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' LOOTING OF ALASKA"
Press advices lmdicate that propagandists again are trying to raise the j
old war cry about selfish Interests trying to "loot Alaska." I
Poor, old Alaska has been "looted" alright, not by capital, but "looted" I
of Its birthright to develop and utilize natural resources by these self-same!
propogandlsts.
The bait they hold out before the Eeastern public is that "Alaska's |
riches" belong to the people of the United States, and that Indefinite "in-]
terests" are about to gobble everything in sight and cheat the people of the I
nation out of something.
But meantime the people of Alaska are the ones being cheated. The
resources are here for those who want to come and pioneer the way and
stand the ga!f for developing them, providing the conservation lock and key
are removed.
Alaska needs capital, lots of capital. Potential resources are worth
less otherwise. One thriving American community, supported by "selfish
interests" Is worth all the pulp timber, all the water power, all the oil and I
all the coal, that lies in a state of undeveloped wilderness.
Alaska has taxation without representation. It pays the bills. It is a
political dumping ground, a land to be exploited by theorists, a victim of
misunderstanding, long-range administration, for live newspaper copy and
scare-heads, but it must also be remembered there are real flesh and blood
people living In the Northland who have a few rights of their own to con-j
serve.—Juneau Capital.
TKKIUTOKIAL SIPRKME COURT
With legislation pending for the more efficient administration of Alas
Kan affairs by the coordination of the various bureaus dealing with the de
velopment of the territory there is one other reform needed in the terri
tory.
The precess of appeals from the territorial courts at the present time is
so expensive that ordinary litigants cannot afford to carry an appeal to the
rourt of appeals at San Francisco. The thing Alaska needs is a territorial
supreme court located in the territory to which appeals will lie in all terri
torial matters.
The formation of such a court was considered at the last meeting of the
Alaska Bar Association of the Third division at Valdez. The members of
the bar were unanimously in favor of the creation of such a court—and a
committee was appointed to work out some plan whereby it could be ac
complished.
It ought not to be a difficult matter to impress the necessity of such a
court upon the department of justice at Washington and secure iis cooper
ation for the passage of a bill through congress creating a supreme court
tor the territory of Alaska.—Seward Gateway.
KDICT AGAINST BOOZE ON
PART OF PHYSICIANS
Chicago—A large majority of phy
sicians from six states, replying to
an alcoholic questlonalre sent out
l>> the Journal of the American Med
ical association, asserted they did
not regard whiskey, beer and wine
as necessary therapuetlc agents in
t .e practice of medicine, while near
ly two-thirds of th«ra said they be
lieved there should be restrictions
in prescribing whiskey, beer and
wine.
About three-fourths of tlie replies
asserted there wert no instances in
the practice of the physicians where
suffering or death had resulted from
the enforcement ot the prohibition
laws.
The Journal, in Its issue of De
cember 31, announced the tabula
tion for thesa states—Idaho, Kan
sas. Maine, Mississippi. Nebraska
and Rhode Island.
The result of the questionaire
sent to Indiana and Illinois physi
cians was announced last week.
In these eight states combined
2.743 physicians replied that tliey
did not consider whiskey as a ne
cessary therapeutic agent in the
practice of medicine, and 2, 524 as
serted they had found it of value.
Vote on Beer and Wine
On the question of beer. 1,404 doc
tors in the eight states replied they
believed it had medical value, and
3.83S physicians s&id they did not
believe it necessary as a theropeutic
agent.
Wine as a therapeutic agent was
supported by 1,592 doctors in the
eight states and opposed by 3.624.
One thousand and eighty doctors
reported they could cite instances in
their own practice where unneces
sary suffering or death had result
ed from enforcement of prohibition
laws, and 3.923 physicians reported
they had experienced no such in
stances.
In the eight states. 3.1S4 physi
cians stated they favored restric
tions in the prescribing of whiskey,
beer and wine, while 1.929 physi
cians were opposed to such restric
tions.
l'.i'lMHt From Idaho
The analysis of the questionnaire
from Idaho follows:
Questionnaires sent to Idaho, 227.1
Questionnaires returned. 161. I
Do you regard whiskey as a ne-|
cessary therapeutic agent in the |
practice of medicine? Yes. 70; no.j
90.
