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JOHN W. TROY
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FAVOR SELF-GOV ERMMENT.
Tlie recent annual convention ot me Pionceis ol
Alarka held at Nenuna took strong ground in favor
c i full Territorial form of government for Alaaka.
1' re.DliltienB on that subject, which were written
ly E. C. Austin of Ketchikan, J. M. Cunningham and
Dr. J.* H. Remit; and unanimously adopted, cover a
wide range, and were as follows:
Wile teas: It is of common knowledge that
one or more committees of both the Senate
and House pf Representatives are planning
to visit Alaska for the purpose of gaining
tlrr,‘-hand information from the people of
Alaska to aid them in the consideration of
tuch legislation as Alaska needs to solve her
pi, olt ms; and
Whereas: 'The Grand Igloo. Pioneers of
Alaska, are in annual convention assembled
at Nenana. Alaska, this 2itrli day of March,
1923, we derm it right and proper and in
fact the duty of thi Grand Igloo, Pioneers'
of Alaska, lo render such as -itanco as lies
within nr power by presenting to the Ex
ecutive and Legislative branches of our Gov
ernment, either by resolution or memorial,
ueh knowledge and facts us seem to them
germuin to tin* question, and
Whereas: The Grand Igloo, Pioneers ij|
Alaska, are a representative body of citizens
of Alaska, representing thirty subordinate
Iglcos mattered throughout Alaska, from
Portland Canal on Hie international bound
ary line to Wirentan in the Arctic, com
prising a membership of between five and six
thout and men and women who came lo Al
I asks prior to the year 1901 tor else they
would not he eligible to membership under
our laws) and who are the people who are
very largely responsible through their heroic
and untiring efforts for the change from a
wilderness to our pro. ent stage of progress
and development; who have endured t lie
hard: hips, blazed the trails, faced the bliz
zards, the mow and ice and all Hie rigors
of this northern clime of the interior of
Alaska, ever self-reliant, ever hopeful of bet
ter things tc come, ever ern-fldent of build
ing lor themselves and their descendants a
home, and for the nation and succeeding
genet utions u great commonwealth, it is a
membership drawn originally from nearly
every state in the Union -American eitizen
* i hip at Its bCFt, men and women who are
producing more per capita from the natural
resources c.f Alaska even though handicapped
as they have be-n by lack of transporta
tion and other disadvantages usual in open
ing tip u wild and untamed country—us wit
ness the fact that the people of Alaska have
shipped to the States in the last four years
products of the value of more than $313,
000,000, it means an export equal to !$5,
700 for each resident of the Territory, male
and female, young and old, white and native. '
it means $10,Obit per capita for each white
person and $30,000 for every vote cast in the
Territory, This Record challenges the world
for an i quul production by an equal number
of people. And is further evidence of Alaska's
future greatnes: anil the character and un
bound courage and resourcefulness of the
present Inhabitants of Ibis Territory.
Now, with such a showing as this what
is that matter with Alaska? What is the
compjaint of Alaikuns? Why has she for
several years decreased in population? Why
are her many Industries languishing? Why
are people discontented and discouraged?
The antwir is; simple. No people who have
been born and have grown up under a Dfiiio
cratia or representative form of government
can ever be satis fled or happy no matter
what their environment unless they are
granti d the same rights add powers that all
other American citizens have enjoyed.
, Alaska ji the first American territory
organized tinder the jurisdiction or the
i'niMd States of America in which these
tights and privileges have lice a abridged by
the Organic Act.
In Alaska wc lack the powers of sclf
government that has been granted to every
political subdivision or territory carved out
of that vast domain from the Mississippi
wed to the Pacific Coast. The powers grant
ed to our legislative branch of govern
ment have boon abridged to the extent that it
i< almost a joke. But on the other hand
tiie powers of tiie bureaucratic authority and
control have been extended a thousand fold.
