HEARINGS OPEN I
IN HOUSE UPON
LITERACY RILL
Supporters of Measure Win
First Skirmish—Citizens
Urge Its Passage.
The House this afternoon by a
vote of eleven to five refused to in-j
definitely postpone the Foster Liter
acy Bill. With one minor amend-!
ment the bill, which was considered1
in committee of the whole nearly
all day, was passed to second read- j
in*. _
Supporters of the Foster Literacy
Bill for ejectors won a preliminary
skirmish in the fight to pass the
measure when the House this morn
ing defeated a motion, by Chairman
Docker of the committee report ing
the bill unfavorably, to postpone its
consideration until April 11. By an
overwhelming vote the motion was
lost and shortly after 10:30 a. m., be
fore a well filled gallery of specta
tors which included many prominent
fifteens. the House resolved itself
in a Cornu*it tee of the Whole to con
sider the measure.
At noon the hearing was adjourned
until 2 p. in without any definite
action being taken. Several members
h id sipoikon for the measure, and only
one, Mr. Decker, had apposed It. Ho,
in his opening remark's, admitted that
“the principle of the bill is right,"
and that men should be able to read
and write the KnglliVh language bo
fore they oac1! a ballot.
Discussion Is Open
On motion of Mr Shepard, author
of the minority report urging passage
of the bill, courtesies of the floor
wero extended to citizen'i desiring
to be heard. In making hiis motion
Mr. Shepard said in pair! :
“This bill Is aimed directly a! the
Illiterate Indian voters of the Terri
tory. It does nr' disqualify Indians
who Wave acquired etditcaiionail train
ing and the Territory provides amply
through its nig’ht schools for the
proper education of those whites
whom it might affect.
“1 believe that the ,pt age of such
an act would be an incentive, for the
Indian to acquire an education in or
der to qualify him as a voter and
with the coming genoratllons would
lie ta blev.iing -rather ithi n a hardship.
“The committee was advised by
whnt I would term the ‘master mind'
that the Indiana needed only 'syimpa
thetic guidance' to vote intdiligently
Previous election have demon strut
rd that, this ‘sympathetic guidance'
results in the delivery wholesale o
this vote to the party then in power
“I 'fully realize that I'f thru bill
frfls to pats a that any p rson h iving
favored th • hill w ill h-i vo dug his
political grave, but pens inally. hav
ing no future [political aspirations,
t.he then ‘uvas er mind' in extending
‘sympathetic guidance' wtill in no way
affect mo but such influence will con
tinue to be a menace and affect all
future generations."
rosier opens «rgumeni
Mr. Foster opened the argument tor
the 'bill. In 13 years' residence in
the Territory, he said, lie had seen
the Hlftonte Indian vote used as a
pawn in elections deapfto law's placed
on the statute boohs to prevent it.
He pointed out that the bill included
all Illiterates without regard for race
but admitted that its effoet would
he fait largely by the Indians, owing
to the gr _ T percentage of Illiteracy!
in that race- Forty-eight per cent of i
the ipopuliaition Of Alaska, he said, is
Indian and 'probably moTe than 70 j
per cent of the Indians sire unable to
rda d and write Kngltsh. Hie bill, he
pointed out. would net deprive any
Indian who can do so or the ,pi .vilage
of voting
He referred to 'the organization of
Southba- tern Alaska Indians into one
body and bow it had Ibeen welded
“H all the Indians of Alaska should
be joined 'together in such an or
ganisation, this House would have a
different complexion pretty soon," lie
declared.
'Such Indians have no idea for
wham or what they are voting and
the practice lie denounced as being
un-American. Those who oppose the
litcraoy test idea, lie added, do so
for political purposes and no other.
“I venture to sav that lie who op
poses lit lias considerable influenee
with 'the Indian voter.” lie decuared.
