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ANTI-JOHNSON FORCES ACTIVE
The anti-Johnson forces in Califor
nia are unduly active, according to a
synopsis of anti-Johnson sentiment
collected and published recently in the
Literary Digest. That Hiram Johnson
will have great difficulty in securing
the delegation to the Republican con
vention from hla home state is ac
knowledged by the candidate himself,
but the claim is made that the twen
ty-nine votes from California will be
more than made up by delegations
from other states favorable to the
California man.
The Richardson forces and the Me
Clatchy organization are bitterly op
posing Johnson more on account of
paying off old scores than because
they really believe that Hiram is not
the best man for the place, from a
California standpoint. Johnson’s stand
on the bonus bill, the tax reduction
clause and European questions in
cluding the League ot Nations, marks
him as a target for the enmity of the
Southern Pacific ring, and their bench
men.
Johnson, who is of the Roosevelt
type of statesman, carries a tremend
ous appeal to the average citizen, not
so much by his specious promises, as
by his way of delivering them. He has
a bluff, hearty way of greting the vot
er that carries weight, and his plat
form while impossible ot tultillment,
has much in it that causes the think
ing voter to pause; even while he
knows that it is political bunk.
A RECURRENT DEFICIT
Alaska is again facing the problem
of providing for the comfort of the
aged pioneer,—the man who still is
able to look after his personal needs,
but who is not physically vigorous to
do a day’s work as a wage earner. Ac
cording to Lockie Mac Kinnon, treas
urer of the Pioneers’ Home, Board ot
Trustees, no more pension allowances
can be granted under the old age pen
sion law, because the money has be
come exhausted. One hundred and
ninety-one pensioners are now on the
teritorial payroll, of which 25 the w’O
men. Under the law these are sup
posed to get $25 per month for men
and $35 for women; but the pension
ers claim they have not received these
amounts the monthly stipend being
much smaller.
Of the $60,000 appropriated by the
legislature, but $38,000 remains in the
tund, and the treasurer reports that
at the present rate of payment under
the law’ there will be a deficiency be
lore the end of the biennium. When
this deficiency stops the pension
checks the old pioneer will be ue
against it for a livelihood, unless h«
goes on the indigent list and is paic
through Fund C, of the Federal courts
The great majority of independeni
trail-blazers are averse, and rightly so
ot' being classed as indigents. There
is no occasion for them to be. It the
fund is not sufficient, it should be in
creased at the next legislature. Not
having the figures at hand we cannot j
state what it costs to maintain a Pio
neer at the Sitka Home; but it is cer
tain that by taking the pension and j
remaining at home, a great saving is j
made to the Territory. The man who
takes care of himself, and lives on the j
pension, eked out by small jobs,1
should really receive the money he i
would cost the Territory at the Home.1
As it now is, the saving on the 191
pensioners is considerable.
The shortage of funds in this de
partment is too recurrent to be any-,
thing but serious. It would be much
better to have a reserve to be turned
back into the treasury at the end of
the biennium than to run short and
cause universal suffering and want.
CAN WE PROVIDE REVENUE
Within a very few years at best, j
the salmon fisheries, the clam beds!
| and the herring fisheries will be de
pleted to a point where only the smal
ler concerns can afford to operate.
While this would prove a blessing to
the Alaskan operator, where will the
Territory turn for revenues to meet
its increasing expenditures. The tim
ber in a larger part of Alaska is too
j sparse and scrubby to be worth any
thing. except for firewood, and up to
the present time coal has not been pro
duced in any considerable quantity.
With the revenues from our fishing
! eries cut off the territory would be in
a state of bankruptcy; absolutely ir
solvent.
The question before the people is
whether they desire these resources
conserved; or dissipated by turning
them ovei to alien interests, to harv
est the ticher crops turning back tne
stony gtound to Alaskans at the ex
piration ol their operations. That the
fisheries will become depleted is cer
tain. Puget Sound had as extensive
fisheries as Alaska has at the present
time, and they were quickly wiped
out. As soon as the Puget Sound
fisheries ceased paying profits, the
cannerymen turned their attention to
Alaska, where the field was virgin and
| profits large.
