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SCHOOL WILL CONTINUE
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We are not expecting that our
schooksystem will go to the bow
wows merely because Lester D.
Henderson is out and Mr. Breur
is in.
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As a matter of fact, the job of
Commissioner of Education is
not a difficult job for any well
educated 'man. Even Mr. Hen
derson did well and when he
began he had a very ordinary
education'and no previous ex
perience in school administra
tion.
And while he did well, the
things he left undone were due
to'hiS'iack of experience and his
flare for, politics.
To his successor we recommend
a school survey by some recog
nized authority, the survey to;
contain recommendations for
improvement.
We also recommend an audit
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of all acounts that receive mon
ey from the’Territory. It is time
for an audit considering the
fact that something like six mil
lion dollars have been spent bv
tbe( territory, for schools during
the last twelve years without an
audit. _ The Treasurer’s books
are audited, why not the Com
missioner .of Eoducat ion's and
the School' boards who receive
money"*if f om' him ?
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HE DEFEATED HIMSELF
ThC vdef^at ;of Lester D. Hen -
derson.„w#s- brought about by
Lester D. Henderson. If he had
attended ,to .his/own business,
the management of our school
system, for. which: he was hired
he WQ^ildj-still be CCommissioner ,
of Education.
We vpave often pondered over
the scriptural text, “He that
taketh the sword, shall perish by
the sword.” As we frequently
have<oceasion to know the truth
of that text. But, we have often
wondeygd if .the sword was only
for oji&friends.
Henderson has been the most
pernicipus influence in politics
f m m^ny years. He has been so
important: as the “liaison officer ’
of tfya. federal political machine
that his.eampaign for reelection
has included the leading Deino
cratsytke. VTony” Dimond, John
W. Tr§yv. John Pegues,, the suo
posedy Republican governor Geo.
A. Packs..*
His efficiency in politics is
proven by the almost unanimous
support that came to him from
Parent-Teacher A s s o c i a tions.
These resolutions were engineer
ed by ...somebody usually under
obligations to Henderson for the
very subordinate job held. Cer
tainly the vast crowd that voted
knew ..nothing about him.
WANTS U& TO BOW TO HENRY
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It seems; evident that the
House* of' Representatives does
not iftte'nd to take steps to solve
the problem of Alaska’s fisheries
from'aid Alaskan viewpoint.
Fr&ftK-;- Foster, representative
froitf Gordovaj' has supplied the i
exctisejtfiamely, that nothing be
don*r uhtiT Henry O’Malley can
come' *t*(5 “Juneau and , “advise”
justllwimt should be done. And
Henry says that‘“all is' harmoni
ous '' iff Aia'Ska and there is no
fish"’Controversy this year.”
Irj’ tei Frank Foster has the *
actiV£':supp6rt of the Fourth Di
vision v members of the House, ,
and-\SQjjio. from the Second or
Nome pivision.
Th&u&ottly thing left for the
FirsS&D&asioh is to demand sepa
ratifl&cifuom the miners of the
NoriJi*?- Pol#- and- Fairbanks Col
lege^ xx: cut out the College ap
propriation and let it run on the
Congressional appropriation on
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ciccuic on tile i omuy interest.
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ixus tOVvxi uua capital Wouiu pu
jiUt ex tiie ue v empiiiOili/ Uii ajOj.i0
tile iiuliuVvo. it xo Capital tilctt
we neeu aiiu we snouiu give sum
people every inducement to com
111 uuu not uppOSe tileili.
rue uouuie wiui moot capital
which comes into muswu—ex
cept ui rare instances—tney u^—
xOi uiuie iavor uian me sman
maiviu.uai Vv ho comes into tiie
territory ana carves out his
Home, Tney want special pow
er penults, special timoer areao,
special mineral rights, specim
iisnnig privileges, special ex
eiusivc privilege, anu tne auric -
jutic agents ana pinneaas who
are tiie czars ol Aiasita liana it
to tiieiii aiia put tiie screws on
.xie at tie leiiow.
