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U a. KELLER Publisher .... ESTABLISHED 1898 '
Oldest Daily la Alaska ..... Official City Paper
Admitted u Second-class mall matter as a Daily newspaper July 3.
1898. and entered as Second-class mall matter, as a trl-weekly August 26,
1920. according to the postal requirements.
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.niiudes al) notice* tu.er than churches, or charitable societies.
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MOKE JOBS FOli MOKE ALASKANS
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Alaska will never come baok to her own until payrolls are provided for |
the man who earnestly desires to make his home in the Northland. At the .
i
present time, with a population of considerably less than 25,000 there are |
probably some 20.000 jobs, more or less, with the other 5,000 sharers of
our privations looking on from the sidelines or playing "pigtail." The
fishing companies bring their crews with them and take them away; or
rather, take that portion regaining after the deputies have culled the dope |
Sends, the hopheads and the insane from their ranks, and takeo them back I
at t rernment expeu>e to a ni< e c«. nfortable abode at Morniugsv.e or so>ne I
• •thee institution provided by a paternal .'\ernn cnt for the incarceration '
of rlu.e 'a hose Idiosyucracie-i and vagaries n jke tlieni dr'ferent from the.
rest of i.s.
If some way could be prov.d> d. wherebv Waskans c» t.ld catch the fish
that ^lp to make Seattle famous, the greater part of the troubles would be .
solved But. not only are the cannery crews brought field the states, but
to add to the Alaska man's burden, the fishermen's union. with headquar
ters at Frisco, issues a verbotten ukase forbidding the canneries to buy '
r.sh from Alaska fishermen, shutting him out from a season's work with his j
own gear and tackle. \t Bristol Bay last summer the importel fishermen. |
mostly Austrians and (!r :<s. with a few Scand'navians. told the residents '
of the d strict that their lish were not wanted, and if they did not like their
way of farming Alaska to get off the earth or words to that effect. This
deprived a number of men wit' uinilies of work, and fqreed tliein out of
the district, leaviug a wilderness where a few homes had wedged their way
into the ice and frost-bitten shores.
The recent order issued b> the Alaska Railway commission that nono
but American citicens would hencefo rth he employed on government con
struction work, was a step iu the rignt direction, and will be a great bene
fit to men who are in Alaska with a desire to make their home. If the
Bristol Bay and wester-i c. nnerv companies would adopt the same practice. |
and declare that every poui;d of fish caught by Alaskans would be bought j
a-id paid for at the prevailing wages, another Gordian knot would be sev
ered It is depress ng to see men come up from the South, after spending i
a winter of comparative ease, order t e sturdy frost-bitten Northlander to j
get off the earth and starve, while he watches his front yard looted of its !
resources.
With the pulp industry workine. the mines again running, and canner
ies and salteries employing as much of their help locally as possible, huud- I
reds of jobs would be prov.ded. and a man would he found waiting for
every Job. thereby adding to our pleasure, our btisuess and our income. A
contented people are a loyal people, but it is haid to be loyal to looted Al
aska, under the present conditions.—Seward IJatewuy.
ARGENTINA SOAKS K'oKKlti.NKKS.—Any foreign company wishing to
write fire insurance in Argentina must deposit "with the Argentine govern
ment the sum of about $125,000: if both fire and marine insurance, about
$ 170.000. In addition, the registration fees and annual license fee of for
eigners engaging iu insurance in that country are high. Argentina com
panies are not required to deposit with the government, the taxes are low,
and the annual license fees less than one-half those charged foreigners.
What a howl would go up iu this country if any such attitude were taken
■•gainst foreigners writing insurance here. When we attempt to save the
laborer his wage and the capitalist his mill by discriminating against for
eign goods through the medium of a protective tariff, what a world of
propaganda against the idea is let loose, paid for by importing intrests
and certain international financiers.—Cordova Daily Times.
Carelessness is the cause of most of the forest fires in the National for
ests. Be careful with fire when in the woods.
HOI KS OF LAHOH I.N
>L\N I K.UTl Kl\(. I.MU STKIKS
Washington. May 13.—The De
partment of Commerce calls atten
tion to the fact that the returns of
the 1919 census of manufactures in
dicate a general and marked de
crease in the prevailing hours of la
bor. Of the 9, 096.372 wage earn
ers reported by thr.t census, 4,418.
