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EDITORIAL
Tlir Tf'HRITORI II. FIASCO
According to a recent report is
- -I by the Territorial Commission
er of Education there were 3.293
childr-vi in attendance at the public
schools of the territory during the
past >ear. Of this number 1.647
were in the schools of the First Div
ision. IS? i:i the second. 1.100 in
the third and 357 in the Fourth.
The cost per capita of educating
these Alaska children was: First
Division. SI.57: Second Division.
#210.00; Third Division. $111.59:
Fourth Division, $160.64.
Turning to the report of the Ter
ritorial Treasurer, we find that the
school tax collected in the four dif
ferent divisions during the year of
1920 v.as: First. S31.965.10; Sec
ond. $3,566: Third. 150,615.50;
Fourth. #4.230.00.
Taking the number of schoolchil
dren as a basis from which to tigure
percentage of population in each
division, the t\f!lo»ing is obtained:
First Division. 50 per cent.: Sec
ond Division. 5.S per cent.; Thiid
Diwsion. 33 3 per cent.: Fourth Div
ision. 10.9 per cent.
In the First Division ir w ll be
seen that there ;\re 1.64 7 school
children, and just one less. 1.546.
in the other three divisions.
And vet the Second Division and
Fourth—with !e-;s it:.til 17 per cent,
of the population of the Territory- -
; radically dominate I ttie late ses
sion of the Legislature and Drrxtired
for their constituencies more of the
appropriations for improvments than
t! an the other more than s J per
cent. combined. 'I he Second Divi
sion. with less thin six per cent, of
the population of the Territory, had
the presidency of the senate and the
chief clerks of '>oth the .senate and
house and the Fo.irth Oivisioi. with
its 10.5 per cent. o> the population,
had the speaker of house. ;.ud the
two combined, with les* than i7
per cent, of the population of the
Territory, had 70 pe.- ceut. of the
representation ia both houses—not
that they are to be censured in any
way for taking what the imperfect
organic act of the Territory gives
them, for it is their r!gat as that art
exists. More thar that, the delega
tions from the Second and Fourth
Divisions came into the Legislature
organized and prepared to Xurther
their aims and ambitions—which
they did. outpointing and outgen
eraling their '.'Korgp.cized nnd inex
perienced associates at every turn.
In other words, the tail wagged the
dog and steered it at will.
The remedy for existing condi
tions lies with the great majoitty
of the people of Alaska. Concerted
and intelligent action will bring
about a redistricting of the Terri
tory and will award to the inhab
ited portions of it their just dues.
The Second and Fourth Divisions
should l>e made into one and at
that it would have more than its
share of representation iu the Terri
torial Legislature. By rights, a por
tion of the Third should be added to
it to give it more population, aud
the First should be divided into two
divisions, with Juneau the seat of
one and Ketchikan the seat of the
other.
The Second and Fourth each have
a hold-over senator, which is all the
representation they should have in
that body of the next Legislature,
and that, with their present repre
sentation In the Ijiwer house of
'eight reduced to four, should be the
future apportionment.
It is up to the great majortity of
Alaskans—those residing in the in
habited portions thereof—to get
busy through our delegate in con
gress in order that they may obtain
their just dues and inherent rights.
And this «an only be brought about
through the redistrictiug of tb« Ter
ritory. Either that or act on the
suggestion of a certain member of
the but lately adjourned legislature
who is quoted as saying:
"The one memorial that should
have been sent to Washington and
wasn't was the one asking that the
Territorial Legislature of Alaska be
abolished.—Ex.
SKAGWAY ()VEIJ1.»H»KKI>
! The recent legislature had up for
consideration the construction and
maintenance of an orphans home for
Alaskan children. During the time
the matter was up. Wrangell thru
its mayor and town council made a
strong bid to have the Home placed
In that town. Claiming.—and one
wonders at it—that Wraugell had
all the advantages to he desired for
such a home. All that is passed at
the present hut if it should come to
the attention of the legislature again
without question Skagway will be
heard in the matter. That we have
the site, the climate and the town
for a home of that kind is too well
known to need any argument. When
is comes to location, town site, and
I suitability for something of that
i character Skagway has all the other
j towns in S. K. Alaska backed off the
! map. There are only two places
where it would be reasonable to put
such a home, and those two places
are Haines and Skagway. This end
of the Panhandle has not asked for
much from the Territory and no one
will say that it lias heen given any
thing. but a gracious Providence has
certainly given us more in the way
of genial skies and summer suu. and
other things which go to make up a
pleasant town than any other places
in S. K. Alaska.
Next time we will be there to show
to the Solotis what any sensible man
can see with eves shut.
