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EDITORIAL
TWO NOTKWOIJTIiv i:vi:\ts J
Two even's have talc on place
in Southeastern Ala : within the
past few il . s "■ hi<- i ■ ot.'ect the
.
tory for many j- ir- closing
down of the Th..\ ,.:.d the j
closing of the new I ri .vr pulp j
mill.
The latter is r. new enterprise
which caii.'fd a ;--:-at .1 .1 of hope m I
people w ho have lit I faith in .\las- j
ka when thincs looked t':e b'. c' ■ it. :
The rlw,' <1 wn i- d v but
ket which Just : ■ ■ i< i.: .: 1
has settled d«»« a i' i . .;--cted the j
mill will s .irt up . -• :ud >• •; pi:5p
another has pr-. • rd si v••***: j
of our enterprises f •
ward until it had r- ... > ! it. full ,
strid". Th:s ti> '• it ••«.«! '«ol
it is hoped that the proditioa of a
resumption l< au ■■ and I hat il
will come wi-:.::; .. v . rt time j
The closing of the 71;;::.e i-iii is
.
I>een persi^" -at rumor
fur a number of y^urs ■ is is now |
announced i\ i'or t! • ars c: •
the steadily inert -i1 : • i f |
min»» has run at a now (,'.e men |
who are baiklng the ; r j
10 sink more money wi; i ■ i t.medi- j
ate prospect of gettir.;: returns. !
Connected with the closing of t o
Speel River mill is t!iis rlosit:>s it; ;
at least one particular. If 'lie Spec' |
river mill cut:not rut: ••'. r.t .
the tttrtnoil la the pu;;> i": : t-. |
how can the Thane cull >e • :• r >
anil run as a pulp mill? It there- j
fore does liot look bright n>r t!i>' fit- j
ture of Gastineau Channel. T- is is /
to be regretted for with the fuliinj. !
off of freight and p.; se• :<•!• rvice |
iti th:3 our best port the other parts!
of the territory will likewise be af- j
fected. i
Alaskans ate no; downed bocause j
this or that does hot come out as j
they had anticipated. This change I
in the ton:i-?« and working force o;'
Southeastern Alaska will be keenly
felt, and added to this the shortage
in the cannery work this summer
will make a s:""?at reduction in im
ports nr.d expo;-:*, but it is expect
ed that there will he more than
enough business to offset this loss
and that new projects which will
prove successes will : ;ii:e up for the
loss in ihese par-i«.-:t: rr>
Subset ibe for the Al._>:...:i
Report on Labor
Given ta House
Committee Report , . Commend*
l.abor Commissioner's Work
—IJo<|Uest!t lYiiiting.
Strong commendation of the work
of ex-offlcio Labor Commissioner B.
D. Stewart for his work in that of
fice. in addition to iiis heavy duties
as mine Inspector is contained in
the report of the House Committee
on Capital. Labor and Immigration
regarding the biennial report which
i e Labor Commissioner yesterday
submitted to the House though the
office of liov. Uiggs. The report rec
ommends that 750 copies of the re
port of Mr. Stewart be printed "for
the reason it contains the first au
thentic and comprehensive account 01
labor conditions and labor in our
greatest industry — the fisheries,
vhich employes ovor lo.OOO people."
The committee report concludes,
"Considering that the office of La
bor Commissioner is ouly an adjunct
in that of the Mining inspector and
necessarily a great deal of time
could not be given to the duties of
Ixibor Commissioner, n. D. Stewart,
our mining inspector. e\-offlcio labor
commissioner is to be commended
for the good work he has done in
i:ispe« • ever .10 canneries in this
r.;i:.ur branch of his office."
Conditions in (ieneral.
Mr. Stewart devotes some atten
tion to K.'ior conditions in general
••I his report which covers a period
frnM June 1. 101!' to Decefhber 31,
J920. Ho reports a serious labor
shortage in the mining industry in
1M? and the early part of 1920
t ether with a marked drop in ef
: i: i-y particularly in the coastal
sections. A similar shortage. it is
stated, was experienced in labor
::i the Interior but the efficiency
i' t-re v .is much higher. The Alaska
: id l'or..mission. lie states, was the
piiiu-ipal sufferer from the shortage
of labor in the Interior.
Social Conditions Had.
Taking up the social side of the
labor situation, the report declares
"social conditions at some canneries
:!s affecting female employe* are in
iv.nuy eases bad." and it strongly
i:\- nd d that a "further inves
r-.i' >:i should be made into social
, e ditions where Native girls are
employed" The report further
sr-.'es: "Tlie practice of parents
• g girls or boys of high school
a >.e sent from home to work in
<i . •: nneries should be discour
aged."
