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MAY BE BOOMERANG
The boycott started against the Al
aska Steamship Company by Anchor
age business men on account of that
Companv refusing to make the inte
rior city a port of call, reminds us
somewhat of the old fable ot helling
the cal. Every citizen wants to hoy
tort the boat but expects the other
Pdiov to do it. Boycotts are foolish,
institutions and always like a boom
erang. return to the originator. Un
less the railroad overcomes its deficit
it cannot do business and if it can
not do business there would be no An
chorage, nor Reward, within a few
months. There is no question but
that hotb towns will benefit far more
with the railway self-supporting than
fiie\ can with an annual deficit. Se
watd passed through a period of in
action due to Col. Mean’s historic
boast that he would make the grass
grow on her streets but she recovered
on her own. and is on the way to pros
perity. Anchorage has the environ
ment. and should be self-supporting
from the many farms and other ac
tivities about the eitv. Reward may
in time become one of the largest
towns in the division but she cannot
do it without the friendship and sup
port of the other railroad towns. An
chorage is in the same position.
SPRING AT HAND
Winter is the season of discontent
in Alaska. The lone, cold nights, brok
en only by the raucous moans of the
snow shoe rabbit, and the twitler of
the early ice-worm are but reminders
of the trip we meant to take and nev
er did. Instead of denning up with a
sack of pancake flour and a barrel of
hootch, the Alaskan wastes bis energy
on pangvnga and penochle. When the
gun peeks around the corner of the
mountain and the water starts to rur
in the creeks our flagging energies
revive and we store up sunshine an<f
other beverages ready for the next pe
riod of hibernation. If Alaska evei
reached a point where it could prov
ide a job for every man desiring t(
spend the winter here it would be J
fine resort for shell-shocked nerves
But with the hegira to the States oui
optimish declines, and until the firsl
old timer walks down the gang-planl
in the spring we get a mother-in-law’s
grouch. What Alaska needs most a'
the present time is a little sun witl
the moonshine.
RAISE THE TAXES
Without entering into the merits o
the contention over the fisheries res
erves, we wish to call the attention o
Alaska to the attempt on the part o
big cannery interests to evade th
case tax imposed by the Territoria
legislature. Without this tax Oui
side cannery companies would do bus
iness in Alaska without the Territory
receiving any other benefit than the
license fees. These companies, locat
ed outside of incorporated towns, pay
no taxes on buildings boats, gear,
stock and fixtures or any other prop
erty. The case tax was assessed in
order to give Alaskans some meas
ure of revenue from the natural re
sources of the country. There is no
doubt but that a law taxing the per
sonal property of these institutions
would be held constitutional by the
supreme court, as we notice nearly
all revenue producing laws have been
so held. Hundreds of thosands of
dollars worth of personal property
thus escape taxation, while residents
of Alaskan towns pay a high tax.
There is no good reason why the ex
pense ot Alaska should not be paid by
its resources. By raising the tax on
Outsiders doing business, it may be
lowered on resident cannery men. If
an itinerent peddler can be taxed
higher than the local dealed why can
not the itinerent packer?
CORNERING COUSENS
Senator Cousens, of Michigan—for
mer partner of Henry Ford, ex-mayor
of Detroit, a multi-millionaire him
self—scoffs at the concern which is
being manifested over the issuance oi
of more than $11,000,000,000 in tax
free securities in the I'nited States.
In an address in the senate the other
day he referred to the discussion as a
“tempest in a teapot” for the reason
that the total taxable securities of the
country amounts to $120,000,000,000.
That is, only about ot e-tenth of the
aggregate issue is tax-exempt.
Later the senator challenged Sec
retary Mellon, who favors reduction
of the sur tax rate from 50 to 25 per
cent, and the abolition of tax-free se
curities to a joint debate on the sub
ject. The reply of thesecretary of
the treasury was so complete that it
| is worthy of quotation:
“If, as you say, high surtaxes
are immaterial,” the secretary
wrote, “it would be interesting to
know what influenced you in your
selection of tax-exempt securities
to the exclusion of all others * *
“It is reported in the newspa
pers that all of your capital is
now in tax-exempt securities, and
I have not seen an> denial from
you. This means, if anything,
that you pay no income tax. Now,
it is a most unusual thing that
a man of wealth and business ex
perience should put his entire for
tune into one class of securities
which some change in the law
1 might render much less valuable.
