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A HAPPY NEW YEAR
We have spent four years cir
culating in this community for
which we are thankful. We were
brought into existence by force
of circumstances over which we
had no control. The laboring
class had no voice; nor any whoj
vrould champion t^ir cause ori
tell of the wrongs perpetrated
upon them. While we are own
ed by the Alaska Native Bro
therhood our voice is not for the
Indian alone but for everyone
who would benefit from our ef
forts.
Territorially our platform is
laid down by the Brotherhood
and the dictates of right or of
wrong. Locally we are govern
ed (personally) as we believe to
be right. We have not always
agreed with all factions or with
more than one faction. We have
no ax to grind and nothing to
gain from following our own dic
tates. We own our own soul and
for that reason work independ
ently for the best good and de
velopment of the communtiy
We appreciate the support of
all friends and at this season
cannot refrain from being more
or less charitable to others.
Our resolution for the year is
to continue as we have in the
past working for a bigger and a
better Petersburg.
IS HE A SOVIET
President Hoover recently set
forth a plan to coordinate and
speed up industry to relieve the!
tension of unemployment. Com
paring the Hoover plan with the
plan of Stalin of Russia, one;
wonders just how far the pre
sent administration is going toj
go in its plan to bring real pros-!
perity to the masses. Surely the;
altruistic scheme of the dis-1
credited Socialist is being work
ed out by the conservative ad
ministration in Washington.
ONCE AN ITALIAN
Editorial comment is bein£
made about the Mussolinic de
claration that “Once an Italian,
always an Italian.”
Why quarrel with Mussolini?
“Once an Englishman, always
an Englishman” long has been
the slogan. The Mussolinic fiat
is not one whit worse than the
declaration of the Englishman.
After all “As a man thinketh
in his heart, so is he.” Be he an
Italian or what not. And re
turn to mother country makes no
difference. An American by
adoption will remain American
in spite of all fiats be it by Mus
solini or any other nation.
CRAMPTON TAKES ISSUE
WITH WILBUR
Secretary of Interior Wilbur
recently declared that the policy
of the Indian Bureau would be
to swing onto the several States
care of education and health of
the Indian.
Hon. Crampton now comes for
ward and declares that it would
create a hardship on that race if
the States were to look after the
Indians health and education
because little if any money would
be spent in the education of the
people.
Attention is called to the fact
that the bureaucratic maladmin
istration of Indians Affairs has
not decreased in expense to the
government and the Indian nor
has it succeeded in solving the
Indian problem. Not by any
means.
Education of the immigrant
from the lowest to the highest
types has been in the hands of
the States and in one short gen
eration the immigrant is absorb
ed and nationality gone.
The Indian Bureau like a barn
acle clings to the Indian and de
stroys rather than builds the
i character of that race with its
paternalisic system and segre
gation.
Place upon a reservation with!
the same kind of system as now
| governs the Indian and the j
I Frenchman will remain French,
the Nordic will remain a Nordic,
I the Slav will remain .a Slav until
Kingdom come. This is a demon
strated fact.
! Even if $19,000,000 is spent an
nually upon him to perpetuate a
most un--American institution of
government which is judge, I
prosecutor and guardian all in!
one, the progress of the Indian j
is proven more slow than where;
the Indian gets away from fed- i
oral paternalistic care.
The Federal government has j
had its mismanagement of the j
Indian affairs and its “Century j
cf Dishonor.” Let the States;
step in. Certainly they can do
no worse than has been demon- (
strated by Charles Burke that;
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honourable commissioner of af
fairs who conspired with shy- j
ster lawyers, political crooks and
'women of the deadline to rob In
dians of their estates under his
control.
“IKMY” HEADS CHAMBER
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“Ikey” Morton, former super- |
intendent of the Pioneers’ Home;
at Sitka, was recently elected to!
head the Anchorage Chamber of !
Commerce. I
“Well, Well, Well!” say some of !
the old pioneers who felt of his
kindly, Christian interest in th^
v/elfare of not a few of them,, ev- 1
en the dead ones.
BLIND SETS
Secretary of Commerce has
;et his stamp of approval upon
the regulations for 1930.
The question is raised. How in
the world is anyone going to
1 now in December how the sal
mon are going to run in August
or any part of the summer fol
lowing issuance of the regula
tions? Then, how can any man, \
let alone a bullheaded fisheries
agent, be able to forecast the
need of certain specific regula
tions as will be needed? j
The American system of regu- '
lation is one of going it blind- j
ly and being always a year be- |
hind. The Canadian system is j
one that does not forget the past
season but gives power to the;
Commission to take care of the j
future at the turn of the season.'
On the one hand we have a l
scientific system as against the ,
blindly prejudiced system of the
Bureau of Fisheries.