If any or the election laws passed
by former Alaska Legislatures are
valid, he said, the .present 'bill, l!
enacted into law, would also stand
the test. ‘ If ever there was a right
• cous bill, 'this is one.” he concluded
Murray on Legality
Representative Murray, member of
the Alaska bar c.f "he Third Division
and widely known as a lawyer in the
Territory, upheld the right of the
Legislature to jxis.s the bill. If It
should be that li is further than
Congress intended the lawmakers of
Alaska to go Congress can declare
such an act void, if it so desires, oi
ls can approve lit. he ■ uid He re
ferred to the Alaska Native Ilrother
hood of Southeastern Alaska, and as
sorted ft Is only u matter of organ
ising ability to extend such an or
ganizatlon throughout Alaska. He
proclaimed his friendship for the In
dians but said sentiment has no place
in the settlement of the question,
which, be said, resolves itself imo
whether omnot the Senate and House
and the Territory shall remain white.
In roarfling a final decision, he con
eluded, members should settle all
double in favor of Alas,ha,
*, Ml ay or Robertaon Appear*
‘IkftrySr'**!' F* floKortsos, iu b short
tsiafewrfK on tf»o Xto®*. supported the
hill and gave census figure; on jiopu
lation by race and on Ulster acy bv
race, and by sex for the Territory,
showing the percentages for each Di
vision. Many states and a number
of foreign countries, 'he said, have
acts in force similar to t.h> on-1 pro
posed for Alaska. Of 24.822 whites
over 10 years of ago in the Territory,
he s I, erviy 460 were shown by the
1920 era as to be illiterate, while
from 18,398 Indians over the -ante
age, 10,380 were 'illiterate
Afraid of Judges
The que=tiOn of who is to be judge
>f the literacy of the voters was
raised by Mr. Cole, who seemed to
doul ‘ 'the advi-ability of leaving it
to judges of the elections. While Mr
Poster aid the drill might be amend
el to provide otherwise, Mr. Keys de
dart 1 that there was no rouse for
atner Inter:, in'; (flection officials
who judge (.'her qualifications of the
Vetters can be safely entrusted With
the en. lrcement of the litemrv test.
Mr. P< ley took the same view
Tiie literacy bill, declared the lit
tor. was introduced 'to meet a eon
d it ion “wh'ch you all know to exist."
The ?•'" -hist*, he argued. Is the citi
zen's greatest privilege in that it is
the exercise of hi3 right to go up and
cote as lie wants to and not as he
Is -told. He denied that the l ick
education of the Indian is chargeable
solely to tJr» white race, but is partly
the result of the disinclination an l
failure of Indians fo take advantage
of the educational opportunities it
forod them.
“Stuff” that is rotten has be^n
pulled ciif 'in elections by manipula
tion vi th’’ Indian vote, he asserted.
"Are you for -rotten politics or clean
politics?" lie afikel In 'conclusion.
Politics Charged
W. I, Paul. tenjn*l by Mir. Shepard
•as “master mind" of . the Indians.
Grand Secretary of the A. N. P . the
tnilian organization referred > by
other HKak-T-s. took the floor igainst
the bill- He assailed by imp] if at km
t,w> or three members of f'.he House
an I charged that 'the 'bill was intro
duced as a poll cal move by a “cer
tain clique” which 'is antagonistic, he
alleged, to Delegate Sutherland. He
admitted mass voting of Indians
which lie said seemed to have been
guided with "some intelligence.”
The purpose of the bill, he said,
was nc .'u exclude Illiterate voters,
but to reduce t<h? nlumber of voters.
Rr ul's -of the 1 ibt Delegate election
were -pointed -out -as 'an illustration ot
his claim that Indians knew l.heir
frien is and lor whom they voted. If
tile ‘bill is passed, lie declared, “Dan
Sutherland will not be the next Dele
gat' to Congress."
Decker Defends Report
Representative Decker ti tended
the majority report brought 'in by
him ns Chairman of the Committee
on Eli :ions anil Election Laws, Ho
questioned the right nf the Territory
to onai' such a 'bill. He admitted
that the principle embodied on t*
measure is right but opposed its ap
ply., ion ;o the Indians who, he as
ser:od. are El iterate •through the ne
gleet of the K'<iiintry as a w.holo. He
voiced res'enitmerr ait <WWat he termed
ihe attitude of members wt’ao implied
that those who ortpowl the literacy
test are in favor Of rotten politics.
