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MANAGER and EDITOR
“HE WAS A JEW”
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We sat listening to a conver
sation recently and constantly
it was reiterated: ' He was a
Jew” or “the Jews control” etc.
Recently Julius Rosenwald,
president of Sears-Roebuck,
Chicago, died. Editorially it was
pointed out that he rose from
poverty to affluence; from the
estate of a penniless boy to the j
presidency of a great mercantile
house. That he established the
Julius Rosenwald Fund of $35,
(100,000 dedicated to the “well
being of mankind.” That he
gave to educational, charitable
and civic causes more than $15,i
000,000. That he gave without
stint to the Y. M. C. A. and Y.
W. C. A. buildings for Negroes
and for the enlargement of lib
raries, to the location for Jew
ish colonies on Russian farms.
Ke held no racial prejudices nor
:eligious. How many condemn
ing the Jews could measure up
to such a man?
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PARTY POVERTY STRUCK
FOR CANDIDATES
When the Juneau Republicans
back up the candidacy of John
T. (Jack) White of Juneau for
national committeeman of the
Republican party, they are cer
tainly poverty stricken and in
vite their following to turn De
mocrat or just quit voting.
It appears to us that Jack
White was arrested sometime
since for peddling Vino wines
end flavor extracts to Indians;
that his wife in presenting her
case for divorce asserted that he
threw her out into the snow
without a stitch of clothing on.
j4nd him for a leader of the Re
publican Party. Good Night!
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A PROPER MOVE
The Government is going to
abandon its agricultural experi
ment stations in Alaska and
throw several buric rats out
of employment. We are sorry
for the stations BUT
We cannot find an argument
to sustain continuation of these
stations. The purpose of the
stations being to develop agri
culture in Alaska. On the other
hand, we venture to say that
not one in 25 succeed in secur
;ng patents to homestead appli
cations in Alaska. The Forest
Department has built up so
many rules that it is almost
impossible to secure a home
stead in Alaska. The Fisheries
Fureau has driven virtually
every independent operator out
cf the country. The logging and
lumbering industry, bad enough
iu the states, is more than po
verty stricken in Alaska because
of the regulations. There is a
studied effort to drive even the
Indians out of the ountry.
Why then should the govern
ment continue to waste money
cn experiment stations when
there are none to follow up the
program. And even if they did
follow up the program where
vould they sell their product?
Last year over 4,000 sacks of
potatoes were raised in the Ma
tanuska Valley—they rotted
there with no market.
A GREAT LIBERAL
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A reactionary contemporarj
speaking of Justice Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, said “But among
them all, none has worked
harder, with finer sense of duty
or greater patriotism than As
sociate Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes for nearly thirty years/’
And be it remembered—Justice
Holmes was a great liberal and
fer many years dissented from
the majority and his opinions
have been set down as great
treatises not only from the legal
standpoint, but for their literary
value. ;
OSCULATORY BACILLI
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An English scientist recently
asked a number of people to
kiss microscopical slides. When
the slides were examined, he
was horrified to find on many
cf them, clumps of tubercle
bacilli. He contends that even
one kiss can transfer from one
individual to another great
Quantities of infectious mic
lobes. Perhaps it is because of
infectious microbes that people
do kiss and lordy, how many
clumbs of tubercle bacilli there
do be created each day.
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TIME TO OBJECT
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In 1924, sponsors of the White
Bill, now governing Alaska's
j fishery industry, forgot to in
! elude Commissioner O’Malley’s
' jurisdictional powers beyond the
three mile limit. To remedy this
defect, Congressman Welch of
California, the home of the
Alaska Packers’ Association, in
troduced a bill which would ex
tend the power to the Commis
sioner. Under the provisions of
this bill, it shall be unlawful to
import or bring into any place
subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States, for purposes
o^her than personal use and not
for sale or barter, salmon from
waters outside the jurisdiction
of the United States taken dur
ing any closed period provided
for by this Act or regulations
made there under.
Alaska is now under regula
tions not enforced in Canada
or in the coastal fishery stater.