Many cf them interlocking and conflicting to
such an extent that oven they themselves
hardly know whercthey are at cr what they
are,doing. If a citizen files on a homestead
that alone reemr- evidence enough he must be
Hying lo steal something from the Govcrn
nu ni, and every cb. tade is thrown in his
way by special ugents and others to prevent
him fn in acquiring title- thereto, instead of
i nc« nrugi nu nt and . -istance. as was for
mtrly the policy ol tiie Government in ttie
settling of the great Wc t. Here in Alaska
mill 3 of red tape must tie wound and un
wound berore tile settler can git anywhere,
and iu most every case it takes years after
final proof before hi can obtain title. He
rnuit chase around and get permits from •
to
this and that special agent or bureau rep
resentative to do any of the ordinary things
that must be done in order to protect his
interests and secure his claim.
Our fisheries. What of them?
No waters of the world ever contained
the enormous supply of food fishes that once
inhabited the waters of Alaska. Have we
Alaskans had any voice in I heir agreement
or control? Not by any means. They have
been under the special care and control of
the Bureau of Fisheries. What are their con
dition today? Nearly ehausted; and so far
as the salmon fisheries are concerned unless
something is done at once this great food
fish will become exhausted the same as they
were on the Atlantic Coast. Who" in all tile
world, has the greatest interest in conserving
the future supply of this, our greatest in
dustry? The eannerymeh, tihe Bureau of
Fisheries, or the people of Alasa? It we had
Territorial form of government there is no
question of who wouJd be looking after this
great industry, and looking after It intelli
gently. is there any question as to who is
tlie most competent to handle it? Certainly
tiie present system of control lias proved a
disastrous and complete failure.
So it is with our game and furbearing
animals, except the sealing industry of ihe
Pribilof Islands. AH these things the people
of Alaska know more about and can handle
better than anyone else four thousand miles
away. And we firmly believe that if we
tiie people of Alaska, were given a full
territorial form of government, and the same
powers granted as lias been given to every
other American territory that most of the so
called Alaska problems would be solved, and
justly solved, and to tiie great joy and hap
piness of Alaska's sturdy population. We tiie
Pioneers of Alaska, still believe in that
grand Ann riean doctrine of "Equal rights
lor ail and special privileges for none," and
that government cannot he brought too close
ly to the people themselves. They are the
ones that know what Is the matter, and
they, and they alone, should be given all the
powers of self-government that is compatible
with a Territorial form of government, and
in assuming ibis position we are asking no
special privilege's from the Federal Govern
ment, but, on the contrary, are asking only
the same rights and powers thai have been
granted io every other political division of
the United Stales, tlieerforc
Be it received, that the Grand Igloo, Pio
neers of Alaska, in their fifteenth annual
convention, duly assembled at Nenana,
Alaska, fully- represented from all subordi
nate Igloos excppt two, express in the wish
and desire, and it is the sense of the Pio
neers fo Alaska that every effort should bo
made through the Grand Igloo officers either
through themselves or by a committee ap
pointed by them, to present to the Presi
dential party, when it arrives in Alaska,
copies of these resolutions and to orally or
otherwise answer such questions and give
such information lo the President, direct if
possible, to the end that every effort shall
be made by them to make known to the
President, his Cabinet officers and the com
mittee of Congressmen the position taken and
the views held by the Pioneers of Alaska on
these questions, coupled with the hope and
Prayer that through these efforts he will
recommend to Congress, and through his aid
and council secure lo Alaskans a truly rep
resentative form of government, for which
we shall ever pray.
New York (o Pekin# in Airplane.
(New York Herald.)
| Brigadier General Mitchell, Chief of the United
i States Air Service, predicts that the day Is not far
I off when it will be possible to fly from New York to
| Peking, China, in sixty-five hours. Ilis prediction
, was not made merely in a vein of speculation on
| the future of air travel. General Mitchell says lie
j has organized the route, and that the cost has been
. calculated at about $1200 a passenger.
