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GREASED?
A couple of years ago, the Pe
tersburg Packing Company was
notified that it would not be per
mitted to operate is trap at Cape
I anshaw. That being under the
prohibitions relating to navig
able waters, permit to operate
would not be issued.
The company removed the
trap.
Last year the Skinner-Eddy
Company was granted a permit
to operate a trap on the same
location.
Certainly a matter of special
privilege contrary to the prin
ciple set forth in the law of 1924
The question, therefore, is
Whose palms were “greased” and
how much.
THOU SHALT NOT
A casual perusal of the regula
tions set forth by the Czar of
Alaska, Commissioner O’Malley
would soon indicate to the av
erage citizen that it is a jumble
of prohibitions aganist any and
all Alaskans.
The average fisherman will be
able to ascertain legal fishing
areas if “open areas” are pub
lished. The list would be so
much shorter.
The Hook-off Restriction
The hook-off restriction which
Mr. Henry O’Malley refused tG
modify last summer, refused ev
en to discuss, he this year with
drew by declaring that hook-off ;
would be permitted where traps
operated.
This favor from the Czar was
secured by non-resistance and
not demanding fairness and
squareness.
A trap is nothing more than a
stationary hook-off, working 24
hours a day, seven days in a
week in the majority of instanc
es as against the hook-off by the
resident seiner whose hook-off is
of no effect, under general con
ditions, after a half hour.
Discriminate Against Seines
A seine MUST be empty of all
salmon by six o’clock regardless
i f how many or where caught.
Mr. O’Malley in his regulations
declares that the trap may con
tain or retain salmon for 36
hours, making possible he il
legal operations of the traps.
And Alaskans believe that any
regulation made governing the
fisheries is general!
Investigate
There is talk of an investiga
tion of Alaska’s fisheries. If it
be like other investigations held i
it will mean nothing more than
a congressional jaunt at the ex
pense of the public.
If it be an investigation as is
being conducted by Senators
Wheeler, Walsh, Caraway, and
other so-called “wild jackasses”!
then Alaskans will welcome that!
investigation and would only |
wish there were more of them
than the tame jackasses which
were tamed by sugar lobbyists,
oil lobbyists, booze lobbyests, and
a lot of other disgusting lobbies.
CARRYING WATER ON BOTH
SHOULDERS
Mr. Keller, principal of the Ju
neau Public Schools hopes to be
elected as Territorial Commis
sioner of Education by filing as
an “independent.”
Nominally Mr. Keller is said to
be a Republican. He fears to go
cut in the open on a Republican
ticket to secure the favor he de- j
sires. He plays the fear of one j
for the favor of another and;
hopes to get in.
Mr. Breuer. incumbant, is said
also to have pronounced a desire
j
for reelection.
As politicians some men make
good hams.
COMMUNICATION
Petersburg, Alaska
Jan. 7th, 1922
To the People of the Town of
Petersburg:
It has been brought to my at
tention that some of the chang
es and regulaions made by the
Town Council are not under- j
stood by the People at large, and
since the Council is working for
he People of Petersburg for
their best interest always, it is
no more than right that the
people be informed as to whyj
certain moves are made. There!
:s no secret about any of the
Council’s work and any Citizen
or Tax Payer is welcome to in
quire at any time what is being
done, and the whys and where
fores.
There has been some change
in water rates to take effect the
first of the year.
In the fisrt place the rates as
they were previously, were very
much out of proportion.
For instance the plants along
‘he waterfront, which use a
yreat deal more water than the
average household, were only
)aying $5.00 per month for said
water.
This also held true with meat
shops, which use a quantity of
water through their compressors.
The same applied to houses
using more water than otheis.
and the rates set at this time
are more in proportion to the
amount of water used, and will
also help some towards more re
venue, which same will be need
ed badly in the not distant fu
ture for the installation of a
oew pipe line from the dam
down to Town, and for the re
newal of many lines in the Town
Froper. - j | ^
These repairs wiil be costly,
but they must be made, and
there is no way to do it without
evenue enough to take care of
he expense.
If anyone in the Town feels
hat he is not using the amount
f water that he is being charg
d with, he can buy a meter and I
prove his claim.
Our estimates of the amount j
r f water used by customers in \
Petersburg, are based on actual!
measurements made by mem- i
bers of the Council, and also
f*om compiled statistics which
are taken from thousands of
I towns and cities all over the U.
|F. In regard to the building of
new streets or the rebuilding of
old ones, and you all know that
'there are several that need re
building, we have adopted the
following program which is along
the same lines that such work
has been done in the past, and j
which program must be adopted,
as there is not near enough re
venue in this Town or any oth
er in Alaska to build and keep
up the streets wholly out of the
Town’s general revenue. If that
were possible, the Council would
certainly follow that plan out.
