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LOUIS F. PAUL,.EDITOR
C. O. PARKS,.BUSINESS MANAGER
Pubished every Friday by the Alaska Native Brotherhood Pub
lishing Company at Petersburg, Alaska.
Entered in the Post Office in Petersburg as Second Class Matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Six months, $2.50 Per Year, $4.00
Advertising Rates on Application.
HOW HELPFUL IS THE
FEDERAL BRIGADE
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“To call for bids for construc
tion of a new ranger vessel for
use in the Alaska service, M 1
Merrit, Assistant Regional For
ester, left today on the motor
'hip Northland for Seattle, via
Ketchikan. He will be absent
several weeks, going east to Iowa
to visit relatives before return
ing home.
“The new boat will be the same
sfic min s'^eral type of the Ran
gers IX., and X., it was announc
ed. Bids will be sought from
Seattle boat builders and the
work done there this winter for
early delivery next spring.”—Ju
neau Empire.
Every time the federal brigade
is in need of a boat for its vari -
ous service—and some of the ser -
rants of the People want a free
trip to the states, they go to Se -
attle and there place specifica
tions for bids from Seattle boai
buiiders.
When the Government requires
such a boat as is now being con
structed for the Indian Bureau,
it is recognized that Alaskan
beat builders are not equipped to
handle such a job. But when
a boat of fifty feet of the type
called for by the Forest Depart
ment is required, the shipyard
owners of Alaska should have
at, the very least an opportunity
to Dm on specmcations.
The Government is spending
considerable money trying to
bring settlers to Alaska. They
have made it impossible for re
sidents to earn a living in the
fishing industry. No one with
an iota of brains will gainsay the
truth of this statement. They
have forced regulations in the
timber industry which has forc
ed every small operator to get
out o fthe business and in most
of the instances the resident
business men have had to mark
olf heavy losses from such oper
ations.
When these- various bureaus
have any work to be done which
would give employment to Alas
kans, they hop on the steamer,
have a nice vacation in Seattle
and have their work done there.
Resident boat builders pay
taxes and employ labor and all
help to build up industry. They
are worthy of recognition. They
are at least entitled to fair deal-1
ing from the bureaus—if such
c.nn be obtained from the bu
reaus.
The various Chambers of Com
merce would do well, especially
during these days of unemploy
ment, to make effort to have the
bureaus have their construction
work done in Alaska with Alas-1
ka labor and Alaska products.
“Patronize home industry” is1
applicable to every Alaskan and
and the various government
agencies of Alaska.
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POOREST LIGHTED CITY
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(Fairbanks News-Miner)
Somewhere in the ‘Good Book’
we read the following: “Let there
be light, and there was light.”
We would like to have some good
minister invite our mayor and
council to church some Sunday
morning and preach a sermon
from this text; it might waken
them up to the fact that we
must have light in our fair city. |
Why should Fairbanks, the
best city in Alaska be “kept in
the dark”? In Nome, Seward,
Anchorage and all over Alaska,
cities’ lights burn all night, and
there are plenty of them.
In Fairbanks the street lights
are turned off at midnight, and
the city is as dark as the “bot
tomless pit.” Fairbanks is a
poorly lighted city, even at its
best. The street lights are so
far apart that one has to carry
a flash light to find out where
they are.
“Let there be light,” and lots
of it.
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PAY SLASHES ADD TO WORLD
GLOOM
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Edward A. Filene, Boston mer -
chant prince recently declared:
“We haven’t reached bottom
yet,” in discussing the industrial
and economic problems of the
world.
His gloom was the result of
his belief that a “succession of
revolutionary movements in
Europe are imminent.”
Bankers, business men and in
dustrialists must needs “get a
vision” and change mass move
ments into industrial revolu
tions.” This involves an increase
of wages to enlarge consuming
power, he declared.
“Our people have been fright
ened by wage reductions. Lay
ing off and cutting wages not on
ly diminishes the buying power
of those directly affected, but it
creates fear among others and
they save instead.
“If the 6,000,000 now out of
work were buying what they
need,” he declared, “the depres
sion would be over next year.”
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OPPOSE SALES TAX
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The recent convention of the
A. F. of L., in Vancouver, B. c,
opposed the sales tax in no un-1
certain terms and at the same'
time they urged a more drastic
inheritance tax. In their pro
gram they provided that “taxa
tion should be aimed at wealth
and not at the consuming power
of the nation’s wage earners.”
