The Flazkaa
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SENTENCE SERMONS
If an offense come out of the
truth, better it is that the of
fense come than that truth be
concealed.—St. Jerome.
Deliver us from fear and favor,
from mean hopes and cheap
pleasures.—Stevenson.
“BOOTLEG” SALMON
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The salmon season is on. Fish
ermen are leaving for seining
grounds, such as they are, in the
hopes that tney will be able to
“steal enough salmon this sum
mer to pay their bills.’
President Hoover has asked
that good citizens help obey the
law and to give it more respect.
He will help Alaskans to have
more respect for the law and its
enforcing officers if he will only
make it possible for fishermen to
make a living without having to
steal it.
We venture the assertion that
75 per cent of all seine caught
salmon are secured illegally.
With fear and trembling, fisher
men are driven into closed areas
to get salmon. Such being the
only place they may get salmon.
Hoping to get thru their set be
fore the arrival of the fishward
den they work fast and furiously
to avoid being caught and com
pelled by the courts to pay a fine
of “four hundred dollars.”
THIS HAPPENED
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The “Andrew N” owned by the
Alaska Consolidated Canneries
was caught with its net set
at the mouth of creek, and with
a good load of salmon in the set.
The fishwarden ordered the net
picked up and told the crew of
the Andrew to report in at Ket
chikan. The two craft were seen
entering port together; the fish
ermen told of being caught. The
next day the Andrew N. and
crew were on their way to the
fishing grounds—only a small
fine being paid.
But a Private Boat
Was caught in the same area.
In this instance the late William
Irvine of Kasaan and crew had
set their net several hundred
yards above the creek and out
side the bight. The tide carried
them, in while brailing the fish.
They saw the warden’s boat
coming but knowing they had
done no wrong they did not cut
and run. The wardens took the
boys to town, charged them with
illegal fishing; confiscated boat
and net and even refused to per
mit the crew take the boat out
under bond.
After losing the summer’s fish
ing the crew went to court and
were adjudged “not guilty.” Still
the district attorney held the
boat under a separate law, un
til the trial judge ruled that as
the principals were adjudged
not guilty, it was impossible for
an inanimate object to violate
the law of itself.
The Andrew N. corporation
boat allowed to go free with a
slight fine—the Alaskan resident
made to lose his summer’s oper
ations. That is why Alaskans
sing praises of the Bureau of
Fisheries.
* THE VEGA
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The gasboat Vega, Capt. “Da
go Mike” fished for the Chomley
cannery all one summer and in
that time caught 90,000 dogs IN
the creek. Toward the end of
the season, when the Vega’s crew
were driving salmon down the
stream, report was made of
this to the Bureau of Fisheries
with pictures of the illegal oper
ations and names of the crews
of other boats for witnesses. A
lot of conjecturing on the part
of the fishermen was soon set
at naught. A telegram v/.
sent to superintendent of the
cannery telling of the charges.
The seine was ordered off the
boat and she was laid up and on
ance of the season.
Yes, it makes a difference who
ly used as a trap tender the bal
violates the law!
IIAKD ON MILLS
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Under the ruling of the Forest
Department, loggers are compel
led to log and deliver to mills
at the same stumpage rate, cull
timber. The wastage at the
mills operating on such culled
timber is the difference between
profit and loss.
Before this ruling of the de
partment became of force, every
sawmill in Alaska was operating
at a profit and employing local
labor and outfitting small log
gers with the large operators.
Since the department has made
the ruling every mill has virtual
ly gone under financially—heavy
mortgages outstanding or bonds
issued to keep from swamping
altogether.
PLAY FAVORITES
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The Forestry Department
has favored pulp interest in the
way of giving preferential rates
for timber. So-called pulp in
terests have been permitted to
bid on billion-feet lots of timber
to $1.10 a thousand less than the
resident logger.
Given an even break the resi
dent logger and millman will
will do more real development in
the long run, without asking any
odds than will pampered pulp
interests which already have
more than their share of natur
al resources.
FLAG PATRIOTISM
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We don’t go a picayune-sou on
the sort of patriotism that has
to be advertised. This idea of a
flag in printers’ ink at the head
of editorial columns to give the
idea that the editor is a regular
he-man patriot is the bunk. It
gives us the impression that
these flag wavers are really
small things doing small things
and are using the flag to hide
their chicanery. There has been
more dirty work done by these
self-advertised 100 per centers
than the general public is aware
of. They imagine that if they
carry a flag on their inside page
the average person will take
them as a top-notcher, Yankee
Doodle fellow who sings Colum
bia the Gem of the Ocean and
Star Spangled Banner in their
dreams, and who breathe Hail
Columbia between drinks. Very
often the cloak of religion is
used to cover some pretty dirty
tricks. There are some who are
so mean that they are ashamed
to crawl behind any of the
church pillars. Anyway, they are
too well-known, but they’ll come
out into the open singing Tramp,
Tramp, Tramp and with a whole
lot of flag stuff think they are
pulling a pile of such great pa
triotism (while they sing Hail,
oail, The Gang’s All Here) no
one will look farther, and take
’em for what they say they are.
