VOTE FOR
Edward A. Rasmusson
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For Republican National Committeeman J
In The April Primaries I
His Election Will Insure Better Development and
Party Organization For Alaska.
ANTHONY E. KARNES
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
COMMISSIONER of EDUCATION
SUBJECT TO TERRITORIAL PRIMARIES IN APRIL
YOUR VOTE WILL BE APPRECIATED
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VOTE FOR
FRANK H. FOSTER
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
ATTORNEY* GENERAL OF ALASKA
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JAMES WICKERSHAM
Republican Candidate for re-election as
DELEGATE to CONGRESS from ALASKA
O Primary Election in April—General Election in November
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! Frank J. Peratrovich
| DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION AS \
i REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FIRST DIVISION jj
VOTE FOR
Richard E. Hardcastle
FOR
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN
Thereby protesting the domination of our fisheries by
O'Malley. And help to return Alaska to Alaskans
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- Vote For -
Norman R. Walker
For Democratic Senator in the Territorial Legislature.
At all times and under all conditions a
Liberal with the best interests of the
Territory always at heart.
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VOTE FOR
Adolpho H. Ziegler
Democratic Candidate
For
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
I appeal to all Liberal Alaskans to support
my candidacy as a direct expression of opposition
to the continued mis - ruling of Alaska through a
combination of politicians and FEDERAL BUREAUS
My record at the Legislature is my recommendation
s the school grounds and get them
* in shape for the future local
> track meet and baseball.
; Every morning and noon cod
; liver oil is served to all pupils
; as they enter the school build
; ing and warm milk is provided
at recess for every pupil. The
luirse reports that the net gain
in weight for the past two
months was three hundred andj
twenty-two pounds. That is an
average of about three pounds
per pupil. Some of them have
made phenomenal gain during
that time.
As a prophylactic measure a
gainst the Flu being brought
here, the town has been prac
tically quarantined allowing no
special gatherings while the
epidemic is prevalent in other
vilages. As a result we have
avoided it thus far and the
school attendance has been very
good.
Owing to the lectric light
plant interferring with the ra
dios, Mr. Peratrovich has kindly
consented to close the light
plant, at 10 o’clock each night.
The school children are tak
rng a great interest in the Chin
ese and Japanese War news.
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Washington News Letter
By Will A. Steel
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
COOPERATES
The Chamber of Commerce of
the United States has been co
operating with Delegate Wicket
sham in the effort to secure air
mail service from Seattle to
Alaska, but this organization has
about concluded that the gener
al cry of economy in public ex
penditures will tend to destroy
j any hope of having this new
project carried out under the
appropriations being made for
the fiscal year hurting July j
1032. j
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DR. ELLIS IN WASHINGTON
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Dr. R. V. Ellis, of Ketchikan,
Assistant Surgeon of Public
Health Service, accompanied by
Mrs. Ellis, spent ten days in
Washington in connection with
his official business. They left
for the west on March 1.
REGISTER GREEN
CONFIRMED
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[ J. Lindley Green, Register of
the land office at Anchorage,
whose term expires March 1°.,
had no opposition for reappoint
ment and his name was sent t
the Senate with the expectation
that confirmation will follow
! very shortly, as it was reported
favorably by the Public Land';
Committee on March 1.
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ANOTHER PUNCTURED
BUBBLE
B. F. Heintzleman, assistant
regional forester, with head
quarters at Juneau, has been in
Washington and New York the
past week. Before coming west
he consulted with the interests
in California with reference to
their intentions regarding the
establishment of two pulp mills
in Alaska, and what he learned
was not very satisfactory or in
dicative of early activity. Mr.
Ileintzleman left yesterday for
his northern home.
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STATISTICS ON WHALING
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The Bureau of Fisheries re
ports that the 355 whales taken
in Alaskan waters by two whal
ing stations during 1930 yielded
products worth $470,265, making
the value of each whale more
than $1,300. Whale oil, sperm
oil, fertilizer, pickled meat and
whale bone were the commodi
ties secured from the animals,
says the report. The section of
the report which deals with
Alaskan whaling follows:
The Port Hobron and Akutan
stations of the American Pacific
Whaling Company were again
operated in 1930. Seven steam
whalers were used, and em
ployment was given to 190
whites, 14 natives, and two Jap
anese—a total of 206, or a de
crease of 27 from the number
reported employed in the in
dustry in the previous year. The
whales taken consisted of 50
finbacks, 191 humpbacks, 78
sulphur bottoms, and 36 sperm
whales. This is a decrease of 30
from the number taken ill
Alaskan waters in 1929.
