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In an issue of the Empire pub- ,
lished in 1926 we note the fol- ,
lowing standard set for Delegate
Sutherland and wonder just how
well Editor Troy ant1 his Shadow
Pegues would, or could measure
up to it:
“It ill befits a man claiming
to be an Alaskan to do a mean
thing. There should be in him at
least a remnant of the true Alas
kan spirit, a tolerance of petty
delinquencies, a broadness of
outlook on life and cant. It
would seem impossible that a
man who has lived so long
among the hills of the North,
mushed over its trails, prospect
ed its valleys, and fought its
storms, should not have at least
been spiritually swept clean of j
the petty vices of mankind. * * I
“No fair man, no decent man,
would * * * been guilty of vouch
ing for * * * trash, petty scandal,
downright lies, and malignant
gossip * * * .”
We referred to Editor Pegues
as Juneau’s Jesus, and after
reading this Editorial we havej
not changed our mind but add
that John is the Federal’s God.
Since he sets the standards for
decent men, how well does he
measure up to his printed stand
ards? “Special to the Empire”
was one deliberate- prevarication
that was never denied by that
publication that prates of ethijs.
And for shame.
PITY THE ESKIMOS
From the New York World
There is much in the observa
tions of Captain Donald B. Mac
Millan, the Arctic explorer, on
culture and civilization of the
Eskimos on which to meditate.
We are prone to patronize these
hardy children of the ice and
snows—and the fact that their
culture extends back farther
than our own, does not touch us
with humility. We are civilized,
they are not.
The Eskimos have a religion
that has withstood the mission
aries of other religions for cen
turies—we are losing ours. They
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observe the law without the
threat of a club, we are power
less despite the club. They have
-ense enough to respect the au
thority they set up—we have
not. They live in peace and cov
it no man’s land—we slaughter
wholesale to grab another man’s
2 round and call it “patriotism.”
Our civilization is a cultivation
if a taste for labor—they are not
>o far advanced. They have
priests to drive away evil spirits
—we flirt vii h ours. They believe
like us, in a hereafter, but their
heaven is in the earth—ours in
the sky.
When they mairy, they require
no parchment with written
words to remind them of the
marriage—we frame the license.
They always respect the woman
they take—we don’t. If they take
three wives, they provide for all
-our courts proclaim that we of
en fail to provide for one. There
ire no regulations prohibiting
jhildren in the igloos. They are
heathen!
They have no slums, no jails,
10 madhouses, no degenerates,
lo wealth, no poverty no sham,
10 Andersons, no Summers-^-but
liey are heathen.
Pity the poor, benighted Eski
mos !
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WHO ARE REPUBLICANS?
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The Juneau press refers to the
fedeials and others as “regukir
•epublicans” and for politica*
•urposes tries to discredit those
who ARE republicans and Wuo
uipport candidates opposed to
he Federal Brigade
Getting right down to bed •
*oek and hard pan, or panning,
t is safe to say that the Feder
al Republicans have a pretty
hard landing field for then
• elves. Yesterday they are “in
:>pendent,” today “republican'
tnd tomorrow they vote for the
Democratic candidates. Yet
for mercenary ourposes these
men are republicans." it tney
l ave convictions then all that
they need do is to get down to
brass tacks and state those con
victions. If they are fighting on
issues of personality then they
have no place in politics. It is
such party playing and logrolling
that makes politics a dirty thing
to look upon. It is that kind of
politics that “greases” up offic
ers and spoils character,
When will America clean up
its backyards of stinking politics
and clean out a system made
leprous by scheming politicians
with conniving officers.
Look at the current reports of
the booze ring of Seattle with
Olmstead, former king of the
bootleggers and Hubbard, under
cover man fdr the prohibition
department, all gummed up with
the same stinking mess from the
same stick and the same pot.
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CHILDREN IN A SAWMILL
TOWN
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A letter and a newspaper clip
ping just received by LABOR
show vividly what happens when
unorganized workers have to de
pend on “philanthropy” of a su
per-rich corporation.
The clipping reports the speech
of the school superintendent of
a district which includes Truman
Arkansas.
The school facilities are bad
and the attendance bad, but the
worst part of the report is that
dealing with the health of the
children.
Of 556 pupils in Truman who
were given medical inspection
last year, 510 had visible defects.
Of these, 345 had bad teeth in
need of attention; 275 had throat
troubles; and “about 20 per cent
of those examined were found
t o be undernourished.”
