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Divisional Notes
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KFTCHIKAN
Mrs. Fred Handy underwent a
major operation at the Ketchi
kan General Hospital last week.
She is improving rapidly.
Hans Ervick was admitted to
the hospital recently with an
attack of the influenza.
HYDABURG
Mrs. Jason Natkong died on
the 7th of April and funeral ser
vipes were held on the 9th. She
was a member of the Hydaburg
Sisterhood.
The vaudeville show staged by
the Sisterhood recently went ov
er with a bang. Home made
candy was «old between acts
during the performance. Later
another sale was held at the Hy
daburg Trading Company’s store.
The Sisterhood is on the lookout
for opportunities to raise money
for the proposed new hall for the
Brotherhood This will probably
go up in the fall.
The commenceemnt exercises
of the Bureau School was held on
the 24th of April in the Town
Hall. Four students were gradu
ated from the eighth grade and
will enter high school in the fall.
The “Zapora” stopped here to
pick up the teachers who are on
there way to Seattle, having
ended their work for the school
year.
WRANGELL
William G Thomas, pioneer of
Alaska, died here during the
week. Mr. Haley is now the on
ly pioneer living here who was of
the crowd of men here when the
Territory was first transferred
to America.
Charley Kinney died in the
hospital heie following an ill
ness of several weeks. He first
came to Alaska in 1896 as engin
eer on a small steamer and set
tled there.. For many years he
lived in Wrangell and Peters
burg For a time he was one of J
the owners of a combination boat
and machine shop here. Pros- '
pecting was a hobby of Mr. Kin- ]
ney and the elusive “Lost Rock
er” his goal He spent many *
years tracing out the legendary
story of the fabulously rich lost ]
mine and spent months at the !
time in the hills from La Conte
Bay up to near Juneau. He 1
found many likely prospects but *
never rich enough for a man of ]
limited means .to develop.. He
told many weird tales of his ex- 1
periences out of the chapter of 1
his life in Alaska that were ex- ]
citing as well as interesting and ]
some that had all the earmarks ]
j of foul play He made effort to 1
uncover some of these but was '
never successful.
Charley was a fine friend and
though unassuming and unob
trusive, his going will be missed
by many of his old friends.
Johnny Chouquette is leaving
for the Taku where will work',
j with the Kerr geological survey
i party.
Bishop Peter T. Rowe was a
! Alaskan Glacier Sea Food Co.
Ohmer Will Buy Halibut For The
I Fresh Fish Market. See Earl
Before You Sell Your Fare.
Halibut, Salmon,and Trout
Fool and Billiard Tables
At
BRENNAN’S
Cigars and Tobaccos of all kinds |
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passenger on the Yukon enroute
to Fairbanks and Interior points
and will not return until in the
fall.
Bill Bitters who has been Out
side for some time is now with
the Lake Bay cannery.
Rev. H. P. Corser left recently
for San Francisco to attend the
Provincial Synod of the Pacific
Coast, as a representative of the
Territory.
.. E. F. Graves . completing . his
work of inspecting the dairy
herds, left for Ketchikan.
Investing in Alaska
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One year when the writer was
in the States, he visited in the
home of a canneryman. He was
told that the fine residence was
put up at a cost of $40,000. The
same cannery man did not have
a home in Alaska that cost one
tenth that sum. Very few of
those who benefit from the re
sources of the Territory reinvest
any part of their earnings in the
country. Their investments gd
uO develop other business in the
States.
Did more of those men put
their capital to work in the Ter
ritory there would be more de
mand for labor* their would be
more regular employment and a
greater spending power from
which every business would ben
efit.
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An Economic Problem
From The Verstovian
Delegate Dan A. Sutherland
delivered an important speech
in the House of Representatives
on “Alaska’s Declining Popula
tion.” He indicated two inclus
ive causes of egress, bureaucracy
md monopoly. As affecting the
native people he places unjust
iiscrimination in the present
Ishery laws as a fundamental 1
jause of poverty. He calls atten
tion to President Hoover’s recent
ieclaration that the Govejn
nent was allowing but 20 cents
i day for the food of its Indiah
children wards and urged that
his allowance should be doubled j
n order to insure the mainteii
ince of reasonable health. Of '
•pecial interest is his statement
hat the earning of Indian fish- ’
irmen in Southeastern Alaska
’or the past season averaged
ibout $150 per man. This is sig
liflcant in view of the fact that
Ishing is practically the only
ndustry open to natives. (Ed
tor’s note: The white flsher
nen may well be included for the
•urn total of their earnings is in- >
jluded in the averages. And :
:he earnings' on the average was
tiot more than a few cents per
lay thru the entire season.)
The present economic condi
tion of the native people of Alas
ka arouses the sympathy of the
Verstovian. Prom personal ob
servation we believe that the av
erage income of the natives is in
adequate to provide for a reas
onable standard of living. There
is no opportunity for bettering
this condition because there is
no opportunity for earning a
sufficient living.
