cf placing any greater tax bur
dens upon the industries that
now support the territory. Nor
can communities expect that the
territory, with its limited funds
that it has to spend for public
work, can restore prosperity.
“On account of the great re
duced funds for roads last year
practically no money went into
new construction, and in the
face of our vanishing surplus, I
doubt if we can undertake any
thing of the kind this year. We
are rapidly reaching a standstill
in our road building activities,
with increased mileage that has
to be maintained and with the
ever increasing demand for re
lated projects such os aviation
•fields, hydoplane airports, har
bor improvements, the control oi
flood waters, telephone lines and
shelter cabins. It might interest
you to know that it cost the
Alaska Road Commission $636,
000 last year to maintain the
roads that we now have.
“We have a condition this
year where not only the terri
tory is going to be hampered
for the lack of road funds, but
the federal road building agen
cies are likewise being restricted
in their expenditures. The bu
reau of public roads which re
ceived about $934,000 last year
will receive but $350,000 this
year and the Alaska Road Com
mission which has received
$800,000 annually for the past
few years is recommended by
budget this year for $656,000
and there is no assurance that'
congress will give them that.
“I personally feel that this is a
time when those who are in
terested in the welfare of the
territory ought to help us and
they can help us tremendously
if they will refrain from asking
for money. We cannot close the
public schools nor turn the in
valid pioneers into the street to
build roads and we do not in
tend to do so. People should also
bear in mind that at the present
time one dollar out of every five
of the territory’s money goes for
indigent relief of some kind, and
even though the worthiness of it
cannot be questioned it is a
V\11rHnn in ltcolf M
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Here and There In
Alaska
HAINES
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The first car to come through
from Klukwan this year was the
famous “bug” turned out by
Henry Ford. Believe it or not, th '
old wagon buzzed up front
street to be recognized only by
its license number of days gone
by. There was still plenty of
snow on the road and none bur
a Ford could have made the trip.
Mike Watson is delivering 50
cords of wood to the school for
next year’s operations.
Judson Brown was named
Valedictorian of the class after
the mathematical sharks got
through with their annual
mathematical computations and
researches. Judson got in by the
skin of his teeth—three points
only separating him from his
second. He is now preparing his
oration and hopes to emulate
Demosthenes. Judson has at
tended the high school for the
full four-year period; is presi
dent of the Haines Brotherhood
and vice president of the Order
of Gunnysacks, Inc.
The Chilcoot Dock is nearing
completion with Jake Cropley
doing the punching on the pil*
driver.
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KETCHIKAN
-X
Mayor F. R. Mitsch took oath
of office last week along with
the new councilmen. First act o!
the council was to slash wages
of city employees to meet thr
city’s financial problems. There
will be other curtailments.
S .S. Daniels was unanimous
ly elected as new chief of police
to succeed R. H. Humber, chie!
for the past five years. Bi!
Boos was elected street commis
sioner to succeed W. H. Stoll
All other city officials were re
appointed.
Nick Baranovich, brother o
Joe successful candidate on th<
democratic ticket for nomina
tion to the legislature, wa
brought to Ketchikan for surgi
cal attention, having broken his
leg. It will be a month or more
before he can walk about.
Not since 1908 have the fisher
men received prices for king
salmon as offered and paid to
day—4 cents for large reds and
1 cent a pound for white kings.
Some of the fishermen are al
ready wondering to what figure
the prices will drop during the
rush of the season when the
salmon are more plentiful—
when the Columbia River, Cape
Flattery, Cape Omaney runs are
coming in four bells. Perhaps
the fishermen will have to pay
the buyers to take the fish.
Right now very few fishermen
are making enough to buy gaso
line and grub.