The letter from LABOR’S sub
scriber gives the explanation:
“Truman is a lumber town ol
the Singer Sewing Machine Co
It is a typical sawmill town, all
three and four-room houses; Uu
average is from 25 to 32 cents
per hour.”
That tells the story. WHEN
FATHERS WORK FOR 25 TO
32 CENTS PER HOUR, CHILD
REN ARE BOUND TO HAVE BAD
TEETH. The wonder is that on
ly 20 per cent were undernour
ished; and closer inspection
doubtless would show a high in
fant death rate .
But why are these workers get
ting wages which keep them on
the border-line of hunger?
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO
UNION THROUGH WHICH TO
GAIN MORE WAGES. Unorgan
ized and helpless, the Singer
Sewing Machine Company is
their employer, storekeeper, land
lord, and, to all intents and pur
poses, their lawgiver as well.
They must take what the com
pany pleases to give—and pray
that it may be enough to keep
body and soul together.
What shall one say of the eth
ics of the Singer? It is a fabu
lously rich corporation. It has
made two generations of million
aires. It has something close to
a monopoly. It has—thanks to
the architect—a noble tower in
New York. It has gone in rath
er ostentatiously for “welfare
work.”
But in the backwoods of Ar
kansas, where “welfare work”
has no advertising value, the
Singer is paying dividends out of
the schooling, the health, the
very lives of children.
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NEW FUR GAME REGULATION
Changes in game and fur regu
lations to become effective July
1, 1930, have been published in
the Alaska Game Commission’s
new Circular No. 7. A supply of
this circular will soon be received
from the printer for distribution.
As in the past, copies will be
mailed to all persons who hold
licenses for this year. Those who
do not receive a copy through
the mail may secure one from
the local Game Commissioner,
Game Warden, Licensing Officer
or from the Executive Officer at
Juneau.
..The make-up of the new cir
cular has been changed slightly.
The regulations will be found
first, followed by excerpts from
the Alaska Game Law and other
Federal and Territorial Statutes.
The circular also has a larger
map of the Territory than here
tofore.
Among the changes in regula
tions for the year beginning July
1, is the removal of the close sea
son on black bears throughout
the Territory. Several years ago
it was considered advisable to
declare a continuous open season
on this animal in the district
'north of the Alaska range, and
due to his unprecedented in
crease in the remainder of the
Territory during the past two
years, this continuous open sea- j
son has been extended to the re
mainder of the Territory. To le
gally kill black bears, however,
a person must be in possession
of a trapping license as under
the law they are classed as a fur
bearing animal.
An all-year season on large
brown and grizzly bears is pro
vided for residents in a large
part of the Territory. Sections
in which residents may kill these
bears only during the open sea
son from September 1, to June
20, consists of five areas: (1) The
drainage to the Gulf of Alaska
from the west shore of Glacier
Bay to the Alsak River; (2) The
drainage to the Gulf of Alaska
from the west shore of Yakutat
Bay and the west edge of Hub
bard Glacier to the Bering River;
(3) The drainage to the west side
of Cook Inlet between the west
bank of the Susitna River to its
confluence with the Yentna Riv
er, thence along the west bank
of the Yentna River to its con
fluence with the Skwentna Riv
er, thence along the south bank
of the Skwentna River to the
summit of the Alaska Range,
and the old portage from Kak
honah Bay on Iliamna Lake to
Kamishak Bay; (4) All of the
Alaska Peninsula south and west
of the Kvichack River; (5) and
the following named islands—
Hawkins, Hinchinbrook, Mon
tague, Yacobi and Shuyak. In
these areas may take a bag limit
of tw6 animals, or may kill a
large brown and grizzly bear at
any time, or place, when such
animal is about to attack or mo
lest persons or property. Non
residents are permitted to hunt
large brown and grizzly bears
throughout the Territory, during
the open season from September
1 to June 20, and may take a le
gal bag limit of two animals. The
same provisions for guides and
licenses apply to non-residents
as heretofore. Bears, as well as
other animals and birds in those
areas enumerated and defined as
closed to hunting and trapping
under Regulation 14, are accord
ed the same protection as here
Tciore.
Other changes affecting game
animals include advancing the
opening of the deer season in
Southeastern Alaska to August
20. The closing date is also ad
vanced to November 15. The
former area, north of the Arctic
Circle, where residents could
take caribou throughout the
year, has been extended to in
clude all that region north of
the Yukon River, that the peo
ple living in those remote
regions might secure much need
ed supplies of fresh meat. The
opening of the mountain goat
season has been advanced to
August 20, and the bag limit re
duced from 3 to 2 for residents
and non-residents alike.
