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Headed in Right Direction
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When the retiring Council
assumed their office after tak
ing their oath, they found the
City exchequer in a very bad
condition A debt of approxi
mately $13,000 was on the books
and a number of imperative re
pairs or improvements neces
sary. Shortly after i nduction
they had borrow an additional
$4,000 to meet interest on out
standing bonds so that they had
to meet an indebtedness of $17,
000. ...
. . When . this Council retired
they had wiped out all indebted
ness of the town, save contract
payments on fire truck and left
a surplus for the new Council
to start off its year.
The fact that such a large in
debtedness was so promptly ov
ercome does not indicate that
there are no further problems
to be met. The city is in a peri
od of expansion when improve
ments must be made. The wise
expenditure of city funds brings
forth due commendation. The
opposite brings on criticism
which at best is not pleasant to
anyone.
We Ask For Justice
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
United States of America )
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Territory of Alaska )
I, Albert Kookesh, being first
-sworn depose and say that I re
side at Angoon, near Killisnoo,
Alaska; that on Friday during
the second fish season (being
five days before its close) I was
at Hood’s Bay; Capt. O'Connor
saw me at the Herring Plant,
and told me that he had seized
my gas boat for having a seine
only 84 fathoms long; that he
directed me to go to Juneau;
that I obeyed; that I met Capt.
O’Connor again in the District
Attorney’s office where they told
me to pay $200; that I told them
I never make that much in one
season for several years and that
I had no money for my wife and
four children; that they then
asked me for $150;.00 that they
then said I must stay in jail 15
days; that I consulted an at
torney and learned that no com
plaint had been filed against me;
that my attorney advised me to
return home; that as I was re
turning I met a fisheries boat
towing my boat, so I returned;
that thereupon my attorney,
Hellenthal sent me to Attorney
Faulkner; that I then paid the
fine of $150.00; I was then per
mitted to go; whereupon I found
that the fisheries officials had
cut my anchor line leaving my
anchor in deep water; that many
articles on deck, like coal was
either lost or stolen; that my
gas boat was broken both bow
and stern; likewise my skiff, in
which the net was found; that I
was not with the gas boat or
skiff when O’Connor took them,
nor was I using the said net.
Albert Kookesh,..
Subscribed and sworn to before
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In the 1927 session of the Leg-1su
Mature, Representative William]4tl
L. Paul introduced and had
passed in the House a bill that
1 materially increased the school
- refunds to the various municip
3 plities of the Territory. This
1 bill was fought in the Senate
. by Commissioner of Education
3 L. D. Henderson and was cham
. pioned by Senator Steel, who
. finally secured its passage in
1 amended form, but which in
l creased the refunds to Ketchi
. kan and Juneau from $20,000 to
l $30,000, while the smaller towns
. thruout the Territory received
an increase of 10 per cent. The
^ opposition by Mr. Henderson
made.that bill of no benefit to
Petersburg but accepting the
amended bill as a step in the
right direction. In the 1929 ses
sion, Senator Steel secured the
passage of a much more liberal
bill in the Senate but the House
cut the refund. But when the
bill went to conference the re
fund to the larger cities was in
creased to $40,000 and there was
no further increase to the small
er towns.
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Candidate John Hedges On
Specific Questions
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Recently Frank G. Johnson,
Grand Secretary of the Alaska
Native Brotherhood made sever
al inquiries of Candidate John
Rustgard, who thinks he has
been ordained to sit in the halls
of Congress. Among these in
quiries was the following:
“First: In event you are elect
ed, what will be your position
on the fish question, would you
favor the abolishment of traps,
or further regulation of them by
the povernmenjt without abol
ishing them”?
And in reply the Candidate .
thus delivered himself in writ- ,
ing: ,
“My answer to your first ques- ]
ticn is this: I will do absolutely
nothing about the fish traps or <
fishing .regulations .except as ^
stated in my platform.” ^
And in his platform John
Rustgard took Henry O’Malley "
to his manly breast and em
phatically declared:
“I propose to cooperate with
the Bureau of Fisheries in se
curing the best possible fishing
regulations.”
In other words, he might have
added “whatever Henry O’Mal
ley does is good enough for me.” j
But is it good enough for the !
fishermen of Alaska? *
Candidate Wickersham has
publicly expressed himself as 4
wanting to take the fisheries £
question out of the power of *\*
Henry O’Malley. Henry’s arbi- **♦
■rary rulings are not good £
enough for him and the Judge *!*
ioes not think they are good *;*
mough for the fishermen of
Alaska. I
4n Official With Knowledge
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Having served two terms as a
nember of the Territorial Le
gislature, with acquired knowl
edge as Chief Clerk of the House
ind Secretary of the Senate, the
)resent Auditor of the Territory
s particularly qualified to fill
hat office. He knows the laws
tnd knows when claims against
he Territory are just. Having
leld the position for the past
rear, Cash Cole should be con
inued where he can well serve
he people, and his nomination
t the Republican primary on
Lpril 29th will undoubtedly as
are his election on November
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John Gets all “Het up and
And Resorts to Slush”
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As a political candidate, John
Rustgard is becoming somewhat
of a curiosity. And he further
seems to be a peeved candidate,
ready at all times to explode
when anyone presumes to criti
cize his famous platform or that
‘ speech” that he hasn’t deliver
ed yet, but is industriously cir
culating. Of course, John has
access to his Organ, the Juneau
Empire, but it is laughable how
he secured publicity in the Ket
chikan Chronicle recently.