I '
I'RKSIIIKXT HARDING'S TEST
I President Harding is ;i wise mas
| ter builder. A keener judge of men
I than men have given him credit
| for. By his adroit handling of the
Govertiship case of Alaska he lias
shifted the whole weight of respon
sibility on Alaskans, and still kept
a free hand to do as wisdom dic
tates. lie has. by his postponing of
appointment of a Governor, made it
apparent that if Alaskans want an
Alaskan as governor it is up to them
tu decide upon so:;:e man from the
Territory who will receive the hear
ty support and co-operation of the
people who live here, and if such
cooperation and support is not possi
ble then he will have for the term
of the nest governor, taken the sting I
out of any criticism which may be I
levied at the man whom he shall ap-1
point as Governor.
Well done. Mr. President! If our
leaders cannot get together on a
good candidate we do not deserve
having the honor of having an Alas-;
kan for Governor . This may be a |
hard test, but it is eminently a fair ■
one and the one best calculated to
put up to Alaskans in a square and .
solid way the sanity and reasonable-!
ness of their contention for a Gov- I
ernor who is an Alaskan. Can we |
put up a man on whom we can com
bine and with whom all can co-oper
ate and work? It remains to be
seen.
The fail of wearing pajamas to ten
leaves the breakfast table rather bare.
Most of the world i.;w learned to be
ware uf the soviet tl.at walks like a
man.
If you are to" olil t«> 1-e a boy scout
in person you might be one in purse,
tiny how.
Clothing continues to come down.
If the consumer ran sell his motor
cur he may buy some.
Every time the fuel situation gets !
acute the weather man shows a ills
position to be helpful.
A woman's idea of tret tins what
she wants is. "If at first you don't |
succeed, cry, cry again."
Those Interested in the return of the
5-cvnt cigar are closely scantling the .
i'mrkst rwrtg vi. "ablase.
Great Bunch
Caribou Seen
Midnight Dome
Thousands of Che Animals Gam- |
hoi About in l''ull
View of Dawson.
ATTRACT MICH ATTENTION
Vine Yukon Nature Scene
For Tlie Movie Cam
era Man.
A vast herd of caribou was seen
from the streets of Dawson this
morning. The animals were moving
about the Midnight Dome and just
above the slide of rook under which
as tradition says, an Indian village
lies buried. It was difficult at first
glance to get the true magnitude of
the herd, but when the eye got the
range, as it were, the crown of the
hill and the hollow between the two
domes, as well as the hillsides, re
vealed a scene that, as it delighted
the eye of the old sour-dough and
Dawsouite, would make the chee
chako tourist stand in wonder. Look
ing up from Front street, near the
X. C. corner, the caribou could bo
seen gathered on the bare slope,
descending toward the rock slide in
a great body. Here, caught iu the
flash of the morning sun, the animals
looked like numberless sheep.
Billy Ilendell. the surveyor, got a
bead on the bunch with his transit
from the corner of Second avenue
and King street, and then it turned
out that, instead of there being
simply a large herd, there were
several herds. From the ditch to the
summit and extending all along the :
base of the hill, in the shaded
spruce groves, where the snow still
lies deep, and up the bare and rocky
sides to the skyline, the hill was
alive with caribou.
Sourdough Paul Guite. who said
that he hud seen only one live cari
bou in all his life, got a splendid
view and now lias a better idea of
what the Yukon possesses in the
way of livestock and tourist attrac
tions than he had before breakfast. J
Telephones were kept busy with
calls coining in from all parts of the
town, husbands rousing their wives
out of bed—before twelve o'clock,
too.—to get a look, if the window
was on the right side of the house;
and friend calling friend.
It would have been a great pic
ture for the movie man. Unfortu
nately. the real nature scenes of the
Yukon are seldom caught by the
camera.
tiREAT RESERVOER OF SAL
MON CREEK 11EI\G EMPTIED
Colorado brook irout planted in
the Salmon creek dam. and now sev
eral inches long, are being ground
tip in the waterwheel for the com
pressor plant which supplies the Al
aska-Castiueau Company with elec
tricity.
The reason for the trout escaping j
is the fact that t.ie great reservoir
dam is the lowest in its history, the
gauge showing approximately 20 feet
of water, .while the lowest hereto
fore has been 40 feet. Owing to the
break In the Annex Creek power line
it has been necessary to throw an
extra burden on the Salmon creek
clam to supply tl e needs of the min
ing company.
There is no screen against the pipe
leading out of the lower part of the
dam and there is no way to put one I
in. Should present conditions con
tinue the lake soon will be cleaned,
of trout. It has been suggested that
members of the Alaska Fish & Game
club might sein the fish and then
turn them loose in the creek below
the dam. which would save them
from being ground up on the water
wheel.—Ex.