We find that tlie rebui’ding of
streets at this time, of heavier
planking and stringers and more
of them than were used in earli
er years, and which is necessary
due to the heavier traffic at this
time, that it costs just twice as
Much as the original old street
cost. Therefore replacing an
old street as above outlined, we
ere charging the property own- I
er with half the cost of the or-!
iginal width of the street plus j
full cost of any additional width |
which may be added.
This cost is figured from the
total cost of the entire length of
street rebuilt, and each property
holder pays in the same propor
tion according to the foot
frontage he owns on said street.
The cost of alley and street
crossings are paid entirely out
of the Town Revenue.
It is hoped that when these
streets will have to be renewed
that if their construction is then
made the same as it is now, that
the property holder will have
only a light assessment, and if
possible none.
The unusual expense during
the past several years of first
putting the Power Plant on a
break even or paying basis, the
building of the new dam, the
new road at south end of Town
and also the installation of the
new power plant unit at Blind
Slough has made it necessary to
[neglect some of the street work,
but your Council has worked out
a plan, whereby with careful
handling, the necessary rebuild
ing will be done, and the Town
will be in excellent shape as to
upkeep and financially, and se
cond to none.
Earl N. Ohmer,
Mayor.
6,620 DEER
New York with villages con
taining populations greater than
entire Alaska last year records
the killing of more than six
thousand deer.
Then are people right in Alas
ka who oelieve that it is a great
fur and wild animal country. But
figures do not sustain the belief.
And the care of wild fur bearing
and game animals ns in the
hands of a federal bureau while
the care of fur and game ani
mals in the states is under direc
tion and control of the states.
PLAIN ROTTEN
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Senator Borah shot a broad
side ‘ at enforceemnt prohibi
tion and aroused the wrath of
i Attorney General Mitchel last
jveek. The Senator asserted that
| the prohibition enforcement was
j plain rotten from top to bottom.
| The Attorney General declared
i that the idea was an insult to
I the many honest, conscientious
j officials in the department.
Col. Mills, former prohibition
| administrator declared that he
jwas interfered with politically
j right up to the cabinet while he
j vas an officer. General Butler
I was made the laughing stock of
Tniladelphia. In Idaho about
2(> enforcement officials were in
o.icted for being hooked up with
a bootlegger gang. Everywhere,
north,east, south or west, the
prohibition force has failed of
their duty in such a manner that
they no longer have the confl
c ence of the general public.
Which only proves the decla
ration made by Senator Borah
that the enforcement depart
ment of the prohibition laws
is not what it should be from top
to bottom thereby feeding a
complete clean-up.
PERSISTS
One moving spectacle I shall
never forget. It was a roomful
of thin, peaked, half-clad, under
nourished little Indian children
at a compulsory, government
boarding school—a school which
has recently been severely criti
cised for its atrocious treatment
of the pupils—engaged in a flag
drill! I chanced to step in just
as they broke into The Star
Spangled Banner, waving their
flags as they sang. Such eager
warmth in thin little voices!
Such a glow on small, pinched
faces! I ran from the place.
Restrain. Patience. Uncom
plaining endurance. Meekness.
If the “meek shall inherit the
earth,” surely the Indian people
are laying up a great heritage
for themselves.
! Here is a picture I would leave
!\vith you:
One blazing hot day last sum
mer, on the New Mexico desert, I
accompanied a grave young man;
to the spot where the Govern
ment had dug an artesian well
I for the tribe. This had been paid
| ior out of a small fund these In
dians had just rcM-ived for lands
lost to them in the past through
gross Government negligence.
The water was acutely, desper
ately needed. But so was the
expenditure of every dollar of
that precious little hoard. These
were very poor Indians.
When we reached the well the
Indian fell silent. And we stood
looking down at a large pipe
with a tiny trickle of water issu
ing from it futilely; a driblet so
small and useless as irrigating
water for a farming region that
it amounted to a sardonic joke.
I turned to my companion, al
most expecting invective. Some
thing harsh, at least. Had He
been a white man he would have
cursed.
Instead he stood there in quiet
despair, his young shoulders
drooping, his face care lined.
“Much promise. Nothing done”
! he said huskily.
Then, as though he feared he
(might lose his Indian composure,
l e turned quickly and led the
way back.
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. . There are always two sides to'
every argument, but .unfortun
ately one end.—Labor.
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