SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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THE NEW JURY BILL.
The new jury bill, introduced by
Senator Dimond, of the Third divi
sion. is a great improvement over the
act of 1923. The present bill will give
■lie jury commissioner a better op
portunity to exercise an impartial
drawing of grand and petit jurors, and
will give a more intelligent juror. It
has been held up to the present time
that the more ignorant a man is the
more desirable he was for a juror,
and many veniremen have been chal
lenged because attorneys feared they
knew too much. The man who can
not read, write or speak the English
language can in no way be accepted
is the peer of the man who can. there
fore trial by a jury of one’s peers is
impossible under the old system.
If Senator Dimond had incorporated
in his bill the right of every voter to
serve on juries 3G5 days in the year,
it would haVe been a very popular
section of the law.
Representative Paul appears deter
mined to get the Indian on the pen
sion roll, and if one considers them
citizens of the Territory, as defined
by a recent departmental ruling, in all
probability they should be pensioned.
Up to the present time the funds for
the pensions have come from taxes
derived from the Caucasian. But if the
Indian’s status as a citizen makes him
a taxpayer, he should then be in line
for any benefits accruing by reason
of such taxation. In other words if
the Indians contribute to the pension
roll they should be recipients of its
disbursements. But few’ Alaskan tribes
are wards of the government, making
their own living, and old age brings
on many hardships. The question is
one which sooner or later must be de
cided by the courts, and the quicker
a test case is made, the better for
both Caucasians and Indians.
A REAL FARMER.
One of this country’s greatest far
mers is Thomas D. Campbell, whose
farm near Hardin, Mont., contains
35.000 acres, on which last year he
raised 3S0,000 bushels of wheat, be
sides oats, flax and other products.
He employs about 250 men and uses
the most modern methods in his op
erations. He uses 15 tractors with
gang plows abreast which plows a
strip 150 feet wide at a time, plowing
a thousand acres a day.
Mr. Campbell uses a very complete
system of cost finding and account
ing to enable him to check up his
various crops. He is a thorough bus
iness man and regards farming as a
manufacturer regards his business.
His attitude toward labor is inter
esting. He secures the best men he
can find and pays them well, refusing
to hire cheap help. In addition tc
their pay he gives them a bonus of the
profits and makes them really part
ners instead of hands.
Mr. Campbell insists that his men
shave each morning, and take a show
er and put on clean clothing 'aftei
their day’s work is done.
This remarkable farmer was borr
in a sod hut in North Dakota anc
worked from childhood, but manager
to get an education as well as a de
gree in electrical engineering. He is
a firm believer in hard work and lots
of it. He is an example of what in
dustry and brains can accomplish ir
America.
JAPAN RETALIATES.
Japan is in a mood for retaliation.
Negotiations of the treaty with the
Soviet government, which gives mu
tual advantages to Russians and Japa
nese, may or may not be accepted in
this light, but a proposal in the Tokio
diet relating to land ownership is in
spired by similar legislation in the
Pacific Coast states of America.
This proposal, which is said to have
the government’s backing, would lift
the ban on land owership by alien—
which is now prohibited — but per
mits discrimination against America.
The retaliatory section of the law
is aimed at countries which have sim
ilar laws against the Japanese. What
is termed a saving clause is a provi
sion. that a satre where such laws are
passed is. under this statute, a sepa
rate nation. The effect would be to
separate California and other Pacific
coast states from the American un
ion for the purposes of the act.
The United States government is
said to be preparing a protest against
being discriminated against, but as
uiis country nus uiscilininaieu against
the Japanese, there is no doubt that
her protests will he ignored. Euro
pean countries believe that America
has overlooked a great opportunity
in the Far East. They say that Rus
sia can furnish Japan with all that
the United States can furnish, and
that within a few years the United
States will be ignored entirely by
Japanese buyers.
The Pacific coast states which owe
their prominence to Oriental trade,
will lie cut off from millions of dol -
lars in revenue, which will go to Rus
sia, which has raw materials of every
kind, leaving Japan the labor and
machinery costs.
Still the American people are not
likely to feel much alarm over the
l threat to withdraw trade. It must he
| remembered that Japan is one of this
. country's largest shippers, and a boy
j cott of America would be felt by the
! exporters of that country as badly as
in this.
