Petersburg, Alaska
Feb. 10, 1930
The ALASKAN,
Petersburg, Alaska
Gentlemen:
I have no quarrel with Forest
ly as a national function. I be
lieve that there is a need for su
pervision of timber cutting to
prevent deforestation, although
it has been proven tnatr the
puny efforts of man are of little
avail if nature ordains other
wise.
It has been proven that all
that is necessary to insure a new
/tli of timber on land natur
: ;jy adapted to the growing of
' : her is the leaving of seed
i ret s and the protection of the
7 ruing growth from the hazzards
c tire and the axe of man.
-''long the line of fire protec
tion of the Forest Department
i.as done good service and would
oetter were it better fina.ic
l , which it deserves to be. We
in the Tongass National Forest
i. lot have the fire hazard of a
fryer country, but we should
and do appreciate the good work
a' lg done along this line. But
against the axe of man it is
powerless. The sooner this is
generally understood, the better.
When land is more valuable
cor other purposes than the rais
ing of timber the economic pres
are demands the removal of the
fmber, also vice versa, statistics
show a considerable acreage ’of
timber being planted on other
wise worthless land in the South
and east. They also show a tre
rrenduous acreage of growing
timber on cut over land that has
not been claimed for other uses.
The acreage of timber in the
United States is shrinking, of
course, and in the future other
materials will have to replace
at least a part of the present
uses of wood. Substitutes are
making their presence felt even
today in the lumber markets
and will increase in volume as
i ime passes. Personally I refuse
to get excited over the possib
ility of a timber shortage in the
| future. I am willing to leave the
handling of that crisis to
science.
Meanwhile the world’s de
mands for timber products are
being filled and will continue to
be filled as long as there is a
tree available and a dollar prof- I
it to be made in the transaction; I
he same thing applies to any of |
the basic products including oil
end coal. The filling of the de
I > land for basic products and;
[the ability so to do, is the basis
I of our national prosperity today.
V ithdraw that ability and the
! country’s commerce and pros
perity is at a stand still.
Under the name of Conserva
tion of National Resources, Alas
ka is being deprived of that pr
a-i
v'lege today, if it were Conser
vation of Alaska’s Resources,
there might be some foundation j
for the title; but where there is ■
any conservation of national re
sources, I fail to see.
It is under the head of handl
ing this Conservation thing that
I quarrel with the Forest Depart
ment and every man or woman
who is interested in the develop
ment of this country has the
same quarrel. Under the pow
ers placed in their hands by this
Conservation thing that I quar
rel with the Forest Department
and every man or woman who is
interested in the development of
this country has the same quar
rel. Under the powers placed in
their hands by this act they are
obstructing the taking up of land
under the homestead law on the
high handed claim that the hind
is more valuable for the growing
rf timber than for growing of
anything else. There has been
a lot of people in the last twen
ty years who would have been
glad to take a try at proving
them wrong.
Under its powers, they have
enforced cutting regulations in
the forests which have forced
undue hardship on oor none too
prosperous lumber mills.
Under its powers they have re
fused permit to export logs to
the markets of the world, mind
you, those demands are being
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filled but Alaska MUST NOT |
FILL THEM. Alaska MUST prac
tice Conservation of National
Resources and let Oregon and
Washington fill those orders.
They have worked out a leas
ing plan which will definitely
place Alaska’s timber resources
in the hands of non-resident
exploiters, the same as our can
neries are t^-day Unless the
move is blniked by a strong
enough public sentiment given
wide publcity.
Any citizen of Alaska who
does not give active support to a
campaign tending to lift this
blight from Alaska and give vo
cal expression of his views on
every occasion, is not living up to
his duty as a citizen of Alaska,
end of the United States.
Very truly yours
E. S. Hungerford.
Petersburg, Feb. 12, ’30
Editor ALASKAN,
City
Going over your paper of last
Friday’s issue I read with con
Jderable interest the letter by
E. S. Hungerford in your Open
Forum column.
I fail to agree with Mr. Hung
Tfoid’s ideas and with the po
’cy of your paper in hammering
he Forest Bureau and the Fish
eries Bureau. I believe that you
^an accomplish more by using a
rttle tact and diplomacy to se
cure favors from the bureaus
instead of blows and hard
mocks which only antagonize
them.
It would seem to me that for
he genera] good of the territory
you change your policy and in
stead of criticising the bureaus
ind printing such letters as
written by Hungerford, let the
bureaus work out the problems
rnd encourage them. They will
oe more friendly and willing to
!o favors for Alaskans.
Yours very truly, '
Subscriber.
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\ SLIGHT MISUNDERSTAND
ING
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Young Lady: “Druggist, can
you fix up a dose of castor oil
o that it will not taste?”
Druggist: “Certainly. If you
will wait a few minutes I will
fix you up. Will you have a
drink of soda while you are
waiting?”
Young Lady: “Thank you, yes.’
Druggist disappears behind
the partition to reappear a few
minutes later. “Is that all you
require?”
Young Lady: “Yes, thank you.
Is it ready?”
Druggist: “You’ve just drunk
it.”
Young Lady: “Goodness gra
cious, that was for mother.”
(Editor’s note: The druggist’s
“diplomacy and tact” was al
right but its results were not as
anticipated by him.
I
The Ketchikan citizens are
1 considering adoption of an “ob
sentee voter’s ballot” along the;
line followed by Petersburg ci
tizens.
A STEP AHEAD
The rottenness of the Indian
Bureau was exposed last year by
Senator Lynn Frazier of North
Dakota and Burton K. Wheeler
of Montana. It brought forth
the promise of new conditions in
the bureau by Secretary of the
Interior Wilbur.
Now comes Senator McNary of
Cregon with Senate Bill S-2142
which is for the purpose of in
corporating the Klamath Indian
tribe of Oregon. Which incor
poration will be under a board of
supervisors—one to be appoint
ed by the President, one by the
District Court and the third by
hareholders of the incorpora
tion.
The control by the bureau and
Department of Interior to cease
with appointment of the Board.
Which board shall have all pow
ers as a municipal corporation
with the added power to control
&ules and leases oi properties in
excess of $1,000.
Tile only exception being in
the control of forests. Aside
from general forest supervision,
we do not see wherein any ex
ception should be made of bu
icaucratic rule over these peo
1 le. The expose of timber
i teals from the Klamath people,
with Forest Agents looking on
is indefensible. If any bureau is
to control the affairs of any peo
ple then that bureau must be
under the direct control of those
people. Then only can those
people defend themselves.
With passage of this bill, will
I come demands from other tribes
for similar legislation. Already
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the Menominees of Wisconsin
are working for a bill similar to
the one above.
Full citizenship theirs with
out the rights of citizenship. But
with passage of this bill will
come citizenship to the Indian
as enjoyed by immigrant who
becomes a citizen by adoption
or the American born.
Self love is not so vile a sin as
self neglecting. Shakespeare.
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right to bear the burdens of the
weak, to cheer the faint, to up
lift the fallen.—Napier.
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