THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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MONDAY, MAY 12, 1919
SAFEGUARDING RESOURCES
The output of Alaska canned sal
mon, or rather that portion of It
shipped through Seattle, last year ex
ceeded in value more than, $50,000,
000. This for canned products alone.
To which must be added the value of
the salted and cured salmon in order
to arrive at the total value of the
fishing industry to the nation last sea
son.
During the past thirty-six years, not
including the last season, $347,207,
259 worth of sea products have been
taken from Alaskan waters. Last
year’s production will bring this
amount to at least $400,000,000. And
the fishing industry of Alaska is just
getting under way.
In the upkeep of this industry more
than 25,000 workers were employed.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars thus
came into circulation in Alaska and
the commerce of the country was en
riched from that source. The future
of the industry should be even more
beneficial to Alaska and the country
at large than the past.
New methods are being used. New
uses for sea foods are being found
daily. With the proper attention the
fisheries of Alaska will prove to be.®
never-ending source of enrichment for
the territory.
In order that there may be no dimi
nution in this source of income it is
up to the territory to provide for re
plenishing the fish which are yearly
taken from our waters. A large per
centage of the taxes collected by the
territory comes from the fisheries.
And as the industry prospers the
taxes will increase.
It is only good business to expend
some of the taxes collected now to
take proper care of the salmon beds
and spawning grounds-, to provide
hatcheries and give the industry every
safeguard possible. Money thus ex
pended will return fourfold to the ter
ritory in the future.
A bill providing for hatcheries has
been passed by the territorial legis
l^ture. It is something which is
needed. It is of as much interest tc
Interior people as to those on the
coast to provide for the welfare oi
the fishing industry, and few people
will object to any reasonable amount
. being expended by the legislature foi
this purpose.—Fairbanks Citizen.
I
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
Delegate Wiekersham Is makin)
gome very serious accusations agains
' a former member of the Alaskan er
gineering commission, who is no\
governor of the territory, admits th
Anchorage Times, one of the leadin,
Wick organs of the territory. What’
the big idea, anyway? We had sui
posed that the election was over. W
don’t want this railway projec
dragged in any political fight, contii
ues the coast paper; for that mean
congressional Investigation, whic
will accomplish nothing, but ma
cause a delay. And the people of thi
community don’t want any more d
lay in the construction work on th:
road. There are lots of idle me
about town who want to get to wor
and this town is interested in seein
that they get on the Job as soon i
the appropriation is available.—N
nana News.
Wiekersham, ho we understand, i
tends to continue his contest for tl
seat awarded the late Mr. Sulze
Which apparently indicates th
“Wick the warrior” would rather co
fine himself to dead topics than con
Into contact with live issues.—FaJ
banks Citizen.
The clam from now on will be pi
tected in Alaska. The opening of tl
clamming season will henceforth 1
looked forward to in the territory tl
same as the deer and duck seaeoi
The old clam gun will be taken dov
from the shelf with loving hands ai
oiled and polished to be ready for ti
first open day. An amendment should
be made to the law to set a limit on
the number of clams that can be taken
by one person In a season, and also
should provide that only buck clams
may be killed. These amendments
would protect the bivalve from the
clam hogs who slaughter them for
sport and leave their carcasses to rot
on the beach.—Douglas News.
For some months there has been a
controversy between Mr. Burleson,
postmaster general of the United
States, and the steamship companies
over the carrying of- Alaska mails.
All these months the, people of Alaska
have been without adequate mail serv
ice and paying full postal rates. This
controversy, as we understand, arises
from failure of the postal department
to fix mail contracts on a fair basis
on account of increased cost of steam
ship operation during the war; the
steamship companies being allowed to
advance rates but being denied
any increased rate for carrying the
mail from the government. After all,
it is the Alaska people that sufTer as
a result of this controversy. If it is
fair to increase freight rates, is it not
equally fair to allow the companies
increased compensation for carrying
the Alaska mails? Alaska people
have endured the inconvenience of the
mail controversy, and at the same
time paid the bills for postage. The
Alaska public have rights, and a claim
to Justice and fair dealing as between
the postal department and the steam
ship companies. This should be the
claim for a basis of settlement. If
Mr. Burleson can not settle this con
troversy he Bhould let the people of
Alaska know it at once. The Dispatch
believes when it finally sifts down it
will fie found that Mr. Burleson has
sustained his reputation—and simply
made another blunder, which has
characterized his administration
from the very start.—Juneau Dis
patch.
