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Entered aa sccono-ctass matter An
gust 29th, 1923, at the poetoifice at
Tekotna, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, February 22, 1930.
T-.-Jcintmrr;
JAMES WICKERSHAM, CAN
DIDATE FOR DELEGATE, AN
NUL NCES HIS PLATFORM
Janies Wickersh&m, Republican
candidate candidate for Delegate to
Dongress from Alaska, is out with
the following announcement:
'To the People of Alaska:
iron. Dan Su>,-.erlana has publicly
announced that he will not be a can
didate for re-election to the ottice of
Delegate fom Alaska in ladu.
At the request of many Alaskan
xoters 1 have consen-ed to become a
•candidate for the nomination, on the
-Republican ticket, at uie ..primary
Citouon on Aprd 2‘J, ibdo, tor tne
<o^uce ot ueiegate irom Aiacka to
(Congress, to he chosen at tne general
c-iection on November 4, luoJ.
in tne event oi my ejection as
Delegate to Congress, I pledge tne
people of Alaska:
1. .o work with and suupport
Dres.vient Hoover and ms adnniiisna
tion, in friendij£M-operai.ion, in an
•matters for e welfare of tne xer
xitory; for a more perfect iurm of
T’erntoonal government; tor tne ue
■velopment ot the lerrnoxys natural
resources, with reasonable coonserva
tion, foor the upbunumg of a perma
nent puulation in tne Terr.tory.'
2. 1 o support in every practical
way the construction of a continuous
^International Pacihc-1 ukoii Highway,
for the joint use of airplanes and au
tomobiles, from beau.e and Vancou
ver, tnrough Dritis- commuta ana
ukon Territory, Canaua, to X air
•banks, Amska, with branch lines to
connect with Alaska seapoortts at the
mouths of the Stikine, Taku, Skag
way and Chiikat nvfers, with equal
privileges to ttyder, ana from Prince
Rupert to Ketchikan, and branch lines
to connect with the Government high
way m interior Alaska, anu to nome.
3. To favor the connection of tne
main line of the internatioonal high
way in British Columbia down one or
more of the branch hnees joining it
to the coastal towns of Alaska with
A .free zone or roadway for the unob
structed how of ‘trade with the in
terior, and the passage of airplanes
and automobiles, as nearly 'without
restrictive regulations as possible.
4. To support and aid in every way
the construction and immediate com
pletion of the proposed Thomas Bas.n
at Ketchikan, for the safety and ac
commodation nof Alaska fishermen
and their ba*ats.
6. To support self-government in
Alaska game, fur and fisher.es; the
better seeding of salmon streams; a
more eual distribution of the burdens
of conservation on all forms of fish
ing gear; that bona fide residents of
Alaska shall be allowed to take fish
at all times and places for their own
family use; that non-resident fisher
men, their boats and gear, shall pay
a higher license tax than resident
fishermen; and the continuation of
government investigations of halibut,
herring and other food fish in aid of
their preservation and increase.
6. To secure construction as soon
as possible, of public buildings at
Anchorage and Fairbanks;
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a bridge across the channel between
Juneau and Douglas; the opening of
the boat channel across the tide flats
between Juneau and Auk Bay; the'
construction of an insane asylum in'
Alaska; continued necessary appro
priations for the Alaska Railroad and
road and highway work in Alaska, i
7. To support river and harbor,
projects, coast and gecfdetic surveys,
and ads to avigation in Alaska.
8. To assist in securing the exten
sion of all federal aid acts to the Ag-!
ricultural college and School of
Mines at t arrhanks.
i). To support and voote for a.l the
nominees of th- Republican primary
i election.
JAMES W1CKERSHAM
January 15, 11130.
, POPULATION OF UNITED
i STATES PLACED AT 121,000,000
I '_. • f
WASHINGTON.—Tie population
| of the United States at 10:45 o’clock
i this morning was estimated by the
' census bureau at 121,951,856. |
In the course of the immigration
committee’s hearing on the Johnson
and Hox bills to restrict immigration
to the Western Hemisphere, Chair
man Johnson found need for exact
, figures- on the country’s present pop
| ulation.
He found out that there is one
birth every 13 seconds and a death
every 23 seconds. One immigrant is
j entering ihe-country every 11-2 min
j utes and one immigrant leaving the
country every 5 piinutes.
The average increase in the coun
ures was placed at one every 33 sec
i.ry s population based on these figl
nds, with an excess of births over
deah of 900,000 annually. •• ;
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FORDS DONORS OF FUNDS
FOR MOUNTAIN SSCHOOL
i MOUNT ERR, Ga.—Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Ford have been identified as
| the donors of the milliop-dollar group
f of four buildings at' Berry Schools,
i the famous ..educational., institution
foor mountain boys and girls. The
announcement was made following
I e .ercises commemorating the found
ngs of the schools.
