A. N. 15. Publishing Company,
Published every Friday by the Alaska Native Brotherhood
Publishing Company, at Petersburg, Alaska.. Entered in the
imice in Petersburg as Second Class Matter.
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PUBLICATION POLICIES
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The policies of the Alaskan and
the Alaskan Fisherman will be
continued under direction of
Louis F. Paul, managing editor
and C. O. Parks, Business Man
ager. William L. Paul, who has
oeen editor and manager of the
Alaska Fisherman asked that he
be relieved of that duty and
Louis F. Paul agreed to accept
the editorial end on condition
that the business end be taken
rare of by Mr. Parks. The con
vention unanimously agreed up
on this policy and further agreed
(hat. the publications had de
monstrated that they were not
playthings and the fullest meas
ure of support will be given
hereafter to insure the complete
success of these publications.
BECAUSE OF THY GREAT
BOUNTY
By Grace Crowell
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Because I have been given much
I, too. shall give;
Because of thy great bounty,
Lord,
Each day I live
T shall divide my gifts from thee
With every brother that I see
Who has the need of help from
me.
Because I have been sheltered
fed,
By thy good care,
I can not see another’s lack
And I not share
My glowing fire, my loaf of
bread.
My roof’s safe shelter over
head.
That he, too, may be comforted.
Because love has been lavished
So upon me, Lord,
A wealth I know that was not
Meant for me to hoard,
I shall give love to those in need,
The old and hungry Clothe
and feed.
Thus shall I show my thanks in
deed.
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THANKSGIVING DAY
When you think of November,
as the eleventh month ap
proaches, we very naturally
think of Thanksgiving Day, as
this was the first to be set apart
for a national holiday and, for
many reasons, is especially dear
to our hearts. We think of
family reunions, when every
body’s cup of joy runs over, of
laden tables, of song and mirth
and gladness. And the day
means all of these things—and
more, a great deal more; it
means that we must learn the
secret of being truly thankful,
and there is no better way to do
this than by trying to give some
body else cause for thanksgiving
“lending a hand” wherever there
seems need, or the smallest op
portunity shows itself.; and for
th's we shall not have to seek
lar or long. Indeed it will seek
us as soon as we open the door
to it. If we can change the
troubled look on a child’s face
to one of brightness and joy,
send the news boy on his way
with a word of appreciation for
his promptness and courtesy,
and perhaps double payment' for
the papers of the week—there
are a thousand and one ways to
set the ripples of thankfulness in
motion. And they do spread in
wonderful fashion—try it and
see! Then they are special days
in November to consider. Arm
istice Day is having its twelfth
anniversary, this year. How
shall we celebrate it? That is a
question for each of us to answer
in his or her own way. If there
is a “Gold Star” mother near
us, or if we know of one, we may
well make this a day of special
rememberance. The roll call
of the Red Cross extends from
Armistice Day to Thanksgiving
Day, and the membership fees—
one dollar from each renewing
or new member—serves to fin
ance all the operations of this
great organization.
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THANKSGIVING
What is Thanksgiving in 1930
*oing to mean to you?
Will it just mean a big dinner,
Derhaps a foot-ball game, and a
;ood time generally?
If it does, you don’t deserve
he good things you have.
Most Americans should be in
i constant state of thanksgiving
because of their many blessings.
A thankful heart helps to
bring peace, prosperity and
jower.
WORTH WHILE
OPPORTUNITIES
They are with us always, of
ourse if we have eyes to see,
md ears to hear and hearts to
.velcome them—these opportun
ties to make other people
lappier—because we are here.
3ut taken all in all doesn’t it
eem that November opens more
md wider avenues for helpful -
less then almost any other
nonth of the year? Perhaps
his is because it is Thanksgiv
ng month—and we have so
much to be grateful for that we
hould scarcely know what to do
f we couldn’t share our portion
,f the many blessings that have
alien to our lot.
