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WHAT’S YOURS IS YOUR’N
WHAT’S HERS IS YOUR’N
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The Community property bill
which failed of passage at the
last moment rush of the legis
lature was a good bill. It should
have passed. The bill provided
that what belonged to a wife was
hers and what belonged to the
husband also belonged to her.
Under the present law what’s
her’s is your’n and what’s your’s
is not her’n.
“OF LITTLE CREDIT” (?)
“The silver lining of the legis
lative cloud—and it was a cloud
—consists of the fact that where
but little good was accomplished,
nothing particularly objection
able was put across, but a page
was written in Alaska history
which is of little credit to the
Territory.”—Stroller’s Weekly.
KEPT CAMPAIGN PLEDGES
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“Many important nl a 11 e r s
were considered and acted upon
by the Legislature. It passed
laws making elective the heads
of all territorial departments. It
changed the old age pension sys
tem to one for pioneers only. It
enacted a new code for schools
and indigents and needy. It re
vamped laws relating todepend
ent children, delinquent children
and Boards of Children’s Guard
ians. For the second time in
succession, the Legislature did
not raise any of the Territory’s
tax schedules. No general tax
bill was introduced and a meas
ure providing for a new head tax
(by Foster) for a special pension
and indigent relief fund was de
feated in the Senate. It created
an omce oi auditor to succeed
to the duties heretofore perform
ed by the Secretary of Alaska for
the Territory.” It provides for
the election in place of the fed
eral political messenger boy; it
provided for the election of a
Territorial Treasurer who shall
be responsible to the electors of
Alaska and not to political hench
men of political obligations in
curred somewhere in the United
States; it provided for a high
way engineer to be elective and
divorces that office from the
political pioneers’ pension ma
chine.
THE ALASKA POLITICAL
COLLEGE
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All of the Westward repre
sentatives moves in the Legisla
ture hinges on the Alaska Col
lege. An institution, which by
virtue of its position in politics
has ruled the Westward Divi
sions and whose demands for ap
propriations have grown until
this year it has asked for close
on to $300,000 for the next two
years. This for an institution
with not much more than 40
bona fide students. It has come
to the pass when the tail wags
the dog and it is a darned small
tail as compared to the dog.
Campaign Pledges
When the Five Progressive
Senators, remembering their
campaign pledges, found that
they were blocked in their efforts
to secure elective officials they
quietly passed word along that
something was going to happen
to the college appropriation—it
might even be cut down to al
most nothing. Dr. Bunnell, presi
dent of the college was advised
that the intregues of the west
ward divisions would not gain
for his institution the money he
asked for unless they played
fair. But like others of the auto
cratic, domineering, bullying
federal machine with its black
mailing press, he did not think
that the senators would dare
stand in the way and prevent
passage of his budget.
Pet measures were tied up in
the Senate and though the Al
aska Packers’ representative,
Senator Dimond tried to get
them reported to the floor, the
senate refused to bring them
forth until the reactionary tories
of the House fearing the death
of their pet measures began to
show a willingness to compro
mise. That willingness was sig
nified only after the Senate cut
the college appropriation down
to a little over $90,000. And then
making elective the major ter
ritorial offices, the Senate con
ceded House amendments cut
ting out reference to a control
ler or board of control.
The alignment as now is in
Alaska is the federal bureau
crats, the department of justice,
the Alaska college and the hy
phenated republi-demo machine
with its henchmen who hesitate
not at blackmailing in order tc
secure continuation of the do
mination of that machine.
There is an end to every trail
and “its a long alley wat ain’t
got no ash barrel.” With the
taste of election of officials fresli
in its minds, there is no ques
tion that the citizens of Alaska
will demand more of their own
autonomy.
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ANOTHER QUESTION
FOR MR. BROW*
Last summer United States
Deputy Marshal Charles V
Brown soaked a young man ovei
the head, in Petersburg, when
that man persisted amorously on
securing entrance to a house
in the restricted district. Browr
was inside and when the young
man tried to push in the door
Brown stepped out, socked the
guy on the bean with a billy and
sent him about his business. Ir
the young man’s car were sev
eral bottles of pre-Volstead li
quid and some on his person
The young man staggered back
into the machine and drove a
way. Brown continued his bus
iness, whatever it was, and the
matter there ended.
The question: If the young
man were disturbing the peace
why did not Brown arrest him
forthwith or later swear out a
warrant for his arrest knowing
that the law was being violated?
There is no record of any sort
on file in the department of
justice relative to this case. Is
that a part of the efficient mar
shal’s program of law enforce
ment?
