£».ll his promises the ned Com
missioner is no improvement ov
cr Charles Burke who was forcei
to resign by senate investigate
of the conduct of his office. Th
past and present Secretaries o
tiie Interior have indicated ;
policy calling for state contrc
end direction of all affairs o
the Indians. The ultimate end o
which plan will give an impetu
*o the advancement of thosi
people who have been pampered
spoiled and despoiled in thi
name of liberty and justice.
Whatever the problem may b<
in Alaska, its solution will conn
much sooner if all god citizen;
took the charitable view ant
made every effort to better th<
conditions. It is obvious tha
any betterment of conditions o
the so-called lower strata of so
ciety will redound to the benefu
cl the Territory which after al
is the objective desired.
UNEMPLOYMENT
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With all of its vast resources
and industries, the United States
is facing a crucial stage in its
economic history. Unemploy
ment, hunger disatisfaction,
crime, birth of radicalism, al]
follow the unemployment situa
tion. The most harowing stories
of hunger and want come from
some of our greatest industrial
states. Yet with all the hue and
cry of students of such situa
tions, the Department of Labor
cannot give accurate statistics of
unemployment. Yet Germany
and England always know how
many unemployed they have.
Education, food, clothing and
medical care all depend on one’s
earning power. No amount of
publicity can make the people
any less hungry; such propagan
da can only lull the middle class
into a lethargy
RAPPING TIIF PRESIDENTS
CRITIC’S
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No fair-minded man who reads
this speech can question for a
moment that when the president
denied that this government was
created for the benefit of the in
dividual, he was merely empha
sizing the fundamental truth of
oil democracy, that this govern
ment was created for the bene
fit of no individuals, no faction
or clique, but for the people of
this country as a whole.
He was simply stressing the
fact that, when the common wel
fare conflicts with what some
individual may regard as his per
sonal welfare, the common wel
fare should—and in any real de
mocracy—must prevail.
In short, in this quotation tak
en with its context, President
Hoover merely endorsed the fun
damental doctrine, that in anj
controversy in a self-governing
country, the decision must con
conform with “what is best fc
the greatest number ”—Medlort
(Oregon) Mail-Tribune.
NEWSPAPER IDEALS
Every newspaper publishe:
wants his paper to be the best
The difficulty* is in difference;
of opinion as to what constitute,
the best newspaper. An edito
asked his readers how he coul<
make his paper ideal, with thi
result:
. .“Cut out the crimes, the mur
ders, the sensational divorc
case reports,” said the nice peo
pie.
. 7‘Cut out the accidents, th
railway and steamship disas
ters,” said the people who could
n’t bear” to read such things.
“Cut out the politics,” said th
old fashioned woman. “I don
understand it and haven’t tim
lor it.”
“Cut out the funny pictures,
said the careful mother. “Sue
pictures aren’t funny, and thej
’re bad, very bad, for children.
“Cut out ponderous editorials
- snapped the man who merely
- scans the headlines. “Nobody
i reads ’em nowadays.”
“Cut out the woman’s page,”
L said the female with the strong
i mind. “It’s mushy, trashy, triv
ial; an insult to our sex.”
1 “Cut out the sports and thea
f tres,” said the intellectual.“Both
f are bad influences, and both
s have received altogether too
j much notice.”
“Cut out,” began another and
j still another, but the publisher
beat them to it
j “Stop, all of you,” he cried.
? On second thought, I have de
5 cided to cut out myself. It is no
i use trying to publish the ideal
; paper until I come across the
- .deal reader.”
Without readers no newspaper
. .-an live, and until humanity has
:ome to live an ideal life there
^ vvill be no ideal newspaper; for
nobody would read one that
•poke only of virtue and never of
.nil. Newspapers are published
.o print the news; the nature
>f the news is what people make
it.—Exchange.
INDIANS GOOD STUDENTS
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Down in Yakima, Washington,
„wo thirds of the students in
hree White Swan schools who
earned places on the honor roll
.or the last six weeks’ period
vere Indian children, E. R. Mc
ieely, superintendent, announc
ed, The Indians make better
grades in the lower classes than
'n the more advanced grades, he
stated.
