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The Voice of Alaskans, must be heard in Washington.
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VOTE FOR
Dr. R. N. Scruby
Republican Candidate For Representative
In the Primaries, April 26th, 1932.
I favor Direct Primary and Community Property Laws
^ also Territorial Control of Qur Fisheries
John W. Frame
CANDIDATE FOR
Democratic National Committeeman
PLATFORM
I pledge the people of Alaska, that if elected
Democratic National Committeeman, I will not
recommend any man for an appointment in
Alaska who is not first approved by the people of
the Territory and by those residing in the vicinity
where such appointee is to serve.
RE-ELECT
William K. Keller
Republican Candidate For
Commissioner of Education
Unopposed in the April Primaries
YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE APPRECIATED
Primary Election General Election
in April! in November
VOTE FOR
J. E. Johnson
Republican Candidate For
Territorial Senate
*7 Stand On My Record At The Last Legislature*
Railroad Shows Progessiveness
According to a recent an
louncement The Alaska Rail
road proposes to put on a fast
[reight service between Seward
ind Fairbanks. The railroad!
plans to run a Brill car carry
ing fast freight, perishables and
mail on a through run, stopping
only at Curry to change crews. |
We view this as one of the
most progressive moves made by
the railroad since it was con- j
structed. It indicates a change
of attitude toward the Alaskan
public in that the railroad now
proposes, by offering a needed1
service, to make a bid for the j
good will and business of the in
terior towns. At the same time
it must stand as a sad com
mentary upon the blundering
efforts of the Howell cimmittee
when they attempted, by in
creasing freight and passenger
tariffs, to force the Alaskan
public to absorb the expenses of
the entire project.
The Howell committee in its
tariff “upping” proclivities were
apparently blind to all the te
nets of good business in that no
consideration was given the
possibility of setting up rates
that not only were excessive, but
were an invitation to every dog
musher, boat operator, truck
owner, and airplane carrier in
the vicinity of the railroad to
make a bid for its- business.!
Blind to the fact that the public
cannot be bludgeoned into using
the railroad when there are
cheaper means of transporta
tion, blind to the fact that the
way to encourage use of the
railroad as a carrier is by giving
a satisfactory service, and ser
vice at a reasonable price is
what the railroad has to sell.
Let the railroad offer a sup
erior service, lower rates to a
point at which the public can
afford and desires to use it, and
the Congressional committee
will not be confronted with that
dark spectre of the dog, boat,
truck and plane competition
taking their business from them.
'—Seward Gateway.
Predatory Animal Control Stopped in Alaska
Discontinuance at once of its
predatory animal control work
in Alaska is proposed by the
United States Biological Survey,
it was revealed by a telegram
received by Gov. George A.
Parks from Paul G. Redington,
Chief of Bureau. Lack of financ
es was assigned as the reason.
There is nothing to prevent
the Territory carrying on this
activity except lack of finances.
The Territory is not feeling any
too kindly to the meddlesome
activities of the Biological Sur
vey and other departments.
There will be considerable op
position against any lobby acti
vities of the biological survey.
R. H. Gubser, for several years
director of the local campaign
against predators, will be with
drawn from the Territory and
'assigned to another district in
the States. Gov. Parks expressed
: regret at the decision but said
| there was nothing the Territory
could do to prevent the action.
Territorial Auditor Points Out Some
Plain Facts
March 31, 1932
Fellow Alaskans:
I solicit your support for the
nomination for re-election to
the office of Auditor at the com
ing Republican primary, that I
may continue the fight to serve
the people of Alaska, by so con
ducting the office of Auditor
that the law creating that office
may be fulfilled and the office
maintained as a Democratic
institution apart from a bureau
ciatic organization for the full
i benefit of the people of Alaska.
A quarter of a million dollars
more money than was available
was appropriated by the last
Legislature. Thus, it became
necessary that careful manage
ment be exercised in appor
tioning the funds so that the
necessary expenditures would be
assured sufficient money for the
biennium.
