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Application entered as Second-Class Matter July 16, 1926, at the Post
Office at Petersburg, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
PATRIOTIC WITHDRAWAL
That Mr. Boyle did a sensible
and patriotic thing in a frank and
maniy way when he withdraw from
the race for Delegate to Congress
cannot be seriously questioned.”—
/uneau Empire.
1$ might not be seriously question
ed but it ceitainly is challenged for
we cannot conceive of any patrio
tism in deliberately entering into a
deal whereby Mr. Adams of Nome,
3 bona fide caiu.idate for the same.'
Office would be eliminated without
considering i e rightness of the act
or the feelings of representative
electors of the Democratic party.
Patriotism! A sensible and Pat
riotic Act. Since when was a be
trayal of political principles a pa
triotic thing to do. The very state
ment shows to what depravity the
leaders of the ‘‘combination, Demo
Republic ‘independent’ party has
stooped when through their official
organ they attempt to get the elect
ors of the Territory to believe that
the cheapest kind of a selling out
of the principles of the Democratic
party is a ‘‘sensible and patriotic
thing”' to do.
Since before the spring primaries
wo have been waiting for the cul-1
ruination of the deal whereby Boyle
f*eps out. We have been rather
curious as to just how the act would
he justified. Notwithstanding the
column or more of explanations
tnere is no justification for the act
dictated by certain Juneau and
Ketchikan political leaders. Call it
patriotic or any other pleasing title
and the bare fact remains that the
deal was completed when ^nd thru
Mr. Gore of Ketchikan, t*ie plans
for this move were made known.
Shamefacedly Mr. Gore told of the
plan to have Boyle withdraw and
it was not called a patriotic act by
some of the little gathering list
ening to the machinations of the
powers that be. Through their
little pawn it was made known that
Marquam was the first love of
Johnny Walker and the “Stroller”
of Juneau.
As a political being Boyle now
fades into oblivion to be remember
ed as the Democratic nominee for
the office of Delegate to Congress
who was not big enough a man to
stand up for the principles of his
party or of himself as a man; who
will be remembered as the nominee,
who listening to the siren voices of
the clink of gold and the power it
holds over man, as a “patriotic”
act, betrayel the trust imposed in
him by his party electors in Alaska.
The political grave is dug and the
last rites uttered by those who hon
ored him with this trust. He passes
into his political grave damn
ed for the Benedict Arnold he is
and for the disgusting spectable he
has made of himself. THE act will
not be forgotten nor forgiven and
The elections this fall will show that
such trust imposed in political can
didates cannot be tossed hither and
yon as a basket ball. That only the
Empire and its blind following with
un-American complexes ofols itself
into believing defeat of Hon. Dan
Sutherland.
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PROPOSES LIMIT CAMPAIG
EXPENSES
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin
introduced in the Senate prior to
adjournment a resolution placing
a limit of $25,000 for expenses in
any Senatorial campaign and would
set up a special subcommittee of
the Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections to enforce the pro
visions of a proposed new stand
ing rule to this effect.
In view of the enormous
amounts of money expended in
Pennsylvania, and Illinois elections
it would appear to us that such
a standing rule would be most
fitting. That the position of Unit
ed States Senator is worth from
two to fivo hundred or more
thousand dollars worth of cam
paign expenses seems rather out of
proportion to us. When campaign
contributions in vast fortunes are
contributed to the election of a
United States Senator it appears as
if such contributors expect more or
’ess value in return.
Regulations promulgated by the
Department of Commerce declared
that traps must be a mile apart
and a 50 percent escapement of
salmon allowed. The owners of
the Frazer trap at Eagle creek
hive construed this to mean that
their trap can be put closer to the
salmon stream and to grab all the
fish possible. Seining ope.aticns at
this sockeye and dog salmon stream
is practically nil while the trap
owners take greater quantities cf
fish than was secured by the
seiners.
Thirty-four seiners would be re
quired to displace seventeen traps
according to tne ngures set iorrn
by the Bureau of Fisheries. Seven-1
teen traps require but thirty-four
men while thirty-four seines re
quire 170 men. The buying pow
er of the latter far exceeds the
former and would be of more
direct benefit to any locality.
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Salmon Bay used to be the
haven for fifteen to twenty seiners.
Today not a seiner is to be seen
operating within a dozen miles of
that bay while the new trap just
outside the markers in the bay
and the big trap at Colpoys con
tinue in their destruction of the
red salmon going to that once
great salmon stream.
The Bureau of Fisheries is blind
to violations of laws and regula
tions insofar as the trap system
is concerned as evidenced by the
above and other trap operations
but they insist that Mr. Resident
Fisherman MUST obey the law in
order that proper escapement may
be affected. i
Virginia and Georgia, alleged
home states of editors Troy and
White have literacy qualifications
?or their voters in order that the
carpet baggers might be kept out.
The editors from those states wish
literacy qualifications in Alaska to
Keep tne carpet Daggers in.