Do you regard beer as a necessary
therapeutic agent in the practice of
medicine? Yes, 3S; no, 120.
Do you regard wines as a neces
sary therapeutic agent in the prac
tice of medicine. Yes, 46; no, 113.
Have instances occurred in your
own practice in which unnecessary
suffering or death has resulted from
the enforcement of prohibition laws?
Yes, 49; no, 105.
In your opinion should physicians
be restricted in prescribing whiskey,
beer and wine? Yes, 99; no, 59.
John B. Powers, V. S. deputy mar
shall at Eagle, is making a long
overland trip from Eagle to Fair
banks to attend court.
John H. Hindson, one of the best
known pioneer prospectors of the
Yukon, passed away at Dawson re
cently. He was a member of the
Yukon Order of Pioneers and was
66 years of age. V
"Holy Sailor!" He Shouted. "Who
Uncorked That Atter o' Violets?" j
"It's fertilizer—nn' if tlmt nln't agrl- j
cultural stuff I liajve my teeth nuiy '
drop out an' roll in the ocean. An' It I
ain't [>ertshahlp. It perished long ago.
I ain't deceived you. An' If you don't (
like the scent o' dead codfish on your I
decks, you can swab 'em down with
Florida water for a month."
Captain Scraggs' male came around I
the corner of the house and addressed
himself to Captain ScracKs.
"Vou can give me my time. sir. I'm I
a steamboat mate, not a crave digger i
or a coroner's assistant, or nn under
taker. an' I can't stand to handle this j
here freight."
Mr. McUuffey tossed his silken en- j
gineer's cap over to Scruggs.
"Hop on that. Scrnggsv. Your own I
hat Is ground to powder. Ain't It |
strange. (!lh, what little Imagination 1
Scraggsy's got? He'll stand there I
a-screaniin' an' a-cussln" an' a prancln' I
—Scraggs.v! Ain't you got no pride. |
ruakin" such a spectacle o' your*eJf? 1
We don't have to handle this freight J
o' Olh's at all. We'll just hook onto
that barge an" tow It up river."
"You won't do nothiti' o' the sort. 1
Mac. because that's my barge an' I I
ain't i gnln' to let It out o' mv sight, j
I've delivered my freight alongside I
your steamer and prepaid the freight
an" It's np to you to handle It."
"ftlb I"
That's the programme!"
"Adelbert." crooned Mr. McGufTey, !
"ain't you got no heart? You know 1
I pot a half Interest In the Victor—" I
"O-oo-ob!" Captain Scraggs groaned, 1
and Ills groan was that of a seasick !
passenger. When he could look up I
again his face was ghastly with mis- j
ery.
"liiD." lie pionuen snuiy, you got
us where the lmlr Is short. Don't In
voke the law an' make us handle that
codfish. Gib! It ain't right. Gimme
leave to tow that barge—anything to
keep your freight oft the Victor, un'
we'll pull It up river for you—"
"Be a good feller. Gib. You usrn'ter
be hard an' spiteful like that." urged
McGuffey.
"I'll tow the barge free." walled
Scraggs.
Mr. GIbney snt calmly down on the
stringer and lit a cigar. Nature hnd
blessed him with a strong constitu
tion amidships nnd the contiguity of
his tainted fortune bothered him but
little. He squinted over th* tip of the
cigar at Captain Scraggs.
"You're Just the same old Scraggsy
you was In the green-pea trade. AIJ
you need Is a ring In yet nose.
Scraggsy, to make you a human hog.
Here you goes to work an' soaks me
a dollar a ton when you'd be tickled
to death to do the Job for half o' that,
an' then you got the gall to stand
there appealln' to my friendship) So !
you'll tow the barge up free, eh5 Well, I
Just to make the transaction legal, I'll |
give you a dollar for the Job nn' let t
you have- the barge. Skip to It,
Scraggsy. an' draw up a new bill, '
guaranteed' to tow the barge for one I
dollar. Then gimme back $400.00 an'
ril hand you back this receipted
freight bill."
