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Charlie Ruggles
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The Girl Habit
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He just couldn’t resist the fair sex-which was fair
enough until his fiancee found it out—then the fun started
SEE—Charlie in this great comedy—You’ll enjoy every
moment.—ALSO ALBERT PETERSON— in Accordion Solos
on the stage—He’s There—Ask those who heard him last
night.
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SATURDAY — SUNDAY — MONDAY
ON a Big Three Day Run—
Constance Bennett
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“BOUGHT”
SEE—Constance Bennett in her finest Dramatic Portrayal
—A perfect star in a Perfect Picture.
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TUESDAY — WEDNESDAY
PAL NITES
With Stewart Erwin and Harry Green—A great Comedy
with Great Comedians.
BUY SCRIP AND MAKE PAL NITES YOUR SHOW NITES.
contribute practically all. That'
is, each Indian Is taxed $377 a
year to be supervised by a bu
reaucrats.
On other reservations it’s the
same story. The Uintahs pay
$108 apiece; the Apaches on the
Mescalero reserve cough up $163
a year; the Jacarillas get off for
$102.
Sweat on, Red Brother; sweal
on!—Seattle Star.
Protection of Fish in Alaska
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H. R. 6483
(Continued from last week)
Mononply in the Bristol Bay
Fisheries
The hearings on this bill show
that Bristol Bay is the narrow
channel through which the most
valuable variety of Alaska salm
on reaches their natural spawn
ing beds in the rivers tributary
to its waters. This variety of
salmon is known to the trade
and in common parlance as reds
or sockeyes. These are the most
desirable and highest priced
salmon on the American market,
and Bristol Bay is, by far, the
greatest single producer of this
particular fish on the Alaska
coast. A case of canned salmon
contains forty-eight 1-pound
cans. The average market price
of Alaska reds is $10 per case,
while other varieties of canned
salmon average two, three, or
more dollars per case below reds.
Out of a total of 1,183,001
cases of salmon packed on Bris
tol Bay in 1931, there were 1,
107,725 cases of reds packed,
equal to 93 per cent of the total.
This pack of Bristol Bay reds
had a total market value of
811,000,000 and this average
pack value for that bay has held
good for many years The red
pack from Bristol Bay consti
tutes about one-flfth of the en
tire Alaska pack of canned
salmon. For nearly 25 years
there have been about 25 can
neries on Bristol Bay, canning
reds. These canneries are located
cn the bay or river shore, at
points where there is good an
chorage and an abundance of
fresh-water streams, both o?
which are indispensable in car
rying on fish-cannery work.
Very early in the history of
canning reds on this bay the
nonresident cannery companies
saw their opportunity for mo
nopolizing this business by secur
ing the ownership of shore can
nery sites, since each new can
nery naturally divided the sup
ply of fish coming yearly into
that bay. After locating and
constructing canneries on 22
cannery sites, they adopted a
shrewd system of acquiring a1
complete monopoly of the bay1,
and the fish resorting to it in
this way: They made a careful •
examination of the shores of the ,
bay and streams emptying into ,
it with a view to securing all (
other sites upon which can- «
neries might be constructed, i
caused a survey of every such j
site to be made, applied to the j
United States to purchase every
such possible site, paid for them
with soldiers’ additional home- ‘
stead scrip (which did not re- J
quire the purchaser to make any i
settlement or improvements!
