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“Entered as second-class matter February 1, 1937,.
the post office at Takotna. Alaska, under the Act ol
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Represented Nationally by
J. W. GREELY and ASSOCIATES
603 Stewart Street, Seattle, Wats.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22. 1937
WORTH ATRIAL—
(Juneau Empire;
Alaskan? will be Riven opportunity at the next gen
eral election to express themselves on the long cussed
ar.d discussed one-house Legislature as the result of.the
President’s signing the bill providing for such action.
A one-house legislative group fur the Territory has
been a popular topic for several years and it has a tra
ditional habit of bobbing up at every legislative session;!
usually inspired when the Senate Wills some pet House
bill. The 16 members of the House look askance at the
eight members 'if.the Senate who, with a four and four
division on any measure, can eliminate it. They argue;
and often with considerable supporting fact, that four
members of the Senate hold the entire control of the
Legislature. It often works out that way, but Alaska has
been fortunate in that its Senators have been on the
whole, of sufficient stature to consider the problems at
hand thoroughly and have not leaned, except on a fcw>
occasions, toward wielding t'acir political power.
It is a fact, however, that two-housc Legislaturesartrj
unwieldy in .Alaska as well as in the States. Perhaps,
they should he. It may be that Blow and deliberate ac
tion leads to a better brand of legislaiton. But it would
appear that in the Territory where our - legislators are
few in number that the Senate does hold a power just a
little out of balance in companion >wtih the greater num
ber of members who are elected by the same voter?" to.'
the House.
It may be more equitable to have a l egislature made j
up of one house. Only a trial-will provide the. answer toj
tLe question, and now with such action provided for by i
Congress, Alaskans will have an opportunity to express
themselves at least. Of course. Congress, may not see
fit to change the Organic Act to. that extent no matter
how the Territory's voters express themselves, bur it is >
probable it would heed the voice of the people.
The fact that Congress does have the final word may
be just, another good- reason" why a one-house* Legisla
ture is worth a-trial in the north. Every action the Ter-!
ritorial Legislature takes Has to meet the approval of'
Congress before it .becomes a law so that under the pres
ent setup the acts of a one-house group would have to'
be endorsed just as do the arts of the two-house system
A SHIRKED RESPONSIBILITY—
(Los. Angeles-Times *
The story of.'the migration of- destitute transients Um
California is the story of a shirked responsibility.
These men and women and children described as liv
ing in fields and woods like animals, threatening to dev
astate California like a locust plague, are not morally a
California problem; and it is an outrage that it should,
be thrust upon this State by & Federal government re
fusing to do its duty. .
These homeless wanderers have been evicted by cir
cumstance in which California hac'. no hand. The people
■rf California are not to blame fov dust storms, drought*,
or mortgage foreclosures in other. States, and cannot
rightfully be asked to foot the bill for them. It is a na
tional problem.. ,
Yet the transient-relief, problem is one with which
the Federal.government declines to have anything to do.
Formerly-it did maintain camps in which some of the
refugees could be cared for in a sort, of lackadaisical
way, and did try to check the migration; but it soon
gave up these feeble efforts.
The President said this was because the Federal*
government was anxious to get out of the relief business,
and return it to the Suites. But the Frderal Govern
ment has not got out of the relief business, or tried to.
except in this one particular.
And it was the one relief burden which rt sKotrfd.
have continued to carry
Destitute persons should be eared for by and irr
their home States as far as that is hum mly possib-e
When they pull up anchors and drift they become intt*
state concern, a burden which the Federal Government
ought to shoulder.
The 70,000 persons described as being in' a dfcpaerate
condition between Bakersfield and Stockton are matched'
by several times that number in Southern California, be
yond any doubt. Far more than its share of the respon
sibility and cost is being showed upon Los Angeles county
whose finances are being strained to the breaking- point
to meet it.
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Down in Texas they voted against rruxud-drinks. We
always suspected Texans took their liouotr *tuigfr—
SIXTEEN YEARS A6G THIS WEEK
(TAKEN FROM THE FII.ES OF THE KL'SKO TIMES)
The residents of MeOrath enjoyed
a pleasant dance at the schoolhouse
last Wednesday evening, the o casion
be in* the wedding of harles Nicolet
and Mm Emma Roberts. At 12 mid
night an appetizing supper was serv
ed at the Langley House. AH present
complimented Diamond Dick on the
excellence of the viands served.
C. <5-. Peterson, from Ophrr, arrived
in Takotru today, coming <?>/wn over
the winter trail.
G F. Kilroy, repr >e of the
Union Construct'-- C y, now at
Ruby, in order a-ving'
j of Higgins 4 1 c from!
(Greenstone to G winter, is;
sending a large a n. ’ y of hay and
.other horse feed'overland to Cripple,’
.having been able to send bnt a small
portion—probably 50 tons—around
by water.
Del Thompson, from Ophir. and
Mfree Rlanusha arrived from Takotna
yesterday, coming down over the win
ter trail.
Miska arrived' here this afternoon
with some moose- meat, having killed
a-large moose near B:g River. He
reports Frank- Fox having reached
Salmon safely.
Joe Wills, after having taken a
party of five bound for Anchorage as
far as Salmon River, returned Sun
day night, arriving just in time to
get his Aloha up the Takotna, as far
as home, that stream freeiing up
during the night.
TheAlaska Road Commission will
wind up their work for this season
tomorrow. They have just completed
a temporary bridge across Little
Creek, which was- badly needed,
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The Kuskokwim is running full of
ice, ami under prevailing conditions,
should close within a few days.
