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We have met with many marshals
ii, Alaska during the past thirty odd
years or more. Our memory* of
United States marshals began with
the late Mr. Slump of Ketchikan.
We have had some pretty hard boil
eu propositions holding down the
olfice of representing the Department
of Justice in Alaska. But never in
our time have we heard of condition's
as now ekist under the regime of
Albert White of Idaho and his fam
ily of relatives, uncles, aunts and
bro: liers-in-lawo.
The office of marshal in the Divi
sion and deputies in the various iu
corporated towns have always heir]
a certain degree of respect of the
community and those in office have
held a certain degree of respect to
wards their office. Never in our time
have we heard the expression “pimp
of ihe marshal’s force” used upon
an> marshal until the past few
months when an Alaskan speaking
of the regular visitation of a marshal
tr the houses of prostitution spok*
of that officer as a “pimp” of mar
shal White’s force.
Alien such an opinion of any
member of the marshal’s force be
comes general any place in the
l it ted States, Alaska not excepted,
ii is time that the marshal and his
cohorts be removed from office in
rstanter.
Rous mit der Carpet Baggers!
O’MALLEY TOLI) A “HIG ONE”
•Our attention was called to our
reported statement the “Crisco” peo
ple used refined herring oil in thei;
famous cooking product. The state
ment made by Mr. O’Malley \»a<=
made in the presence of Mr. Oscar
Kicholson, superintendent of the
Petersburg Packing Company, Dr.
Dan E. Standard and the writer.
■Our attention was further called tc
flie fact that the “Crisco” people ad
vertise their product as “pure vege
table oil,” Henry' O’Malley de
Tinted from the truth in his state
Tuent for propoganda purposes. Is
tlie herring oil is used by Proctor
Gamble people for soap, then it is
not for food purposes- and it is the
contention that such good food
•should not be wasted for fertilizer
ssc-M.n or other product for which
there are plenty of other basic pro
.ducts„
“Used Tn Crisco” will be a gooJ
•slogan for Henry. And henceforth
he will he known as “Henry Crisco
O’Malley.” (C.isoo is known for its
■shortening qualities. And Henry is
known for his shortening qualities
of resident Alaskans pocket books,
Crisco!”
WE TAKE A BREATH
After listening to the sessions or
the Board of equalization, stutter
ing, stumbling, blindly feeling its
wav around the 1929 City Budget, we
take a deep breath of relief when
their labors are over and th'ey close
their books
Twenty mills on the dollar for
next yoar with but very little change
in the valuation of assessable pro
perty. Approximately $3,000. less 10
•operate the town on than during the
year 1928 and a whole lot more pro
jeets under way and repairs neces
sary than during 1928.
The water to the South End of
Petersburg is absolutely necessary
for obvious reasons; when the dam
is completed residents will wonder
how they ever got along without
•enough water; the new hydro-elect
ric unit going in, but the plant
should take care of its own expenses
properly speaking if books are kept
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of the income from the plant; streets
must be widened and repaired to in
sure usage of the coming fire truck.
It is going to take some real hard
work to keep the city expenses with
in the budget outlined. Alls credit
to the Council if they do. If not, may
they resign and let others try it.
EAP.NING POWER - - -
SPENDING POWER
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During the past week came to
town a large number of people from
Kake, Pillar Bay, Tyee and Pyhus
Bay. Each had a check but none in
good round figures. A general aver
age of all checks cashed probably
being around $150. but with the
number of checks cashed we would
venture to say that around ten thou
sand dollars was dropped in Peters
burg. Not a store ventures to turn
dc»\n any purchases with “seine
earned money.” All are glad of the
op; ortunity to speed up sales and
gather in the shekels.
How much better if the earning
power of the fishermen were doubled
or trebled so that they could brina
in larger checks, pay for cash and
make bigger purchases and more el
them.
The “conservation” measures ol
Henry O’Malley protect the traps and
destroys the earning power of tilt
resident seiner. Bays are closed tc
seiners but traps permitted to op
erate at the entrance of the bays
\\ hat difference makes it if the fisli
are gotten three miles from the head
or 1500 feet from the stream? The
seed fish do not escape any more b>
being destroyed at the entrance cn
the bay. Saginaw Bay for instance
closed to seiners but a trap operat
at its immediate entrance.
When the earning power of the
resident is gone then perhaps the re
sident businessman will awaken tc
where his bread and butter conies
from and who really pays the taxes.
Perhaps it is expected that the Can
ning System will dole out sufficient
to keep Mr. Resident Businessman
from going broke.
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!
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The man who made that slogan
i? reputed to have gotten $10,00n.
for making it for the railroads.
The resident Alaskan who says it
to Alaskans and to the canning
trust get a swift kick on his south
end when going north for using it.
One successful spasmodic canning
season means not the rejuvination
of the cycle of salmon runs. Such
seasons but lull those interested to
sleep with their Circe like song of
enormous profits. The future pays
1 “The pack should be less than four
million” says Henry O’Malley. “More
drastic trap regulations next year”
to insure the future supply. Both
admissions that the industry is far
Horn being on a safe or satisfactory
basis.
Stop! Look! Listen! The halibut
industry on the decline with the In
ternational Commission worried and
putting in more regulations. The
game fur of Alaska on the decline
in actuality as more hunters cove”!
greater areas to secure the pelts
The herring industry a plumb fizzle
in Chatham Straits for three years
and for like time in Prince William
Sound. The salmon industry, spas
modic and spotty in good years.
There is only one way to conserve
any supply cut down production, it
will have to be regardless of any
trap interest. ,
WHO DISCOVERED
KLONDIKE STRIKE
A number of Alaska papers are
having a mild controversy as to who
discovered the famous Klondike
strike of 1S9G-7-8. George Carmack
la‘e of Seattle, heretofore has been
in edited with uncovering the fam
ous bonanza of the north. Lately
one Robert Henderson living now Sti
Lriiish Columbia has put forth his
daim to the honor.