Afternoon's Session
Km, David Waggoner. speaking
again-'t the 'bill, declared that he did
ii" t believe in wholesale voting. He
thought there were many Indians
not qualified to vote, but he declared
the educational todt was not the one
to apply. He said many of the beat
thinkers among the Indians Who have
severed itheir ‘tribal relatons and are
living civilized ltvtes, some of those
best qualified to vote, are not able
to rend or write English.
H. L. CanlkPer, ;speaking in sup
port of the measure, declared that
the right to vote Implied a duty ito
vote intelligently. He paid a tribute
tb Mr. Colley, who had been criti
cised for supporting the measure in
face of the fast that most of the
Indians had voted for him He said
Mr. Policy was a man who would not
trade aiWaiy his doHcciptiion of his
duty for Indian votes or any other
votes. Mr. Faulkner said that the
returns showed that Indians Vote
stolidly in a manner that plainly
nhowed they voted as they were told
to vbt'e Iby coachers. for. if they were
aiblo to think intelligently of the
issues, there would be differences ,oi
opinion among them. He declared
that 'this is a condition that does not
count for the welfare of the Indians
or tbo whites. He said the rights ol
the Indians were safe in Alaska, and
cited Instances where white jurle.
had proved it. Ho declared tihwt the
Federal igovernmem has been goner
ous iin 'Its treatment of them, and
t.h:lt there is no diserlminaitior
againut them by cither the Federa
or the Toriftbria! government.
MOOSE ENTERTAINMENT
TONIGHT; IS BENEFI1
\ vomi'irt, jtd.il anil tlanei
Is ‘tin? tpe'ugrmn inr the Moose bene
fit to be given trrcfisih’t at »:I5 oVk»«V
at Mixoao Hall. A nlumber of Ju
noun's tbe . ootontainoors w.M tiippoa
at the meerC. which will Include vo
jcal and ini 'nuneataJ mu V, dan in.
and real'ngs.
After the conecirt 'baskets of good
les, to be pretpnred by the ladict
will he auctioned tin t kept by thi
wlnni -a fv: a supper during th
evening. Doming wall conclude th
[progrtn cud mV. 1 continue until >
I lute hour, the (lastini hi Orrhe-itr;
ifumi tins tihe music
W. Maynard and Henry Rod on. th
n*ic. nittea an charge <if the affair
sav 'it will exceed any social even
given at the ball so far They wil
Ih- assisted in entertaining by th
l, idles of Moosoheart Legion. Th
|iro»ecd-. of the a'fair will go to th
i Moose lien fat for a fellow nreinbe
1 who has be n il! in the 'Wnsptia
'some time.
Alaska Old Maid’s Paradise
* * * -Y- -Y- * ^ Y- ■¥■
Woman Seeking Her Mate
A self-oont'essed old mi id. not a
all Rood looking, a.ml fat, ibut a good
| woman who is seeking a mate and is
I willing to do a.11 ito make a man
I happy, is on a man-bunt in Alaska,
whin-h she understands, 'from an nr
' rrele appearing in one of the New
; York papers, is a paradise for oi l
j maid-. So according to her ietifeir of
inquiry, which has .been received at
the local posit office, she is i!7 years
of ago (carretet ago, she says), Is a
niir-p mil Would like to oonununloato
with a inr.iin who is '"lookirvg forward
to ge ting a wife."
“Now York iis a big field, but it
seems dit'Di ult 'for some of us to
fin'd a man.” alio w,rites.
She givas liar nrinic as Ellen Ken
dull and a'll aapiranils may address
her. general delivery, Mount Vernon,
N. J.
JOINT SESSION
BEING PLANNED
FOR DELEGATE
House Gets Ready to Open
Fish Controversy—Sen
ate Slows Down Rate.
