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Publishing Company, at Petersburg, Alaska.. Entered in the Post
Office in Petersburg as Second Class Matter.
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FOR :UM AND AGIN ’CM
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On various occasions we have
been asked to “boost this” or to
“knock . .that” the one asking
the favor, remaining on the side
lines. >We* have * shouldered a
goodly -number of criticisms for
expressing ourselves and when
t lie matter is brought up, in
most instances, the one starting
the argnement instead of sup
porting us, joined with the crit
ics. .....
For which reason beginning
this week, we start the “For
'Um and Agin "Urn Column.”
Those* anxious to boost or those
desiring to criticise may do so to
their*heart’s content. Libelous
matter will not be printed. Every
article? must be signed. No an
nomyjmous letters will receive
any consideration. At times a
contributor may. wish to sub
merge identity under “Subscrib
er” which will be perfectly all
right sc long as we have the sig
nature on file.
Publication of any contribu
tion does not bind us unless we
adoprt it as a "policy. Be it cri
ticism of ourselves or suggestion
tr.at will redound to the benefit
of the town, the column belongs
to YOU.
PULP MILLS
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■■ “Next ten years will see sub
stantial increase in population
and wealth* between Ketchikan
and Seward, is the firm convic
tion of government officials—
One or two proposed pulp mills
in Southeastern Alaska will pave
the way and induce other large
pulp concerns to be established
here.”—Seward Gateway.
Question has been raised as to
the sale of Alaska timber to out
side corporations. As one prom
inent citizen recently asserted,
Alaskans will suddenly awakento
find their timber in the hands of
a few corporations. They won’t
even have'an opportunity to get
in on the ground floor. Wheth
er it is adVisabm to give away all
resourcee'To Secure a few corpor
ations into'the territory is a de
batable question. But as a gen
eral rule’ s.uch corporations must
tc given preferential induce
ments as compared to the little
fellow who starting on a shoe
string must carve his way over
every obstacle.
Bring1 oh your pulp mills! But
on an equal basis with every
ether co'nCfern that enters the
territory.
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A "LIFTED EDITORIAL
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Most of the people who com
plain about newspapers are nar
row, selfish or uninformed. The
things~to which they object are
likely, ta be things that meet the
tastes^and requirements of many
others. They have no conception
of the extensive functions and
services of a modern newspaper.
Unprogressive themselves, they
fail ..to see how intimately the
enterprise of the newspaper is
bound up with the progress of
the community it serves. They
would receive an awakening were
the''’services of the newspaper
withdrawn.
Viewpoints and manners change
without necessarily deteriorating
ethics. Things appear in the
modern press that would have
been extremely shocking to a
more prudish age. Whether they
do harm or not may be meas
ured by the strength of the ad
age that, to the pure all things
are pure. Whatever may be said
for or against the prevailing pol
icies in news treatment, it is a
fact that the average news
paper is itself conducted more
ethically than it ever was. There
xS moie honesty, tolerance and
fair play. It is not necessary
nowadays to stoop to dubious
practices to obtain business.
Once it was the custom to
puff the advertiser in the news
columns. Virtually it amounted
to editorial endorsement. Mat
ters derogatory to the advertis
er quite frequently were suppres
sed. The editor was called upon
to guarantee the probity of the
advertiser and to hide his short- ,
comings. Scarcely anyone will
contend that such a policy pre
vails to any considerable extent
today. Were it put into effect it
would harm the newspaper and
be of doubtful benefit to the ad- j
vertiser.
These days it is a rare thing j
for a reporter or editor, out of |
mere animus, to print a down j
right lie or to color a story. One .
! reason is that the lie will be j
found out and react on the one j
who utters it. Truth has been
speeded up along with other
things. Inaccuracies in news
I paper reports are seldom willful
s ones. Generally they are due to J
! inaccuracies at the source of in
formation, the speed at which
jnews is written, or the incompe
! tency of some reporter or editor.
Important news is seldom sup
pressed. What is called suppres
sion is more likely to be editorial;
; discrimination—throwing out all
of the indecent, libelous and the
elimination on account of space!
requirements, of the unimport- j
ant.
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The disgruntled advertiser is !
not the menace which he once!
was. The reason is that the ser
vice of the newspaper means J
more to him than the loss of his
business does to the publisher.
Where a merchant cancels an
announcement, out of spite or
anger, he is likely to hurt him
self more than he hurts the
newspaper.—The Publishers’ Aux
illiary.
For ’Urn and Agin 'Urn
Kake, Alaska
January 5, 1930 J
The Alaska Game Commission, i
Juneau, Alaska
Gentlemen:
The Kake Camp of the Alas
ka Native Brotherhood is asking
of the Alaska Game Commission
the favor of extending the trap
ping season an additional fifteen
days.