MXAK1HY BUY IWIlt
WOUNDED AND SHOCKED
Mrs. J. B. Underwood of McCarthy
has received a letter from her son,
James Morris, from Coblenz, Ger
many, In which he says he has h«$d
the pleasure of crossing the Rhine,
also that he had been wounded twice
and shell-shocked twice, receiving
four crosses for bravery. He did not
tell his mother any of his troubles
until now. James Morris was the
first boy to volunteer from McCarthy.
He will return to the North some time
in June. Several of his McCarthy
friends have received cards from him
since he has been in Germany. ( He
is a brother of Abe Morris, who left
Cordova with the Thirteenth engineers
for Camp Lewis.
R. D. Kelsey, steamship agent at
Valdez, arrived in Cordova yesterday
on the Alameda to meet his wife, who
is returning home from the States
aboard the Admiral Farragut.
CLEAN-UP NOTICE
If you have not cleaned up your
premises you had better do so at
once. Prosecutions will be started
immediately against those who have
failed to do so.
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Soldiers Keep Their Uniforms for Ceremonial Use
TOWARD the end of the Sixty-fifth congress protests against the return of
uniforms by soldiers poured into congress. For example, here Is part of a
memorial from the legislature of Montana: . 1
“Memorial to congress of the
t- United States to enact such leglsla
mSOldiERS, 1 tion as may be necessary to permit
• * SAILORS,and! the honorably discharged soldier, ma
MARINES I rinei or sailor to retain in his posses
flW KEEP /, #Sjon suci, clothing as, under the provi
UNIFORflS v sions of paragraph 1165, army regula
tions, he is permitted to take to his
I home.
Whereas under provisions of para
graph 1165, army regulations, an enlist
• D-ww" ed man honorably discharged is per
" ’- piitted to wear one suit of uniform
outer clothing front the place of termitfhtlon of his active service to his home,
which clothing will be returned within four months after termination of his
active service, by mail under a franked label;
Whereas these soldiers, marines, and sailors have taken much pride in
their uniforms and wish the privilege of keeping them in their possession;
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the house (the senate concurring) that we, the members of
the Sixteenth legislative assembly of the state of Montana, do hereby petition
and earnestly pray the congress of the United States to enact such legislation
as may be necessary to change the provisions of paragraph 1165, army regu
lations, and make it possible for an honorably discharged man to retain one
suit of uniform outer clothing.”
The result was that a bill was passed and the act was signed by the presi
dent reversing previous orders that noncommissioned officers and privates
must turn in their uniforms. The act provides that uniforms and personal
equipment may be retulned and may be worn on occasions of ceremony.
This act applies to soldiers, sailors and marines honorably discharged
since November 11, 1018, or hereafter honorably discharged.
REPRESENTATIVE 600P OF IOWA
The congressional election of 1918v
having taken the control of the house
of representatives from the Demo
crats, the Republican majority is re
organizing the house for the Sixty
sixth congress.' The Republican com
mittee on committees tentatively
slated for chairman of the appropria
tions committee James William Good
of Iowa. This appropriations com
mittee is one of the “ten principal”
committees and In the present condi
tion of congressional legislation It Is
evident that it Is an exceedingly Im
portant -committee. Incidentally the
Republicans have decided to change
the ratio of representation In these tan
committees from 12 majority and 8
'minority members to 13 majority and
8 minority members. i
Mr. Good represents the Fifth
Iowa district It Is composed of the
counties of Benton, Cedar, Grundy.
InnM TJnn Marahall And Tama. HU
constituents number approximately 200,000. His home city Is Cedar Kapias.
He Is a “native eon," having been bom bs Linn county September 24,1800. He
| was graduated from Coe college in 18M and received the degree of bachelor
. of taws from the University of Michigan. , w
The new chairman of the appropriations committee has been in wasn
i tngton for 12 years, having been elected to the Sixty-first congress and con
tinuously re-elected since that time. v
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