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A TIME TO WORK TOGETHER
The Department of Justice lias
notified its representative here that
the federal jail must be vacated by
the 15tli of August and that ar
rangements be made to secure suit
able quarters for a jail. The build
ing which has been occupied for 16
yeais as jail will revert back to the
Bureau of Education to again be us
ed as schoolhouse for the Native
children.
Some little opposition has been
voiced at this plan. No support has
has ever been put forth to secure
either a much needed school or fed
eral building. When the mattte
was broached in the past, it re
ceived more or less indifferent sup
port.
Now the change has been ordere 1
bv the powers that be in Washing
ton. The Bureau of Education has
been penurious insofar as some of
the towns in this division are con
cerned; furthermore it has muck
difflcutly in presenting its needs to
Congress in order to properly take
care of its big work in the Territory.
There are schools that would be a
disgrace to any community; ill
equipped and manned with person
nel. The government has millions
for batttleships and wars, but not
much for education.
The Department of Justice lias
in the past been able to secure far
more funds for its operation than
the Bureau. It has much easier time
securing appropriations than the Bu
rea uat any time and if given proper
support wrill back the movement for
sr.ch a building.
Now is a good time for the peo
ple of Petersburg to show their will
ingness to boost for a building whieu
will be a credit to the town.
THROUGH DREDGING NARROWS
Dredging operation along the
Narrows have been completed. The
big dredge has been laying at an
chor in the bay, expecting word as
chor in tthe bay .expecting word as
to whether or not it would re
move the fill-in on the bar abreas
of Standard Oil Docks. Word has
been definitely received that this
cannot be done with present author
ization so just as soon as arrange
ments can be made the dredge and
barge will be taken south.
The men who stand in the lime
light and do the fancy stunts arc
the ones who usually get the credit
for work accomplished. While much
might be said of the work of the
dredge crew and their engineers, a
lot of credit must be given to Mr.
James Truitt, engineer in charge
representing the U. S. Engineers.
Without going into eulogies—he it
the man who checked up on the
wt rk all through the entire opera
tion and he was absolutely conscien
tious about it—not only faithfully
doing the work, but insisting that
it be done accurately and .accord
ing to specification. But for his
following of the blueprints strictly
t<f the letter, the job would have
been completed long since. But on
aevetal occasions, after a spot had
been completed by the dredge, he
had them go back and remove spots
that were just a triflle off. We have
been very fortunate in having an
able delegate working in our behalf
to make it possible to have the
work done; we have been fortunate
in having able men in charge of the
work.
THE POWER TRUST POISONS
SCHOOL BOOKS
The press in various parts of the
States has been making an expose
of the proselyting of teachers, col
lege professors and others by direct
ing educational processes of public |
aaa private schools with the ease
with which it operates its power
plants.
It has been admitted before the
Federal Trade Commission by lob
byists of the trust that they have
contributed to the debauchery of
educational authorities; poisoning
the. mind of the youth. It was shown
that the National Electric Light As
sociation had removed from text
books, matter objectionable to the
lobby and substitute textbooks writ
ten bv its “hired hacks" by subsidies
to newspapers and by gratuities to
college profesors, common school
teachers, public speakers and othteis
who move about and address civic
and other organizations without dis
closing their affiliations.
Seattle Star has been pounding
away at conditions in Seattle and
showed that the principal of^ the
schools was receiving pay for lectur
ing on their propoganda and that
|expenses of pupils was taken care
of by lobbyists when they were
shown through the power trusts.
FREE BUT BROKEN ON WHEEL
OF JUSTICE
I he other day Jack Beavert
emerged from the San Quentin Pen
itiary, California, Jack Beavert, 30,
i
I slight of build, sick of mind and
body. He was a lumberjack in the
Humboldt timber. The only place
op- n to a man in his condition is one
of lie state’s hospitals as a perma
i nent ward of the state. He was the
| last of 150 political prisoners who
! were jailed under the “criminal
syndicalism law.”
He had served his full sentence
having steadfastly refused to be pa
roled. Most of this time was spenc
!:i (he hospital and in solitary. His
only crime was in being a “wobbly.
