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II
City Electors Evince Interest in Campaign
pllcants for the place so far.
Again it is pointed out that the
council considers the applica
tions and acts upon them alone.
That the major cannot compel
it to reject or endorse any per
son for office and therefore this
assertion is a gratituitions in
sult to the members of the
council in that it is an indirect
charge that they are without
any independence whatsoever.
It is pointed out that the mayor
votes only when there is a tie
vote in council and has no voice
in the matter outside of ruling
on the questions before that
tody.
Records
It was pointed out to a group
in civics class in school that
Mr. Ohmer and Mr. Locken were
candidates for the office of
mayor. That the present admin
istration is going out of office
with a world of accomplish
ments to its credit and $10,000
in the treasury. That when Mr.
Locken served as mayor he left
office with a heavy deficit.
We point out that the right
place to teach civics is in school
but we cannot agree that the
teaching shall be colored by
prejudice or failure to present
facts through lack ol proper in-,
formation or understanding.
There is a balance of $10,000 in
the treasury with the gymns-1
sium unfinished and fear raised |
that it will remain unfinished in
event Mr. Locken is elected. He
has not objected to completion
cf the building and the surplus
ill the treasury is still there.
There is a balance of $135,000
in bonds due and payable in ten.
years. Aside from paying inter-!
, eft there has been only $20,000
j redeemed during the first ten
I year period. On the twentieth |
year there will be one payment
jof $75,000 to be met in a lump
[sum. Prepartion must be mads
immediately to meet that pay
ment.
Taxes
The taxes on one residence in
town were as follows; since
1925:
1925 .... • •.$25.00
1926 .... . 37.50
1931 . -60.00
The revenue under Locken’s
administration was considerably
Kss than since he went out of
office yet he managed, besicc
adding considerable civic im
provements to go out of office
with a nice balance. It is his
desire, if elected mayor, to cut
the lax rate as low as possible
commensurate with necessary
expenses and completion of pro
jects now underway—-whicn
work must be done at a mini
mum of cost.
For the information of the
class in civics and their rela
tives, it is pointed out thai
twice Mr. Locken served as
mayor with a deficit on hand to
meet and twice he left the of
fice with a neat balance on
hand. That is the record which
might be ascertained from the
city books.
It is not proper to declare
policies that he will follow
without first having ascertained
that he intends following such
policies. It is wrong to declare
that he will stop all improve
ments and construction now’
under way without he so an
nounces such intensions. It is
well that the class in civics be
given every opportunity to draw
their conclusions from facts pro
perly presented and it is wrong
to permit conclusions to be
drawn by failure to properly
present the facts in the matter
or to give it to them through
misapprehension.
At What Price?
Each election year, the press of the country,
and the politicians come around to the several
| Alaska precincts urging “full territorial form of
, government.” In the past we have pointed out
that this is a lot of hokum. There is no sincerity
back of the demand for full territorial autonomy.
The Ketchikan Chronicle said in a recent
editorial under the caption “AT WHAT PRICE: ’
“Delegate Wickersham’s bill introduced at this
session of congress to grant additional power to
the Alaska legislature “to conserve, protect, and
manage the salmon and other fisheries” in the
territory, is admittedly enough, a step in the right
direction.
“But does it come at an opportune time?
“We think not. Especially in view of section
2 of that bill which would give the legislature
immediate authorization “to provide funds in the
treasury-to meet the expense of taking over
and exercising the powers” conferred by the bill
“Where would this money come from? Just
where will it be possible to raise taxes to increase
ihe revenue by the thousands of dollars necessary
to regulate the Alaska fisheries? \
“In principle it is all very well to talk of home
rule, of administering our own fisheries, or regu
lating our own game resources, but let us be rea
sonably certain that we can afford to do so. It
must be proved that the abuses under the exist
ing system are unbearable, and that is a thing
not apparent today... * * *
“Regardless of the capabilities of Alaskans to
administer fisheries affair the plan is not ex
pedient; not, at least, until we have better de- !
ruonstrated our ability to pay the cost.”
Just Cheap Talk
In the past this newsprint of Ketchikan has !
talked of “full territorial government along with !
ether newsprints in Alaska. We have always !
challenged the sincerity of the urge of home rule '
and asserted that it was a lot of political hokum !
to catch votes with. Now the Chronicle comes out
and frankly says that Alaskans have not de
monstrated their ability to administer their own
fisheries—that the urge for full territorial con
trol of fisheries was just political hot air.