While regulations are promul
gated and closed seasons enforc
ed in Alaska, the fishery con
tinues in Oregon, Washington,
California and Canada. Alaska
is used to conserve salmon for
the use of the other fishery
states. Which is to our mind a
lot of hooey. If such regulations
are to be enforced in Alaska,
then it is only fair to demand
that other fishery sections be
placed under the same inhibi
tions. Otherwise the charge of
unfairness cannot be denied.
Commissioner O’Malley has
too much power which he ab
uses. Fear of reprisals for as
sorting independence has made
t h e corporations bow their
heads in servile submission.
The Welch bill has been a
mended and the committee on
merchant marine and fisheries
has recommended its passage.
The trollers will be most affect
ed by this new inhibition. As an
association and as individuals,
they should send in their ob
jections to Delegate Wickersham
eir it is too late. The business
houses which depend so much
upon the fishermen trade should
also take this matter up and
state their objections to its pas
sage. To delay is to invite furth
er disaster.
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WHY SUCH A LAW
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It shall be unlawful to operate
a cannery unless a report has
been filed with the Secretary of
Commerce prior to December 1
of preceding calendar year and
no cannery may be operated in
more than one place or location
during that year.
The purpose of which law is
to shut out any or all small
salmon cannery operators and to
“conserve” salmon by prevent
ing a floating cannery from
moving from one section to an
other whereby they may obtain
at small cost salmon for can
ning. There is no inhibition a
gainst the packing of salmon
| several hundred miles to a sta
tionary plant which is in effect
the same as moving a floating
cannery from one section to an
other. In the past canners in
Ketchikan district have gone
several hundred miles to Lynn
Canal and obtained fish for
canning; they went out Prince
cf Wales District and did the
same. But under the new law
it would be illegal and wrong to
move a floating cannery in
stead of moving the salmon.
The logic of the Bureau of
Fisheries is something we cannot
fathom. According to the recom- |
nendations of Mr. O’Malley it is
proper to transport in boats or
scows, salmon from one district i
to another. Under the same lav?,
it will be illegal to move a float
ing cannery from one district to
mother to permit them to do in
a small way what the larger
corporations do right along with
the permission of the depart
ment. Perhaps we are just dumb
and can’t understand the logic
of the new law. At least, we have
sense enough to object to such
a law and to brand it as a
crooked piece of business.
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HARRY DONNELLY
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Harry Donnelley of Plat has
announced his intention to file
for nomination as Senator for
the short term. Seems to us that
Donelley was a representative a
short time back and he voted
just as he was told to. We won -
dered why a progressive minded
man should be servile to the
moneybags of Juneau. We were
told that he was interested in
the bank of Iditarod and that
during the session, Mr. Walstein
G. Smith, territorial treasurer
took away from Mr. Donnelley
a bunch of bonds to protect the
territorial deposits in the Idita
lod bank. After the session was
over, the bonds were returned
to Mr. Donnelley. We persume
that the law had been complied
v/ith and that Mr. Donnelley’s
bank had complied fully with
the law and the territorial de
posits were protected. Else, why
should Mr. Smith return the
bonds to Mr. Donnelley. Which
points to one reason why it is
impossible to secure legislation
strictly to the benefit of the
territory.
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LAST OF CALIFORNIA’S
BRAVE GRIZZLIES DIES
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Grizzly bears no longer exist
in California, say nature books—
but Charles Tant .hunter, met a
ibig one on the Gluch Trail re
cently.
It knocked two of his dogs
senseless and turned on Tant,
who fired and ran for cover as
it died.
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HEART OF BRASS KEEPS
ANIMALS ALIVE HOURS
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Construction of a mechanical
heart which maintains blood
circulation in animals after the
leal heart has been removed
was announced recently by Dr.
Paul J. Hanzlik, head of the
pharmacology. The device, com
posed of brass, was perfected by
a British scientist namel Gibbs,
Dr. Hanzlik said.
Dogs, cats, rabbits and other
larger animals live for several
hours under an anaesthetic with
the mechanical heart replacing
tiie one nature gave. Its value
is in aiding students.
