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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 Our Fisheries
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John W. Frame
CANDIDATE FOR
Democratic National Ccmmitteeman
S I pledge the people of Alaska, that if elected
5 Democratic National Committeeman, I will not j|
S recommend any man for an appointment in
5 Alaska who is not first approved by the people of \
2 the Territory and by those residing in the vicinity i
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I Republican Candidate For 1
I Territorial Senate 1
| “I Stand On My Record At The Last Legislature” 1
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VOTE FOR
. Johnson
The Governor Objects
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Press dispatches from the
states indicate that Governor
Parks of Alaska is advising
citizens to stay away from Alas-!
ka. That there is not sufficient
room for those who might wish'
to come to Alaska. That there 1
is not even sufficient employ
ment to take care of local labor.
How much influence the
Governor or any other official
has in the matter with the can
ning interests is evidenced by
the number of imported Oriental
and other labor which is clut
tering up the steamers which
are now travelling north.
While these imported riff-raif,
scum and vomit of the water
fronts of Seattle’s Skid Road,
Portland’s Burnside Street, and
San Francisco’s Barbary Coast
come to Alaska and are given
preferential employment, those
who live and labor in Alaska
throughout the year stand a
round the docks waiting for the
few days of employment which
are thrown at them as one
would throw a bone to a cur.
Alaskans are satisfied—they
should be—it is their own fun
eral.
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Our Sins of Omission
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This paper gives you consider
able for your money but there
are somethings that it will not
give to you.
It will not give to you an edi
torial policy that is dictated by
corporate interests for the bene
fit of those interests.
It does not make any apolo
gies for the sins of political
parties or their leaders.
It is independent, belongs to
no party, is under no obligations
to any party or politician.
It does not believe in the doc
trine of might is right.
It does not defend the morals
of the rich and powerful nor
condemn the poor and lowly
for being wrong and immoral
because of positions in society.
It does not believe in hero
worship.
It goes along trying to tell the
truth as we see it. We are damn
ed if we do—and we are damned
if we don’t. So we go on being
damned in many instances by
men who have not the nerve to
stand up to those things they
demand of us. But we go on our
way doing our little best in the
only way we know how.
\ Mr. and Mrs. Reader
\ Did you ever stop to think of
I the share you have in this pub
\ lication? That the editor and his
* force are expending their time
k and efforts for you; for the com
i munity; for the Territory?
* If there is anything that ap
t peals to your interest, boost it.
| If there are features you do not
jj like, state them. Cooperation a
51 l°ne will bring to all the great
\jest measure of satisfaction and
^knowledge of energies directed
* toward bringing to Petersburg
\ I in particular a medium of public
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I of the major cities of Alaska—
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' cept the benefits of the town,
accept also the responsibilities
j without any evasion. Do your
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paper do its duty.
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MEDFORD CHURCH SOLD BY.
SHERIFF IN PUBLIC AUCTION
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The First Methodist Church of
i Medford, Oregon, was sold at
sheriff’s sale to a New York
banking firm on a bid of $31,900
offered by Porter J. Neff, attor
ney representing the company.
Neff said negotiations are
I now under way to lease the
church to the congregation for I
a year. It was expected the deal
would be completed before Sun- 1
day, !
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No beer no work—was a sic- <
gan of yesterday. Strange as it
may seem—prophesies some
times come true.
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Echoes of Fame
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Eddie Plank, one of the twelve
immortals of baseball, lives
quietly at Gettysburg in Penn
sylvania—his old home town
where he has a big garage and
lives in a nice home on a nice
street across from Gettysburg
College. He was drafted from
the Gettysburg College team by'
Connie Mack back in the early
1900’s. Plank fits into the life of
Main Street in a small town,
observant, shrewd, all of his
long years of fame spent in the
big cities of the major leagues
oid not succeed in applying one
| single coat of veneer to his
small-town personality.
Moral: Beware of the small
town guy with his simole dress
: and manner and guiielessness.
He fills your car v/'.Lh gasoline
‘and chats with you about the
weather and the spring garden
| truck, and he appears to know
nothing beyond the reaches of
the limb of the old apple tree.
But he may well be an Eddie
Plank, who lias lounged in most
of the great hotels of the coun
try and was a pitching hero
before the throngs of a dozen
years or more.
Symbol of Reliability
Plank was the peer of any
pitcher who ever threw a ball.
We make no exception even
though we are most partial to
his old teammate, Chief Bender.
A few famous pitchers may have
excelled him in a few pitching
ways, but in the main, as an all
around asset to his club, year in
and year out, over a long course
of time, Plank never had a
superior. And remember, he left
the game^ while still more effec
tive than three-fourths of the
hurlers in his league. The last
game he pitched was against
Walter “Big Smoke” Johnson of
Washington in a 1-0 affair.