Pour rteps are contemplated—one at Winnipeg,
another ut Nome, a third near the Amur River in
Siberia, then Poking itself, before the third day out
from Now York ends. In a shorter period of time
than it takes to travel by ralT between New York
and San Francisco the passengers will have crossed
jibe Canadian Rockies, crossed the Yukon, crossed
He ring Strait, crossed the vast Siberian plains,
I crossed the Great Wall of China and come to the
[city of the Manchus. It' you can afford it, that
sounds well worth $1200.
j When the North American Continent is netted
with commercial air routes New York and San
Francisco will be roparaled by even fewer hours
than the, twenty-seven which General Mitchell says
are now sufficient for a trip between the two cities.
You could not have told that to Lewis and Clark,
slcwly and painfully making their way to the North
west Territory.
| They and others like them had a thrill in opening
i up new lands which can seldom come to adventurers
; in this better known world. Rut if the world today
'has shrunk for the explorer, it has made possible
J now adventures for the average man. He puts a
! time table in his pocket instead of a royal commis
isioti, packs liis suitcase and circles the earth.
Do It Now.
(San Francisco Journal.)
The "put off” family is a large one and inhabits
] every corner of the globe. It ten a teles are far reach
| ing and menacing. ,
| Are you a member of this family? Do you pro
crastinate doing the little, important things that de
| velop each day? Hosts the "put off” habit fetter
i you, hold you back? Keep you torn up mentally
and peevish inwardly?
The only way to escape fastening upon you this
I family trait of the put-offs is to do FIRST the most
disagreeable thing in the day’s list cf duties. Then
1 your mind will be freer to perform the next hard,
f unpleasant task. This done, take up the next one anti
keep it up.
You sty "that sounds easy—but it isn’t always
possible." It is a practical idea and always possible.
Ii may mean a little rearranging of your affairs, a
slight exertion on your part, BUT onee you try out
tills Idea you will be the gainer. If you will apply
the suggestion, the routine will become a fixed habit
and you will do it unconsciously.
The next step will be a graceful, natural perma
nent parting with the put offs, and you are ready for
membership in the DO-IT-NOW club, composed of
dec) ruble, forceful, Inevitably successful folks, glad
you were smart enough to make yourself eligible for
stepping up into this depend;td»h>. worthwhile organi
zation of happy fellow beings.
The Republican correspondents in Washington say
the Democrats cannot ignore the candidacy of Henry
Ford. Mr. Ford is as much a Republican us he is a
Democrat They can’t wislt him on us in any such
style as that.— (Houston Post.)
Another slightly amusing spectacle is a good old
fashioned party organ plainly hating Senator Borah,
but not dating to say very much for fear he may
decide to be a regular.— (Ohio State Journal.)
ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR
By SAM HILL
l
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i Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
The modern you'll never knows the
thrill Of having 'to weal u kiss.
The Ananias Club
"Vo.;," aid the (ruthful Mr. Jones
to us yesterday, ">tlie plumber brought
every tool ho needl’d with him and
his bill was jus, half what I expected
'it would be."
The Cat
First Stonog: "1 hear you entered
the ratio again, ft tlhat chum pi on
typistl.”
Second iStenog: “l did, liul called
it olff Whon I found ouit she was go
ing to lake an unfair advantage of
me.”
FLrslt Stenog: “How's ’at?”
Second Stenog “Why, -the old cat
was going to keep pounding right
ahead on the keys without stopping
once to ipt»wdt>r her nose or fix her
hair.”
One of 'Em Must of Had Twins
(Grant's Lftefc Co., Falmouth (Ky.)
Outlook. I
We see in the papers many boast
ing about their chickens. Here i
one: Liuey Hopkins set a hen on la
eggs, and ®foe hatched 16 chicken®.
Who can beat that?
Speaking of Bright Boys
An Inauramce man nays his com
ipany recontly took on a new office
(boy who is a wonder. A man came
into 'the office the other day and
asked:
“Can you insure »;he immortal
soul?”
“I don’t know,” the kid replied,
"bint if you will wait just a minute,
I iwill aslk the manager of the Fire
Department.”