A man is generally easy when he
buys a thing because the payments
on it are easy.
The best way to get up in the world
is to stay on the level.
Filipinos still knock Wood. We fol
low suit on the thirteenth day of the
month.
One of the absurdities of our na
tional government is that Congress
must virtually act as a board of aider
men for the city of Washington. City
matters of the most trivial nature are
passed on by national legislators. A
proposed measure to relieve this situ
ation and give the District of Colum
bia some plan of self government is
dictated by every consideration of
economy and common sense.
Operations on thirteen children at
a Colorado home, from the blind re
! suited in the giving of sight to eleven
| of them. The other two were beyond
surgical skill. That such a large per
centage should be given the blessings
of vision is a wonderful demonstra
tion of modern science.
Forty thousand obsolete geographies
have been found in the schools of the
United States. Even with proper
text books the average high school
graduate is as ignorant of geography
as of many other things. The best is
j cheap enough for the children.
The state of Iowa has gone on re
cord against accepting any further aid
from the Federal government for the
building of state roads, preferring to
build her own roads in her own way.
The state appears to have awakened
to the fact that paternalism is costing
the taxpayer more than it is worth.
Turkey may be an uncivilized na
j tion, but every male inhabitant of the
country must build public roads twelve
days of each year.
In Sumatra the Malay Women hold
control of property and the line of de
; scent, which is eminently proper. The
woman bears the child, takes care ol
it. and should be entitled to say whai
disposition shall be made of its inter
ests.
, So long as “them that has”-are ii
’ the minority, “them that has not” wil
( say liow they shall spend their mon
| ev, and upon what improvements.
The expenses of the League of Na
tions* will total over $5,000,000 for this
year. America’s share is nearly one
million dollars, which when one in
vestigates the little (lone, is a high
price for a useless luxury.
Lest you forget, next Saturday is
the last day on which one may reg
ister for the city election April 7. If
you do not register you cannot vote.
Wednesday is All Fools’ Day.
Many people take advantage of good
times to go farther in debt.
Don’t ridicule a crank; all he lacks
is advertising to be called a genius.
Why not invent a noiseless soup
and celery?
A fitting funeral oration: “We
have here the shell of a man; the nut
is gone.”
If you want time to pass rapidly
give your note for thirty days for a
large sum.
We know a man who wanted to be
•me of the 400. He missed it by one,
his prison number is 399.
We suspect the story that saner
kraut contains alcohol will increase
local sales considerably.
Neighbors are so meddlesome. A
man in Indiana was supporting two
wives comfortably on $50 a month
each, and the neighbors had him ar
rested for bigamy.
We can’t understand all this fuss
of nitrates for farmers. We never
hear of them telegraphing any.
A Juneau bride is seeking a divorce
because her husband, when she said
it was the first meal she ever cooked,
said it tasted like the third or fourth.
A hick town is where the girls are
| shocked because they think basket
• ball players are appearing in their
I underclothes.
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Having entirely lost his sense of
smell several years ago. Prof. W. K.
Cuyler of the University of Texas,
has made a special and highly success
ful study of skunks. Others around
him can still smell, however.
Chas. Wrexham, an Australian
banker who lost his memory and dis
appeared ten years ago, has been
found in Tasmania, working as over
seer on a plantation.
Rev. David Edwards, of Paterson,
N. J., has quit his pastorate because
he said the city had too many church
buildings and too few church goers.
When her husband was convicted
of burglary, Mrs. James Parson of
Chicago, offered to go to jail for him |
as “she had more time.”
Nils Fischer, who lost his memory
and disappeared from Buffalo in De
cember, discovered his identity thru
seeing a circular with his picture,
picked up in a cheap lodging house.
Haas Fresh Candies at the Alaska
Shop.
Brunswick Phonographs and Re
cords. The Alaska Shop. tf
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Experience and guarantee assures
you a perfect fit in our made-to-meas
ure clothes. Leon Urbach. tf
My Made to Measure Suits arways
satisfy in fit, workmanship and qual
ity. Jordan’s Valet Service. tf
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