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A. N. B. Publishing Company,
..Published every Friday by the Alaska Native Brotherhood
Publishing Company, at Petersl urg, Alaska.. Entered in the Post
Office in Petersburg as Second Class Matter.
Subscribtion Rates:
The Alaskan, six months, $2.50
The Alaskan, per year, $4.00 Louis F. Paul, Editor-Manager.
WE OFFErt A PRIZE
The Alaskan offers a prize of
ten dollars for the best letter
showing cause and effect of the
prohibition of use of anchors on
giil nets and the reason for no
similar prohibition against float
ing traps.
.. The contest is open to anyone,
except officers of the Grand
Camp of the Alaska Native Bro
therhood and members of the
ALASKAN force.
Letters shall be written on one
side of paper only; must be sign
ed by writer; and limited to 500
words.
CHARGED WITH MURDER
Young Benson in Seattle was
recently acquitted of the charge
of murder, by jury of his peers.
Driving at a speed beyond a de
gree of safety, he was out of
control when he crashed into
pedestrians and snuffed their
lives out.
..Though he was acquited by a
jury, his conscience will never
acquit him of the deed. No
amount of regretting will ap
pease the sorrow of those who
suffered by the deaths.
Which brings the lesson home
to drivers of cars in Petersburg
No business is so pressing that
a car must be driven on our nar
row streets at twenty-five miles
an hour. The turns are any
thing but safe; kiddies having
no place else to play are forced
to play on the streets. Children,
especially the younger, are not
responsible for their own wel
fare; so the responsibility of
any such accident becomes the
responsibility of the driver.
It is far better to be safe than
sorry. It is far better to take a
little ordinary care under any
circumstance than to cripple for
life or to snuff out irreplaceable
life.
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NOT SO GOOD
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“I tell you, we havn’t made a
cent fishing so far. If this keeps
up all summer, I don’t know
what we will do.”
So spake a halibut fisherman!
the other day in Petersburg. j
The House of Representatives
has refused to place a duty of
five cents per pound on halibut
imported from foreign countries.
The International Halibut Com
mission is muttering prophecies
that impend radical changes in
favor of conservation. The pa- j
triotic buyer in Washington se
cures halibut from Japan during
the closed season in American
waters and further gluts the
market and thereby keeping the
prices down. The fisherman goes
out just on a gamble and hopes
against hope that he will make
better than a living wage.
Where is it all leading and
what will be done about it?
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guarantee bills TO $1000
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.. “Will pay your accounts up to
$1000 including cash you need if
you will sign contract to fish for
me for three years.”
So read a telegram to a native
fisherman here the other day.
This amount, it is safe to say,
wouuld be the earnings of the ,
boat owner in three years, un- ,
der the present system, every ;
dollar.of which would be spent (
in Alaska to further education,^
build better homes, payment of ,
local bills. [j
Are such customers worth j
having? Are you trying to de- i
velop trade from such custom- c
ers? If you are benenting in any
j way from your resilient, lisfier
! men wnat are you doing to neip
maKe him more prosperous? Are
you on the receiving end omyy
Try getting on tne otner ena
once and taste of the joy of do
ing something worth wnile for
the other fellow who needs your
help. In other words forget tne
the relationship of the almighty
dollar to your own pocket booK
for a short while and concern
yourself with an unselfish effort,
to build up for the benefit of ail
m Alaska rather than for a lew.
WHAT COUNTS?
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“If Paul weren’t a damned Si
wash I would be willing to fol
low his platform ” So said a
voter recently.
Which leads to the observa
tion that regardless of whether
Paul is right or not, regardless
of whether he is working for the
tetterment of the people of the
Territory, some men are against
him just because he is “Indian.”
That is a direct result of the
Americanism of such men as
Troy, Pegues and other 100 per
eent patriots who helped their
country during the World War
oy staying at home, stirring up
jther hates and animosities.
Issues and not personalities
is what will bring greatest good
to the country.
THE VIEW OF A DRY
In a recent Prohibition poll
made by the PATHFINDER
among its own subscribers, 444,
627 ballots were cast. Of this
number a total of 171,802 were
cast for wet propositions; 57,952
jfor Prohibition as it is; and for
I stricter enforcement of the 18th
Amendment, 214,873.
Two hundred and seventy-two
thousand, eight hundred twenty
five votes cast for Prohibition, a
majority of 101,023 dry.
It has been charged that the
Pathfinder’s circulation is gen
erally in rural districts and
smaller cities. If this is the case,
the poll becomes a significant
comparison with that of the Li
terary Digest. Perhaps the Path
finder circulation more nearly
represents Prohibition sentiment ‘
among women voters. But, what- j
ever the reason, and granting .
liunesty of motive and proced
ure to both the Literary Digest
and the Pathfinder, there is a
difference.
PROHIBITION AND CRIME
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Much is being said about the
present disregard for law in all
quarters of the United States.
