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Tofcotna, Alaska, under.the Act oi
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Takotaa, Alaska. June 27, 19 .tl.
CIVIL SERVANTS SOON
TO BE FINGERPRINTED
{•Detroit Free Press.! ,
Aftfcr July t, according to ten .an
nouncement ia Washington, all of the
40,000 civil servants appointed an
nually by the federal government will
be . fingerprinted. The civil service
commission does not assume.that all
applicants for federal appointments
or .any considerable .number of them
arc criminals, with traceable police
records; but experience has- shown
that it is just as well for Uncle Sam
to take no chances. The employment
of fingerprints in the New York post
office has resulted in a.50 per cent, re
duction in “losses” during the Christ
mas rush, when a large number of
extra employes are taken on. They
are also, resuired in the prohibition,
customs, and narcotic service.
The long and'almost exclusive as
sociation of fingerprints, with crime
records has given this virtually infal
lible means of personal identification
a--bad odor. Criminals fear it; and
many people, who are not criminals,
seem to think that there is something
contaminating in the. ink that pre
serves a life-long ..imprint of one of
their most easily recorded individual
and distinguishing physical features.
The fingerprinting of 40,000 civil ser
vice applicants a year, while, it may
not immediately popularize the prac
tice, will remove the stigma of crim
inality from it in the minds of a con
stantly widening circle of people.
There is nothing complsory about
the civil service commission’s innova
tion. Anyone who objects to being
fingerprinted does not have to- work
for, the federal government. We may
yet see the day—advanced by the. in
crease of, dishonesty in unexpected,
as ;well as expected, quarters—when
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I Pacific
International
Airways
Hy in comfort t- all points in
lAI -ka In ear four-passenger
< cabin plane. Large baggage
'compartment separate from the
‘cabin. Equipment for water
landings.
Sig! ^seeing tripi any tfinn,
$3.00 pe. passenger.
For Hates to Alaska Points
WISE
Robdrt H. Romig
AGENT
Anchorage* Alaska
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fingerprints will appear on the birth
and marriage, divorce, death and
; other public records of every man,
| woman and child in the country.
ALASKA INTERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
(Continued from Page 1.)
in the Territory, remaintn guntil the
dose of the fishing season. The sen
i ators will fly through the interior of
Alaska and incidentally will do a lit
tle shopping on Kodiak Island and
give the big bears the once over.. .
Alaska gained favorable mention
last week in connection with the. an.
! nouncement of the engagement „ of
Miss Bettie Northrop- .Powell, to the
i Hon. John Rosebury Munson, only
son of Lord and Lady-. Mon son, of
Linioln. The couple-*lirst met in the
' summer of l‘>29, while, traveling in
the. Alaska and Yukon country.
The Ketchikan Chamber of Com
merce is intensely interested in the
ecort to induce the. Forest Service to
i build a trail up the valley of the
; Unuk river, so as .to make it possible
f'for prospectors to Ret in and out of
the well known mineral region at the
headquarters of the Unuk-Leduc riv
ers. A portion of this arm lies on
the Canadian side, and assurance has
been given that officials across the
boundary are ready to build the por
tion of the .trail . over which they
would Rave, jurisdiction. The matter
has been taken up with the forester
in Washington .who . has referred the
request to Regional Forester Flory,
at Juneau, for his opinion as to the
feasibility of the project.
j Last Tuesday . afternoon the first
i public cpremony was held on the
magnificent new Memorial bridge, in
commemorating the death of one of
Alaska’s oldest pioneers, Conrtd
Sietn, who died in Washington .on
May 30. The deceased had made
written request that his remains be
cremated and from the. new bridge
thrown to the waters of the Potomac
river. His wishes were carried out,
and in the presence of a few Alas
kans and other personal friends the
Delegate from Alaska. Judge Wicker
sham, paid a fitting tribute to the
sturdy character,, and unselfish work
of the man who had done much for
his adopted land in its early,, days.