PHYSICIAN WINS BUT LOSES
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In a recent issue of the Seat
le times is the story of life and
luty that touches the heart of
everyone who reads it. We re -
;rint it herewith:
Life and death—
. On the third floor of St. Luke’s
Hospital the doctor was bring
ing a new child, a girl baby, into
he world.
..From the second floor of the
ame hospital a thin delirious
cry floated upward: “Dad! I
vant my dad ”
The cry came from the doc
or’s only daughter. He knew she
night not live until he could
•each her. She was calling him.
Yet. he gave his full attention to
‘ he task before him, the surgeon
first and last.
Then he went to his daughter.
Transfusion of blood given by
’ier mother, had been in vain.
The doctor took his daughter’s
hand. She knew him and that
he was with her in the moment
• hat she rallied. Then she died
An hour later the doctor was
in another hospital, efficient,
thorough, helping another baby
take its first long breath of life.
Last night he sent a brief
statement to the Seattle Times,
his daughter’s funeral notice,
couched in formal and conven
1 tional terms.
But the nurses told the real
Hory, of the doctor who could
iiot go to his dying daughter
until his patient was safe; and
: who could not be alone with his
. grief because another patient
5 needed his services.
3 Dr. Joseph H. Sayer of Seattle
r was the doctor. His daughter
i Miss Margaret Sayer, prominent
5 in the U. of W. student life, was
operated on for appendicitis on
. two occasions and all efforts of
B the doctors called into consulta
_ lion, failed to save her. She had
been ill ten days.
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From Washington (D. C.) Post
In Alaska in many cities you
will see people called Eskimos
They attract many American
people with their queer clothes
and ways. They are dressed ir
fur suits from head to foot anc
they live in ice houses callec
igloos.' These people are darl
skinned, fat and greasy. Whei
the Eskimos go to bed they
sleep in their fur suits and lie
on cakes of ice covered with
furs. ....
.-•ertain pole called totem pole.
.Now these people worship a
The totem poles are tall with
different kinds of figures on
them such as frogs, serpents,
dragons and faces of all desciip
tions. Alaska is sometimes call
ed ‘ ‘the land of the midnight
sun.” If you would get off a
boat about 12 o’clock at night
you would be surprised to find
it as light as day.—Gladys Lan
dis, 5915 Georgia Avenue.
WHO IS “SUBSCRIBER”
. .In the last issue of the famous
non-political organ of Peters
burg appears a lengthy political
vituperation against the Paul
Wickersham Ticket. Who is this
m.meless creature? Why is he
ashamed of the name his father
gave him. Is it just moral cow
ardice that prevented him com
ing out in a manly way, stating
his views and objections to men
he opposes, or is he just plain
spineless, a degenerated creature
of saffron hue? Let him answer
these questions. Perhaps it
“might hurt his business to do
so.” .
A TEST OF DEMOCRACY
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Don’t underestimate the signi
ficance of what is taking place in
Chicago.
In a way it is a test of demo
cracy. Can the people rule? Or,
must we have a dictatorship, ap
proved by plutocracy?
Chicago is one of the richest
cities in the world. Because of a
change in its system of levying
taxes, it finds itself in need of
ready cash.
The bankers refuse to advance
the money unless they are per
mitted to “supervise” the city
government, and they propose a
sort of Mussolini, one of their
hired men, a lawyer named Silas
Strawn, who judged by his pub
lic utterances, is an extremely
insolent fellow.
Remember, there can be no
cuestion about the sufficiency
of the security Chicago is in po
sition to offer. And the amount
of cash involved is comparative
ly insignificant.
Why Not the Nation
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But the bankers have a mon
opoly of money and credit and
they will not release either ex
cept on the humiliating terms
suggested.
If the bankers can do that to1
a city what is to prevent their!
doing it to a state? Or, in good
time, to the nation?
