THE KUSKO TIM.
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Entered as secona-ciass matter Au
gust 88th, 1923, at the postoffice at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, January 8, 1927.
FORMER GOVERNOR BONE
RECOUNTS ALASKAN HISTORY
* vjtivcrnur ocou, Vj. none ae
dares that the Territory of Alaska
receives only intermittent attention
from the nation, despite the enormous
treasures it has yielded. His views
are expressed in a signed article ap
pearing in the Semi-Centennial edi
tion of the rSeattle Post-Intelligence.
The article is as follows:
“Alaska has belonged to the United
States for 59 years. Fourteen admin
istrations have come and gone during
that period, but under few has more
than intermittent attention been
given to that remote and still unde
veloped country. The first two de
cades of ownership did not compare
favorably with the last quarter of a
century of Russian occupancy. Hav- •
ing bought and paid for the vast do
main, it was permitted to shift for
itself, neglected and forgotten. A
period of stagnation ensued, with law
lessness prevalent and no govern
ment worthy of the name. The pur
chase from Russia was consummated
by William H. Seward, Secretary of
State, at a cost of $7,200,000, and the
American flag was hoisted at Sitka,
October IS, 1867. A customs district
was created, but no government pro
vided. Military posts were established
at Sitka, which remained the center of
activities; at Tongass, Wrangell, Ke
nai and Kodiak, with smal detach-1
ments of troops at the seal island- of,
St. George ar.d St. Paul. A loose -y- -.
tern of military rule followed. A the
time of the purchase Alaska was de- :
risively termed ‘Walrussia,’ ‘Ameri
can-Siberia,’ ‘Icebergia,’ and ‘Seward’s
Folly.’ All troops were withdrawn
in 1870 except those at Sitka, and
neglect and demoralization followed.
The troops at Sitka were withdrawn
I he District of Alaska was
’•**4 and a civil govern
’»•*’ ; o'Dhed at Sitka, with a gov
omor a ml federal court officials. This
marijed the first step After 17 years
toward establishing a government,
with a system of courts and civil and
criminal code. Active interest in
Alaska was displayed .throughout the
Roosevelt administration. In 100C,
after seven Congresses had received
favorable reports on the proposition
and failed to act, the Territory was
given a delegate to the House of Rep
resentatives, and road and trail build
ing was inaugurated. By executive
a-der, in 19C9, 20,000,000 acres of
land along the coast and on the
isands were converted into forest re
serves. Surveys of the proposed Gov
ernment Railroad were inaugurated
under Taft, provision was made for a
home for the governor at Juneau, and
in 1912 an organic act was passed un
der which Alaska became a Territory.
The Wilson administration gave help
ful attention to Alaska and cham
pioned the building of the Government
Railroad, which was put under way
iftic
nated the route. The Harding admin
istration avowed an interest in Alaska
and demonstrated the same. Bills
were immediately introduced to sim
plify and make more workable the
federal system in the Territory and a
revolvingdev elopmentfundof g g zz
revolving development fund of $5,000,
000 was proposed. The year 1923 was
made memorable by a visit to the Ter
ritory of President Harding .and mem
bers of his cabinet, preceded by .a
large -congressional delegation, which
centered the attention of the world
upon the Northland. The consensus
of opinion resultant from these visita
tions was that the growth and devel
opment of the Territory would neces
sarily be slow and that to its citizen
ship must be left the working out des
tiny. An outstanding achievement of
the first year of the Coolidge admin
istration, of enduring benefit to the
country, and to Alaska, was the en
actment of legislation by Congress to
protect and conserve the fisheries by
nesting full authority and control in
the Departthent of Commerce. Ad
ministrative problems, touching and
affecting Alaska, are receiving en
' attention, and the President
r.as expressed himself ‘hopeful of a
peri'vi f highly gratifying develop
ment £i - Alaska in a not not very
i;3tant future.’” “
RECENT DOINGS OF THE
ALASKA GAME COMMISSION
JUNEAU.-—The Juneau office of the
Alaska Game Commission announces
that a case was filed against Mrs.
Fred Matson, of Junaau, for serving
venison to hoarders in violation of the
Alaska Game Law and Regulations.
J. H. McLEAN
.
Fresh Fruits
Fresh Groceries, Just Arrived
Up-to-Date Line of Clothing
New Suits
From $5.50 to $45 Per Suit
i
—
She entered a plea of guilty before
I'. S. Commissioner Paine, and was
fined c^5.
Executive Officer Ernest P. Walker,
, uf the Commission, states that sale of
game has so often Jed to its exter
mination or near 'extermination
throughout the world that it has now
become one of thebhasict principle of
wild life protection c to prevent Bale
and cominereialisahionn6f,jsanie in apy
form.
Mr. Walker also called' attention, to
the fact that the .deer season Closed
November 30, instead of December lp,
us formerly and as has been., the case
for a couple of years past. The sea
son closed ’earlier this year as a re
sult Of the recommendations abbiitit
ted.at.tha last annual meeting of, the
Commission by numerous parties in
Southeastern Alaska who were inter
ested in maintaining the. supply of
deer.
