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WHAT Wll-li T1IK HARVEST BE?
When “Tex” Gill died, through
out the town there was a tease feel
iug. Just as he died he was lets
until late Sunday afternoon. Those
who desired to lay out the body
hesitated doing anything until after
there had been an inquest. Shortly
alter Sunday noon, when it wa -
learned that “Tex” still lay un
touched there was a small gathering
of those who were his friends, i'
was decided to go to the death room,
dress the body and lay it out.
representative of the THE ALAS'
KAN met ilans Wick on the street,
near Wheeler’s drug store and asn
ed what had been done—if anything.
“Has there been an inquest?”
“No. Not required.”
"How did “Tex” die?”
“Don’t know. Just died.”
“You don't know how he died
and then say that an inquest isn't
necessary?”
“Well, i was up there when he
was just about passing oft. Then
1 came in again. He was dead theq
1 closed his mouth.”
“You don’t think that Clausou is
going to call a coroners jury?”
“I don’t know.”
"Has the health officer 3een the
body? Has the health officer had
any thing to say as to what was
immediate cause of death?”
“I don’t know anything about it.”
“No death certificate made out?”
“I don’t know, Haven’t heard
anything about it.”
“How long is the body going to
lie as it is?”
“1 don’t know. 1 am going down
that way now.”
“You know that the manager of
the rooming house wants the body
taken out at once, don’t you? Hi;
has sent down word several times
to Clauson and there has been noth
ing done qor has there been any
reply made. What is going to be
done about that?”
“I don’t know anything about it.
Well, that was that. It was
known generally that a Department
of Justice (?) victim was dead,
but it appeared that no. one knew
anything else, nor cared. Friends
were a bit leary. There was a
feeling that there was a catch some
where, so nothing wa3 done.
In all our experiences, in many
climes, we have never yet seen any
thing so wofully cold blooded. Wi
have never yet ran across such
wanton neglect. Killers seldom bury
their dead. The messes they make
are usually left for others to clean
up, The city was relegated to the
position of grave digger and ferry
man and the Salvation Army gladly
rendered what service it could—•
and that was a lot.
The death of “Tex” is square up
to the doors of Brown, Wick and
Clauson. Of the three we blame
Clauson the least, but in nearly all
cases brought to him by the II. S.
marshal, he has allowed that of
ficial to dictate the nature of the
crime, the sentence and fines. The
government representative of Just
ice (?) says: “Sock it to ’em,” and
Clauson does.
Rightly, the arresting officer
should' hold his mouth shut until
questioned. In a court room he is
no more, after an arrest, than a
witness for the prosecution.' He
gives the court the circumstances
of the alleged crime or misdemean
or, as he has seen it, he tells why
the arrest, what lie has, himself, ,
seen and heard and what was done. (
But here in Petersburg the depart- .
ment of Justice( ?) official says. ,
“Sock it to him,” and the judge (?) .
does. But that is bureaucracy Just ,
as long as the representatives of the \
head bureaucrats in Washington i
manage our affairs, just so long (
■will we be up against the committing
i
of crime3 by alien police and bu
reau protected courts.
If we must have a U. S. marshal
here, let him attend , to his own
'business. And that may not bo.
exiling sick men to Skagway to
make a profit on their board, nor
shooting deer to feed prisoners
with here.
And we should have our own
magistrate; some one amenable to
us right here in town. All we have
to do is to select and elect. We
shall have to put a crimp on bureau
cracy sometime and we might just
as well begin here now and grow
up tc a muchly needed change.
And we can and must police our
own city. We can’t pay an officer
$150 or more per month to snoop
around in the gumshoe tracks of
a dry squad man from Idaho, nor
to spend a big part of his time as
a hall janitor while our streets are
going dirty.
Brown says that “Tex” was no
good; a vag, a pimp and a parasite
That is Brown’s version. Where is
“Tex” to defened himself againBt
this accusation? He’s dead. Dead
men tell no tales. Anyway, it’s
pretty small to kick a man after
he’s down. It’s smaller to curse a
corpse.
And when it comes to '‘parasite”
—well, a marshal (U S) comes as
near a fit to that word as anything
! we know of. He lives oft" society, he
j produces nothing.
There Is a long list of grievances
lying close to the local branch of
the department of “Justice” that
haven’t been t aired. We surely
hope that this “Tex” affair will
sober it up so that there’ll be a
closer walking of the chalk line.
