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INCONSISTENCIES
\ number of public spirited me';
of Petersburg have been working
hard, spending considerable time an |
effort to secure the building of the
new proposed Industrial School by
the Bureau of Education at Mason
Camp, lower Wrangell Narrows. Con
struction of which plant will cost in
the neighborhood of five hundred
thousand dollars and maintenance
which would be to two three hund
red thousand dollars annually. In
cidentally the construction of such
a plant would mean the connecting
of Petersburg with the school. At
t* g rate of cost of construction of
the three miles of road now undei
way — $S6,000— a road to the propos
ed site would run to approximately
one million dollars Such a road
won id mean auto traffic between th?
two points and be an incentive to the
steamers to lav over in port for th?
accommodation of those passengers
who would wish to spend a few dol
Pr« taking a run down the sceni
drive. The capacity of such a school
would be about five hundred which
would mean a transient traffic of
children and parents leaving quite a
few thousand dollars in Petersburg
for supplies, gasoline, etc.. All in all
tne effort of the public spirited me-,
is t.-eing bent for a worthwhile pro
position.
Wrangell realizing all of thesr
things is working wholeheartedly t.
secure the proposed school in Shoe
maker’s Bay a short distance from,
town. They give some mighty good
reasons for the building of the plant
there. One of which is the kind’.
Christian attitude of the whole town
towards the Indian he he reslden
or transient. Wrangell Camp of the
Alaska Native Brotherhood favors
and is asking for the construction •>,
the school in their town.
Now all the effort of men of Pe
tersburg is being kocked into a cock
ed hat by the animosity towards
children who are also eligible to en
trance in the proposed school. Tin
expression has gone forth they
"Rake has been kicked out o
Petersburg” and it is natural to ex
pect unfavorable reaction to sue'
sentiment. Opposition of Kake per,
pie to the proposed school going
aown the narrows is being raised
They want no influence that may ef
tcct the attitude of any of the teach
ing force creating lack of harmony
a id esprit de corps. What further
action these two camps will take a
long this line of opposing the local
«ite is not being stated, the matter
being treated locally by the Camps
hid their efforts will be made plain
when the matter is brought before
convention of the Grand Camp nt
Sitfca in November at which time the
local camps will act by majority.
If the sentiment now prevalent is
spread through all the camps, ad
verse expression towards construc
tion in the Narrows may be expect
ed. Attention may be called to the
fact that constuction of this school
at Metlakatla was blocked by the
united efiort of all the camps after
the Bureau had announced its den
sion to build in that town. The aci
verse action of the camps caused b;<
present attitude of citizens of Pe
tersburg, may have considerable eT
feet as to location. The spending
of the large sum of money for the
industrial plant and public roads
may be thrown away because of the
selfish interest which dominates the
course of action in matters effecting
tne population total of the town. The
efforts of the wholehearted citizens
is negatived in their effort to de
velop a bigger Petersburg.
Tt s illegal to complete a set after
six o’clock. To be caught brailTng
Salmon after closed season starts is
a crime. But a trap may hold its
salnon and be brailed Sunday, Mon
day or any other day without its be
ing a crime.
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GUMKHOERS
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Marshal Albert' White of Idaho,
who “recently wired the governor of
Id ;ho to appoint John Thomas cf
Gooding, Idaho to till the unexpired
term of the late Senator Gooding,"
if also responsible for the appoint -
ment of Idaho sheepherders and Los
Ang.des gumshoers to the force of
n irshals in the First Division.
We have asserted that never in
jour memory have conditions been so
i tolerant as today. We now asser’f
that along with conditions hereto
fore described some of the marshal**
are consorting with the unfortunate
women of the Red Light District
.We name specifically United States
Deputy Marshal Charles V. Brown
of Petersburg in point. We assert
that he is unmoral therefore unfit
to hold his official position under the
Department of Justice. That he luv
lowered the dignity by using his o
ficial position to associate with the
daughters of Babylon. That lie h :‘
been present in buildings occupied
by such women and in rooms adjoin
ing when liquors were being dispens
ed at so much per glass. That the
liquors were being sold with lm
knowledge and he therefore is an ac
cessory before and after tlie viola
tion of the laws of the land which he
has sworn to enforce “without fear
or faver.” That because of his re
gumr, unofficial visits to said house;
he is called — a name that takes
from his office its dignity and trow '■
into the muck and mire of shame
For which reasons we declare him
unlit to continue further in office.
