V TERRITORIAL COMPEHSATFON
ACT STRONULY' DISAPPROVED
The compensation act ■ passed by
; file last legislature is meeting with
»• more or less opposition. Strongly dis
. approving the act is the. Hyder Cham
* her of .Commerce*” which.-at a recent
; meeting passed'ithe following resolu
. tions:
“Whereas, the employer, of five or
. more employees in'-an^rbusinesso. or
i industry in .the Territory - of Alaska,
c excepting domestic service, agricul
* ture, dairying- and the operation of
railroads as common .carriers, under
< Chapter 25 of the Alaska Session
Laws of 1929, commonly known as
v.the Compensation Act, as well as his
i . employees, are directly, and adverse
ii !y,affected thereby; and,
“Whereas, the Compensation Act
i now in force in Alaska provides that
-. the family of a married employee, in
v case of death from injuries received
in the course of his employment, can
: receive up to a possible sum of $9,
>. 000; the relatives of an unmarried
. employee up to a possible $9,000;
. married alien employees’ families .up
.to 60 per cent of any amount obtain
. able by the family of a married citi
cen of the United States; and the
relatives of an unmarried alien em
ployee 50 per cent of any amount ob
; ble by the relatives of an unmarried
, citizen of the United. States—nil of
these amounts being payable by the
employer; and,
“Whereas, for total disability, a
married employee can receive up to
; a possible $9,000, and- an unmarried
employee, citizen or alien, can re
> eeive up to a possible $9,000—all of
t these amounts being chargeable
against the employer; and,
-“Whereas, the schedules for partial
. disability and particular injuries are
likewise all directly chargeable
against the employer; ana,
“Whereas, for. a payment of $2.50
; pea: month, payable by each em
ployee, the employer is chargeable
for all medical and hospital costs of
.! an employee for a possible period of
-•one year; and,
“Whereas, a discrimination against
married and unmarried employees,
who are citizens of the United -States,
in favor of alien employees,; is an
actual and necessary result of the
schedules in said Compensation Act
; set out-; and,
“Whereas, workingmen and em
ployees of all kinds, as well as cor
porations and business men of both
large and small capital, are adversely
, affected thereby, the Act taking no
note of the prosperity or lack of
prosperity of such corporations or
business men; and,
“Whereas, there is now no indus
trial insurance available in Alaska
whereby an employer can protect
himself against these losses, which in
the majority of cases are absolutely
- destructive, resulting at times in no
protection to the employee and ruin
to the employer; and,
“Whereas, as a result of this and
previous legislation along the same
lines, there has been an actual with
. drawal of capital fro mAlaska, or a
refusal of capital to engage in gain
ful enterprises therein—particularly
in the business of minig, upon which
the Territory so largely depends;
“Now, therefore, be it resolved that
the Hyder Chamber of Commerce
protests against this state of affairs
. and demands a change in this law at
the earliest possible moment, and
urges upon the proper off. rials of the
Territory a careful study of the Brit
ish Columbia, Oregon and Washing
ton Compensation Acts, and especial
ly the Oregon Act, with a view to the
. immediate preparation of a Com
pensation Act that will invite rather
than hinder the entrain e of capital j
into this Territory and that will en-1
• able business men and large and i
small corporations to engage in pro- J
ductive enterprises, thereby bringing
profit to themselves and affording
constant employment to the workers
rat Alaska; and
“Be it further resolved, that the
Hyder mining district, as a particular
... instance,, has. heen. held .back „by. bad
laws, inimical alike -t<. capital and a
proper exploitation, while our- Cana
dian neighbors, on three sides of. us,
are prosperous, aided as they are in
every way by wise and stable laws,
beneficial to the workers and. fair in
their treatment of capital; that not
the least part of their excellence is
thgir stability, one of the hardest
things in British Columbia, an indeed
' as indeed in every progressive-com
munity, being to change a basic law
—which results in the security of
■ labor and capital alike; and,
“Be it further resolved that we
' pledge ourselves to this work of a
J repeal of the present Compensation
Act, to which as a body we have set
our hands, believing as we do that
i such a repeal is vital to the future
prosperity. of the Hyder mining sec
; thion as oweli as to that of the entire
! Territory.
“Itifc fuathereresolved that the-sec
retary i; be ■ • instructed to transmit
copies, of this resolution to the va i
| ousi ehainbersiofi oommerce in Alaska,
to 1 the-labor unions, newspapers of
the Territory, Territorial officials, and
a copy to‘the Honorable Daniel Suth
erland, Delegate >to Congress from
Alaska”
WESTERN PACIFIC LOOMS
IN PACIFIC NORIllWEST
I Interest in the Western Pacific has
j been stimulated 'in the Pacific North
j west since its plans for linking up
with the Great Northern were laid
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The purpose is to give Cali
fornia anotbeit1 transcontinental rail
road and to put' the Great Northern
into San Francisco andhthe other bay
cities. The Western Pacifie has • a
present mileage fof 1,051. Its earn
ings for the" first!three months of
1929 were $3,704,034^ san increase of
nearly $500,000* wver learnings in the
corresponding three months of
Arthur Curtiss James, reputed :>to
be the largest owners of 'railroad -se
curities in the United States/ is .4iie
liason officer in the projected com
bination. He is a director in lithe
| Great Northern and the Chicago,
' Burlington & 'Quincy, and is said to
i be the heaviest owner cf Western
I Pacific stock.