His fame unimpaired, the
cunning of his arm unquestion
ed, his supremacy unchallenged 1
by the hardest batsmen of them ^
all, Plank elected to turn in his!
uniform, lay down his glove and
leave the game. This was in
1917 when he was 42 years old
with sixteen major league years
behind him. During his period,
he won seven World Series
games and seven seasons did he
come through with more than
twenty victories for his team.
uoioriui Teammate
Plank is one of those men who
c-o not talk about themselves,
but he talks of other men who
made up that wonderful ma
chine which kept Connie Mack’s
team to the fore. Plank the
serene, nonchalant type warms
up when he tells of Bender his
pitching mate. The Big Chief
v/as a striking contrast to the
mild and placid Plank.
It was Bender’s turn to pitch
in the Series of 1910 but he re
fused to warm up even, before
the game. He was moody and
preoccupied and Mack knew
him well enough not to insist on
his going into the game when
he did not wish to pitch. Plank
who had pitched two days before
was thrown into the breach and
though he knew it might mean
the series, Plank stepped out on
the field to warm up.
“I went out there and began
to warm up,” said Plank, “and 1
I knew I was not at my bset for 1
I had pitched two days before. 1
I knew the Chief knew so 1
watched him as he sat on the
bench, head down, poking at i
the turf with the toe of his shoe. '<
It. came close to game time, and 1
Bender began to get nervous 1
and fidget around and then I i
knew I would not pitch that day. i
But I kept on shooting them 1
ever. i
“Mack never said a word, nor *
o'id he even look toward Bender. 1
And then two minutes before I
game time, Bender suddenly got t
up from the bench and came f
out to me and caught the ball r
as it was returned by the cat- *
oher, and told me to ’get to- *
out of here.” I beat it for the
oench and the Chief began to t
mm them into the waiting e
jlove. His mood had shifted, he e
vas at his wonderfulest and so, b
>f course, we won.” n
Life Did Not Lag ii
But the best story of all about,t]
lender had to do with the hotel jd
•oom and not with the playing!
leld. Hotel life never palled with
ts drap monotony when the
Dhief was around. They never
knew when or how he would
break out next. “The Chief
roomed next to Ira Thomas and
me, said Plank, “and one night
about midnight, as I lay there
sound asleep, I heard a blood
curdling screech. I thought it
was a night mare at first. My
light had been turned on; there
was a wild-looking figure in a
blanket with red stripes parad
ing the room. I sat up and rub
bed my eyes.
“It was Bender. He had rum
pled his hair, donned his blanket
and was carrying a big knife in
cne hand and a revolver in the
ether. And he was doing an In
dian war dance. Say he was the
most alarming looking figure I
ever saw. You know the Chief
was impressive enough even in
repose. But there he was, bent
half forward, doing the mincing
steps of that awesome dance.
And at every step he would cut
loose with a fearful ‘ki-yi.’
“Come out here and dance,”
he commanded. I lay down a
gain. Then he came up to me
and thrust the wicked-looking
knife against my fifth rib and
repeated his command. I came
out there and did the best I
could at an Indian scalp dance.
‘You’re a bum dancer,’ the Chief
commented in disgust.
“Then he went to the bed of
Thomas and ordered him out to
do his turn. Of course Thomas
was awake by this time. The
Chief’s ‘ki-yi’s’ would have a
v/akened the dead. But Thomas
pretended to be sound asleep.
His pretense did not deceive
this Chippewa, who, was tread
ing the midnight war trail.
“The Chief pierced the de -
ception with the point of his
knife and Thomas yelled ‘bloody
murder’ and leaped to the cen
ter of the room. ‘Dance!’ com
manded the laconic violator of
our room calm. And Thomas
danced. ‘Rotten,’ was the Chief’s
verdict, and then he stalked
from the room without another
word. He was a great Chief and
we were all very fond of him.’’
Plank was nicknamed ‘Bunnv’
because of his mildness. He did
look mild. But consider—Eddie
Plank at the age of forty-two,
with sixteen years of marvelous
big league ball behind him,
turning in a 1-0 eleven-inning
game for his last contribution to
an unsurpassed career!
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A MATTER OF RECORD
We have been asked Who is
is Mr. Dimond, the democratic
candidate for delegate to Con
gress. We turn back and look
into his record and here it is:
Mr. Dimond is a member of
the firm of Donohue and Di
mond, lawyers of Cordova and
Valdez. This firm is attorneys
for the Alaska Packers’ Associa
tion and the Northwest Fish
eries Company, a subsidiary of
the Booth Fisheries.
These men have exerted con-1
siderable influence upon the |
Democratic party. They had the i
power to direct the candidacy of |
VTr. Boyle of Juneau who enter-i
ed the race for delegate to Con- j
?ress back in 1926 only to with- 1
Jraw to leave the field open for,
I om Marquam—Independent. |
It appears incongruous to any
•ight thinking citizens that an
ittorney shall sit . in the terri-i
orial legislature and represent
he people while yet receiving a
etaining fee from corporations'
vhich have a complete mono
dy in Bristol Bay and which
t is generally admitted by Alas
:ans cognizant with fishery
natters, control the regulatory j
:olicy of the Bureau of Fish-1
ries. No man can successfully!
erve a monopoly and the people!
