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THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1918
THt NEW GOVERNOR
The Dispatch extends to Governor
Riggs a most cordial welcome. Gov
ernor Riggs comes to Juneau highly
recommended as a clean, wholesome
Alaskan. It will be the aim and pur
pose of The Dispatch to co-operate in
every essential with Governor Riggs
for the upbuilding of this great Terri
tory. At no time will he find politics
entering the newspaper game as play
ed between Governor Riggs and The
Dispatch. We want him, to make
good, and we know if he follows his
own inclinations "he can make good.
He certainly has the best wishes of
this paper for the administration of
his high and honorable office. —Ju-i
neau Dispatch.
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WELCOME TO GOV. AND MRS.
RIGGS
The Empire joins in the universal
welcome that is being extended to
Gov. Riggs, the ninth Governor of
Alaska, and Mrs. Riggs, by the peo
ple of Alaska.
Gov. Riggs comes to the head of
Territorial affairs with a long Alas
kan record behind him. He was one
•of those who rushed into the Klon
dike in isk7—one of the stampeders
Jrom whom we gained so many of
the sterling men and women who1
make up the population of this great!
Territory. He has spent most of the
twenty-one years that have elapsed!
since that time in the North, and has !
had the experiences and associations !
of a pioneer Alaskan.
Behind this Alaskan experience j
there is sturdy American Revolution-1
ary stock, a character that is as i
strong as it is wholesome and hon- j
est, an energy that knows not the
meaning of failure, a purpose to j
achieve, and an active mind with a j
Princeton University training.
Juneau extends greetings to Gov.!
Riggs, hails him as chief, and wishes
him a happy and successful admin
istration. And to Mrs. Riggs, the
gracious First Lady of the Territory,
thrice welcome to the Capital £ity! —
Juneau Empire.
HIS MEASURE AT A GLANCE
The new Governor of Alaska, Thos.
Riggs, Jr., came and met hundreds
of people, presumably to give them a
chance to measure him up. Which
measure taken at a glance, we are
happy to say is to his credit; and his
words and action, he seems to have
already smoother many wrinkles In
the political blanket; and although
politics were not publicly discussed,
he managed to leave the impression
on everybody's mind that politics was
not his favorite game. Again to his
credit, and let us hope that he will re
frain from forming the habit of play
ing the gamd. •
From what measure we have takei
of him, the Governor is not a mai
who will bend the knee before a ma
chine, clique or faction in holy sub
mission. We believe him to be a mai
while professing to be of the Demo
cratic faith, will not warp his con
science to please a faction. This w<
say despite the fact that we weri
fooled before.
All in all, the new Governor left ii
the minds of all who had the honoi
and pleasure of meeting him, a plea
sant impresson, which was evidence*
by the generous welcome accorde*
him and to which the Progressive
Miner joined heartily. Meanwhile
we shall all hope that the Chief Exe
cutive will give no cause during hi*
incumbency to dsifigure the memorj
of this first happy meeting.—Ketchi
kan Progressive-Miner.
RESTAURATEURS JUSTIFY
HIGH CHARGES FOR EOOE
CONDON, May 9. — Proprietors ol
the fashionable restaurants in whai
is known as the west end have beer
busy writing letters to the newspa
pers in an effort to counteract the
criticism that they are fleecing th*
now partly-rationed public. The
grievance of the public is that they
are charged as much and sometimes
more for the smaller dishes than
they paid for the larger ones before
the days of compulsory rationing.
Nor have the eating places made any
allowance for the fact that they no
longer serve sugar and butter. In
creased war-time cost of labor and
tablewear is given by the restaurant
proprietors as justification for their
action.
The head of one of the most ex
pensive Strand hotels, popular with
Americans, takes the line that the
gross profits of his place are less
than in pre-war days. The increased
cost of labor and materials has, he
says, made necessary the extra
charges for less food. He deals exnaus
tively with the subject in a letter to
the papers and gives a table which
show's that table-linen and other ar
ticles have been trebled in price since
the war.