Just maire application, ior a
Homestead in the Narrows, un
aer trie 5-acie tract law or undti
me noinestead law. in piaiu
words hie forestry bureau wm
tell you to go to tne wen. Tne
ueve.opment along tiie Narrov
under t osnay is a debatable
question.
tiie income of the hydro-eiec
-ic plant from date of its first
operation until final date of ma
turity of outstanding bonds will
oe approximately $300,000 the
year at an average of $25,000 the
month. The figures will run in
astounding figures. More mon
ey than Foshay or any other in
terest would expend in the com
unis papernxoij>i u? aoA-D ,
mg 2u years. If it can be shown
that the Foshay interests will
bring into this town as much
capital a large part of which is
used for municipal purposes, thei
fuii support may be given the
iuea of selling the plant to pri
vate capital.
This gross income should take
care of all outstanding bonds,
interest and depreciation and
permit further extension worK,
with reasonable care and intel
ligence.-’ In other words until
it is shown this paper that un
d£r the power trust as it does
under public ownership, it will
oppose sale of the local plant
which appears to have consid
erable sub rosa support from the
various factions.
V» H * NOT ALASivA?
vYe quooe the Department of
Agriculture year boon for 1922:
it is necessary to go aoroaa,
however, to appreciate tne fuii
significance of continuous use of
forest lands to permanent local
development and prosperity. No
better example can be found
than that oi the French Landes.
:: * An area of slightly less
(than two million acres supports
a population of about 1,400,000
and as a health resort is visit
ed by aoout 200,000 people each
year. ‘ About 81 per cent of all
the workers employed in lum
bering and turpentining opera
tions are small holders of land
within and adjacent to the for
ests. The returns from the tim
ber and turpentining make it
possible to cultivate profitably
the scattered areas of agricul
tural land which otherwise
would be valueless.
We ask. Why not Alaska?
WHO CAN TELL?
Why is there no Field Division
Special Agent of the General
Land Office stationed in Alaska?
There might then at least be
a possibility of a conflict of opin
ion and a chance for appeal
from the Forest Service dictates
in the matter of land ciassihca
ncation.
JLOG JPitiCl£b
Witn sawiogs at ruget bouna
mmyaius priced at to i)>ou per
uiousanu, according to grade
ana the tame logs nere to be haa
at «j>ru regaruiess Oi giuae, is it
not strange tiiat there is no
c,ieat lii'ceiest snown in the pos
oiunities oi Aiasiea timoer oy
oome oi tne larger export mills.''
xs it with them as it is with tne
puip miiis tnat uiey, oiice estao
piants ana equipment, have no
assurance tnat stumpage prices
w’ouiu not sKyrocket?
we humbly suggest for your
consideration tiie lact that some
privately owneu timoer might be
considered an "essential anchor
to wmdward.
YVlii LitT IT ItOT
Is it gooa business to import
one-iii'th of oh of the pulp wood
j used in tne United btates from j
Canada and let the forests of \
Aiasxa rot? No! It should bej
harvested ana a new growth I
started.
Can They Make the Grade? j
Are the Forest service People I
going to be able oO iriuuce the
pulp manufacturers to come to
Alaska ana operate? Not unless'
they give them an iron-ciad con-!
tract for a definite amount of
limber, at a rate with no un
known quantities as to future
stumpage prices, in fact, a bill
of sale. Big business does not do
business that way. Buric Itatic
control may oe imposed over an
unresisting and unorganized
country and people, but for Big
Business to deliberately place it
self under thao control is un
thinkable.
We might suggest that the
answer would be to allow the
timber and land to follow the
regular channels of private own
ership.
dang on to Valuable Rights
Do you know that the pulp
mills of the United States, in
1920, nearly ten years ago, paid
on an average of $19.03 per cord
for pulp wood delivered at their
mills and that at a price of $10
per cord the timber land of
Southeastern Alaska would yield
anywhere from $10,000 to $200,-!
000 per quarter section to the
owner.
Do not sit silent and allow a
resource of this value to be tak
en from you. The time to make
the fight is now.
We Don’t Know But—?
Why is this clause written into
timber sale contracts? “No tim
ber shall be exported from this
sale without the consent of the
Forest Supervisor’’ This is writ
ten into every timber sale and
issued by the Tongass National
Forests.
Who Subsidizes Them?
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Do the pulp mills in British
Columbia get a subsidy from the
Canadian government? They
seem to be able to operate profit
ably and market the bulk of
their produce in the United
States In fact the timber in
dustries of British Columbia as
well as Oregon and Washington
seem to be able to do business in
in all lines and raise money to
do it with too.