procured United States patents
for such lands, and now hold tht
title to every possible cannerj
site on that bay, and have helc
them unimproved for m a n 3
years, thereby preventing th<
construction of any other shore
cannery on that bay. In that waj
they have had and held a com
plete monoply of the fisheries oi
Bristol Bay for nearly a quartei
of a century and demand the
right to do so forever. Only a
floating cannery can now gel
into Bristol Bay, for the shore
canneries now there control all
the shore sites, and if the bii]
H R. 6483 shall pass Congress
it will effectually drive them
out, and thus practically guaran
tee the entire monoply of this
great natural food supply, be
longing to the people of the
United States, in the shore can
neries now situated on this bay
The hearings on this bill dis
closed, without denial or ques
tion, another harmful type ol
monopoly in the Bristol Bay fisli
eries, national in its character
in this way: That Libby, McNeill
& Libby, operated 6 of these
snore-site canneries, and in 1931
packed 20.5 per cent of the total
Bristol Bay pack; that that com
pany is a subsidiary of Swift &
Co., the Chicago meat trust; that
the Alaska Packers Association
of San Francisco, said to be the
author of this bill, operated rt
shore-site canneries, and in 1931
packed 37.5 per cent of the
pack; that that company is 3
subsidiary of the California
Packing Corporation, the fruit
and food canning trust; that the
Nakat Packing Corporation op
erated 1 cannery in Bristol Bay
and in 1931 packed 4.4 per cent
of the total pack in that bay;
that the Nakat Co. is a subsidi
ary of the Great Atlantic &
Pacific Tea Co. of America, with
its 15,000 chain stores, which
also has 5 more canneries in
southeastern Alaska. These 3
great food-trust companies own
14 out of a possible 27 shore-site
canneries in Bristol Bay and in
L931 packed 62.4 per cent of the
entire Bristol Bay pack of reds,
the most valuable fish on the
\laska coast. No testimony was
elicited in the hearings to con
nect the other Bristol Bay can
aeries with the food trusts
except the testimony which
dearly shows they are all in the
sombine to monoplize all the
shore-cannery sites in that bay,
vhereby all independent can
leries and fishermen, especially
Alaska resident fishermen are
■xcluded from its valuable flsh
sries, either as operators or
aborers. it appears to be a
rater-tight monoply, based on,
Wfefck acts of Congress, of the
most valuable fisheries in A
merican waters, which belong to
the people of the United States,
[who pay through the nose.
Another Evil of Bristol Bay
Monopoly
The hearings on this bill dis
closes that the canneries in
Bristol Bay, and generally on
the Alaska coast, have adopted
the practice of importing all
their fishermen and cannery
laborers from San Francisco,
Portland, and Seattle, to the
general exclusion of resident
Alaska fishermen and laborers.
These laborers are all brought
to these Alaska canneries each
spring in their vessels with the
seasons supplies of food, cans,
and other cannery necessities
The fishermen come under a
season contract, at wage rates
much below normal, the cannery
workers—the oriental, crew—are
brought along under an agree
ment with some Chinese boss
contractor, who employs them
at the port of departure, who
feeds them on rice, in Chinese
quarters, receives a fixed sum
for their wages, and pays them
off when they return to San
Francisco, Portland, or Seattle,
after fishing season is closed.
This Chinese boss and his em
ployees are termed the oriental
crew for they are all Chinese,
Japanese, Filipinos, Mexicans,
etc., and they represent the very
lowest class of human laborers.
The official report (Bowers, 1930.
p. 48) presented to the commit
tee in the hearings shows that
in 1930 there were 3,591 white
persons—vessel crews, imported
fishermen, and machine workers,
engaged in canning fish in the
region about Bristol Bay; also
2,107 imported orientals—Chin
ese, Filipinos, Japanese, Mexi
cans etc.—and but 295 resident
natives of Alaska—65 per cent
; whites, 30 per cent orientals and
but 0.05 per cent native Alas
kans. This imported peonage
system has resulted in creating
a bread line of hungry unem
ployment along the fishing
, coast of Alaska from Ketchikan
to Bristol Bay. It is the direct
result of the laws enacted by
Congress for the control of the
Alaska fisheries, the most valu
able in the world, by monopoly.
This bill tends strongly to per
petuate that system.
(To be continued)
SATISFACTION
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Says a news contemporary o?
recent date: “California’s De
mos show Heavy gains.” Pre
election spirits are less potent
than post-election. To those who
would take consolation in the
gains made by Democrats in
California let it be remembered
that President Hoover during
the recent primaries polled more
votes than Garner-Roosevelt
and Smith combined. Believe it
or not!
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There are three distinct Sab
baths in the Holy Land—Friday
for the Mohammedans; Satur
day for the Jews, and Sunday for
the Christians. Which means
three distinct excuses for slam -
ming each other in the pokey
for violating the mandates of
the various prohibition parties.
—Seward Gateway.
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Drat Those Optimists!—
M. C. Phillips returned from
the convention of undertakers
at Yakima enthused with the
prospects for a record crop in
Washington this year.—Wilbur
(Wash.) paper.
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Answering the Call.—
All State officers plan to be
present at the opening of the
homes for the feeble-minded.—
“30 Years Ago Today” in the
Wisconsin State Journal.
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BED CATCHES FIRE;
WOODEN LEG BURNED
D. W. McLendon, Atlanta.Ga.,
57-year-old cripple with two
wooden legs, was severly burned
recently when his bed caught
fire, destroying both wooden legs
He was rescued by neighbors and
taken to a hospital.