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He claims that in 1894 he with
: hr.ee others went up the Yukon and
washed ut gld in Pelly River. He
orospected various other creeks with
out any startling results. On Quarts
Creek he took out $620 and then
went over the divide to Gold Button
wnere he averaged two cents to each
pan o£ dirt.
Going to Fifty Mile to purchase
supplies Henderson met Carmack
and told of his discovery at Gold
button so that Carmack promised to
bring some Indians with him to work
the claims. After working some
time on Gold Button, Carmack and
his Indians went over the divide to
Rabbit Creek piomising to let Hen
derson know if they discovered any
thing worth while.
Carmack and his Indian friends
“struck it rich” and staked out a
large section o f ground as their
claim. “Skookum Jim” and “Tag
isli Charlie” were with Carmack -it
this time. They proceeded to file
their claims before the superintend
ent of Police and he issued to them
the first three records. Carmack
made no mention of his discovery to
Henderson but went to the stores to
secure his supplies and showed the
gold they had gotten.
Henderson made a counter claim
before the Dominion Government
but. which granted him $20. per
month and the privilege of staking a
large claim upon unoccupied land.
THE REAL DISCOVERY
OF THE KLONDIKE
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The story of the discovery of the
Klondike has been told by Alaskans
but never as it really happened. Ii;
sc far as the mild constroversy has
been waged as to whether Carmack
or Henderson’ discovered the Klon
dike, The Alaskan puts in its word
and asserts that neither Carmack
or Henderson made the original dis
cevery of Bonanza claims.
George Carmack was “smashed”
by the men of the Inter or. He was
a renegade prospector, a flotsam,
“married” to an Indian woman la
ter know as “Carmack Kate.” She
bore aim children, one of whom con
tested in the Washington courts the
widow’s rights of Mrs. Carmack of
Seattle and the daughter won; set
tlement being made by the widow.
From report by the Indians, Car
mack was a poor piece of human
ity,without shame, credit or stand
ing in that section which he later
made famous. He had sunk to such
a point of degradation that he and
work were strangers. He lived with
Kate, sired her children and lived
off his woman and her relatives.
He could not even get liquor as did
other white because of his degrada
tion.
Out in the hills with Kate, un
able to furnish the simple neces
siiies of life for his family, her re
latives visited them to supply them
with moose meat. Resting alongside
a small stream, one of the young
men leaned over to take a dirnk and
noticed a glittering object in the
water. Taking it out he saw that it
was gold. He. showed his uncle
his find and only after a long con
ference did they tell Carmack of the
find. Hurrying back claims were
recorded by Carmack.
Carmack’s share in the discovery
was the recording the claims for un
der the law an Indian could not
hold any mining claims.
.After Carmack sold his claims and
had plenty, he deserted his mate in
times of proverty and his degradation
lard went to the “outside” where he
lived in affluence and comfort to
[the day of his death. Kate died of
a broken heart. Though she had
plenty of money she pined the
loss of the father of her children.
“We lived and starved together and
had our hardships together and he
is the father of my children. I do
not care for the money it is George
I want now to share prosperity wiih
as we shared our hardships,” were
her thoughts and words. But George
forgot “Cormack Kate” and married
again in Seattle.
It matters not whether Hender
son or Carmack received the creel ir
for the discovery. Alaskans know
that “Carmack Kate’s” relatives dis
covered the gold and by so doing
eventually made possible the separa
tion of this Indian woman who gave
her all to a man who appreciated It
not nor had any consideration for
her in prosperity. The memory of
“Carmack Kate” will live so long as
an Indian remains in Alaska.
KETCHIKAN RESENTS
ACTION OF WHITE
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Residents of Ketchikan resented
very much the action of Albert
White, of Idaho, United States Mar
shal of the First Division in Alaska
in dismissing a pioneer matron of
the federal jail to create a position
for tho wife of a matron of a deputy
marshal lately arrived from Seattle.
The protest is as follows: Igloo
sixteen, Pioneers of Alaska, hereby
expresses its strong disapproval of
the action of Marshal Albert White !
in dismissing without cause Miss
Pauline Hartsough, a worthy resi
dent of Ketchikan for 25 years,
from the position of matron at fed
eral jail to make place for the wife
of a deputy marshal.”
Californians plan to enter the pulp
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W If EX A COUGH IS
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When a cough is stubborrn it
moans that the time for experi
menting with it is past. .A cough
with a raise of mucus from the lungs
may be the forerunner of tubercu
losis. It should be eliminated at
once by removing the cause.
Weakness in the bronchial or lung
region of the body is due to spinal
bone displacement in the upper dor
sal region of the spinal column, if
a cough is stubborn and cannot he
thrown off as easily as you have
thrown off other attacks, it is as
good a danger signal as the ou-eom
ing of the white plague, tuberculosis,
ever giv.es. .The thing- to do is to see
a chiropractor at. once and start a
course of spinal adjustments to re
move the cause. The record of yhiro
pratic in the influenza epidemic was
many times better than that of any
other healing method and that re
cord is equally good in other vari
eties of lung and bronchial troubles.
There is no substitute for chiroprac
tic. Neither medicine, diet, massage
nor osteopathy moves spinal bones.
LEON ENSCH, D. C.
Pfclmer Graduate 1914
PETERSBURG, . . ALASKA
AT THE CHURCHES
Rev. W. J. Maakestad, Pastor.
Sunday School at 10:30
Morning worship: 11:30.
Subject: “Spiritual Vision.”
You are cordially invited.
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