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Entered as , second-class matter
August 29th, 1923, at the postoffice
at Takotna, Alaska, under the Act
of March 3rd, 1879,
The mining season of 1934 was
one of the most successful summers
the miners of Alaska have enjoyed
for a long time. In fact there is
hardly an operator, big or small,
who did not finish the season with
out a margin of profit.
Not only the climatic conditions,
which were indeed favorable, but the
increased price of gold attrbuted to
this success.
This wave of prosperity is n>
doubt, a real boost to Alaska and
Alaskans. Many new areas will be
opened and old ones re-worked, and
above .all employment will be given
to more men.
it is. nowever, a regretaDie iact
that th£ men who work for wages
obtain no direct benefit from the
increase in the price of gold. Op
erators, who were able to operate
on a profit with the old price of
gold, now enjoy greatly increased
incomes.
By giving the wage earning miner
an eight hour day with the same
wage as they now get for ten hours,
would not only benefit the workers
but also Alaska. More men would
be employed. More men would come
into the territory and possibly many
of these men would remain in dur
ing the winter months, engaging in
prospecting or trapping all of which
would be of a material advantage
to Alaska as a whole. And the
operators would benefit from in
creased production—for it is a well
known fact that a man working hard
for eight hours will do as much a$
one working ten hours with less,
enthusiasm.
Give the miners an eight hour day
and Alaska will go foiward to new
heights of prosperity and success.
Let 1935 be n new deal for the min
ing men of Alaska.
WOMAN AND DICTATORS
(Seattle I*.-l.)
The latest reports from Italy
should be additional warning to wo
men of America to beware dictator
ships.
Mussolini’s newest plan is to el
iminate all women from industry,
and regulate them to their biological
function of motherhood.
A dictator’s growth of power is
isidious.' Even Mussolini did not
ordain all his plans for regimenta
tion at once. He solidifies himself
>ti one stratum of whatjie calls pro
gress before advancing to another.
And this stress which the dic
kers put on maternity has but one
the accumulation of cannon fod
r for some war which may or may
yet be planned.
Amoriean women, having^ilje vote,
be the\ strongest foes against
ny spirit of Fascism in this
ountry. See what it moans in
■lrope,^
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ALASKA’S FLAG
Over the radio .the other evening
came a news item to the effect that
•'''me official of the soviet movem
ent of Russia was expressing re
vel that ushort-sighted czar had:
sold Russian-American (Alaska) toj
he United States for such a mere
p.i.tance as *7,200,000.00 The fact1
that Alaska is in the fore front of
news because of the past season’s
autput of gold, also reminds us that
“ALASKA DAY” Oct«.b-r 1R, is here
in. And never in the varied his
tory of the territory has there been
a more fitting time to give some
heed to its past.
The story of the actual transfer
of title a*d the scone in Sitka
-rk.vl 1-- the lowering of the old,
•’chorale royal banner of P’lsv'a to
..•'he way fir the simpler, mom
•‘v’d Gag of the younger republic
s v tale of dramatic interest which
often been told and retold. But
he story of Alaska’s Flag is not so
well known although equally inter
esting.
Early in the administration cf
•v. George A. Parks, it was de
l-’ed that the territory needed an
'cdividual insigna of some sort.
American Legion influence was ac
tive in this matter as in other things
for the general good of’ the territory.
An anon contest, was held through
out the schools of the entire terri
Orv, a trip to Washington, D. C.
to be the reward of the winner.
Many designs were prepared and
'."bmitfed to a committee appointed
to select the best.. The members of
tv,e committee were hard-worked.
T-'ut at last ,however, they found one
design which was unmistakably the
-;e they world use. It stood alone
and conspicuous among aP the
••hors for its daring simplicity and
its appropriateness.
It was a plain field cf deep blue- -
“he color seme of the admirers of
• hat first of Alaskan artists, Sidney
T ewerence, call “Lawrence bine.”
Sonerimposel on that field were
eight golden stars, arranged repre
sent the stars of the “Great Dipner”
and Stellar Polaris. The North Star
was placed in the upper right-hand
corner and was slightly larger than
‘he other stars of the group.
Not on]*’ was the simple dignity
and symtmlisp' of the design such a<
appeal to the popular imagination,
’■nt the fact that it hrd been design
ed by a child of the North, a native
boy in the Jesse Lee Mehorial Home,
a Methodist Mission of Seward,
made the appeal even greater. Ben
ip Benson was the creative artist of
the design.
So this newest emblem among
those of our country, so startlingly
simple in its design but so intrigu
ingly delightful in its symbolism
should be honored as October 18, re
minds us of our past.
