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STUDY OF IMMIGRATION NEEDS IS DESIRABLE
In the very near future Congress Is of necessity to take up the mat
ter of embodying into law an immigration policy for the country. The
law now in effect is an emergency act. a temporary stopgap, admitted to
be so by every one, both supporters ot its aims and those who oppose tliem.
It was never intended to express the nation s permanent policy but wa3
passed to serve as a bar to the admission of undesirable Immigrants until
mature consideration of the various problems complicating the situation
could be had.
At the time of the passage of the law and from then until very re
cently a complete stoppage of all immigration would not have seriously
affected the country's industries. It had been, until the middle of last
summer, something of a problem to meet the unemployment crisis. Both
common and skilled labor quotas were far in excess of the demands for
them and uncurtailed immigration at that period would have resulted in
making more grave a situation admittedly so serious as to cause the nam
ing. by President Harding, of a Commission headed by one of his most
trusted cabinet members to combat it.
In the past several months there has been a general easing up of this
condition. As far as common labor is concerned persons in position to
know the facts say the era of unemployment It at an end. It is claimed
that the need now is not for a Commission on unemployment but for a na
tional conference on how to get men to do work that is offered. Jobs
again are begging for men rather than men begging for jobs. Taking ad
vantage of this there ia sure to be a movement by Interested elements to
induce Congress to allow more liberal immigration quotas than otherwise
could be expected in the national policy.
This policy should not be determined by guesswork. The main fac
tor is not whether expanding industries can secure a great quantity of
lowpriced labor, although the prosperity of every legitimate industry is to
be desired. The welfare of the country as a whole, from every material
angle, is or should be. the governing factor. In this ia the concern of
the natiou as to desirability of any particular immigrant or class of im
migrants, whether or not they will make good citizens rather than will
they work for small wages during the period of their novitiate; the motive
actuating the Immigrant in coming to this country; questions of Individual,
group or racial intelligence: their probable adaptibility to American cus
turns and acceptance of American ideals and principles of government, ail
. re tied up in the adoption of a permanent immigration policy.
It is much better that a few, or even many, jobs should be seeking
encumbents than for the country to be overloaded with undesirable aliens
totally without sympathy with our national aims and ambitions aud many
endeavoring to undermine the very foundations of our Government. There
is wisdom in keeping immigrant quotas to a minimum until a thorough
study has been made to determine how far our settled policy may go with
safety to the country.—Juneau Empire.
THE MABRRIAGK APPLICANT
Andrew Jackson Drexel, an ele
vator man. has been intensely int
erested in a proposed marriage lot
ury and he hopes to win bimselt t
wife somebody wbo kin wash an'
iron and is a cookin' woman.
Tbe other day Andrew got hold
of one of the application blanks they I
are sending out from New Jersey
and he wanted to fill it out. It went
over his head, but he made a brave
stab at the thing with the following
result:
1. Name? Andrew Jackson Drex
el (no Middle)
2. Age? Over 21.
3. Occupation? Colored.
4. uo you want a husband or wife
I prefers a single woman with Im
pediments.
8. Completion. Yes.
7. Where born. In the A. M. E.
and sometimes on seventh avenue
hospital.
5. Religion? Yes. I got that too.
9. Condition of health? Pretty
fair if 1 stays off my feet. The old
dotis ain't so good.
10. Ambitions? A couple of good
bones and three squares a day.
11. Have you eve; been married?
You'd a thought so if you had seen
her. Some wife. yos.nah!
12. Who received the divorce de
cree? We didn't have no decree.
We had a decision. 1 won that on
a foul.
1m.—On what grounds was the di
vorce granted? Qo't house.
14. How far advanced are you
from an educational standpoint?
(Silence)
15. What pleasures suit you be9t?
Colloping Wones or mayb« a good
roast ham with little gravy.
16. What are your special talents?
Seven Ing.
17. Do ycu insist that your mate
come from same community you
live in? No, I ain't seen none in
my community that is worth insist
ing on.
IS. Give two good references.
Britannicum and Holy Rule9.
