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Published every Friday by the Alaska Native Brotherhood Pub
lishing Company at Petersburg, Alaska.
Entered in the Post Office in Petersburg as Second Class Matter.
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LOUIS F. PAUL.MANAGER and EDITOR
DIVIDING THE FORCES
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For a long time. Republican
voters in the Fi st Division have
been disgusted with the picayun
ish, peanut policies of its near-l
leaders. Under the guidance ofj
Dan Sutherland and William L. j
Paul, these vote' s were willing to i
stand together in the hope that|
continued effort would bring;
remedial legislation which would
prevent continued strangulation]
of the Territory bv the vested
interests. Both of these leaders,
are out of the country—indefi
nitely—and perhaps for longer
than that. Delegate Wickersham
showed in the last election that
he could not carry the leader
ship of Sutherland and Paul for
it was only by the skin of his
teeth that the Delegate was
elected to office. In fact, but for
the solidarity of the Brotherhood
vote, it is not improbable that
the old warrior would have gone
down to a defeat as a climax to
his many years of political effort,
Now with the Republican
forces welded together by the
past election and victory it would
appear that they would continue
a united front in peace and har
mony. Instead, w’e find Attorney
General Rustgard and Territor
ial Treasurer Smith at swords
points with Territorial Auditor
Cash Cole. This is the culmina
tion of the effort to get rid of
Cole by the last legislature.
Heretofore the fight has been
under cover of darkness and
only rumors of the bitter strug
gle came forth from Juneau.
During the past week the “Board
of Appeals,” which was organiz
ed by the last legislature to
overrule the Auditor took ad
verse apinion to the Auditor re
lative to administrative policy of
that office.
In plain words, the Board of
Appeals was playing politics with
the idea of lopping off Auditor
Cole’s political head to send
him to political oblivion. And in
their effort to discredit Mr. Cole,
Mr Smith and Mr. Rustgard
have not even been honest in
giving a true survey of the very
lean condition of the Treasury.
School warrants in unincor
porated towns are now coming
back because of refusal of the
treasurer to honor them. If, as
Mr. Smith ‘says, the treasury
has plenty of money, why play
hob with the educational op
portunity of children; and why
put the burden of operating ex
penses upon the voting parents'?
It. is obvious then that Mr.
Smith is not honest in his state
ment as to the condition of the
treasury and is to be heartily
condemned and Mr. Cole is to be
commended for his effort to
curtail operation expenses in
such quarters as will do the least
hurt.
While Attorney General Rust
gard and Treasurer Smith are
fighting Auditor Cole like mon
keys in a cattery, they forget
that the voters are watching
every move that is now going on
at Juneau, Disgusted in the past,
they are not falling in greater
love with the obvious selfishness
cf thwarted ambitions and de
cadent and waning power of the
members of the Board of Ap
peals..
Nothing appeals to the Demo
crats better than to watch the
Republicans fight amongst them
selves to the destruction of their
party. And nothing will takej
greater strength more quickly!
than the continued knifing of
Auditor Cole by other reputable!
Republicans. And even now, Re
publicans are becoming ashamed
to admit that they are Republi
cans—and we do not blame them
for we have been more or less
ashamed of that alliance for
.several years.
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THE KETTLE CALM
THE TOT Zl.
The late Rev. John. EoyJ. D. D.
ol' the First Presbyterian Crunch.
Fortland, Oregon was giving a
running lectuie during the elec
tion returns in the '..1-1
Hughes campaign. Paring 'he
lulls in returns he sail' "'hit
Vrnow, I am a Soui hern-born Da ■
mccrat, coming i r m ■ <niLi.
Carolina. And from the time I
first voted at an election T vote.!
t he Democratic ticke‘. T' '■ vr ve .
since coming West, I have gn.i
in to the elect! ^ - ur’
with my nose held tig’Hy be -
tween left thumb c'H fo-efinge’
I take the pencil with my right
hand and mark down the line on
the Republican ballets.”
Which reminds us that seme
Republicans have done the same
thing.
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WINE PRODUCTION FOR 1932
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Dr. James M .Doran, admin
istrative head of the prohibition
forces of the United States has
announced that in 1932 85,000,
000 wine gallons of industrial
alcohol will be produced in the
United States. This represents
about 90 per cent of the total
output and the producers put
ting this alcohol on the market,
will do so under permits from
the United States.
This plan has been worked
since 1927 and it has been the
most successful of any yet put
forth—for the producer and his
gang.