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FAIRBANKS BALKS AT SALES
OF LIQUOR TO CHILDREN
(Fairbanks News-Miner)
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Groundwork for a determined
campaign against Fairbanks
bootleggers with emphasis on
those who persist in selling to
children, was laid recently, when
federal and city officials and ci
tizens gathered to denounce a
vicious influence on the youth
of the community.
The meeting virtually amount
ed to a warning to those con •
cerned that practices which in
some instances have gone un
punished in the past must come
to a halt.
Present were representatives
of the marshal’s office and U. 3.
attorney’s offices, the mayor and
city councilmen, the superin-1
tendent of the public schools,)
the Alaska College officials and
other citizens.
All present pledged themselves
to whole-hearted co-operation j
to stamp out what they branded
as a menace.
The matter of drinking at
public functions was also dis
cussed, with the result that the
lid will be clamped down tight.
Anyone entering a dance hall or
any other public place in Fair
banks this winter in a state of
intoxication or bordering upon
it will find himself summarily
ejected.
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CM AND STATE IN DiS- C TE
Controversy as to whether the
City oi Seattle or the St ,to. of !
Washington shall regulate the
Ashing limits for gillnetters and
purse seiners at the entrance ox
Elliott Bay, was taken to the of
Ace of Mayor Robert H. Harlin
for adjustment.
The dispute has developed
from conAicts between permits
issued by the State Department
of Fisheries and restrictions laid
down by City ordinance which
the Port Warden is attempting
to enforce with vigorous support
from shipping interests.
Under city ordinance gillnet
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and purse seiners are required to
stay outside an imaginary line <
drawn from Alki Point to West <
Point lighthouse off Fort Law- i
ton. Fishing operations closer
to the Seattle Harbor constitutes
a menace to marine traffic as •
well a sto fishermen, especially ,
in a fog, according to the ordi- •
nance and Seattle shipping men.
The State permits tend to
draw the barrier in to a line be
tween the bellbuoy at Duwam-j
ish Head, West Seattle, to Four-1
Mile Rock, at the foot of Mag
nolia Bluff. Representatives of
the Fishermen’s Union and of
the steamship companies joined!
with the port warden and the|
state supervisor of fisheries ini
opening a conference in the of - j
flee of the mayor. The city of-!
ficials are holding out for strict
enforcement while the fisher
men are seeking a compromise.
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YOU TELL ONE |
J. H. Engasser of MraysvilleJ
Cal., tells this fish story and he;
iiau <x oauuuii
as exhibit “A.”
He said he caught the salmon
in the Feather River near Marys
ville without hook, line or spear.
He deposes he saw the fish leap
cn a sand bar and that he swam
to the bar and sat on the fish
until it died.
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CONGRESSMAN URGE AID
FOR ALASKA
! From Fairbanks News-Miner
True to their word while here
n Fairbanks our distinguished
! guests, the visiting congressmen,
!are loud in their praise of the
Territory, and while in Juneau
on their return trip to the States
said the federal government
through its legislative and ad -
1931
November 17
December 15
December 20
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January 26
» e.,ruary 16
March 15
April 19
May 17
June 21
July 19
August 23
September 20
October 18
November 22
Advances will be"
made as usual
when requested
Transferred by tel
egraph if desired.
Special Sales held
on request of Shipper.
ministrative branches, should be *
eager to encourage every effort
directed toward development
activities.
Congressman Murphy said:
“Recent increases in rates on
the Alaska Railroad were unne
cessary and unfair; their effect
is to decrease the system’s busi
ness and to retard the develop
ment of the country.
“The federal government
should rectify the mistake it has
made in its policy of administer
ing the Alaska Railroad. Low
er rates should be restored. Ser
vice adequate in every particu
lar, should be maintained.
“The physical condition of the
transport system should not be
allowed to deteriorate; it should
be improved. Neither Congress
ncr the Interior Department
should worry nor quibble about
an operating deficit. The nation
can afford to meet this compara
tively small deficit in the inter
est of the Territory, for ultimate
ly Alaska will repay many-fold.
"jNortnern treasure vaults
have enriched the nation with;
great wealth. The Territory j
merits generous consideration.
“The many and varied re
sources of Alaska are marvelous.
Time and money will be need.' j
to develop them.”
Congressman William R. Eat
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