claims of resident fishermen and
the several Commercial Clubs of j
Alaska do not agree with the
claims of the editors of the Paci
fic Fisherman nor with Commis
sioner of Fisheries Henry O’Mal
ley, That their allegations of
wanton waste and destruction of
this fisheries is borne out by
the investigations made by Geo.
Rounsfell, Jr., published in the
Pacific Fisherman and is also
official record in the files of the
Bureau of Fisheries in. Washing
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We do not need to add any
further to the claims of the re
sident fishermen. They are not
dishful for harmful effects upon
the fisheries industry of the Ter
ritory nor do they desire to drive
out legitimate business. But they
do point out that the continued
criminal waste in the production
of fish meal and oils from her
ring has depleted many dis
tricts in Southeastern Alaska
and that further unrestricted
operation of these reduction
plants will completely destroy
the seed so that but in a few
years there will not be sufficievf.
herring to justify any kind of a
reduction plant—not enough to
supply bait for the halibut fleet
which totals more than a thou
sand boats and employs about
three thousand fishermen—that
the entire trolling industry re
presenting several thousand
fishermen with a large fleet of
small boats is entirely depend
ent upon the herring for bait
and with the restruction of this
fisheries their operations will be
wiped out and the salmon which
feed on said herring will wander
to other waters for their feed.
The loss to the territory through
complete destruction of this
fisheries will exceed by millions
of dollars the loss of the few
reduction plants now operating.
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KNOW YOUR ISSUES
AND YOUR MEN
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In the forthcoming primary
election the Connors-Dimond
Democrats are pledged to make
effort to repeal the primary
election laws in order that the
Territorial political system
might be thrown back into the
hands of a few through the con
vention system. We go back a
few pages in Alaska political
history that the voters might
11..
! appreciate what the convention
i system represents.
! The old party convention sys
tem consisted of a party con
vention to be held at some de
signated place at which sixty
delegates were supposed to be
present from each of the four
Divisions, or a total representa
tion of 240. One needs not have
the distances described nor the
expense to which delegates
must go to attend such conven -
tions so that usually only a scant
handfull of delegates would
meet from each Division. The
balance of the representation
being sent by proxy which Was
usually carried by one or two
persons, who controlled the con
vention.
It is told that Jaffet Linder
berg of Nome gave Charley Her
ron $10,000 to go to Nome by
aog team and return to Fair
banks thence on to Juneau
where he delivered 120 proxies
from the Second and Fourth
Divisions to Louis Shakleford,
republican boss of the territory.
Shakleford with one vote con
trolled the whole party. In 1912
the Democrats held a conven
tion in Valdez when Tom Dona
hoe, Judge Jennings, A. J. Daley
and others were said to have
spent half a night forging prox
ies from distant precincts, which
v.ere properly accepted by the
credentials committee even
though the committee knew the
proxies were false. Proxies were
bought and sold like hogs in a
market—weak men were induc
ed to vote for measures, planks
and platforms which they did
not understand; to support menj
who prostituted their own
honor in order that they might
rule the political affairs of the'
Territory.
It is pointed out that Dele-:
gate Wickersham is on record
as refusing to support any mea -;
sure to repeal this law—that A.
K. Ziegler stood on the floor of
the Democratic Divisional Con
vention in Petersburg strenuous
ly objecting to adoption of this
plank. It is pointed out that J.
J. Connors, Democratic National
Committeeman and Editor Peg
ues who are now sponsoring
Anthony J. Dimond’s candidacy
for delegate to congress, defeat
td the efforts of Ziegler and N.
R. Walker and forced the plank
on the convention. It is pointed
out that Mr. Dimorid recently in
Cordova met Judge E. Coke Hill
and debated him on the subject
—Hill for retention of the pri
mary and Dimond for its repeal.
And the reception accorded Hill
was gracious and spontanous
while even Mr. Dimond’s friends
were rather cool in their recep
tion of their candidate wlio de
sires to take elective franchise
from the voters just to place
that authority in the hands of
the political racketeers whose
power in the territory is waning
and which therefore needs bols
tering up by repeal of the pri
mary law.