PRESS SQUIBS.
j The soviet government has granted
an American manufacturer a permit
io bu:.d a razor-b ade factory. If the
Russians are going to cut them off,
j they never will be recognized.—The
! New lorker.
Arthur Brisbane says the host act
i .e animals are meat-eaters. Did Mr.
• Brisbane ever try to race a squirrel
| up a tree?—Philadelphia Inquirer.
Kocket planes' capable of going
j 9,000 miles an hour are now predict
ed. It is to be hoped good terminal
facilities will be provided.—Pitts
burgh Post-Gazette.
Somehow some of our personal res
olutions don’t seem to mean any more
sometimes than some of those we
adopt in convention assembled^—
American Lumberman (Chicago).
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Paris dressmakers win again. They
j have decided to have short skirts for
‘ daytime and long ones for evening
wear. Thus every one wins but
father.—nelena independent.
Automobiles may be almoost as
deadly as war, but they don’t make
yoou salute all day and scratch all
night.—Publishers Syndicate.
Old-timer, who remembers when
the boys first began to part their
their hair in the middle, now parts it
| in the same way himself—with the
; parting about five inches wide.—Min
; neapolis Journal.
The chief objection to the school of
e periennee is that it thinks up a
ew course every time you graduate.
j -Ca gary1 Herald.
We don't say. that marriages are
not made in heaven, but we-do say
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that, if they are, a new shipping
cierk » needed up there who won’t
get the wrong addrescses on so many:
oi them.—i^ay features. •
Still, it jat: i he said that the Hoover
Admimits*'1 n doesn’t play fair.
When it .abolished poveriv it gave us
something j nt as good.—Ala-; >n Tele
graph.
Just when we thought the football
season was over, the .interstate <
merce'Commission issues its railroad
consoiida* i»»n . plan.—American Lui;» -;
bornian..
>*ifty .million .Americans .who are
apposing the adoption of* 'the 13*
month calendar can’t' understand why
the Chinese hang so tenaciously to
age-old customs.—Heking Leader. ,
Longer skirt's at’least provide work j
for tne girls wher- make alterations
to please the customer.—>
express.
Mr. Hoover says . that ..all. the na
tion’s ills can be cured .fey. hard -work. \
W e were afraid all .the. time that he 5
would propose -something radical.— f
I\ ash vide ^ioucthern Lumberman.
Fritz von Opel’.s idea nf a. speed -of
2,000 miles an hour, if'applied.to au
tomobiles, will leave most, pedestrians
coid.—v irginian-Filot.
Just now there is so much .antwwar
propaganda that we. are beginning to
fear that some two nations will soon
get intto a fight over which is. the
greater ini! uence _for world peace.—
.\ew Urteans states.
One of the Boost difficult jobs ex
tant is trying to convince radical drys
that the Secretary of the Treasury is
a water Jiellon.—Tampa Times.
Any shortcoming scharged to the.
present Administration will be large
ly sins af coramisaion.—Arkansas Ga
zetta
Sonic peocple srre arrested for mak
ing 60 .an hour because their
cars won’t go any faster; than tnat.—
r .or.da times- Union.
“John JtD. Rockefeller III has gene
to work for SUndard <0U, beginning
with one of the lighter jobs.” ..Possi
bly shining the dimes.-—^Detroit Hews.
The best .job of face-lifting done
recently in this country shbould be
reacted to those responsible for-for
the ome tax reduction.—Leesburg
(Fla.) Commercial.
"However,” observes Arthur*. Bris-,
bans, we have plenty of gold Wft."
fco yan Tneaniw«?—-Macon'Teie
mph. >
An Oklahoma chemist declares that
he <■«" extract alcohol 'from pe
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troleum* huVfco would confer a greai •
er heon_hy separating Goazo from
gaaaluie*-^W« itos ^Ore.). Leader.
Some.;af. the. countries:we think
look upon Uncle Sam as a big-brother
omit.-the —Dallas News.
VMexiem-has abolished capita} pun
isbnmi.oabich -gives its presidents
mncr encouragement.—^Atlanta ■ - Con
stitution,
. JUI. monte of the, all Street - lambs
Street; tauuba .know about the tariff is
that:: there Kshosld be more, protection
for*w—I. i»Arkansas Gazette.
A lot of the aMentl^iod buys Ion
n oil. Street turned out to be fare
wells.- Arkanaas -Gazette.
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