PROTEST VOTED
BY OLD-TIMERS
OF FAIRBANKS
Denouncing as iniquitous the terms
of the territorial pension act as
amended by Chapter 17, laws of 1919
passed by the late legislature, Ighx
No. 4, Pioners of Alaska? at its regu
lar meeting recently passed, passec
a resolution of protest against th(
new requirements and will work t(
have the objectionable features re
pealed by the next term of the terri
torial legislature. The part whifcl
aroused the indignation of the old
timers provides that before any per
son can be eligible for a pension from
the territory he or she must transfei
all right, title and interest in al'
property, both real and personal, tc
the territory.
Members present at the meeting
declared that there was no reason foi
such a requirement in the pension
law. It may be true, it was conced
ed, that some slight abuse of the
old law has existed in other portions
of the territory, but as far as the of
ficials of the local Igloo are aware
there has been no abuse in this divi
sion. None of the pensioners, it is
claimed, have any property beyond
personal keepsakes and little things
of no monetary value,* but which they
wish to go into the hands of their
relatives when they pass on. Under
the new law all such property goes
to the territory.
The matter was brought to the at
tention of the local Igloo by new ap
plications which are being received
by a number of persons of this vicin
ity who are now receiving pensions
from the territory. Tt will be neces
sary for such persons to make out
new applications in accord with the
provisions of the amended act.
The resolution passed by the local
Igloo follows:
“The Igloo protests on behalf of
the indigent pioneers against the
terms and requirements of the act of
the territorial legislature amending
Chapter 64, Session Laws of Alaska,
1915, by the provisions of Chapter 17,
Session Laws 1919. and do hereby de
clare that the provisions of said act
as amended are too cumbersome and
un.iust, especially in requiring the
applicants to transfer to the territory
all right, title and interest in all
property, both real and personal, be
fore they can participate in the bene
fits of said act. That such provision
is iniquitous in the extreme, as it
deprives all pioneers who might avail
themselves of the privileges and
benefits of said act of disposing by
will or otherwise of any little prop
erty they may possess to relatives.
“Be it further resolved, that a copy
of this resolution be forwarded to
each Igloo with a request that they
protest against this law and that a
copy thereof be sent to the governor,
the superintendent of the Pioneers’
Home, and the senators and represen
tatives of the Fourth division.”
The requirements which must be
met by the indigent pioneers in
making out the new applications be
ing asked for by the territory are set
forth in Section 2, Chapter 17, Ses
sion Laws of 1919, as follows:
, “The application shall set forth
' the facts requisite to bring the appli
cant within the provisions of the
Act, and state in detail the periods
and places of his or her residence in
1 Alaska, the cause and extent of his or
, her disability to gain his or her sub
, sistence, and his or her resources
and circumstances and those of his or
her relatives (if any) living in Alas
ka or elsewhere; and shall also con
1 tain a provision to the effect that the
' applicant, in consideration of the re
‘ ceipt of the benefit of this act, agrees
‘ that all property of which he or she
1 is possessed or seized shall, after his
' or her death, vest in and become the
' property of the territory of Alaska,
to the exclusion of all heirs, except
his or her spouse living in the terri
tory of Alaska, and shall be signed j
1 by the applicant, witnesses and ac
knowledged and verified by his or
her affidavit to the truth of the state
ments contained therein.”—Fairbanks
Citizen.
JUDGE BUNNELL TALKS
ABOUT KUSKOKWIM
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On his return to Fairbanks recent
ly from the lower Yukon, Judge Bun
nell talked with the newspaper men
about the Kuskokwim country, which
he visited last month. This he
describes as one of the finest sections
of Alaska. He made the trip down
the Kuskokwim river 150 miles with
one companion in a poling boat and
returning, crossed the divide and
mushed over the old winter trail* to
Candle creek and the government
road back to Flat. “If General Rich
ardson’s plan of building a highway
from Ruby into the Kuskokwim is
ever carried out,” said Judge Bunnell,
“it will open up for development one
of the finest countries in the world.”
You’ll be there September 13, Eagle
hall. 11-3
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