CHINESE WORSHIP** TIGER” —
WE WORSHIP “MO.NKV"
The Chinese worshipping the M
ger does not meet with the approval
of the Caucasian races which wor
ships money. So we are trying to
civilize the Chinese and ignoring il
literacy in our own country. Well
enough to send missionaries and
spond money on the Chinese yet a
toe same time greater educations
facilities should be given potentia
citizens of our own country.
Fhe following percentage indicat »
the relative illiteracy of the chief na
ticns of the world: In Rumania. GO.f
per cent of the population can nei
t.1 er read nor write; in Servia 78.f
per cent; in Austria, 18.7 per cent :
in Belgium, 12.7 per cent; in Eng
land, 1.8 per cent; in Scotland, 1 C
per cent; in The Netherlands, 0.8
per cent; in Finland. 1.5 per cent;
ir. Denmark, .2 per cent; in Switzer
land, .3 per cent; in Sweden and
Norway, .2 per cent; in Germany, .05
per cent; and in Saxony, Bavaria
M urttemberg and some other Ger
man States only rarely a person can
he found who cannot read and
sewrite. In the United States the
ratio of illiteracy among native white
is 2.0 per cent.
According to the figures set forth
by educators the United States stand
seventh in point of illiteracy amonc
the world in pite of its vaunted civil
ization and educational opportunity
Something wrong with the syster
What?
INCKEARFD WAGE BEST
WAY TO END PROVEHT'
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Works of charity must he combie
ed with striving for justice in indus
(r-’l and social life, declares Dr.
John O’Grady, professor of socology
at the Catholic University of Ameri
ca, in his book just published on
“Social Work.”
“Social work cannot fail to reck
on.” he says, “with the problem of
income and the closely allied pro
bl.-m of continuity of income.
“Multiply social service agencies
aid expand their work as you 'will,
fou can contribute very little toward
he solution of the problems of pro ’
)erty without a more equitable dis
tribution of the products of industry, i
“If we are permanently to im
prove the conditions of the poor and
to prevent large numbers of wage
earners from passing over into the
ranks of the poor, we must strive
earnestly for better wage standards
and the protection of wage earners
against industrial hazards.
“Charity must go hand in hand
with the application of the principle
of justice in social and industrail
relations.”
Mr. Hawkesworth recently stated:
it will take all of the effort and pei>
that Petersburg can put forth to se
care the school in the Narrows. The
words are our own but the though'
is Mr. Hakesworth’s and he is su
perintendent of the Bureau of Edit
cat'on in the First Division. A largo
part of tiie effort is being killed
and a lot more pep required to car
ry on the work. No fault of those
working to upbuild the town.
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Bid you know that a trap may b
long or as short as its operator
wishes to make it while the seines
are regulated in fact?
M Maynard operated a trap at
Point McCartney this summer. On
July 22nd at S o’clock in the evcn
i g the trap was empty. (Sunday >
At 3:20 Monday morning of the 2.3rd
tb • trap had over ten thousand sal
mon in it. It is believed that a new
spo-itfs of salmon have been discover
ed for the only way they could get
into that trap, legally, was to fly.
For of course, traps never fisli il
legally.
“Breed late fish and late fish win
return.” Oscar Nicholson stated re
cently that he hated to believe the
salmon were running later. Reports
fiom tishermen is to the effect that
t u e first two runs of salmon are la
ter and in smaller quantity while
the run beginning with the closed
season is very heavy.