Early in life Captain Siem emigrated
from Germany and became a natural
ized American citizen n Sau Fran
cisco. In the early part of 1890 he
located as the managng owner of a
trading post at Point Barrow, the ex
ereme northerly, part of Alaska, and
first conceived the idea of exporting
reindeer from Siberia, which was
later carried cut by ReF. Sheldon
Jackson, general, agent of the Bureau
of Education. Captain Siem was a
prominent character during the early
days of the Nome development, and
lived in various sections, of the Terri
tory until about fifteen years ago,
when he came to Washington, and
died here at the age of 71 years.. He
leaves a nephew in this country, re
siding at New York..
I The native, people of Alaska and
| vicinity, have united in a petition to
j the Bureau of Indian Affairs praying
that a hospital be established nt Ket
chikan for the benefit of the natives
of that section and the west coast.
There is at present a splendid, gov
ernment hospital at Juneau* but the
natives of the southerly section de
clare that the distance .and cost
makes it prohibitive to receive med
ical attention there. The matter will
be investigated by Dr. Ryan .wthen he
goes North in July.
The Associated Fishermen vrf Alas
ka, by President A. H. Bradford,
have been concerned about the atti
tude of the Bureau of Fisheries in
connection with their plan of opera
tion for the coming season. They, re
quested that the Delegate take the
.matter up with Commissioner O’Mai
ley, which was done and as a result
a wire reading as follows was sent to
President Bradford: “Have had con*
ferencc with commissioner of .fisher
ies and he states that. if. you are
going to employ white ond . native
residents of Nushagak or Bristol Bay
as fishermen or to work in canneries
it will meet with his hearty approval
He is opposed to going outside the,
district and bringing in numbers of
people who have never been in Bristol.
Bay before, as he considers them in
th esame class as people brought
from .the States. He is emphatic,
however, that all, Alaska whites and
natives should be given employment.”
c The Juneau Guides of Southeastern
Alaska.writes a letter opposing the
suggestion of Stewart Edward White
that Chichagof island, north of Sitka,
be declared a national park and game
reserve. It is contended that Chicha
gof is not only a splendid brown boar
section but is highly mineralized with
producing mines, hah.'.numerous can-:
neries and sites, great lumber possi
bilities, and that the , residents of.
Southeastern Alaska,..sportsmen and
businessmen, do not want to see it
turned into a reservation,, particular
ly as there is Glacier Bay,. National
Monument about. 20,.miles, from Chi
chagof island.
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William Roberts, who has ,320 acres
good homestead land across the Mat
anuska river and 160 acres close to
Palmer, feels that he is getting pret
ty aged and wants his nephew, Wil
liam T- Hughes, to come over from
Wales and help him to care for the
property. But whan the young man
j applied for a passport at Liverpool he
I was refused because of failure to give
substantiated evidence.'of his inten
tion. The matter was referred to the
Delegate, who took it up with the
State Department, and it is expected '
that soon William will he crossing
i the Atlantic.
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Complaint has been made by some
of the shipbuilding companies in
Southeastern Alaska that construc
tion of government vessels frequently
goes to Seattle,.which makes it diffi
cult to maintain the several marine
ways in the North, which are so bad
ly needed in cases of emergency. The
particular instance cited was the re
cent bids for. furnishing two 24-foot
launches for use at isolated light sta
! tions and for whish the surcessful
j bidder in Seattle was less than $200
' under the next lowest bid, from Alas
ka. G. ,R. Putnam, commissioner of
i lighthouses, explains that there is no
! legal authority for acceptance of
other than the lowest bid meeting the
requirements of the specifications,
which in the instance referred to stip
j ulated that delivery of the lahnches
shohld be at Ketchkan. Section 3707
of the Revised Statutes of the United
States has freqhently been held by
accounting officers as giving all in
dustries equal rights to compete for
government business, and at the same
time secure to the government the
benefits which flow fro racompetition.
Not So Bad.
Two housewives were discussing
marriage over the back fence,
“Have you any relatives who mar
ried particularly well ? ” asked one. j
“Well,” replied the other, “my hus
band din’t do so bad.”
Chairman—After these few curs
ory remarks by Mr. Woodhead—
Mr. Woodhead (excitedly and em
phatically)—It’s a lie! I never swore
in my life.
She will not sing the old songs
That used to be the rage;
She fears that some smart suitor
Will figure out her age.
“He has been married four times-”
“Well?”
“What’s the idea?”
“ He merely wants a good wife.”
“I see. Proceeding by trial and
.error.” j
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