If there were war tomorrow,
these flag printing “shentlemen”
would be the least we’d rely on
—unless there was graft some
where in the conflict. Nine times
out of ten these flag publishers
are nothing more nor less than
cat paws of designing BIG BUS
INESS. And over their editorial
columns the $$$$$$ would be
much more appropriate than
the Stars and Stripes. And in
fact some would fit in better
with stars and bars—mostly bars.
—WILL A. BARROWS.
THE BUREAU IS RESPONSIBLE
The condition of the salmon
fisheries of Alaska and the Fras
er River Basin rests solely upon
the Bureau of Fisheries.
The administration of the Bu
reau of Fisheries rests solely up
on Henry O’Malley under the
assertion of his assistant, Mr.:
Radcliffe. Then the condition of
the fisheries in Alaska with re
sultant effect on the Fraser Riv
er country, is solely the fault of
Henry O’Malley.
From a fishery where virtual
ly every creek, stream and river
with lake headwaters and many
without, were salmon streams,
a seine crew with what would be
a small hand-rig today could
out and catch more salmon in
one day than can be caught to
day with fine big power boats
with seines twice as large as were
formerly used.
The early run of sockeye are
destroyed to the point that it is
doubtful of its comeback.
The fiirst and second runs of
humpbacks are so small that
when a few hundred are caught
the catch is proudly heralded to
the world.
The runs are getting later and
later; streams, spawning areas
are becoming smaller and small
er. If that be a credit to Henry
O’Malley, then complete de
struction is a thing of which he
should be proud.
The intensive fishing of Am
erican areas spells destruction of
the Fraser River system. There
the officials are more honest in
their administration. They face
facts and admit them and then
seek a remedy.
They point to the fact that
where sockeye were n§ver
caught after the middle of Aug
ust, they are now caught the lat
ter part of November and late
in December and escapement of
seed fish becoming less and less.
The report of the Canadian
Commissioner of Fisheries is not
one bit as rosily pictured as by
the American, but it is more j
honest. And it strikes at the
root of the problem—small es
capements do not insure future
large packs regardless of the
“hopes” of the administrators.
“LAND OR THE FREE”
Citizenship Plan
In the year 1887, when the
number of Indians was approxi
mately the same as now, Con
gress appropriated for our Bu
reau of Indian Affairs $800,000.
Under the plea of “improve
ments” the sum gradually in
creased until 1928, it reached the
total of $16,421,436, with the Bu
reau asking now for $25,000,000
AS “NEEDED” before its work
may become “EFFECTIVE.”
The Indians’ property, all un
der the control of the Bureau
is estimated at over $1,500,000,000
of which the Bureau has in con
vertible cash some $90,000,000.
The Indians are held in legal
captivity (in the Land of the
Free) under the name of wards,
their every act subject to some
5,000 bureau employees. The bu
reau has its own private courts
and jails. There is no court re
view of the Bureau’s conduct ov
er the Indian’s person or proper
ty.
Since 1871 the reservation In
dian has had no chance for in
tellectual and industrial initia
tive, but from said date his
health, his education, and his
daily life has been and are di
rected and governed by the Bu
reau.
Practically since 1887 the Bu
reau has been promising to grad
uate the Indian into American
life. Congress in 1924 granted
unrestricted citizenship to the
Indian, but did not repeal the
guardianship of the Bureau over
the person of the Indian, hence
he is still a ward, his children
are born wards; there is even no
habeas corpus or other legal
writ which the Indian can use
as protection from the injuries
of the Bureau against either his
person or property.
This fundamental wrong of i
“holding on” to the Indian by \
a Government Bureau—Secre
tary Wilbur announces as his
purpose to continue, but he will
“reform” conditions so the In
dian may more easily wear the
“yoke.” There is nothing “new”
about such a “policy’—it is as old
as the Bureau itself.
WAGES
Louisiana passed three acts on
the subject of wages. The first
Act No. 7, made it unlawful for
any person to retain more than
10 per cent of any moneys col
lected from employees as physi
cians’ fees, or to pay to the phy
sician employed less than 90 per
cent of the amount collected
_rom employees for this purpose.
Act No. 47 provided that several
employees having claims or wag
es against the same employer,
which claims arose out of a com
mon transaction, may assign
their claims to any person for
the purpose of collection and
that such assignment need not
be for a valuable consideration.
Act No. 115 exempts from gar
nishment one-half of the wages
of all laborers and certain other
employees up to $250 per month,
but in every case such exemp
tion shall not be less than $75
per month, except for common
laborers and domestic servants
whose wages shall be entirely
exempt.
JURY LESS DUMB
“Coal Oil Johnny’ Dore. veter
an Seattle attorney recently said
that “The intelligence of the
jury is higher than that of the
bench. In my opinion, the great
est fallacy on earth is that good
thinking on all subjects is not
being done by the working peo
ple and by persons lacking in
scholastic training.
“The best thinking in the
world is being done by those
whom the so-called intellectuals
call ‘ignorant.’ Such thinking
is fundamentally sound. ***The
intelligence of the jury box is
higher than that of the bench.
The judge deciding a case is a
one-man decision, whereas a
jury is thet result of 12 minds.”
Being popular doesn’t leave
much time for making real
friends.
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When picking your friends
be careful not to pick them too
much.
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