The products of the whale
fishery consisted of 816,700 gal
lons of whale oil valued at $371,
276; 121,150 gallons of sperm oil,
valued at $45,431; 815 tons of
fertilizer from meat, valued at
$40,750; 355 tons of bone fertil
izer, valued at $10,650; 37,000
pounds of pickled meat valued
at $1,850; and 5,600 pounds of
whale bone, valued at $308—a
total value of products of $470,
265 and a decrease of 6% from
1929 when products were valued
at $502,081.
ALIENS IN HYDER
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Complaint has been made cf
the alleged unlawful residence
of certain aliens in Hyder and
the U. S. Department of Labor
is investigating the cases of
several who are reported as be
ing employed in that vicinity, to
determine whether they have
been lawfully admitted to this
I country.
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BRIDGES TO CROSS
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The Delegate has been asked
to pse his endeavors to have the
bridge replaced across the Ma
tanuska river at Palmer Canyon
Crossing, on the representation
that from 12 to 20 families will
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RE-ELECT
William K. Keller
Republican Candidate For
Commissioner of Education
Uuopposed in the April Primaries
YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE APPRECIATED
Primary Election Genereral Election
in April! in November
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VOTE FOR
J. E. Johnson
Republican Candidate For
Territorial Senate
“l Stand On My Record At The Last Legislature’
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& VOTE FOR &
W. H. CHASE - - - E. S. HUNGERFORD
Delegates To Republican National Convention
The Voice of Alaskans, must be heard in Washington.
be located on the e^st side of the
river. The Alaska Road Com
mission gives assurance that this
construction will be included in
their program upon definite
assurance that the contemplated
family settlement has material
ized.
WOULD CLOSE OFFICE
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With various requests for the
establishment of new postoffices
in Alaska the novelty is now
presented of the Postmaster at
Dan Creek, in the Nizina River
country, asking that this office
be discontinued. It is represent
ed that there is practically little
business transacted at this of
fice, as a satisfactory automobile
road has been constructed from ■
Dan Creek to McCarthy, from .
which point it is easy to secure
the mail by the prospectors and
mining operators, and at which
point they do their trading.
GLACIATION IN ALASKA
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Stephen Capps, of the Geo
logical Survey, has written a
brief account of his studies in
glaciation in Alaska. He predicts
a possible recurrence of a fur
ther ice-age in the distant fu
ture, which he explains would
require only a lowering of tem
perature between 10 and 20 de
grees. He says: “It is probable
that in Alaska, as in other parts,
of the world, there - have been
recurrent glacial periods from
mid-Paleozoic time to the pre
sent. This was to have been ex
pected, for unless the earths
poles have wandered much
farther than has been deter
mined, the high latitude of
Alaska would always have fav
ored glaciation there as com
pared with more temperate
lands. Furthermore, for much
• if Geologic time there have pro
bably been high mountain areas
in Alaska, and in these areas
local glaciers might have been
fostered even when glaciers
could not exist in the lowlands.”
ERROR DUE.TO RATES
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William MacDonald, a build
ing contractor from St. Louis, is
now in Washington trying to
£.et some concession in freight
rates on the Alaska Railroad,
thru the Secretary of the Inter
ior. He secured the contract for
erecting the Fairbanks Federal
Building, his bid being $392,000,
but now he is in doubt as to
whether he wants the contract
In making his estimate it seems
he was misinformed by outside
persons as to the freight sche
l dale on reinforcing steel ship
ments, which is much higher
than he figured on. The Delegate
; is assisting him in trying to
have the matter adjusted with
i the Railroad, for if MacDonald
I does not go ahead with the con
| tract delay will result because
; bids would have to be advertised
I tor again and possibly the speci
! fications changed somewhat.
jThe next lowest bid was by
! Severin & Co., of Chicago, whose
i figures were $422,000. While
j $450,000 was appropriated for
; this building but $404,000 was
; alloted by the supervising archi
tect for the general structure,
the balance to be used for fur
rishings, etc. The Fairbanks
people are quite anxious to have
construction commenced and
the Chamber of Commerce is
( doing what it can to get the
differences adjusted.