This request is not by way of j
criticising the length of the sea- i
son as determined by the Com- |
mission. We realize that the j
i period of thirty days was chosen i
in the interest of conservation
and for our own good. But due
tc the fact that the north wind
has been blowing ever since the
season opened and shows no
sign of letting up, we have been
forced to stay at home. No one
has been able to leave for the
flapping grounds to date.
WTe are of the opinion that the
same situation exists in all oth
er camps and towns in South
eastern Alaska and that the re
quest would favor all other trap- |
Iiers of the district.
Wre beg that the Game Com
mission seriously consider the
above request keeping in mind
the many families that depend
entirely on their fur catch for
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their livlihood during the next
everal months.
(SIGNED) Arthur Johnson.
Charles S. Johnson
Peter Hansen.
Centralia, Wash.
January 7th, 1930
The ALASKAN,
Petersburg, Alaska.
Gentlemen:
Prospecting for Gold.
There is more to prospecting
than j ust hunting for gold in
Alaska. Prospecting is but the
body of the art. Its soul and
spirit lie in what the prospector
SEES and FEELS. And what the
prospector sees and feels is found
n the murmur of the mountain
streams—in the music of the
birds—in the simple beauty of
the wild Alaskan flowers that
in ugh at him from every nook
along the streams and from ev
ery sunny spot on the hillsides;
in the moss-covered rocks, in
the ever shifting sunshine and
shadowswhich give to mountains
the beauty that makes us fairly
hold our breath at times,—in
tile bracing atmosphere which:
environs us. The prospector sees
and feels the soul and spirit ot
seeking for hidden treasure ini
tt.e odor of spruce and pine; od
ors sweeter to the senses of true
prospectors than all the artifi
cially compounded odors which
impregnate the boudoirs of arti
ficial life;and in the spray of the
vater-falls, in the grace and
curve, and dash of the swift
rushing torrent—in the whorl of
the foaming eddy—in the trans
parent depths of the shady
pools where the summer salmon
be wating for the first rains to
raise the water so they may con
tinue on their way to the spawn
ing grounds. Or in revived ap
petitie—in the repose which
comes to him when resting in
his sleeping-bag upon a sweet
smelling couch of spruce or
pme boughs.'* In the hush of the
forests when moon and stars
shine in upon him through the
cpen tent or bark-lean-to in the
ceiet hour of dawn when birds
sing sweetly, or perhaps in the,
rapid coursing blood, quickened
by the pure mountain air which
ir iparts to the lungs the fresh
ness and vigor of its own vital
ity—in the crackling of the
camp fire; in the restored health
and in the thousand and one
other indiscernable and delight
ful realities and recollections of
the prospector’s camp on lake or
stream. It is those things and
not the mere fact of seeking
gold which make prospecting
the most wonderful life in the
world. I know this fact and so
do all the other Sourdoughs of
Alaska.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES R. LITTLE
WOULD PROTECI EAGLES
The Alaskan, #
Petersburg, Alaska
Gentlemen:
An effort is now being made
to have the eagles absolutely
protected by a rider to a bill now
before Congress which is called
the McNary Bill, for the protec
tion of wild fowl.
In a letter to the San Francis
co Chronicle, M. Ward McAllis
ter, Chairman of the Commit
tee for the Conservation of Wild
Life of the California Academy
of Science, imputes that Alas
kans are either ignorant, incap
able or downright malicious. He
vraxes highly indignant over the
fact that the Territory of Alas
ka has paid a bounty on approxi
mately 60,000 eagles. His patri
otic pride, such as it is, is out
raged, because, as he claims,
“That majestic bird, the Ameri
can Eagle which years ago was
j adopted by the people of the :
[United States as their national!
bird, and placed on every coin,!
on many flags and on the great j
seal of the republic, now be- j
cause an occasional fox farmer j
in Alaska Territory loses a fox j
or two, is put on the vermin list,
and not only destroyed as a pest
but for a bounty. * * * The eagle
is. as is well known to all na
turalists and others, principally
a fish eater, and even if it does !
occasionally get a fox or a hun- |
dred foxes is no reason it should !
bo exterminated.”
I At this juncture Alaskans in-I
j quire Who would pay the meat j
| bill for these sixty thousand |
! eagles plus the natural increase j
| of the flock if left undisturbed, j
Tf it were presented to Mr. Mc
Allister, would he pay it? Cer
tainly not bnt the resident citi
! zens of Alaska have been paying
that bill throughout the years
and must'still pay, not merely in j
; the loss of foxes,' but of helpless j
| fawns, young geese, young ducks j
grouse and ptarmigan. The!
! feast of salmon lasts but a few
[short weeks out of the year and
: Old Baldy, the Killer, eats fish
then only from force of circum
stances, the young geese having
iby that time learned to fly; and
; the fawns, what are left of them
[are able to hide themselves
|away; while the salmon in thej
!streams are so ridiculously easy;
to take.
Pioneer peoples thruout the
I American continent have found j
[ themselves in close competition j
, lor existence with eagles, bears,;
i wolves, or cougars, and Alaskans
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