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RAINBOW MAN
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Starring EDDIE DOWLING with Marian Nixon, Frankie Darro, Sam Hardy and Lloyd Ingrahom.
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farms we want—we need to be
taught how to get results fromj
the farms we now have. In or
cer to do this, some provision j
must be made for carrying on
experimental work. Merely to
employ a veterinary with offic
es in Juneau will not meet our
need. The expense of such a
farm would not be great as the
fox ranchers would gladly supply
the stock for such purposes. If
furnish one for an experiment
that fails, I lose one fox. If I had
tried that method on my ranch,
it would cost me many foxes.
Why do foxes become “matted”?
Why do but a small percentage
of the pups born on the ranch
es live to mature their pelts?
These and many other vital
ciuestions can be answered only
• by experimental research.
As to the building of better
homes, it is just as Mr. Hunger
ford has suggested—we do not
and cannot own the lands we
improve. We are not permitted
to acquire title to the improve
ments our hands create, altho
I do believe if we are not able to
pay the rent we are allowed six
months in which to remove our
trails, our clearings, our docks,
piers, moorings, etc. Neither are
we assured the continuous and
uninterrupted use of these
things—for our permits can be
terminated at any time in the
discretion of one man, the Chief
Forester. We are not even per
mitted to file a homestead entry
cn our building sites. Would it
net be reasonable to consider fox
ranching (as animal husbandry)
a form of agriculture, and fox
farming lands as agricultural
lands, just as grazing lands else
where? When a homesteader
has lived on the land five years,
we give him the land for keeps,
to have and to hold, to him and
his heirs and assigns forever. But
altho the fox rancher sacrifices
his time, labor and benefits of
human society in order to
make the wilderness bloom, he
cannot acquire title to the lands
his hands improve, no • matter
how many years he may occupy
them. If a man is willing to
spend years of his life to make
the wilderness productive, should
he not be rewarded with the
fruits of his own labors?
. .Fox Rancher.
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Petersburg, Alaska
February 6, 1930
Fjditor The ALASKAN:
Dear Sir:
During the year 1928 basket
ball season of the Petersburg
High School, we had a student
turning out, who was a hard
working, loyal and good player,
and could have fitted in the
the team very well. Only this
man was over age and his play
ing would only have jeopardized
the standing of the school and
• team by his playing in inter
scholastic games.
This year in the games play
ed with Ketchikan, a player
from each team, and in the mid
dle of the season, was protested
as being over age and the school
registei of Chemawa disclosed
such as being the fact. Yet both
players were allowed to play in
the two games in Ketchikan be
cause pro*of of their age was not
AUTHENTIC, according to Mr.
Karnes, Principal of the Ketchi
kan high school.
We are hence led to believe
ihat school records are not auth
entic.
Petersburg had the best of
the play with both men out be
cause we gained the tip-off at
center which started our team
on offense and Ketchikan by the
loss of their man had a weak
spot in their defense which they
could not remedy. Yet both
n.en played, with Petersburg
sacrificing any chances of win
ning by participating with Ket
chikan in the playing of inelig
i
ible men.
High school basketball will
survive only when the rules of
the game, scholastic standings
and conference rules are adher
ed to.
In this past series of four
games, only one game was play-,
ed with eligible men. The senti-!
ment of the other three games
was that two wrongs make a j
right and if each team played a
protested man, somewhere a
team will knowingly or unknow
ingly play a man not eligible.
How much better in this case if
one of the schools at least had
withheld its man from play and
let the other school follow its
own judgment. Organized ef
fort to play protested men leaves
not much for Juneau or Doug
las to challenge.
Very truly yours,
Subscriber.
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JUNEAU’S STANDARD HIGH
SCHOOL .
ed and as abrupt. Civilization
has been literally thrust upon
him. The change bewildered
him, but on the whole he has re
sponded in a very creditable
manner.
He may yet consider moccasins
a superior foot gear to Paris
high heel slippers, but he is re
solved to wear the latter if it is
the stepping stone, or heel, to
higher things.
The industrial situation is
perhaps the most serious of all.
