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POLITICAL PROGNOSTICATIN
George R. Holmes, political
writer for the limes of Seattle,
declares that “a political revolt
of far-reaching proportions Is
fomenting out where the West
begins, and if the Republican
Party proceeds with the renomi
nation of President Hoover next
year, it is going to find the go
ing extremely rough.
“This warning prediction was
sounded in Washington today by
two Republican Progressives of
the Senate—Senator Frazier of
North Dakota and Senator
Brcokhart of Iowa—who have
just returned to the capital from
several months of contacting
with ‘ home folks.”
With millions of unemployed
facing the spector of a hard win
ter, with wheat selling at 30
cents a bushel and other farm
commodities at the lowest ebb
in many years, the times, they
asserted, call for new leadership
And the party that supplies that
is going to be successful between
the Alleghenies and the Rockies
.hi the next campaign.
“There is certainly going to be
an ample vote of protest against
the Republican Party next year
if conditfons continue as they
are,” said Senator Frazier. “Na
[ turallv, the farmers of the North
i
, west are blaming the admims
! tration for conditions. Natural
; ly, the President lias lost popu
; larity. There was a gigantic
i protest vote last year, when
j more new senators and repre
sentatives were elected than ev
er before, and it will be even
I larger next year, because condi
tions undeniably are worse.”
Asked the direct question
whether “any Republican can
carry the West next year”? the
Senator replied:
“Out in the Middle West and
Northwest, the nomination of a
real progressive would make a
difference in the result next
year.”
He expressed the opinion that
Governor Pinchot of Pennsyl
vania would be a popular candi
date.
Senator Brookhart who also
travelled extensively through
the West since adjournment of
Congress, visiting Michigan, Il
linois, Iowa, the Dakotas and
other states, found many indica
tions of impending revolt.
Declared Senator Brookhart.
“In my opinion, any progress
ive Republican can carry, the
West next year, but no other
kind can.”
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION MAKES RULING.
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A letter to the local school
board from Commissioner ol
Education W. K. Keller, reads as
follows:
“I am returning herewith your
triplicate copy of budget of pro
posed expenditures for the
school year 1931-32. I have ap
proved the same to the amount
of $28,100.
“Under a ruling of the Terri
torial Board of Education adopt
ed May 4. we will not be able to
refund on the following items:
Text books, library books, gen
eral school room equipment;
equipment for laboratories, man
ual training and domestic sci
ence, gymnasium and play
ground equipment; freight, ex
press and parcel post insofar as
this applies to books and new
equipment; rent of basketball
hall.
“We will be unable to refund
on this last item due to the pro
vision that schools within incor
porated cities and school dis
tricts must furnish their own
plants.”
Several have expressed severe!
condemnation of this announc
ed policy of Commissioner Kell
er. They make the matter pure
I ly personal and assume the posi
f j t ion that he is solely responsible
5 for the policy instead of placing
the blame upon the Territorial
• Board of Education which, see
• ing the condition of the Terri
i torial Treasury and being im
portuned by the Governor to
curtail every item of expense
possible, have done so.
The real blame for this situa
tion goes right back to the con
trolling faction in the last legis
lature which passed the appro
priations bill without passing
the revenue bill. Rather than
be damned by the vested inter
ests for passing a revenue bill
in every way equitable to all the
interests, they hemmed and
hawed around until they got the
Governor’s approval on the ap
propriations bill then return
ed to their several homes and :
tiled to point to the fine records
they had made.
Their appropriations exceed- 1
ei two million dollars for the bi
ennium which far exceeds the ]
incoming revenue. Unless ex- J
penditures are curtailed, there •
will not even be enough to take £
care of prior governmental ac
tivies.
HATCHERY BUNK
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Former Senator J. R. Heck
man recently went into rhapso
dies over the fact that a few
sockeye salmon were spawning
in the shadow of the hatchery
in Ketchikan Creek. He places
the minor results to the fact
that several years ago a hatch
ery was in operation there and
the salmon now spawning there
is the direct result of the labors
and money expended by the Ter
ritory.