As we see it there are two rem
edies. In the first place, inequal
ities in fishing regulations favor
ing vested interests should be re
moved. If any preference is
shown it ought to be in favor of
the Indians rather than adverse
to them inasmuch as they are
the original tenants in this land
and have no place to go. The
resources of the country should
be made available for support
And in the second place the gov
ernment should be active in en
couraging industrial opportun
ities for the native people.
Nationally Advertisedl
Last winter TIME, a newsy
weekly magazine published the
story of a saloon operating full
blast in New York City. Later
a subscriber verified the story by
obtaining “good liquor” in the
place. In the last issue of this i
Time-ly magazine, we reprint •
the following: j
Cordials & Beverages
Sirs:
. .On March 20 I wrote Charles ■
H. Tuttle, U. S. District Attorney, i
New York City, “ .. .. TIME ..
read with interest .. liquor store I
..Cordials and Beverages, 201 i
East 44th St.” On March 22 !
wrote U. S. District Attorney !
Tuttle: “.. .. Complaint .. re- :
ferred .. .. Federal Prohibition
Administrator .. investigation.. j
report ..this office..whether.. j
violation, .exists.” On March 27 j
wrote U. S. Attorney Tuttle, .
advise, .evidence, .showing sale:
premises 201 East 44th Street..
March 12, 1930. .collected, .now :
.. possession.. this office. .. Case j
tried, .regular order
Rochester N. Y. _
. .For an account of Cordials & !
Beverage’s present condition, see i
National Affairs.—Ed.
We turned to National Affairs i
Column in the same issue of i
Time and this is what we read: i
Cordials & Beverages, Cont.
President Hoover was last week j
told about Cordials & Bererages, :
the green-&-orange liquor store ]
at No. 201 F. 44th St., Manhat- |
tan, which has been doing a
thriving, open retail business in
intoxicants for the past two
months (Time, Feb. 10 et seq.).'
One Eaton Lehcirt, undergradu
ate “Prohibitionist,” of Colum-,
bia University wrote him a
rowdy, distraught letter in which
he detailed a personal visit to
Cordials & Beverages, and the
purchase for $1.50 of a bottle of
Spanish Port which “I swear was j
as good as any I have bought in *
Spain.” Threateningly, discour-1
teously, Lehcirt asked President,
Hoover, in effect, what he pro
posed to do about this open law
violation.
Meanwhile last week Cordials
te Beverages continued in its ac
customed, wideopen, prosperous
vay. The U S. District Attorney’s j
office said it had evidence of a
purchase made there, said that'
;he case would be tried “in regu- j
ar order” after an indictment j
iad been obtained from a grand
ury. One Mike at the liquor
store scoffed at the idea that
federal agents would molest
lim, arranged for liquor deliver
es a week in advance.
Step Up, Boys
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All the publicity given Cordialsj
& Beverages by TIME was free j
advertising which seems to have
Increased the business without
attendant Federal interference,
tt is hard, oftimes to believe
that officials as well as others
can so brazenly and openly scoff
at the laws cf the land.
I
Bet a silk top against a plug
ged nickel that if Cordials & Bev
erages were a shine 'legger his
bootican establishment would
long since have been raided and
its operator languishing in dur
ance vile. Yes, there is a differ
ence in who sells as well as who
gets drunk. That is as plain as
a wart on anybody’s nose.
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HIS CENSUS JOB PAID HIM
NOTHING BUT HE WORKED
Down at Redding, Calif., when
Asa McKenzie got the job of
census enumerator for area of
294 square miles in northern Las
sen County he began to figure
right away on the profits at 4
cents for each person.
Asa scanned each of 293 of
those square miles without meet
ing a single human being. Just
as the situation was beginning to
look hopeless he came upon a
lonely man and hailed him with
exceeding zest as he explained
his mission.
The lonely man eyed him
coldly.
‘Aw, I don’t live here” he said.
Asa’s report: Population. 0;
Percentage of gain or loss, yes.
Some people are always too
)usy to do anything but talk
ibout how busy the yare.
Be rathe** bountiful than ex
icnsive.
In infant? levity is prettiness;
in men, a shameful defect; but
in old age, a monstrous folly.—
Rochefoucauld.
A great library contains the
diary of the human race.
At The MacGREGOR
Where Sound and Action are Blended tor Your Enjoyment.
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Dolores Del Rio In
“REVENGE”
An Edwin Carewe production from Conrad Bercovici’s
story “The Bear-Tamer’s Daughter.” Wild hearts, flaming
feuds, fierce hatreds and tempestuous romance in a tale of
gypsy blood. Humorous, human, vivid.
ALICE DOLL
PETERTBURGS’ OWN ALICE NORBERG IN
“THE TAKE OFF"
The second of the Sporting Youth Series
OUR GANG IN “RAILROADING”
TALKING NEWS
SUNDAY AND MONDAY
Carle Laemmle, Jr., Super Special
“BROADWAY”
With Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent, Merna Kennedy, T. II.
Jackson, Otis Harlan, Robert Ellis, Paul Porcasi, Leslie Fen
ton and George Ovey. 100 per cent talking, singing, dancing
extravaganza.
Charlie Chase in “Snappy Sneezes” all-talking comedy.
Talking News
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