Eighty-three per cent, of the
total appropriations are expend
able under the direct super
| vision of the Governor and was
j early apparent that he was not
j going to so manage the distri
bution of funds that sufficient
j money would be withheld for the
'payment of primary claims. Im~
| mediately the controversy be
gan as to whether or not the
Auditor would be permitted to
disburse the funds as provided
by the law creating his office.
The Governor, with the aid of
the Attorney General and the
Treasurer, who composed the
Board of Examiners, has so far i
been able to usurp this duty, j
The law creating this Board was
passed by the last Legislature.
A financial statement issued
by the Auditor’s office and
handed to the Governor May 15,
1931, predicted that if the aver
age monthly rate of expendi
tures were made, the Treasury j
would be without funds by the,
first of the year. The Board of!
Examiners has supported the;
Governor in his extravagant ex
penditures with the statement
that there would plenty of funds
at all times during the bien
nium.
The Daily Empire of March
4 contains the following news
heading, given out by the Gov
ernor: “Treasury Cash Balance
Shows Sharp Decline; Net Bal- i
ance of Territory on February l
29th, $226,738 Less Than 1931.”
The general fund balance on
February 29, 1932, was $337,
8G5.38.
During the month of Novem
ber, I visited Seattle on Terri
torial business, and while there
interviewed some of the can
nerymen, asking them for the
early payment of their taxes on
recount of the depleted condi
tion of the Territorial Treasury
This appeal was responded to by
several companies and a survey
of early tax payments received
by the Treasurer shows that the
canneries paid a total of $339,
310.07 for different taxes since
i the first of this year. These tax
I es would normally have been
! paid March 15. Therefore, the
total amount of cash on hand
as shown by the Treasurer’s
statement is just about offset by
the total of the early payment
of cannery and fish taxes. This
condition proves the prediction
made by the figures issued by
the Auditor’s office on May 15,
1931, and I now state that there
will not be sufficient taxes this
year with which to pay the op
eration of the government. The
shortage will appear about
September of this year. This
date may be varied, depending
on whether or not vouchers are
withheld for payment, as was
done during the month of De -
cember, 1931, to maintain the
cash balance in the Treasury.
Shall the operation of the Old
Age Pensions, School mainten
ance and Pioneers’ Home be
maintained?
Therefore the main issue of
this year will be whether or not
sufficient money is retained to
meet the primary claims, such
as pensions, school maintenance
and operation of the Pioneers’
Home. I pledge my every effort
to fulfill the obligations of the
office in the protection of these
funds. If the Auditor’s office is
to remain both a necessary and
a beneficial office to the people
of the Territory, it must have
the support of the people. I
therefore both humbly and
earnestly ask your endorsement
for the nomination for the office
of Auditor in the coming pri
mary election.
CASH COLE
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He who saith he loveth me
and hateth his brother, is a
liar.—The Bible.
West Coast Candidate States His
Political Principles
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Klawock, Alaska
March 18, 1932 c
Mr. Louis F. Paul, f
Petersburg, Alaska. \
Dear Paul:
This is in response to your I
letter dated March 8, in which {
you requested that I state my I
political principles, platform, t
past record, and things I hope t
to accomplish if elected. c
I filed for nomination to the ]
lower house on advice of some
friends from the Prince of Wales i
Island and Ketchikan. Needless 1
to say that this i sthe first time :
I have aspired for such office.
As a candidate for nomination i
! to the lower house on the Demo
jciatic ticket, I am not making ,
! any promises because, I know,
1 from my own experience, that
jthe people of Alaska are fed up
' on promises.
; Fnor to every election, we are
told of the unfair conditions
that are forced upon us by
Which every party happens to be
in power. We are also told of
how the people of Alaska are be
ing exploited by the interests
from the outside thru their a
gents that dominate the im
portant offices of this territory,
and how this injustice would be
curtailed if we vote for who ever
happens to be doing the talking.
