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TME KUSKO TIMES
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Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1870.
Takotna, Alaska. March 31. 1928.
JAMES WU'KEKSHAM’S NEW
YEAR'S PROGRAM FOR ALASKA
Alaska is a Territory, an embryo
State. It it in its early formative
period, in its infancy under the tutel
age of the Congress of the United
States. Some day, in the near fu
ture, when its permanent population
of American citizens shall have in
creased to 250,000; when its great
natural resources of land and sea shall
have been largely located and devel
oped by its inhabitants sufficiently to'
demonstrate to the world that we are
capable of maintainin agriculture,
manufacturing and trade and manag
ing our own domestic business affairs
successfully; when the present un
American system of Federal bureau
cratic control of our local government
is changed by our local legislature,
and the American citizens resident in
Alaska shall have resumed their
rightful control over their own do
mestic alTairs; whe nwe have evolved
and soundly established an American
form of free government upon the
principles of the Declaration of Inde-!
pondenee and the^onstitution of the!
United States—then, and not before,
will the Territory of Alaska be raised
to the dignity and power of a free,
and soverign American State in thej
Union.
Alaska’s New Year's program, then,
should be:
1. Securing a permanent popula
tion of 250,000 free American citizens
within our borders;
2. The development by Alaskans of
Alaskan agriculture, mining, fishing I
and trade, to the point where these
industries will support its permanent
population and their government;
3. The recapture of all those auto
cratic powers over our domestic af
fairs which our Territorial Legisla
ture in the last decade have illegally
transferred to, and bestowed upon,
the Federal bureaus in Alaska;
4. The establishment by the citi
zens of Alaska of a free American
local government, responsible to the
assr
people af Alaska, on the basis of the
pr.iiop.es ui me i e.iar.u.011 oi iu.e
pendcnce and the Constitution of the
United States, in pursuance to the
powers granted ot us in the Organic
Act of 1LU2, passed by our American
Cungrcss for that purpose. If each
American citizen resident in Alaska,
man and woman—for a bad govern*
1 nient oppresses th ehome first—will
become an active politician, so far, at
cast, as to take personal interest in
1 the form of government which is
I siowiy hut surely erystalizing over us
| in the Territory, he and she will be
i uoin a patriotic duty very similar to
i that done by our Revolutionary fath
ers and mothers from 1776 to 1787,
! when our national constitution was
finally adopted.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year, with a quick
ening of your patriotic appreciation
of the Constitutiona IGovernment. of
tlie United States, with its many ad
vantages in peace, safety, prosperity
and happiness to our citizens ir. com
parison wih bureaucratic governments
wherever they have .appeared,
I remain, very truly,
JAMES WICKERSHAM.
nijjso SQUIBS.
—
Some Democrats are trying to dig
up a running-mate for A1 Smith, aud \
others are looking for a checkmate.— ]
San Diego Union.
Once upon a time America was con
nected with Kurope.by means of a
I lost continent instead of a lost loan.—
Anderson (Ind.) Herald.
We often wonder why they arc
called the secrets of success. Kvery
1 body is always telling them to every
body else.—Grand Rapids Press.
A leopard may not be able to
change its spots, but we know of. a
tiger that threatens to put its stripes j
on a mule.—-Council Bluff3‘Nonpareil. |
Messrs. Smith and Vare may, nev- •
ertheless,( be refUred to as outstand
ing Senators.—Arkansas Gazette.
A nyhow, and at the very worst,1
Senator Willis is our great common
wealth’s favorite son pro tern.—Ohio
State Journal.
It costs $3,493,581,519 a year to rus
the United States, but on the whole >
we helieve it’ sworth it.—New York
Evening Post.
The United States and Mexico .are
no won capital terms, with Mexico
needing the capital.—Weston (Ore.)
Leader.
About the only frills and furbelows
now extant are those pantalette ef
fects on lamb chops and roast chicken
legs.—Arkansas Gazette.
What kind of a government is it 1
that provides refuges for wild birds
and none for the hard-working politi
Takotna Pool Hall
Fresh Fruits Candies * Soft Drinks
Tobaccos Cigars Cigarets
j Apples Oranges
Mutchler Cold Storage Barge
Pork Beef Veal Mutton
Boiled Hams Pickled Tongues
Sausage in variety Head Cheese
DAVE MUTCHLER - PROP,
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■an who has been asked to explain in
full his attitude on prohibition?—De
troit News.
A railroad appoint sa florist to
beautify with flowers. Now let it ap
point an oflicial burglar to jiroipy
open the car windows.—Dallas News.
iViaybe Mr. Lowden closed* his New
York headquarters merely hecause the
New York City farmers are tiot in
much need of relief.—St. Louis Star.
An artist-designer is reported as
saying that women like their attire to
oa witty. They have certainly made
brevity the soul, of it.—-Punch.
That Congressman who says Amer
ica has no trained propagandists
hasn’t seen the new seed catalogues.
—Publishers Syndicate.
The race is getting healthier, au
thorities -sav—but not the race to the
railroad crossing.—Marshall County
(Minn.) Banner.
One of the interesting speculations
in connection, with the automobile out
look for the year is what impressive
| new woj-ds they will be able to think
of that mean second-hand.—Ohio
State Journal.
A daily paper remarks that there
are too many burglaries in this coun
try. It does not state, however, what
| is . the ideal number to have.—Punch.
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As to the cause of modern baldness,
discussed in the Literary Digest, we
hazard the theory that it’s the ab
sence of hair.—Weston (Ore.) Leader.
Irr a London theater the experiment
has been tried of placing loud speak
ers ail over the auditorium. Usually
they are seated just behind us.—
Punch.
Our great party’s attitude on farm
j Takotna |
| Cigar Store |
! Tobaccos |
| ' Cigars j
| i Soft Drinks j
j Fred Dubois i
| ’'Proprietor I
I McGrath
Pool Hall!
; Fresfr Fruits
Gandies
Tobaccos
Pipes
Cigarettes
Soft Drinks
Cigarette Holders
George Walter^
• Proprietor ;V
relief seems to be that, if tariff ervi
sion downward on the big campaign
contributors is necessary to attain the
. desired end, then the farmer doesn’t
need any relict.—Ohio State Journal.
The Senate will kick A1 and the
Illinois Smith around until it gets the
lent.re Smith family sore. Then, look
out!'—Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Mexico has. made peace with ouii oil
companies. We hope our neighbor
has bettor luck with.. them, than ■ we
had.—New Yorker. t
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Mexico is rev.v p£ its pohtTgl ’pro
cedure, and it m'ght bo a good idea to
pass a rale that no man be allowed
run for President unless he can
prove he has funeral expenses.—Now
York Evenin Post.
| Du Rand’s
! Cafe and
| Hotel
f Flat City
Practice makes perfect, we s. art
told—especially the practice of wbai
we preach.—Virpginian-Pilot.
Vivim’s
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V \ Vit:ah 4Iirw»rd. Prop.
(Soft Brinks
( Gandies
1 Cigars
- Cigarettes
Tobaccos
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A Gentlemen's
Resort j ;
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Ikey Hayes - Mgr.
Max Simel : Sr
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FREIGHTING
General Transportation
How About Wood Hauling?
Joe Ferris
Takotna