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LOUIS F. PAUL.
MANAGER and EDITOR
Poppies on Parade
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Those poppies passing on parade,
; By trembling hand of men were
made;
By hands once stained with
crimson blood,
When they would stop war’s hor
ror flood.
They gave their youth, prepared
to die,
But were instead condemned to
lie
With shattered frame on beds of
pain,
Never to live like men again.
Never to know the joy of life
Like other men, in peace or strife
And tired in spirit and in mind.
To their white cots must li°
confined,
And send their poppies on par
ade,
That they a pittance may be
paid,
And help to bring an hour’s
surcease
To fevered minds that still abide
In bodies where youth’s fires
have died.
—Harriet Markham Gill,
Washougal, Washington.
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There Is An Acute
Need for Relief
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Throughout the nation poppy
sales are being held for the re
lief of veterans of the World War
and their dependents. Returns
from these sales are spent to
make easier the problems of
these victims of the greed of
nations and lust for blood. The
American Legion and the Le
gion Auxiliary is carrying on
wort: through the sale of poppies
that this nation has chosen to
forget and through which neg
lect many are in dire need and
Without proper hospitalization.
Sale of these poppies permits
veterans to keep the faith with
the comrades left sleeping ’neat h
the sod of Flander’s fields ,
Widows and orphan dependent*
art provided with homes and
sustenance and educational op
portunity; it offers a limited in -
come to those veterans of the
World War who are unable to
Carp money any other way.
The relief funds created by the
1931 sale of poppies has long
Since been exhausted as a re
sult of the serious unemployment
situation of the past year. The
distress among veterans and de
pendents has never been more
acute, and their resources more
severely taxed than this year in
the administration of some mea
sure of relief to the veteran
needy,” is the declaration of the
officials of the American Legion
and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The citizens of Alaska are in
deed more fortunate than the
peoples of the states. Depression
has struck the territory with full
force but not without having
giveh ample warning to curtail
expenses in order to be able to
Cope with the trying times. Those
inQre fortunate than the victims
of the World War are able to
purchase more in proportion to
Other sections of the country.
Inasmuch as simple humanity
makes its plea to the more for
tunate for aid, the generous
hearted Alaskans will not turn a
deaf ear to the pleadings of the
the less fortunate. The drive for,
the sale of poppies will be on
Shortly. Every one is urged to
give every assistance to relieve
the acute situation due to the
present world depression ^and
Curtailing of City
Expenses
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When the School Board pre
sented its budget for next year’s
operations its figures were ten
per cent higher than for the
current year now ending. Mayor
Locken urged that the Board
should curtail its expenses ten
per cent this year rather than
increase them but the members i
of the Board insisted that it was
pared right down to the bone
and that it would detract from
the efficiency of the school to
cut any further. The action of1
the Council sustained the re
quest of the Board.
The citizens of the town are
demanding a curtailment of
taxes this year. With the present
earning power of every home
and property owner down to the
lowest limit in several years,
there is every reason to urge that
expense of city government aiso
be lowered.
It matters not what city that
meets this problem. The only
way to cut operating costs is to
cut the spending power of the
several departments—wages of
city employees, lowered costs of
city constructions and permit
ting only a minimum of neces
sary new construction. The be
ginning of curtailment must
start some place and that begin
ning should not be left until an
other year has rolled by.
By next September the figures
presented by the Territorial
treasurer will indicate virtually
a minus balance. Before the year
rolls around the city will have to
finance all its school operations,
notwithstanding any statements
by territorial officials at this
time. To meet the obligations of
the city expense without terri
torial aid will be a difficult mat
ter and to continue the problem
until checked forthwith is not
going to make the problem any
the easier.
The only way to cut down cost
of city government expense is to
quit spending. Mayor Locken
has indicated his desire and has
used fair argument to secure the
cooperation of the city’s forces
to cut down on expenses. He has
the support of the citizens of the
town in this matter and now
needs the -cooperation of the
City Council.
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Keep Your Own
Criminals
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Earl Newton, Sumas, Wn.,
youth, yesterday obtained tem
porary suspension of a $1,000
fine which Judge Edwin Gruber
imposed on April when Newton
plead guilty to a petit larceny
charge.