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Siam is another country that'
has gone off of the gold stand-j1
ard because of the slump. The
slump In this country was due :
to slump in rice.
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Washington
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Forester in Washington
B. F. Heintzleman, assistant
regional forester, who has be'en
in the East a couple of months
past, has been delayed in de
parting for his headquarters at
Juneau, by the recent death cf
his father in Cumberland coun
ty, Pennsylvania. B. F. Stewart,
supervising mining engineer,
will return from a short trip to
New York this week and expects
to leave for Juneau a few days
later.
Lecture on Alaska
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On Thursday evening at the
University Club a lecture on
Alaska, with particular refer
ence to the hunting of large
game, was given by Assistant
Attorney General Seth W. Rich
ardson, in which connection, As
sistant Attorney General Chas.
B. Rugg showed extensive mov
ing and still pictures pertinent
to the talk. Both these gentle
men, as well as Attorney Gen
eral Charles P. Sisson, have
made trips to various parts ot
the Territory and are enthusias
tic Alaska boosters.
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Tax B. C. Coal
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The Delegate was interested
in having the House include and
pass in its revenue bill an excise
tax on foreign coal brought into
the United States and Alaska, of
10 cents per one hundred pounds
The Senate Committee on Fin
ance has had hearings on the
bill for the past week and will
soon report the bill to the Se -
nate, and it is hoped to retain
the tax on coal. If this clause
becomes a law it is expected that
the tax of $2 per ton on British
Columbia coal shipped into
Alaska will be an encourage
ment for the greater develop
ment of Territorial coal mines
and the supplying of local needs
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Flag Waving
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In a letter from the Interior
inquiry is made as to whether
or not a private citizen may fly
tlie U. S. Flag from a pole at his
home other than on a holiday.
The War Department states that
there is no regulation against
the flying of the flag.
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Want Game Reserve
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Delegate Wickersham has re
ceived copy of a petition sent by
the residents of Kenai, Tyonic,
Ninilchik, Homer, and Seldovia,
praying that a moose and sheep
sanctuary be established within
the land area between the south
shore of Kenai river and of Shil
ak lake, and the north shore of
Kusilof river and Tustamera
lake, and between the east sho re
of Cook Inlet and the glacier on
the west slope of Kanai moun
tain. The residents in the towns
referred to want an open season
at all times on brown and black
bear and all other predatory |
animals in the proposed sanctu
ary. The petitioners also protest
against a game sanctuary that
will be proposed to the Alaska
Game Commission, and that
embraces all the territory north
of Kanai river, it is contended
that this territory is not moose
country and consists mainly of
mosquito infested swamps that
parallel the coast for its entire
length. The matter has been
taken up with the Department
of Agriculture.
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Encourage Mines
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Delegate Wickersham has in
troduced a bill, with the approv
al of the Interior Department
and the operating coal com
panies, that will encourage the
mining of coal and insure the
operation of more than one
mine. The bill reads as follows:
‘That in order to prevent mon
oply and to insure the continu
ance of two or more companies
operating coal mines in the
rerritory of Alaska adjacent to
;he Alaska Railroad, the General
Manager of the Alaska Railroad,
vith the approval of the Secre
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tary of the Interior, is hereby
authorized to purchase coal for
the railroad from one or more
operating companies submitting
competitive bids at the rate fix
ed in the lowest competitive bid
or at such reasonable price or
prices as may be fixed and de
termined by said official.” •
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Would Lease Station
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Within the past few weeks two
different parties have written
from Rampart to see if they
could not lease or rent the prop
erty formerly used as the Ram
part Agriculture station. It is
learned that under existing
conditions this is not now pos
sible, as on Oct. 28, 1925 the
station was turned over by the
Agriculture Department to the
Territorial Highway Engineer,
for use as a public aviation field.
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Juvenile Offenders
The U. S. Marshal of the Se
cond division has sought to in
terest the Department of Justice
in trying to get some concerted
action between the Territory
and the Federal government in
tiie treatment of juvenile de
linquency offenders, and if pos
sible to have them cared for in
the Territory.
Transfer Property
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The Department of Justice
has informed the Delegate of a
willingness to endorse a bill that
he will introduce in Congress
transferring the old court house
site in Nome to the City to be
used for road purposes. The old
building on the site has been
used by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs for a school building, but
the completion of a new build
ing now makes useless the old
and dilapidated structure.
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New Alaska Chief
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Many endorsements have been
received by Delegate Wicker
sham and filed with the Bureau
of Indian Affairs, urging the ap
pointment o f Charles W.