As I have said before, we are
promised to death. It seems to
me, after listening to all of this
as we have in the past, it is high
time that the people of Alaska
1 get together and demand action.
The fact that every candidate
puts these statements before
os only proves that every one in
this territory realizes that there
is something wrong.
The Alaska Native Brother
hood, of which I am a member,
has worked for years in trying
to check the unfairness and to
bring about conditions that will
enable, not only the Indians of
this territory, but all others that,
have made their homes in this
country, to a better living and
economic condition.
The people of Alaska, parti
cularly those of us that reside
in this Division, know that the
main barrier to a better econ
omic condition is the Fish Trap.
It is true that the trap owners
have money invested but what
about the resident seiners? they,
too, have money invested and
families to take care of. Unfor
tunately, the “Powers That Be’:
in congress are led to believe
that a fish trap is a necessity
for the operation of a cannery.
We only have to take notice of
how the canneries in British
Columbia manage without them.
We have two canneries here in
Klawock which get along very
nicely without a single trap.
The average business man
has, in the past, favored the
trap owner. I am sure this tend
ency will be reversed after the
experience of the uast two years.
It is a recognized fact, that
when the fishermen make
money the ousiness man also
prospers.
The Alaska Native Brother
hood has been shouting to the
public the injuries from the fish
trap to the people of Alaska. We
are not trying to rn any one out
j o' Alaska, but instead are trying
j to improve conditions so that
j this territory may be a better
I place in which to live,
j In view of the conditions I
jhave mentioned, I think if the
I business man will profit from
I the experience of recent years
they will help the resident sein-1
ers and uphold the principles
that are the direct solution to i
the present conditions. Irres- ,
pective of Race, Creed or Color, !<
our conditions are the same. We <
'need one another so why not i
work together and build up a .
[territory that we will all be 1
proud of. .
I attended both Chemawa and ]
j Haskell, government schools ]
; maintained in the States for the
| Indians. I served Uncle Sam, in 1
his Navy during the World War, <
having made several trips to i
France. I am a member of The s
Alaska Native Brotherhood, and i
the American Legion. I
I was instrumental in securing
ntrance to Cushman Hospital
or Alaska Indians who are the
ictims of tuberculosis.
I have served the people of
Ilawock, as a Mayor for the
>ast four years. During my1
leriod of administration, I in
orporated the town as a city of
he first class, thereby it re
vives all benefits of an incor
>orated city.
I am not a professional poli
;ician but I do know, thru ac
lal contact and experience, the
leeds of the people of Alaska.
[ do not hope to perform mira
cles, however, I mean to serve
.he people by working for the
icvelopment of this territory.
Yours very truly,
FRANK PERATROVICH
Democratic candidate for
nomination to lower house.
—Paid Advertisement.
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Gty Eledions Useless
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Parliament has passed a bill
abolishing municipal elections
and making city officers nomi
native, thus confirming the ex
isting state of affairs.
Under-Secretary of State Ar
pinati, speaking for Mussolini,
said:
“Municipal elections were ne
cessary in the past, when, be
cause the national government
was impotent, they were an ef
ficacious remedy against ab
uses of public office. But now
that the national organs of
vigilance have sufficient author
ity to prevent aberrations of
city administrators, municipal
elections have lost every reason
for being.”
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Combine Asks Gov't
Forest Control
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Stronger federal control over
national forest and watershed
areas was urged before a senate
committee by W. B. Greeley of
Seattle, ex-chief of the United
States forest service.
Greeley, now secretary of the
West Coast Lumbermen’s assoc
iation, was testifying on legis
lation to transfer the western
public domain from the federal
government to the states.
He was a member of President
Hoover’s public land committee,
but refused to sign its report.
The committee’s recommenda
tions are embodied in the bill
under construction.
“My conviction is,” he said,
“that one of the things that
should be provided definitely for
in legislation of this character
should be to round out and
where necessary expand the
boundaries of the national for
ests as further areas of federal
administration and conserva
tion.