-AGAINST WASHINGTON TRAPS
In the Chinook Observer of March
2nd there is a copy of the new
initiative bill—number 5—now be
ing circulated for signatures.
It is against traps, puree seines
and, in fact, all small mesh gear
The aim is to abolish all sorts of
fish killing appliances but the hook
and the gill net. The Observer
says that it will destroy, if the bill
is successful, the fourth largest in
dustry in the state valued at
$20,000,000.
Well, sooner or later the trap
must go and all small mesh gear
will follow. The seine isn’t 30 dead
ly as it is in the water but a small
fraction of the time that a trap is,
but it has a reputation of snaring
an alarming number of salmon just
the same.
There can be no true conservation
of salmon until the trap is put out
of business. What is the true value
oi salmon of the future compared
to the value of the traps of today0
Admitting that the small mesh gear '
devices with sites and equipment
reach a value of $20,000,000, it is
better that the dollars be sacrificed
now than to deplete the Washington ’
rivers of salmon, worth untold mil
lions in food value in the future if
their instruments of death are put
aut of commission before it is too
late. r
We know what the trap has done
to the salmon in Alaska, and that f
in a comparatively 3hort time,
rhat the Columbia River has not r
been fished completely out is be- (
-ause the State Fish Commission,
jacked by rather efficient legislation,
tas done a better job in ways of
mservation, than has the Bureau
)f Fisheries of Alaska playing tight
md loose with the packing trusts of i
he territory. Even at that, there t
ire few salmon in Washington’s €
streams in comparison to the quant- r
ty there once was, and the salmon 1
rap is more to blame for the limit c
id number than any other killing i
nechanlnm. The trap has ran its
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Ham is at its best immediately after the curing process has beeu
fully qompleted, and the Frye packing plant adds efficiency of distri
bution to skill in selection and preparation. Every FRYE’S “DELI
CIOUS” BRAND HAM has passed through rigid double inspection—
there can be no variation in the high standards inf perfection.
DOUBLE inspection by U. S. Gov
eminent and Frye experts is your
double assurance of quality.
Write to Frye & Co., Seattle, for
Frye’s “Meat Guide.” Send 3<£ to
cover postage.
course. It has made fortunes for
both fisher and packer. It has
cut a wide swath and it is time it
was (numbered with those things
too destructive to keep* in commis
sion. Any one standing up for the
trap these days is he who cares not
for the future nor his children nor
the welfare of the country.
HAIL, HAIL!
All Hail! to the nag of Alaska,
With it’s field of a deep azure blue,
And it's stars from “the great con
stellation
That point to the ONE STAR that’s
true.”
For this is what A. N. B. Brothers
Ever use as a guide to their home,
Where the SISTERHOOD wait3 for
their coming,
Mo matter how far they may roam.
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From the whalers who brave the
Great North Wind.
Io the fishermen nearer our shore;
rhe A. N. B. Sisters and Brothers,
Will worship this flag evermore.
We honor our A. N. B. banner,
rhe flag of the NATIVES today;
t’s bringing them closer together,
Where truth, strength and justice
hold sway.
rhree Cheers! for the flags of Alas
ka, ,
fhe red, white and blue, and the
gold;
together they stand for great free-*
lorn
to all who come under their folds.
AGNES R. FLETCHER,
Klawock, Alaska.
The Alaska-Mendenhall Fur Farm
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ear Juneau, is preparing to go in- }
o the raising of Lynx as fur bear
rs. This farm has been in the
link business for some time and
ias experimented more or less with
ther valuable animals. The report
* that $200 are offered per pair
f healthy lynx.
CONSOLIDATION
A move is under way to consoli
date the several Banks of Italy in
the Lnited States. Under one head
these affairs will stand up with the
strongest financial institutions in the
country. “Banks of Italy” are scat
tered pretty much throughout the
Lnited States.
The San Juan Pkg. Co., are build
ing a one line cannery at Tutka
Bay, near Seldovla.
! A survey of Dry Pass, west coast
of Prince of Wales Island, has been
approved by the War Department.
It is presumed that work will be
gin this spring. There are several
bad places in the pass which forbid
the passage of any sort of vessel
unless the tides be high. The dep
ening of the Pass will greatly aid
in navigation of fish boats and offers
protected waters from Heceta Inlet
to Sumner Straits.
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Babyhood brings health emergencies
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One Mother write—“I marvel at
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