Mrs. Marie Drake of Juneau "has
written a lyric poem about this flag
which is as beautifully direct and'
expressive as the original' design of
the flag itself. These words have
sot to music composed by Mr. Fran
cis Snook, a native son ofi the Golden
North, now well known in Seattle's
musical circles, and we may hone
soon to have the song for use in
our schools—an all Alaskan pro
duct as is Alaska’s Flag.
by Ora D. Clark.
,Tr-. Drake’s poem is as follows:
ALASKA’S FLAG
(Mrs. Marie Drake of Juneau-)
Eight stars of gold on a field of
blue—
Alaska’s flag! May it mean to "you
The blue of the sea, the evening sky;
The moimtian lakes and Dowers near
by:
The gold of the early sourdoughs’
dream,
The mme’ous gold of the ‘ ills and
stream:
The brilliant stars of the evening;
sky—
The “Bear,” the “Dipper,” and shift
in'' high *
The great “North Star” with its
steady light,
O’er land and see a beacon bright:
Alaska’s flag, to Alaskans dear.
The simple Dag of the last frontier!
To no kind of begging 'acre people
so averse, as to begging Pardon;
that is, when there is any serious
ground for doing so. When there is
none, this phrase is as soon taken in
vain, as other xmmieirUHii; words are
upon light occasions. (anon.)
ALASKA NOTES i
ANCHORAGE, Oct. 1H.— Arthu: j j
H. M iller, divisional superintendent |
of the Bur; au of Indian Affairs fo: I
Alaska, covering' a vast portion of
the Territory with Anchorage a j
his headquarters, and one of the
imost widely experienced ' educed-;- I
’and highly esteemed and beloved o. j
long-time Alaska residents passed [ ■
away in the Anchorage Hospital
yesterday afternoon. The news of
his passing was the ecus of u
versa! expression of regret a.id;
highest regards in Anch ’‘age, red!
will be ret- «d with sorrow by the j
host of friends he leaves in all part
Alaska an. ; i the states.
Mr. Miller had been in very poor
state of hc.'dfh f late, am1 was be- •
lieved to 1 or. the Verge c a n'rv
03 b aith own which apparently
led to his deatlf.
The transplanting of rabbits v,
Afognak arid Kodiak islands was a
huge success according to tamo
Warden Homer Jewel.
Mr. Jewel's duties also embrace
rabbit inspection, .and he was ir
to make the gratifying report that
the increase more than full ills ex- I
pectstion.
Both Afognak and Kodiak Islands j
proper are going to be. well supp.iei. J
with rabbits, he feels sure, a source j j
of: food supply to both foxes and
mail, as the uneontaminated ground ■
will provide feed for the little blasts ’
that will insure a clean healthy
growth.
Conditions on the islands, Mr.
Jewel said, wiii undoubtedly in
sure a much longer life cycle fur
the. rabbits than that which pr<
vails elsewhere, oecause of the gr
ound condition. Also as a nature
food for foxes, the proeesr-e of
nature will keep down a super
abundance that would otherwise
cause dis .-.re spread that would
quickly decrease the flocks.
Mr. Jewel feels confident that
there will be no noticeable decreas
ed rabbit r ,'th for at least fifteen
year. the usual eyrie being seven
and that the increase will be a.
rapid as ‘the depletion be will slow.
C-EJfSUS- OF LOSS IN
NO’IE DISASTER.
JUNEAU.— Grant R. Jackson,
chairman of the Central Relief Com
niittee .at Nome, gives a pictm of
[conditions in. Nome following the
fire which nearly destroyed the town
I September 17, in a telegram recently.
[ received by Gov. John W. Troy.
The census from registration, ex
t elusive of Natives, is as follows:
; Business estahishments lost,03;
j Residences lost, 92;
| Federal and municipal quarers not
I included.
t Persons left homeless due to loss
[ of residences. 193.
Persons without quarters due to
'burning of .hotels .and rooming hou
! ses, 52.
I .Living in temporary Quarters, 1G).
Covered by census, approximately
; 1,000 persons. • Registration will
: continue, but census will close as
| soon as possible. Definite figures
> are not. yet available due to the
‘ floating population in Nome from
the creeks at the close of the mining
r.son. Some of these will go to
states and must housed temporarily.
Others will remain in Nome and
j must be housed for the winter.
• It is estimated that hunks in heat
f ed quarters must be provided for
| 200 men.
I Residences must be provided for
: 35 families. According to Mr. Jack
) son’s telegram, the Red Cross is re
■ ported to be prepared to provide 15
> homes, Raving 20 homes for the re
i lief committee to provide.
The Judge—You have no money
and you won’t work. What good are
you so your family?’’
| The delinuent — Me? I excite
sympathy for my wife and shoulder
the blame for the faults of. the child
ren— Daily Eagle (Brooklyn).
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