“The bill does not set up in
sufficiently adequate terms the
purposes that the national for
ests should serve, including
range administration and in
cluding a very positive declara
tion that lands important for
control of erosion and preserva
tion of water supply should be
included in the national for
ests.”
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Delegates Desire Party
Harmony
Alaskan Republicans are
cointing out the fact that for
Alaska Republicans to obtain
•ecognition and strength at
Chicago, the two delegates to be
elected in the April Primaries
ihould be united in opinion and
stand behind their National
Committeeman for Alaska,
showing those in authority at
he Convention that the Nation
d Committeeman for Alaska re
oresents the Republicans in the
jarty and in party councils.
If anything is desired from
he Alaska Delegation it should
ome from the Committeeman,
n order that he may gain
trength to help party workers
jid others when the time comes.
To send a divided delegation
o Chicago is a mistake. Unity
s their sole strength and all
:hree should be in accord before
they start.
If we are to have a Republi
can party of solidarity in Alaska
the Republican National Com
mitteeman should have men be
hind him who are interested in
the party enough to give him
undivided support.
To send a divided delegation
would only further disrupt the
party.—Stroller’s Weekly.
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Noah's Ark Story
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American Indians had their
own Tradition of “Noah’s ark”
and the flood, strangely similar
to the Bible’s account.
Dr. John R. Swanton of the
Smithsonian Institution reports
that long before the arrival of
the whites in North America the
Choctaw Indians of southeast
ern United States had a legend
of a great flood sent to destroy
mankind for its wickedness.
The Indian “Noah,” like his
Biblical prototype, was fore
warned of the flood, says Dr.
Swanton. He spread the news
from village to village, but no
cne heeded him.
Then came a time of totai
darkness and cold, with inces
sant peals of thunder. Wild ani
mals crowded in from the for
ests around the campfires.
Then came what seemed to be
a light advancing from the
north, but which was really the
gieam of great waters rushing
over the land. No cne was saved
except the prophet. He made a
raft of sassafras logs and float
ed upon it for weeks.
A blue bird with red eyes
came to lead the way to an is
land which had appeared above
the flood in the direction of sun
rise.
The Alaskan Thlingets tell
stories of the creation of the
world and the destruction of
mankind and animals by flood.
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THEY WERE STOGIES
Police Judge Charles N. Collins
who recently celebrated his 90th
birthday by smoking his usual
seven cigars daily, estimated he
had smoked 58,690 of them to
date. At 5 cents each they cost
him $2934.50; 10 cents each
$5869; at two for quarter thev
cost him $7336.75, not so bad for
stogies.
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Copper on Tobbogan
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While international producers
continued their informal con
versations on the further cur
tailment of copper output, the
price of, electrolytic metal eased
in the face of slack demand and
gloomy reports of a deadlock
among conferees.
Some electrolytic copper wa«
offered at 6 cents a pound, a
drop of a quarter cent. It was
said that second hands were
willing to sell as low as 53A
cents. No sales at either of the
figures, however, were recorded
The official price of Copper
Exporters, Inc., for foreign ship
ments stood at 6% cents, al
though it was said that certain
tonnages were being offered at
C’/2 cents. There was a slack
demand and no sales at this
price.
It was announced that F.
Pisart, representing the Belgian
Katanga Mines, and Sir Auck
land Geddes, head of important
Rhoderian properties, expected
to sail for home. They have been
conferring with American in
terests on curtailment and a re
vision of the selling rules of
Copper Exporters, Inc.—Seattle
Star.
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TINY EGG LAID BY HEN
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The smallest perfectly formed
hard-shelled chicken egg ever
seen was brought into the bank,
Mount Angel, Ore., the exact
weight being one scruple—on.1
twenty-fourth of an ounce.
This egg was produced by a
Plymouth Rock hen owned by
Frank Erwert. Alongside this
egg there is a perfectly former
goose egg displayed, which
weighs liy2 ounces—just 276
times the weight of the mite.