Tin? fir:-:! s *c,p toward launching
the fisheries discusffioill before the
LegisCiat'ur© was taken this morning
when a rvootritlon e.ill ng for a joint
session of the two Ileuses to he ml
<ir;’-“-i by Delegate Sutherland was
introduced 'by Rivire . r itivp Grant
and ipa used unanOmou !y. Speaker
Cole appointed Represent*..1 ivps Gran
and Ross to act with a similar cc n
inltitee from the Senate.
Tho resolution lanith-orlzcs tlie u |i
pointment of commit :toei from both
1 rouse* to invite Delegate Sutherlan I
to address a joint ..-avion at such
time as the committee and the Deie-i
gate way agree upon. It is expected
that the Senate will take action on
the iresotuit ion tramtorrow.
Mr. Dackor Introduced a bill en
■ I : “A ibiM for An A i t U» ail
sb pping along Seward Peninsula
j from St. Michael to Kotzebue." He
jwP'i Mr. Wilson .introduced House
Cl Xo. 3. for the creation of an
I Industrial Insurance Fund, the eler
| rfon of a Ctommissloner and repeal
ing the existing'mining compensation
jThe second m ■ isure introduced
I carries 'an air iprapriat ion of $100,000
, in i om.pliunee with the recent mes
i sage dram Governor Bone relative to
I need Cor a d.ifSeicnoy appropriation
tor the Planners' Home, the House
Ways and Means Committee today
hroueiivt In a hill carrying $4,500 for
the Home.
j Hsaiso Joint Memorial Xo. 5. re
] qui eg the e^taibMsilxment by the
| Bureau of Educaltion of an Indian
Training School ‘at Wrangell, and
House Joint Memorial Xo. 2, asking
[for a survey of the Yttkon-Kuskokwim
portage, passed their second readings.
Senate Slows Down
The Senate today abated from its
for nc* fate of speed in legls'C'in.
considering fewer measures than for
several days, tlie let-down, appirent
ly, dicing partly aoconnted for by
th * .iatoresr diteolayed in the Literacy
[Jill hearings in the lower Hau»a.
Two hills were .passed, one pasted
f;s second reading, one tabled, one
continued in the daily file in second
reading, throe (favorably reported for
ptisiiage, and throe returned hy com
mittee .Without report, with a recom
mendation that they be considered
in Otimiiii tee of the Whole House
Three n"'W 'measures were introduced.
Xo. 74, by Mr. Brown, being the In
dust rial in-lira nee Act presented in
the House by Representatives Decker
and Wllsion; No. 75. repealing sec
lion 4S2, Coanipiled Laws of Alaska
relating to estate by courtesy, and
76, a hill for An Act establishing v
Territorial Board of Accountancy
and defining its powers and provid
rag a penalty for the 'unlawful use of
ti'ies, and providing for the organ
izatiion 'and 'maintenance of such
hoard, by Mr. Diniomd.
The last measure .provides for the
aipr*>int>memt by the Governor of
three skilled accountants with neces
sary quilificattoniS as membcirs of
the board fi r two, four and six-year
teems, one ntnv member to bo ap
pointed every two years. The board
is to conduct examinations and issue
certificates to successful applicants
showing them to be certified ipublic
accountants. It canries provision for
an appropriation of $500 to put the
board into being aind malintaiin it for
the biennium
Bills Passed Today
Tiie two measures passed by tilt
Sen ito are: No. 26. amending sec
tion 1.743, Compiled Laiws of At
’ aska, by authorizing non-residents to
take over, the personal estate of non
resident wards; No. 37. a bill for An
Art. to (provide for proof of service
of no fees «.ad demands.
No. 30, An Aci to amend sub-sec
tion six of section 1.876, Compiled
li.i.ws of Alaska, relative do written
agreement relative to real property,
wUs lad on dire 'table; No. 41, An
Act to provide r>9r the use of entries
by decedents as evidence, passed its
second reading. No. 45, an Act do
protect public recoi ls against falsifi
cation, destruction or loss was con
tinued in second reading on the daily
file.
