett. From th ?
Naval Research Laboratory: Dr.
H. B. Maris, associate physicist,
and C. E. Johnson, radio man,
first class, U. S. N.
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INCOME TAX DEPRECIATION
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The Bureau of Internal Rev
enue has just issued figures
showing the depreciation from
income tax for the past two fis
cal years as compared to 1930. i
The total for the three years ;
vrere as follows: 1930, $2,410,259 - j
230; 1931, $1,860,040,479; 1932,
$1,056,756,697. In the past year
Nevada and the Phillippines both
show a slight increase in col
lections. Otherwise the smallest
decrease was 8% in Alaska where !
for the past three years the col
lections were as follows: 1930,
$137,604; 1931, $133,967; 1932,
$122,856. These figures include
income taxes from railroads in
Alaska as follows: 1930, $15,346; |
1931, $11,311; 1932, $7,614.
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CSE LOTS OF JUICE
UNCLE SAM NEEDS
THE DOUGH
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“Let there be light, and there
was light.” So saith the Scrip
ture, Uncle Sam goes the Scrip
ture one better. “Let there be
light, plenty of it, but after pay
ing for the use of it, don’t forget i
your poor uncle needs more
“dough” so plunk up some more
tax money to the govenment
monthly for the use of your
juice.”
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Guess you have all received
your electric light and power bill
for the month of July. It must
have given you that “grand and
glorious feeling.” We have ours
cn the desk before us. The bill
is O. K., with one exception—
namely: we have been soaked
three per cent of the total a
mount. This three per cert
charge represents the new fed
eral tax.
Our estimable Representatives
in Congress specifically provid
ed that the tax, which is part of
the 1932 revenue law, shall be
paid by consumers and not by
companies furnishing electrical
energy. It is furthermore provid-1
ed that the tax shall apply to all (
charges made for electricity, j
whether or not such a service
is used. That provision was made .
so the government would secure,
a tax on flat rates. I
We are not saying anything
about the justification of this}
tax, only just “kicking” a little,
it appears to us as though Con-J
gress lost, sight of the fact, that (
in taxing the consumer three
per cent on the total amount of
his bill, some states and cities1
got the worst of the deal, and(
just why the government should!
differentiate in this matter is
hard to understand.
For instance, in our own little
Territory—citizens of Ketchi
kan, Juneau and Valdez get their
juice for three cents a kilowatt.
Citizens of Fairbanks have to
pay 18 cents a kilowatt. So we
are really taxed six times as
much as our sister towns.
Congress is evidently trying to
| tax the country into prosperity,
but at the rate the government
has been taxing us we may live
to see the day when every pri
vate citizen will be carrying one
public employee on his back. Al
ready taxes are consuming such
a large proportion of individual
and corporate incorporate in
come as to leave no margin, in
many instances, for the accu
mulation of new capital or sav
ings.
There has been some short
sighted tax legislation passed at
Washington. If it keeps up how
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COLISEUM
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LAST TIME TO-NIGHT
“TABU”
YOU’LL LIVE EACH FASCINATING MOMENT—YOU’LL
ENJOY EVERY THRILL IN THIS PICTURE. ACTUALLY
FILMED IN THE SOUTH SEAS WITH A CAST OF NATIVE
ACTORS.
SATURDAY — SUNDAY — MONDAY
Another BIG THREE DAY SPECIAL RUN—
“The Public Enemy”
1 FURLS A MIGHTY CHALLENGE TO THE UNIVERSE g
1 YOU’LL SAY “IT’S THE MOST VITAL DRAMA EVER
1 SCREENED—With JEAN HARLOW & JAMES CAGNEY
B Kids REMEMBER—Saturday is Candy Night as Usual
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
THREE PAL NIGHTS THIS WEEK—
“LEFT OVER LADIES”
With An ALL-STAR CAST— As Modern As Tomorrow—As
Real As Today—A Revealing Story of the New Woman's
Freedom.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
If
George Arliss - in
Alexander Hamilton”
p See this Great Star in his Greatest Picture—The Screen’s §jj
3 Master Actor Breaths the warmth of Life into one of His- p
jj tory’s Most Colorful Characters.
| — COMING SPECIALS — WATCH FOR THE DATES — g|
“Huckleberry Finn” |
“An American Tradgedy**
“Local Boy Makes Good**
in hallelujah is the government
>oing to collect profit taxes and
income taxes?—Fairbanks News
Miner.
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FORWARD MARCH
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You can’t make a real success
without making real enemies.
You can’t hold a strong position
without strong and continued
opposition. You can’t seem right
to any if you don’t seem wrong
to many.
A useful life can’t be entirely
peaceful and carefree.
You must do your duty as you
sec it.
Every earnest man in every
generation has paid the price
of individuality. You can’t dodge
it.
The greater you are, the great
er the penalty of your progress.
The further you go and the wid
er your range, the more you in
crease the points of contact
with which you must reckon,
and therefore you multiply your
battles against misconception
and slander and envy and ma
lice.
In every sphere men gibe and
sneer—even the peace of the
ditch-digger is threatened by
the unemployed laborer who
covets his job.
So long as you aspire, others
will conspire; so long as you
try, others will vie. You’ll have
hostility to face in every place
and at every pace.
Go straight ahead• to your
goal.
So long as your conscience
isn’t ashamed to acknowledge
you as a friend, don't give a rap
for your enemies. —Fairbanks
News-Miner.
Angoon Camp No. 7
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Regular Meeting, Monday
Visiting Brothers Welcome
Jimmie George, President
Andrew J. Davis, Secretary
Angoon - Alaska
1932
SALES DATES
September 20th.
October 18th.
November 22nd.
December 20th.
Advances will be made
when requested.
Transfered by Telegraph
if desired
Special Sales Held on
Request of Shippers.
The Seattle Fur Exchange
1008 Western Avenue
SALES
Every month in
the year.
Seattle, U. S. A.
Harbor Store
“Where Your $ Hus More Cents”
General Merchandise -
- Fishermen’s Supplies
E. W. Harris, Proprietor
Sitka - - Alaska