So let us be thankful for them
vpecially those which invite co
•peration in humanitarian work
hat not one of us could do
alone.
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WESTERN UNION TO AID
HIGHWAY TO NORTHLAND
\dvertising Department of Great
Corporation Seeking AH Pos
sible Information About High
way
Requesting additional data on
the International Highway pro
ject, the Western Union Tele
graph Company through its ad
vertising manager, H. L. Hamil
ton has manifested interest in
-he big undertaking. Writing to
Donald MacDonald, the engineer,
originator of the idea, Mr. Ham
ilton says:
“We are interested in plans for
the proposed International
Highway along the route cf the
old Western Union trail, as de
scribed in the enclosed article,
and would like to further the
aiovement by giving publicity to
it and acquainting our organiza
tion with the facts so they may
aid in enlisting the support of
:he public.
“For these purposes please
;end, or have the International
Highway Assoiation send to Us:
available historic data, maps,
lewspapers and other available
material.”
The article to which Mr. Ham
ilton refers is from Telegraph
and Telephone Age. It reads:
“President Hoover has ap
pointed Ernest Walker Sawyer oi
California, Herbert H. Rice oi
Michigan, and Major Malcolm
Elliott of the army engineering
corps as special commissioners tc
investigate the practicability oi
the proposed International High
way that would corniest Seattle
with Fairbanks, Alaska, and
make it possible to motor there
from Florida on good roads. The
project is awakening wide in
terest in Alaska, according tc
word from that Territory. The
newly appointed United States
commissioners are to cooperate
with representatives of Canada
in their study, as the proposed
highway would pass through
British Coloumbia and Yukon
Territory.
“As Florida and California
constitute the winter play
grounds of the United States
Alaska, with its twenty-foui
hour-long summer days, scenery
and game resources, may ulti
mately become the summer play
ground cf the nation.il' the plans
for the construction of this new
highway are carried out.
“According to Donald Mac
Donald, locating engineer of the
Alaska Road Commission and
second vice-president of the In
ternational Highway Association
of Fairbanks, which has been!
| formed to speed the develop
ment of the project, the high
way is so vital to the future of
Alaska and essential to the de
velopment of a stable and per
[manent population there, that
jthe association is determined to
l use every resource in order that
the construction be initiated
within the next three years.
“Mr. MacDonald recently gave
an imaginary automobile tour
over the proposed highway from
Seattle to Fairbanks, a stretch
of 2,000 miles. Filling a gap of
700 miles is all that is needed to
make the needed road connec
tion.
The lure of a trip over such
a highway’, said Mr. MacDonald,
‘through this widely beautiful,
primitive country, cannot be
equaled any place in the civiliz
ed world. Two thousand peaks
i of scenic beauty, the tremendous
peaks of the coast and Alaska
ranges with their glaciated sides
are revealed in a constant suc
cession to the traveler.’
“Mr. MacDonald then describ
ed the journey from Seattle to
Vancouver, thence to Hazlton,
B. C., the ancient camp site of
a savage tribe, whose totem
poles still stand, and again
j northerly, about fifty miles, to
I the present end of modern trav
el, the motor road, 1,000 miles
north of Seattle.
“From this point, he said the
road probably would follow the
old Telegraph Trail. This is a
line full of historic significance,’
jhe said, ‘as it marks the path of
(those valiant pioneers of the
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany who attempted in the late
sixties to build a telegraph line
to Asia and thence across Europe
and were only defeated in their
purpose by the success of the
(Great Eastern in laying the
(Atlantic cable.’’
j “To this day the Indians still
use the telegraph wire left along
(the route. In one instance, on
■ one of their pack trails they
(used the wire to construct a
'bridge that is said to embody
every principle of bridge con
|:truction and that is in its
i primitive wray a rival of the
(great, wire spans erected by the
j.Tohn A. Roebling’s Sons Com
Ipany across wide rivers in the
(United States. The wire aban
doned in the early sixties was
jsoon afterward appropriated by
Uhe Indians for bridge making,
’and is said to be in good con
dition today.