In considering candidates and
principles for the November elec
tions are we selecting the best
candidates and principles for our
town and territory or are we blind
ly following the siren song of the
pxostitutors of Alaska’s resources?
The higher patriotism means a
vote for the right man with the
right ideals, regardless of party
lahle. When the decent citizens
of the Nation do that, then civic
rottenness will be a memory only.
—Rep. Tillman, Democrat.
It is our belief that th* Bureau
of Fisheries is blind in one eye
?.Ld cannot see out of the "’her
wherever trap violations is con
cerned whilst those physical de
formities disappear around the
operations of the seiner.
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The Libby, McNeil, Libby trap
at Port Houghton sets but a few
yards from a salmon Stream. That
i3 the poorest kind of conservation
that we know of.
OIL AGfIVITY IN
The Seward Gateway reports that
the Peterson Oil Association has
completed installation of equipment
at Chickaloon and started drilling
this month. A standard Star
rig is on the ground with the first
line of casing ready to use. Here’s
hoping that the Chickaloon fields
develops better than oil prospects
in other districts.
Rawson Co* Leases
Coal Lands
1210 acres of public land in the
on mine run and on all coal pro
to the Rawson Coal Compony by
the Department of the Interior.
The Rawson Coal Company must
pay a royalty of two cents the ton
on mine run aud on all coal pro
duced. It is th0 plan of the com
pany to invest $121,000 on the
property during the first five years
of the lease.
MISSION HOME REBUILT
The Jesse Lee Home at Seward
which was burned during the past
jear was entirely rebuilt during the
the latter part of June and has
been formally opened. The insti
tution is under the drection of Rev.
T. C. Hatton, superintendent, suc
ceeding Rev. Dunlap who has left
for the Stataes.
BROADEN THE FIELD
I.
Where a town has a limited
amount of trade it is necessary to
look for a broader field in that cn
deaver to find in that neighbor
nood sufficient population to make
it profitable to do business there.
Nc doubt it would bo possible to
reach others than those of the im
mediate community. No doubt
by reaching out there would be
others who could beinduced to trade
in that town. The way to combat
the influence of the large depart
ment store is to use their methods
and do what is possible to get
other customers than those in the
town. In every community there are
families which could be interested
if the right kind of efforts were
used. Just beyond every corpora
tion is a circle of families which
ought to, or could be, induced to
come to town for the buying. The
'storekeeperwho pushes for these
will get the business which has
not been coming to him and will
be satisfied with the result of
what effort it has cost. — The
Country Publisher.
ALL IS NOT FIT TO PRINT.
A dearth of local news often
leads to murmurs on the part of
those who prize local gossip
above all else, and it is not
the fault of the publisher. Any
live publisher will not fail to give
all the local news worthy of note;
.therefore, when the local depart
menment is short you should not
rail at the editor, but remember
you might have commited suicide
got married, quarreled with your
neighbor, stole chickens, let
your team run away or done a
hundred other things to make a lo
cal item. If a newspaper should
publish current gossip, or the hints
and allusions of the best society in
the comunity it would be ostracized
end the editor horsewhipped or
burned at the stake. Think a min
ute of the mean and low things you
say about your tov/smen and your
neighbors and imagine how it would
look in print. Don’t criticize the
newspapers for what they print, but
give them great credit for what
they don’t print. A newspaper that
contained one-half the nonsense
current among the best citizens,
would be considered unfit to read.
Honest!—Patchogue (N. Y. Ad
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Health Notes
By Dr. Dan E. Standard
Did you ever stop to figure (as
the old Darky preacher said) on
how far short the human race
comes in living to the ripe age we
should? Wo are one of the family
of ANIMALS, and in contrast to the
average age live<^ by them we find
we come far short.
No other question is being studied
and discussed as much today among
scientific people as the subject of
health.
It is tho concensus of opinion
among thinkers and writers that
PERIODIC EXAMINATIONS should
he made of all people, and many
states are spending thousands of
dollars in colloberation with the
Jnite(T States government, in pro
pogating and providing for the
health interests of our people.
It is a notable fact that this has
been largely started and stimulated
by the MetropolitnnLife Insurance
Company in the spreading of the
Cospel of health and the prolonga
tion of life, as well as life ex
pectancy, has been actually accom
plished through the LIFE EXTEN
SION INSTITUTE, created for this
purpose, in which a large number of
Life Insurance Companies are as
sociated, and their policy holders
are furnished regular periodic ex
aminations, the expenses thereof
paid by the Insurance companies.
Unquestionably the results show
that already among such aggregate
policy holders, the average age has
very materially increased, apd they
brought about the blessing of good
health and prolongation of life for
thousands, to say nothing of the
personal satisfaction and enjoyment
of families.