The previous week the Chron
icle published an article by
Judge Wickersham, and on
March 26th published “a reply
by his opponent, Hon. John
Rustgard, attorney general of
Alaska.” And in this “reply”
John makes no mention what
ever of the matter contained in
with the assertion: “It has been
reported to me that some of the
fishermen are dissatisfied with
my position on the question of
the fish traps.”
John might have gone farther
and truthfully stated that the
the fishermen ARE dissatisfied
entirely witlj his stand on .the
fisheries question. He likely
now finds that his present em
bracing of Henry O’Malley, and
discarding all his previous loud
ly expressed views, was more
than a trivial mistake. In fact,
his campaign is so full of mis
takes, and is now running to
personal innuendo, that he is
losing so much support, he can
scarcely longer be regarded as a
factor in the primary campaign.
John can no longer stick to
truth. He perverts it with every
public utterance. He knows
that his opponent, as a lawyer,
ind a couple of years ago, when
tie had no idea of ever becoming
a candidate for Delegate, drew
i bill for the temporary leasing
af trap sites. And he further
snows that this service was not
‘for putting the leasing bill
through Congress” But John
s sore and imputes all kinds of
?illy and untruthful aspersions
o his opponent—who won’t be
ible to properly answer him un
il he returns from his cam
paigning trip to Interior Alas-!
ca. I.
In his last paragraph, in The
Chronicle John wraps the man- :
le of virtue about imself and
osiferously declares: “I am not ]
on the payroll of the Canners.” i
Possibly not. But he seems to '
forget that he has been. We re- •
call one instance, when the Ter- ;
ritory of Alaska brought an ac
tion for recovery of money
against the . Annette . Island
Packing Company. But John
Rustgard could not bring suit j
as Attorney General because he
had been attorney for this Pack
ing Company. So the Governor
agreed that James Wickersham
should be “Special Counsel” for
the Territory of Alaska,” in
bringing the action.
Although Judge Wickersham,
as an attorney a couple of years
ago, drew a leasing bill, he did
NOT declare for such a system
in his platform as candidate for
Delegate to Congress. But he
did declare that he would sup
port self-government in handl
ing the fisheries of Alaska. And
since, when he has been asked
whether he would introduce a
bill for the leasing of fish traps,
he has stated that he WOULD
NOT. But John Rustgard in
sists that “Personally I have a
much better reason for support
ing the leasing bill.”
So we suppose that John will
go on to the end in explana
tions. But he has not yet ex
plained all those “Views” that
he so vociferously expressed two
years ago at Anchorage. Were
they bunkum then or are his re
vised views now only bunkum?
First Division Opposed To
Agricultural College
Expenses
One reason why the people of
the First Division demand
of their Legislative representa
tives that they keep the appro
priations to the Fairbanks Agri
cultural College to something
within reason, is because of the
tendency of President Charles E.
Bunnell to indulge in inexcus
able extravagance. To run the
college, with a permanent en
rollment of about 70 pupils, he
has a faculty of 23, who receive
as high as $4,500 salary per
school year. Salaries for the
young professors, with two or
three exceptions, run from $3000
to $3750 per school year. And
then Dr. Bunnell, who devotes a
large part of his time to lobby,
ng, receives a salary of $6000
Der annum, and travelling and
sustenance expenses.
When the 1929 session of the
legislature convened, the mem
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SAMPLE
Primary Ballot
REPUBLICAN-PARTY
FIRST JUDICIAL DIVISION
Mair, X in the square at he left of the name of the
candidate for whom you desire to vote.
For Delegate to Congress
Vote for One
) j RUSTGARD, JOHN
WICKERSHAM, JAMES
For Treasurer
Vote for One
KNIGIIT, FRANK L.
SMITH, IV. G.
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For Auditor
Vote for One
i COLE, CASH
I | REED, ELMER
For Commissioner of Education
Vote for One
| | BREUER, LEO W,
KELLER, W. K.
For Highway Engineer
Vote for One
Xl ULMER, JOE
For Territorial Senator
Vote for One
GARDNER, C. T.
STEEL, WILL A
For Territorial Representatives
Vote for Four
f~l GILDEA, PATRICK
<] JOHNSON, J. E
NOLAND, ROY
[xj PAUL, WILLIAM L.
I I_SCOTT, WALTER P.
SOMMER, PETER
| | WACKER, EUGENE
WINN, GROVER C.
For Divisional Road Commissioners
(Vote for Two
GILMORE, P. F.