The report states that the opera
mi (>:' i i' e fourteen of the revenue
• of !!>;-■ passed by Congress in
! • employment of children
! r t: • .r.e of l» years of age not
only e.tuped a siiortage of certain
. :-f> of labor i.i the canneries but
caused a hardship on many Native
es unable to comply with the
;iroiisio;;s of tile Act. This, it is
■ 1 v. . - . lev. hat improved dur
- ison by certain modi
,r is recommended that
i rt ■ made so have the Na
ve oved fro:,i t -• provisions of
Many People Kmployed.
A total of 2ti..">ii"i people were etn
•d in ■ -i: Ties ind allied plants
• . ;;i_ ,ison of 1920. according
,i the report, which was slightly
, ss than ■ e num ei employed the
v. ■ pre-.. T e money paid out
i'i wages, however, last season was
r than in 101a. In 1920 wages
I .on:,ted to $ 11.i»s.90 as com
ari ll i ' U>.!>01.T2 in 1919. Coin
•nenting oa the wage question, the
report states. "A matter worth of
"•I'phasis and serious study is the
fact that the bulk of the cannery
labor is imported from the States.
employed but four months in Al
.>ska and is returned to the States
and there paid for the season's
work. Thus Alaska loses almost
.rely the benefit of the $11,000,
0 ].. roll involved in Alaskan fish
ing operations."
Shows ,\< i iili nis.
The report covers the accidents to
employees in the canneries only, a
similar statement being made in the
Mine Inspector's report on the min
i:;i; industry. In the canneries dur
ing the year 1 'J 19 there were ten
fatal accidents, 42 serious in na
ture and 3."> slight. In 1920 there
was an increase in fatalities of al
most 100 per cent, the number be
ing placcd at In. the number of ser
iitus accidents at 43 and of slight in
juries at 33.
Washington. May 11.— (By Jer
inanel The administration sees in
the acceptance by Germany of the
reparations demands of the Allies
the end of the war period and the
beginning of a new era of prosperity
i»>th to this country and to the world
in zoueral.
! Governor Vetoes
Hatchery Item
Heel a re s Appropriation »«> Be
Expended by Specified In
dividual 1'uprecedenled.
INTENDS NO REFLECTION
liiggs Makes Clear Veto Does
Not Imply Lnrk of Confi
dence in Heekman.
The item of $10,000 for a lish I
hatchery ami experimental station
at Ketchikan, Alaska, carried on the'
general appropriations act of the
Territorial Legislature was litis j
morning disapproved by Gov. Uiggs 1
who at that time signed the meas
ure and transferred it to the Sec
retary of the Territory. The item
specified that the money "be ex
pended under the direction of J. It.
Hochitiun."
Gov. Riggs explained fully his
reasons for not approving the item
this morning and also stated that lie
regretted that it was necessary to
take the step as it had been planned
by the Territorial Fisli Commission
to establish such a station at Ket
chikan as soon as could be done
without interference to the Com-|
mission's full program and when
funds were available for the pur
pose.
Action I nprecedented.
t.ov. itiggs said:
"The appropriation "For the estab
lishment anil maintenance of a fish
hatchery and experiment station at
Ketchikan. Alaska, to be expended j
under the direction of J. II. Heckman
was not approved far the following
reasons:
"ll) The Legislature has already
a law creating a Pish Commission, I
bound by oaths of office, and has
specified how money appropriated i
shall be expended under their di
rection. There is no law authorizing!
money to be expended by an indi
vidual. not an officer of the ter- i
ritorial government and one who is
not even remotely connected with !
the government through (he mediut:.1
of a hoard <-r a commission The
action seen s to be unprecedented, i
"i 2 > By specifying in .*i law an I
individual by name, the Legislature j
assumes i; ecu live functions, which j
is contrary to oar system of gov
ernment.
Hanger Pointed Out,
'•("i The precedent, if cice es-1
tablished. could easily result in |
practically ail of the territorial ap
propriations being subje.ted to un
restrained expenditure by mdivid
i uals who are not bound in any »v;iy. |
eith'-r hv law or regulation as.d wtio
are responsible to no one. I
" i 4 » Should a hatchery be estab
, lished in accordance with the word
ing of the act. th"ie is nothing to
show that the Territory woalld o« j
it or that it could ::t the f'ltura main
tain the plant should mantonaice
thereof be discontinued. The Act
does not even provide that the hatch
ery is a terri'jriil institution.
"In refusing app>v.val of this i'.e.it
I in no ftav reflect on .Mr. Heck
man. I consider hi:i; .. aunt ab'.e
man and one who Has t:.e interest of
the Territorv and o; Iv'Ubihan nt
heart, tt-hieh he i..rs shown, by iiij •
continued in'. s in she Te.-i-i
tory. The Fis'i Cot 'a'!ssaju "nas
suited him throughout and gi'< n him
its entire confidence. I should have
been glad to have had him t.3 a
member of \be_C n mission and so ,
advised him at that last meeting of |
the Commission, out he did not do j
sire appointment.