ILLEGAL VOTING BY INDIANS
A bill was presented the re
cent legislature calling for a ro
tative ballotfor the election
system of the territory. This
was to prevent “Indians from
using checkered cardboards to
automatically mark ballots.”
Nothing is ever said of illegal
voting of white men and women,
of non citizens and aliens or
unqualified citizens. The lily
white machine with its support
ers is so darned sinless that it
is almost ready to sprout wings
to fly to heaven where it will
wander, we fear rather aimless
ly, (for it will be lost) on the
golden streets of heaven,
j Last month more than 40
University of Wisconsin students
were called for examination in
an investigation into purported
irregularities in voting during a
city election in Madison, Wis
consin. The order for an in
vestigation was made by the
I Dane County Superior court af
ter Alderman Frank Alvord de
feated for reelection, charged
that University of Wisconsin
students voted irregularly in his
ward.
We make no mention at this
time of the reported illegal vot
ing in westward division pre
cincts that have been called to
our attention. But question is
raised, why are the bureaucratic
authorities so anxious to punish
the Indian for alleged illegal
voting while they hush up ille
gal voting scandals that keep
them (the bureaucratic trough
feeders) in power?
JUST TOO BAD
The Siskiyou county, Califor
nia bootleggers have threatened
to raise the price of whiskey from
$2 to $3 the pint as federal pro
hibition activities increased in
that county. Somewhat in the
neighborhood of 100 raids had
been made.
Is the price of whiskey and
corn dew going to raise in Al
aska now that investigations are
to be made relative to certain
reappointments in the near fu
ture? Indications right now is
that the efficient marshal and
his deputies are clearing the
decks for a record—but if re
appointed—WHAT THEN?
CHRIST AND JUNEAU
If the lowly Nazerene came to
Juneau there is no question but
what he would be classed as a
“niggero” by some good Chris
tians of that town. And that
they would be too good to as
sociate with him. That he would
not be able to enter some of the
churches in that town is not a
question in our minds—not from
knowing some of the hypo
critical members.
“Oh where, oh where, can the
little doggonit” oh, where, oh
where, can he be?” is the ques
tion that not a few are asking
about the Valiant deputy mar
shal of Wrangell. Some say
he had gone to Wrangell, others
say to Idaho and still others say
he is on a political mission,
whatever that may mean.
INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY
TO CONNECT ALASKA AND U.S.
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tory are known as the tourists
and hunters” paradise, and be
yond lies Alaska with its majest
ic mountains and rivers, its
plains and forests abounding
in all varieties of game, while its
rivers and lakes provide the best
sport fishing in the world. Con
sider the pleasure of an automo
bile tour from the States into
remote Alaska, away from the
intense summer heat of south
ern latitudes into a region of
continuous daylight during the
summer months.
But this proposed highway
should not be considered from
the viewpoint of tourists, hunt
ers, and fishermen, as consider
ation of its commercial utility
as an aid to development of the
great mineral resources that lie
along the route, both in Canada
and in Alaska call to mind op
portunities for the prospector
and miner to enter this almost
unlimited field for their activ
ities.
It is quite possible that the
road-building program within
Alaska contemplates a projection
of the interior roadway on to
Seward Peninsula and thence to
Cape Prince of Wales on the
margin of Bering Straits. For
years people have dreamed of a
railway northward through Can
ada across Alaska to Bering
Straits and thence by tunnel, on
to Siberia. The proposed con
nection of international high
ways of which I write may bring
about a somewhat similar result.
Within the next decade one
may perhaps equip his touring
automobile at New York or Phil
adelphia or Miami, and drive
with his family and friends to
Cape Prince of Wales where, ac
cording to fiction,* the Wander
ing Jew stood and gazed across
the waters toward the Asiatic
shore, and what then? Well,
beyond the Straits lies Russia
with its thousands of miles of
steppes and possibilities of a
highway to Petrograd, Berlin,
Paris and, of course, by tunnel,
to London.
TUFF ON PANTS
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’Twas a spring day in Elyria,
Ohio and Fred Allendorf, 17, was
sitting at his desk in high school
restlessly waiting for the school
day to end. His fidgeting caus
ed some matches to ignite in a
rear pants pocket, causing a cel
luloid comb which he had there
to burn. Yes, screams and a
hasty exit marked the close of
the school day. The combined
efforts of Allendorf and Princi
pal J. B. Zullauf were required
to extinguish the Are.
Rather hot at the seat of
learning.
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Here rest the bones
Of Emily Bright;
She put out her left hand
And turned to the right.
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