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ALASKA FOR PENAL COLONY
—
Every once in awhile some;
one has a bug buzzing in his
head which makes him believe
that Alaska would make a fine
place to start a penal colony.
Not so long since it was a man
in New Jersey who had that
bright idea. The most recent j
Pat Crowe, reformed outlaw who
bioadcast his scheme over WOL
radio station of Washington in
which he advocates plans for
settling reclaimed lands with
youthful criminals and coloni
zation of Alaska with life term
ers.
What with making Alaska the
dumping ground of the riffraff
and scum of Washington and
California, it is not probable the
Alaskans will care for the pro
posed plan of Mr. Crowe. In
some quarters of Alaska it is be
ing suggested that Chicago be
ihe dumping ground of both
youthful criminal or hardened
life termer.
TRAPPING IN OREGON
Abou. rhe first of this month,
the trapping season opened in
the State- of Oregon. Wi en one
speaks of furs and trapping, one
usually ikinks of Arctic a >.5 Al
aska. As a matter of fact, less
fur game is obtained from Alt 3
ka tha 1 .ome of the more popu
lous states. The condition of the
same a uimals in Maska ha- got
ten so ?w that the Game Com
missioT is seriously thinking cf
makh t more drastic regula
tions. Note the difference under
State control as shown by Ore
gon.
By the week preceeding open
ing of the season about. 1600
trapping licenses had b-m is
sued wh:oh is about one hah
the nun ner that are taken out.
The s ason opens in Oi.' i .
month later than suai but r
mains or. n until rhe 1st oi
March. 1 tappers and buyu-s <,.•**
generally satisfied with i'm new
uoenir •. "ate as oe u:r f us are
being o ; „\nei and few viola
tions nc.ed.
TEUTNG A MISTAV K
Last year, Predatory animal
hunter, Mr. Stewart of the U. S.
Biological Survey worked under
the Territorial Game Commis
sion and in the main worked out
of Petersburg. He tried every
possible device to trap wolves
but was not as successful as he
would have liked to be. So he
resorted to the use of poison
bait.
He appeared before the local
Chamber of Commerce and asked
their support of his efforts in
the use of poison. He secured
that support and with written
authority from the Biological
Survey, proceeded about his bus
iness and soon demonstrated the
efficiency of the system. His one
serious mistake in the use of the
poison bait was in not picking it
up when he had to appear be
fore the Legislature to ask for
funds for the Commission.
At the recent convention o 1
the Alaska Native Brotherhood
appeared Mr. DuFresne, repre
senting officially the Alaska
Game Commission. During his
attempt at speech making he
declared that Mr. Stewart was
never authorized to u^e poison
and any statement by Stewart
that he had been authorized tc
use poison was not true.
Mr. DuFresne was congratu
lated for his statements and Mr
Stewart condemned for misrep
resenting—if it was true he had
done so.
Members of the Brotherhood
had seen communication which
authorized Stewart to use poi
son. The denial by DuFresne,
whether on instruction by the
Commission or for personal rea
sons was unmiigatted cowardice
More cowardly in fact, because
Mr. Stewart was not present and
therefore unable to defend his
own honesty and integrity.
The Brotherhood did not leave
that meeting with the impres
sion tha DuFresne had tola the
truth—or that Mr. Stewart hac
CONDEMNING AN HONEST j
OFFICIAL
William Atherton dePuy, Se
cretary Wilbur’s administrative
assistant, was severely criticised j
by the committee (Appropria- j
tions) the executive hearings
published with the bill showed,
tor writing magazine articles
! concerned with Indian Affairs
and other subjects under the in
terior department, and for writ
ing a letter to the editor of Good
Housekeeping Magazine sug
gesting that criticism be voiced 1
of Indian affairs to "arouse Con
gress to action.'’—A.P.
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A TRAVESTY ON AMEHCAN
INSTITUTIONS
v --
j The criticism of William Ath
lerton dePuy by the Appropria
tions Committee for his activity
in trying to arouse Congress to
action relative to administra
tion of Indian affairs, is tanta
mount to saying that that admin
isiration—maladministration if
you please—is perfectly justifi
able and no voice should be
raised in condemnation. That
the kings can do no wrong!
The wrongs endured by the
Colonials under King George III
were trivial matters as compared
j to the stinking mess, crooked,
graftng, murdering, raping ad
ministration of Indian affars by
offfcals of the United States gov
ernment entrusted with the care
and protection of the Indian.
Did any other race have to en
dure the indignities, maladmin
istration that the American In
jhas undergone, is undergoing,
and will continue to undergo,
I they would long since have re
j T/oIted.
i
| The Indian contributed better
| than one out of every seventeen
\ of its total population to services
to the country during the World
| War. While under arms to de
jfend Democracy and the honor
.of his country, his lands were
\ taken from him without due
process; his mineral rights pros
tituted and turned over to graft
ing crooks by and with conni
vance of “slackers” who urged
the Indians to enlist, purchase
liberty Bonds, War Savings
Stamps, contribute live stock for
which he received little more
than nothing while the crooks
! and slackers waxed fat off of his
| patriotism. His reward upon re
1 turn from the Front was to find
his women raped and with chil
dren not his but which he must
support; with his lends depleted
j and his possessions gone. That
, | was his reward for being patriot
ic.
| Still he sings “My Country ’tis
j of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty,
j of Thee I Sing. Land where my
| lathers died, Land of the Pil
grim’s Pride, From every moun
tain side, Let Freedom Ring.”