Haulier) Approved.
As to the establishment of a hat'jli
ery at Ketchikan, tl;-? C immissioa i
has long discussed this possibility J
and it is one of the afproved prnj- [
ects when sufficien f.mcts are marie}
available or had • e Legislature des-,
ignated Ketchikan as a silo for a !
hatchery lo be established as are j
other hatcheries in the Territory, the
item would have stood « pprovd.
"I have been girded to taki. t.'iis j
action only through my desire to see
orderly government continued." j
tuc-.g
<SSKsewsa
"THE CYNIC"
Take a "crab" with a chronic
dyspepsia,
And add a bushel of sneers.
Then beat in each hour something
that's soar.
And boil f?r sixty-two years.
SENATOR THOMAS STERLING
Unwilling to base conclusions on the
nars of more or less conflicting data
:f*out the Influx cf citizens from other
four,tries, Senator Thomas Sterling of
South, D3kota, member of the senate
jommittee on Immigration, Journeyed
uj the bay to Ellis Island In the strer.
Now that wheat lias dropped, some
folk want the privilege of sticking a
pin through the tire of the pneumat
ic bread.
It is a hard matter to convince a
driver whose automobile has been
run inlo by one that there is n car
famine.
British Exiles in Holland.
"On this spot lived, taught and
died John Robinson, 1C11-1G25"—so
reads the inscription on a simple plate
in the wall of a picturesque little
house In (he old town of Leydeo.
Here every > ar ninny Americans and
Kng1l*h people come to see the spot
whew lived not only John Itoblnson,
William Bradford, William Brewster,
and other nieu educated at Cambridge,
but also many other British exiles
mostly from the triangle between the
rivers Aire and Trent ami Dumber.
They had refused to take their religion
from the ICnglish court, and had been
driven from their homes into the
l»utch republic, where conscience was
free. Most of them stayed 1- years
in Holland and then sailed in the
Speedwell from Pelfshaven to Ply
month, where they joined oilier Brit
ish exiles in the Mayflower August 1,
urn
Suggestion Doss Much.
When you come down to breakfast
in the morning, to be greeted, per
haps. with the suggestion that you
look ill and tired, you may, if you
are very suggestible, actually feel ill
ami tired for the rest of the day. un
less you have the seti^e to counter
that unwise suggestion by the oppo
site one that you are looking well and
feel refreshed. On the other hand,
supposing that vou are feeling some
what out of sons ami think you look
Jaded, a friendly remark that you are
looking very well and tit will,"buck
you up" immensely, and you will ac
tually, in the course of the day, sug
gest yourself into a corresponding
state of well being!
MORE
CAREFUL
Did you ever
love another
girl as you do
me?
Never, no oth
er girl I ever
met would 1st
me.
HEE HAW!
© h e pulled
the wool over
his eyes, all
right.
It had to be
over his eyes;
it wouldn't have
been possible to
get it over his
ears.
OUTFITTED
What would
you do If you
were in my
shoes?
Con gratulate
myself that I
had one good
pair, at any rate.
WHERE'S THE
SURPLUS? j
Why, woman! I
You spend more
money than I |
cam.
Yes, but you j
know very well ;
you get three I
times as much
as you earn.
Father
"I like a store that I c.in depend
upon to keep good kind'; of tobacco
and the quality brands of cigars.
I appreciate also a conveniently
placed store. But I am specially
keen for the cigar counter where I
am always sure to got frc -h goods."
Father can satisfy his withes here.
Well Stocked and Handy
Particular tastes are ?.< sural of grat
ification in our stock of cigars,
tobacco, pipes and'other smokers'
accessories. A deserved popularity
keeps it always fresh.
If you have a favorite 1-r.ind, and it is
worthy of your choicc, you v. ii! find that ic
has also been worthy of ojjs.
/oi'
V.
y<& va,'"
Keller Bros., Skagway, Alaska
Oil Lields Are
! Laid Claim to
for Cherokees
Washington. May 5.—Claim to
14.000,000 acres of land in Texas
and Oklahoma, including tho cities
of Tnlsa and Oklahoma City and
practically the entire Burkburnett
oil field, was filed in the supreme
court in behalf of the Cherokee In
dian nation, supported by a govern
ment patent issued by President Van
fin re ti and certified as authentic by
the interior department.
The claim was presented in the
form of a petition for permission to
intervene in the Red river oil land
ease, an original suit between Texas
and Oklahoma, involving jurisdiction
I over the oil fields, situated along the]
common boundary.
