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Application as scccr.d-c'.ass matter
i= pending at the post office at Takot
r.a. Alaska, under the Act of March
?rd. i«-T9.
‘\VT\ the peopj e- are
FOSS, AND PROVE IT:—
(The Anchorage Tirnesl
There is a pood deal to be said for
the leva farmer who heaved a dead
sk'-rk into the state capital at Des
Jinxes to show his disapproval of a
law recently passed creatine a closed
ser = on for these punpent little ani
mals.
X^t that people ought to go around
t'c=’ne dead skunks ’nto legislative
chambers. Not that a closed season
or skunk* nav not be a very good
thine indeed. But iust because there
is an uu-f’-om-the-gpp.ss. roots inde
pendence about th’s so~t < f thing that
stems from the finest trad:tions of
American democracy.
The eitirens of a democracy must
be"? a number of qua1'ties in ordtr
to m-ke *b_’r democracy work as it
r'--v- to. and one pf the greatest of
'v'o i= a sririt of rowdv and iras
!c independence. As L-e as they
i "" that spirit, their office holders
am never in any danger of forgeTV'ng
vh.o -s real1 v boss in the republic;
nd if *h? spirit occasionally leads to
s 'nk-throwing, it is an* excess that
c"" b» for""'ven.
rons:d?r the case of th’s angry
Iowan, for example. He raises
pheasants, and the skunk is a natural
en-mv of the pheasant, Here is the
wav the Ir.wan explains himself:
“Yortr sil’y senate passed a bill
yesterday putting a closed season on
st-nrhs in nrv county. Last night a
rl: o-o* at my coops and killed
-bo-^n+s; an?t throe chickens.
’• ”e ’ h:m this morning. And the
” time a skunk gets any of my
vt-sp-orts I'm going to kill him and
bmne him down and toss him in the
m'ddle f the damn senate.”
Shakespeare once mentioned, as one
of the crosses of suffering man has
to bear, “the insolence of office.” We
Ar e> cans knew all about that, for
«>■»■■>show we do seem to have a way
"epcing office holders who are in
i'* heyon^ Shakespeare's most
' ... -r:-. breams. But democracy
r wavs has tl e remedy at hand, if it
~ only brash and forthright enough
t‘ 'ise it.
~he Iowa farmer, with his dead
■■ uk and his uncultured language,
h' , he r:rht idea. So did the Kansas
r v frempp’s wife who went into
m 'na~er’s office with a horse
~ -retest pay cuts in the fire
’ "'em. Such things may disturb
o' erly souls, but they are healthy
signs.
The grandest words :n the Consti
tution of the United States are the
first three—“We, the People." That
tells where the sovereignty resides.
It is good to have office holders re
minded of it now and then.
Tot that sort of thing is the final
and invulnerable defense against mis
govemment and dictatorship. A na
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SIXTEEN YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
Alfred Ostrojr is a late arrival in
McGrath from Candle.
S. Holm came in from Candle t*>
day, and •will return to that place to
morrow.
Axel Pet rson and Pete Larson
were passengers on the Thor for Ta
kotna last Friday.
Frank Siola. proprietor of Peluk
Creek roadhouse, arrived in McGrath
Friday afternoon.
Suj H iman, of Carlson & Hocnan.
Oph.r, a'ter spending- a couple of
day? in McGrath attending to bus
iness matters, departed Friday on the
Thor for Takotna.
SEATTLE. May 2$—The motorship
Ozrno, Captain John Vi’orth. sail-.'3
this afternoon for Bethel. The cargo
n the Ozrno includes 290 tons of ma
rker rv for use in the development of
the Alaska Treadwell quartz proper
ties at Nixon. J. A. White and Ray
S. Massey are in charge of the out
fit.
John J. Joslin, superintendent of
road work between Takotna and Ophir
for the A.K.C., returned Friday on
the Thor to Takotna to prepare for
the summer road operations, r>eiore
i saving, Ur. Joslin expressed his be
lief that the highway between Ta
kotna and Ophir will be completed
during the present s.asn. Fifteen
men will be working on the first of
the coming month, ar.d this force will
be increased a little later.
Minins Motes From Ophir—
Smith. Collins & Hard are busy on
their Ophir ground. Four extra men
will be employed.
Staton fc Suutala, on No. 2 below
Ophir. are working hard, will have
two extra men on the first of the
coming month.
^ ibe & Moses, with a force of six
men, are ready to sera - 5 into the
boxes on Discovery, Little Creek.
Frank S pel jack and partner, are
busy on their ground on Lower Lit
tle, doing open-cut work.
Hans Erickson, on Mo. 3 Above
Discovery. .Ganes Creek, is doing a
little ground-sluicing.
A] Berg will start soon at ground
sluicing on the Mike Connellin bench.
Mo. 5 Below. Ganes Creek.
BOTTLES CAST IMTO SEA
LA JOLLA, Calif.—Six thousand
wine bottles are being cast into the
sea in a study of ocean currents.
Cards printed in English and Span
ish ask finders to report to Dr. H. U.
Sverdrup of the Scripps Institution
of Oceanography.
tion which can toss skunks at its leg
islators and horsewhip its city man
agers may have its faults, but is is
in no danger of losing its liberties.
For in such a nation, “we, the people"
are perfectly well awa™ who >>
ALTERATIONS IN' ALASKA
PENSION LAW EXPLAINED
JUNEAU—Designed to give much
broader coverage in the care of Al
aska's needy aged residents, the lav
cr.acted during the special session of
the Territorial Legislature made two
fundamental changes in existing leg
islation dealing with what have here
tofore been known as “pioneers’ pen
sions.”
In the first instance the residential
qualification is so altered that instead
of a continuous residence of 25 years
being required, an aoplication for
old-age assistance may be submitted
by any person 65 years of age or
oider who can demonstrate he or she
is in need, if residence in the Terri
tory has been for five of the nine
years preceding the date of applica
tion for such assistance.
The new law provides that any cit
-.:en of the United States qualified by
reason of age and residence is elig
bie for assistance. The effect of that
r v sion will be to extend the old-age
assistance system to include the na
tive population of the Territory.
Those changes will make it possible
for the Territory to receive from the
nat.onal government financial assis
tance for those of its aged residents
who no longer can earn their own
living. The federal government will
match the appropriation made by the
legislature for this purpose dollar
for d liar, the only limitation being
that federal funds will not be provid
ed in excess of $15 for any one in
dividual. That is, if the Territory
gives assistance to John Doe in the
amount of $30 a month, $15 of that
amount would be matched by Wash
"g'.on. but if the assistance came to
$35 the Territory would have to pay
$20 of that sum.
For old-age assistance the legisla
ture appropriated $553,000. There
will be added to that amount an ap
proximately equal sum from the fed
eral government.
Administration of old-age assis
tance will be under the newly created
Department of Public Welfare. It will
be headed by a welfare director who
will be chosen by a Board of Public
Welfare, composed of the Governor
and on? member from each of the
four judicial divisions.
Recipients of assistance will, when
he Depa intent of Public Welfare has
started to function, receive their
checks monthly instead of quarterly
as in the past.
The law fixed S45 as the maximum
monthly amount which may be given
any person. No minimum amount was
established.
Assistance will not be payable
when any resident is in the Pioneers'
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FT AT. ALASKA
C. M. WiNANS
(Successor To A. W. Berry)
MEDFRA, ALASKA
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PLYING ON THE TAKOTNA RIVER
Capable of Carrying Fifty Tons
When Water Permits
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TAKOTNA, ALASKA
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