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LOUIS F. PAUL,.MANAGER and EDITOR
PIONEER PENSIONS
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Julius Jaeger of Juneau died
recently. He and his wife have
been residents of the Territory
ever since 1898—except for a
short spell when he went to the
states for medical reasons. Some
time since, he made application
for a pioneer’s pension and was
unable to get that pension—
though 76 years of age—because
he had gone outside the terri
tory for six months.
The. minor’s aid appropriated
by the legislature was reported
as being unavailable by the Gov
ernor because of the shortage of
territorial funds. The indigent
funds are being curtailed to the
hurt of bona fide pioneers. It
takes a calloused heart to deny
an old pioneer any aid while at
the same time handing out funds
to men who do not need any
aid—as has been done in the re
cent past. That the pioneers are
taking offense at this turn of af
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will also remember such acts
when they vote.
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WHAT IS A CHAMBER FOR
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We were asked the other day:
“What has become of the Cham
ber of Commerce?” The local
Chamber, since May has been on
a vacation. “Do those same men
take a vacation from their busi
ness during the summer or do
they work the harder to make a
success of their business,” asked
the same person. Obviously, no.
There are problems constantly
arising which need attention.
Problems are big or little accord
ing to their scope of influence.
They cannot be delayed nor
handled by a single citizen and
accepted as the action of an or
ganization. Else, why have an
organization?
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IT IS WELL TO ASK
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Brisbane in his column says:
“The son of a senator in a far
western state wrote: ‘It is a good
thing you are not up for re
election this year, Dad, because
anybody who is in is going to
take an awful licking out here.”
Now just what did he mean by
that nasty dig?
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\ POLITICAL PROMISES
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The major parties have held
their conventions and now the
voters are scanning the promises
of each party with the hope of
the beginning of a new millen
ium. It is always thus—promises
are made to be kept, by the vot
er—but as a rule mean nothing
to the promiser. However, some
of the voters have a longer mem
ory than the politicians like and
when promises are not kept, they
retaliate. It will be interesting to
line out the promises of the pre
sent campaigns and wTatch hocv
well they are kept—and unless
we are badly mistaken there is
considerable watching going to
be done between now and next
November.
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I HOW THEY VOTED
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During the primary election
recently in Alaska the Federal
Brigade put itself on record. The
elections lists show that virtual
ly 90 per cent of the federal em
ployees in the First Division vot
ed as Democrats. These same “re
publicans” continually damned
the “progressive republicans” al
leging that the only republicans
in Alaska were those who were
republicans by virtue of political
appointment. j
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The turn of the road is nigh
when these political chameleons
must put on one political coat—
it must be either Republican or
Democrat. That day when a vot
er, especially one receiving favor
at the hands of either major
party, can pretend to be one
thing and then vote against that
party, is at an end. There will be
an accounting—else there will
be no parties in Alaska—Repub
lican or Democrat.
The voters are becoming dis
satisfied with the actions of the
“chameleonocrats” whose great
est effort is to ride in to reap
pointment. For the time being,
perhaps, it will pay to cater to
those federal things of neither
party—but in the end, the voters
will not tolerate such conditions.
There will be a cleaning out and
when that day comes, Alaska's
politics will not be so full of
stench even if it is called “per
fume” by the beneficiaries of the
system.
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PUTTING THE MATCH
TO DYNAMITE
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The last contingent of the
California bonus army moved
out of Tucson, Ariz., recently. It
followed 1,000 of its comrades
who left—by Southern Pacific
Railway freight train—for El
Paso. Officials said any other
bonus brigade which may head
toward Tucson will be met on
the outskirts of the city and es
corted through at once.
And if a bunch of the boys
come through to Tucson and de
cide to stay and the officials de
cide to “escort them through”
just what will happen? It is the
right of any citizen to stop in
any city for any length of time.
When any group of citizens has
spent several months at $30 per
in mud, muck, mire, holes stink
ing to high heaven with the de
cayed carcasses of friend and
enemy; with artillery shells
bursting about and sometimes
leaving but bits of bone, hair—
perhaps a foot and a piece of
uniform to indicate where a
comrade stood, then those men
return and decide to stop off in
Tucson or any other city, they
will do so. With the state of
mind in which the average citi
zen is at the present time, it
would be foolish to try to start
something. Tucson officials are
worse than foolish. They are any
kind of fools that you may wish
to call them.
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TAXES
Taxes placed upon the public
by Congress will make consider
difference in the long run in
comparison with even the hey
day taxes of the World War.
Then when the next Territori
al Legislature gets into its offi
cial strides the Ways and Means
Committee will be searching a
round where they can get the
most taxes with the least holler
ing.
And still on top of that must
come the tax to operate the
municipal governments. The
light tax, federal alone, will total
approximately $1100 which the
consumer of electricity must pay.