He was not accused of any overtt
| act ot sabotage or violence.
‘The 15 0 men who have been
made felons under the ‘C. S.’ law
have all been men of exceptional
honesty and law' abiding instincts,’
sa;d Attorney Austtin Lewis, labor
lawyer who defended many of them.
According to a statement by Lew
is, the I. W. W. has diminished in
; power, not because of the “C. S.”
laws but because of three things'
The first is Mexican labor that has
supplanted American casual work
ers; second, because of ‘fliver tramp’
families wrho are picking crops and
following the various harvest sea
sons; third, is the stabilizing of cer
tain big industries, principally the
lumber industry, where the men are
now accorded treatment like any
other human beings and given a
wage more commensorate with the
products of their labor, where they
have decent bedding, place to sleep
and bathe and dry their clothing.
The conditions which the I. W. W
wns fighting have been removed
so there is less need for the organi
za< ion.
IN THE “SOLID SOUTH”
By RAYMOND LONERGAN, in
LABOR
The ‘‘Solid South” stands at the
political crossroads.
For the first time in half a cen
tury, or since the famous Hayes
Tilden contest of 1876, the Repub
licans have a chance to secure elec
torn] votes in the citadel of Dem
ocracy.
West Virginia has been generally
Republican; Kentucky, Tenessee,
Missouri and Oklahoma have been
occasionally carried by the G. O. P.,
but in the rest of Dixie a nomination
on the Democratic ticket has meant
an election.
‘‘Al” Smith is responsible for the
change. ‘‘Booze, Tamjnany and
Catholicism are the issues, declared
a leader in the South Carolina Dem
ocratic Convention last week, and
fallowing his lead the delegates did
an unheard of thing in these parts
.. .. .. "■ ■ U
—they refused to pledge support to *
the Democratic candidates in state !
and nation. i
“Solid South** Is Cracking
Evidently they reserved the right,
to “bolt" if Smith is nominated at
Houston.
At the same time, and by practic
ally the same vote, they refused to
instruct their delegates not to vote (
for Smith! j
Who can interpret such appar
ently contradictory verdicts?
For a week this wrfter has been
travelling down the East Coast en
dnavoring to guage sentiment. He
has talked with representatives
of all classes and he has been forced
to the conclusion that the “Solid
South” is, at least, threatening to
“crack.”
Most of the politicians are sure it
will hold together.
“The race issue will turn the
trick,” said one. “The Republican
party in the South is controlled by
the negroes. The whites have not
forgotten the days of reconstruc
tion.
“ Al’ Smith is a bittter pill, but he
represents the part which stands
for whitte supremacy and we will
vote for him in preference to any
Republican.”
The ministers and the women are
Smith’s most uncrompromising op
ponents. They say the politicians
are out of touch with the masses of
voters.
' We can vote for a Republican
president without jeojardizing Dem
ocratic state and local rule,” said
one anti-Smith man. “Of course,
we don’t like to see negroes distrib
uting Federal patronage and hon
ing swell jobs in Washingtotn, but
we have stood it for many years
and we can stand it a few more.
“I am for a Republican as against
Smith, but I am for the re*t of
the Democratic ticket.”
ri he Republican leaders believe
the break is coming and are laying
their plans for a vigorous campaign
in anumber of Southern States.
THE ALASKAN suggests that
“Stroller” White and “Clallam”
Johnny hasten to Gawgia and Vagiu
ya to help out the Democrats there
No use their staying in Alaska—the
Democratic party can’t scare up a
thousand votes in the primaries.
SOMEBODY LIED
Rasmus Enge came to us much
incensed over the article “Hides
Lite an Ostrich’ published in our
columns last week. He declares
emphatically, that any statemen
coupling his name with the prosecu
tion, persecution, trial or what-you
might-call-it is a deliberate lie, re
! rsrdless of who made the state men
He approached Mr. Brown about
the statement and Brown made a
a flat denial of ever accusing Mr. j
Enge of having any part in the
case. So Mr. Enge declared that |
somebody lied—but Brown would
not talk the matter over with Enge !
and Paul, though Paul is not a big
man and cerainly could not hurt any
marshal.