“In time of peace, prepare for
war” is an old slogan taught in
the schools. Wise parents of this
district are putting in bigger and
better gardens this year, plant
ing more vegetables and putting
up various Indian foods, salmon,
meats and berries. Indian foods
that the present generation
knows nothing of are being
made known by the older people
and old man Starvation will not
be well entertained next winter, j
The l«cal people are much
pleased with the news that a
Public Health nurse will be
stationed here soon. Because of
the poor earning power of these
people much medical aid is
needed only a very few being
able to pay for such medical
services as is needed.
Mrs. Margaret Ridley is plan
ning to leave for Bellingham
soon to enter the Normal School
to further her training in teach
ing.
Edward Ridley is now working
for the Ketchikan Lumber &
Shingle Company of which J. E
Berg is president.
J. E. Berg is now the only fish
buver on the market.
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HOONAH
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Acting Mayor James Grant
addressed the citizens of the
town before the recent game
between the A. N. B. and the
Astorians from the cannery. He
said in part: “We have started
to follow the best of sports. This
sport gives real thrill for those
who are interested in it. I know
that every American is interest
ed in this game and it is up to
us to play the game as real
citizens. We should support our
teams and do our share as citi
zens playing hard and fair. We
are going forward as citizens
and our march to the goal is
being watched by other citizens
so that it is up to us to make
real effort to be worthy citizens.
I am unable to throw the ball
perfectly but others will follow
who can throw more perfectly
and this will give us all greater
thrill.”
Deputy U. S. Marshal Frank
D. Price and family stopped here
for a brief visit while returning
to Juneau from Sitka where
they have been for several
weeks.
Our people are worried about
the future. What will we do 10
prepare for the winter with no
work in sight for the summer’
Gardens are going in more than
any time before. This means so
much less business for the stores
next fall but that just can’t be
helped.
JUNEAU
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H. W. Stewart, formerly of
Cordova, has opened a new
photograph studio on Lower
Front Street opposite George
Brothers.
“Bill” Feero of Douglas was
re-elected worthy president of
the Douglas Order of Eagles.
Dave Femmer plans to make
extensive improvements on his
deck.
B. F. Heintzelman, assistant
regional forester, gave a talk
before the Chamber of Com
merce, telling of his efforts be
fore the departments in Wash
ington in the interest of the
Territory.
i Royal Shepard left for the
McConnel Creek, B. C., district
to investigate a reported gold
■ strike.
John Osborne and Mrs. Hilda
t Hanna were married last week
> in the parsonage of the Resur
■ rection Church by the pastor
5 Rev Erling K. Olafson.
- Present at the ceremony be
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sides the bridal bougie wefe W.
Hendticksion, broths of the
! bride, and Mrs. Hendrickson,
Mr. and Mr3, Osborne wiil
[make their home on Glacier
Highway. Mr. Osborne is associ
ated with the Bureau of Public
Roads and has been active in
basketball. Mrs. Osborne Is a
well known resident of the city.
She has been prominent in the
'chary business. —Empire.
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YAKUTAT
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On the 21st of April the Libby
steamer Otsego arrived in port
with a crew of 60 white men and
45 Filipinos. Discharging her
freight in two days, the steamer
went on to the Bristol Bay dis-4
trict.
On the evening of the arrival
of the Otsego the A. N. B. basket
ball team played a game with
the cannerymen and defeated;
'.he Otsegoans by a score of 42:
to 18.
The Sisterhood organized two
basketball teams called the
Krazy Kats and the Jelly Fishes
and on the evening of April 30th
they played a game that was full
of thrills and yet kept the spec
tators in roar of laughter. The
Krazy Kats made jelly out or
the fishes by the score of 22 to
20. About twenty dollars was
realized from the game which
was turned over to the local
Sisterhood treasury.
Primary election day rolled
around with citizens casting
their votes for their favorites.
Delegate Wickersham received
68 votes out of 82 cast. More
natives exercised their right of
citizenship than ever before.
Their spirit of solidarity i s
growing as they appreciate the
value of their votes. The spirit
of Yakutat continues.
On the 1st of May the gasboat
Clara returned from Yagatago
Beach and Icy Bay with severa:
passengers on board. Mrs. Grace
Hanson of Katalla and three
children were on board and are
visiting with relatives here.
