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THE TRUTH
Going from Ladd to Mineral, j
Washington, several years ago, the !
writer chanced upon a skunk which :
demanded right of way. Ordin- i
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aril we give this breed of animals
plenty of room. The stink which !
can emanate from them having con
siderable penetration and lasting |
if not pleasant aroma. We hoisted
our boot with Mister Skunk at its
tip and heav'd it out or our path.
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We continued on cur way but later j
on returning to Lar’d we passed the ■
same spot, we mot Mister Skunk. !
It was enjoying its own aroma so we j
detoured and allowed it to wallow in
its ov»n smell.
AX HONEST MAX
Only after we had closed our desk
a”d gone to Sitka did p-p Jack
come out with a denial of his own
veracity and integrity. We quote
his recent deviation from what he
originally posted as the truth
“The statemen published in the
Alaskan under dwe of Friday No
* ember 9, 1928, declaring that the
euitor of this paper published a lie
and that lie knew it was a lie and
published it anyway is absolutely
untrue as the author of the article
knew when he wrote it.”
The denial which the p-p jack
wrote and posted he does not pub
lish. We do it for him: “1, John
W. Schoettler, DFNY THE VER
ACITY of the statement published in
the Petersburg Press last week as
follows: “Got six thousand dollars
tu Secure Perpetual Title Trap Site ”
Y\ e have witnesses to Jacky's admis
sion that he published what he knew
to oe untrue In view of this ad
mission in our office and his own de
nial Jacky makes of himself a reck
less nandler of truih.
ANOTHER BRAVE (?) EDITOR
J Johnny Troy when you hear
him talk is a bravo man. As brav;
and noble as some others.
£hoitly after election he was in
the lobby of the Alaskan Hotel at
Ji nt an. He was highly pleased with
the results of the elecion. The de
feat of William Paul meant more to
him than the defeat of Smith for
Presidency. He was loud in his
denunciation of Paul until he got
to the point of behtg obscenly obus
ive. A youn- Indian man, who wras
sitting in the lobby walked over to
Troy and warned him that he would
not tolerate the abuse and for him
(Troy) to put the brakes on his
language pronto. Johnny walked
to another part of the lobby without
another word. But he forgot him
self and began his tirade against
Paul. The young Indian walked ov
er to Troy and said “Troy, do you
remember the warning I gave you a
tew minutes ago? Ir you don’t shut
up I’ll poke +his (doubled fist) into
your face.” Tho brave editor of
Empire s1u.uk out the door of the
hotel like a whipped pup.
THEY DESERVE A GOOD ROAD
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Under this heading a new Govern
ment Trail has been discovered, on
the West Coast of Prince of Wales
Island, somewhere between Craig
Alaska and Ktawock Alaska. The Ex
plorer says of his discoveny.
“ That a Trail enters the brush
on the West side of Prince of Wales
fslard, opposite to what is known
as the Craig Machine Shop, and me
anders in a crooked winding way
Noith to what is known as Canoe
Pass, and thene ends, said Trail
covering a distance of about nine
miles, and parallel to a good water
wm-' of only six miles. For what rea
son the Trail was constructed is not
knowui, for if one did really want tc
walk over this Trail they would have
to have a boat at each end or else
swhn.
The Residents of the West Coast
nave been asking tor a GOOD road
across Prince of Wales Island run
ning from Craig Alaska via, Klawock
Alaska, and it is just possible that
someone thinks they can keep us
"uiet by building this newly dis
covered Trail, but if they do they
have anothei think coming, for we
will never be satisfied with a narrow
winding Trail, that has no beginning
nor end, in lieu of a GOOD road
Craig Residents
A TIMELY WARNING
Paul G. Redington, chief of the
IT. S. Biological Suivey is quoted as
follows:
‘ For the past two seasons of trap
ping, the fur catch in this country
has declined at an alarming rate. If
the trappers continue to disregard
the fur laws and to trap out of sea
son. more and mors species will be
reduced below the point where it
is unprofitable to take them. If
States do not take steps needed for
protection of their stocks of fur an
imals, the revenue from this source
is sure to diminish and, of far great
er import, many of the former suit
able haunts of these valuable and
interesting animals will know them
no more. The main requisite is a re
cognition of the fact that trapping
should be allowed only during the
period of prime fur and should not
I include the breeding season.”