' The educated Indian sings
< “sweet land of liberty—for ev
jeryone but the Indian.
| Would to God there were more ;
Senators Wneeier, nailer, La -
Toiietae—Americans wno love >
Lie institutions upon which the ,
country is founded, more than (
teirish party lines which con-1
dunes and tries to cover up a (,
putrid mess the like oi which | j
make the Teapot Dome scan
I dais pale into insignificance.
WINS BET—BUT LOSES
Tom Fason, negro oi' El Dora
do, Kansas, bet his week s wages
recently that lie could drink a
.uart oi' “moonshine without
. lopping, walk a hundred yards
and return without staggering,
fie drank tire “shine” and walk
ed as he had wagered. Collect
ed his winnings and then a lit
he while afterwards passed on
o eternal if not infernal ooiivi
on.
ine moral being you lose even
fi you win against old John Bar
leycorn.
VAKE LOSES BUT WINS
Senator elect William S. Vare
of Pennsylvania lost in his con
test to be seated in the Senate
oy a vote of 53 to 22. It was a
victory for Mr. Vare in that he
was able to prevent William B.
Wilson from being seated there
by throwing back to the Govern
or of Pennsylvania the matter of
| appointing a senator. Natural •
by one more favorable to the Of.
! Guard than Wilson will be nam
j ed.
i
Thus closes this chapter in the i
election of a Senator, the cost of
i which would LHKe tne entire sen
ate approximately ten years to
equal with their combined sal
aries. That any senate position
is worth approximately a million
dollars for ten years is unbeliev
able That the Senate considers
it smacking of piunderbund con
trol is evident. It is to be con
gratulated for at least making
Ion effort to hold the dignity oi
I That august body
‘•MY BEAUTIFUL ALASKA”
By James It. Little.
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11 tried to write of Alaska.
,The land that God made free..
| Of mountain , hill and tree.
I * tried tc sing of skies and
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clcud,
I concentrated beauty in
A semi-conscious mind.
But found I had to give it up.
The grandeur that’s entwined—
About my heart by Alaska
Can never be defined.
So great, so strong, so beautiful
This land appears to me
There are no words describing it,
Nor ever shah there be;
No pen can draw its majesty,
Nor can an artist’s brush
On paper or on canvas place
That ever holding hush.
NEW POLITICAL SHUFFLE
The recent announcement of
the Alaska delegate to Congress
that he will not be a candidate
again for the office and the shy
ing into the ring of the hats of
former Delegate James Wicker
sham and Attorney General
John Rustgard promises to de
velop into one of the most ex
citing political campaigns since
the early days when issues and
not political sophistries were the
j order of the day.
j Gauged by a retrospective re
view, there looms little in the
form of issues at the present
time, unless Judge Wickersham’s
Controller Bill may be called an
issue. Having been defeated, it
is questionable if good politics
would prompt its resurrection in
its present form. So it will be
necessary for Wickersham to
■spring something entirely new
i if he would catch the imagina
tion of the voters.
Attorney General Rustgard
has not at any time introduced
an issue unless it is his adher
ence to a demand for a change
n the laws governing adminis- i
ration of estates, and some |
nax redly radical lsbor meas-!
■ res. ail of which were turned
iown by the Legislature.
But the most interesting as
pect of the piesent situation is
.-resented in the fact that the
rend uium swings back to post
•enaissance days before Alaska
merged from a region of stain
rede gold mining camps into
me of modern settlements and
lie aawn of industrial era.. Dur
,ng the interim since Judge
wickers ham was delegate and
.he present time, little in the
form of constructive legislation |
nas been accomplished for the
territory. The most outstand
ing feature was the present de
legate’s undiplomatic battle with
respect to the fisheries.
Never v/as the time more ripe
for a divorce from old-time poli
ics and espousal of a new po
litical bride. Alaska has pro
gressed in every line but in a
political sense. The man who
can hurl a live issue into the
next campaign, based upon pre
sent day needs rather than ar
chaic folderol such as character- i
ized political highspy for the j
oast ten years, bids fair to get!
into the “R” column of the box
score
Judge Wickersham is a sea
oned campaigner and acknowl- j
edged political genius with the i
nresent delegate organization in i
his vest pocket.
Attorney General Rustgard is
also of the same fold.
However, Alaska has many
men canabie to pair them and i
- !
perfectly able of wearing the
Congressional toga gracefully. I
The question is: Will they cease!
‘o play the role of blushing,
violet and get into the fight1
with sleeves rolled up.—Seward
Gateway.
WE ARE A SOVEREIGN POWER
We are today a sovereign pow-;
tr under obligation to no nation;
on the face of the earth. Our:
country was founded on a doc
trine of liberty. Every citizen
should not only apprehend the;
many disadvantages which are;
the heritage of an American but
should as well feel the respons- I
ibility which he has for helping
to preserve those privileges. You
can do so by studying the prin
ciples of Americanism; by ab
sorbing the ideals of American
patriotism; and by voting your
j convictions in the public elec
' tions.
* : * The proper discharge of
' ho obligations of citizenship in
; volves three distinct things. First
j it involves the understanding
; and appreciation of the ideals of
American liberty; second, a con
cientious discharge of the vot
mg power and the consequent
j e lection of public officials who
I are honest, capable, and devot
■ ed to the interests of their coun
! try; third, a collective movement
: reward the education of all peo
ple to a thorough understand
ing of American problems and
American privileges. The great
| bulk of American citizenry in
I eludes people of all races and
from all iands. In the estab
; lishmenfc of this country who de
| rnonstrated a greater and more
| unselfish patriotism than that
! hero of the Polish nation, Count
I Pulaski? This great pioneer
fiom Poland laid down his life
for a new country. He had no
loved ones to protect and no
! home or property in danger. He
gave his life for the freedom of
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