Mr. Frank DuFresne of the
Alaska Game Commission came
in on the government boat Seal
and transferred to the Clara
bound for Icy Cape where he
looked over the country with the
idea of stocking it up with game
animals.
Mr. Dunlap, noted prospector
gave the Yagatago section the
once-over for minerals but re
ports no success.
Reports from Icy Cape indi
cate a very poor trapping season
on account of a heavy snowfall.
The Clara reported much ice
along the coast and especially at
Icy Bay. Great masses of ice
extend out from the entrance
of the bay for ten miles, choking
the entrance to the bay. The
glacier has receded three miles
since the last survey.
The elimination rhetorical ■
contest was held in the Bureau
school with Selma George, Her
bert Bremner, Violet James, Ray
Smith and Lilly Ellis taking
part. The following scores were
made: Violet James, 87; Ray
Smith, 86; Herbert Bremner, 84
Violet James being the winner,
she is eligible to enter the Divi
sional Contest at Juneau in No
vember when the Brotherhood
holds its convention.
An exhibit was held in the
school to show the results of
the effort of the teachers and
pupils this year. The results are |
very good and show much fine'
progress.
HYDABURG
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Through the kindness of the
Cannery Superintendent, Mr
Dana of View Cove for the loan
of his pile driver, and through!
the kindness of the Forestry De
partment for the gift of piling
to the Town of Hydaburg thej
biggest project of the year is:
just being completed.
Under the able supervision of
the Mayor, George Mathews and
Ben Duncan a complete set of
new piling has been driven un
der the dock and to the ware
house. There has been a crew of
perhaps twelve men who have
been donating their time to this
work and who have been dog
gedly staying on the job.
The Klawock School boys un
der the supervision of Messrs,
j Wolfe, Dexter and Demmert ar
rived here Monday about 11:45
a.m, all set for a Field Meet.
Immediately after lunch all
gathered on the beach for the
contests. Contests in jumping,
running, shot-put and pole
vaulting were held. Klawock
wen first in running and shot
put and Hydaburg won first in
high-jump and pole-vaulting.
Klawock won the Meet with a
score of 36 to 27.
The last contest of the day
was a baseball game between
the two schools and proved to
fie a landslide for the Hydaburg
Boys with a score of 21 to 5.
After the games ail assembled
in the school house where the
P. T. A. served lunch for all the
contestants. Hyda boys antici
pate a return visit soon.
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KAKE CRUMBS
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Dr. Tavlin, dental supervisor
of the U. S. Indian Bureau in
Alaska arrived here and took
care of the dental work for the
pupils in the school. She gave a
talk to the students before un
dertaking her work and secured
the confidence and cooperation
of pupils and parents. Her office
was in the Primary Room. Her
work being completed in a week
she moved on to Juneau. Wel
come back to Kake.
Mrs. Ernest Kirberger is tak
ing Interest in the Kake choir
which is indeed fortunate as she
has an especially trained and
sweet voice. Mr. Kirberger is an
old resident, always taking a
deep interest in the doings of
the town and relations with all
the people. He is the “Sampson
of the Thlingets, “Dook-tootltli”
—one of these few white men
who have been given a Thlinget
name and have it recognized up
and down the coast.
Mathew Tah-koo-neek, oldest
man in Kake passed away last
week. Funeral services were
conducted by Capt. Chas. New
ton of the Salvation Army.
Mrs. C. R. Bell left for Seattle
where she intends to remain for
a lengthy visit.
The gasboat Eagle was totally
destroyed in a recent storm
near here. The craft was owned
by Chas. Skeek.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Willard
are returning to Juneau having
completed their year’s work as
iayworkers in the Presbyterian
Church here. They will return
in the fall.
Mr. Haynes S. Dewitt and
lamily are expected home very
shortly. They have been station -
ed at Klukwan doing missionary
work.