Captain Scraggs darted into his cab
in, dashed off the necessary document,
and returning to the deck, presented
It, together with the requisite refund,
to Mr. GIbney, who, Id the meantime,
had come aboard.
"Whatever are you a-goin' to do
with this awful codfish, Gib?" he de
manded.
Mr. GIbney cocked bis hat over one
ear and blew a cloud of smoke in the
skipper's face.
"Well. bois. ril tell you. Salted
codfish that's been under water a long
time gets most o' the salt took out of
It, an' even at sea, If It's left long
enough. It'll get so darned ripe that
It's what you might call offensive. But
It makes good fertilizer. There ain't
nothln' In the world to equal codfish,
medium ripe, for fertilizer. I've rigged
up a deal with a orchard comp'ny |
that's layln' out a couple o' thousand .
acres o" young trees up In the delta '
lands o" the Seernraento. I've sold 'em 1
the lot, after first buyln' It from the
owners o' the schooner for a hundred
dollars. Every time these orchard fel
lers dig a hole to plant a young fruit
tree they aim to heave a codfish In the I
bottom o' the hole first, for fertilizer. |
There was upward o' two hundred :
thousand codfish In that schooner an' I
I've sold 'em for five cents each, de- |
livered at Ptinulgan's landln'. I fig- j
ger on cleanln' up about seven thou- ,
sand net on the deal. I thought mean'
Nells was stuck at first, but I got my '•
Imagination workln'—"
Taptaln Sernggs sank limply Into |
McCuffev's arms and the two stared j
at the doughty commodore.
"Hit In the face with a fortune an' '
didn't know It," pisped poor McGuffey. 1
"Gib, I'm sure glad you got out whole j
on that deal."
"Thanks to a lack o' Imagination In
you an' Seraggsy I'm about two hun- I
dred an' fifty dollars ahead o" my j
estimate now, on account o' the free
tow o' that harge. Me an' Xeils cer- .
talnly makes a nice little spilt on 1
account o' this here codfish deal." '
"Gib," chattered Scruggs, "what's '
"Gib," Chattered Scraggs, "What's tho I
Matter With Reorganizln' the Syn- '
dicate?" |
the matter with reorganizln' the syn- |
dicate?"
"Be a good feller, Adelhert," I
pleaded McGuffey. (
Mr. Gibney was never so vulnerable
as when one he really loved called
him by his Christian name. He drew
an arm across the shoulders of Mc
Guffey and Scraggs. while Nells Hal
vorsen stood by, his yellow fangs
flnsblng with pleasure under his wal
rus mustache.
"Scraggsy! Mac! Your fins! We'll
reorganize tlie syndicate, an' the min
ute me an' Nells finds ourselves with
a bill o' sale for a one-quarter Inter
est In the Victor, bused on the actual
cost price, we'll tow this here barge—"
"An' split the profits on the cod
fish V" Scraggs queried eagerly.
"Certainly not. Me an' Nells splits I
that fifty-fifty. A quarter o' them ]
profits Is loo high a price to pay for
your friendship, Scraggsy, old deceit
ful. Remember, 1 made that profit
after you an' Mac had pulled out o'
the syndicate."
"That's logic," McGuffey declared.
"It's highway robbery," Scraggs
snarled. "I won't sell no quarter In
terest to you or The Squarehead, Gib.
Not on iliem terms."
"Then you'll load them codfish
Rl-oaid, or pay demurrage on that
.large Cor every day they hang around;
in' If the board of health condemns
era an' chucks 'em overboard I'll sue
Fou an' Mac for my lost profits, git
i Judgment agin you, an' take over
he Victor to satisfy the judgment"
"Yotl're a sea lawyer. Gib," Scraggs
retorted sarcastically.
"Yon do what Gib says," McGuffey
>rdered threateningly. "Remember, I
;ot a half interest in any judgment he
tits agin us—an' what's more, I ob
ect to them codfish clutterln' up my
lalf Interest."
"You bullied me on the old Maggie,"
Scruggs screeched, "but I _ won't be
bullied no more. If you want to tow
that barce. Mac, you buy me out, lock, |
stock nml barrel. An' the price for |
my half Interest la five thousand dol
lars."