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PREJUDICES
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“When I went to Carlisle
school in 1899 as football coach,
I had all of the prejudices of
the average white, but after
fourteen years of intimate as
sociation, I came to hold a deep
admiration for the Indian and
a very high regard for his
character and capacities.”—
Glen Scobey Warner, Coach,
Stanford University.
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Monday night friends of Clar
ence Dorner gave him a surprise
birthday party down at Mrs.
Borden’s on the Scow Bay High
way. A nice little crowd, a jollv
time with the guests all reluc
tant to leave.
..■ssr.
WRANGELL
Henry W. Clark, assistant di
rector of athletics at Harvard in
a letter to his mother Mrs. G.
C. Clark, recently stated that he
plans to leave Boston in Jiily
with a group of Harvard boys
who will take in the Olympic
games at Los Angeles. Following
this they will run up the coast
for the Southeast Alaska tour on
the C. P. R. Lines through Ca
nada.
A choir of twenty-five voices
under direction of Miss Bruns
void of the High School will sing
on Easter Cantata in the Pres
byterian Church on March 27th.
Mrs. Russell F. Pederson will ac
company on the piano.
Arnt Sorsett, genial meat
butcher returned from a busi
ness trip to the States.
Rev. H. P. Corser, rector of the
Episcopal Church here slipped
and fell receiving bruises which
necessitated his entering the
hospital for treatment.
The Alaska Native Brother
hood is tearing down the front
cf their hall and reconstructing
it so that it will add consider
ably to the better appearance of
the street. The outside work on
the building is almost all com
pleted. A very large under
taking by a small group of men
and a credit to any community.
The spirit of the community
was well emphasized last week
when John Grant, Jr., disappear
ed. The Brotherhood called a
meeting at which time it decid
ed that all its members should
lay off work on their building
and other work to assist in look
ing for the lad; boats were offer
ed along with, personal services.
Following discovery of the body,!
the Brotherhood again got to
gether as a unit and went to the
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cemetery where they cleared the
snow to permit entrance to the
newly dug grave to permit the
friends and relatives to pay
their last respects to the depart
ed fellow citizen. Bread cast up
on the waters, many times by
John Grant, was returned when
he least expected it and in a
spirit that was most admirable.
Mr. Grant himself in times past
had given a helping hand in
cases where help was urgent
and it was not forgotten. That
is why this community gets a
!ong so well—all citizens of one
town, sorrows and joys touching
all citizens as in one family.
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Bid
well left for California for a
visit to their old home.
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KETCHIKAN
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The halibut fleet is pretty
much disgusted with the prices
received for the fares of halibut
brought in. The prices were so
low that the fishermen are pret
ty much dissatisfied as they are
getting no returns for their
labor or investment. But, what
else can they do? Too much fish
in storage, too much being
brought i n—n o money with
which to buy higher priced fish
when meat and eggs are priced
lower where money is scarce .
The Old Weather Man has
teen out and it is beginning to
look like spring days will be on
us soon.
Some of the hand trollers are
planning to start out for the
trolling camps. The big question
they are asking is “What price
will we get for king salmon?”
From all indications not much.
It will not be surprising if the
price of kings run to as low as
five cents per pound for red,
mild-cure size kings.
Wilbur Ridley and Fred Wal
lace, members of the local Camp
of the A. N. B., have been on the
s«ck list with the flu. Both re
ported as getting better.
The local church choirs are
preparing special Easter An
thems and Contatas for Easter
Sunday.
The U. S. District Court which
has been in session here for the
past two months will adjourn
shortly. Most of the cases were
minor or petty cases and more
relating to liquor charges than
anything else. Most of which
cases could well have been
handled by the U. S. Commis
sioner.
JUNEAU
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A. W. Dishaw, local contrac
tor has announced that he will
file for mayor and will be op
posed by Thomas B. Judson, pre
sent mayor who will file for re
election.