On another column is the posi
tion taken by the recent convention
of the Alaska Native Brotherhood
held in Sitka. Ou every issue as ef
fecting the whole interest of the Ter
ritory that organization has been
right. Had any other organization,
fraternal, quasi-political or political,
taken similar positions, they would
have been hailed as saviors of the
country. But being wholly Indian,
they are illiterate and ignorant
therefore unqualified to talk upon
tho»e subjects with which they are
most lamiliar. Still the literati,
if they would, might learn from
them how to better this country.
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ST 1 IANGE AGASKA
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People nave no conception of
Alaska. The world in general, and
particularly tlie people of the Unites
States, still have strange notions
about this magnificent country. They
picture Alaska as it has been filmed
and storied: a land of perpetual ice
and snow; dog sleds followed by
howling, hungry wolves; dance halls
and saloons: bad men and women,
and still more intensely cold wea
ther.
Put such a belief is erroneous.
The summer climate of Alaska may
easily be compared to that of the
United States. It is warm and plea
sant and not at all sultry. The win
ter climate is different and depends
upon the section. In Southeast Alas
ka the winters may be compared to
those of Washington D. C.
In the interior of Alaska the gov
ernment telegraph line is supported
not by siugle poles set in the
ground, as in the states, but by
three smaller poles set in tripod
fashion. The reasons are: Large
timber does not grow so far north;
the tripod poles are easier to erect
especially since the ground is fro
zen underneath; and the frost
would push the poles up if they we*’e
dug through
■>oine travelers (and writers) get
queer notions One wrote that the
three poles are used so the wire
would not full if one pole burned in
a forest fire (W7hat happens to a
three-legged stool?;. Another claim
ed that they are used to withstand
tbo wind.
The name of a town was changed
waen the newspaper lost a letter of
tvje. During the gold rush in the
town of Cheona (p'ronounced Che
new) there was published the Che
ona News. One day the paper lost
the ‘O” and the paper was publish
ed as Chena News. The town soon
began to be called Chena and re
tained that name ever after.
There is a lesson for would-be
boom towns. Fairbanks waa founded
in 1903 as the result of a gold
strike. Near Fairbanks was that
l’ttle village called Chena, which
e* pecied to bo the metropolis of in
terior Alaska instead of Fairbanks
and by reason of ita location it
should have been. It is on the Yu
kon, and was the terminus of the
Taiiana Valley Railroad, a small line
running from Fairbanks to various
mining camps, and now a part oi
the Government toad. Then the
government railroad from the coast
to the interior became an assured
fact, and Chena felt its develop
ment certain. It elevated ine prices
of its real estate and hopefully
awaited its gold mines in the boom
that was to come. But it over reach
ed itself. The prices asked were
beyond reason and opportunity in
dignantly marched by and up the
little river to Fairbanks, now the
“Golden Heart of Alaska.”
WHY PUBLIC OWNERSHIP IS
Bolshevism
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The Holland Tunnel, a double
bore taking vehicles under the Hud
son to and from New York City, is
owned jointly by the States of New
York and New Jersey.
1c beggan operations a year ago
Tuesday, and has transmitted an
average of about 5,000 cars per day
—at least 50 per cent more than
were expected to use it in that time
By present calculators, the.bore will
pay for itself in 10 years.
it it were a “private enterprise,” j
the owners would celebrate that
event by raising tolls. But this is
a case of public ownership. When
the tunnel is paid for, tolls will be
abolished.
Now we know why public utility
interests say that public ownership
is “bolshevism.”
COUNTRY-BRED WOMEN ARE
I'H IfiltAliLl »l PfJKIOK
The physiques of British women
dwelling in cities are generally in
ferior to those of countrydwellers,
accoroing to the findings of investi
gators in Great Britain, acrording
to e. recent statement by the Bureau
of Statistics, Department of Labor.
A. British study on the physique
of women in industry was carried
oout for the purpose of determin
ing the actual load that can be lift
ed or carried by women or young
workers under industrial conditions
without injury or discomfort.
Ag a part of the study, anthropo
moiric data ot 4,366 women engaged
in different occupation^ were secur
ed, these data covering weight
neight, length of arm, distance of
fingu tips from giound (standing)
and three physical-strength tests,
two of which involved the use of
muscles ordinarily employed in in
dustrial practice. The other feature
of the problem studied were the psv
siological cost of vaiious methods of
load carrjing to the individual
worker and the deteimination of the
loads actually carried by women in
industrial operation/
Taku River Dead Line
Petiton Praying for the removal
of the Taku River dead line back
to its former place for the following
reasons:
1st: That the dead line has been
moved approximately four miles
from its former mark. The old mark
being just one mile above the Na
tive Village on the Taku Flats.:
many lives having teen lost on ac
count of being caught by icej bergs
with the tides running at 3 to 4
i miles an hour.