Reports of Committee
Three 'bills wore reported out by
the Jud'ietarv Crnrmldtee with the
recommcnd'cl'ion that they be consid
ered in Committee of dlje Whole.
There were No. 11, An Act to pro
vide fer the attendance and examin
ation cl' witnesses before the Houses
df tho I.eglf latuire and before com
n'ttecs dhcrsci’; No. 16. An Act pro
viding for filing ici affidavits o"
prejudice to dBwjoalify the District
Judge for trying certain caste; No.
44. An Ac' to ipundsh fraudulent and
unlaw"ul a' 3 of officers and agents
of corpora' eons and 'associations in
keeping, managing u-'ing or misrep
resenting the accounts and records
eif such crl t rations an 1 associations.
No. 47. w'5 reported favorably with
certain committee flaicndments; No.
56, amending Chapter 75, Session
Laws Of 1915, relating to (admission
of n'torneys ito 'practice law in A1
aski, and No. 65, amending section
1.304. Coin' 'led Laws o# Alaska, rela
tive to the provisions of the judg
ment of the court declaring void or
dissolving a m&nrtago were recom
mended for passage.
Senators Snodgrass, Ayer and
Chamberlin were .named by President
Hunt do represent the Senate on the
joint cammfittee authorized to ln.speo!
the Pioneers’ Home, vis sl ing Sitka tor
th'alt purpose.
CITY REGISTRATION
On O' Ihundred and seventy-seven
c; izons of Junc'.ui 'had registered to
Vote a: 'the city election. April it. at
3:30 o'clock .today, nee rding n the
regis'tra'i'lon 'boohs a>t 'the Ofty Clerk's
office. Itegls'tr.vt'ion closes March 31.
About the same number registered
today were registered at this time
last year.
Mrs. Sun Pekovieh left on the
Kstebeth .for Fiintcr Bay, where hor
husband is engaged in mining.
BOB TURNERS’ AUTO SERVICE.
Phone 257. New 7 Passenger
Studebaker car. Comfort and safety
Stand next to Boston Store. —adv.
JITNEY
DANCE
A. B. HALL
FRIDAY
NIGHT
PALACE ORCHESTRA
RADIO SUPPLIES
Our prices are right.
Out of town mail order
i promptly filled.
JUNEAU ELECTRIC CO
P. 0. Box 517, 310 Front 8t
ALASKA MEAT COMPANY
Wholesale and Retail Butchers
PKOHX SB SEWARD STREET
MEN AND WOMEN’S TAILORING
Correct in Styles, Fabrics and Fashion.
Foreign and Domestic Woolens in Stock.
F. WOLLAND
MERCHANT TAILOR
PRACTICALLY ALL
CANNERIES WILL
RUN THIS YEAR
In Good Financial Condition
Cannerymen Optimistic
Says DeLong.
Indications arc that prcutically
every cannery in Southeastern Alaska
will be operated this season,” Wal
ter DeLong, manager of the C. W.
Voung Hardware Store, and In
terested in the salmon canning in
dustry, said today, Mr. DeLong
conferred with a number of can
nery men in the States, on his re
cent trip there and said all with
whom he talked are optimistic for
this year’s salmon pack.
The previous packs have all been
disposed of and the cannerymen
anticipate prices for the 1923 packs
will be as high as the past year,
which were: pinks, $1.20; chums,
$1.25; reds, $2.25; cohoes, $1.35.
Financial Condition Gcod.
As a result of the packs of 1922
and of the prices received, almost
all of tile canneries are reestablish
ed in credit and are in good finan
cial condition, Mr. DeLong said.
Crews for getting the various
plants in condition for operating
are already leaving Seattle and all
will practically he in the north
this month. Hans Floe, superin
tendent of the P. E. Harris Com
pany plant at Hawk Inlet and Aug
ust Bttrchmann, of the Deep Sea
Salmon Company, operating at Port
Althorp, will leave Seattle shortly,
for the north. The company plant
at Cape Edwards haB been released
to the A. & P. Products Co. Mr.
