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ill later years, a state of affairs
t’-:o determines will not be the
heritage of her daughter.
A DOLE FOR ESKIMOS
Reporting to the. secretary of
the interior. Governor Parks of
Alaska outlines the needs of the
northern territory He asks for
F'kimo schools, enlargement of
medical services to the natives,
and federal relief for the poor.
Federal poor relief is a dole,
whether it be doled out in Alas
ka or Ashtabula. But since the
natives do not know what “dole"
means, they can mt be demoral
ised by it.
They have come to n’ief thru
the blessings of civilization. In
their oboriginal pursuits, they
v ere able to take care of them
selves. Then came the civilian ig
influences *of trade and the
rivaling reaction o[ hooch, and
the natives were well on tin: path
toward culture.
Depression came in the Stares,
furs became all but valueless, the
native had forgotten his old
manner of life, so now he needs
i c-iief.
He should get it. He didn’t in
vite us, with our money and our
diseases and our poisons. The
least we can do is to try to undo
some of the evil effects of our
invasion.—Seattle Times.
Dole Them to Death
The dole system might be al
right with the Englishman or h
;might work out well enough with
J the average American. But the
system as represented in the
1 various rese vatione throughoutj
tne United States has demon
strated the fact that there is no
'better way to destroy moral and.
mental fibre of the Indian fnan
4he dole system. It is un-Ameri
can in principle and it destroy:
all self-reliance.
In Alaska, the solution to the
economic problem of the white
men as well as Indians cannot
be met through the dole system
With all of its resources—timber,
minerals, fish—it is hard to see
why the governor of Alaska or
any other official should have to
tJiink in terms of doles.
The fishing industry, iF’pro^
perly handled, will give to the
entire population and several
thousand more, sufficient earn
ings to live in comfort. But so
long as the fish trap system is
allowed to prevent resident labor
from being gainfully employed,
just so long will it be necessary
to think of doles for the laboring
classes.
When the editor of the metro
politan daily thinks ih.at the
Indians do not understand what
doles means he displays a woe
ful ignorance. For the past sev
eral years the threat has been
made in conventions of the Alas
ka Native Brotherhood to de
mand of the government “sub
sistence” or “doles" in order
that the youth might grow up
with a better opportunity to live
The thinking members, how
ever, prefer to starve rather
than be beneficiaries of a charity
that should never be necessary
in Alaska. It matters not, how
Jeducated or uncivilized a people
may be, they will be demoralized
by such a system and as far as
AlasKa Indians are concerned, it
would only be adding insult to
injury to declare that they can
not be demoralized by the dole
system.
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Should the Democrats be vie- ^
torious at the election next fail S
it would likely mean a long lease. 4
jef life for the party. Prosperity <
| is on the way and is sure to ar-j ^
rive within the next year or two. | {
The party in power when it ar- <
rives will get large credit regard- ;
less of whether it had anything !
to do wuth it. *
In England hard times usually j
cause a swing to the Conserva- j 1
live party. In the United States J
the radicals feast when the cup- j (
board is bare. The low price of <
hogs, and wheat and potatoes is I
not only reflected in the bark (
I clearings but also in the election *
• returns.—Seattle Star.
PROPOSED EXCHANGE OF
ALASKA IS NOT NEW TO
ALASKA RESIDENTS
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The Gateway is informed by
news agencies that a proposal
has been made by officials of the
Rome-New York Chamber of
Commerce (what ever that isi,
to trade a certain part of the
Panhandle of Alaska, Southeast
ern Alaska, to Canada for some
area south of the St. Lawrence
waterway.
However, no immediate deal
appears probable as it is con
tended that the Panhandle of
AJaska is too valuable to be giv
en away for anything less than
the whole of Canada.
Incidentally, the Ketchikan i
Chroncile is said to have quoted
Ketchikan business men that
for
^; there is no immediate need
^ i any conecrn whatsoever as ‘‘it
X has already been planed to give
'vtiie country back to the In
| dians because of the low price of
fish/'
! What do you know about that ?
NOT A BAD IDEA
The idea of selling the Alaska
Panhandle section to Canada is
not a now one by any means. It
has even been entertained by
Alaskans. But there will probably
be not much chance to get rid
cf any part of it to Canada or
anyone else.
The Ketchikan Chronicle is
wailing that “there is a deal on
to sell the country back to the
Indians.” Just who or what is
going to do the buying and sell -
ing they don’t say. But the
jChroncile always did have the
Indian complex anyhow.
It might not be a bad thing if
I the idea of Rome, New York
were entertained more fully. We
'don’t believe that there would be
much local opposition to it—and
from the wetness of some of the
papers—or is it editors, the idea
|Of getting under the Canadian
system of liquor disposition
should be more than welcome !
1
They are asking for such a sys
tem—why not the Canadian sys-;
tern which has been tried and is
just a big failure as any other.
And then there would be the
change from the domination of
Henry O’Malley in the fisheries
to the management of the Cana
dian fisheries by Major Morrow
—and there is a difference. Un
der the Canadian management,
every resident will have an equal
opportunity to earn a decent
living and three times as many
as now operate in Alaska will be;
able to earn a living under the!
