MIGRATORY BIRDS, JACK RAB
BITS, AND A LITTLE POLITICAL
MELANGE IN THE LV8. SENATE
flfContin.isd from I nst Issue./
Mr. Blease. Mr. President, possibly
r occupy a rather strange position. 1
have never been hunting in rm life,
and I iiave never Keen fishing in my
- life, hut I. have had sorm experience
v;-with Eederal officers dipping into
-.into South Curolina affairs, and l am
opposed t<r any) bill, under any. kind
n of title,-‘-that gives a Fedora 1 officer
’.the right to* go into my State and in
terfere with the privileges of my peo
f pie; let the United States marshal anu
L itis depuries look , after South Uaro
ihtri.
We have some game laws in South
f Carolina^ a-nd-aboUt-Sth© only goiod i
!*. know iofhth*elir./thavpig. -Viotit is to keep
- a man jvha is iu<t able to buy a tract
of land from enjoying himself when
he wants to giLsfhn-ing’or when he
t wants to 'g AuU and ’haves a little
..■snort hunting.
Certain people in the Northern
F States rbrive gone into mV State anu
1 bought large tracts of land. Some of
U them ;have put wire fences around
t them and have prohibited everybody
Z from going on -these '.lands. They
c. come down to South Carolina at cer
t-taintimes.- ITheydo hdt kill the birds
or other game because they wish to
c-*at' fchem. ' Tohthat I wobld have no
i objection. But they go out there for
f alaugkter To give themselves a little
sport they.itake; a gun and kill bun
< deeds of; birds, for which they have
i no use, and they kill other game for
vwhich they -have no use, siniply to
give themselves what they call ii little
f fun. ' Stop that kind of slaughter and
y yon-'w ill helpasave, thg gann .
1 consider within his' rights - any
i man'iwho goes into a •field and kills
l> birdsro* any. bther wild game that he
i Jieeds, and he should not be censured:
1 -but when: a man. deliberately traps
ig-ame, when.he goes into a stream and
' dynamites fish) -or wcheh he goes into
a a field aiidctakes a gun and deprives
•. any animal of its life merely for his
I pleasure, I thinktht is.ft mighty pom,
'■ cheap sort> of sport.
When we consider passing a. bill
’ which will provide?: that, because a. a
V little boy’s daddy has no money, or
1 because his daddy does tiohown a big
t’tract of land, hi: has to iun to swm
1- body and pay a dollar for a license to
si shoot a "woodpecker or crow, the Gov
p eminent of the United States is get
ting pretty low down for something
t*to ‘legislate abdut. That is' my opin
’< ion of this hill.
It is suggested that we are going to
■ give a United States commissioner
he right to try a man. Down in my
section of the country the United
‘ States commissioner generally does
j just "what'the United States district
r attorney tells him o' do. 'They w ill
’■ take a poor devil up for ’selling a
>’ drink or half a pint of liqnor; a'nd
they will let the district attorney-say
’ whether he shall be sent to the dis
■■'trict court for trial. It is contended
+ that we are to let the United States
’ commissioners'try people. We might
just as well convict the man before
he goes into court. Then, where they
s ure upAid under the fee" system so
much for each one they send up’to
.the upper court, there would bt vert
1
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! McGrath
Pool Hall
Fresh Fruits
Candied
Tobaccos
Pipes
Cigarettes
Soft Drinks
Cigardtie Holders
,
i
Geo. Mutchler
Proprietor
few times when a fellow was not sent
up. If we start, paying.them under a
fee system, according to the amount
of fees they collect or according to
the numher of people who are brought
into their court and convicted, we will
be establishing the worst judicial sys
tem that this country or any other
j country has ever been cursed with.
For another reason I am opposed to
i this bill. I am in fared of State
1 rights, .and I could not help being
amused at my friend from Maryland
(Mr. Bruce), a gentleman for whom
1 have the very highest tegard, stand
ing here a while ago and talking
about this biil in the matter of a few
birds flying around, ami always, rais
ing hallelujah because somebody is
attempting to interfere . with dh<
Maryland liquor law. Which is the
greatest curse to this country, the
j birds that fly over us or liquor?. Yet
be made a great /speech, a very tine
! speech, and I enjoyed very much his
; description of the various birds.- But
he objected very seriously to anybody
| going over and taking any part iii t.t e
1 Maryland whisky bush. ,, but »ctu
! ally wants, thfe Government too take
charge of the birdapaaying; the differ
ence is that the :birdd w >qotsbelgmg
to anybody. Neither do. .- the liquor.