The disregard for law being at- I
tributed to the Prohibition Laws j
which are being nullified by the ]
people of high and low estate, j
An old teaching of economics j
is that poverty mothers crime. ]
That where poverty is greatest ]
there will be found the dregs of j j
society. Forced by the pangs of! j
hunger, want, lust and to allay 1
the pains of poverty, crimes are \
committed. j
We have had an era of pros-ji
verity for several years. Paper!:
prosperity where the rich become 11
richer and the poor become poor- : *
?r. The sudden deflation of the l
?tock markets played havoc with
;he paper profits and those who
lo have the real profits have so
ied up their capital that unem
Jloyment is a direct cause. Pres
dent Hoover saw this condition
o last winter he called capital-.
sts together to urge them to op
Tate “in the red” and give more **
to employment in order that the
economic crises be passed safely.
Still from the south comes re
ports of conditions that are ap
palling and beyond the concep
tion of those who have never suf
fered for want.
Such resort to violation of any
law to secure sufficient to feed
and clothe and nourish. The
Prohibition Laws become a ve
hicle for the greater violation.
Instead of talking nullifica
cation of that law, an honest
effort to give real prosperity will
show wherein the breakdown of
American laws lies.
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YOUTH DRINKING, DECLINES
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A recent survey of 1,000,000
high school students in the
United States indicate that the
use of liquor is steadily decreas
ing. This news—properly sub
merged by the wet press—was
announced by C. W. Crabtree,
secretary of the National Educa
tional Assaciation on behalf of
the Wickersham Commission,
which is making the study. On
the basis of reports received, de
clared Mr. Crabtree: “There is
less drinking, delinquency, and
carousing among high school
students than in 1920. Based on
the returns, I think I can safe
ly say that drinking is getting
less each year among high school
students.”
One truly find what he seeks
and most any statement can be
backed with figures and statist
ics..
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THE DUTY OF A CITIZEN
Senator Bennet of the Oregon
State Legislature in his recent
campaign for reelection said in
a speech delivered in the Salem
Armory: “Men of high purpose
and complete honesty with a
view to the welfare of the com
mon people of the State should
be in the state house.
“Your first duty as a citizen is
to vote for the best man or wo
man as the case may be. If this
is not done then the ballot box
is a failure in so far as reflection
of public opinion is concerned.
Trying to pick a winner has cost
far too much in the past and is
responsible for the present con
ditions in politics and govern- <
ment. To deliberately cast your i
vote against the man you think ]
best qualified merely because you
think he cannot win, is the most i
un-American and cowardly thing i
a citizen can do—and don’t ]
think that you can escape pun- :
ishment for this kind of an act, ;
as your chickens come home to
roost in the form of cowardly 1
Dfficials. No fight was ever won <
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Just slice Frye’s “DELICIOUS” BRAND
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tytAijlLnQ tfaj%un6jmpli$
by running away. Stand up and
be counted—it is the only way
that conditions can be improv
ed. Oregon asks, Oregon needs
your honest opinion. And in the
name of good government, and
in the name of humanity, and in
the name of common decency ]
ask you to cast an honest vote on
May 16.”
This speech is one that can
well be applied in Alaska’s elec
tions with as great a benefit as
would accrue to the State of Ore
gon. It is a criterion that can
not be excelled by any standard
set by the press of the Territory
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BELIEVES THEM GUILTY
A Quaker delegation recently
went to Governor Young of Cal
ifornia, to plead for a pardon for
lorn Mooney and Warren Bill
ings. According to Arthur Heeb,
one of' the members of the dele
gation, the Governor still be
lieves the two men guilty and he
does not propose being swayed
by public opinion to think oth
erwise. The Governor explained
having read all the documents
>n the case and that although
some of the evidence seemed
iO have been perjured plenty of
unquestioned evidence seemedto
lead him to believe them guilty.
Furthermore he did not believe
Mooney, was “repentant.”
According to the latter opini
on, it is Governor Young’s be
,4ef that the best way to make a
pian repentant, after keeping
him in jail for thirteen years, is
to keep him there longer.
It is the believe of many citi
zens of the country, including
:fficials, that Mooney and Bill
ings are the victims of a dastard
ly frame-up. They still have
hope from the Pardon Board and
action from the State Supreme
Jourt which will render its deci
sion on Billing’s application for
oardon.
This parody on justice has
;-one far enough. It is time the
nen were adjudged rightly and
iome respect brought back to the
American system of dispensing
i ustice.
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THE PURPOSE OF HIGHER
EDUCATION
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‘ It is the purpose of higher
education to unsettle the minds
rf young men, to widen their
lorizon, to influence their intel
ects. And by this series of mix
'd metaphors I mean to assert
hat education is not to teach
nen facts, theories or laws.
ft is not to reform them or to
imuse them, or to make them
;echnicians in any field. It is
;o teach them to think, to think
'traight if possible, but to think
always for themselves.”—Robert
M. Hutchins, President of Chica
'go University.
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EXTRAS OR SPARES
A chicken at thg Davis hatch
ery, Freeport, Me., struts about
on two legs as does any other
chicken. The odd part of this
chicken—and not all chickens
are odd—lies in the fact that it
carries others for spares, hav
ing four legs.
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BILLION-DOLLAR BILL SIGNE
A few years ago when Con
gress reached the point where
its total annual appropriations
reached a billion dollars, it was
the subject of national com
ment. ....
. .The other day, President
i Hoover signed a single bill car
| rying an item of $1 149,088,008
J for the Treasury and Post Offic
i Departments for the fiscal year
I of 1931.
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