Not Far to Go
‘Till go crazy with your constant *
magging," roareld Mr. Grouch.
“Well, my dear, you'll have one1',
er.n;.olation, it you do," sa,id ,h,s wife v
•sweetly. i
“Oocisolaitfon? What consolation?” i
Ihe demanded. 1
"Thait it won’t he a long, tiresome <
I'trtp,” she snapped.
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Letting the Cat Out of the Bag j
According Ito C. B. A., there are 13 |
| points ito neiwspuipem' humor, but t
; he admits to «s 'privately he thinks 1
•there is darn little point to most of 1
| it- Of course, it is giving away trade •
secrets to publish them, but since j
. ho dared tuu to do i,t. we pass 'em •
along to you. If you think, after s
studying them, you could write a ,
I column a day, 3fi.r> days a year, around <
them go ’to it*—you have our bless-! 1
' ing—and sympathy. Here they are: 1
1. Joke u'bout p.. hibitlon enforce- ,1
(
menu.
2. Joke about, lack of prohibition j
enforcement. j
( 3. Joko about Mother-inLaw visit- i
ing faimily.
4. Joko about Mother-in-l/atw's do- 1
ipajlture.
5. Joke about wife's new spring!!
hait. :
fi. Joke about wife’s new fail! ‘
hat.
7. Joke about wife’s new wint r ,
hat
8. Joke aihotst wife’s new sum,.tier •
hat. *
». Joke about hubby losing at ’
ipc'kcr.
| 10. ,I:iko 'about 'hubby winning at
peker.
fjll. .toko about women’s .hart skirts,
12. Joke about women’s long skit.a. i
13. Joke about women’.-, skirts.
If It Fits—
ft fakes a htuslband and wife an 1,
niat a wall motto to make “Home,
Sweet Home.”
I jovo grows cold so quickly these
days, that we guesis it has to be a
i lia'Uty marriage, if there is going to j
j be any.
They isay kissing goes by favor,
but after ,marriage it too often goe3 'l
iby the board, |j
One thing ihiat is going to save a,
lot otf lives is fur men to learn they |
can’t drive a machine when they are
'full of moonshine
A kid’s idea of extreme cruelty is I
for his mother to make him keep on :
nils heavies until the 10th day of May,1
PATENTS
I :
Total fees, $75; first payment $15 |
| If you have a good Idea aend for
a free Conception Blank, which will |
protect It temporarily and explain
how to get & patent.
HARRY BOWEN,
! Regisiered Patent Atty., Mech. En
gineer. Pantagea Bldg., Seattle. •
JUNEAU TRANSFER
COMPANY
Moves, Packs and Itores Freight
and Baggage.
Prompt Delivery of
LADYSMITH COAL
Phone 48.
when (Sis has been wearing light |
Weights ull winter.
Let's see- under prohibition, wasn’t
the man who make- a night of i! ,
supposed to have had his day?
A good 'litany young men would
minke the most successful kind of
business men if they could show the
same Staying qualities in their work
they do when calling on the girls.
iNOt every wife who stands for her
husband stands ihy him.
A contemporary says: "Most wo- '
men seem to enjoy pitying some
body." Yes, but you'll find that
somebody is themselves and not their
husbands.
Chickens come here to roost, but
It usually is mighty near morning
When the human variety get- there.
Another reason why it is so hard
to make the family Ibttdget balance
is the high cosh of her dry goods
and his wet goods.
If motor cars 'were not sold on the
install in on't plan more automobile
manufacturers and fewer wage earn
ers would land in the poor house.
Daily Sentence Sermon
The ibest thing to make it (lOOl).
News of the Names Club
We have had to turn down the ap
plication of Anne Agent, of Houston,
since ul! agents are barre l from the I
club.
AUK BAY STAGE.
Leaves U. & I. Cafe for Auk Bay
5 P. M. daily, returning 6:30.
Round trip $2.50. —adv.