So much for that.
We stand on the facts: A man
who is not reputed to be in sym
pathy with our policies, paper or
anything else, reliable at all times
and respected in Pettersburg, is our
authority for the allegations made
by Brown. As between the two men
—we would take our informant's
word anytime in preference—as he
is not a professional gumshoer. We
retract not a word—tthe statemen
wss made by Brown that “Paul and
Enge did i.” He refuses to ac
cept. and part o fthe blame so it
goes back to its own source—the
reperesentative of he department of
“justice."
SENATE REJECTS ‘CONTRACTOR
“Contractor and Builder” Edgar
Adams who was nominated by Presi
dent Coolidge to fill the place of the
late Judge Thomas M. Reed, was re
jected by a close vote in the Senate
on the 29th of this month. Reasons
advanced for the rejection were that
Adams was not a resident of the
Territory nor was he fitted by train
ing to give judicial dignity to that
important office.
INDIANS STUDY TO CAST VOTE
Want to Read Names on Ballot in
stead of Depending pn an
Interpreter
Even the older Indians of the
Glacier National Park Reservation
are ambitious to learn to read and
write English. A great many of
the tribe are showing a keen inter
est in the night classes conductea
under the auspices of the National
Illiteracy Crusade.
\ class organized by Mrs. Otto
Thompson, chairman of the Indian
work for the Montana Federation of
Women’s Clubs, is doing splendid
wo k. It includes the veteran Big
Springs, a fine type of the older gen
eration of American Indian now
passing, who is 70 years of age and
cannot speak a word of English. A
friend of Big Springs told him he
was a fool to begin studying at his
ige. but Big Springs retorted that
be wasn’t such a big fool that he
could not appreciate the value of
knowing how to read and write.
Mrs. Thompson says the Indians are
?11 eager to learn the words they
fir d on their ballot at the election
time in order that they may cast it
without the aid of an interpreter.
“The Indian problem,” Mrs. Thomp
|Sav;i, “begins and ends with educa
I tier.”
Ed. note.—“Stroller” White will
copy—maybe.
PAGE “STROLER” WHITE
Oscar De Priest, a prominent ne
<rro politician has been nominated by
the Republicans for Congress in the
First Illinois Congressional District
I to succeed the late Martin B. Mad
den. He was urged for the nomi
nafon before the death of Madden
but refused to contest with the
veteran Chairman of the Appropri
ations Committee. —Empire. Whv
does not the Gawgia champeen rise
in arms and damn the Illinoians for
presuming to send to Congress a
Negro instead of a Caucasian?
MISSIONARY INDIAN REFUSES
GREAT HONOR
Dr. E. Stanley Jones, Indian Mis
sionary was elected bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal Church this
week but declined the honor pre
ferring to remain at work with hie
people.
HEROIC TREATMENT
A war cripple was in the path o!
a train at Harbin. In his fear ha
recovered the use of his limbs and
ran to safety. His recovery ha-i
been pronounced permanent.
SCOTT BONE IN HOOVER PAY
Testifying before the campuh n i
veptigating committee roe t
Ciaudius Huston, New York bu
ness man testified regard j. t
Hoover campaign expenditure
stated that in the list totaling ■ .*.c
000 was an item for $2,91
which went to Scott < . Bone i
er governor of Alaska.
Gratuities!
“Politicians are worried,
dispatches reveal, because the i
pie do not take more interns!
politics. If they did it might o
tad for the politicians.’’- K . n i j
Gateway.
The little demonstration nf
April primary certainly has some
“those” politicians worried
are not only worried—they nr
squirming.
ALASKA RAILROAD EXPECTS
BIG YEAR
Noel W. Smith, manager of :
Alaska Railroad, expecis a
tourist business this year. n i
'bus1 ness is reported a steadily
creasing all along the river. (
aiderable amount of freight at N
n?na is ready for shipment on :
government steamers.
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