Hawkesworth as Chief of the
Alaska division. He now holds
the position of Acting Chief and
the report is current that soon
the position of Chief will be fill
ed by appointment. The Com
missioner of the Bureau informs
the Delegate that if the direct
ing position or a professional
education position is now other
wise filled that Mr. Hawkes
worth can return to other duties,
as his ability and personal
qualities are highly regarded.
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Blue Sky Law
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Protests have been received
from Ketchikan against the pas
sage of a compulsory Sunday
observance bill that would com
pel the barbers in the District
of Columbia to observe Sunday.
It is contended that if this bill
were to become a law it would
establish a dangerous precedent
for passing more stringent Sun
day Blue Law legislation. But it
does not seem probable that the
bill will pass this Congress.
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Seward Postmaster
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Letters have been received
from Seward recommending the
reappointment of Charles Shel
don as Postmaster at Seward,
whose present commission ex
pires on May 12. It is expected
that his nomination will soon
be sent to the Senate.
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Sitka Farm Station
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Superintendent W. Leslie Yaw !
is desirous that the Sheldon !
Jackson School be privileged to!
take over the management ofj!
the agricultural station a t i <
Sitka, now that it has been \
practically abandoned by the <
Department of Agriculture. The \
matter has been taken up with I
the proper official, by the Dele
gate, and Dr. Alberts and Chas. \
H. Flory have been directed to j
have a survey made of the situa * jj
Lion regarding the disposal of j *
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Permanent Wave $5J
Swanson’s Beauty Shop
the Sitka and Matanuska sta
tions.
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Yakutat Land Bill
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The House Committee on
Public Lands has made a favor
able report on the frll to auth
orize the Secretary cf the In
terior to issue to the Yakutat
and Southern Railway a patent
in fee to 69 acres upon the re
gular payment therefor and on
the relinquishment of its grant
for terminal ground on Monti
Bay. To the bill was added the
amendment, “subject to existing,
valid claims.” The Delegate fur
ther secured an agreement from
the Railway to lease to the
village of Yakutat the land oc
cupied by its power and light
plant, for the nominal consider
ation of $5 per year. This bill has
the approval of the Interior De
partment.
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Radio Stations
The Alaska Pacific Salmon
Corporation has made applica
tion to the Federal Radio Com •
mission for construction permit
for new transmitter for tele
phone and telegraph service at
Chomley and at Cape Chacon.
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Highway Engineer Wants to Know
How to Get Money For Reads
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Replying to the Fairbanxs
Chamber of Commerce, which
submitted to him a petition ask
ing for the construction of a
road from the Steese highway
up Porcupine Creek, William H.
Hesse, territorial highway en
gineer, draws a rather gloomy
picture of the outlook for in
augurating construction of that
or any other new roads by the
territory.
The attention of the chamber
was directed to the fact that the
last legislature “appropriated
$2,433,897 which greatly exceeds
the revenues for any period even
when times were good and when
the industries, particularly those
that support the territory, were
flourishing.
It costs $70,000 a month out- !
side of any consideration of
roads to run the territory which
means that it will take $840,000
during the next year of the
biennium and that the road
funds will have to be used to
carry on the other activities of j
the territory. I will admit that it,
is mockery to appropriate money
lor roads and then use it for
everything but roads, but these
are the facts and hollering a
bout it isn’t going fo help mat
ters any.
“I spend the most of my time
answering petitions for roads
and trying to explain the diffi
culty of building or even main
taining roads without money. If
people would be kind enough to
tell us how or where to get the
money we would be only too
pleased to put it on the roads,
but this phase of the question
does not interest them.
“The prospects are at this
time that we will not have a
dollar for roads this year, every
thing will depend upon the re
ceipts that are yet to come in.
I can even see where taxes may
not be paid, such things have
happened before in better times
than these. We have been, indi
vidually and collectively on a
spending spree and we have a
head ache coming whether we
like it or not. The safe and sensi
ble thing to do is to put on the
brakes and do it at once.
“Sooner or later people must
learn that it takes money to
spend money, and the only
means that has ever been dis
covered for raising it is by taxa
tion, and I question the wisdom
Announcing
The opening of the Drugless
Chiropractic Health Office in
the Enge building just below
Enge,s Theatre building, on
Monday May 16, 1932
We use only Chiropractic and other
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Yon are not obligated by our thorough
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Hours 9 to 12 and I to 6