Why not Alaska?
PROGRESS IN ALASKA
Governor George A. Parks be
fore the Chamber of Commerce
banquet in honor of himself and
I members of the Alaska legisla
I ture said in answer to the ques
tion ‘.Just what is wrong with
Alaska, why is it your country
doesn’t seem to go ahead?” the
trouble is “local pessism.”
In other words, the governor
says our trouble is that we are
simply down in the mouth with
out reason.
To prove his point, he points
to the improvement in all kinds
of transportation everywhere in
Alaska.
In answer to this we point out
that in each and every year
while George ParKs hay oeen
governor, there has oeen a dis
tinct IN POPULATION in
Alaska.
in the year 1928, the net loss in
population was 739.
We venture to say that Mr.
Parks would soon rind out what
the trouble with Alaska was if
he would let loose of the govern
ment payroll which has always
been his during the twenty years
in Alaska.
The people are here. They are
willing to work. But the work
is not given by cannery, sawmill
or other corporations to Alas
kans. Fish are caught by huge
traps owned by outsiders. Noth
ing is left for the White People
of Alaska except “to return from
whence they came.”
If this continues, Alaska will
again become INDIAN COUN
TRY.
NEWTON’S NEW JOB
One of the interesting recent
announcements was that Con
gressman Walter H. Newton of
Minnesota would resign his seat
in the House of Representatives
to become “administrative sec
retary” to the President.
This is a new position. Mr.
Newton’s principal task will be
to act as liason officer between
the White House and the Cap
ital. In other words, he will
Newton has been in the House
for ten years and has always
been a faithful member of the
“Old Guard” machine. He was
practically the only member of
the Minnesota delegation who
opposed the McNary-Haugen
bill. He was against organizeu
labor on major legislation like
the Howell-Barkley Bill.
But he has ability and wasj
an original “Hoover man.”
MAKE WAR ON HOLD-UP
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By George L. Knapp, in Labor
The American people are just
waking up to the way they are
being skinned by their public
utilities. One that covered-aize
utilities. One of the most arou^’
'jd spots on the map is that cov
red by two Middle Wester ?,
towns which are lucky enougn
to have wise and plucky leader
.■liip.
Champaign and Urbana are
‘twin cities” of central Illinoi .
H?eir joint population is some
thing above 30;000, and their
chief industry is education. The
state university, where you can
take a course in bricklaying—
and get a degree in it, too—is
located at the twin towns, and
its 14,000 students are not in
cluded in the population esti
mates.
And Champaign and Urbana
just now are in a vigorous fight
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John R. Kolstrand.
Front Street. - - - Petersburg, Alaska
Try “TONCAN” Matal For Your StovePipes
to make the utilities quit goug
ing or get out.
With some 1,300 professors liv
ing in the twin towns, one would
expect leadership to come from
the halls of learning. It hasn’t
happened that way.
Sick of Ratae Increases
tell the statesmen on the Hill
what the President wants and
then convey their “reactions” to
his boss.
The man who is taking the
lead in a fight for fair play is
Isaac Kuhn, head of a big de
partment store. Mr. Kuhn knows
what he wants to say, and he
says it in page ads in the local
papers, and petitions to the gov
ernor of Illinois ,the legislature,
the Commerce Commission,, and
anybody else who can be reach
in one of these petitions he
says:
“Our local rates have been ln
crased recently as follows:
“Telephone, from 80 per cent
to 100 per cent.
“Heat from 60 per cent to 83
per cent.
Water, from 25 per cent to 70
per cent.
“Cur people are getting good
and sick «'f rate increase after
rate increase, based upon the
j flimsiest o farguments and little
or no investigation.
“We citizens of Champaign
and Urbana, request that your
honorable body (the legislature)
investigate the truth of these
statements, and we pray you for
action, ana quick action, against
this outrageous gouging of the
public’s pocketbook.
“The people know in their
hearts they are being treated
like so many sheep. The util
ities use the money the consum
er pays them to justify rate in
creases before the Commerce
Commission, and the Commis
sion has not had either the will
to say ‘no’ or the wit to see the
joke at the expense of the con
sumer.”
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Attorney at Law
Arctic Hotel Petersburg
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