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A SEATTLE PAPER HELPS US
A few day-3 ago Senator Robt. B
Howell ,of Nebraska, got up on the
Senate floor and belittled the Al
aska railroad. He, also, said very
uncomplimentary things about Al
aska in general.
This all came up on a debate over
railroad appropriations, and Howell
was strong in condemning the sys
tem, (railroad). He attempted to
amend the Interior Department Ap
propriation Bill so that the road
from Fairbanks to Chatinaka, and
from Seward to Anchorage be cut
out entirely—or turned over to pri
vate capitalise.
The Seattle Daily Times, in a re
cent issue, came to the rescue of
Senator Willis, of Ohio, who was
keen in the defence of Alaska and
the road as a whole. The Times
cuffed the ears of Jones and Dili,
of Washington, for their acquiesence
in the Howell tirade through silence.
It also slapped Senators Howell,
Borah, Brookhart, Heflin, LaFollette,
Fraser, Wheeler and Nye for advo
cating practical destruction of the
road on which the people of the
nation have spent $60,000,000.
Economy of administration is one
thing and the slashing of appropria
tions by the enemies of the terri
tory is another. The former calls
for careful and just management,
the other for obstruction and even
tual abandonment.
Beneath the surface the Howell
amendment is nothing more nor less
than the making of a hand hold to
fit the grasp of private ownership,
and a bunch of those ready to d j
the grasping is the very wealthy
rairoaiiKs £.xpruruuuii ana tiota
Mining Company.
It is true enough that the Alaska
road has cost us a lot of money.
It stands us a larger sum than it
probably should have, but much of
the time the road was under con
struction, and even since it has been
in commission it has been in the
hands of its enemies. That is, the
aim has been to linger along, pile
up expense and create an anti-gov
ernment-ownership feeling. This
would lead eventually to a giving
up of the whole affair. Then after
the rails got a might rusted and
there was general atmosphere of
abandonment a coterie of financial
pirates would make a small—a wee
small offer for the layout, the gov
ernment would willingly accept and
we’d make an involuntary gift of
the road, rolling stock and all to
Wall Street for, maybe, a twentieth
of its value.
This has been done many times
before. The history of railroads in
the States is running over with gov
ernment hand-outs to private cap
ital, shady land grants, actual gifts
and weird wizardry in railroad
transfers. Are the American people
as green now a3 they used to be?
Are they going to allow another ono
of those queer deals to be slipped
over on ’em and allow private greed
to fatten again at government ex
pense?
We will have to keep our eyes
open for that very move is in the
making right now. At every op
portunity a bulkhead of ties will
be piled up on the tracks of the Al
aska railroad, figuratively and lit
erally, to darw close the day when
the government will talk discourag
ingly Then there'll be back alley
conferences between the plu(nder
bund and the “agents” of the gov
ernment. It will be the beginning
of the end, and take this right now,
once the move is made and it’s too
late to put a driinp in the “sale” or
gift, the Alaska people will curse
the day—and themselves for being
so damned sound asleep.
The people of Alaska need ex
pect no help from the larger portion
of the Alaska press. They need
not expect to be even wised up as
to what is going on. It is quite i
evident that this possible source of
objection is “ understood." The
buccaneers have this "press" mat
ter quite well in hand.
Tf never before, it calls now for
Alaskans for Alaska at the helm
We have had a lot of things jock
eyed over us. We’ve growled a i
little and let it slide. There has |
been a sort of feeling that things
would right themselves after a
while. However we are in a worse
condition than ever. We are bossed
by bureaucrats who have no more
interest in the territory than we
have in Timbuctoo. We pay taxes
to tilt their salaries. They are in
terested in their jobs, not in Alaski
nor its people.
What big business has done ti
the shipping board is just about
what will be pulled off here if we
don't watch out.
The republican ticket gives you
the candidates for office who are
pledged to the interests of Alaska
Instead of the interests in Alaska
To protect Alaska and its people—*
those who have made the territory
and live in the territory, go to the
polls and vote, April 24th, for Dan
Sutherland, for Allbrecht, for Judge
Wickersham and Chase, for Wm.
Grant and J. B. Gottstein, for Jno.
Rustgard; then for Charles Benja
min, for J. McCormick, A. L. Olts,
William Paul and Grover Winn, and
for Peter F. Gilmore. To scratch
any one of the above names is just
that much added to the power of
the plunderbund of the- States.
ui juu juub, positions ana
straw-boss sinecures have already
been made to those who may be de
pended on to swing away from the
repul lican ticket. The looters are
going to get their men in if they
can. That Governor Parks has
wofully failed in his move to keep
on digging into the territorial treas
ury to pay bureau officials, hasn't
halted the procession of the opposi
tion.
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WHO WILL IT BE? .
How are you going to vote next
Tuesday? Have you made up your
mind? THE ALASKAN has looked
the situation over and It is going
to voice its opinion. It figures on
C. E. Swanson for Mayor. Had
the paper anything to say against
him it would have been printed be
fore. We have said that we think
Swanson will play fair ball and do
wh?t he can in office for the welfare
of the city. That's that, in-so-far
as the mayor is concerned.