The citizens of Kake are pre
paring for the winter. Men, Wo
men and children are digging up
garden spots wherever there are
no stumps and planting pota
toes, carrots, turnips, cabbage
and various other vegetables
The only thing we can’t grow
here with any degree of suc
cess is bananas. We have grown
successfully some oranges and
picked not a few lemons.
Clean-up week came around
and everyone made effort to
make the town beautiful by
clearing out all the litter and
rubbish, planting gardens a~
round the homes and even
planting trees to break the
monotony of staid streets. The
effort of the citizens has been
very pleasing.
mayor Charles S. Johnson
left for Port Alexander where he
expects to contact with the fin
ny tribe in order to bring home
the mazuma. His many friends
wish the “governor” plenty of
good luck. Buy a fresh can of
“snoose” governor, ’twill make
good bait.
Andrew Moran came in from
the West Coast and expects to
return there very shortly.
“Oh, where, Oh, where, has
our “Doc” gone?” At times we
miss our “doc” who is more
generally known as Frank G.
Johnson, grand president of the
Alaska Native Brotherhood. We
know that wherever he is at he
is busy devoting his time to the
organization. Kake is giving him
every support and already is
boosting for his re-election at
the next convention at Juneau.
The people of Kake are very
much in favor of the final ap
pointment of Charles Hawkes
| worth as Chief of the Alaska
Division of the Bureau of Indian
| Affairs and they are urging that
. appointment.
I Arthur Johnson has been con
ducting the local choir and has
done some very nice work for
which he is being complimented.
Mother’s Day was fittingly
observed in both local churches
with appropriate programs.
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WRANGELL
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uxiraen spots are being put in
about town and up river coun
try. A number of citizens have
gotten in some good food for the
winter.
Charles Jones left for the tim
ber country to put in a few
cedar logs for the sawmill.
Frances Tamaree, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Tamaree,
writes that she is planning to
return home for a visit some
time in June. She is a graduate
nurse of the Elizabeth, New
Jersey General Hospital and
took a “P.G.” course at Medical
Center, New York. She has been
following her profession since
graduation in Elizabeth.
The Barrington Transporta
tion Company has contracted
with the Alaska Grubstake ti
Mining Company to take a crew
of fifty prospectors into the
Cassiar country, in B. C. via
Telegraph Creek. The party
leaves Seattle for this port
some time next month.
Hard times is not hurting the
increase in population of this
town. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Taylor had a young man come
to their home on the 3rd of May.
Another lad came to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Willard
on the 5th and on the 30th of
April at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A1 Ritchie came a son.
Mrs. T. J. Case left for a visit
with relatives in Ketchikan for
a short while.
Adolph Jakobitz, former re
sident of this town and Peters
burg has taken unto himself a
wife in Seattle. Miss Stella U.
Meade is the happy bride.
Ed Lindman is the newly elect
eel flremarshal and Chet Lloyd
is the Fire Chief.
The Barrington vessel Hazel
B No. Ill left for Telegraph
Creek last Monday with a large
list of passengers and consider
able mail.
Sidney Halverson was sentenc
ed to 15 days for vagrancy, by
Commissioner Chisholm.
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Alaska Neglected Say
Wn. Politicians
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Justice Adam Beeler, of the
State Supreme Court, announced
his resignation and stated he
planned to enter the Republican
race for United States Senator
against Senator Jones. Beeler, in
a public statement, announced
that he favored a resubmission
5f the prohibition question and
sc id he was opposed to the
World Court and the League of
Nations.
Beeler’s sentiment toward
Alaska was aptly expressed in
his statement wherein he said
that altho Senator Jones lids'
been in Washington for 34 years
he had forgotten that “to the
north of us is the great empire
if Alaska.” Beeler said “it seems
incredible that public servants
can be so oblivious of their duty
as to so woefully neglect that
empire.”
The vacancy caused in the Su
preme Court through his re
signation will be filled by Gov.
Roland H. Hartley through ap
pointment.