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SEEKING POLITICAL FAVOR
Not much is being said at this |
time about political preferment!
and platforms. Only two—Judge I
James Wickersham and Attor- ]
ney General Rustgard have de-!
dared themselves candidates on!
the Republican ticket for dele- j
gate to Congress. Only George |
Grigsby has made an y Democra- i
?c noise on the other side of theJ
fence. Bob Sommers is feeling ‘
about for support either from j
the Democrats or Republicans.!
While Joe Ulmer formerly of j
| Ketchikan comes out flatfooted j
ior the office of highway engin
eer.
At present this publication is,
not bound to support either of,
the candidates for office of high
way engineer. But were it going
to declare itself would favor the
one who is man enough to stand
on his own feet, in his own party
and say “I want that job.” This
business of pussyfooting around
looking for political support
f'om federals and Territorialists j
and Democrats and Republicans,;
is too much of an attempt to
carry water on both shoulders.
WET THOUGHTS FROM A DRY j
By Jas. R. Little, Centra Ha, Wn.j
I have been reading some of !
these arguments in favor of pro- i
hibition. Personally, I am as dry j
as Volstead decreed I should be. j
When the Supreme Lawmakers]
of the land say: “Lay off the
hard liquor,” I say, “Oh, very
well, it is the law.” Let’s not
talk about the ludicrous and piti
lul attempt at enforcement that
obtains. Nor open disrespect for
the laws of the United States,
which are so flagrantly ridiculed;
nor discuss the fact that anyone,
even children in their ’teens, can
without much difficulty, pur
chase as much of the disguised,
so-called liquor, as desired. Let
us also eliminate mention of the
corruption in some of our gov
ernment offices, and the cost to
taxpayers that this feeble at
tempt at legislating morals in
the name of Prohibition, has
caused.
What I want to know is this:
Suppose you or I. or anybody else
so inclined, should wish to have
a glass of beer or a drink of
whiskey. I ask you, whose busi
ness is it? I claim it is the busi
ness of the individual. I earn the
money I spend. Whose business
is it what I do with it? Here's
another thing I’d like to know.
Take Mr. Volstead, the members
of our Congress that submitted
the 18th Amendment, our na
tional, state and local (self-ap
pointed) guardians, of Public
Morals. After how many of
these, and which ones of them,
would you pattern your life? Of
how many, of them could you
honestly say “I should like to be
like Mr. Wise or Mrs. Wiser?” Or
how many would you point out
to your children with the admon
ition that they conduct their
lives in accordance with the
ideals and deeds, lived, and not
dictated, by Mr. Wise and his
family. I read of so many of
those perfectly good people who
were annoyed by the old-time
saloon, of the wicked songs they
heard; of the loud talk, et ce
tera. But I have never seen or
heard of a law that compelled
listen to those things. But, of
those people to stand outside and
course, the saloon has passes.
It has been disapproved of by the
intelligentsia. The City ha
power to regulate anything. With
,ts limits, power even to sticL
noisy people in the hoosegow
when they get drunk and run a
motor car over an innocent pe
destrian. Has power, I say. Yet,
right nowr, during the regime of
Prohibition, those things happen.
What is the matter with the
power? It is dictated by the vote
of the people. Strange it never
worked somehow. And there are
some who have the nerve to tell
us that by Prohibition, poverty
and nameless suffering caused
by lack of money are eliminated.
Consider the fact that receiving
charitable help has become a j
profession. It has graduated in
to a new name, but the facts re
main. We have no positive proof
that economic conditions have
been bettered because of the pro
hibition amendment, though
now and then, we see a fellow
‘nose jay” who, with loads of
statistics and careful selection of.
location, makes a grandiose dis
play of how much the poor
working man now has in the
bank compared to the days gone
by.
Here’s a point. Read of the
auto accidents every day. Be
cause some fellow doesn’t know
liow to handle a car, precipitates
an accident and kills a few peo
ple, should we prohibit the driv
ing of automobiles? Some fel
low crashes his airplane into
another man’s roof,, then should
we have no airplanes? Some
man builds a rotten dam and
drowns a hundred people, then
should we prohibit water power?
Some man steps on a live wire
and gets burned up, should we
prohibit electricity? Some man
builds a punk edifice, it crashes
and kills a few hundred; should!
we prohibit the erecting of build
ings? Some man gluttonously j
digs his grave with his teeth,1
should we prohibit food? If a
Sourdough Miner and Prospector
in Alaska freezes to death, should j
we prohibit prospecting and i
mining? About here somebody |
rises and says: “Those fellows
simply didn’t know their stuff, j
' If they had known how to handle j
; the things they were using, those
accidents wouldn’t have hap
pened. Prohibit them? Cer
tainly not. Just teach them how
to use them. Aha! I thought
we’d get around to it. The in
ference is obvious. I am for less
! force in public affairs, and more
| people attending to their own
j business.
Every Month
\ in the Year!
1930 SALES DATES
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1 May 26
51 Aug. 25
7 Nov. 24
March 24
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when requested.. Transferred
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