■t the same time, faithfully. It;
j never done successfully. Nor
tonestly to both interests.
The record of Mr. Dimond will
e pointed out by his oppon
nts. It will be made plain j
nough. Already his supporter,®1
i Juneau and the Westward are1
luttering threats of reprisal
i event he is defeated and!
iere is no question, he will be'
efeated. I
i l GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS
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Washington News Letter
By Will A. Steel
On March 23rd Delegate Wick
ersham appeared for an hour be
fore the Senate committee on
Indian Affairs, in support of a
bill similar to the one he intro
duced in the House, conferring
jurisdiction upon the Court of
Claims to hear, adjudicate and
enter judgment upon any claims
•that the Thlinget and Haida
Indians of S. E. Alaska may
have against the United States.
At the completion of the hearing
the Committee decided to report
the bill favorably to the Senate, I
which was done the following
day, and it is now on the calen
dar.
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The Postoffice Department has
reestablished the post office at
TJgashik and named Frank S. |
Schneider as the postmaster, j;
The postmaster at Tonsina, 1
James J. Echles, has resigned
and removed to Valdez, and his ’
j successor has been named in the :
I person of I. N. Woodman. The i
I postmistress of Mile Seven, near «
, Cordova, has removed from that '•
'section and Mrs. Eleanor L. Van 1
Wey has been appointed to sue- 1
ceed her in the office . '
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An airplane company has
written the Delegate to ascer
tain why that company was not
given an opportunity to bid for
carrying mail this season be
tween Nenana, Holy Cross and
St. Michael. Assistant Postmas
ter General Glover explains the
reason thusly: “Service on the
Yukon River in summer is re
quired by steam or other power
boats and is paid for out of the
appropriation covering that
class of service. Mails carried by
any other means could not be
properly paid for. During the in -
vestigation of the service to be
provided the coming season it
developed that the only suitable
boats available are those operat
ed by the Alaska Railroad. A
satisfactory rate was secured for
carrying the mails by such boats
and the contract awarded.”
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In compliance with the desire
of the people of Homer and Sel
riovia, an effort was made by
Delegate Wickersham to secure
more direct communication be
tween those sections. But that
the Government will furnish this
service does not seem likely, af
ter an investigation by Major
General Irving J. Carr, Chief
Signal Officer of the Army. He
says: “It does not appear that
;here is sufficient possible rev
enue at Homer to pay for the
istabllshment of a Signal Corps
ladio Station at that place, and
hat there is no surplus deep
ea Cable suitable for the install
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oetween Homer and Seldovia.
Even should a suitable cable be
available the cost of such an in
stallation, together- with suit
nble repeaters and auxiliary
iquipment would far exceed the
expenditure necessary for the
establishment of a satisfactory
radio station. General Carr,
however, promises tnai tne of
ficer in charge of the Sign d
Eorps personnel at Seward is in
rommunication with the people
U Homer and will give every
assistance in the establishment
3f a locally owned radio station
fo communicate with the exi.sc
ng public service station at
Seldovia.
One of the old pioneers of
Alaska who is now living in the
East wrote an interesting letter
;o the Delegate the other dav
md sent him a sample of pr-‘
aimably rich ore, stating among
)ther things: “This ore comes
from Alaska and from a place
vhere the prospector has not as
ret ventured. It looks like a real
ind. I am gathering all data
;cncerning this district and if
ill turns out as it is expected we
GU have another Klondike
vhich will help end the depres
iion. As soon as weather will
lermit an outfit and men who
ire seasoned prospectors will be
ent in.” This sounded so inter
esting that the ore was analyzed,
ind alas, was found to contain
;nly metallic lead, which cannot
ikely be profitably developed.
Delegate Wickersham has ad
ised with Secretary of Agri
ulture Hyde as to what support
ie could get from the Depart
ment in urging a deficiency ap
propriation bill for the main
enance of the Matanuska ex
eriment station. The Secretary
akes the view that “it would
ardly be consistent to request
lie Bureau of the Budget to ap
rove an estimate for a defi
iency appropriation for con
nuing the work of the Mata
uska station without making
milar requests for numerous
Iher meritorious projects.” As
j the disposition of the exped
ient stations it is expected that
ie Agriculture appropriation
111 now in conference will au
lorize the transfer of the pro
erty to some Gevernment de
irtment or local institution?,
he Secretary says: “There have
L*en several requests for the
:atanuska station. If authority
granted for the disposal of the
-operty first consideration na
irally will be given to the needs
Governmental agencies such
1 the Alaska College of Agri
ilture and School of Mines,
te Alaska Railroad, and the
dian School at Eklutna, all of
aich have applied for the pro
rty.”