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LOUIS F. PAUL,
C. O. PARKS,
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....A GOOD MEMORIAL ....
Representative A. H. Ziegler
is author of the memorial to
Congress praying that the Ter
ritory be given authority to pre -
scribe and define fishing gear to
be i.sed in the Territory. This
memorial is a step in the right
direction and should receive the
support of every organization in
the Territory. Effort was made
to amend the memorial by hav
ing Congress give full control of
the fisheries to Alaska. Thi?
Mr. Ziegler vigorously oppo^d
declaring that its scope was too
far reaching and would only de
feat the purpose of his bill.
We do not agree with Mr
'iegler’s tax on fibre boxes in
order to build up the sick log
ging and lumber industry by
taxing the canninng industry
The tax on the fibre box is not ..
sound economic proposal and R
only makes two weak industries
that much weaker.
But we do declare that the
Ziegier memorial to Congress t
m the right direction and that
he is not hurting himself in any
way with the electorate to whom
be promised relief from theii
present intolerable position. I.
all the Republicans in the Legis
ature made as much effort, and
this includes the Democrats,
the present unsound condition
existent would be more general
,y cleared up.
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.WICKERSHAM WILL ASSIST
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Delegate James Wickersham
has indicated that he will do ah
within his power to present the
present timber situation in Alas
ka in such a a way to the Secre
tary of Agriculture that the De
partment will change its policy
relative to the exporting op
round timber. The Delegate wa y
only awaiting action from the
legislature in the form of a
memorial to Congress.
There is no denying that the
discriminatory regulations have
been hurtful to the entire indus
try. Delegate Wickersham ha?
been a close student of the prob
m and he is well able u) pre
nt the matter in such a light
i s will permit relief.
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WOLF BOUNTY
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Senator Allen Shattuck agair
3 pudiated his constituency thi
1 ne by opposing the bill foXs
! junty on wolves. He declared!
1 iat it would double the sum ex
i mded during the past two
jears and the appropriation
v ould probably reach a total of
$50,000.
However, the good Senator fa-j
\ ored appropriating a sum of
i loney to be expended by the
: deral biological survey. The re
i am on money appropriated for
ihis predatory bureau is nil.
It cost the Territory more to kill
•even wolves in the Petersburg
than was ever paid out for well
county in this district—without
: ny appreciable results. The1
est results were secured at run
vays pointed out to them by lo j
( al hunters. Five thousand dol
lars spent in two years by this
department is more than bird
seed thrown away. The bounty
system has it cheated in every
direction and the taxpaers bene
fit by this method.
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HOPE THEY’RE SATISFIED
Those Legislators who spon
sored the move to investigate
the conduct of Territorial offices
and officers have had their in
nings. They should now be sat
isfied. No word of criticism has
oeen offered to the discredit ox
i ae men in office. There has
been a bit of ruction between
the Auditor, Mr. Cash Cole and
he Alaska College with Mr.
smith, Treasurer siding with the
College. In this instance Mr.
Cole insisted that be was under
bond to account for all moneys
appropriated by the Territory,
therefore voucher s should pass
through his ofhce. Mr. Bunne-i
oelieved that he alone was re
sponsible and he did not have
to make accounting to the Aud
itor. The Treasurer held wnL
President Bunnell, but later on
agreement was reached whereby
the Auditor audited the funus
Since which time the affairs
in the offices have been
more harmoniously
CORDOVA &TILL FIGHTS TII£
RESERVATION IDEA
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The Coro ova Chamber oi
Commerce is taking a direct is
I -ue with Secretary of the Inter
ior, Ray Lyman Wilbur on the
•natter of the creation of a re
servation for Indians in the tet
lin Country The Secretary has
assured the Chamber of Com
merce that creation of this re
servation will in no way inter
fere with the mineral develop
ment of the district but muoi
iney Thomas Donohoe declares
otherwise.
In which fight we cheer or
ithe Cordova Chamber of Com
merce. But in order to get a
united front we would urge that
they keep Rep. Foster off the
reservation w.uch he so ably de
ended through his memorial
to Congress requesting complete
domination of Indian affairs in
the Territory and opposing the
program of the Department tu
place upon the Territory its ob
.igation to care for ALL its chi -
dren. The creation of the reser
vation and the Foster memorial
are twins in purpose.
It resolves itself into the ques -
lion as to whether or not the In
dian is a citizen ana whether or
not he is entitled to the privi
leges as well as burdens of citi
zenship. If he is not a citizen,
then he is a ward and entitled
iO the paternal protection and
care as other Indians and this
.ncludes creation of reservations,
game, fish, timber and mineral,
as well as land reserves.
It is well to remember that the
Alaska Indians have objected to
ihe reservation idea and the pa
ternalistic system of the Indian
lureau. They want no ‘fence’
of any kind around them. Thesr
vould give Cordova every assist
i nee but Cordova should remem
jer the Rotarian idea when ask
ng others to scratch their back >
it works both ways.