Outside capital should not be dis
couraged in entering Alaska, but
should be compelled to pay as much
for doing business as it would pay
In Washington, Oregon or California.
One means ot raising revenue would
be to tax the personal property of
| the companies. This is done in the
states, but in Alaska only those can
neries located inside of incorporated
towns pay any personal property tax.
This encourages the canners to build
outside of the towns, when in many
instances it would be better for the
1 people to have them where work could
, | be secured more easily.
It is not wise to place a heavy tax
on any industry, as it discourages the
entrance of capital. The recent tax
on gold output proposed by the leg
islature, will not act as a stimulus to
mining. Neither will a large tax on
fisheries products serve to stimulate
the industry. But we believe that Al
aska is not receiving a reasonable
quid pro quo for its resources. The
small sum paid for the privilege of
doing business in the greatest fisher
ies district in the world does not jus
tify the decimation of the fishes.
The time to provide a revenue for
the next decade is now. Whatever
the method —whether it be by taxa
tion, reserves, or cessation of fishing
for a certain number of years—it
should be considered before the sup
ply is gone.
1$ NEGLECTED STILL
The Dearborn Independent, which
claims to be a “Chronicle of Neglect
ed Truth” must have forgotten its
motto, judging from some of the weird
tales published about Alaskan facts
and follies. Its latest departure from
the truth it claims to have neglected
for so long is the chronicling in its
January issue that “Warm winds have
caused the melting ice water to erode
new lands and expose deposits of
gravel containing rich gold findings.”
The warmest wind we have expedi
enced in tnis neck of the w 'ods wras
caused when an irate sub f iber took
exception i< something in me paper
and blcv into our sanctum. The only
thing golden about his call was the
deep silence he left behind.
PAY MUST BE RAISED
The number of politicians desiring I
to represent their country at Juneau
reaches into a high figure. Cordova
has five or six, Valdez, two, Seward,
three and Anchorage about fourteen.
The offices to be filled number eight
or nine, counting divisional offices
only. That someone will be lucky by
being defeated goes without saying.
The average senator and representa
tive going to Juneau, the capital head
quarters on Gastineau channel, spends
far more than he receives in wages.
Everything from house rent to cord
wood is boosted in price while the
legislature is in session. Rentals go
sky-high, while charity balls, subscrip
tion, papers and every form of pry
ing the reluctant official loose from
his coin is promoted. There is no
doubt but that the pay of a legislator
must be raised from $15 to $25 pei
day, if men are to be found who are
willing to leave their businesses and
serve as lawmakers. The higher the
pay the better the quality of office
seeker. As it now stands the only
man who can afford to run for office
is the man without any regular busi
ness to take his time from politics.
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The Bok Peace Plan prize has be
come a political issue, apparently,
members of the Senate and House
scenting propaganda designed to
boost the League of Nations. It
, would appear that any man w’ho ae
J sired to give $100,000 for the best
written article on any subject select
ed would have that privilege, with
I out the time of Congress being taken
up in its discussion. While there is
no chance that any amount of dis
1 cussion will bring about a world peace
the more the question is discussed the
: more the peoples of the world will
think about it and long for its con
I summation.
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i Two people may live as cheaply as
one, but if they do one of them will
have to cease to live.
If you believe a thing hard enough
it will be so. Lets try to imagine that
summer is here and see what happens*
MOTHER OF NINE CONSTABLE
IN VILLAGE OF SELDOM SEEN
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 8.—Mrs.
Julia M. Fife, mother of nine children,
a widow, rules Seldom Seen as its con- •
stable, by virue of 19 votes of the 25
in the hamlet, in a recent election.
Seldom Seen, though scarcely more
than a mile from this city’s busiest
section, is an inaccessible village of
16 homes perched on the edge of a
precipitous bluff that comprises a
portion of St. Clair township.
Seldom Seen was the former ren
dez-vous for promoters of cock fights
and for a time boasted of several
| gambling resorts.
} These are gone now, says Constable
Fife, “thanks to fire, and I don’t ex
pect the element that supported them
to return. But if they do—” (she dis
played a threatening bare arm and a
clenched fist, hardened by unremitting
daily manual toil)—“they better not
! try it!”