TAKOTNA—The Yankee Creek
dredge closed down for the season on
the 16th.
Mail Carrier, Henry Martella, Fred
Rocthlisberger and Tom Sackinoff ar
med during the afternoon from Ta
kotna.
A. H. Twitchell arrived at Ophir
several days ago with about 50 rein
deer, which were to be slaughtered
for the Ophir and Takotna markets.
Ophir Glass arrived in McGrath to
day from Ophir, walking to Takotna,
and driving by dog team from the
latter place.
The Takotna River closed during
Sunday night, the 16th. Tuesday
forenoon the ice was strong enough
to bear a mans weight’ Peter Snow
being the first man to cross. Later
in the afternoon Mrs. H. E. Carter.
Sergt. Lundy and Peter Snow enjoy
ed a couple of hours skating and now
a number of young people are again
out on skates.
WASHINGTON—Postmaster Gen
eral Hays is planning to give Alaska
a mail service that will compare with
any State in the Union. The money
; for this will not be charged in the
reorganization of the Territorial sys
tem. it was stated at the department
today. An adequate service, whether
by boat, dog team or carrier, is to be
immediately provided and delivery
speeded up, it was asserted.
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GOLD DEVALUATION—
(The Alaska Weekly)
The periodic scare concerning the devaluation of
gold from its present price serves as a continuing de
terrent to business, and that is exactly the reason that
no authoritative denial has come or may be expected to
come from administration circles. The Whit t House has
no desire to see business reach the high crest now and be
on the out-tide by the next general election year. Not
only do these rumors discourage business in general, but
they are also making it difficult to get capital for new
gold developments, thus robbing gold producing areas of
a considerable portion of the expected advontage of the
present price.
We fail to see the possibility of devaluation. It
would be little short of ruinous because of its deflation
ary effect upon prices which have been so assiduously
boosted and the government itself, already facing the
heaviest deficit in history, would be forced to take a tre
mendous loss by reason of the twelve billion dollar gold
reserve now held against the currency issue.
Some pseudo-economists are even raising the cry
that gold production has already been unwholeaomely
stimulated with the result that here is now an over-abun
dance of gold for monetary purposes. In the last issue
of Engineering and Mining Journal, one of the moat em
inent authorities, H. N. Lawrie, had the following to say
on that subject:
v> un an amount oi goia prooaDiy twice tne
amount of newly produced gold of the last throe
years sterilized (in the United States>, it is reas
onable o conclude that we arc not sufferin from
a gold inflation. Consequently there would be
no need for compelling a decrease in the gold
production will tend to limit the world’s output
of gold, or by any other means. The rising costs
of gold production will tend to limit the world’s
output of gold, and as equilibrium is established
in world economy the demand for gold will be
greatly increased by the necessity of many na
tions to expand their monetary reserves. Gold
now sterilized will be released for sale to those
nations desiring to improve their monetary posi
tion'. and there is more likely to arise the ques
tion as to whether there is sufficient gold to meet
the future monetary demand than that there will
be an excess. To arbitrarily or artificially limit
g Id production now would indeed be premature
and might result in prolonging the severity of
economic depression for many years.”
All of which would lead us to believe that it just
■sn't in the cards for this government t
What is far more likely to happens that, once the isms
and theories have had their day and the hysteria sub
sided, the chief financial powers of the world will get to
gether and stabilize gold on as high or even a higher
standard than the price now set by the United States.
minim; \s a business
(Seward Gateway)
Under modern conditions and with the multiple facilities
for embarking on prospecting, due to road extensions,
mining ha* passed from a h't and miss romance to a
practical basin.-s.
No man need be fooled in placer, if he approaches it
from a purely business standpoint. It is only the sucker
who is roped in by the wildcatter. Big business employs
technical knowledge. Mining requires the same agency to
success.
The old-t;me aristocrat of the pick and pan is a 100
to one shot when it comes to dealing in mines. He may
not have a cent, but he has a pride which transcends
mere gain. His word is not only good, but his advice is
sough,, ever, by skilled mining engineers.
The greatest and simplest safeguard in mining in
vestment i.~ * r the investor to make sure that the pro
jtt . ir. u : 1 • • n to being what the prospectus claims, is
also manageii by a practical man.
A Hollywood model and a patent medicine millionaire
were wed in a Nevada m;no» a new way of taking on a
lode of responsibility.
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Farmers in Grady County, Oklahoma, have copyright
ed a watermelon, with no reprints allowed except on the
consumer’s necktie.
Father Divine’s Olympic games at Kingston, N. Y.,
may, ha.e been just his way of being sure the flock was
.1 Ita.-i, two jumps ahead of the devil.
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A Philadelphian advised fencing for grace and poise,
but that doe.-n’t help a congressman. His big problem is
rot how to jump, but which way.
Fo> fidiing luck, the worst we’ve heard was the
oh:. 1 ’ burg who says that while fishing for his
ft' -'t a catfish and threw it on the bank.
»> u 1 ' a ty;ng up his boat, the dogfish chased the
catfish up in the woods and he lost both of them.
The custom of dating packaged foodstuffs can’t be
completely successful urtil someone teaches the trick to
hens.
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The Franklin R osevclt, Jr., newlyvoeds went honey
mooning in Maine. Maybe they thought it would serve
as a good will gesture from the nation.
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Sene in your commuriracions to the editor wa
subject. Veil glairy jtuhLish them.