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The Frog that Kicked and the Frog that Didn't
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The story is told that two1
fvogs once fell into a bucket of
r-.ilk. After floundering around
for awhile, trying to get out, one
of the frogs gave up and was
soon drowned. The other frog
just kicked and kicked and kick
ed and low he churned up a big
li mp of butter. Climbing on
the butter he was able to get a
solid footing and jump out of
the pail and save himself.
“Hill Billy,” in the Seattle Star
says:
“A fellow can get quite a bit
of biologic information merely
by observing a barrelful of wrig
glers fighting an oil scum; 990
in 1000 will come up for air:
stick their noses into the deadly
film; give a kick and die; but
the hundredth wriggler will dart
into the barrage; dart away,
chase around just under the sur
face, discover the only spot
where the turp has not spread,
and retire to the depths of the
barrel.
. “I do not know what gives the
hundredth wriggler his unique
intelligence; I do not know how
or why a small, skinny, ascetic
can defy all the might and ma
jesty of the British Empire; I
do not sabe the wherefore of an
Omar, the whenceness of a Pla
to, or the cause of a Kant; but
everywhere in nature, as in his
tory, there is the unique, the ex
ceptional, the evolutionary.”
In Alaska
In Alaska, the wrigglers are
ihe Indian Fishermen, the mem
bers of the Alaska Native Sister
hood; the Alaska Native Bro
therhood. The businessmen, the
white fishermen, or wrigglers,
feeling the potent power of the
oily scum (traps) in the waters
of Alaska, have given a kick or
two and turned over on their
backs to die.
The wrigglers, the Indian kick
ers, darting hither and yon, ask
ing, begging, pleading, arguing,
proving the rightness of their
contentions, still looking for the
clear spots in the administra
tion of the fisheries of Alaska.
Demanding the right to eat and
to be clothed and to have the
simple necessities of life.
Here Is One Spot
The Oregon supreme uourt
just recently upheld the decision
of a Circuit Court which declares
traps or docks on Sand Spit Is
land in the Columbia River may
not obstruct the free drift of the
gillnetters. So the traps and
fish dock of the Barbey Fish Co.,
must be removed.
We hold that under the act of
1924, Alaska fishermen have the
right to fish in any area where
in a trap is operated and that
under its present regulation, the
trap system is an illegal institu
tion.
A Second Spot
The Act of 1924 is specific in
its prohibitions.
Section 5 of the White Fisher
ies Law of 1924 declares:.
Sec. 5. Section 5 of said Act of
Congress approved June 26. 1906
is amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 5. That it SHALL BE
UNLAWFUL to FISH FOR, TAKE
OR KILL ANY SALMON OF ANY
SPECIES IN ANY MANNER OR
BY ANY MEANS EXCEPT BY
hand rod, spear, or gaff for per
sonal use and. not for sale, or
barter in any of the. waters of
Alaska over which, the. Unitedj
States has jurisdiction from siXi
o’clock postmeridian of Satur-!
day of EACH WEEK UNTIL six
o’clock antemeridian of the
Monday following, or during
such further closed time as may
be declared by authority now or
hereafter conferred, but such
authority SHALL NOT BE EX
ERCISED TO PROHIBIT THE
TAKING OF FISH FOR LOCAL
FOOD REQUIREMENTS OR for
USE AS DOG FEED.”
Illegal Killing of Salmon
Every fish trap brailed after
C o’clock Saturday, is in viola
tion of Sec. 5 of the law of 1921.
For when any salmon are remov -
ed from any trap, the salmon
are taken or killed; not by the
use of gaff, hand rod or spear
for personal use but for sale and
barter; for the commercializa
tion of that salmon. Therefore,
every operator of a trap during
these days of fishing is violatin'
this law.
Where Are the Officers?
We charge that United State.';
Commissioner of Fisheries, Hen
ry O’Malley is relict in his sworr
duty to properly administer the
fishery laws in Alaska; that ev
ery deputy fish warden, streair
watchman who does not file £
complaint against any and everj
operator who violates this sec
tion, is relict in his sworn dut^
to perform his duties “without
fear or favor.”
The Penalty
. .Section 5 of the law of 1924
was written and passed by Con
gress for a specific purpose. Ii
explicitly defines the time wher
fish may be taken and expresslj
prohibits the taking of salmoi:
“except by hand rod, spear, oi
gaff for personal use and not foi
sale or barter in ANY OF THE
WATERS OF ALASKA ovei
which the United States has jur
isdiction.”