19. Do you prefer a hevy or a
light weight mate? Yes, oue or the
other.
CANN FORMS COMPANY
TO TAKE OVER APEX
GROUP AT LISIAXSKI
Articles of incorporation of the
Apex Mining Coronaiiv, formed by
the Cann interests at Lisianski. have
been tiled in the office of the clerk of
the U. S. District Court, authorizing
a capital stock issue of $300,000
J. H. Cann is president: J. R. Cann,
vice president, and T. D. White, sec
retary of the new company..
The company, it is stilted, owns all
of the Apex group of claims, 12 in
number, at Lislanski Inlet, acquiring
the interests formerly held by the
Kimba'.l estate, H. R. Shepa;d, Dav
ies ant* Mrs. Cann. The interest of
the Kimball estate was acquired last
week in a sale held at Sitka. Stock
in the company is still held by Mr.
Shepard, Davies and the Kimball
estate.
Mr. Cann, who left today for the
mine, said that a five-stamp mill
will be erected in the near future by
tlso company. It will probably be
completed with a mill of the same
capacity to be installed by the El
Nido Company, giving a 10-stamp
combined plant for the two groups.
U is understood that both companies
expect to begin actual operations
next season.—Empire.
Subscribe tor the Dolly Alaskan
Colorado River Is A Big Danger
To Imperial Valley Farm Lands
DIRECTOR OF U.S. RECLAMATION
SERVICE SAYS GREAT MENACE
TO FERTILE INLAND EMPIRE
1.1 KKS IN UNCONTROLLED \VA
San Francisco. Dec. 4.—Menace
of a titanic disaster which would
engulf the great inland empire being
built in the Imperial Valley of Cal
ifornia, lurks in the uncontrolled
waters of the Colorado river, accord
ing to Arthur B. Davis, director of
the Vnited States Reclamation Ser
vice. Davis was here recently to ad
dress the' American Society of Civil
Engiiuers on the "Resources of the
Colorado river."
"The Gulf of California formerly
extended nearly 150 miles farther
north than its present head," Davis
said in explaining the flood menace
of the lower Colorado, "and the
Colorado river emptied Into its east
ern margin about 100 miles south
of the head, carrying annually into
it more than 80,000 acrefeet of silt.
This deposition built a great alluvial
delta, which finally extended across
the Gulf and cut off the connect inn
of the northern end from the sea.
converting it into an island basin
from which the water has been
mostly evaporated, leaving In its bot
tom the Salton Sea. covering 300
squure miles with a surface nearly
250 feet below the sea level.
I "The river, laden with sediment,
continually builds up its channel and
immediate banks, like other similar
streams and forms a ridge growing
steadily higher, until the stream be
comes so unstable that in some
great freshet it abandons this high
cltanne' and follows some course on
lower ground. In this way the
stream swings back and forth over
its delta, which has been built to
a height of 30 feet above sea level
whore it forms a barrier between
Salton Sea and tlie Gulf of Califor
nia. The direct distance from thio
ridge to the Gulf is about "0 miles,
and the margin of Salton Sea is a
little more.
"As the inland sea is about 250
feet below the Gulf, there is a cotf
stsnt tendency to flow northward,
and if the river should break Into
this basin in flood time It would
rapidly erode a ileep channel, and
would be exceedingly difficult to
Istop. Unless diverted the rlvei
would fill the Salton Sea to sea
. level or higher, and submerge the
I Imperial Valley, destroying all the
towns, railroads and farms, as there
! is no escape for the waters of the
Salton Sea except by evaporation.
This menace would be largely re
( moved by the reduction of the floods
J of the Colorado and the control of
l Its waters."
Davis declared the Colorado river
and it tributaries constitute one of
the greatestt potential assets of the
counry. Already serving more than
! 2.000.000 acres of farm land with
irrigation water, it will, be de
clared. eventually serve treble this
area.
"It drains parts of seven states,
and flows for more than 100 miles on
Mexican soil," he said. "Bfore the
bui'dlng of laiKii'.ls it was t avi
gatej for mora than 400 mil.-s.
