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Represented Nationally by
J. W. GREELY and ASSOCIATES
603 Stewart Street, Seattle. Wash.
FRIDAY', DECEMBER 3, 3937
ALASKA—TODAY AND TOMORROW—
(The Alaska Weekly)
We are accustomed to harking back to 1929 these
days and rubbing our hands in retrospective glee over
the “g..d r,;d days.’ And. w?T. we r ev in most sections
of the r.au'or.al domain. I* is therefore interesting to
note that imp:rts nto Alaska from the United States in
1926 revealed a 12 perceu' increase over the average of
these halcven cav$ of 192C-2?.
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Thete is of eours- but one answer. Alaska is not an.
industrial country as yet. It is a vast storehouse of prac
tically undeveloped resource? and paradoxical as it may
seem, it is during pe.irds of depression in the more
crowded industrial area? that people and money turn to
basic sources of wealth.
The 12 percent increase noted above is as nothing
compared to the probabilities of the next few years.
Mining is yet to come into its own. Fisheries, with pro
per protection, may be vastly intensified without possi
bility cf depletion. Agriculture is certain to develop, in
cluding the livestock branch of that industry. Newsprint
has now reached a new h:gh in price and, with proper
g vermmental encouragement, the time is ripe for the de
velopment cf the vast forests of pulp timber. Tourist
travel will continue to incr ase its contribution to the
total commerce as nr re adequate facilities for caring for
the tourist assume a more important position as the ev
olution of those industries on the “outside” make room
for new fields.
No intelligent investor or sales manager can afford
to overlook the Alaska of today, while in the Alaska of
tomorrow hi is certain to find a field of stupendous po
tentialities.
NO WORD FROM OPPONENTS
(The Valdez ’finer)
As yet we have received no word from prominent
opponents of the unicameral legislature as to the reasons
for their stand. Forrest -J. Hunt, a prominent citizen of
southeastern A’: ka. *nd several times member of the
Territorial Legislature, has come out in favor cf the plan
and many others, including our own prominent local
Senator believe it wculd solve many expensive problems
and delays.
The statement that it would give the First Division
all the rower by the establishment of a one-house legis
lature is not a fart. The First Division under the pres
ent set-up has no more power than any other division
despite its powerful lobbies. Why should it have any
power if it is represented by one man than six or eight
if the remaining divisions had the same representation?
There is no doubt chat a unicameral legislature
would save us many thousands of dollars; give us bet
ter legislation, and pass its bills much more quickly.
Under present legislation when a bill is introduced it
goes to js committee. It is then sent back for passage,
so amended its author scarcely recognizes it, and if it
fails to pass, it goes back to another committee. Most
important bills Lave met opposition in one or another of
the Houses. It is in the committee that the lobbyists
are able to work to kill off a bill cr have it passed.
The Governor then has the power to pass the bill or
veto it. It must be vetoed ir. a certain time or it passes
aut:mati:ally. Will all this jobbery it is impossible to
get quick work with so many minds trying to chisel
some advantage for their constituents.
By all means let us simplify oar legislation.
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So far only six men have got out of Georgia’s escape- i
proof prison, but then h had been in operation only a
few days.—Memphis Commercial AppeaL
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An Arcadia, Calif., project to manufacture asbestos
coffins br ngs np again that old question of whether it’s
the heat or the humidity. —
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
(TAKHN FROM THE FILES OF THE KESKO TIMES)
SEATTLE — William Randolph •
Htarst. with his Post-Intelligencer
monopolizing the morning field, will
begin publication cn January 1 of
the Seattle American. This will give
Seattle four afternoon newspapers.
j Carl Thisle, known as ‘‘Little Carl"
fcr identification, arrived at Takotna
Nov. 23, starring on his return trip
to Eetbel cn the following day.
Louis Susan, more familiarly
known as ‘‘Louie the barber,” arriv
ed Friday, having come from Idit
i arod‘_
The government herd of reindeer
, is .due to pass through Ophir almost
any day, on the way to the Broad
Pass district. 1
Mrs. J. J. Sturgis, of Anchtratre,
and Dan Kennedy were married at
|?ve ra:’r~f»d town last week by Rev.
Ft. Markham. Mrs. Kennedy is the
widow of the former chief of police
of Anchorage, and Mr. Kennedy is
] employed at the Clavson store.
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WASHINGTON — The Japanese
delegation today issued a statement
at the meeting of the committee ?
the Pacific and Far Eastern aff;
in which they recused to lessen *
hold on Manchuria- The positions
Japan and China on Shantung a'
developed to a sharp point of conflict
at the same meeting.
CENTRAL IA — General Foch. en
route to Portland, and standing where
American Legion men were massa
'red some months ago. srid: “I have
come to this spet to salute the mem
ory of th:>--a who' havi eg been spared
by the horrors cf war. returned to
fall under the bullets of assassins.”
Jim JJcvEtson returned here today
.'r. m a trip xmt Peluk ■».
Waino Puniilla arrived from Ophir
Sunday and left Monday morning
for Candle.
Late arrivals fram Marshall report
that Jack idoriarity, who left Russian
sten Juissisn in a canoe on his way to
li. r_hall. saver arrived at his des
tination. The ice started to run two
d2ys after he lift the Mission, and it
is feared disaster may have overta
ken him.
SEATTLE—The freighter La-]
t juche is taking on b.tard AOO tons of
steel for the A aska Engineering
Commission, far shipment to Seward.
This steel is for use on the Riley
creek bridge, the gap between the
or .hem and southern ends of steel.
J. M. White, the Cripple merchant,
spent the past few days in Cphir on
business.