’new’ driver
Charles Miller announces that W. j
I. Keffer is now a driver for the I
Miller Taxi service and that the |
service is now open day and night.!
—adv. |
NOTICE tit CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals for constructing
the Oirdwood-Crow Crqek National1
Forest Road project located within
or partly within the Chugach Na
tional Forest, Territory of Alaska,
will be received by the District En-j
gineer, Bureau of Public Roads, U. j
S. Department of Agriculture, at
Juneau, Alaska, until 10 o’clock A.
M. on the loth day of May, 1923, at
which time and place they will be
publicly opened and read. The right
is reserved to reject any and all
bids, and none will be considered
except those from contractors ascer
tained io be experienced anil re-|
sponsible. The length of project
t(, lie constructed or improved is
approximately 7.0 mile*!, and the
principal items of work are approxl-,
mutely as follows: 33.3 acres clear
ing; 16.62 acres grubbing; 5618
cu. yds. rock excavation; 18 103 cu
yds. common excavation; 1561 lin.!
it. culverts; 1590 cu. yds. surfac
ing; lit! lin. ft. trestle decking.:
The work embraced in this contract
shall he completed wltuin 150
weather working days following the
execution of the contract oy the
Secretary of Agriculture. The con-'
tract form and the maps, plans,
specifications, and estimates of
quantities may tie examined by re-'
sponsible contractors at the follow
ing addresses: Room 316, Post Of
fice Building, Portland, Oregon, at!
the office of the Bureau of Public!
I Roads, Juneau, Alaska, and at the
| Forest Ranger Station, Anchorage,
; Alaska. Ali proposals must be made
I on forms, and in accordance with
instructions, forming a part of the
!specifications above rel'eried to, and
I must be accompanied by a proposal
! guaranty in an amount at loMt
I equal to five (5) per cent of the
| total amount of the proposal. C. W.
I CHEATHAM, Acting District Eu
| gineer.
! JAPANESE TOY SHOP '
i - I
H fi MAKINO \
Fiont Street
I P. 0. Box 218 for Mail Orden i
TRY OUR |
Merchants Lunch
45 Cents
Arcade Cafe
MARY YOUNG, Proprietor. |
I-■
USED FURNITURE
Bought, Sold and Exchanged
N. ROCOVICE
211 Seward St.
Telephone 441. P. O. Box 111. j
I
I ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
and Barber Shop
TURKISH. STEAM, SHOWER
AND TUB BATHS
Lower Front St. (Vac Atta’e old
stand) BILLY LOTT, Prop.
Phone 414.
BRIQUETS
Ideal
fuel for
every
purpose
large stocks on hand
Iadysmith ooal.
Nanaimo eoe'
PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY
Phene 411.
PROFESSIONAL
1
Drs. Kaser & Freebnrger
DENTISTS
1 and 3 Goldstein Bldg.
PHONE 90
Hours 9 a. m. t* 9 p. m.
Dr. Charles P. Jennt
DENTIST
Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bldg.
Telephone 176.
Dr. DeVighne
Malony Building
Hours 1 to 4, 7 to 9.
Phones: Office, 104; Rea. ins.
Dr. A. W. Stewart
DENTIST
Hours, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
8EWARD BUILDING
Office Phone 469.
Rea. Phone 27 6
Dr. W. A. Borland
Physician and Surgeon
Juneau Music House Bldg,
Telephone 172.
Sitka Hot Springs
Visit the Famous
Dr. F. L. Goddard’s Sanitarium
Rates 23.00 Per Day and Up
Every Comfort
GEO. I. BARTON, D. C.
Chiropractor
2nd floor Messerschmidt Apts.
Office hours: 10 to 12; 2 to 6;
7 to 9 and by appointment.
Phone 269.
Dr. H. Vance
OSTEOPATH
201 Goldstein Building
Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1 to 6;
7 to 8, or by appointment.
Licensed osteopathic physician.
Phonos: Office, 167; res., 1672.
