John Cries Over Trap Sites and Promises He Will
Introduce Trap Measure if Elected
-^Attorney General John Rust
gard. whe is anxious to desert
his present post, contrary to
tile intent of law. to edge in on
a pposition that draws a much
higher salary, is finding him
self in all kinds of trouble be
cause of his “peculiar” platform.
He recently sent a communica
tion to the Seward Gateway in
which he said among other
“apologies.”
■ “It has been reported to
me that some of the
fishermen are dissatis
fied. with my position on
the question of the fish
* traps, as announced in
;my platform. However
Vi do not see how that
can justify them in vot
ing for my, opponent on
that ground. The latter
does not say anything in his
>, platform about the leas
ing of trapsites.”
John is real peeved because
Jud£e Wickersham did not make
the same blunder as his political
opponent. Altho, two years ago,
as ; a practicing attorney the
Judge did draw a leasing bill for
some of the canners, that does
not obligate him to introduce
and- support such a bill as a
member of Congress. But John
has said that he will introduce
a bill such as the canners want,
and he also says he favors the
methods of the Bureau of Fish
eries. which means Henry O’Mal
ley;
Judge Wickersham is not a
booster for Mr. O’Malley, but
instead he declares in his plat
form that he favors and will
support self-government, which
means the Territorial Legisla
ture, in the control of the fish
cries. That, of course, is not,
1 what Mr. Rustgard now favors,!
'since he has embraced all the;
bureaus and given his unstinted
praise to all their official actions
good, bad and indifferent. In
the Gateway, issue of March 31,
at which time Judge Wicker
sham was in Seward, he is
quoted as saying:
“In his platform Mr Rustgard
approves the general trap site
leasing plan, but without any j
limitation for the protection of
the fishermen or public interest.
In spite of this approval of trap
site leases I did not approve the j
plan in my platform, for I will j
not consent to such a plan ex
cept where the public interest is
thoroughly protected I have j
not promised to introduce such a
courage to honestly and straight
forwardly justify his professed
platform beliefs.
John whines like a political
morphodite when his blunders
are punctured, and lacks the
courage to honestly and
straight forwardly justify his
professed platform beliefs.
High Flyers on Coiiege
Faculty
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Now that President Charles
E. Bunnel, of the Fairbanks
Agricultural College, conceives
it his duty to spend most of his
time tripping around the coun
try, his dean, Ernest N. Patty,
is becoming restless and thinks
I he also should “fly” about. As
la*result he recently took a plane
i ride to the new placer camp at
Beaver Creek, and on his return
to Ruby sent the following “in
formative” few lines to the
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Dean Patty might have saved
the Territory a few hundred
dollars of this expense money
had he first read an official bul- 1
letin by the U. S. Geological Sur
vey—and then remained at his '
educational duties. Or if he .
insisted on taking the vacation
trip, the least he could have
done would be to disseminate
some of the real information <
given out by the Geological Sur
vey. It will be really too bad1
if the people of the Territory!
realize that the College is! (
largely a play ground for stu- j
dents and faculty. Then they
might insist on that appropria
lion going to the building of a
Territorial institution for de
pendent children.
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Senator Steel Favors New:
Building for Pioneers !
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It is an unfortunate fact that i
most of the one hundred resi
dents of the Pioneers’ Home, are :
housed in an antiquated, fire i
trap building. Senator Will A.
Steel believes that the time is
fast approaching when provi
sion should be made for enlarg
ed and safer quarters for these
men who were so instrumental
in the early development of the
Territory.
In the event of his renomina
tion and reelection, Senator j
Steel proposes to exert his in- j
fluence, at the next session of1
the Legislature, to secure thej
passage of a bill to authorize,
| the construction of a new and
commodious fire proof building
at Sitka, as a dwelling place for
the men who spend their declin- i
mg years at rest from the con-;
Act of life. Provision has al- >
ready been made for the cost of
a new building, and construc
rion should begin.