Clyde G. Wann, President of
a new airservice to be establish
ed in Northern British Colum
bia, Yukon and Northwestern
Territories has announced that
bis company, The Northwestern :
Canada Air Transport, Ltd., will :
aperate airplanes in the north i
in a year-around service, carry- i
ing passengers and express be- i
.ween Carcross, Atlin, Telegraph 1
Dreek, Whitehorse, Mayo and s
Dawson. Two large planes will 1
)e brought north about the first
>f April when the service will be 1
naugerated. s
Gene McCluskey, who is in c
he Veteran’s Hospital, Walla J
Valla, Wn., is improving in i
lealth but not gaining any in
weight. He plans to purchase a
ar to travel through Arizona
dth Mrs. McCluskey. e
Kendall Williams of Hoonah, 1\
djudged insane in Juneau, h
rhile being taken to Morning- “
ide sanitarium, attempted to p
ommitt suicide b y hanging d
limself with his belt. The belt is
roke and he was rescued by p
ail guards. n
The Juneau halibut fleet, af- V,
er making one trip to the fish- N
ig grounds, decided to tie up
ntil eastern market prices im- p
roved. d
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SITKA a
CONSECRATED SERVICE p
Lottie E. Stevenson h
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Miss M. Edna Tait, for nine Vi
iars a member of the Staff of w
leldon Jackson School, died in sp
rove City, Pa., March 5, 1932,
lidwing a period of ill health ar
bieh had compelled her to give 'sc
, ap her teaching position here
last December.
Miss Tait was one of those
rare people who could fit into
i almost any situation on a mis
sion field. She knew not only
how to train the intellect but
the hand and heart as well,
i Those who worked with Miss
Tait fully appreciated her de
[votion to her pupils. She was
i always whole heartedly behind
any effort to help the boys and
girls prepare for life. Her great
est interest, however, was in
helping each pupil learn the
Christian way of living and of
{having each one come to a sensg
of responsibility for carrying to
others the truths learned. One
outstanding characteristic of
her .work was her unlimited
patience. No student ever failed
to make good because of a lack
of opportunity or effort on her
part.
Miss Tait’s interest was not
confined to the work of the
school. During the entire period
of her life in Sitka she con
ducted a Sunday School in the
ullage. Here she gave the same
loving, self-sacrificing service
as that which marked cl1 other
efforts. Her influence a I o was
felt in the villages along the en
tire coast of Southeastern Alas
ka.
Perhaps no more sincere
praise can be given than that
written by one of her pupils,
“From the first the School felt
her strong personality as a good
teacher. She was tireless and
cheerful in her efforts in any
thing she undertook. in the
classroom, she was liked by
everyone, and her departure is
deeply felt by all with whom
she was associated.”
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MISS TAIT, MY TEACHER
Gilbert Wilson ’32
A pupil in Miss Tait’s classes
iiad to be thoroughly prepared
for she strictly observed wheth
er a boy or girl had done the
work well. This, I believe, was
one of the fine points of Miss
Tait as a teacher.
Aside from this she was kind,
cheerful, and ever so happy
whenever we finished an extra
good lesson. Sometimes she
would come to us personally
and tell us of the good work we
had done which thus stirred in
us the determination to achieve
in whatever line of work we were
doing.
One of the characteristics of
her tireless efforts as a teacher
that I also noted was her joy of
teaching. She was always on
time whenever she was to teach
and always prepared. In her
hand she carried an outline of
the lesson she was to teach.
Miss Tait was not only a
teacher in school. She also di
rected our Senior Christian
Endeavor Society and conducted
;he Sunday School in the village.
Thus the strong personality of
Miss Tait as a good teacher in
luenced us greatly during the
ime she was here and I know
n the future we will still b^
inder her influence because of
ler character as a good teacher
ind the ideal life that she lived
iere among us.
Gilbert Wilson ’32
fOTE—This was one of the
Pilendid tributes paid at a
hapel service held at Sheldon
ackson School, March 7, 1932
n memory of Miss Tait.
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KLAWOCK SCHOOL NOTES
Recent school assembly speak
rs. were Rev. Swanson and Dr.
IcKenzie. Mr. Swanson, who is
l charge of the mission boat,
Princeton/’ emphasized the im
ortance of good school atten
ance. He said that the boy who
i late not only robs the other
upils but robs himself of the
tost valuable thing in the
orld—time, and time is life,
ilima, who received a loan of
Dr. McKenzie stressed the im
artance of the right kind of
iet and care of the teeth. Most
’ the dental trouble could be
/Qided if the teeth were pro
irly cared for. He gave a short
story of dentistry and it was
teresting to hear how George
ashington used false teeth
tiich were kept in place by
rings.
The boys of the upper grades
e working a short time each
bool day in an effort to level