And although now mainly abandon
ed by navigators, it is still naviga
ble. This and its interstate and in
ternational character make its prob
lems peculiarly national.
Undeveloped Power
"Us groat power possibilities are
one of Its most remarkable charac
teristics. Rising on the summit of
the Rocky mountains, at altitudes
exceeding 14,000 feet. It fliws rsp
idly through canyons abounding wltb
rapids to nearly sea levet. It drains
an area of about 244,WO o-juare
mjles, Including large areas of heavy
snowfall, and its average ■iischarg':
Is about IS,000.000 acre feet of
water, with Its Immense fall. Indi
cates a total of S.000.000 h. p of
which three-fourths Is susceptible of
development, whenever reasorable
markets will justify it. In addition
its tributaries have vast possibilities
of power, widely distributed and al
ready party developed.
"Its upper courses are mostly
mountainous, and traverse a few
valleys of moderate area. Its mid
dle reaches are through plateaus
scort-d by profound canyons, con
stituting one of the roughest re
gions of the world. The lower
stretches pass through hot dry val
leys of alluvial sill, rich with a
growing season of twelve months it
year.
"If properly regulated the waters .
of the Colorado river are ample to /
supply the much needed water forj
the irrigation of these semi-tropic ]
valleys. Numerous good storage sites J
have been surveyed and found to be
feasible in the upper country.
Dmu Is Feasible
It has beon disclosed that a dam
can feasibly be bttilt in1 the granite
gorge of Boulder Canyon, that will
Intercept practically all the druin
age above the Gila, a'ld form a
reservoir of any dealt ed capacity,
sufficient to regulate the entire flow
of the river to any desired regimen
of discharge. Such a reservoir
would not only eliminate the flood
menace of the river, but would also
furnish the regulation and the head
necessary to develop 6,000,000 h. p.,
and the same regulation would till
tho requirements of irrigation in
Arizona and California. The regu
lated flow would also supply twe
large power sites below it, still near
er the present markets.
"It 1b also fortunate that the
Doulder Canyon site Is so located as
to be within transmission distance of
largo available power markets, In
Arizona. California, Nevada and in
Utah. Even If the Boulder Canyon
reservoir should entirely till with
sediment, the power head will be un
I impaired. Thus nature has pro
vided meanfl for romovlng any con
flict of interests'between the upper
and lower basins of the Colorado,
and the way is open for an ami
cable agreement on a division of
. its waters.
i o accompnsn sucn an agreement
a commission l^as been formed, head
ed by Herbert Hoover, member of
the American Society of Engineers,
representing the United States gov
ernment, and a representative from
each of the seven states directly in
terested, which commission it is
hoped will soon reach an agreement
acceptable to all tl^e states.
"About 1,536.000 acres of land are
now irrigated In the upper basin,
and there is a possibility of bring
ing this development to more -than
4,000,000 acres."
The country is safe, for, after all,
the woman who Is rocking the cradle
Isn't the one who Ib smoking the- cig
aret.
Big Game Guide
Sportsmen who are Interest
ed In hunting big came in the
Lower Yukon cowrj are In
cited to call on ai*. I have
lived for manjr yean in the At
lin country, and can gnarante*
hunting parties One sneclmcns.
I have a good power boat
for lake hunting and fishing. .
For Information call or ad
dress
Tom Williams
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
l\ S. Land Ofllcc at
Juneau, Alaska, Nor. 27, 1922.
NOTICE Is hereby given that
Perle B. Allen, of Haines, Alaska,
who, on Nevemberr 3, 1922, made
homestead entry, No. 03425, for lots
3, 4, & 5 and SW%NE% sec. 15;
lot 1, Section 14, Township 30 S,
Range 59 E, Copper River Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
final three-year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described,
before R. M. Odell, Notary Public,
at Haines, Alaska, on the sixth day
of January, 1923.
Claimant names as witnesses:
N. G. Hanson, of Hatnes, Alaska.
M. A. Centner, of Haines, Alaska.
G. W. Hinchman, of Haines. Ala
ska. /.