Now for instance lets contrast a
little among the animals, and you
v. ill notice that they live ab« ut.
five times as long as man. A horse
is fully developed between his fifth
and sixth year. With proper care,
he lives to between twenty-five and
thirty years. Now man is fully de
veloped at about twenty-four, and
if well fed and average care he lives
say, to seventy, which is about
three times the number of years it
tabes him to grow up. Now run
through the whole list of animals
and we find they live about five
times as long as it takes them to
grow up, except MAN who lives
scarcely three times as long as it
takes him to mature. It is but
I comparitively few years ago that in
the largest city in France there was
not one man nor woman who was
over 50 years of age. Sewage ran
through the open streets, contam
inated the wells and spread disease,
often killing half the people in a
plague, and they did not live out
one half their natural life.
Health sense, knowledge of sanita
tion, and efforts on the part of the
people generally are seen today al
most everywhere. This is evidenc
ed by noting how many folk go
picnicking, and find their way into
the open more than they did even
a few years ago. William James
once said “Simply to live, brt-athe
and move should he a delight.”
The proper way to have and- en
joy good health, and live to the
ripe age we should, is made pos
sible by no other way as much, as
not waiting till one is sick and
call the doctor, hut by preventing
sickness very largely, in periodi
cally going to the doctor for a tho
rough examination, and advice as
to the proper foods and rules of
living.
Discover the weak place, and in
cipient trouble, before the system
is sapped, discover wrong habits of
living and correct them. In other
words, GET THE I DEA OF TO
DAY,ENJOY GOOD HEALTH BY
PREVENTION OF DISEASE AND
KEEP FIT.
Fresh strawberry short cake
lots of whipped cream at the Totem
Pole.
Sodas satisfy. Fifteen flavors at(
the Totem Pole.
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Philippines Demand
Independence
Both houses of the Philippine ^
legislature unanimously passed a
resolution in favor of immediate
absolute and complete independ
ence at the opening of the session
on July 16th.
No doubt they will be just as
successful in getting their freedom
ag Alaska will be in getting im
mediate Statehood. At least we
wish them better luck.
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New Alaska Boosters 1
The Civil Legion, a natonal or- \
ganization composed of patriotic <
citizens who served the United J
States during the World War in j
Civil capacities, will hold its first <
convention in Philadelphia during ;
the month of October.
Officers will be elected, a decla
ration of principles adopted and a
permanent organization effected.
Alaska and Hawaii have been
given one delegate each and Por
to Rico two delegates to the con
vention.
A special effort will be made by
the temporary officers to agree up
on a* program that will induce
tourists to visit Alaska, Hawaii
and Porto Rico in preference to
Europe.
The situation in Porto Rico is
one that particularly appeals to the
officers of the Civil Legion. The
financing of its public debt is a
matter that should be approached,
with a spirit of likeability equal to
(hat shown Italy, Jugo-Slavia and
France. Industries and employ
ment should be encouraged and
a shorter route than a commission
plan should be adopted to obtain
rspeedy results.
Suggestions from citizens of the
three future States, having bear
ing on the betterment of local con
ditions, will be most agreeably re
ceived by the National headquarters,
the offices of which are in Chicago.
—Seward Gateway.
While the above is of interest to
the territory in general we are more
particularly interested in getting
more boats owned by residents not
only to stop here with their fares
of fish but to winter here. The
united effort of Ketchikan business
men to hold boat owners in that
port and the harmony on policies ef
fecting the town itself is making it
not only the First City of Alaska
but the biggest city in point of
business and trade. It might be
well for the citizens of Petersburg
to give this serious thought and fol
low the same line of efforts.
Have you seen the lunch cloths
and table xunners at the Totem
Pole? They are Dennison crepe,
—clean, inexpensive and most
convenient.
Sunday morning Service 11 a. m.
Sunday evening Salvation meet
ing at 7 o’clock
Tuesday evening and Friday
evening at 8 o’clock.
Captain Kenny and Lieutenant
McEachren, in charge.
Bright meetings, Everybody wel
come. Come and meet your friends.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
English services Sunday morning
at 11:30.
Sunday evening service 8 o’clock.
REV. S. SYDNESS, Pastor.
Large new line of Dennison goods
just arrived at the Totem Pole.
DAN E.'STANDARD, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Worth Block
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SITKA HOT SPRING
HEALTH RESORT
Rate $3.00 per
day and up
Dr. Goddard, Pro.
ALASKA CAFE
George Kim, Proprietor
Meals at all Hours
Good Services, Fair Prices
We Solicit Your Trade
When in Town Stop at
ARCTIC HOTEL
First Class Rooms
Reasonable Rates
C/ RL ROGER, Pro.
Try
Hudson's
Baths and Barber Shop
CLEANLINESS
BEST SERVICE
FAIR TREATMENT
We Solicit Your Patronage
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Sanitary Market
A Roast you’ll like
The Very Choicest Beef
Mutton and Pork
Vegetable in Season
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Dr. Rae L. Carlson
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST
Will Examine Eyes
And Fit Glasses
July 17 to July 24
GENERAL HOSPITAL
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I SKYMAN'S I
; Barber and Beauty Shoppe
:: Busy all the time. ;;:
J There’s a reason why
Opposite Post Office
WANTED—Round bottom boat in
good condition. Must be 12 to 14
feet in length. Address P-111,
Ttye Alaskan.