Ge :rje Mutchler returned yester
day from a visit to the Nison mine,
leaving this morning for Iditarod.
The marriage of Captain Wallace
Langley and Miss Maude Fallon was
telebrated at Seattle on Thanksgrv
ng Day. the newly-wedded couple
iepartiris inunediatsly on a wedding
rip in the East, during which time
Capt. Lsnghy and bride w^II visit
the early home of the former, ac
cordin'- to a telegram received by
Captain George F. Green, liiss Fal
lon was icr a number cf years at the
head of the millinery department of
he 1- n . a~che. in Sent re. Captain
Langley, who will return to McGrath
n n 'T nr K* htlrhv He
accompanied over the trail by Mrs.
MINER’S BEER PARLOR
We Carry a Complete Line of Tobaccos of All Brands
BEER - WINES
WE HANDLE ONLY THE BEST BRANDS
E A. ROBERTS, Prop. TAKOTNA, AT. ARK A '
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FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
Capital and Surplus $100,000
WILL ADVANCE MONEY ON GOLD
AND
Ship Gold at Very Reasonable Rates
We are Agents for
the following lines:
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
ATLAS PRODUCTS
Explosives and Blasting Supplies
ALYS-CHALMERS TRACTORS
FORD DEALER
A. A. SHONBECK
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
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TIMELY EDITORIALS
Culled From Our Exchanges
LABOR STRENGTH—
(Juneau Empire)
Stress is b:irg laid by political obeservers 'n the
strong vote attributed to labor forces in the jK5.iy
elections. It is pointed out that in New York the Aacer
ican Labor Party threw a half mDlion votes back cf May"
or L&Guardia while in. Pittsburgh the ClO-ba keJ C.r
nelius Scully was elected mayor bf that city ani In De
. troit Richard W. Reading, strongly supported by the
American Federation of Labor, was successful in winning
the mayoralty race.
Undoubtedly labor forces did play an important r:.l:
in these various city elections. In Detroit and Pittsburgh
if was almost an out and out battle between CIO an
AFL for political supremacy.. But what of the o :..t
votes, not strictly labor, which actually swung th_ c-'-.-t
; tion? After all, that as always is the majority of th:
vote.
New York papers, following the LaGuardis e!e;t:on.
i were predicting that labor wonld hold the balance o!
power in futur tactions. Perhaps, but it cannot L
looked that labor as termed politically, i<- only a
i bio; of voters who happen to be affiliated these da;
either CIO or AFL. There isn’t such a thing as a V.
vote that any tne can definitely place, except in c :
cases where a labor issue is at stake.
Last year, labor forces threw their support io F
ident Roosevelt, but so did the voters of all but two
states in the union.
A few years ago some politicians brearr-2 hi-Vy
alarmed about the solid veteran’s -rote. Congressional as
pirants shuddered every time some one menu-mu vt.gr
ans’ opposition. Eut it developed that there was no
such thing as a solid bloc of veterans’ votes. The vet
erans were shown to be just a large group of American
citizens with individual political viewpoints.
The same is true of labor. Its forces are made up
of ind.viduals with their own political ideas. Th:y can
and do get together occasionally at the polls where a
labor issue is at stake. But the idea that labor can dom
inate ar.y national election in this country is a little too
far-fetched. Like most of us, .they can’t get together
among themselves, thus how are they going .to vote sol
idly in a national election with its scores of complex
angles?
LIFE AND HOPE—
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
Well known is the story of the official in the United
i States Patent Office early this century, saying that there
; was nothing left to invent. His attitude, apparen.ly, has
a good deal to do with the philosophy of suicide in gen
era.; the feebng that life has led up a blind alley.
Significantly, the suicide death rate in the United
States is lowest during the periods of reconstruction,
not necessarily the lowest when .times are at their best.
Estimates compiled in 100 American cities by Frederick
E. Hoffman, a consulting statistician, as published in the
Spectator magazine, reveal that lihe suicide rate las:
year was less than for any year during the boom psr
t »od of the late nineteen twenties.. Actually, last year’s
( rate was exactly the same as that For the year 19.2.
Since this century began, the suicide rate waj the
leas: during 1918, 1919, and 1920,'.while America was a. .
war and as the nation entered an era of reconstructiin.
In 1926 the suicide death rate was 11.9 per 100,903 in
i habitants in the 100 selected cities. The rate then climb
ed to 18.1 ns 1928 and 1929 and, as was to be expected,
wfiected the acute economic distress of 1932 with a rate
of 21.3. Then the rate began to drwp: 19.1 in 1933. 17.3
in 1934, 16.2 in 1935, and 15.7 in 1936. Last year’s rate
was the lowest for any during the twentieth century ex
cept during the war and post-war period.
The inference to be drawn from the statistics is
that people temper* mentally disposed to suicide are
likely to stay their hands when it appears there’s some
thing more to he dene in the world. The old saying,
“Where there’s life there’s hope,” seems also to apply
the other way around: “Where ttee’s hope there’s life.”
I see where a preacher is in-the race for Governor
of New Jersey now, and is asking the Lord to elect him
on a Republican platform. As a Democrat said, “That’s
| asking an awful lot.”—Cal Tim*y.in New York Post.
The German savant who is working out a cure for
laziness doesn’t expect riches. Tne ingratitude of the
sufferers he has saved will be enough.—Christian Science
Monitor.
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Southern Michigan prison-inmates are to be taught
dancing and stage presence. Nothing like being com
plete ready for the coming oat party.
A racketeer is the kind of n fellow who does no bus
| incss to speak of.