Wayside Telephones.
If Is ii wonder that someone b;<?
not thought liefonp of (lit* plan, soou
ro go into effect In Ohio, of pill ling
;mnll te1ephi'i:e '"'O lis along the roads
if the slate, imp iit every milestone,
or the convenience of travelers, in
leiul of having to tramp to Hie iio;.r
st farmhouse, iho stranded motorist
r tenui«ter will he always within
nilf n m>!e of 11 telephone, hy which
i- can summon ?!—Youth's Coin
inion.
Charies for Philat?l|rts.
The French government is making
-■reparations to sell the greatest coi
'eetloM of stamps which was ever
made, valued at S:;.0C0.0<>0. It com
prised the collection of Huron Fer
rary who died in I''17. mid hy the
terms of his will the collection was
left to the llcilln postal museum. The
collection was In Paris at the time and
It was seized as alien property.
Mines Making
Millions Pay
Small Taxes
Two .Minos Made Over Sixty
Million Dollars During Past
Five Years Pay Less Than
Losing Business. ,
FIRST DIVISION ONLY
ONE LEFT OUT IN COLD
Second and Fourth Division
Oiet Ten Times What
They Pay In Taxes
By FORMER SENATOR J. R.
HECKMAN.
1 have been asked what should
have been done in the legislature at
the session which just came to a
close.
My answer is that they should
have used plain business sense, in
hard times, to have curtailed ex
penses. This, however, was not only
not done, but special appropriations
were made for the Second, Third
and Fourth divisions. All of them
might have merit and might be con
sidered under ordinary circum
stances, but not at this time when
the Territory is in bad financial
condition.
These special appropriations were:
$41,000 for the agricultural college
and school of mines at Fairbanks;
$25,000 for a bridge across the Niz
ina river in the Third division,
the same amount as appropriated
four years ago. after which the
bridge went out as soon as it was
completed; $25,000 for a subsidy
for a steamship to operate from
Seward to the Westward, also in
the third division; and $30,000 to
buy a railroad at Nome.
Home of these I know to ue
worthy measures while others un
doubtedly have some merit, hut not
at this time, especially when it was
felt by the legislators that the big
mines could not pay their share
of the taxes.
In addition to the ahovo men
tioned appropriations, one was made
of 13,001 for territorial mine in
spector. This is a position we have
no call for. We have federal in
spectors and that is all that is
needed. The only possible excuse
for the territorial mine inspector is
the creation of another political job-i
The results of these extravagances
will be that the next legislature
when it convenes, will find itself
without funds to carry on the neces
sary operations of the territorial
government.
It was amusing during the last
session to hear a member of the
legislature cry at the top of hi?
voice, "Far be it from me to tax
the poor man, widow or orphan
(gallery stuff) and then vote for a
$5 poll tax, a $25.00 tax on messen
ger boys and many other similar
taxes, and when it came to taxing
the only prosperous industry in
Alaska, he voted to tax them not
more (ban 1 per cent, on ill net
profits in excess of $5,000.
As an illustration of the unfair
ness of the taxation. I have pre
pared the following statement .giv
ing authentic figures which speak
for themselves.
Total license taxes collected dur
ing 19IS were $324.S91.50. The
fisheries paid $21G,2J2.22.
Total license taxes collected dur
ing 1919 were $371,248.01. The fish
eries paid $279,535.70. Thus show
ing but $91,712.31 paid by all other
industries.
Have not been able to get the
1920 taxes as collected or will be
collected.
The license taxes as proposed for
1921 and 1922 arc estimated at
$558,520.00 per year, out of which
the fisheries are to pay $357,800.
00.
AVith the exception of one or two
fishing companies, the fisheries lost
more in 1920 then they made during j
191S and 1919. The estimated loss I
to the fisheries in Alaska for 1920 |
is $10,000,000.00 and in the face of .
this the revenue bill just passed in
creases the taxes on fisheries $141,
900.00
As the bill now stands the fish
cries are to pay ?357,SO0.OO, also a
federal tax of four cents per case;
and all the mines in Alaska are to
pay but $40,000.00,—no increase
over previous years. The Kenne
cott and the Chicagoff are making
millions; either one of them I con
sider is worth as much as all the
fisheries in Alaska, and all the taxes
they pay under our license system
is one per cent, of the net profits
over ?5,000.00. ,
Baby
food
for
"I can't always ask for what I want
but I let you know when I get
what I want."