The state governments of ’Wash
; ington and Oregon are rnteweiacgain
| support of the application to the*In
! terstate Commerce Commission lor
permission to build the, c onnecting
link of about 200 mil.es hetwe“r -Kla
math Falls, Ore., and the present ter
minus of the Western Pacific.
Pacific Northwestern support is.
substantially unanimous for the *ns
terpri-ese, but division is noted ■•’in
| California. The application has
strong support in San Francisco «hd
Oakland, but encounters opposition at
Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times
contends that California is adequate
I ly supplied with transportation and
invasio nfro mthe north would be an
unnecessary burden upon its ' indus
tries and commerce. Between the
lines, however, one may discover a
recrudescence of the old rivalry be
tween Northern and-Southern Cali
fornia—a fear that -another trans
portation system, making its appear
ance in Northern IX alifornia, might
tip the balance of development and
increasing population away from Los
Angeles.
Of course, the application is vigor
ously opposed by the. Southern Pa
cific, long enjoying a monopoly in
north and south - transportation be
tween Washington - and California.
That company’s last statement of
earnings to the Interstate Commerce
Commission tips off the chief reason
why it does not want, a competitor to
invade its territory. --In the first
three months this year it had the stu
pendous earnings of $51,537,797, an
increase of more than $3,000,0000
over the corresponding period of
1928.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe,
California’s other transcontinental
system, is another big profit earner,
with a record in the first three
months .of 1929 of. $48,758,951, an. in
crease of t wo re than f3,500,000 aver ■
; its earnings- in the same period in
-1928.—Ex.
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DOMESTIC RABBIT IS
GOOD. ANY OLD nitE
! Rnlirtivjply j fewKfccusewives in the
Eastern part of the United States are
acquainted with the delicious flavor
of doraestic-irabbifc -meat. • Most of
them have been- accustom* d to think!
; of rahbit in terms-of ‘the 11 cottontail
j rabbit, which is available only during
a short open hunting season, or of the
j jack rabbit, which is generaJly*reon
sidered more of a pest than an. article
; of diet. Domestic .hutch-raietd'-rab
bits may be eaten the year round*.And
there are now hundreds of domestic,
rabbit farms throughout the country '
where the animals are being-raised
i for the market. The- rabbiUmising
| industry is most flourishing in -the
'West, particularly in California)-*hut',
| increasing interest in it is developing
i in the Eastern States also.
! ■ Hutch-raised rabbits are carefully
bred and fed for table use. They eat
rolled cereals, alfalfa, hay, and leafy
[ vegetables.-The nature of their food
•make*!;the meat sweet, • tender, and
cellently flavored. It can bo better
compared with chicken than with
wild-rabbit. Rabbits-raised in small
hutches, or on fur farms are cleanly
in habits and can-he produced under
Sanitary conditions. ^ (
Just as- with poultryv or tftth vari
ous cuts of meat, (young, tender^ rab
bits may - be fried of roasted,, while
the older ones require longer, slow
cooking. - -The Bureau, of Home Econ
omics, has co-operated-' with'* Che Bu -
reau of Biological Survey-in conduct
ing experiments inifche Various meth
ods of preparin gdomestic rabbit for
the table and makes the following
. ceefunni p arkiti an s:
Young, tendem rabbits may be fried
or broiled, or if just a little larger
than the frying 1 or*, broiling stage,
smothered .according to the method
Southern cooks use for chicken.- The
older, larger-rabbits may-alsabo used
for short-orders, by parboiling* whole,
then cutting into pieces (suitable'for
tservingi-and frying in-batten, tOr they
may- be* -simmered and ,warded - with
dumplings,'or used in chop suey or ;
-salad in the-same way: as chicken. .
Recipes will be furnished -by ■' fcb«
United States Department of Agri
culture upon request.
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The Reason. i
Professor WiUiani Lyon Phelps, ox
■Yale, once attended in the kindness
-of his-heart a banquet in honor of 4
visiting .English- -novelist—a popular j
novelist, but not a very good one. fj,
Professor Phelps, as the ices were:
brought on, passed his menu card to
the Englishman with the request that
he put his autograph on it.
“Why did yomdo that, professor^?"
said a young peet. “I know you don’t
approve of that man’s work."
“Well, you see, it is like this,” said
Professor Phelps. “I’ve just .found,
out that I’ve got to introduce him,
and I want to be able to say 1 have
something he has written.”
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TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AN® FLAT
Miles
Nenana . 00
Tavern: Roadhouse .. 17%
Knight’s Roadhouse .-J 23%
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse ..58
Diamond Roadhouse .78
Roosevelt . 89
Lake Minchumina..156
Trappers’ Cabin . 132
Lene Star Roadhouse . 160
Telida Roadhouse . — 189%
Slow Fork Roadhouse .. 187
East Fork Roadhou&c .) 208
Berry’s Landing Roadhonse. 227%
Big Rive* Roadhouse...241
McGrath . 283
Takotna .„ 280
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse .1 1191
Ophir . 390
McCafferty .'306
Brow* Creek shelter cabin.. 318
Fritz shelter cabin . 38S
First Chance shelter cabin . 848
Schermeyer R. H. 388
Iditarod. 378
Flat ....... 384
Bonanzza sheler cabin, 12 miles
from Flat.
Crooked Creek shelter cabin, 19
miles from. .Bonanza.
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Pure Boigjht and Sold * Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits j
Canned Goods of All Kinds
Beds and
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Bedding
f*;
Best of Meals and Rooms
<Wh«e Everything Is Homelike and
' Where You Are Cordially Welcomed
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