Delxmg said ho docs not known
I
BEEF, WINE
AND IRON
is the best Spring Tonic
Iron performs a very import
ant office in the human body.
It improves the quality of the
blood, the tissues are better
nourished and all functions are
performed with more vigor.
The combinaton of Beef, Iron
and Wine also promotes appetite
and invigorates and stimulates
the digestion and thus acts as tht
very best stomach tonie.
BRITT'S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
PHONE 25
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when the officials of the Thlinget
Packing Company, operating at
Funtcr Bay. plan to come north 'but
that he understands a full park is
anticipated by them for thin season.
Buikhardt Out of Field.
F. O. Bnrkhardt, vice president
of the Alaska Pacific Fishreies and
Alaska Consolidated canneries. who
is well known in Alaska and who
acted as general manager for the
Alaska Consolidated canneries in
this district last year, Will not re
turn to the north this year, Mr. I)e
Long Paid. He lias been made man
ager of the sales department for the
Alaska Consolidated canneries,
which office was recently establish
ed for the marketing of the can
neries output, with headquarters at
Seattle. All goods parked by the
company in the past have been mar
keted through separate selling agen
cies on a brokerage basis. Mr.
Burkhardt will start East this
month to get acquainted with the
trade and establish connections in
the various distributing markets.
Associated with Mr. Burkhardt in
the sales department are J. E. Sal
mon, for several years associated
with the Petersburg Packing Com
pany, and Mrs. C. W. Clark, former
ly with the Seaboard Commercial
Company and for the past two
years with the Elmer W. Smith
Company of Seattle. Mr. Salmon’s
work with the Petersburg company
was mainly in the selling end, and
he has been in the canned fish
brokerage business on his own ac
count, becoming well acquainted
witli the trade both in the east and
along the Pacific Coast, and gain
ing a thorough going knowledge of
marketing. Mrs. Clark also lias a
comprehensive understanding of the
details of shipping, accounting and
office work in connection with the
stale and delivery of canned sal
mon, making a well-rounded organi
zali n which Mr. Burkhardt believes
will not only prove efficient in the
woik of marketing the pack, but
also give first-class srevice to the
trade.
The intention if the new depart
JUST ARRIVED
WORLD’S 1923
ALMANACS
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST /
96 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
ment is to handle no goods pro
duced by other packers, hut to con
centrate Its energies on marketing
its own production to best advan
tage; and its policy will be to sell
everything under its own distinctive
brands, many of which have lon*.
been established in the market.
A. Dana, Well known in the can
nery business In Southeastern Al
aska has been made superintendent
of the Alaska Consolidated canner
ies in this district. He will prob
ably maintain ltis headquarters at
the Tee Harbor cannery, as did Mr.
Burkhardt last year, Mr. DeDons
said.
Sea Herring *
Is Dutiable I
Is Decision \
WASHINGTON', March 16. — Sea
herring is dutiable at one cent per
pound under the new tariff act
when imported frozen or packed in
! ice according to a Treasury Depart
ment ruling made today.
This ruling overturns the de
cision of the Collector of Customs
of Boston that such shipments be
admitted, duty free.
M. D. Berry is returning to Juneau
on 'the steamer Admiral Watson.
Gus Golles, brokor, U expected to
arrlvo bore on tho Northwestern
from tho Westward.
We have on display
some
BEAUTIFUL
IMPORTED
CHINA
PEPPER AND SALTS
CUPS AND SAUCERS
TEA SETS
and
CHOCOLATE SETS
The Nugget Shop
R. SIMPSON, Manager.
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Watch Our Windows
For the New
Goods
We will be busy now for a few days opening the
NEW SPRING DRY GOODS and we welcome you to
see them—Millinery an’ everything.
WATCH OUR WINDOWS
Goldstein’s Emporium
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