"You've sold something, Scraggsy,"
Mr. McGuffey flashed back at blra,
obeying a wink from Mr. Glbncy. "An'
here's a hundred dollars to bind the
bargain. Balance on delivery of proper
blll-o'-sale."
While Scraggs was counting the
money Mr. Gibney was writing a re
ceipt In his note book. Scraggs, still
furious, signed the receipt.
"Now. then, Scraggsy," said Mr. Gib
ney affahly, "hustle up to the custom
house, get a formal blll-o'-sale blank,
fill her In, an' hustle back agin for
your check. An' see to It you don't
change your mind, because It won't do
you any good. If you don't come
through now I can sue you an' force
you to."
"Oh I So you're buyln' my Interest,
ehr
"Well, I'm lendln' Mac-the money,
an' I got a hunch he'll sell the Interest
to me an' Nells without flggerln' on a
profit. You're a Jarrln' note In the
syndicate, Scraggsy, an' I've come to
that time o' life where I want peace.
An' there won't be no peace on the
Victor unless I skipper her."
Captain Scraggs departed to draw
up the formal bill of sale and Mr. Glb
ney, drawing The Squarehead and Mc
Guffey to him, favored each with a
searching glance and said:
"Gentlemen, did It ever occur to you
that there's money In the chicken
business?"
It had I Both McGuffey and Nells
admitted It. There are few men In
this world who have not, at some
period of their lives, held the same
view, albeit the majority of those who
have endeavored to demonstrate that
fact have subsequently changed their
minds.
"I thought as much," the commo
dore grinned. "If I was to let you two
out o' my sight for a day you'd both J
be flat busted the day after. So «-e
won't buy no farm an' go In for chick
ens. We'll sell the Victor an' buy a
little tradln' schooner. Then we'll go
back to the South seas an 'earn a
legitimate Jlvln'."
"But why'll we sell the Victor?" Mc- ]
Guffey demanded. "Gib, she's a love
of a boat."
"Because I've just had a talk with
the owners o' the two opposition lines
an' they, knnwin' me to be chummy
with you an' Scraggsy, give me the tip
to tell yon two that you could have
your choice o' two propositions—a
rate war or a sale o' the Victor for
ten thousand dollars. That gets you
out clean an' saves your original capi
tal, an' It gits Scraggsy out the same
way. while nettln' me an' Neils five
hundred each."
"A TRIP war nniufj ruin h*. jit
OnfTey arreed. "In addition to sonrin' |
Scnmir'v's disposition until he |
wouldn't hp fit to live with. Gib. you're '
a wonder."
"J know It." Mr. filbney replied.
Within rwo hour* Captain Scracsr*'
half Interest hud passed Into the hands
of McGuffey. and half an hour later
the Victor hnd pn«sed Into the hnnds
of the opposition lines, to In- operated
for the Joint profit of the latter. I.ater
In the dny nil four members of th«
syndicate met In the Bowhe ! saloon,
where Mr. Olhney explained the deal
to Captain Scraggs. The latter TU
dumfounded.
"You'll rt.n without me, Olb,"
Scraggs declared emphatically. "I've
had a-plenty o* the dark hlne for mine.
T pot a little stake now. so I'm going
to look around an' Invest In a—"
"A chicken ranch." McGuffey Inter
rupted.
"Right-O, Bart. How'd you gees*
itr
"Imagination," qnoth McOuffey, tap
ping his forehead. "imagination
Scrnggsy "
Three week* later Mr. Glbney hnd
purchased, for account of his now ab
breviated syndicate, the kind of pow
er schooner he desired, and the in
spectors gave him a ticket as master.
With The Squarehead as mate and
Mr. McOuffey as engineer and general
utility man. the little schooner cleared
for Pago Pago on a day when Captain
Scraggs was too busy buying Incuba
tors to come down to the dock and see
them off.
And for aught the chronicler of thl»
tale knows to the contrary, the syndi
cate may be sailing in that self-same
schooner to this very day.
[THE EXD.]
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