: WOMAN TRAPS SKUNKS
TO PURCHASE BONDS
—
! CLEARFIELD, Pa., May 9. — Mrs
• Charles F. Sloppy lives in the heart
of the Alleghanies, and spends the
i lonely days of winter In reading the
■ newspapers and trapping the; fur
• bearing animals which may still be
I found in the fastnesses of the forest.
I She has been deeply interested in the
■ progress of the war, as are all the
, mountain people of Central Pennsyl
vania, and when the news of the third
Liberty loan reached her humble
home, she decided to lend to the gov
ernment such money as she had ac
cumulated from her winter’s work.
So one morning she walked fifteen
miles into Clearfield, and entering a
bank, asked for eleven $100 Liberty
Bonds. These, she explained as the
receipt was being made out, each re
presented 20 skunk skins. She ex
pressed regret that she did not have
the "hide of the Kaiser to sell with
those of the other skunks.”
Mrs. Sloppy has 60 traps scattered
through the mountains and she is
usually rewarded with pelts enough
to make her daily round of the traps
] well worth while. But her captives
are not always skunks. Occasionally
I she gets a mink for which the trad
ers cheerfully pay her $13, and fre
| fluently a weasel which is almost as
j valuable.
Mr. Sloppy is a alnsen? farmer omf
Question
Send- the Wheat
Meat Fats Sugar
the fuel for Fighters
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION '■ )
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tie too, has been able to buy Libertj
bonds, to the value of $1,000. But hi
earned every cent of it from his las
season's “digging.”
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• , —just as they come “Hi
Press” takes them on and
beats them. There never
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WE WIN!
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The Spirit you have shown is
the Spirit that will bring our
boys back from Europe with a
glorious victory to their credit.
Bank of Alaska
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PAID ADVERTISEMENT
CHAS. A. SULZER
Candidate - for Re-election
As
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
From Alaska
“In deciding to enter the primaries as a candidate for Delegate to Congress
from Alaska, I feel impelled to make a brief statement to the people of the
territory. It is now nearly a year since I was seated in the House as Alaska’s
representative to congress. During the most of this time the United States
has been engaged in a world war, and every resource of the nation, including
money and man power, is being devoted to the single purpose of winning this
great war. Every member of congress in considering legislation for the na
tion has placed the country’s war needs above all needs and requirements and
has subordinated his desires to the military establishment of the United States
“Aiaska has responded nobly to the nation’s call. She has given her share
willingly and unstintingly. AVhen the Democratic party went before the peo
ple of Alaska in November, 1916, it stood for a certain constructive
Progi am which embodied- as its principal elements a wider measure of
home rule for the territory, and a sane and rational policy in the develop
merit of natural resources and every possible aid to the pioneers of the coun
“I have introduced among others the following bills in congress which I
am pressing for passage as opportunity affords:
“Granting Alaska full territorial form of government with home rule the
dominating principle.
“Regulating the fisheries of Alaska along lines that will be fair to all, and
the protection of the salmon supply from depletion.
Making changes in the homestead laws by abolishing the eighty rod
reservation.
“Authorizing free surveys of homesteads in isolated sections.
( hanging the game lawrs so as to give the people a better opportunity to
use the game of the country without its being slaughtered.
“Extending the federal farm loan act to Alaska.
“Providing for the care of Alaska’s insane within the territory.
“At all times I have endeavored to keep constantly in mind the needs of
the territory and the people of the territory. In spite of the war some meas
ure of progress has been achieved. I have assisted in passing a law which
helped the prospector by suspending assessment work on claims during the
years 1917 and 1918. The extension of the wireless and cable system in°Alas
ka has been accomplished with bright prospects for a further extension.
“Recognition has been forced for Alaska in the matter of appointments to
the second series of training camps for officers. Contracts which prevented
the farmers of the interior from supplying army posts with their vegetables
are canceled.
“Suggestions and requests that I again go before the people of Alaska have
come to me from Alaskans all over the territory. Reiterating my desire to
serve the best interests of Alaska I am submitting my name as a candidate
for tlte democratic nomination for Delegate to Congress.”
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