If it 'does belong to am Utdy , 'hte is
afraid to mvn it.
Mr. President, Why ns! mild v e keep
on with this legislate ? It sdr-e
seerf) to me that the time has come
when we should call a bal .and not try
to legislate everything under Federal
control. Tm • Government w .taking
charge of the water powers. They
have taken charge - of thr railroads.
They have-taken charge of everything,
almost, known to the world, .and now
they come here and say "W-g wartf. to
take charge of the birds We want to
take charge of the gam.-.'
i agree morougmy w1iri me genxie
men who are opposing this bill. I
think the time has'cmne when we
should take up matters of legislation,
as the Senator from W: shiiigtoiiahas
said, worth something, to thisM.ountry,
like his radio bill, farm legislation,
legislation on behalf of the ex-senvic e
men, as m.y friend from lit: h. I think,
suggested, and other matters equally
important. LThe time we have deft of
this:session weiShould devote to some
thing that-w ill giver freedom an’d'ilif'
erty and enjoyment to the people of
this country, and not something that
is aimed to abridge ttie.rightsf m.'.the
people, to take from the individual
the small liberty that he has left.
As I said in the beginning—and I
do not want to be misunderstood—!
have no objection to people hunting or
fishing. That is their privilege. I
have no objection to giving pebplerthe
right to en'joj thems< Ives in any way
they please. I believe’.’the’ greatest
democrocy on earth is to let ever}
man do just exactly as he pleases1 so
long as he does not trample uponithe
rights of his neighbor. If I had the
writing of a platform I-would get’two
honest men for candidates for the
presidency'and vice presidency, and I
would be willing to risk my chances
on'■winning a victovy for-the party by
having a platform to read as follows:
"Stand by the Constitution of this
country," give to the people the lib
erties, guaranteed therein, and du hot
try to deprive them of all the privi
leges' they have had in the past given
to them by ’"God and by their Govern
ment.”
Mr. King... Mr President, will the
Senator permit an inquiry?
The Presiding Officer. Does the
Senator from South ©afrofina. yield to
the Senator from Utah ?
Mr. Blease. Certainly.
Mr. King. A number of years ago
the State of South Carolina—I am
not "referring now to any nullification
ordinancts—stood for local self-gov
ernmfent. Sorm of the greatest states
men our country ever produced came
from the State of South Carolina.
[They contended for local self-govern
I ment. The Senator ’has referred to
the Democratic party.
If the Democratic party is fit to
survive, it is only because' it stands
for individual rights and local self
government for their protection. 1
ask the Senator ii in his experience
here he has Pot reached'• the conclu
sion, and 1 regret to say that I'havt
j reached it, that many" Democrats are
I just as indifferent to the rights of the
[ States as are some reactionary 'Re
publicans, and are just as indifferent
to individual liberty as some Social
ists and Republicans, who stand for a
great bureaucracy and a centralized
authority. ,
Docs the Senator think the time has
come for a renaissance- of democracy
and for those who believe in local
j self-government and individual rights
I to purify the Democratic party and
draw to that party those who believe
that th< fires of democracy have not.
been quenched, and that local self
government and the spirit of liberty
are still existent in the land?
Mr. Blease. Mr..President, 1 thank
the Senator very much for his com
pliments to the statesmen from South
Carolina. I am sorry he asked me the
question, hut since, he has asked it 1
intend to answer it. I do not think
there has been any Democratic party
since Mr. Woodrow Wilson was inaug
rated President of the United States.
PROSPECTING WITH
Til 1 MAGNETOMETER
(Engineers and MjninE Journal
Press.)
Just as there is no royal road to
riches, so there is.m .eijsv ~wn\ of dis
covering mineral wealth.. For all this,
the impression >xists in msny unso
phisticated minds that somewhere
there is a magic means that will un
lock the .treasures, of the .earth. To
such the work of modern science so
often looks like magic that.their be
lief in magic is seemingly' confirmed,
though not admitted. For this rea
son, no doubt . the- divining rod,
against which so much has been wriU
ten, with apparently., as little effect,
continues well accepted by many peo
ple, and legitimate geo-physical pros
pecting devices have been credited by
.many with more.value than they have
yet been demonstrated to possess.