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Oscar Nicholson stated tills sum
mer and Ernest Slioenwald stated
last year that it was impossible f . <■
seines to fill the pack of their can
ne’-v. The efficiency of the traps i.
emphasized. In other words, so
long p.s seines are' operated, deple
t;on cannot lie accomplished or it
will be staved off but the efficiency
of the trap puts up the big packs
and depletes more streams.
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“Now the fishermen will have a
chance to make a few dollars”? And
why? Because the opposition of the
traps is removed. Eleven traps
operate a total of 22 men at the rat-1
of ft00. per month average for two
montliS'Or a total of $4,400. A largo
part of which is spent in Seattle and
of the salmon caught the cannery a
1 mo benefits along with the whole
salers of Seattle.
The after season for this one can
nery this fall, using cannery genr
six seines so far will operate and a.
number of private owned gear also
wTl he at work. Siz crews operate
with thirty to thirty-six men whose
earnings run around $200. each or
a total of $7,200. All being resi
dents, all spend their money in Alas
ka and in this particular instance,
in Petersburg. The business of th
houses is multiplied by incneasea
earning power of the fisherman; the
buying power of the houses is in
creased so that Seattle wholesalers
also benefit. Every line in Peters
burg is helped because of the better
wage, the town grows where with
the trap population when the season
is over a bigger proportion return
to the States than remain in Alaska.
Yet the Sutherland-Paul “radi
cal's” are all wrong and should not
be supported in the November elee
tV.ns; the trap system must be con
touted in order that a few might kow
tow to the few dollars which ar^
spent, as a courtesy, by the canners
and trap men, in Alaska.
More on school
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it was not improbable that Attorney
General Ruatgard was wrong in his
opinion as to the legal rights of In
dian children. >
Gnute Stenslid, who once sold out
his properties and returned to Nor
way but found Petersburg a pretty
?oed place to live in, was dogmatic
in his reasons for rejecting the ap
plication. Rule of emotion rather
hail reason.
Robert Allen felt that the Bureau !
owed it to the town of Petersburg
to put its school on par with the lo ;
cel and other schools and take care !
of all Indian children. 'That the'
n atter should go to court and be‘set
tled for all time. He did assert,
however, that the facts set forth by
IV>r. Paul were reasonable and logi*
cal, but that the question had gotten
to such a point that the courts
rshould settle it.
IVir. Swanson when called upon al
so felt, that the courts should settle
tuo matter. In a second talk lie was
rather inclined to favor applicants,
but the sentiment of the whole
meeting was rather against his trk
i--? any postive stand in favor of the
children.
After almost a three-hour discus
son of the matter the Board decided
to let the matter stand as of the min
uses of a previous meeting in which
they decided to enter no more In
dian childre nlhis year.
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APPENDIX
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A COUGH IS
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When a cough is stubborru it
means that the time for experi
menting with it is past. .A cough
mtb a raise of mucus from the lungs
may be the forerunner of tubercu
losis. l( should l»e eliminated at
once by removing the cause.
U c.iknoss in the hronlchial or lung
region of tin* body is due to spinal
hone displacement in tin* upper dor
sol region of the spinal column. If
a cough is stubborn and cannot bo
thr«nvn off as easily as you have
thrown oil' other attacks, it is a>
od a danger signal as the on-com
ing of the white plague, tuberculosis,
ever gives. .The thing to do is to see
a chiropractor at once and start a
course of spinal adjustments to re
move the cause. The record of ohiro
pratic in the influenza epidemic was
many times better than that of any
other healing method and that re
cord is equally good in other vari
eties of lung and bronchial troubles.
There is no substitute for chiroprac
tic. Neither medicine, diet, massage
nor osteopathy moves spinal bones.
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LEON ENSCH, D. C.
Palmer Graduate 1914
PETERSBURG, . . ALASKA
AT THE CHURCHES
^ev. W. J. Maakestad, Pastor
Sunday School at 10:30
Morning worship: 11:30.
Sermon;—A Labor Day mess
You are cordially invited.
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women and children.
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Physician and Surgeon
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about noon.
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