What baby wants most of all is the
loving carc of Mother, especially
when Mother is aided by the baby
necessities thai: we can 'y. Our
entire line of babj
up of the products of n inufactur
ers who have long recognized that
Purity Is Essential
We have always used tlis utmost
care in handling goods in this de
partment. Careful mother* cr.r do nothing
wiser than to come here for baby feeds, nurs
ine bottles, nipples, so;t; s, <; i \ ders,
and those internal and extcr.i.:i rented:**
lone associated with the c»re »! the baby.
Keller Bros., Skagway, Alaska
CareSess
With Money
Few men are careless with actual
cash, but many men do not stop
to think that the checks and notes
they give out represent money and
that fraudulent alteration of a
check may mean a serious loss.
Protect yourself by using paper
that betrays alteration —
mm
Paper. We can tell you more
about it and show you hovf we
can protect your cash, your checks,
notes, drafts, and receipts.
HIS SHARE
He: Don't
you think w*
could be happy
on my $35 a
week?
She: Maybs,
If you could bo
happy on a dol
lar of it
Cv-^X
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN
"Has your present wife a mor®
even temper than your first had."
"More even? No, even more."
Down In Argentina they have dis
covered that 5.SOO.OOO pews have been
"undniy disbursed" in building the
new eapitoi. It takes those Latins to
use language.
To Ciuc a Colli i)i One liny
Tako Grove's J^AXITIVU liHOMO
yUIMXE tablets. T!io genuino bears
tl:e signature of 1J. W. Grove. 30c.
MACE WAY I'IT3 SACRED CITY
Englishman C:r.ir(>; '.3 Bo the Only
Living Eiirc.'c.'.i'. V/I.o Has Set
Foot i.i lie j i:icfi!iacii.
1 T!i<
I Load'
Will)
IIKIIt
I shawi
roc
ti, ti.e
::li iufni;
vlldolit of the
*»0 1)0 "lllnioSt
: livlns T^'iro
i vKied She
i "secret" .Mo
i.-ii is olllclnlly
Iiv a Spanish
U>.
roctly 5*11'if*
..ill town of
i 's situated
lli-ni Zcjei,
I; of IVlUilli.
visited it in
iinl only os
stated to lo <
expediiioi in .
Slieslmnan. or t
shaon, lie \\ri;"s
a few tllfiilwmd i
In llto iribi'ti .
about -ID Mite
The Tii i ; -
Moorish i!i I
caped Willi diiiieuiiv.
He nd.ls tliui ilie town is small,
built nlcns a sort of torrace on tlie
hlsth ir.ountain U*. :; d is renowned
for lis Ki'ii.T.'s and streams. Willi
the exception oi its pin i: s<iuo situ
Ition niiiiui^' in 'i111iiiiits, its aloofness
and its siirrotiudii'S gardens, Slie
sliawan pi . its no very particular
features.
Its inhabitants are poor. Their In
dustries are the niak'ns of furniture
In painted wood—brai ' is and tables
—and the weaving of woolen stuffs.
They are renovi.ed for their mean
ness, and a native proverb states:
"If you s-v a Jlositai uierehant front
Fez woeplij-'. it is only a Jloor of Sbe
sliawau who eoidd have £ut tlx
ter of liim."
bot
Strang; Ltsses.
For vrelrtl h:..vs London would be
linirt to heat iii some Instances, sa.vs a
correspondent. He dealt with houses
lately wlilfh v. rn* for sale and found
that tin* -'ind tin •' nrd v.-..s the duo! y
of Cornwall, the I ' lioMor paying an
annual ground rent of fourpeuce! And
this fourpenee was sent every year In
an envelope which est twnpcuce, and it
cost the duchy twopence to acknowl
edge-receipt! "Hut there Is a stranger
lease in the north <>f l.undou," he said;
"some house- there : re leased until
the death ol' the duke of Connaught.
There Is ti" other <!:.u* uttnehed to the
docutnwiL"
The En.cllsh novelist who says that
women dress fnr women ae.d not for
men shows araln that no man eiin
(litderstnnd women.
Not only are the llol'hevlks short
of fooil and I.tit there doesn't
seetn to I e anybody else that they can
roh of. such I liir,
White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE Xo. 40
Tuesday ami IVitlry
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1st Class.
Xo. ;-v BourJ
1st. Class
8:30 a
11:00 a
12:40 p
2:10 p
4:30 p
Leaves
Arrives
Leaves
SKAQWAY
WHITE PASS
BENNETT
CARCROSS
WHITEHORSE
Passengers must be at the depot in time to have Baggage in
spected, and checked. Inspection is storpcd thirty minutes before
leaving time o£ trains.
150 pounds of Baggage will be checked freo with each full fare
ticket, and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket,
Arrive
3:45 p.
2:10 p.
12:45 p.
10:55 a.
8:30 a.