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DILL WOULD AID ALASKA
Woodrow Wilson and a Demo
cratic congress built the Alaska
railroad and made possible quick
transportation to the interior of
that great northern empire.
Another Democratic adminis
tration should assist in the de
velopment of Alaska’s resources
instead of hindering and handi
capping such development as
the last three Republican ad
ministrations have done.
When a Democratic adminis
tration has restored public con
fidence, and prosperity has re
turned this government should
assist in turning our people’s at
tention to the development of
this, “the last west.”
Its proximity to the orient will
make it possible to help build up
a far greter trade with the far
east.—Seattle Star.
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One can teachTtricks to a mon
key, but never ideas.—G. Wells.
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Fish Exchange
Seattle, Is Fought
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Federal Judge Jeremiah Net
erer recently signed an order re
quiring the Seattle Fish Ex
change to show cause why an
injunction sought by the Chase
Fish Company should not be is
sued to enable the firm to pur
chase fish on the floor of the
exchange, a right the suit de
clared has been denied it for the
past year or more.
Violations of the Sherman
I anti-trust act and operation of
a monopoly in restraint of trade
were charged against the ex
change and its eight member i
Arms in the suit filed by Mat
thew Stafford, counsel for the
Chase Fish Company, Pier 5.
Henry J. Tillman, president of
the exchange, denied the
charges,
The suit set forth that in 1931
the Seattle Fish Exchange hand -
led all but 50,000 pounds of the
1G,000,000 pounds of flsh shipped
through the Port of Seattle, and
that the Chase Fish Company 1
was denied membership in the
exchange and the right to pur
chase halibut and other sea
foods,
Cites Local Prices
It further charges that this
action of the exchange is per
versive of interstate commerce
in flsh and that the Exchange
as now operated has virtually
monopolized the Ashing indus
try. Recent prices of halibut on
the Exchange, according to Mr.
Stafford, was 4% cents a pound
for “mediums” and 3 cents for
‘ chickens,” as against 15 to IS
cents a pound on the retail
market.
The complaint was filed under
the Clayton act, giving individ
uals or private firms the right of
injunctive relief from violations
of the Sherman act. Members
of the Seattle Fish Exchange are
the Booth Fisheries Company.
Washington Fish Company, Mc
Callum-Legaz Fish Company,
Sebastian-Stuart Fish Company,
New England Fish Company,
San Juan Fishing & Packing
Company, Edwin Ripley & Sons
and Whiz Fish Products Com
pany.
Exchange Makes Answer
“The Chase Fish Company has
never been denied the right lo
purchase fish by any act of the
Seattle Fish Exchange,” said
Henry J. Tillman, president ot
that body. “The Chase company
is not a member of the Exchange
and cannot trade on the floor
any more than I, a non-member,
could buy or sell on the floor of
the New York Stock Exchange.
1 can buy and sell stock through
members of the Stock Exchange
and Mr. Chase can buy fish
through members of the Seattle ■
Fish Exchange. \
“The Exchange members havb
no monopoly, There are several
halibut schooners in today.
There is nothing to prevent
Chase dealing with the captains
of these vessels, just as many
others do, and as he has done
before.”
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Clarence Darrow, super-law
yer and humanitarian, seems Lo
be a good loser. Perhaps there :
is no better defense criminal |
lawyer in the land, yet most of
his big clients have gone to the
pen.
He defended McNamara
brothers for the Los Angeles
Times dynamiting. They went to
the penitentiary. Darrow had the
defense in the Steunenburg
murder case. Harry Orchard is
still in prison. Loeb and Leopold
got life imprisonment in spite of
Barrow’s superb efforts. William
Jennings Bryan beat Darrow in
the Scopes case at Dayton,
Tenn. And now comes the Massie
case in which four defendants
get a penitentiary conviction.
Luck and the law seem to run I
Be courteous to all,, but. inti
Riate with few; true friendshio
is a plant of slow growth.—Geo.
Washington.
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