Newton was released from the
county jail yesterday afternoon
and is to leave for Alaska where
be has obtained work in a fish
cannery. He is to return next
fall and surrender on October 1,
to serve out the balance of the
fine at the rate of $3 a day—
Bellingham Newsprint.
Keep Your Own Criminals
Whenever the officials of the
States desire to get rid of unde
sireable characters, they ship
them off to Alaska. Alaska is
quite a dumping ground for the
riff raff, scum and offal of the
crime areas of the states. They
have created no end of a pro
blem in Alaska with their con
tinued operations in crime, with
their spreading of vicious ven
ereal diseases among the less
fortunate of the Territory.
It might be argued that New
ton was not a vicious criminal
and that he was up only for a
petit larceny charge. Since when
did the law permit a prisoner to
walk out of a jail without bail
or bond and permitted to go to
another state or territory to
earn wages in competition with
decent residents and then ex
pect that prisoner to return to
serve out his time at $3 per day?
If Newton refuses to return to
Sumas, Washington and elects
to remain in Alaska, what pro
ceedings will the courts of Wash
ington use to compel his return ?
Is petit larceny an extraditeabie
offense?
Right on the face of the whole
affair it is evident that Newtoa
was given his liberty with the
permission of the officials of
Washington to remain out of
that State and to further bur
den Alaska with his obnoxious
presence. And what a parady on
justice the whole affair—sub
jected to a fine of $1,000 which
hi. should, by law serve out at $3
per day and excused from paying
society for his crime by open-.
ing the prison gates for him.
Whoever said that Justice was
blind in one eye and cock-eyed
in the other was not far wrong
judging from the action in this
case.
Washington is requested to
keep its jail scum in its own
territorial limits.
Headed For What?
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It has been the effort of the
financial powers to keep the
labor solidarity divided by
unions, churches, lodges, racial
animosities and various “isms. ’
And how well they succeeded!
But their success in making
the continued divisions is being
negated now through their own
efforts. The people of the United
States are becoming hungry and
they all understand the eauses
of the pangs of starvation. Dur
ing the winter months babies,
children, expectant mothers,
youth and the aged felt the
sting of the cold; death visited
families from the cradle to the
winter of life. All these people
are being forced into a union of
depressed and morbid spirits
and their hates fanned by hung
er to a point where only the
lack of virulent leadership pre
vents more serious consequences
as a result of the mismanage
ment of the financial situation.
The crass disregard of the
landlords of Europe brought to
an end their control over the
serfs; the foolish disregard and
indecencies of Russian autocracy
forced an end to the Czaristic
system; the revolution of France
was brought on by the money
mad exactions; the hoggishness
of the French autocracy accom
plished in a few years what gov
ernments failed to perform in
a hundred years.
In America the revolution
may be accomplished by the
battle of ballots but if the citi
zens fail to accomplish the end
they desire, the battle of ballots
may resolve into a battle with
arms wherein once again family
will be divided against family,
father against son and brother
against brother.
All of which may be avoided
if the financial lords would but
stop and declare a vacation from
their sordid greediness and if
they would but take time to re
lieve the ills of the sick portion
of the country.
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WHAT MAKES NEWS
Francis Jerome, a fisherman,
captured a fifty-pound fish in a
nice haul of cod from the
grounds off Highland Light.
Splitting it with a sharp knife
to clean it, Jerome discovered a
bird resembling a small duck and
known as a “hell diver.”
Some wag said: “When a dog
bites a man it is not news, but
when a man bites a dog, then it
is news. Likewise when a fish
eats a bind, that is news.
Don’t Stampede
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The fishing vessels of Aber
deen, Washington are tied up in 1
a strike in which they are hold
ing up for a price of seven cents 1
per pound for king salmon. It is
not improbable that the Trollers’ 1
Association of Washington is
back of this movement and that
they will appeal to the fishermen
of Alaska to strike in sympathy
with them.
While these alien fishermen
come to Alaska and take out
their winter’s living, they leave
nothing behind. They don’t even
pay taxes to help maintain the
Territorial government—not a
dollar. They fought the non
resident tax and the decision of
the courts was with them—they
have paid nothing nor have
they put up any bond that they
will pay. The Territorial fisher
men are compelled by the same
law to pay a tax of $1 to oper
ate and some have been arrested
in the past for failure or refusal
to pay this tax. It would appear
that there is no advantage in
being a resident fishermen—not
when you can operate in Alaska
as an alien fisherman and not
have to help maintain its gov
ernment. So why remain in
Alaska?