If they can put a pistol to the
head of poor old Bill Thompson
(who, by the way, was put in of
fice by the very interests which
i:re now seeking to strip him of
power), what is to prevent some
thing like that happening to the
President of the United States,
should he wake up some morning
and find the Treasury a little
short of cash.
As this is written, Chicago’s
officials—bad as they are—have
refused to surrender the scepter
of authority They should be
encouraged to hold out.—Loner
gan in LABOR?
Since this editorial was writ
ten the officials of Chicago cap
itulated and by their capitula
tion enabled the city to borrow
something like a hundred million
dollars.
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THAT’S NOTHING
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Scotchman, in Belfast,—“I see
they have to take their coats off
i to play the band here.’
Pat — “Begorra, and’ that’s
nothing. When I was in Scot
[ land I noticed they had to take
: their pants off to play the bag
Napkins Per Bunch
15c
Pin bloc Sweet mixed or plain Jj *7
* jn quart glass jars • » #
OliV€S Stuffed, 8oz. jars 29c
/>J _ SWISS 1
Lz/icese AMERICAN n
BRICK 2
• 6Q« .25
Cookies
De-Lux Mixed
Per Pound
35c
Mayonaise ‘Halleys' Quarts. QZ
Ps*4-1% *^Whole Canned Chicken per. Ih 67c
**Half Chicken Canned per. lb. 69c
SANDWICH SPREAD 4oz. tins .14c
‘BEST FOODS’
Bread & Batter
Pickles
pints ,28c
Yakima
Spuds
Why Pay<1
Petersburg, Aaa. Phone 57. Mail Orders Carefully Filled
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PACKARD DEISEL PLANTS IM
FORD PLANES
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Henry Ford has perfected ar
all-metal airplane driven bj
three Packard deisel motors
Burning crude oil the machine
is expected to carry 11 passen
gers 100 miles an hour at a cosl
of $2.16. This means that the
fuel cost of taking 11 passen
gers across the country froir
coast to coast would be $64.81
or less than $6 each.
THE BEST A MAN CAN DO
He fought a battle with him
self and won. His victory mean
more to him than high office t<
many.. His .giving .may .hay
meant more, and greater person
al credit may be due him, tha]
I in the case of a man of man;
millions who gave one of hi
millions for a public cause. Thi
former soldier inclosed fifty dol
lars to the War Department t
pay for “equipment which I stol
in the service, 1918-20, I am gc
ing back on my tracks and mak
ing every wrong right I possibl
can.” There’s thought here fc
the profiteers of 1917-18.—Am
erican Legion Monthly.
| A QUIVER FULL OF ARROWS
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i. From Chemawa American
j The highest working qualities
are best trained by active and
and systematic contact with oth
ers in the affairs of daily life.
-o
A constant struggle, a cease
less battle to bring success from
1 inhospitable surroundings, is the
1 price of great achievement.
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The working people are the
true nobility. This includes
those who work with their minds
- and those who work with their
t hands; and with these workers
) you should enroll your name,
3 and honor it through life by be
- ing a working man—a producer,
l and not a mere consumer of
V what others earn.
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The last meeting of the P. T
a A. will be held next Wednesday
e evening in the public school
- auditorium.
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Girls don’t marry as young a;
they used to, but when they do
get started, they do it oftener.
LACKING FIRMS GET LEASES
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The Columbia River Packers’
Association and Barbey Packing
Company of Astoria were given
signed documents containing
their joint lease agreement with
the War Department for seining
operations on Sand Island for
ihe next five years.
The only qualification clauses
in the leases are “that the privi
leges, hereby granted” are sub
LGTS OF COAL IN DAKOTAS
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Experts estimate that 516,000,
1000 tons of coal, enough to last
'the United States 10 centuries
lie under North Dakota’s rolling
wheat fields and ranches,
j Already steam shovels are
scooping it from the surface
; where. a few years ago sod
'house pioneers toiled with pick
and shovel.
Mr. V. K. Woods died of heart
failure on the stairs of his hotel
jin Juneau last Saturday. Mr.
Woods was in charge of the con
struction work for Simms and
; Carlson on the Mountain Point
, road last year and was very well
known here.