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‘SIX BITS FOR SEVEN SHEEP
A check for 75 cents was held
up before the Senate Agriculture
Committee recently to demon
strate what one farmer got our.
of seven sheep. The check wac
displayed by John A. Simpson,
president of the Farmers’ Union,
who said the Agricultural De
partment had estimated that the
sheep eventually would cost the
consumer $83.
When a producer gets six bits
for seven sheep and the consum
er must eventually pay almost a
thousand times as much for the
same sheep, there is something
radically wrong with the farm-,
ers’ position. Perhaps they better;
join the Federation of Labor. Or
else quit voting!
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FOOLHARDY TRIP
Paul Riggs, Unalaska pool hall!
owner started recently from
Dutch Harbor for Seattle, 2,500
miles south. His ship the Nov is
equipped with a twenty-five
horsepower engine and sails.!
After being out in the heavy j
winter weather Riggs returned j
to his home port declaring that j
he was unable to get any sleep.!
He abandoned the trip.
Some men are just born fools—■
ethers become that way after j
staying away too long from Seat
tle. That’s what makes Alaska
so interesting.
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WHISKEY AND SELTZER
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The curious were startled re
cently in a magistrate’s court.
New York on hearing the court
call “Whiskey! Seltzer!” Nathan
Whiskey and Samuel Seltzer
responded and were found guilty
of passing a traffic signal. As aj
bromide the judge suspended
sentence.
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FINE ACCOMODATIONS
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Eugene J. Phillips, sentenced
for running a speakeasy in Chi
cago, recently continued to di
rect his liquor sales by long
distance after being committed
to jail. This was disclosed by
government operatives. As a
result^ Phillips’ sentence was
engthened-to 18 months at the j,
Leavenworth penitentiary.
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V/ashinglon Newsletter
By Will A. Steel
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Director R. S. Paiton of th1
Coast and Geodetic Sarv. j ha.'
just issued the tenth, i.nnval re
port of his department. ITe state
that our Territorial v .v' r cor.
tain far too many rock and
shoals named for unfevtumto
vessels wl ich were v. '• r e:l on
them because the Ru-’O -
not gone there earlier with the
surveys which ' w1. t oc.
cd them in a f.r m~ c 'vde
and economical rer Fo • ■
tunately the past ' e
witnessed a rn ed hna
■ lent in ! ' " '" a'■ ' l
situation to- day i-' better
at any time duri g the latter
half of the cenfu r
Arrangements me row ru
for the G ye 1 ! o n
to the rev. a > ' ■ r:
building that has beer, e-ecied
fer tiie b
msree at Washing!on. A r-.odt r
fish aquarium has been provided
consisting of 24 tanks A an six •
to twelve feet high. These will |
contain fresh water and the j
aquarium will show many rare
specimen of fre h water fish, in
cluding a blacknsh from Alaska.
Altho he v/ill have to be hauled
some 4,500 miles to the Nation’s
capital officials are eeirain that
he wiil survive, for the species L
considered the toughest fish in
existence. He may have to be
frozen in a huge cake of ice fo:!
. hipment.
What may he termed a “pccr
man’s court of appeal,” is pro
vided for in a bill prepared by
Delegate Wickersham and which
will be introduced when Con
gress convenes. The bill would
create a Supreme Court for the
Territory of Ala ka. a c’ \c- Jus
tice to be appointed by the Presi
dent to preside over the court,
the other members to be the fo - •
judges of the district court of
Alaska. But it is previded-that no]
District Judge shall sit on the
hearing in the Supreme Court in
any cause tried before or decided
by him. The Court shall meet
twice a year at Juneau. Appeals
in all cr>mi*wl misdemeanor
cases, and all civil cases When
there is less than one thousand
dollars involved shall be heard
in the Supreme Court. Now there
is no appeal in such cases, and
the purpose of the new bill is to
allow such small appeals to the)
Alaska Supreme Court so as to
provide for an appeal in such
small cases. And the case shall
be heard on the original record
which shall not be printed but
be presented on typewritten
briefs, and with the smallest a
icount of expense. These provi
sions are made in the interest of
5 rail cases by men who cannot
< ford to pay the enormous
p anting bills and other high fees
Prone Offiie Phone Res.
O. L. ALBERY
Chiropractor
Office over Wheeler Drug Store
Free Examination.
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Optometrist
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Frames repaired; broken lens
es replaced promptly from your
pieces.
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en in plenty of time
for Christmas. We
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week from the origi
nal sitting. Call for
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1932
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Office ibove People’s Drug
Petersburg .. .. Alaska
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Petersburg, - - Alaska
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