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jjrust 29th, .1923, at .the poatoffke at
<2Takotna, Alaska, under the Act, -of
IMarch -3, ISTa
Takotna, Alaska, July 1U. 19(25.
HNDORSE GOV. PARKS’ RESO
LITION .TO CARE FOR INSANE
•(Seward Gateway.')
“One of the finest .things .which
• ’ould be taken up by 'the citizens of
Alaska and their civic t'ooliies would
iDe that of getting -behind the move
iment.of Governor Parks in endeavor
ing to secure a mrw hospital for the
• care of Alaska’s insane’,” Attorney
. Anthony J. Diniond, twice a member
.of the Territorial Legislature, in ad
dressing the .Seward Chamber of
^Commerce members and their guests,
.at the luncheon held at Fisher’s cafe,
.stated yesterday. ^Continuing, he
.-said: “Do not stop to debate :the quea
,tion where the hospital is to be lo
cated; that can be thrashed uut at a
later date. But every Alaskan should
'back up Governor Parks’.resolution to
. secure the necessary appropriation for
the hospital's construction.and care of
•‘the patients.”
Mr. Dimond stated emphatically
nthat tW-contiract sysbem of‘caring for
.Alaska’s insane must be abolished. He
ihas secured ample evidence that con
«iitions at the present institution are
miserable, regardless of the -beautiful
-appearing folder widely distributed
■•throughout the Territory .last year. He
••does not believe the conditions at the
iinstitution are the fault of its head,
but of the system in vogue. “Alas
Ikans must be aroused to the fact that
ats insane is .vety puotly .attended to,”
Ihe forcibly continued, “and from the
.-standpoint off humanization it is the
. only thing worth while.
“As evidence df the humanitarism
practiced 'in Alaska you have one of
tthe finest examples right here in Sew
uard in the Jesse Lee Home. I can re
call nothing icomparable with .the
• spirit evidenced in .the construction of
•such a splendid home for the care of
.■so many of Alaska’s children.
“At the recent annual meeting of
tthe Grand Igloo, iooeers of Alaska,
hold At Valdes., that "body indorsed
<(’. over nor Parks’ resolution, and by
•such action, with the assistance of
the voice of Alaska’s (citizenry, will do
much in bringing about immediate
•relief to the present situation.”
jsec. Andrews says govern
ment KHOTL DSELL BEER
Washington.—-Appearing before the
iSenate prohibition .committee, Secre
tary Andrews admitted that the Gov
eminent is not trying to stop home
brewing and distilling. The Secretary
opined the situation would be better
if the Government would manufacture
and sell non-intoxicating beverages,
but he declined to define intoxicating
drink even when asked if 12 pel cent
wine were such.
Andrews said thot his agents were
violating their instructions if they
searched homes for small family
stills, and continued':
“We are positively concentrating on
Jhe source of the main supply. t)f
course I don’t deny it is the duty of
Une agent t-o prevent aill violations of
.the law.”
An exhibition still was set up in
the committee room, a huge copper
kettle on a three-burner gas range,
with a copper coil and a five-gallon
keg.
FOREST W ELFARE RULES.
,11 is not difficult for .anyone to be
careful with fire while in wooded
areas. .Here are simple rules evolved
by the .Forest Service, which if ob
served will go far .toward reducing
the number of fires .in the .woods in all
sections of Alaska:
1. Be sure your match is out be
fore throwing it .away. Break in two
with your fingers.
2. Don't throw cigars, cigarettes,
and pipe ashes along the roadside. If
you are riding, have an ash tray in
your machine. A din can will do. If
you are walking, grind your stubs,
matches and ashes in the dirt, not
moss.
,‘S. Build small camp fires away
from brush, grass and trees. Scrape
away all woody material from around
the fire.
4. Never leave your camp fire un
watched. A wind will spring up a1
most any moment and start things.
5. Pour water on your camp fire
when through with it. Plenty of
water, then bury it after you are sure
it is dead. Feel around with your
Koro hunds for Hot cooH- 2nd smoul
dering -ends
G. Report all fires you see, how
ever small, as soon .as .possible to the
forest ranger or fire warden. Ti they
are not available, report it to any re
sponsible person that you .know will
take action.
7. Be-as careful with fire while you
are in the wo#ded areas as you are in
your home. The woods belong to you.
The forest service has estimaied
that -within the five years ending in
1920 over 160,000 forest fires were re
ported in the States. These fires
swept an area of 56,000,000 acres and
destroyed timber and property valued
at $85,000,000, exclusive of indirect
and intangible damage to young
growth, water resources, and recrea
tional facilities.