This- has been manifested in an in
teresting way since the appearance in
the issue, of Engineering and Mining
•Journal-Press, of February 20, of an
article by K. O. Leylander, describing
a case where magnetometric survey
ing was employed as an aid in explor
in# placer ground. Since then the au
thor has received more than 150 in
quiries ;es to where ..his. nuigetometer
was purchased, and .similar requests
for information have been addressed
to the Engineering and. Mining Jour
naLPress. -Many, of.- these inquiries
indicated a simple lack of common
sense and failure to understand that
an. ore deposit, cannot he located .. hv
magnetometric work alone. Like
other, instruments used in geophysical
prospecting,, the. magnetometer is
simply a useful ^djum-t to the. geolo
gist in his work. .M;mv, however,
seem to. think it is ihi- doodlebug, bap
tized and admitted to the broherhood,
and that in some mystic manner it
will tell the possessor where to dig
Such people will do well to note what
Mr. Leylander said in his letter, last
week, namely, that when carried out
by competent person-, the magneto
metric survey will map any given
area with respect to relative mag
netic intensities, and that with such
a map in hand one may intelligently
select the. best, ground, in any area
covered, in which further to prospect
and develop a mine. This is Mr. I^ey
lander’s. opinion, and it is likely that
it is all that a magnetometric survey
will ever do. It is simply a prelimi
nary step in developing a mine.
ALASKA WINJVEK OF NA
TIONAL ESSAY CONTEST
Miss Sadie Prat! of the . Cordova
high..school, is Alaska winner of the
national essay contest conducted an
nually. by the Highway Education
; Board, of Washington, I). C., accord)
1 ing -to an announcement received
I from.the Territorial Department ol
Education. The subject- of the L91M
I essay is ‘.‘The .Relation of Improved
Highways to Education.”
But .two high schools entered the
contest, Cordova and Fairbanks.--Each
school submitted three essays. Miif
Neomi Robinson .and Mr. Rodne-.
Lloyd, both of Cordova, were winners
j of second .and third places, respect
: ively. Territorial judges were Karl
Theile, .Secretary of Alaska; M. 1.
Merritt, assistant district forester
and R. E. Rohertson, attorney, all ol
Juneau.
Miss Pratt’s, essay has been far
warded to Washington, D. CD., fo>
1 entry in the national contest in com
| petition with one essay from each ol
; the States and Territoi ies. The im
' tional prize is a four-year seholarshif
| in a college or university to be choser
] by the winner, with all expenses, in
' eluding tuition, books, room ani
j board, paid by the donor of the prize
I Harvey S. Forestone.
LATHROP TO ERECT NEW
THEATRE AT FAIR BANK!
Fairbanks.—1The acquisition by Cap
tain A. E. Lathrop of the Cushntai
street property of Charles Thompsoi
and associates means that Fairbank
is to have its first modern husines
block, it bring the intention of thi
purchaser of the property to erect :
combined apartment hotel and the
: atre, at a cost of $250,000. The pa
; pers were signed this week, whirl
| give Captain Lathrop title to the site
j considered to be the best location ii
che. city,
| The building will be four -.to'ioi
high, built of reinforced concrete. Th<
theatre will in* equipped with a pipi
organ, th> first in Interior Alaska
The lower floor of the building wil
contain quarters for several stores.
Excavation will b* started during
the fall, and work on the building wil
start next May.
The Alaska Came Commission i
being criticised because of the adop
tion tec* ntl> that body of a r< gu
lation giving protection to the largi
brown and grizzly bear during a cer
iarr-Deriod of the year, from June f’i
to September 1, says the A? choragi
Times.. Jt is contended, and there i
is ample proof to support such a c< n
tention, sk\s the Times, that thesi
animals are a menace to human lift
and, as sues. are not entitled to pro
tectio.n; and it does se-' m that thi
Commission lias imposed a restarieticn
that serves no useful purpose fo: i
the brown b> ar and the grizzly havi
any excuse for protection it has neve
v t been discovered by the old turn r
of AlaskH, win have intimate kunwi
edge of their deadly habits. Tie
member^ of the Commission mus
know the dange ouscharacter < f tbesi
animals which it is.sought to perpe.tu
ate, and, kno ing it, th» y must re; lizi
that the most they can accomplish h;
J such a regulation is the discourage
i im nt of organized hunting par tie.,
during the preii d that has been desig
nated as a closed-season. More thin
that cannot hi accomplish* d, fo th>
law ot self-pn servation among Alas
kans in the hills comes ahead of nn.
erty-made regulation. With greatei
reasonableness could the St. te of / al
ifornia. issue a mandati against thi
killing of sattb rs, or Arizona *t tem pi
to throw the protec! ins- • arm of thi
law about the gila monste', for these
reptiles at least do not seek human
prey, and there- is ah< ays warning he
foni attack.