In tne iy^< session 01 uie le
gislature, Representative Ross
of Fairbanks, introduced a Joint
Resolution directing the Treas
urer to set aside $15,000 each
lyear, to create a fund for the
| erection of new buildings for the
Pioneers’ Home. Senator Steel
urged him to have the fund in
creased, which he did, and the
House paSsed the Resolution
making the sum $25,000. Whei
it went to the Senate an amend
ment was offered by Senator
Steel to further increase the
sum to $40,000 each year. This
was accepted and the Resolu
tion then passed.
The Resolution then went to
the House, where the Senate
Amendment was immediately
accepted. Thus the law was
created, and when the Legisla
ture meets next March, there
will have accumulated $160,000
with about $15,000 interest. With
the additional appropriation of
$80,000 for the ensuing two
years, or whatever is necessary,
a new fire-proof concrete or
; brick home for the Pioneers can
be erected.
Senator Steel states that the
necessary funds will 'be avail
able and that there should be
no further delay upon the part
of the Territory in commencing
the erection of this much need
ed building. In the meantime,
he hopes to have Delegate Suth
erland secure an act of Congress
■ giving title to the present build
ings and ground at Sitka to the
: Territory, which has already
erected permanent Hospital and
i S heating buildings.
Alva Allen left with his family
on the Northwestern for Cordo
va where he will be employed on
a cannery tender for the season.
Klawock Enters Petition
MATTER OF ERECTING WEIRS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF COUN
TING. FISH. THAT. GO. UP
STREAMS *** RESOLUTION
REGARDING THAT OF THE
KLAWOCK CREEK.
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WHEREAS: There has been
erected at Staney Creek on the
West Coast of Prince of Wales
Island for the purpose of coun
ting salmon that go up stream
in their regular time by the Bu
leau of Fisheries, and
WHEREAS; Klawock, located
right at the mouth of Klawock
Stream and having an average
population 'of five hundred
natives, having for generations
depended largely for their food
supply upon this stream, which
has about the best quality of
fish of any stream on the Prince
of Wales Island, and
WHEREAS; It is common ob
servation of experienced fisher
men and the native people of
this part of Alaska for many
years past that the salmon ac
tually go up streams to stay and
spawn after they have changed
their color from the bright to
the darker color, and
WHEREAS; the habits of such
salmon as the Pinks and the
Chums are such that they will
go up the streams shortly after
arriving at and while in their
bright state, mostly when the
streams are swollen by rains,
during the big tides, and usually
during the nights, and
WHEREAS; it is further
known that these salmon, that
go up. in their bright state, do so
only temmporarily, going back
to the salt water during the
day, or when the stream gets
low from lack of rain and the
likelihood of smothering is great,
and generally keep going back
and forth, and do not spawn un
til they have turned dark at
which time their eggs are then
ripe and ready for spawning,
and
VTHEREAS;saimon can change
from the salt water of the ocean
to that of the fresh water only
gradually by going up and back
with the tides, which advantage
is lost by erecting weirs across
the streams and interfereing
with their freedom,
Therefore; It is the sense of
the local camp of the Alaska
Native Brotherhood that certain
streams as that of the Klawock
Stream be not selected as one
of the streams for the purpose
of experimenting such as that
being carried on at Staney
Creek, but that the Klawock
[stream be left each year as
1 at present with' a stream watch
man, so that the two salmon
streams, (Staney and Klawock)
which are very similar in size
and the general capacity for
salmon, shall be used one to
compare with the other their
respective future productivity
and see which of the two
streams become the most pro
ductive under different systems
of fish conservation,
It is, further the sense of this
body that the weir should not
be erected at the Klawock
Stream until such time as it has
been shown to be successful in
other similar streams,
Be it further resolved that
copies of this resolution be sent
to Henry O’Malley, Chief of the
Bureau of Fisheries, Honorable
Dan Sutherland, Delegate of
Alaska, Honorable Robert P. La
mont, Secretary of Commerce,
and to each of the Alaska Native
Brotherhood Publications.
George Demmert,
President of Klawock Camp, .
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Mrs. C. R. Bell, wife of Capt.
Bell of the “Wanderer’ arrived
here this week from Seattle.
Mrs. Jennie Metz and son Ed
ward and Mrs. Perkins were
passengers on the Northwestern
tor Juneau .
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