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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established Annual 1M. 1904
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WHY ALASKA’S CAUSE IS JUST |
“Common law is constantly being pushed out of its (
place by the creation of commissions which directly or !
by indirect means are given power of courts."and i
Commissions .... and with them power .... to make
decisions and issue regulations.” —Richard Washburn;
Child, one-time ambassador.
Going further in his arraignment of the nullifica
tion of the common law, Mr. Child says:
“No small danger attendant on this reaction .... is
the growth of bureaucracy. ...”
The second paragraph of the Declaration of Inde
pendence points: J
“Prudence, indeed will dictate that governments |
long established should not be changed for light and!
transient causes.” 1 !,
The same document observes that “mankind areb
more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than ;
to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which !
they are accustomed.” ]
Possibly that is why the saffron hue overcasts Alas- *
an politicians, or alleged politicians—they have so long]*
been accustomed to the arrogance of bureaucracy that 1
they refrain from taking up the cudgel in an effort to j1
strike the shackles from the Territory.
It will be observed that the faint cry of Alaska]
against her impositions is gradually growing into aj
stentorian roar back in the States. It appears the psy-!
chological moment for Alaska to take up the old fight
for home rule and carry it to a finish with the guarantee
that she will have many minds, like that of Richard
Washburn Child, to assist her.
RAINBOW TINTS
Gauged by what is going on in the nation it would 1
appear that the United States of America is rapidly i
taking in two distinctive hues of the spectrum—yellow I]
and red. The yellow comprise those who have lost the;1
spirit bequeathed to them by the fathers of the Amer- j *r
ican Constitution and independence and the reds might
be classified as those who, regardless of the steady en- (
croachment of laws aimed at their private personal
liberties, refuse to be browbeaten and demand a res
toration of the status quo before the religious organi
zations began trying to legislate morality in to the <
masses. 1
While we are “razzing” the daylights out of Rus- *
sia let us pause and see how near we are approaching ^
a similar state of mind if not already emulating the j t
Ghandi movement in India. Ghandi led a movement of i
non-cooperation which resulted in Great Britain being c
forced to yield much ground. It consisted simply of 8
obeying all laws with respect to property and those J
* that were the product of their own making and refus
ing to co-operate in observing what was analogous to
Federal laws as we know them in America. # b
Take the average man and instinct will cause him c<
to observe the fundamental laws of society. Whenever
any group of individuals seek to thrust upon him some
thing that his reasoning powers tells him is unjust he
will revolt.
The advocates of laws to govern every act of the
masses may beat the drum and, like the ostrich, bury
their heads in the sand, but standing above the entire j
cacaphony of reformers towers the cardinal fact that)
the United States of America today is engaged in a i
revolution of non-cooperation.
WTe read of a plant that can scrap an automobile •
within six minutes. With well directed co-operation a j
telephone pole or an Alaska fir tree can beat that time. '•
Service says of Alaska: “Only the strong shall sur
vive.” Yes, it requires a strong constitution to survive
under the present situation.
110 PROGRAMS
URGED GOVERNMENT TAKE AC
TION TO BRING INTO BEING
A SUPPRESSED ART
WASHINGTON, Feb., 10, (JP)—
‘Wired radio” a five year old
promise that has never been kept,
s here on a practical scale, but the
victim of inactivity on the part of
:hosc in position to introduce ‘t. ’
Fhis is the blunt opinion of Major
3eorge C. Squier, retired army offi
cer and father of wired radio.
Seect interference free radio
programs would be booming into
;very telephone equipped home to- *
lay if the American Telephone &
Felegraph Co., had not lapsed into
juiescence about wired radio Major
Squier told the senate committee
m interstate commerce. He urged
iction by the government itself if j
reed be, to bring into being what
le considered a suppressed art.
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PIONEER IF
BED RECENTLY
Word has been received from j
Skagway to Stroller’s Weekly, of
he marriage of Mrs. JJ^rimm, to H.
3ucho'tz an old-timer of Dawson.
Mrs. Grimm ha" been a resident
)f Alaska since 1897 being in Skag
vay until about 15 years ago when
hey came to Seward where they
:onducted a hotel for a few years,
■eturning to Skagway about 1920
vhere Mr. Grimm later died. Last
ipring Mrs. Grimm came to Jun
sau and conducted a dressmaking
msiness for some time, returning
o Skagway early in the fall.
There are approximately 1,000
Indians in the Kobuk country. It
svas reported to the News Miner
that the Indians had caught very
little fur this winter.
THANKS FOR KIND WORDS
The Gateway wishes to aek- j
lowledge publicly the receipt of
nany letters from Inferior and
town-river residents who have
auded this paper’s efforts in go
ng to the “bat” for the rank
:.nd file of Alaskans, with respect
o the fur situation. And from,!
Fairbanks, citizens of that city ;
lave taken it upon themselves I
o thank The Gateway for the
editorials on Eielson and Borland,
rhe Gateway has a wide crculci- i i
ion throughout Interior points I
md in Fairbanks proper.
PLANES CARRIED GOLD
Gold worth $20,000,000 was re
ently carried from London to j
>a ris in seven British and
French airplanes in one day. The .
weight of the gold in ingots s
pas 18,000 pounds, and one
nachine alone brought over 5,000j
►ounds weight. The bullion was I
onsigned to the Bank of France !
nd pilots and mechanics on the j
irplanes were armed with re
oivers.
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