2nd: That due to the new dead
line, the Natives as well as the
White Fishermen, had to move and
live down on Taku Point, a bare,
i rocky promontory, exposed to all
kinds of weather with no shelter for
boats. Their homes with gardens bn
the Flats are abandoned, thru the
.uthless and discriminatory orders
of the Bureau of Fisheries:
3»d: That due to the new regula
tion, fishing starts at just the point
where the Taku Glacier shoot:; into
the channel, where the larger once
are stuck until the big i ! ; 'o
them away. Due to this, it is very
dangerous for the gill net tors to
make a drift among these ice bergs
4th: Fishing from the old marl:
is much better and safer, because it
H feur miles above where the Taku
Glacier, the menace of the gillnet
ters, enters the ehtnnel:
5th: Flood waters reach seven
miles above the Native Village, or
approximated six miles above the
old dead line:
Therefore tlie Grand Convention
of the Alaska Native Brotherhood,
representing sixteen towns in "south
eastern Alaska, urges the Secretary
of Commerce to make this change
for the relief of those who secure
their livlihoed in the Taku River
Distiict.
It is ordered that a copy of thi3
rquest be sent to the Secretary of
Commerce, the Buread ot Fisheries
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and Delegate Sutherland.
Adopted this 24th day of Novem
ber, 192 8.
WILLIAM L. PAUL.
Grand President
Attest. SANDY A. STEVENS
Grand Secretary.
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SCHOLARSHIP IS NOT CRITERION (
FOR LEADERSHIP, SAYS
EDUCATOR
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Many men and women who are in
in directing world affairs
hnvo not rated high as students,
Dr. Klein declares.
Continued selection of superior
and silted students by colleges and
an • versifies is not likely to result in
i *’.ourMiolv by their graduates of
‘ • ii«• intellectual and directive pur
sues of the nation.” it was said by
the Chief of the Division of Higher
Education, Dr Arthur I. Klein, in
a statement made public September
5 by the Bureau of Education, De
partment of thelnterior. Many men
and women who are most influential
in directing the world’s affairs
are of mediocre ability as measured
in terms of scholastic attainment, he
stated.
Notice
I will bo at Carl Jacobson’s Jewelry Store every evening from
7..‘to to 9:00 o’clock, except Sunday and give lessons to those desiring
tc learn to play the Hawaiian Steel tJuitar, accompanyment or Spanish
gtiirar, also the ukelele at very mod erate prices.
Special prices for twenty lessons.
Dam & Ikaav.
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Every Month
in the Year!
1928 Sales Dates
December 12
1929 Sales Dates
May 21
J line 26
September 21
October 80
November 27
December 18
ances will be made as usual when requested
ransferred by Telegraph if desired.
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The Men's Shop
Located in theBank Building.
Has A Complete Line Of
GIFTS FOR MEN
“ Wescott” Hose Packed
Two Pair To A Box, Ready
To Put On The Tree Or To
Mail. At $1.50
SCARFS - $2.90 UP
BELT SETS $1.50 UP
Also Complete Lines Of Shirs,
Handkerchiefs And Ties.
Your Inspection Invited.
Ycur tailor Cleaning & Pressing As Usual.
Dr. Klein gaid that undue atten
tion to the cupeiior student is a
departure from tne belief in the
/al it> of college training for every
decree of intelligence and persis
tence which can survive the obstacles
liov. placed in the way of grad
uation. He predicted that both
•the publiclv supported and the pri
va*ely supported institutions that
are inspired by the missionary im
pi use will continue to reproduce
more nearl> the conditions of a
• orid in which gifted, mediocre,
and moron are mingled together in
varied relations and contacts.”
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C. H. Sundmacher
Attorney at Law
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Arctic Hotel Petersburg
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Thomas B. Rhone, M. D.
Physic ian and Surgeon
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Dawes Bldg. Arctic Hot„,
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Fresh Doughnuts, Cup Cakes, CooSes
and Cinnamon Roils
Always on Hand Fresh
STAR BAKERY
AMERICA FIRST arrives in Pe
tersburg Friday morning, leaving
for Juneau via Kake and way ports
about noon.
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