J. H. Chisel, of Haines, Alaska.
FRANK A. BOYLE,
Register.
First Publication, Dec. 5, 1922.
Final Publication, Jan. 4, 1923.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U. 8. Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, Nor. 6, 1922.
NOTICE Is hereby given that
James Hippolyte deBlondeau, of
Haines, Alaska, who, on October 26,
1922, made Homestead Entry, No.
04597, for E%NW!4, N^4NE% j lots
I 2, 3, 4 and 5, Section 28, Township
30 South, Range 59 East, Copper
River Meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make three year Proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described, before R. M. Odell, notary
public, at Haines, Alaska, on the
16th day of December, 1922.
Claimant names as witnesses:
George H. Hinchtnan, of Haines, Al
aska.
J. H. Chisel, of Haines, Alaska.
J Ed. Adama, of Haines, Alaska.
Jack Rath, of Haines, Alaska.
FRANK A. DOYLE,
Register.
First Publication, Nov. 11, 1922.
Final Publication, Dec. 5, 1922.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given, that the
undersigned has been duly appoint
ed. Administrator of the estate of
Robert H. Ferry, deceased, by the
Probate court of the Territory of Al
aska, sitting in probate at Haines,
Alaska, and all persons having
claims against said estate are requir
ed to present them to me at my office
in the City of Haines, Alaska, with
the proper vouchers within six
months from the date of the first
publication of this notice.
H. O. BANTA,
Adlmlnstrator.
Nov. 30-Dec. 7,14,28,-'22.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS '
IN THE COURT OF THE COMMIS
SIONER FOR THE TERRITORY
OF ALASKA, DIVISION NUMBER
ONE. SITTING IN PROBATE IN
SKAGWAY PRECINCT, BEFORE
HON. JOSEPH J. F. WARD. COM
MISSIONER AND EX-OFFICIO
JUDGE.
In the matter of t!ie estata of George
W. Dillon, Deccabod.
Notice is hereby gneu by the un
dersigned, administrator ol the es
j'tate of GEORGE W. DILLON, De
| ceased, to the creditors of, and all
persons having claims against said
deceased, or against the estate of
said deceased, to prepare tuid pre
sent them with the necessary vouch
ers, within the time required by
law, to the undersigned at his resi
dence in the Town of Skagwayr Al
aska.
GENE. SMITH
Administrator of the estate of
George W. Dillon, Deceased.
first publication, Nov. 14, 19-22.
Final publication. Dec. 12. 1922.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
W. B. STOUT
Attorney at Law
Practice in all court*
In Territory of Alaska
HAINES ALASKA
SKAGWAI
FRATERNAL ORDERS
©
Camp Skagway No. 1
meets every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit*
lng brothers coruiuij' welcome.
J, M. Keller, L. 8. Keller,
Arctic Rocordcr. Arctic Chief
B. P. O. ELKS, SiAg
way Lodge, No. 4&1, B.
P. O. Elks, meets every
Thursday at 8 p. in.
Visiting brothers cor
dially welcome.
dan Mcdonald, e. r.
P. J. VAN DEW ALL, Secretary.
ft
P. A A. M.
White Pass Lodge F. & A.
M. No. 113, meets iiad and
4th Saturday evenings of
each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wel
come.
P. J. Van de Wall, W. M.
T. J. Stauillsh, Secretary.
Fraternal Order oi
Eagles
Skagwuy Aerie, No. 25,
Fraternal Ordur ol
Eagles, meet tlie first
and tlilrd Wednesday nljjht ol e«cn
month at tlieir hall on Fifth Ave
nue. Visiting brothers cordially 1»
vited to attend.
M. A. CODING, W.P.
I E. E. WALLACE, SECY.
Naomi Chapter No. 0
O. E. 8., niecu 111 Ma
sonic hall, first and
third Friday of each
month, at 8 o'clock.
> IM11U& lUCIIIUt'ra KUlCUiilC,
POLLY WEBSTER
Worthy Matron
Fanny Speer, Secretary.
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