“Had the Pilgrim fathers settled
at Sitka, Alaska, instead of at Ply
mouth, they would have found milder
climate, better soil and timber, said
more game, furs and fish. Indeed,
pioneer life in Southeastern Alaska
was so much easier than ‘on the New
England coast, the question might be
seriously raised whether the hardy
enterprise of Puritan stock might
have been developed undeT these more
favorable conditions.—Alfred H.
Brooks.
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FOR THOSE WHO PASS BY.
The story of how Sani Walter Foss
came to write “The House By the
( Side of the Road” is. interesting and
contains a little lesson in human
j kindness.
Foss was tramping in New Flng
j -land. Tired, he sought the shade of a
tree along the roadside. Nearby was
a crude sign which read, “There is a
spring here; if you are thirsty,
' drink.” A little farther on was a
bench on whieh was written, “Sit
down and rest if you are tired.” A
basket of apples was placed near,
with the sign, “If you like apples, help
; yourself.”
Who had placed the signs there?
Foss sought the ow ner, and found a
fundly-faced idd. man.
“Well,” the old man said, “we had
water a-plenty, and I thought it
would he a good thing to share it with
thirsty travelers. This is a pleasant
spot to rest, so I brought down an old
bench fom the attic. We have more
apples than we can dispose of, so ma
and I thought it would be nice to di
vide with others, so we bring some
down every flay. It seems to do.good,
so we kept it up.”
No matter how remote is your cor
ner by the side of the road, you can
be a friend to those who pass your
way.—Fix.
Guggenheim practices in bonding
properties and then dropping them
have brought a great deal of unthink
ing condemnation from mining men
of the Northwest. Every now and
then one sees a “mean dig” in the
mining camp press at the famous
family’s method of operations. ;
The simple fact is that the Guggen
heim concerns are looking all the time
for mining properties that can be op
erated on a tremendous- scale. That’s
their present-day specialty. Their or-:
ganization is built for big-scale op
erations.
Transferring the situation to other
lines, it is no more reasonable to ex
pect the -Guggenheims to operate
small mines than it is to .expect
Hears! to operate small-town .news
papers, or the Claflins to establish
cross-roads stores, or Ford. to manu
facture -hand-lathed axe-handles, ■ or
Morgan to dabble in country banks.
Because the Guggenheims have held
an option on a mine and later
dropped it is emphatically no reflec
tion on the value of the mine. As-a
matter of fact the merit of the propo
sition must have been demonstrated
or the Guggenheims would not have
considered it At all. When'the big,
concern pulls out it simply means;
that in the judgment of the engineers
the property is not susceptible of op
erations-on the scale to-whieh the'cor
poration is keyed.
The Diithie mine at -Wmithers is
being operated profitably, .although
the Federal Mining &.Smelting Com
pany did ’not care to continue its
work. Likewise the Salfy..aCBeaver
dell, which has been returned to Ed
Nordman and associates, gives prom
ise of successful operation with a
crew of from 20 to SO men,'where it
might not be possible with' 200 or
more.
The small mine with small capital
ization frequently gives greater re
turn on the actual investment than
does the large property with greater
I PIONEER |
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] Machine, Blacks ,
i smith and *
Sheet Metal Work \
l All Kinds of Repairs |
Stoves Built |
and Repaired
1
Robt E. Lowrie
Tokotna, Alaska
financial outlay. And that applies to
other. businesses as well. Ask the
manufacturer, the publishe, the mer
chant -or the -hanker. They’ll tell you
yes.— Minima Truth.
YUKON: cni’P-SR. r-fcA-ltlKS,
ABAKDONEIP YEARS'. A Gil,
TO BE REOPENED SOON
A number of copper’claim!' in the
Whitehorsi district- that have lain
idle for several years, some for more
than a dozen years and others since
1917, are to be reopened by the fUch
mond oCnsolidated Mining Company
of Spokane which company has suc
ceeded to the mining property of the
late Byron White, who secured the
claims in Yukon 25 years ago. Among
the claims on which work is soon toi
be started are the Puebla, Tamarack
and Carlisl*\ two of which, the Puebla
and Carlisle, have produced much cop
per in years gone by.
The Puebla was worked several
years prim to 1917 by W. D. Green
ough, but was abandoned when a
serious cave-in occurred which im
prisoned three men whose bodies were
never recovered.
The Carlisle minte has hot been
worked for 15 years or more, although
it produced milch noe- which went as
high as 45 per cent copper.
C. P» Scale, who was foreman for
Byron White on the Puebla in I90fi,
has arrived at Whitehorse and is pre
paring to start work at once.
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