For the council we have Rasmus
Enge, Chris Gronseth, Andrew John
son, PeterJorgensen, Paul Lund and
Ed. Walwick.
Here’s this: Walwick and Jor
gensen are pledged to a program
of economy. Economy in city ad
ministration means a whole lot for
the coming year. There is much
to be done that will run into money,
and we don’t want any more such
wild expenditures as the school an
nex represents. We can’t afford it.
The city taxes are much too lofty.
Business propositions will be side
tracked every time that a glance is
given at the schedule of demands
that the city makes. Taxes, local
ly, have gotten away from a revenue
matter and evolved into a penalty.
Seemingly, the race is to catch up
with expenditures. The more there
is collected, the more will be spent,
and already the race is too burden
some to live up to. Then there is
the electric light schedule. This
penalizes the poor folk or those who
are unable to have but a glim or
two. And to power users, over a
a
At the Frye packing plant we have learned from Nature in our time
honored process of slow curing by wood fire and in planning our
distribution methods so that these delightful FRYES DELICIOUS
BRAND HAMS come fresh from the smokehouse to your table with
the least possible loss of time.
DOUBLE inspection by U. S. • Gov
6rnment and Frye experts is your
double assurance of quality.
Write to Frye & Co., Seattle, for
Frye’s “Meat Guide.” Send 30 to
cover postage.
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BRAND
certain horsepower, it is practically
a gift. In truth the high power
rate is below that of Tacoma, and
Tacoma’s rates are the most reason
able on the Pacific coast.
There are water mains to put in,
sewers to lay and streets to put
in at the lower end of the city
And the lower section of town
should be represented in the council.
We would favor Andrew Johnson
as a councilman, too, but for the
work to do it calls for unbroken at
tendance at council meetings, and
we are afraid that Mr. Johnson
will be absent a great portion of
the summer. Most of the time the
councils of the past have been rep
resentatives of the Trading Union
instead of the city. Otherwise good
men have been led aside of city
welfare through their interests in
the concern they are stockholders
in. That is our only fault to find
with Chris Gronseth. He is a stock
holder in the Trading Union. Will
he listen to the Trading Union be
fore he gives an ear to the city?
In asking this question it is better
to explain that in the past, Trading
Union politics have been—and are
—decidedly narrow and selfish. Out
side of that part of town immediate
ly joining the Trading Union activ
ities nothing is known, nothing is
cared for. The general good of
the city, therefore, hasn’t mattered
much with those who are interested
in the company.
Whoever composes the council it
would be well to consider 3ome one
qualified for a city marshal. He
should be some one big enough to
walk in the path of the city instead
of • the foot tracks of the federal
appointees. It would be a nice
affair, wouldn't it, to go to Seattle
—for instance—and see the police
force making the rounds of the city
in a bunch? If our marshal is not
big enough to keep from being
wound around the fingers of Brown,
he isn’t big enought for a city job.
Another thing for the hew coun
cil to consider is a competitive
system <>n city work. City printing
goes out to those who are presum
ably favorites regardless of cost to
the city. Material is purchase!
without much thought being given
to price just so long as some friend
gets a dig into the treasury. Con
tracts are let off hand without con
sideration of competence nor .cost.
Arrangements should be made to
place a city magistrate in office.
We should break away from bureau
controlled officials as soon as pos
sible. And irrespective of what
powers the U. S. marshal may say
he has, he should be given to under- |
stand that the city is well capable j
of taking care of itself.| This drag j
netting the town in order to give |
the department of justice sleuth a j
reputation shouldn’t be sanctioned, i
It wouldn’t be tolerated for a minute I
in any town in the States.
So we should have a council that I
si big enough and has backbone
enough to properly govern instead
of merely attend meetings, rag chew j
and let things slide. It should com- j
pel the street's to pay for its lights.
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HEALTH TALK
CUCUMBERS FOR SUPPER!
One who has suffered stomach
trouble will understand the signi
ficance of “Cucumbers for supper’’
—others will not. To eye with long
ing a seasonable delicicacy, but to
refrain from eating, in fear of tor
ment to follow, is the lot of the
sufferer.
But there is a chance to eat cu
cumbers again! If you get at the
cause of that stomach trouble; at
the spinal pressure on stomach
nerve3 that is back of it all, and
have a chiropractor remove it—
then eat what you like without fear.
Suffered Fourteen Years—“14 years
ago'I was struck by a train and
picked up for dead, but today my
battered frame is running right and
I thank Chiropractic. In that 14
years I treated with all local doctors
and an osteopath and still got worse.
I gave up hope of ever being well
again—my 3tomach so,,sore I thot
I had cancer. After three months of
adjustments I was well and cele
brated by eating cucumbers for
supper. Today I eat anything.*’—
Cuas. E. Wright, Chiropractic Re
search Bureau, Statement No. 1390-J
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The ALASKAN among buyers is an
Inducement to Merchants to Adver
tise in The ALASKAN.
Buy at Star Bakery and Save Money
Fresh Doughnuts, Cup Cakes, CooNi*
and Cinnamon Rolls
Always on Hand Fresh
STAR BAKERY
AMERICA FIRST arrives In Pe
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or Juneau via Kake and way ports
!bout noon.
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COMPANY
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