But “J. R.” or “Bob” to his
many friends, has a short mem
ory. While he was before th?
Fisheries Committee in the le
gislature, he declared point
blank that he would not give
as a business proposition, eleven
dollars for all the hatcheries in
Alaska. He was talking then
as a business man. Perhaps he
goes into rhapsodical ecstacies
over the so-called results, be
cause the people of Ketchikan
want further appropriations to
operate their hatchery.
Not one hatchery in Alaska or :
Canada has proven satisfactory 1
insofar as tangible results are
concerned. Official report of
the Canadian Fisheries Bureau
recommended discontinuation of
their hatcheries because honest
investigation disclosed the fact
that they were an economic
waste. If the Federal Bureau of
Fisheries wants to waste its
appropriations on hatcheries,
that is its business; if it is Ter
ritorial appropriations Ketchi
kan wants, they should ask for
something that is not a waste of
good money.
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FOR THE SYCOPHANT
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“Let us understand each oth
er: I am not of the army of vi
cious idlers who rail at those
who by industry and frugality
have become rich. I only regret
that their honest prosperity is
the exception to the rule. There
is a third of a century of work
behind me, and while not a man
cf wealth, my income is suffi
cient for my wants. Now what
are you, that look into your
leather spectacles and see only
the rose pictures painted there
by the Aristocrats. In ninety
and-nine cases out of a hundred
you are a pitiful hanger-on to
the bedrabbled skirts of a pseu
do-respectability, echoing par
rot-like ideas of the plutocrat,
and condemning the honest
workman who cannot conceal
his poverty. It is by the aid of
such as you that the plutocracy
retains its power to despoil the
people. It makes of you a cat’s
paw to rake the chestnuts out of
j the coals, and despises you, as
;a matter of course. * * When the
working people are able to fair
ly live, they are conservative,
patriotic and constitute the
strength of the state,.but when,
toil as you may, save as you can,
while the wealth created by
their labor goes to the enrich
ment of others, they become dis
satisfied and dangerous. If the
ruling class divide and subdue
them, they degenerate into spir
itless lazzaroni; but if the peo
ple triumph in the struggle, then
woe to those who have reaped
where they have not sown and
gathered where they have not
strewn.”—Brann The Iconoclast.
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“WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS—”
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A man was arrested in Seattle
and given 90 days for the theft
of fifty cents. Another man stole
an automoble worth several hun
t-red dollars and he was given a
suspended sentence.
A Indian goes up the street in
ebriated by poisons which he
buys and drinks. He is prompt
ly arrested and is given from
ten days to six months.
A white man, stands on a cor
ner, drunk as a horned toad,
and curses an officer. The offic
er walks away and lets the good
citizen go on his way disturbing
the peace.
An Indian girl gqes on a bend '
with some white men. She is!
picked up and sent to jail fori
ner own good; a white girl goes!
along the road, gets drunk and i
is sent home—for her own good j
When a man steals a million j
dollars he becomes a martyr j
lor his crime or he buys his a-1
nocence.’ The poor devil who pil-j
fers four bits to get himself a
‘square,” goes on the rockpile J
for ninety days.
“We hold these truths to be j
self-evident that all men arej
created equal, that they are en
dowed by their Creator with cer
tain unalienable Rights, that!;
among these are Life, Liberty1!
and the pursuit of Happiness. !
That to secure these Rights, !
Governments are instituted !
imong men, deriving their just 1
cowers from the consent of the 1
governed. That whenever any *
rorm of Government becomes •:
lestructive to these ends, it is ♦:
he Right of the People to alter
>r abolish it, and to institute
lew Government, laying its
oundation on such principles
,nd organizing its powers in
uch form, as to them shall
eem most likely to effect their
Sales
Every month in
the year.
1931 Sales Dates:
Advances will be
made as usual
when requested
Transferred by tel
egraph if desired.
Oct. 20
November 17
December 15
1932
January 26
February 16
March 15
April 19
May 17
June 21
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on request of Shipper.
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• |Safety and Happiness.”