Alaskans Versus O’Malleyism
We assert that Alaskans cannot do worse - j
couldn’t possibly do worse than has Henry O’-.
Malley the past ten years. Certainly Alaskans'
would not attempt to parcel out territorial waters
and hand over huge reservations to be adminis
tered by the cannery interests which have in the
past dictated the rules and regulations of the
United States Department of Fisheries. They;
would not drive out all private independent trap1
operators and resident seiners in order that the
huge corporation traps might deliver catches
of salmon without competition; they would
not tolerate the system of blackmailing decent
citizens by arresting them on false pretenses,
threatening to tie up their boats and fishing gear
unless the plea of guilty were entered and a fine
of $400 paid. They would not listen to the cor
porate interests and continue the destruction of
the May, June and July runs of salmon while pro- j
leeting the late runs of salmon—which runs now j
go to waste for lack of spawning room. They ?
would not tolerate the wanton waste and destruc- *
tion of the herring fisheries which in turn j
threatens to destroy the halibut and trolling \
industries. j
Their policy of protecting the salmon runs — j
properly and fairly— would insure operation of as )
many packing plants with ten thousand fisher- {
men as against employing less than three thou - \
sand. Which policy would not drive men of Ket- \
ch.ikan before the City Council begging for oppor- )
tunity to earn sufficient to hold body and soul j
together and the City of Ketchikan would have f
been saved thousands of dollars this winter which *
they used to feed such fishermen. \
A Thousand Cases of Salmon
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We mind one summer when one of the large
tanneries of Ketchikan packed over 1,000 cases of
salmon on the sixth of July. The fish were caught
in a large trap owned by a non-resident corpora
tion which sent in the trap piling from Belling
iiam and hired a Seattle crew to install the trap.
The fish were brought to the cannery by tugs
operated by citizens of Seattle. The fish were
packed in cans by cheap imported Oriental labor
v/ho were under contract to receive their pay ir.
Seattle.
Resident citizens of Ketchikan were walking
around, heads hanging dejectedly, hands in empty
pockets, taxes to pay, grocery and clothing bills
to pay. They only asked for opportunity to earn j
a decent living but it was refused them—and the j
citizens of Ketchikan, those grocers and business j
men who make their living from the earnings of <
the fishermen had not the guts to stand up and !
condemn the system which was robbing the
laboring men and themselves of opportunity to
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develop Alaska.
No, Ketchikan was too damnably busy calling
“Paul a radical.” Paul only wanted to get rid of
the Seattle spirit from dominating the affairs of
Alaska and giving birth to a much needed “Spirit
of Alaska.”
Territorial Absentee Voting
Delegate Wickersham introduced in the House j
: of Representatives H. R. 9889, a bill to validate
: chapter 89 of the Session Laws of Alaska for the
year 1931, and for other purposes. The measure
j is an “act to provide a method of voting for ab
: sentee electors, and to prescribe penalties for the
i violations of the provisions thereof,” enacted by
Is the last legislature, approved by Governor Parks
on April 30, 1931 and printed in the authenticated
volume of the session laws of the Territory at
pages 159-177, which provides its approval by the
I Congress of the United States.”
The gang that has misruled in Alaska these
many years has been grasping at political
straws, using legislators and every possible influ-1
once to retain their power. The absentee voting I,
.aw above titled is one means whereby they would I
retain that power. It is a known fact that many!
electors leave the territory prior to general elec- i
tions and return about primary election time.)
Under the terms of the law many of these would \
be able to swear in their votes and thereby negate
the wish of the majority who remain in the terri
tory throughout the year. If this law is ratified
by Congress, it will be only a matter of time when
the citizens of the Territory will be confronted
with crooked elections and tricks to its hurt. The
measure has many vicious qualities and should
not pass.
If U Don’t Register U Can’t Vote I
LAST TIME TONIGHT
COLISEUM
CAMP 13
Alaska Native Sisterhood
Meets twice a month.
Mondays, 2: o’clock
Visitors are always Welcome''
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ALSO Chapter 10 of—
“HEROES OF THE FLAMES ’!
SUNDAY hnd MONDAY
SAXMAN Camp. 16 A. N. S.
Pres. Mrs. Peter McKay
Sec. Mrs. Martha John
Meets every Monday 1 p. m.
Visiting Members Welcome
JOE E. BROWN
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Angoon Camp No. 7
Alaska Native Brotherhood
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Regular Meeting, Monday
Visiting Brothers Welcome
Jimmie George, President
Andrew J. Davis, Secretary
Angoon - Alaska
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