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A STEP BACKWARDS
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The Senate passed the Shat
:uck “school re-organizing bill’
.he sole purpose of which was to
eplace in the hands of federal
'fficials, direction of Territorial
.ichool affairs. Under this bill,
he Commissioner of Education
wdl owe his political life to the
ederal machine—he will be a
•reature of the machine without
ne saving grace of a mind of hts
own
The office is now out of poll
tics, so says Mr. Shattuck. But
just let Mr. Keller follow the dic
tates of the masses who pay hi?
salary and see how much it is
c-jt of politics.” He will be
‘summarily removed” the gen
teel way of saying he was fired.
Any person who believes thac
(here are no politics in the ap
pointment of a Schood Commis
sioner had best get out his prim
al on politics. The veriest dunce
understands that political debts |
are paid and paid through ap
pointment to offices. Else, hov
\,i uld the Federal Brigade retai l
its existence these many years?
Let some one, opposed to the
shattuck system of removing the
schools from politics make his
application for the job see hov/
much consideration he will re-;
ceive. How then, can any one:
say that the schools are now re-,
moved from politics.
HE WAS MARKED FOR DEFEAT
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Mayor Billie Hanley of Sitka
was discarded at the last elec
tion and replaced by Fred
Srhrey. Bi’lie had a habit of
playing; ducks and drakes with
his constituency during territor
ial elections and making him
self a good fellow before city
elections. His constituency did
not like this so they remonstra* -
d and gave him a warning. He
;ave it little heed at the last
i
• lection and it was whispered i
ight out in school that he was I
io be retired. “By their fruits
shall ye know them” is just as
true in politics as in anything j
else.
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TIJFASY IIES T1IE CROWN
HEAD
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King Alfonso of Spain has ab
dicated his throne at the re-'
quest of the Spanish Dictator.
Though he has left his mother
country, he refuses to renounce
his claims to the throne.
In the United States, the mo l
ei of republican form of govern !
ment, we find democracy over-1
shadowed by the bureaucratic
system of government. Bureau
this and bureau that and the
voice of the legislature ignor-l
ed in the furtherance of this1
abortion of government. |
Through bureaucracies this j
great count! y is becoming more
and more an autocratic mon
archy. Some day there will be
a reckoning when the antagon
•sms of tne two systems reach I
their apex of animosities. With!
the discontent of the masses
fanned into flames by the se’-j
fish desires growing greater in-j
i t ad of less, it behooves the
employing class to keep the la-'
borers busy and contented.
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TERRITORIAL BACKING FOR
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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Unable to underwrite its own;
affairs, sponsors of the All
\laska Chamber of Commerce]
movement, are asking the Legis- j
inture to appropriate $5,000 fori
completion of the organization.
There are some who do not
trust the sincerity of the spon
sors of this movement and fear
that it will become an integral]
part of a political machine J
which now controls in the Ter-;
; itory. Certain it is, such an or- j
yanization composed of the bus-!
iness interests of the Territory]
.mould be able to finance its own;
organization and not have to'
depend upon the worried Legia-|
iature to make financial ends,
of the organization meet. When !
•t is demonstrated that this or-|
ganization is all that it is set i
forth to be, it will have rc;
trouble gaining support finau
^al or otherwise.
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Seattle workmen are losing
a $300,000 payroll to California
laborers on the Aurora Avenue.
Seattle, bridge. This is charged
by Paul Frederickson, steel
workers’ representative, and ,
Charles Lyon, international a-j
gent for the steel workers.
“We know of 29 men on the
job who say they live in tins'
state but whom we don’t know
and never have,” Lyon declared.
“In lists we omitted 16 keymen,
who are non-residents.”
What in the world are those)
icllows yelling about. They send!
up laborers from Seattle every j
yew on every conceivable kind i
of jobs* and let Alaskans whis-j
tie on the beaches for his “gum- ]
ooots” and clams. If it is wrong,
ror contractors in Seattle to use j
California workers on a Seattle
mb. then it is wrong for Alaska,
ontractors to employ Seattle j
men on Alaska contracts. But!
until the C.mmercial Clubs put)
up strenuous objections Alas !
vn-r. may expecfc tliis to con-I
tinue.
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STANDARD OF WAGES ,
It is being reported that con-|
tractors cn road work in Alaska j
are lengthening the working day
to 10 from eight hours and cut-,
ting the wage scale down to 4<j
cents per hour. The prevailing
wage scale in the towns on th a j
main stem of the Panhandle is
$5 for eight hours work.’ That is]
Ihe minimum average wage(
paid and should be standard.