It would be well if more of our
servants would read and study
this famous document to prac
■ lice at all times. And we make
, the further observation, that if
' the Americans today, dissatis
fied with their government, at
tempt to change it, they would
find that the fine sentiments ex
pressed would be fatal to their
freedom, unless they were suc
cessful in altering or abolishing
; it.
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AS SEEN BY J. R. JUSTICE IN
THE SEATTLE STAR
“Many have stayed awake
nights wondering what we would
do for building material a fev.
years hence. The timber being
i cut and quarries were being
worked out. Someone has found
that the hardest stone can be
made from corncobs.
The corncobs will also take
the place of hard rubber and
that leaves another worry be
hind. But there is still some
thing left to turn hair gray. In
tune, the price of corncob pipes
will be out of sight.
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A PAYING PROPOSITION
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In 1910 the little town of Rose
ville, Placer County, Calif., pur
chased its electric light plant for
$10,000. New it is worth $130
! 000 and, according to City Clerk
Frank Chilton, is “the outstand
ing source of revenue” for Rose
ville. This enabled Roseville to!
come through the last year with
a surplus of $24,000 after all ex
penses were paid.
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WENT BEAR-RY PICKING
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Miss Annie-Bruce of Sairtt Ste
Marie was picking berries re
cently. Without noticing it, she
put her hand in a bear’s mouth.
Both of them ran.
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HE TELLS NO MISTAKES WIIO
SAYS NOTHING
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Coolin Calvidge says: Presi
dent Hoover in his Indianapobs
speech, declared that the tariff
has saved this country from dis
aster.
This will be good news fo
the 5,0OO,CCO men out of wor^e,
who foolishly considered that
their little troubles constituted
a major disaster.
It will also cause rejoicing
among the thousands of small
business men, who will be glad
to learn that, although they
have been forced into bankrupt
cy, the tariff has saved them
from any real financial calam
ity.
I am sure wTe should all be
very grateful to this wonderful
tariff which has protected us
against unemptoyment, busi
ness depression, economic col
lapse and high taxes.
Prosperity is here to stay.
Note: Who kept us out of
war?
MEALS THAT YOU WILL
ENJOY
When You Want It and Ho;v
Y'ou Want It
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Get away from the heat and
drudgery of getting meals
at home on these hot sum
mer days.. Keep Cool and
Be comfortable at
Gi4nd Cafe
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Freshly Dressed
At present prices, housewives are serving chicken quite
legularly.. It is both economical and luxurious!. And_
We have corned beef and the cabbage to go with it.
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DILL FOR ROOSEVELT
Senatox C. C. Dill cl' Washing
ton has announced himself as
being in complete accord with
the plan of Democratic leaders
| of his state favoring an early
| convention and instructing the
I state delegation, bound by unit
-rule, to vote for Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Dill’s stand coupled with that
of State Chairman George C.
Star and National Committee
man Scott Bullitt, means that
the state of Washington will lead
the Democrat parade for Rocs. -
velt in the Pacific Coast slope
states.
“STOOLS’’ STILL UNPOPULAR
Elimination of paid informers
in prohibition enforcement, £.•
far as possible, was announced
recently by Federal Prohibition
Director Amos W. W. Wcodcocm
Sort of cleaning out the gar
bage dumps.
| VETERAN LOSES RIGHTS OF
CITIZENSHIP
Alter serving as a soldier at
Camp Lewis during the World
War, Mehmed Salimoff, native
ot Turkey, decided he wanted to
return home. As a result, he
was la?'t week deprived of his ci
tizenship papers in the United
States. He was naturalized in
Camp Lewis June 1, 1918 and is
now a resident of Baba Eskti
Turkey.
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Miss Helen Lund is leaving for
Seattle to -attend business col
. lege.
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| CL INGE OF DUCK SEASON IS
NOT IN CARDS FOR ALASKA
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The Department of Agricul
ture states that altlio the pro •
tests have been quite numerous
from Alaska on the curtailing of
'the hunting season for ducks
! and geese to the month of Sep
j tember, no extension of time
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