_
“Ttepeal the'Volstead act and icturi
to truth, decency, comm- n sense anc
I law observance,” .advi.i* s Dr. Nicholas
Murray Butler, ■ presid. rir of olumbit
University and leading “wet” hepub
lican of New Yosk. “Repeal tht
Eighteenth amendment ana return U
the Federal form of government es
i tablished. by the •''.onstirutiem whict
' existed, despite every danger and dif
| Acuity, for one hundred .years. Hi
! store to the States the police powers
| which should never have been taker
from them. Take out o’ the Uonstitu
tion. the only provis inn that has rn
place in it, since the Fighteentl
amendment is- a me r statute with n<
reference whatever to gov. rnmenta
organization or st'uctnr
Are you a subscriber to Ihe riuski
Times? Why-no: ’
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BUSINESS STATIONERY
Says ?«n ^xchanpe*
1
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“Did yon ever gp t ■», letter from '
hanker cr- la wyer writt* n »itla
pencil on rough school child’s paper
If you Hid. what did you thlnlt o’
.such >■ letter? Well, all business me?
are just as much judged by their let
ters as bankers and lawyers are.
“Have you1" name printed at the toj
of your paper and in tht corner o'
your envelopes. See your Idea
printer He will do the job for yoi
at a. reasonable cost.
“Get a typewriter, if possible, anr
conduct vou>- correspondenee in..- ;
I modern way. Typewritt* n letters or
•attractive stationery make, an impres
sion and .command respect and im
| mediate answer
Notice to Pay School Tax
_
To All Whom This May Concern
lu accord n ! h Chapter 20, Ke-sinr
Laws of Alaska I <10, and amefidsneDU
thereto, all lie pereorm tierw-'-e:I the
ayes of twep.iy oae and fifty years, whe
are mot fsailnr. m the United States,
navy or revenue cutter service, volun
teer ’ireme.:, paupers or insane per
l sons,” are re •need to pay -an amnia
school tax of ;i dollai s "fjo
. This tax is due and payable rt.'ier-thc
and (led .ci > h rein sn-ci'ied wiishic
first Monde, >:• i tic. month o' April ft t, i.
shall he pai.-l before the first day <>.
May. providing you are in the Terri
tory of A laska «.u said first date if out
the tat is d m within thirty days after
! vnur arrival In Alaska or within tec
i days after written or ora) demand it
mad-> uoon -■>■; by t-ne -school ta:t col
lector. ia *-. not, paid in accordance,
with t tie foregoing ret uire.ien's ~hal
become dniin petit. and eact) person de
i linquerit snail be subject to a l.i id o
two dollars
.1 Ail persons, liras arrd corpora:ions
employing luV-r in Ala-ska shall fur
nish to oil?-tors a list of all employer,
subject to tax an.fi employers of la-bo:
as above set out. are authorised-by pro
visions of i : net to deduct amount o
the tax from the wages of each em
ployee who is .sh eet thereto. If any
of st:-'.h e- i;,',M -is shall fc.il to report
the period d,-« tiatefi for • payment o
•said tax. tb said employer , of labor
shall be e ii. \ f a tnisriemea- t anf.
subject to a llunof from $;V m -f.VlO.
| All person? subject -to, ami refusing
or neglecting m pay, said la :. are sub
ject to a ne if in, or ioif sont enfc
jail for period of one month and al
, such employe.' of labor as hereto set
tout, who neglect, or refuse to collect
said ta : from employees -m a. or pro
needed a^ralnst, an.-; shall pay tie
I amount of each individual tan, and *
further tieoalty of $2-' for ea-ih s-uet
tar.
Tax reoe.tpts will ha fitroluhe't by tht
tax coliectors.
Dated at Takotn... /.tasks,, tht.- -V;s
I day of May Idfifi.
• I. IT. Me LEAN,
Duly authorit-ed an’ < ua ’ i li <- d
A laska Ter rl-r if.1, Schorl Tux
■Collector for Tokctna T ist rirt.
B. & E. Store
McGrath Alaska
Groceries
Hardware
Miners' Supplies ,
of All K ids
Ladies’ ) nr, , ' , c
Furs Bought mil Srr<
Moose Skir. Mitfs ami Bouts
King Is'u.nd Mu- use
Babeesh, or Sled Li sh ng
Voigt’s Dog Harness. i.hr very
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