( “At Telegraph Creek, on the
jStikine River, the head of navi
gation from the ocean, there is
a thriving outpost consisting of
hunters, traders and trappers,
"djacent to one of the world’s
greatest game regions This is
(some 1,200 miles from Seattle
“The next point on the road
would be At.lin. on Lake Atlin
:one of the principal sources of
the Yukon. After reaching
Lake Kluane, in its mountain
setting, the route wrould lie
through the trailless countrv t
the head of the Tanana and the
(Maska-Cnnadian boundary line,
i “Following the Tanana through
| the heart of Alaska, the tourist
j would connect once more with
a motor traveled way, the Rich
ardson Highway, and along this
road to Fairbanks, in its green
"etting of cuhivated fields, the
ferminus of the Alaska Railroad.
2,000 miles from Seattle.
“Mr. MacDonald expressed the
view that construction of roads
f0’* motor travel from the arteri
al highway to the coastal towns
(and interior of Alaska; would
I naturally follow. He said the
proposed route aready has been
incorporated in the construction
program of British Columbia.
About 800 miles of road, from
Vancouver to a point north of
Hazelton, already has been con
structed. The proposed high
way, he said, has been indorsed,
by all the chambers of com
merce of the Alaska towns, the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
and the British Columbia Board,
of trade.
“The slogan of the Interna
tional Highway Association is,
“Seven million dollars purchas
ed Alaska from Russia; seven
millions more will make Alaska
one of the United States.”—Al
aska Weekly
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ONE-SIXTII OF U. S. FACING
ACUTE NEED SAYS
A. F. L. CHIEF
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“Employments made no fur
•her gains in October,” says
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
in his monthly report on the
situation.
1 “Trade union reports from 24
cities show 21 per cent still out
of work as in September.”
With the conservation that
has made A. F. of L. unem
ployment reports the most trust
ed in the country, Mr. Green
jnoints out that even in normal
| years there is seldom an increase
in jobs in October over Septem
ber. Then he adds:
“But the very large number
out of work on the threshold of
winter is cause for serious con
cern. Last winter, the number
out of work as indicated by our
figures increased 71 per cent
from October to January, and
I doubled by February,
j “Winter before last when un
lemp’oyment conditions were-un
j usually favorable, the number
: out of work increased 47 per cent
from October to February.”
;
This factor must be kept in
mind in all efforts to appraise
the situation. It means that
ieven in “normal” times. 100 men
out of work in October mean 150
out of work in February. And
times now are far from normal. ;
“Wage earners this year have
no reserves to fall back on,” Mr.
Green continues. “Savings have
been exhausted in the hard
struggle of the past year.
“The government officially
estimates the unemployment at
3,500,000. An increase of the
usual proportions would bring
the number to well over 5,000,
000.
‘Including the families de
pending on these men and wo
men, over 20,000,000 persons, or
' one sixth of our entire popula
tion, are threatened with acute
need from unemployment this
winter.”
The condition thus set forth is
appalling. Mr. Green adds that
there is a large degress of part
i time employment as well as j
, complete unempolyment. Trade j
j union workers, who fare better j
than unorganized workers, in j
this regard, have 15 per cent of
their members working on part
time.
In many trades part-time em
ployment is much larger. In the
metal trades, it is 23 per cent;
in other manufacturing. 29 per j
cent: and in clothing and tex- j
tiles, it reaches 41 per cent.
Careful search fails to find
many cheering items to offset
these really terrible figures.
Eight hundred and fifty textile
workers in Fall River, Mass.,
have been put back to work
after a long idleness. Textile
labor receives a bare subsistence
wage at best.
On the New York Central and
some other roads several thou
sand shopmen who were on fur
lough returned to work.
New York City continues its i
^t’-enuous efforts to find jobs.
That metropolis expects to pro
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