The motion was filed by John M. i
Taylor, grand -nephew of Zachary j
Taylor, as attorney for the Cherokee
nation. He said that.the patent was
discovered accidentally among the
papers of a dead chief of the tribe. |
Bearing date of December 31,1
1S3S, tho patent gave to the Chero-I
kee nation "forever" n tract of about
500 miles in length through the Pan-1
handle section, comprising in all 11,-;
374,135.14 acres.
Only the possibility that the stat-j
ute of limitations will nullify the j
claim prevents the Cherokee nation ;
from having a "water-tight case,"
counsel said. It will bo contended
that this statute does not apply since
I the supreme-court has held that it
I cannot be pressed against the gov
ernment itself, and that the Indian
tribe as wards of the government arc
possessed of the same rights.
Washington. May 11.—That there
is more oil in Alaska than has as yet
been prospected, and that there will
be found new and rich flo'.ds on the
Arctic coast, of Alaska was the pre
diction made befora the House C< m
mittee on Territories by Colonel A.
II. Brooks, for years has been con
nected with the geological survey in .
the territory. Lester E. Jones the j
director of the Coast Oallelic i.Uir-|
vcy urged that additional funds be j
provided for the Alask i fiijl.eric? j
coastal chart:.i;:.
To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Grove's LAXITIVU DHOMO
QUIMXK tablets. The genuine bears
the signature of E. V.\ Grove. 30c.
1>1.1*.\U . -li. 1 i 1 . iii; J .' J'KKJOU
(.ene.nl O.iicc
Juneau, Aiai.ra, April 11, li»2l
Notice i* iiwro.ij gi.eu tuat the
Arctic iiroL;.k.'. o>.^ C....jtery .\sso
ciatiou, a Corpor. u, by W# U<
stout, it. . .. i. ...» ii. u. liauiu,
iis tru. ec , ...... notice or iu
inteilliou lo ... ■ .. proof ii;
support . ., ■-:o.i, serial
U*.J3, I-i J U . . i t..e provis
ions 01' t.io ,-»u -jI ...area 1, liOT,
(31 Stat, ' - ■ ■ i..:iiii embraced
Willi IJ ' • O tii I V»j J. ialOO) bit
UUlL'ti Uf. I • »' . w Ul Ci»0 oiill"
kat i.i.or, t . ..j oi Haines,
Alaska, la ... : a degree* n
minutes Nor- ....J L.ougiiudo 135
degrees 2C"miuute3 West, and more
particularly i ..s follows:
C0!iiLnci.»i.<g a: Comer 1,
whence t. b. l-. 11. No. 573 bear*
.Nor;". jJ d .... wcj 0 1 minutes East
Si).40 c. ;,ia4 distance; thence
South 15. j cuaias to Corner No.
2; thence West lti.29 ciiaius to
Corner No. 3; i.iencu North S.SU
obalnj to Corner No. 4, meander
corner on line or ordinary high
tide oi C'uilket kiver; thence me
andering t..o ta.d river (1;
North «< dCofc.3 IT minutes East
li.^j ciiains to Corner No. 5 M.
C.; tltcnce East 5.35 chains to
Corker No. 1, the place oi begin
uing, containing an area oi 21.6G
acres. Variation 31 degrees 30
minutes East.
l'rooi ia tui<port oi the applica
tion * . . be t'i — ted by tire appli
cant and two ot the following. wit
nesses: Carl Bjornstad, Erik Os
iund, i arnt. i a< d C. H. Lind
iioi ! oi ...i:..c , .'Jasita, before
J. I b.man, t. 3.'Commission
. , Alas! on June 1,
1021.
Fit. NK A. l.'JYLE,
Itegister.
First Publication April 14, 1321.
Final Publication May 14, 1321.
HOUSE FOB SALE
Four-roam, substantial cottage, ad
joining my home. Best offer takes
it. House must be moved fro.u
present location. Cash or terms.
Apply W. C. Elanchard.
White Pass & Yl:
TIME TABLE Xo. tli
Tuesday and Fri:l;-y
Xo 1, X. Bound
1st Class.
8:30 a. m. Leaves
11:00 a. m. "
12:40 p. m. "
2:10 p.m. "
4:30 p.m. Arrive
-'oute
Xo. 2, S. Bour;l
1st. Class
SKAGWAY Arrives 3:46 p.m.
WHITE PASS Leaves 2:10 p.m.
BENNETT " 12:45 p.m.
CARCROSS " 10:55 a.m.
WH1TEHORSE " 8:30 a. m.
Passengers must be at the depot in time to !uvo Baggage in
spected, and checked. Inspection is stopped thirty minutes before
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of Baggago will be checked free with each full faro
ticket, and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.