K93 or 4S.6 per ceut. were employ
ed iii establishments where the pre
vailing hours of labor per week were
4S ur under, while in the previous
oe'isiis. cmering the year 1914. the
number employed in this class of es
tablishment was only 833,330. repre
seniitJK 11.8 per emit, of the total
number of wage earners.
Total
Prevailing hours of la
bor per week:
48 and under
44 and under
Between 4 4 and 4S
43
Between 48 and 54
54
Between 54 and 60
60
Over 60
Wage earners in
1919
Per cent.
Number of
total
9.096,372 100.0
4.41 8.693 4S.6
1.111,107 12.2
346.179 3.8
2.961.407 32.6
1.496.177 16.4
828,353 9.1
1.248,854 13.3
827.743 9.1
276,550 3.0
manufacturing industries
1914
Per cent.
Number of
total
7.036,247 100.0
J*!.-. Ml •
=*•
133,330 11.6
(1) —
(1) —
(1) —
945.735 13.4
1,818.390 25.S
1.543,018 21.9
1,487,801 21.1
407,973 • 5.8
(1) Figures not available for 1914
Note.—The number of wage earners here reported is the average for
the year.
Following is a list of tracts of
land within the Tongass National
Forest which has been listed for
homestead entry with the general j,
land office by the secretary of ag
riculture but which has not yet
been filed on.
Area Locatl°
18.43 acres 1H miles N.
45.92 acres Saook Bay. Ban
50.23 acres Admiralty Islam
52.OS acres North side Unu
31.22 acres Seymour Canal
4.58 acres Portland Canal
116.94 acres About 2 miles si
17.85 acres On Kasaan Bay
33 48 acres On Taku Harbo
12S.45 acres Whale Passage,
146.89 acres Whale passage,
64.11 acres Admiralty Islan
128*75 acres West shore of N.
125.38 acres Eagle River Dis
79 90 acres West shore of M
AMERICAN TOURISTS
OCCUPy PALESTINE
Everything Is Done There for
Their Comfort, and Many
More Are Expected.
American tourists are literally oc
cupvlug Palestine this sca-ou. lwo
thousand of them ha\e alread} vislud
the country and 3,000 more are ex
peeted to urri\e. ...
n Is estimated that Palestinians will
as a result beuetit financially by a
sum of not less than STAW.000.
Every employee In the government
of I'alestine, from Sir Herbert Sam
uel the high commissioner, down .o
the humblest railway porter. Is mak
ing it his special business to please
(he Americans. Social trains are run
tor their convenience, private homes
are turned over for their accommoda
tion because of the scarcity of hotels,
and even private cars are placed at
their disposal.
Government agents are also de
tailcil to see that uo undue ad\antaM
is taken of these welcome visitors, >o
that returning home they will carry
with them only words of praise.
The short stay of the Americans In
the Ho'.v I .and Is the only fault that
the natives tind with their guests.
They feel that five or six days Is in
sufficient time In wl.lch to see all the
historical places.
To prove tl.elr potnt they cite an
Incident that m-curred last year whle
a company of tourists was visiting In I
Nazareth. One American was h«»«j
to ask an accompanying friend the.
name of the pla.-e they were In the
friend quickly looked at a schedtale to
was carry In e. thru at hU watch and j
replied: "It is now ten oclock, so
must be Nazareth."
MAKE WALKING STICKS
FROM SHARKS' SPINES
lu one baud (tils right) u Mr. Ele
vens, now fishing ut Mlaui!, Ha.. h-iids
a fr»*<h spine. Just taken from a ?h»irk:
In the other. a dried spinem riad.v 10
he made into a cane. A steel rod la
run through the big fish's baekhonu
to make It stiff enough for a wai-ing
stick.
BONDS IN COAL BIN
They Were Found When an Agent
Began to Use the Fuel."
The corner of a Liberty bond pro
truding from the door of the stove Into
which he was shovelling coal led to
the discovery by R. A. Mitchell, rail
road agent at Waterllck, Va., of about
$75,000 In bonds, coucealed In the sta
tion coal bin.
Some of the bonds were registered
in the name of officials of the Grot
toes (Va.) State bank and part, at
least, of the cache was believed to rep
resent loot obtained from that Insti
tution when It was robbed June SO,
1021.