Canadian system. If the Cana
dians can make a better country
of Alaska to live in, after the ;
fifty or more years of failure on
the part of Americans, why not
give Canada a shot at at it and
let New York have the country
it wants along the St. Lawrence
River. I
If other editors do not wish
the Canadian government in the
Panhandle country, then they
might just as well recognize the
evil institutions under the A
merican system and join our
i _
l andwagon in rooting it out.
When that is done then this
country will become a real coun
try—a land where flows milk
and honey and with opportunity
for every resident to partake
thereof instead of bung made
criminals as is now being done
under the direction of Henry
O’Malley and his dog robbers
and the United States District
Attorneys.
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HAINES NEWS
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The Second Annual Lynn Ca
nal Basket Ball Tournament will
be held at Chilkoot Barracks,
Alaska, beginning on Tuesday,
December 15th and ending on
Fiiday, December 13th. It is
1 lanned to have three divisions
a girls high school division, a
hoys high school division, and a
senior division, the high school
champion playing the senior
division champion for the Lynn
Canal Championship in the final
game. A silver loving cup will be
presented to the winner of each1
c ivision and a suitable trophy to
the Lynn Canal Championship.
The following teams have been
invited to participate in the
tournament:
Girls High School Teams
Whitehorse, Juneau, Douglas,
Skagway and Haines.
Boys High School Teams
Haines, Skagway, Douglas, Ju
neau and Whitehorse.
Senior Teams I
White Pass Athletic Club ci
Skagway, Independent Teams
frem Whitehorse, Douglas, Ju-t
reau Haines and the Post Team
from the Chilkoot Barracks.
Before play opens, represent
f tives from each team will meet
and draw by lot for opponents
and places on the schedule, the
winners to bo determined by!
elimination. |
The winners of the tournament ;
will tour the other Alaska divi
sions this winter.
Ernest and Willy Paddy were
arrested charged with breaking
nto and entering a store and
tealing a quantity of merchan-i
dise and with violating the
Alaska Bone Dry Lav/.
The weather has turned snao- }
py—a bit cool in the morning,
a bit of snow in the evening. Not
so good, but we just can’t help it.
Dr. Southwell, eye specialist of
Juneau was in town for a couple
of days looking after the vision
of local citizens.
The drive for members in the
two locals is still on. Seven new
members have been inducted.
The only thing stopping us now
i^ there is no more available
membership timber.
The Fornance went to Juneau
and Skagway and brought up
the basket ball teams. White
horse was not represented as the
high cost of living with the low
industrial conditions made travel
impossible to the tournament.
The tournament lasted four days
at Haines and Chilkoot Barracks
and those who saw the games
declare them the best they have
seen in manv a moon. Thanks to
Colonel Miller and Lieutenant
McKee of the Barracks, the tour
nament was well planned and
carried out without a hitch. Thev
gave enthusiasm to the entire
tournament with their personal
ity and life.
The Girl’s Hi School Cham -
pions are Juneau; Boys Hi School
Champions, Douglas; Senior
Champions, Skagway, (White
Pass); Lynn Canal Champions,
Skagway, (White Pass).
The final game for champion
ship of Lynn Canal was the
most hotly contested game of the
series. The teams playing were
Douglas Hi and Skagway White
Pass Athletic Team. Many times
was the score tied and with the
score 18 to 17 in favor of the
Islanders and with only 40 se
conds more to play, the Rail
roaders tossed a wild shot into
the basket and thereby went to
the long end of the 18-19 score.
The hall was packed—Haines
and the Barracks yelling for
the Islanders while Skagway had
a large bunch of rooters for the
Tie Walkers of Skagway.
KAKE NOTES
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Joseph Jackson, about 17 years
of age, who returned from the
Juneau hospital a short while
ago, died Sunday morning and
W ' v —in the iocai cemetery,
Ponaid Williams Is very ill and
jtheie i* not much hope of his
lasting very much longer.
Mrs. Charles Dugaqua return
led from the hospital at Juneau
I where she was advised that life’s
end with her is but a matter of
t’me.
A big program was scheduled
in the Presbyterian Church by
the members of that organiza
tion. Another program will be
i given at the A. N. B. Hall when
!the school will do the honors;
! the City Band will furnish much
cf the music for the occasion
and a Community Tree will bear
presents from Santa Claus for
every one. Friday night the Sal
vation Army, under direction of
jCapt. Charles Newton will have
i a program and Christmas tree.
IT life program will be under di
rection of the Army and its
members.
The trappers are returning to
Kake to celebrate the biggest
Christmas in the history of the
town, despite the depression
which has hit Kake as hard as
any other town.
Charles S. Johnson was re
elected Mayor of Kake; Walter
Williams, City Judge; Arthur
Johnson, City Clerk; Bert K.
James, Chief of Police; Tom
Naski, first assistant to the Chief
I of Police. Council, Frank Booth,
Frank G. Johnson Thomas Aus
tin, Pete Hanson, Walter Wil
liams, Thomas Skeek, John Bean,
Kelly Brown and Arthur John
son.
Trapping so far has not been
so good. The larger catches are
not over ten mink with most of
the trappers unable to connect
with any mink at all. Consider
able effort is being made to
catch beaver.
Trappers going out to Pybus
Bay, early in December to look
for trapping grounds discovered
traps out long before the season.
Which is one good reason for the
low prices offered by the fur
buyers who do not care for un
prime pelts.
Election of officers in the
Brotherhood put in virtually the
same officers who controlled last
| year.
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