“It has usually been considered
prudent that investments be di
I versified and you might have sel
ected. as well as tax-exempt secur
ities, United States government
and sound public utility and in
dustrial bonds, the care of which
would bring no more business
1 worry than tax-exempts.
“It is not to be doubted that if
surtaxes had been reasonable at
the time you invested your wealth
you would have done the prud
ent thing and diversified your in
vestments, taking part at least in
securities, the income from which
is taxable.
“Must a system of taxation
which permits a man with an in
come of over $1,000,000 a year to
pay not one cent to the support
r of this government remain unal
-i tered?”
f The reason why such men as Sena
f tor Couzens are investing their mor
? ey in tax-exempts is illustrated by
1 contemporary which points out that
- man with an income of $100,000
:• year can get $45 000 from $1,000,00
LIBERTY THEATRE
VIOLA DANA
in a beautiful story
An Extra Good
LEATHER PUSHER
two reel comedy
The Widower’s Mite
invested in 4^ per cent tax-exempt .
securities, and none of this $45,000
will be taken from him for the federal
income tax However, in Older to
have a net income of $45,000 from se- i
curities whose income is taxable, he I
would have to invest his $1,000,000 in •
stocks yielding him 10.22 per cent, or ,
$102 000. But after his federal in- |
come tax had been paid on this $102,
000 at the existing rate, he would have
only $45,000 left. |
Tax-exempt securities are the ref
uge of the rich. They keep billions
out of productive enterprise at a time
when the nation is rapidly expanding,
and indirectly are responsible for
higher taxes generally. Secretary
Mellon has won his debate already in
the opinion of the general public.
A KIN (I SENSATIONALISM OUl
OF EVANGELISM
The majority of the churches of
Salem have voted against a proposal j:
hat Billy Sunday, the evangelist, b >
nvited to conduct a $10,000 “revival”!]
in the' Oregon capital. One of the min
ders in open church voiced his im
tiencc with sense ion?.! sm it* cm.trch
oik and others by thoi, votes ’i™' '
her (] inions equally emphatic. The -
nryo- of Salem joined in the chore- j i
n• ;■.ihiS. the Sunday reel hod of conver •
sic., and evangelism, saving it “is bn- ]
• n c». rden;nation and a p'ay on rhe (
motions." And :ipr>*)o* of all this •
k.nc.s a statement ivtde at Tacoma. >
,,s week by Bishop William O Shop- '
rd, of Portland, in which he told a (
renting of representatives of the Epis
opal church that the day of bringing
■dults into the church on a flood of
^motions is past, and the salvation of
he church now lies in bringing and
eeping children in the church organ
isation. He gave as his reason for the
ruling of the era of the religious re
vival meeting the better education and
ncrease in individual thought of the
average man, making it more difficult
to move through oratory than it was
a generation ago. That the trend with
in the churches against this old-time
“revival” method, with its fire and
brimstone accompaniaments, denotes
an improvement is not to he doubted.
I Having tried out an Englishman and
I a Welshman, England has placed a
| Scotchman in the saddle as premier.
There is one consolation, if Mac holds ,
to the traditions of his race the Na- i
tion will get 100 cents in value for,
every dollar spent.
That Seward is overlooking an op-1
portunitv for much free advertising
may be stated, when one consults the I
weather reports published daily in the
Outside papers. Practically every
town in Alaska is given prominence in
ihis report, but Seward does not ap
pear. If we had a meteorological sta
tion here, Seward would be before the
; Outside world at least once a\dav. As
j it is now our beautiful weather would
I Ihrow the other reports so far in the
discard that our competitors fear for
us to make them.
WILL CANCEL ENGAGEMENTS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—His physi
cians have ordered W. H. Taft to can
cel all engagements and take a com
plete rest
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Anchorage (for
merly Juneau), Alaska.
January 31, 1924.
1 Notice is Hereby Given that John
* H. Costello for himself and as trus
i tee for Edward W. Hoffman, Thomas
5 A. Costello, John H. Costello, Jr.,
William O. Brunskill, John Brunskill,
Wm. O. Stevens and Percival Bruns
kill, has applied for oil and gas pros
pecting permits under section 22 of
the act of February 25, 1920, (41
Stat., 437) for the following described
lands:
Serial 04713
Rex Oil Claims Nos. 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, described as an area commenc
ing at corner No. 1, of said Claim No.