“HIGH-SEAS ENTERPRISE**
'Three-mile limits and twelve>niile
limits both fail to discourage the tire
less traders in prohibited liquor, and
now the deep-sea ihootlegger has been
discovered at work. The Brooklyn
Eagle says of-the industry:
“The chairman of the shipping
board has ordered an investigation
into charges that liquor is-being sold,
on board the steamship-Leviathan and
other boats owned and operated by
the United: States Government. The
liquor is not rbeiqg sold officially,
Vhch would, be contrary to .law. • Two
years .ago American, ships • .went-' dry,
although foreign -ships-care permitted
to bring liquor into-American ports.
Any liquor .-sold ■ or carried on an
American ship, officially or otherwise,
is illegal.
■ “If stewards or other ..members of
ships’ companies try. tto-earn a dis
honest. dollar, vhilwt thp Mama tima
slaking ocean-going thirst, it is not
surprising. Bootlegging flourishes
ashore, sand there is doubtless an
equally good business-to. be done at'
sea. The ship’s officers should be-aMe
to enforce; prohibition quite readily,
but failing, that it-rogy be necessary
for Mr.. Abdrewg-to put one or two of
his enforcement. sleuthgjoneoaab.jGov
urnmeaUowned Mhip. virt-this way- one
Government employe, .would be watch
ing another, and there-Would be water
everywhere^, butt not .a. drop to .-drink.”
“WHEN A FELLER IS A MAN."
One human interest story in his own
city moved'the editor -of the Milwau
kee JournaKto- write this little’edi
torial:
“When the perch are., biting in the
pool below the swimming hole, > it’s
Tiard for a feller to, .go io 4 hospital.
There’a ao. much! to-do-ashen dpyiofcre
fair. But when it is a feller’s wwn
sister that needs him-Hwell,yy<H£ltp3t
a sister?
“It is.asking a good dehl i>f a-hey'
of 12 to go through a skin-grafting >
operation. One rtnust have a lot bf!
nerve vend grit; * when he <is !12,to<
climb up on the operating table..and’
let the doctors take several squared
inches 4f; his skin. .Bat ’Jsrry Beznor
didn’t have to be urged. .He volun
teered. He wouldn’t hear.to mother’s;,
doing it, as mother. alWOysawill. when
a child needs her.
“On July 4, Jerry had wrapptd hisj
coat about his sister, Rose,-iand put;
out the-flames When her dress, took,
fire from a sparkler. . And.then the'
doctors needed to graft,".add . Jerry
was .ready. The-doctors will tell you
of hiB courage; of how,.when the an-;
aesthetic settled down upon hhn, his.
last words were of encouragement to
the sister 'beside him—’Doh’t be
afraid, Rosie; it won’t hurt? For-'
Rosie is enly 7, you Anew, while Jerry'
is 13, and a man.” •
AMUNDSEN AND ELLSWORTH
QUIT NORWAY AERO CLUB
NEW YORK.—Roald Amondsen
and Lincoln Ellsworth resigned ms
honorary members of the Aero Club
of Norway. It was. stated that No-.
bite, manlier of the club, lectured, in
the United Staten with the approval
of the club, making “gross .misstate
ments and thereby, ridiculing tbe name
of Norway.”
Nohite, it ia.said; “threatened to
tell what- he .has., not- .told before”
about the flight.”
j ONTARIO CHIEFS -TO LOOS l'N
UOLD ON OLD DRY LAW
j TOlfcONTG.-r-With only one / .con:
‘stiUteMgy. m.ssjng^^he new ■ Ontario
j. P'« uieiat government.stands,sevenly
t four, for governmental control and
; thirty-two. for continuance of the
temperance! aettamparance act,, which
insures, a substantial m«rgi«ofop gov
| ere mental control.
leaders of the new government
have announced Ahat inasmuch, as it
will require several months to prepare
the. new-leirudaiiqn, enforcement of
the temperance adtthiU be relaxed in
the-meantime.
Jakotna
Cigar Store f
Tobaccos
(ISgaars
°Soft Drinks
Proprietor
•smt
LIFE IN NEW YORK.
First, you rush to an undertaking
parlor to see a dead movie star. If
you are not trampled to death by. the
mob you meet there, you dash to the
wharf with another mob ! to see .Ger
trude Estele, Douglas ' Fairbanks,
Krisbnammurti and Peggy Joyce ar
rive. If this does not prove fatal, you
wedge yourself into a suffocating
group, around a man who is selling
patent collar buttons. Then, dodging
taxicabs, motorcycles, trucks and kid
die cars, you go home, apply liniment,
arnica and iodine to your body, give
three cheers for Ai Smith and-, a
Jimmy for Jimmy Walker, and clap
into bed to get a little sleep before
the next day’s fun. Such is life in
New York, the world's greatest hick
town.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Max
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