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OTHERS HURT
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To local fishermen the revela
tion that fishing may be under
taken in waters of Kamishal
bay from May 25 to August 1, ai
area that embraces McNiel
creek—with the’usual entranci
regulations in effect, has beei
the one feeble ray of ligh
flickering in the gloom cast b;
t h e new fishing regulations
Heretofore McNeill has servei
as a sort of appetizer to tin
‘hoped-for-feast to come. Bu
with the late opening of th
1 general season; the exasperat
| ing, and illogical obstinac;
shown by the department ii
denying fishermen sane privi
leges in king salmon fishing
gillnet restrictions; the prac
tical season closing of Chinik, i
i will take more than the McNeil
gesture to wipe out the bitter
disappointment.
Seldovia fishermen are resent
ful. Naturally so. Is it any wond
er .when it is considered that
c-pulently-owned traps are allow
ed thousands of feet of lead,
while a set or anchored gill net
can be only 150 feet long?
That 600 feet, the stipulated
distance between gillnets, is nul
lified in the very next sentence
by placing them 1000 feet from
traps, thereby limiting nets in
trap areas to at least 2000 feet
apart?
That there will be no fish, for
any practical purpose, at Chinik
on and after July 13, the date of
opening?
That by some weird quirk the
arm of the law continues to
protect to an inordinate degree
silver salmon, a destructive ele
ment of red spawn, and of such
numerical mass that they are
literally jammed and crowded
cut of existence?
The itme is ripe for offering a
sane, concerted appeal to au
thorities empowered with
enough voice to be heard above
the recommending fish wardens.
—The Seldovia Herald.
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LOOKING AHEAD AND BACK
Bitter and prophetic words
from Congressman Will R. Wood
Republican representative from
Indiana, boss of the Republican
party in Congress, and stand
patter from ’way back, spoke in
Congress assembled on January
13, 1919:
“I think Mr. Hoover is the
most expensive luxury ever
fastened upon this country. I
think he will continue to be the
most expensive luxury with
which we have had to do if we
continue to give him unlimited
power. He is an axpatriated
former citizen of the United
States, and he has never found
it necessary to be come repatri
ated.”
Alaskans have been chastised
the past four years for having
dared to criticise the discri
minatory regulations in Alaska’s
fisheries promulgated by Henry
O’Malley, commissioner of fisli
tries and personal friend of
Secretary of Commerce Hoover.
Following his election President
Hoover continued O’Malley in
office and immediately the resi
dents of the country were male
to feel the heartless, autocratic
power which turned fishing
grounds into closed areas;
which abolished fishing grounds
for independent trap owners
and fishermen while the vested
interests of the super-corpora
tions were protected to the hurt
of residents.
We are told that Dan Suther
land was in disfavor with the
administration and that if we
continue criticising the admin
istration which permits the de
struction of our fisheries and
tile destroying of the morale
and physical fibre and educa
tional advancement of Alaska’s
citizens, we will meet with more
chastisement.
“Lay on MacDufl, and damned
be he who alls, ‘Hold, Enough!”
When O’Malley restricts his
unfair and discriminatory re
gulations so that Alaska’s citi
zenry might have opportunity to
get out to earn a decent living —
not just an earning to secure
the necessities of life—but a
living which will insure a com
fortable cultural wage with suf
ficient recreation; when he ad
ministers his regulations with
blackmailing decent law-abiding
citizens; when he secures the in
vestments of small cannery op
erators, independent trap own -
ers, boat owners and resident
business men, we will give praise
where praise is due.
But while we are being pot
shotted and hurt in many way
it need not be expected that
Alaska citizens are going to lie
down like whipped curs and say
O’Malley or the national ad
ministration, “Pretty please. We
will not criticize you any further
even though your administra
tion of our resources stinks to
high heaven.” We do not know of
any instances where party power
has been maintained by discri
mination against party mem
bers; where deliberate hui“s
are rendered with malice afore
(thought.
VOTE FOR
F. J. Baranovich
Democratic Candidate for
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE
Before the April Primaries, 1932
A Resident with the interests of Residents
% at heart. Your vote Will be appreciated.
He’s Not
BUYING
this near
TJ UT he never did buy! He’s un-American be
cause he contributes nothing to American
commerce and industry. America is a working
nation and a buying nation, boasting the highest
standard of living in the world. Americans must
maintain this standard. We will not have—and
will not deserve—prosperity, if we continue lo
pare our needs down to the level of the worthless
citizen above. 1
Tour neighbors still wear clothes, shoes and hats;
the Butcher and Grocer still receive shipments of
merchandise and tlfbir trucks are delivering iv
somewhere. Must be a leak in the depression
somewhere. Visit our advertisers and see if we
are not right.