The penalty for violation o:
this section is provided in sectior
6 of the same law: “Any persor
company, or association violat
ing ANY PROVISION of THIS
Act or of said Act of Congress
or of any regulation made undei
the authority of either, shall
upon conviction thereof, be pun
ished by a fine not exceeding
$5,000 or imprisonment for £
term of not more than ninetj
days in the county jail, or bj
both such fine and imprison
ment.” Every boat, seine, net
trap and every other gear and
appliance used in violation oi
this Act or in violation of said
Act approved June 26, 1906, and
all fish taken therein or there
with, shall be forfeited to the
United States, and SHALL BE
SEIZED and suld under m;
direction of the Court in whict
the forfeiture is declared, at put
lie auction, and the proceed;
thereof, after deducting the ex
penses, shall be disposed of a;
other fines and forfeitures undei
the laws relating to Alaska. Pro
ceedings for such forfeiture shai!
te in rem under the rules of Ad
miralty.”
There is not a canner whe
will or can deny the correctness
of our charge that the Bureau
of Fisheries is knowingly, delib
erately and intentionally neglect
ing its duties in overlooking en
forcement of Section 5 of tli<?
law of 1924. And further, every
attorney for every cannery or
trap operator knows that this
prohibition operates against the
traps just as surely as the Bu
reau of Fisheries invokes it
against the fishermen.
The “wrigglers” have a chance
to nab a case in point and swear
out complaint against operators
for violation of Section 5 of
the law of 1924. The District
Attorney has no recourse but to
carry such a case into court. But
if the wrigglers sit in poolrooms
and back of some comfortable
stove, they will give a couple of
verbal kicks, keel over and be
the empty shells of men who
fear the reprisals of the trap
system.
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A RULE THAT APPLIES BOTH
.WAYS.
Daily Times, speaking of the
prodigality of the Alaska Natives
says: “The coming winter would
not present any difficulties if the1
natives could be made to realize!
the importance of putting away!
some of the fish which they]
have caught along the river this
summer. But by the time win
ter comes most of the caches
will be empty and the natives
will be back at the trading posts
trying to get credit for an out
fit of fancy provisions. They wil
not have any money and the fu
they can catch during the com
ing season will not pay up the
old bills, left from last winter
and the winter before.”
And now listen: American
prodigality and propensity to
spend in excess of increased
earnings explains America’s
puzzling tax problem today, Mor
ris Edwards, tax expert of the
U. S. Chamber of Commerce, de
clared Friday at a members
counncil luncheon of the Seat
tle Chamber of Commerce. This
item is taken from one of Seat
tle’s dailies.
One of the greatest ailments of
every community is the bigotry
of certain classes which set them
selves up as the masters and
which points out the beam in
the eye of the other fellow whilt
he forgets the mote in his own.
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When Logan Spoke the
Whole World Heard
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Alfred Lee, Li Randall and
f Ryan’s History, says:
, ‘‘Taken in connection with
the circumstances which are said
to have inspired it, this is on 3
: cf. the most pathetic deliveranc
es in all literature. In brevity
; simplicity and directness of ap
i peal, it bears a striking resen;
olance to Abraham Lincoln'
dedicatory address at Gettvs
burg.”
■ Logan’s Indian name was Tah
I gall jute, meaning, it is said
' Short Dress. When he was o
stripling he went with his fa'he.
Mi ef Wingohocking f "om thr
' cou: t:y of the Mingoe; to visi
James Logan, a scholar, philoso
pher, once secretary to William
ppnn and later representative o
l Penn, and Chief Justice of the
Pennsylvania colony. ‘ibsoi
was Pnown as the friend of the
red man and the friend shin wa.
re* ’’procated.
Wi gohocking and Lo^-n ex
■ i hanged names, that of the
(white man being given to a
'.small stream which flowed in
the vicinty of Stenton. Wild
the naming of the rivulet, Logan
remarked that ‘Long after we
have passed away it shall still
flow and bear thy name.” And
it is to this day so known nea;
Germantown.
Logan, the Indian, is describ
ed as being tall and dignified
and in his younger days very;
handsome. He had a benign j
countenance and a fine disposi
tion and his relations, for the
most part, were very friendly
with the invading white settlers
In April, 1774, a band of sol
diers under the command c!
Michael Cresap set out to attack !
Logan and his family, but be
fore they had gone far, Cresan
became convinced that Logan
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vas not responsible for depreda
tions which had been commit
ted, and persuaded his compan
ons to return.'
But there was another soldier
Daniel Greathouse, who did not
relieve as Cresap believed and
vith a party of whites, he in
ited a number of Mingoes to be
bis guests at a tavern along the
Ohio River. This party occur
red on April 30, 1774, according
to Shetrone’s chronicles; the
Mingoes were repeatedly treated
to firewater, and it was not diffi
cult for the whites to provoke
the Indians to attack. In the
fighting which followed, all but
one or two of the seven or eight
Mingoes were murdered. One
of the victims was a sister of
Logan. She was fatally wound
ed but the life of her infant was
spared on her pleas for mercy
for it. Another of the victims
was a brother of Logan. At the
time of the massacre, Logan was
hunting in Western Ohio.
Logan’s life seemed to be
changed after that. He became
bloodthirsty and wreaked ven
geance on the whites wherever
he met them. It is said that
within a very short period he
had killed thirty of them. The
chief was under the misappre
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