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Cigars and Tobaccos of all kinds
In conformity with recent
amendments to the Federal Mi
gratory Bird Treaty Act Regula
tions, the daily bag limits on
ducks have been reduced from 25
to 15; on geese from 8 to 4; and
the possession limit of 75 water
fowl was reduced to 50, which,
however, may not include more
than 8 geese and 30 ducks.
Furbearers
Changes in regulations affect
ing furbearers include an open
season for the taking of marten
in a limited quantity. The open
season for marten runs concur
rently with the open seasons for
the taking of other furbearers in
the respective districts. In Fur
District No. 1, this season is from
December 16 to January 15. In
Fur District No. 2, north of the
'summit of the Alaska range to
Aklun Mountains, November 16
to March 1, and south of the
summit of these mountains from
November 16 to January 31. In
Fur District No. 1, from Decem
ber 31 to March 31. Each trap
per, however, is limited to a take
of ten marten, and the pelts
must be sealed by a member of
the Commission’s personnel be
fore the skins maye be sold, or
shipped. The same method of
sealing marten skins will be used
as during the open beaver sea
son of two years ago.
The one-year complete close
season for the taking of mink,
land otter and weasel, on the Ke
nai Peninsula, has been removed
and those animals may again be
taken during the open season
from December 1 to March 1. A
similar restriction on the taking
of mink in Fur District Mo. 3 has
been removed, and this animal
may be taken during the same
season as land otter and weasei,
December 1 to March 31. The op
en season for the taking of mink
land otter and weasel in South
eastern Alaska east of Longitude
138 degrees has been advanced
15 days and these animals may
now be taken during the period
from December 16 to January
15.
Responsive to the request of
fur dealers and trappers living
in the Lower Kuskokwim and the
Lower Yukon Rivers and the
shores of Norton Sound, the sea
json, for the taking of mink has
been closed. This area is partic
ularly described as consisting ol
! those portions of the drainages
^ to Norton Sound. Bering Sea, Yu
; kon and Kuskokwim Rivers
bounded on the north by the
south bank of the Inglutalik
River to its source, and thence
over the divide to the most
north northerly fork of the Ka
teel River and following down its
south bank to its confluence with
the Koyukuk River, bounded or
the east by the west bank of the
Koyukuk River to its confluence
with the Yukon River, thence
following down the west bank oi
the Yukon River to the Paimute
Portage, thence across such por
tage to Crow Village on the Kus
kokwim River, thence following
clown the North and west bank
of the Kuskokwim River to its
mouth.
To permit qualified persons to
set traps for wolves and coyotes
during the close season on fur
bearers, a provision has been
added to Regulation 18 for the
issuance of permits authorizing
such trapping. These permits
may be issued to qualified per
sons, at the discretion of the
Commission upon applications
completed on forms obtainable
from game wardens. All traps
used under such permits, as well
as traps used for the taking of
animals for propagation purposes
must be marked with the owner’s
name or some other distinctive
mark. Such marking is designr
jed for the protection of persons
operating under the provisions of
such permits, as well as to facili
tate enforcement work.
The use of set guns of any de
description designed for the tak
ing of game, or fur-bearing an
imals, is now prohibited.
Responsive to the request of
Valdez residents, a closed area
has been established in Keystone
Canyon where no game or birds
may be taken. This area in
dudes one half mile on each side
of and paralleling the Richard
son Highway from Milepost 13 to
ihe center of Snowslide Gulch
near Mile 18. A similar closed
area has been created to permit
migrating caribou to cross the
jSteese Highway unmolested. It
includes one half mile on each
side of, and paralleling, this
highway at the “Twelve Mile
:Summit” from Milepost 85 to 88,
and the “Eagle Summit” from
I Milepost 106 to 111.
Recommendations
In transmitting the new Circu
lar 7, the Commission again in
vites interested persons to write
the Executive Office any con
structive criticism, or recom
mendations, they may have.
The response to this invitation
in past years has been generous,
and the letters received are of
material assistance to the Com
mission in its work. The limited
personnel of the Executive Office
has not been permitted the writ
ing of a personal letter of ack
nowledgment for every letter re
ceived. but each individual who
writes is assured that his letter
receives the attention of the
Commission at its annual meet
ings.
Confidence is the companion
of success.
1 No man can grow by letting
others make his decisions.
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Dig for facts—don’t jump at
conclusions.
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