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Entered as second-class matter Febru
ary 1, 1922, at the Post Odi.ee at
McGrath, Alaska, under the
Act of March 8, 1879,
MCGRATH, ALASKA. FEB. 14, 1922
Discussion Regarding
Territorial Division
Again is revived the proposal for di
vision of the Territory of Alaska, and
it is to be hoped mat it will be consid
ered seriously by the people in all
l>*t»ts of the North. Anchorage, to the
far westward, and Ketchikan, in the
southeast, are in accord, that there
t, should be a division. Juneau is of the
same opinion, and if anyone in Alaska
i- opposed to the proposal his voice has
bus not been heard above the multi
> tube.
There is no tie between the south
east and ’lie westward or interior that
binds, liven in the north and west
ward the average citizen will tell you
that people living iu the Panhandle
are not Alaskans, “real” AJaskans. To
a majority of them the Territory be
gins at the 141st degree of longitude.
That dues not apply, of course, when
the tax. collector starts out, for South
eastern -Alaska is then very much a
pant of the Territory. It is only at
other times, or during the session of
the legislature when they are passing
out funds of the Territorial treasury,
that the southeastern part must-nut. be
considered a part of the rest of the
Territory.
It is certainly to he hoped that it
may be possible to get some action
from Congress for the division of the
Territory before the present session
comes to an end, although-such an out
look is not promising now. But when
the nest, legislature meets it will do
the greatest set vice yet done by any
Alaska legislature if it will memorial
ize Congress to divide the Territory.
And when some of the delegates to the
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westward introduce their resolutions
for a removal «>f tlie capital the repre
sentatives of the First division should
work ior the compromise of a division
i of the Territory. In that way it may
] be brought about.
The division of the Territory would
mean that Southeastern Alaska would
have a delegate, in Cotfgress to re pre
sent just this section; that it would
have a legislature to legislate for an
area the interests of which are iden
tical; that money collected for taxes
would be paid out in its own section,
and not thousands of miles away. Cer
tainly this is tiie time, if ever, to se
cure the creation of two territories in
stead of one.—Ketchikan Chronicle.
j Those propagandists of Southeastern
1 Alaska who advocate two territories,
j consisting of Southeastern Alaska as
I one and the rest of Alaska as another,
| appear to us to show nothing but a
. selfish desire to keep what money they
.pay in taxes right in Southeastern
j Alaska. That, and that alone, is the
j principal reason for the agitation, and
[ if tliis can be accomplished the rest of
i the Territory can go to California or
some other warm spot so far as those
| separatists are concerned. Fortunate-.
I ly, they have not the entire disposition
■ of the matter, and while this division
i
propaganda is being broadcasted let us
| all get in and go the proposition cue
! better. As practically one half of the
I Territorial revenue comes from the
; Third division, why not petition Con
I gress tp make a separate Territory out
of the Third division, and then we will
have our own delegate in Congress, our
own legislature, and the funds of the
j territorial treasury, and the funds of
i the territorial treasury will ho. spent in
the new territory, instead of a part of i
it in the First division. Valdez Miner. !
j The Ketchikan Chronicle, in a re
cent issue, advocates a division of the,1
i Territory into two territories, aptly j
stating that the northern and southern !
I parts of Alaska have no ties in com-i
i moo. But the Chronicle makes the!
i usual error in believing that the larger
1 part of tbe taxes are derived from the
First division. A comparison of the j
| treasurer’s repo-t shows that this is j
•wrong, the Third division paying more!
taxes than the First and exporting!
| more natural resources.- -
The Chronicle is also in error in af
firming that this division receives a
larger proportion of taxes than' the i
First in the matter of appropriations, i
Practically all Government bureaus
are located in the First division, and
not only are the federal appropriations
largely expended there, but also the
i Territorial moneys.
By all means let us have a division,
the line to be near the 144th degree of
longitude, which will leave the Bering
oil fields in this division. There is
abundant population in both pinions
| to make a large territory, and resi
dents of the-Third, Second and Fourth
divisions will not be compelled to take
j an ocean vovage of two weeks to trans
act business with the capital. Seward
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The flivver is tbe 1 si, refuge of the
pedestrian.—-Npw York Tribune.
The Germans seem to think that the
french dun ’em wrong.—Washington
Post.
All the world may love it lover, but
ho’s getting to be a poor insurance
risk. — Wa-.hingj.on Post.
E trope wants moral support, of
course. but not too darned moral. — As
sociated Editors.
An increasing number of brides in
seat t li if trousseau bargains seem to
be attending the special sale3 of the
ordnance department.—Norfolk Vir
ginian Pilot.
Bolts can’t injure a party: they usn -
ally take the nuts along with them.
Petersburo Examiner
According to our notion, the Near
Hast is just as neaj- as we care to have
it,—Cinciunati Enquirer.
Henri Bergson says brain-workers
ought to he paid better, and, while this
is tiie first thing Henri ever said that
we understood, we are for him to the
last drop of our blood.—Columbue fO.;
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