Roari construction work is paict!
ior jointly from Territorial and)
Federal appropriations. Con
gress only recently passed a pre
vailing rate of wage law which
requires that ALL contractors!
doing government work pay
abor the prevailing rate of wag-1
is. That law is plain enough for j
any contractor to understand 1
The method usually employed,
at this season of the year is to1
import a few stranded Seattle1
footers at a minimum below 1< -,
cal standards. Local men are!
then offered (?) jobs at the pre-,
vailing scale. They refuse to
take the cut so the contractor
imports more Seattleites and at!
the same time establishes an
alibi for his scale skinning byi
declaring it impossible to hire
local labor.
It would be a good idea for
chamber of Comrru'ce ia eac .
■emmunity to check up ou the
wage scale paid and for their
wr good, insist tnat the pre
vailing wage sea • be main
tained.
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FIIRD SEED AND LINEMENT
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Six thousand dollars is the;
least sum on which the Alaska]
Chamber of Commerce can func!
1 ion the next two years, says the'
Juneau Errphe. Of this sum the
Territory is asked to provide $5,
T00 and $1,000 would bo put up
through membership fees. Tne
$6,000 would be used to pay cler
ical fees and publicity costs fo”,
the next two years.
The special committee which
submitted the plan is composed
of R. E Robertson Juneau, Al
fred J. Lomen, Nome and R. S.
Bragaw of Anchorage. I
T’m rank end file outside of
the Chamber movement is ask-,
ings what it’s all about.
J. R, JUSTICE *ON SC^OOVi
From Seattle Sta»’
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Tt is announce^ "'"rrr T7rar‘h
ington that the Indian ser. <r >
is consolidating the white end
Indian schools w’m-e this i‘
possible. The theory is that co
education of the two races will1
make better citizens of the In
dians. And no doubt this is
Hue. The big thing that may
be said, for the public schools is
that they “knead them all in the
;cme tray.” I
- m has made manv
mistakes, but he has made more
in dealing with the Indian than ]
in ary other way.
To which statement we addj
our own—it adds not to the In
dian welfare in Alaska, to place
him under the Indian Bureau
reservation and segregated ed
ucational system.
ALASKA INTERESTS AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL
(By W.A.S.
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Alaska had quite a few goot
nie Ida in Congress who will not '
answer “present” when the 72ndj
session convenes on December 7 j
next. One of these is Louis C.
Crampton, who has represented
the 7th district of Michigan f:r
the past 13 years. As chairman
of the House Appropriations
Committee, he has been in posi
tion to do many a good turn for
the Northland. He was one of
the eariy supporters of the Alas
ka Railroad and referring to it
some months ago declared that
“It is a development proposition
as I understand it, and I am
quite at a loss to understand
how the government could carry
on any vigorous development
program in Alaska without the
railroad.”
On November 12, 1930, wnen
the Subcommittee of the House
Appropriations Committee was
holding a hearing on the Interi
or Department appropriation
bill for 1932, Crampton is quoted
as saying: “With reference to
the Alaska Railroad, at the
time the government bind that
railroad, if it had been believed
that it was a commercial pro
position, I think we could as
sume that the government
would not have built it, and
would have left it to private ini
tiative to build the railroad. I
was here when the act passed,
and I remember very well the
discussion. I think probably the
most interesting speech I heard
since I have been in Congress
was Mr. Wickersham’s speech on
the resources of Alaska, in ad
vocating the building of this
railroad. I do not see how any
one could expect to hold the
department to a profit-making
railroad up there at this time.”
The more thought that mem
oirs rf Congress give to the
Alaska Raided, the more posi
ti— bc^-m""' «-ti0 impression that
t - government venture it has
not bean fairly encouraged and
supported. And many believe
that, the raising of freight and
passenger rates, effective in
March, was not the proper pana
cea for its assumed ills and that
it will be found advisable after
six or eight months experiment
to rescind this action next win
ter.
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Jack McCord, known ail over
Alaska, flew into Washington on
March 27th from Los Angeles.
He had a round-trip ticket and
had engaged passage to return
south on the plane that crashed
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Mother can buy candy or flowers
for herself
But
she can’t possibly get a photo of you unless you send
it. So come in, “see the birdie”-then watch
Mother smile when you make the
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Arrange a sitting NOW and be ready for
Mohers’ Day, Sunday May 10th
Look over the samples in our windows. Prices to
fit your purse.
H. Oyama
frcm the clouds March 31, car
lying Knute Rockne and seven
others to death in a pasture in
ihe state of Kansas. But Jack
was so busy around the Depart
tha„ he was unable to
fly from Washington until Thurs
day, thus likely escaping a sad
fatality. He plans to fly from
\os Angeles for Seattle and*
there board the steamer Admiral
Pvans on April 8th for Juneau
later sailing for the Westward,
where he has been raising
aiiiiiiiiiiiii
beep, foxes, etc
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Those interested in promoting
<he Lor, Angeles excursion this
year to Alaska, believe that its
effect was widespread and will
he reflected in various excur
: ions to the north this season.
Ernest Walker Sawyer was one
of the hardest workers to secure
the 170 excursionists last year
•rom Los Angeles. As a result
■jf that delightful excursion he
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