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RASKOB IS OWED
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The Democratic party owes
Chairman John J. Raskob of the
Democratic national committee
8345,250, nearly half of its total
outstanding indebtedness, which
was listed recently at $787,747 in
the report of the national com
mittee, filed with the clerk of
i he house.
The report showed that the
rarty spent $1,030,486 in 1931
while contributions, loans and
ether receipts amounted to $1,
032,267.
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ITARPOONERS WIN
OREGON WHALE
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The pickled carcass of tl«e
Oregon whale, harpooned after a
voyage up the Columbia to Port
land, belongs to the harpooners.
according to decision by Circuit
Judge Lusk recently.
Judge Lusk ruled that the
whale was a legal exhibit when
displayed at the county court
house, but now belongs to Ed
ward O. and Joe T. Lessard, who
won an appeal when charged
with unlawfully killing a fish
with a spear. The court declared
a whale was not a fish.
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JIM REED’ SETS FORTH HIS
claim For renomination
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James A. Reed, former United
States senator, sounded what ■
was believed by several thou
sand Missouri Democrats to be ,
his aspirations to the Democra- j
tic nomination for President
Making the principal address
rt the annual Missouri Jackson
Day dinner, Reed let slip with a
single phrase the signalior cries
of “Jim Reed for President!’
which rolled through the Shrine
Mosque.
“And now I speak for James
A. Reed,” he said, introducing a
piogram of remedial measures
which he proposed for the na
tion.
Reed’s seven-point platform
for the party called for decen -
tralization of government ana a
withdrawal from all European
controversies as the first plank.
Second, he advocated repeal of
laws which place the responsi
bility of the various states on
the federal government; third
“wipe out innumerable boards
and bureaus and discharge an
army of spies, snoopers and tax
masters;” fourth, cease all a>
tempts by the government to
promote, regulate or destroy
business, with the exception of
laws against monopoly and un
fair trade parctices.
The fifth plank would demand
the Federal Reserve system noJ
longer be the “agent and bank
1 er of the stock gambling hells of
the nation;” sixth, lower the
tariffs, and eventually wipe’
them out, and seventh, restore
j the doctrine of state sovereignty.
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Washington Newsletter
By Will A. Steel
PROFESSOR SISSON
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i
I His many friends in all sec
I tions of Alaska will be pleased to
(learn that Charles Peck Sisson,
Assistant Attorney General of
the United States, has just been
appointed instructor in criminal
procedure at National Univer
sity, Washington, where he will
deliver lectures on Thursday
and Saturday evenings. General
| Sisson has made two lengthy
'visits to Alaska, where he has a
'large acquaintance and many
friends. As his position in the
Department of Justice is Ad -
ministrative he has much to do
with the selection of Judicial
officials for Alaska, and expects
s.oon to discusss this subject with
Delegate Wickersham.
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ROAD BUILDERS MEET
--Jr- —
Major Malcolm Elliott, Presi
dent of the Alaska Road Com
I mission, who has been in Wash
jington for several weeks past on
! matters pertaining to his office,
I will represent Governor George
■ A. Parks at the annaul conven
tion and road show of the A
merican Road Builders’ Associa
tion, to be held at Detriot Jan.
llth to 15th.
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GOLD—GOLD—GOLD
The Department of the In
terior has issued some interest
ing statements regarding the
mineral production in Alaska
during the year 1931, which
shows a total value of over
$12,000,000. The total production
of gold is estimated at $9,342,
000,000 about $866 more than in
1930, and is greater than any
year since 1919. The total value
of gold produced*since the early
days amounts to almost $400,
000,000. The gold recovered last
year from placers totaled $4,
706,000, and about 79 per cent
of this was produced by dredges,
of which there were 27 in oper
ation. By far the largest amount
of placer gold came from the
Yukon region, with the Seward
Peninsula region second. The
ether placer mining regions to
gether ' contributed less than
one-tenth of the entire placer
gold output of the territory, and
in the order of their placer pro
duction stood as follows: Kus
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