BITES OFF MOTHER’S NOSE
MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 9.—When
his mother planned to marry him to a
; sixty-tliree-year-old woman, Franz
Murn bit off his mother’s nose.
I The sweetheart would have not ting
to do with her lover then. Inat’s just
I what Franz desired, he told the police
on his way to jail.
POSITIONS WANTED -* I
Electrical Engineer, graduate |
University of Wisconsin, age 44 | !
years; has broad mechanical ex- | j
perience and capable of hold- | j
ing responsible (positions; have | j
| also had sales experience and |
served as Captain of Engineers ;
j thru late war; desires any kind | !
| of work.
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| Two ladies, stenographers and | j
i bookkeepers, five and six years I j
j experience, desire work either | !
j as stenographers or bookkeepers |
j or both.
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1 Two ladies, experienced sten- |
ographers and waitresses, de- |
sire positions, ages 21 and 27; |
Will take any kind of work.
Man .34 years of age, Swedish, |
i had large experience in whole- | ,
sale and retail mercantile busi- | j
ness in various phases, credits, | '
| selling and managing.
If you want help address
| SECRETARY OF SEWARD 1
| CHAMER OF COMMERCE |
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NOTICE TO EX-SERVICE
The provision for naturalization of
ex-service men made by the Act of
Congress approved July 19, 1919,
whereby ex-service men may be nat
uralized without the usual require
ments such as declaration of intention,
proof of five years’ residence in the
United States, payment of the custo
mary $4.00 filing fee, and the usual
ninety day wait from the date of fil
ing petition to the date of final hear
ing, will terminate March 3, 1924. Un
der this law any ex-service man de
siring naturalization is only required
to appear before a Naturalization ex
aminer with his honorable discharge
and two identifying witnesses for
preliminary examination.
After March 3, 1924, honorably dis
charged World War veterans will
have to comply with the usual re
quirements for naturalization, in the
same manner as aliens in ordinary
cases.
WOMAN DISARMS, THEN
SPANKS BOY BANDITS
A woman motorist spanked two ban
dits who tried to rob her near Kansas
City, Mo. The woman, Mrs. W. M.
Mitchell, gave two boys a “lift” in her
motor car, she said. One of them
pointed a pistol at her and ordered
her to give him her purse. She knock
| ed the pistol from Ms hand, then
; spanked both the boys, she declared.
The young bandits then fled.
VERBAL VOLLEYS HURLED
AT VOLSTEAD MEASURE
WASHINGTON Feb. 8.—A request
from delegates to the “face the facts”
convention of the Association Against
Prohibition Amendment for modifica
tion of th e prohibition laws was met
by President Coolidge with a declar
ation that he stood for “law enforce
ment.”
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 8.—
Treading on the heels of the Anti-Sa
loon league’s meeting In time and on
its toes in spirit, the “face the facts”
conference, sponsored by the Associa
tion Against the Prohibition Amend
ment got under way here today with
speakers hurling verbal volleys at the
Volstead act and the league. The dele
gates also had an engagement with
Coolidge at noon, similar to the call
made by the Anti-Saloon league con
vention.
“Double enforcement of the Eigh
teenth amendment by the state and
federal courts constitutes ‘intolerable
persecution’ and has been so charac
terized by judges on the bench,” de
clared Austen G. Fox, president of the
Moderation League of New York. “The
legislature of the state of New York
saw it and in 1923 removed the cause
by repealing its enforcement act.”
“The Anti-Saloon league’s determ
ination is not merely to enforce the
Volstead law,” Mr. Fox asserted, “but
to decry every great principle that
stands in the way of tyrannical proce
dure—and tyrannical procedure be
gets revolt ”
“What shall it be, amendment or
revolt?” he asked declaring, “wre
stand for prompt amendment.”
INFORMATION WANTED
Information is wanted of John W.
Christy, who has not been heard from
for six years, and the last heard of
him he was going to Alaska. His sis
ter, Mrs. Ella Christy (Icrdon, is very
anxious to hear from him. He is six
feet tall, age 46, very black hair, grey
eyes, well educated and has traveled
for years.
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western ports including Seldovia and Kodiak.
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Sailings from Seattle every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday for San Francisco, Los AngeleB,
and San Diego.
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Members Welcome.
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