Added to which is the compe
tition the non-residents give the
resident fishermen—large num
bers of these men come in and
clutter up the waters, taking fish
and aiding in depletion of that
resource. The residents have had
harder times securing a living
because of this competition.
Sweat on, Alaskans, sweat on!
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Chaplain Asks For
Vengeance
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A prayer asking comfort for ;
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind- -
bergh,* and vengeance on the *
kidnappers of their child was ;
made by the Rev. James Shera •
Montgomery, chaplain of the ;
House, in opening the House. ;
“O thou eternal God,” he said, :
“arouse the public conscience „<
that a slight atonement may be tj
made by smiting murderers and
outlaws. Cleanse the arteries of
our whole country where breed ♦]
o,nd swarm the filth and crime of j
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our national household. Almighty .j
God—lift us up; let us see; lead •]
us on; hear us for thy mercy’s
sake—through Jesus Christ our
Lord, amen.”
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Kings’ Crown
We always like to see everyone ,
get a square deal, and so we
want to set you right about King
George’s crown.
There was a story the other
day, saying that the crown had
gone to the laundry or the dry
cleaner’s or somewhere and
come back an inch larger in
diameter—or something like
that.
Well, of course, all the wise
crackers got busy and made re
marks about poor George’s head
and Queen Mary’s hats, and so
forth. It was all very embarrass
ing over in Buckingham palace.
Every time the king passed a
butler, the butler would sort of
snicker. You know_
But now, it turns out, the
crown wasn’t returned any larg
er in the headband. It was an
inch bigger' in height. Taller.
Y’unnerstan’?
Just thought maybe you’d like
to know.—Seattle Star.
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Old Shoes
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Elliott Mitchell, Ridgeland, S.
C., Negro, came to Savannah re
cently and bought a pair of
second-hand shoes from a deal
Haines Camp A. N. S. *
President, Mrs. D. Klanot
Secretary, Mrs. D. Perrin
Meets every Saturday, 1 p. m.^
Visiting members welcome
Haines Camp A. N. B.
President, Judson L Brown
Secretary, Joseph Jackson
Meets every Monday
Visiting members welcome
[. WRANGELL CAMP ?
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E* Alaska Native Sisterhood Y
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[♦ Pres., Mrs. Paddy Thomas X
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See., Mrs. William Tamaree X
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• Meets Every Monday A
:* Visiting members welcome.
in the < neighborhood of Byran
and West Broad Streets. The ex-*
act location is Ben’s secret.
Ben stepped in water and got
his feet wet. The second-hand
shoes were uncomfortable so
Ben took them off and investi
gated one which seemed to be
too small. He pulled a wad of
paper from the toe and unfolded
$30 in bank notes. .
Now every second-hand shoe
dealer in Savannah is feeling
carefully in the toes of every
pair he sells before the cus
tomer gets away. Thirty dollars
in Ridgeland entitles one to the
respect due a progressive and
successful financier.
SAXMAN Camp. 16 A. N. S.
Pres. Mrs. Peter McKay
Sec. Mrs. Martha John
Meets every Monday 1 p. m.
Visiting Members Welcome
Angoon Camp No. 7
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Regular Meeting, Monday
Visiting Brothers Welcome
Jimmie George, President
Andrew J. Davis, Secretary
Angoon - Alaska
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Klukwan Camp No. 8 4
Alaska Native Brotherhood £
Meets every Saturday £
7:30 p.m. %
Edward Warne, President £
John Willard, Secretary £
All Visitors are Welcome <
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CAMP 13
Alaska Native Sisterhood v
Meets twice a month. vj
Mondays, 2: o’clock
Visitors are always Welcome^
Pres. Susie Abraham
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Sec. Helen Bremner \
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,, CAMP 13 $
£ *
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Come to our A. N. B. business^
meetings and lets see whats'^
^ what, where, who, when and^J
\ why. $
Jack Ellis, President
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