Where it will all end and how,
that is the question. But curtail
ment of taxes as set forth in
this publication the past several
weeks is not just hot air. It is a
necessity for already taxpayers
are asking for a chance to work
out their taxes.
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Kansas Water Users
To Work Out Bills
Users of water from the muni
cipal plant of El Dorado, Kansas,
unable to pay their bills, have a
new way to square the accounts.
The city commission is having
water mains extended and is al
lowing those in arrears to work
cut their bills.
Which reminds us that the city
is in need of street extensions in
some sections, is in need of sew
age systems in other sections; is
in need of street repairs in other
sections. Citizens unable to pay
: their taxes are already talking
of getting an opportunity of
| working out their taxes. If Pe
tersburg follows the lead of El
Dorado, Kansas, it will not be go
ling far astray.
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FREE GOLD ORE
WARNS STAMPEDERS
We remember back in 1897 and
11898 when the Klondike stamp
ede brought to this country
I countless thousands of men.
(Some reached the portals of the
country and lost heart when
| they looked up the winding trail
| of Chilkoot Pass. Others got
along that famous trail only to
j fall by the way side leaving their
I bones to bleach along the trails
with none taking time to stop to
give a last resting place to the
departed. Others got into the
Klondike territory and were
Avorn and wasted by their efforts
;—still others had Dame Fortune
smile upon them and they won
nvpr thp wilripst plpmpntc nf
country and clime.
Did any of you remember
warnings made by those hardy
pioneers of the early ’90’s urging
prospective settlers and miners
to stay away from the country?
Nov/ the gold strikes in the
jNuka district near Seward are
said to run in to $50,000 the ton
and those good people of Seward
--who have been yelling for a
population to look into the na
tural resources of that section—
are now warning prospective
settlers not to come in.
The old timers took their
chance in the hills and begged
no odds of any one. They shared
a meal with the passer by, and
their tent or cabin. The latch
strings were always hanging on
the outside of the door. The new
Alaskan is fearful that he will
not get a full stomach—that an
other might come in and bene
j fit from the development of the
! minerals. He wants migration to
| stop and sends his warnings out
I by Associated Press. He is a
! cheap Alaskan who thinks only
|of his immediate self; who has
[not thought of the development
,of the country. The more in the
j hills—the greater the chance for
further development. The fewer
in the hill^ the less the chance.
Bring ’em/ on—the legitimate
settler and home builder. We
want such citizens but the sum
mer trash which comes to Alaska
for a six months’ canning sea
son at $175 per season—stay
away in your own country.
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WHY THE DIFFERENTIAE
IN PRICES OF FISH
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The canners of salmon in Brit
ish Columbia have settled on a
price of 40 cents per sockeye
salmon. The price offered in
Southeastern Alaska is 25 cents
for Stikine Sockeye and 15 cents
for salmon obtained in the vari
ous bays.
Just why there should be one
price in British Columbia and
another in Southeastern Alaska
is hard to understand. The dif
ferential is just as noticeable in
Alaska. Sockeyes bring 10 cents
in the Bristol Bay section; 15
cents in Yakutat; 15 cents in
Southeastern Alaska —offered.
Formerly the canners in South
east Alaska paid as high as 55
cents per sockeye with an aver
age of 50 cents. The canned pro
duct brings the same price to the
packer but the fish going into
the can do not bring the same
price to the fishermen.
Perhaps as usual “extra
freight” charges make this dif
ferential. That is usually the ex
cuse. But when some of the cor
porations use their own vessels
jto transport the finished product
while others employ the regular
j steamship lines, it is hard to re
concile the differential in price
j paid for the raw product.
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GONG BROKE WITH
HIS CUSTOMERS
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“My patrons are all going!
broke. Naturally, I am going
| broke with them,” thus spoke a
j Ketchikan business man recently.
I “My clients have no money.
•They cannot pay me for my
'services. I do not know what I
am going to do to keep my own
expenses up,” thus spoke a pro
fessional man.
Wherever you go and with
whomever you talk, they say the
jsame thing. The wonder of it is
that some fools even know that
' they are going broke. While they
'see what is going on still they
j give every support to the hench
;men of Henry O’Malley. They
| still work for the discrimination
against resident fishermen.
The cure for the situation is
another dose of castor oil. And
if two doses of castor oil does not
work, give ’em a third. Some day
j there will be a cleaning out of
the fisheries situation—some day
jin the meantime, before that
jday comes many a business man
(will have hung up a “closed”
jsign over his door.
i In the past several years the
'^writer has pointed out the way
j to prevent this situation. No
effort has been made to do so.
Now we can say: “I told you so!”
Those who dance must pay the
fiddler.
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The “public be damned” has
its modern equivalent in “the
public be taxed.”
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