All Alaskan Trails End at
HOTEL ATWOOD
First Ave. and Pine St., Seattle
! Popular Prices Nearest to Ev
| erythlng. J. A. Farnham and
Ted Taylor, Props.
HOTEL SEATTLE
“Home of Alaskans"
Prices reasonable. European
plan. Seattle, Wash.
R. L. HODGDON, Manager
i
I
J It’s all In knowing HOW to do
! first-class cleaning and dyeing.
CAPITAL DYE WORKS
j C. Meldner, Professional Dyer
and Cleaner. Phone 177.
| THE MAKING OF CONCRETE
I is a matter of proper materials
! together with engineering skill.
Both are our assets.
Established Twenty Years
| CONCRETE PRODUCTS MFO.
I COMPANY
I Willoughby Ave. Phone 32.
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fraternal Societies
---OP
Gasiineau Channel
0 . ILK!
Meeting Wednesday
Evenings at 8:00
o'clock. Elks' Hall.
Charles P. Jenne,
Exalted Ruler.
JOHN A. DAVIS,
Secretary.
Co-Ordinate Bodice
of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite
Regular meetings
second and fourth
Fridays each month
at 7:80 p. m. Odd
FeilowB’ Hall.
WALTER B HEISEL, SecreUry.
i. o. o. r.
SILVER BOW
LODGE NO. I A.
Meeeta every Thursday at 8 P. M.,
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Charles E. Perelle, Noble Grand)
Merle P. Morgan, SecreUry.
" PERSEVERANCE RFRFTTAW
LODGE NO. 2A.
| Meets every first and third
i Tuesdays in I. O. O. F. Hall, at
| 8 P M FRANCES GUSTAFSON,
j N. G. ALPHONSINB CARTER,
I Secretary.
MOUNT JUNEAO LOOSI
No. 147, F. A A. M.
Stated Communication
Second and Fourth' Monday*
of each Month. In Odd Fellc-s
wall, beginning at 7:1* o'clock.
Homer G Nordling, Mastor.
C has. E. Nagbel, Secretary.
Order of the
EASTERN STAR
Second and Fourth Tuea*
days of each month.
At 8 o'clock, I O. O. F. HalL
ANNA DAY, Worthy Matron.
LOIS NORDLING, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS
HEOHB RS COUNCIL NS.
17 *U. Meetings secoe.4
and last Mondays at T:M
p. m. Transient Broth
ers urged to attend. Council Chambers
Fifth Street. John F. Mullen, Q. K.
1. L. McCloskey, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION
Altord John Bradtor4
Post No. 4.
Junead, Alaska.
Meets fourth Thursday
each month at 8 f. m.
Elks ixidge Room. John F. Starr.
Post Commander, Phcte 973; G. B.
Mann, Post Adjutant, Phone 196.
LOYAL ORDER 01
MOOSE.
Juneau Lodge 700
Meets every Friday
night, 8 o’clock.
Moose Hall. K. F.
Rodenberg, Dictator; R. H. Stevens
Secretary.
| WOMEN OF M00SEHEART
LEGION 1
I Juneau Chapter No. 439
Meeting second and fourth
| Tuesday of each month, 8
I o'clock. Moose Hall. Mrs. C. W.
j Bender, Senior Regent; Mrs. A.
[ F. McKinnon, Secretary.
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T AUXILIARY, PIONEERS 0V f
ALASKA. Ijrloo No. 6.
| Meets last Thursday of every
1 month. Social hour with mem
bers of Pioneer Ixulge to fol
low each meeting.
Mrs. Iyottie Splckett, President.
| Mrs. Lillie Burford, Secretary.
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CALL
OF SPRING
With the return of spring nature awakens to a
new life. New ambitions are also born within us.
New opportunities are given now that do not come
again in the winter season. Why not take a lesson
from nature and prepare for the winter of life by
saving out of the abundance of today. We will help
you in our Savings Department. A dollar is enough
to begin with.
The B. M. Behrends Bank
JTOXAU, ALASKA. I'D