1 from which the northeast corner
Sec. 1, T. 29 S., R. 41 W., S. M.. bears
north 14 deg. 34 min. 44 sec. west,
15,162.28 ft. distant; thence from said
corner No. 1, S. 41 deg. 00 min. W.,
7920 ft., thence S. 49 deg. 00 min. east,
10,560 feet.; thence north 41 deg.
00 min. east, 2640 ft.; thence north
49 deg. 00 min. west, 5280 ft.; thence
north 41 deg. 00 min. east, 5280 ft.;
thence north 49 deg. 00 min. west,
5280 ft. to the place of beginning.
Containing 1280 acres situate in the
Kodiak Recording District, Alaska and
on Rex Ci-eek, a tributary of Dry
Bay, on the Alaska Peninsula.
Serial 04855
Bear Creek Oil Claims Nos. 3, 4, 5
6, 7, 8, 23 and 24, described as an
area commencing at a point of said
Claim No. 23 known as Corner No. 4
from which the northe&st cornei
Sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 W., S. M.
bears south 88 deg. 46 min. 59 sec
W., 18,657.70 feet distant; thence from
said Corner No. 4 of Claim No. 23
south 46 deg. 45 min. E., 5284 ft.
thence so^th 49 deg. 00 min. E., 10,56(
ft.; thence north 41 deg. 00 min. E.
3960 ft.; thence north 49 deg. 00 min
W., 10,560 ft.; thence south 41 deg
1 00 min. W., 1320 ft.; thence north 4<
deg. 45 min. W., 5284 ft.; thenc<
I south 41 deg. 00 min. W._ 2640 ft. t<
j the place of beginning, said area em
, bracing 1280 acres and being situa
V ted in Kodiak Recording District
Vlaska, and on Bear Creek, a tribu
ary of Lake Becharof on the Alaska
3eninsula.
Serial 04856
Salmon Creek Oil Claims Nos. 4, 5,
>. 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, described as an
irca commencing at a coiner known
is Corner No. 3 of said Claim No. 13
Tom which the Southeast corner
Sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 W., S. M.,
jears north 71 deg. 9 min. 45 sec.
AL, 11,173.03 ft. distant; thence from
aid Coi ner No. 3 south 37 deg. 15
nin. E., 5393 ft.; thence south 49
leg. 00 min. E., 10,560 ft.; thense
101th 41 deg. 00 min. E., 2640 ft.;
.hence north 49 deg. 00 min. W., 5280
?t.; thence north 41 deg. 00 min. E.
1320 ft.; thence north 49 deg. 00 min.
W. , 5280 ft.; thence north 37 deg. 15
nin. W., 5393 ft.; thence south 41
leg. 00 min. W., 3960 ft. to the place
;f beginning, said area embracing
1280 acres and being situated in Ko
dak Recording District, Alaska, and
^n Salmon Creek, a tributary of Lake
ileeharof on the Alaska Peninsula.
Serial 04857
Bear Creek Oil Claims Nos. 9, 10,
11 12, 13 16, 21 and 22 described as
m area commencing at a point known
is Corner No. 4 of the said Claim No.
>] from which the northeast corner
sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 \V., S. M.,
jears north 84 deg. 36 min. 40 Stic,
vest. 16 996.61 feet distant; thence
?rom said corner No. 4 south 46 deg
15 min. E., 5284 ft.; thence south 41
log. 00 min. W., 2640 ft.; thence
;outh 49 deg. 00 min. E., 5280 ft.;
hence north 41 deg. 00 min. E., 2640
’t,; thence south 49 deg. 00 min. E.,
i280 f\; thence north 41 deg. 00 min.
^ , 2640 ft.; thence north 49 deg. 00
nin W. 10,560 ft.; thence north 46
leg. 45 min. W., 5284 ft.; thence south
11 deg. 00 min. W.. 2640 ft., to the
dace of beginning, said area embrac
ng 1280 acres and situated in the Ko
dak Recording District, Alaska, and
,n Bear Creek, a tributary of Lake
lecharof on the Alaska Peninsula.
Any and all persons having adverse
)r conflicting claims to said land are
lereby notified that a full statement
mder oath of such claim, should be
iled in this office showing a superior
•ight to a permit or lease under said
ict, or valid existing adverse or con
flicting claim to the land, or the min
erals or oil therein und^r the public
and laws on or before March 12, 1924,
otherwise, such claims may be disre
yarded in granting the permits or
eases applied for.
FRANK A. BOYLE,
Register.
First publication Feb. 5, 1924
Last publication March 11, 1924
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