Two-thirds of the bonds recovered
were registered, the remainder being
railroad and Industrial Issues. Mitch
ell said he had been scooping up
"pt!!>er»»" with the coal for several
u..)i, toid (iy .vaa dpeculatiu^ t^ie otli-1
Entry may be made on any of
>iese tracts by qualified entrymen
in application made to the register
>f the general lunj office, Juneau,
Vlaska. The list number given in
lie following statement will defin-,
tely identity any tract to liim:
11 List No.
. of Kasaan G-199S
nof Island 6-2074
I • 6-302S
i River 6-2123
6-3025
6-2120
utheast of Kasaaj 6-2139
6-612
6-1404
Prince of Wales Is. 6-12S1
Price of Wales !s. 6-1941
1 6-3023
ary Island 6-1978
trict 6-3007,
ary Island 6-19S3
cr nay as to ivnai may irrve own
the Intrinsic cost of the station flre
durlng the recent cold spoil.
RESUMES PROSPECTING
He Abandoned Search for Gold Forty
Year* Ago.
After 40 years' absence, \V. II. >!<•
Iionahl »f Sacramento came back to
search for gold in the mountains ,>f
northern California, to realize the
treasure lie dreanieil of in the early
days of Shasta and Trinity counties
-10 years ago.
Mcltonald hunted for gold, but hi*
lucky strike never came. He dr.fted
away to earn a livelihood elsewhere.
Now ills family is grown up and he
has no ties to bind him to oilier paths,
anil he has come back to find the lucky
strike he always just missed before.
McDon'M arrived In Iteddirc re
••enily and left the next day for Frond
Gulcb. where he will spend a llttl<
time. He will then go to IVadwoort
anil Stuart's Fork to take up his pros
peeling where lie left off 40 \e.irs ago.
Quiver of the Beau.
He had Just proposed. Secretly, she
was very much elated and Intended to
say "Yes" eventually Hut si e thought
she would liave a little amusement by
keeping hlui In susjiense for a few min
utes.
So she said, in a sad voice, "I'm
afraid 1 <iin he nothing hut a sister
to you."
•Well, that's all right." he sa;d gay
ty. "I thought that since I have been
filing with you for a year now. It wis
only fair that I would give you an op
|Kirtunity to marry me. If you «ured
to. Hul since you don't. I tnljlit as
well confess that I'd rat bet be a
brother than a husband myself."
And Cupid closed off another ac
count to profit "in! lo»s ilargoyle.
Popular Fiction al Popular Prices
A large list of ths very latest hitt
on the Kdison An.bercoia cvllndei
have been received by Kellers anc
may be heard at ai.v time.
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| • PROFESSION U. CARDS
W. B. STOFT
Attorney at I.aw
Practice ill all ronrts
In Territory of Alaska
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NOTICE
When you want anything moved
Trunks. Baggage or anyth ng else
Call up the Johc William#. C £
Transfer Co. Also wood 16 lncn
delivered $4 50. and coal, per ton
delivered, $16.50. Phone 56.
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at H:Xn o'clock. Visit
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F. J. VANDEWALL, Sw-i-ctary.
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M. Xo. llil. Dirrtf 2nd ami
4»h Snimlaj rv<-ni»c« of
each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Ilrethirn are wel
come.
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ililnl KiW«T of t-*h
month, »l S o'clock.
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Make This Your 1922 Slogan
"Try The Home Market First"
As a Northerner, a rioneer, an Tpbullder of Alaska, yon are
peeved every time you hear of the appointment of a "carpetbagger"
to fill one of the political offices of the territory, because you know
that there are capable and efficient men living in the terr tory who
could fill the offices with perfect satisfaction, who are helping to
build up the territory and make it a worth while place in which to
live.
Is Is a parallel case when Northerners send their money oat
side for supplies that may be bought right here at home and give
better satisfaction than the "carpetbagger" stuff imported from the
Slates.
Is It not a fact that we are all working to build up the North
to make it a worth-while place in which to live, and by "trying yonr
home market first" you are strengthening the foundation for that
building?
Here's A Suggestion For A Starter
TRY THE ALASKAN'S JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT FIRST. IT IS EQUIPPED
WITH MODERN MACHINERY AND MATERIAL, AND EFFICIENT
ARTISANS ARE IN CHARGE OF THE WORK