The recent movement of the
Alaska Native Brotherhood, look
ing toward compensation for
vanished rights and possessions
is not without merit. To be sure,
history is not repeating itself
and it has ever been the lot of
primitive man to give way before
the march of civilization. But
that does not atone for lost ad
vantage, especially to the half'
adjusted. One of the greatest
obstacles today to the native
citizenship in Alaska is the ab
sence of wage producing indus
tries. The one employment op
en to him, the fishing industry,
is for the summer months only.
A few native men can find work
in the gold mines, but only the
young and robust are able to
stand up to requirements of the
pick and the shovel, the only op
ening for untrained men. As a
lesult many families are in ac
tual want before the winter is
over.
It is not likely that history will
reverse in its attitude toward
primitive conditions. The Ver
stovian is not discussing this
phase of the question. As the
organ of an educational institu
tion, however, it does insist that
the one hope of the younger na
tive generation is in education
end adjustment to the new en
vironment. This means to us
training in the means of making
a living under new conditions
and necessities, as well as knowl
edge of history, grammar and
arithmetic. It includes h£#ne
making, care of children, social
requirements, self restraint and
the upright life. Along these
lines lie the salvation and pre
servation of the native of to
morrow.
JUNEAU HIGH SCHOOL GIVEN
RECOGNITION
The Juneau Empire is author
ity for the statement that the
U. S. Military Academy at West
Point has recognized the Juneau
High School as being on par
with standard high schools
throughout the country.
This may be so. But we call
attention to the fact that onei
of the appointees to the Naval
Academy took his examination
and failed in every subject and,
rot only failed to make his
grades but abandoned algebra.
This young man was salutatari
an of his class. A place accord
ed him by virtue of his scholast
ic standing.
Invariably, it has been neces
sary for high school graduates,
who have received appointments
to either of the government
academies, to take special work
in special schools to fit them
for the scholastic requirements
of the academies.
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IN CIVILIZED AMERICA !
Just how civilized are we?
“Land barons rule the wooded
hills of Northern Oklahoma with
hickory switch and squirrel rifle
and terrorize the poor and illit
erate into peonage” says the
Kansas City “Journal-Post.”
A youth from the “outside,”
who sought to marry one of the
mountain girls, was mutilated,
| killed and his body burned. Fear
>of the murderers sealed the lips
of witnesses.
This occurred not in Syria or
China, but within a few hours
ride of St. Louis and Kansas
City. These “poor and illiter
ate” peons are not foreigners but
descendants of men who fought
in the Revolution.
Isn’t it calculated to jar our
self-complacency?-Loneragan in
LABOR, Washington, D. C.
KING OF KINGS
Beginning Sunday evening at
the Coliseum, there will be
punos at# jo auo UAtoqs
pictuies yet produced—a Pathe
production, “The King of
Kings.”
This picture is recognized as
Cecil B. de Mille’s masterpiece,
and has drawn record houses
wherever shown. This is a bib
lical picture, the scenes being
laid in the Holy Land of Judea,
nineteen centuries ago, when the
Jews were under the complete
subjection of Rome. It is the
all-absorbing story of Jesus the
Carpenter of Nazareth, with
sidelights on official and politic
al intrigues of the time.
Previewed by a representa
tive of The ALASKAN, we un
hesitatingly commend this pic
ture to the people of Petersburg.
There are many shots that indi
vidually would be worth far more
than the price of admission. It
is set to a music score in perfect
harmony with the theme which
adds immeasurably to the effect
iveness of the play.
You will meet many biblical
characters of the time of Jesus
Christ and you will gain such an
appreciation of His life and
work as you may not have im
agined from a perusal of your
Testament. You are familiar
with the story. We think you
will appreciate the picture.
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The Unalga left on her annual
patrol of the halibut banks for
the season which begins on the
16th of the month. As the fish
erman in all the Alaska towns
have agreed not to fish until the
first of March, the Unalga will
probably return to Juneau again
before going out to the banks.
ONE WAY OUT
| An evangilist was once con
ducting joint revival meetings
jin two churches, Methodist and
Presbyterian. One day, two girls
,who attended the Presbyterian
church were discussing the meet
j ing to be held in the Methodist
■Church that afternoon, when
I Mary said: “What would you do
if they should ask you to pray?”
,“I wouldn’t do it,” answered
Martho. “I’d just tell them I’m
a Presbyterian.”