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!«. 1907, at the Postotllce at Nome.
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City Official Paper
NOME, ALASKA, JULY 14, 1915.
The question "When is an Indian
competent?” which assumed a promi
nent significance during the special
election to fill the senatorial vacancy
last winter, although vaguely defined
by law will probably continue to be
somewhat of a vexatious problem until
such time as the question is forever
settled by the granting of equal citizen
rights to the members of all aborigion
al tribes within the shelter of Uncle
Sam’s protecting arm. But. while the
question remains open to debate, it is
interesting to note the definition of
competency given in The Indian Scout,
a publication devoted to the interest of
the native tribes of the country. In
answering the question the Scout
brings the matter down to a plain
common sense basis by first suggest
ing that the question is not one which
should be left to the white to answer
but, inasmuch as the Indian himself is
the one most vitally interested in re
solving the question, it is really one
which he, himself, should define by
showing his competency in the same
manner as the white and, through being
judged by the same standard, demon
strate beyond all cavil his right to be
classed as competent or not competent,
according to his display of qualifica
tions. In other words the Indian shows
his competency in about the same
manner that a white man does, accord
ing to the article, and, if the Indian in
his habits and through all outward
manifestations of conduct sizes up
with the white man, then he is justly
entitled to be classed as competent in
all general matters. As a further de
finition of the standard upon which a
judgment may be soundly based the
article asserts that the final test of
competency lies in the nbiiity of the
subject to “mind his own business with
profit to himself and credit to the com
munity in which he lives” and also
lavs down it few rules which will un
doubtedly apply with equal force to
either white or red man. "A person
who is competent will be making some
reasonable effort to work: to pay his
debts; to provide for his family; to
improve his home; to send his chil
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tiren to school; to care for his home
md property and to avoid booze and
preserve a good character.” While It
is considered that the qualifications
demanded are a trifle severe in the de
gree that they are a trifle more than
is demanded of the white as a test of
competency, it is clear that they fur
nish an excellent basis for judgment
and, while the Indian can hardly be
expected to fill the requirements in the
maximum degree, his competency may
be fairly approximated by the degree
in which he displays an inclination to
measure up to the standard fixed.
While it was announced some time
ago that the ordinance requiring that
dogs be kept oft the streets during
certain hours was to be strictly en
forced, there is up to the present time
no apprelcable diminuation in the
number of animals to be found roam
ing at large during almost any hour
of the day. Now we do not know to
whom this laxity in enforcing the law
may be charged but it is clear that
there is a necessity for a little more
vigorous action if the ordinance is to
be of an effect in keeping with its in
tent. While w-e personally have a
strong disinclination to housing up the
animals and also feel that the general
run of dog owners are more or less of
the same view, it is nevertheless sub
mitted that, owing to the large number
of dogs belonging in the community, if
they are left to roam the streets in un
restricted freedom they are not only a
nuisance but also a menace, as has
been disclosed time and again in the
earlier years of the camp. It was but
lately according to veracious witnesses
that two dogs attacked a child in the
vicinity of the City Hall and while no
injury was inflicted the case is an am
ple confirmation of the belief that the
dogs should be kept off the streets.
Also it may be mentioned that several
cases of persons being attacked by
vicious animals have been brought to
our attention during the past month
and a further significant indication of
the necessity of placing the dogs under
restraint was furnished at the last
council meeting through the applica
tion of a citizen for perimsslon to
[ carry firearms for the one and only
reason that loose dogs had threatened
himself, his children and his livestock.
It is indicated in every degree that the
matter has been negated long enough
and if the owners of animals are not
inclined to obey the ordinance without
expulsion it is plainly time that the
city officials took the case in their own
hands.
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Deputy Marshal Jack Davies, of
Ketchikan, is serving notice on squat
ters on tide lands at the mouth of
Ketchikan creek that said lands have
been set aside as a reserve for the na
tives to use in landing their boats.
The city council of Chena has de
cided to try to secure a patent to the
townsite, us originally intended some
years ago. Because of the town's fail
ure to comply with certain require
ments of the land office, the town was
notified that its right to a patent would
be forfeited unless it could show good*
cause why the government should
grant it. The attorneys for the town
have asked the land office to extend
the time for 90 days.
It is an easy matter for a people to
know when they are not getting fair
treatment, when "there is something
rotten in Denmark,” and especially
after it has been rubbed in. Just what
method of calcualtion is used to bring
this about by the monopolistic confer
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PATRONS.
CHAS. CAVEY, Prop.
ences back in Chicago, New York or
London is not known and matters not.
Interior Alaskans, generally speaking,
feel that the White Pass company have
not been fair with the people. Start
ing in last spring at the most popular
navigation company ever on the Yukon,
It closed the season, after four short
months, the most despised and the
most thoroughly disliked company that
ever operated in the North.—Ruby
Record.
Although the agricultural develop
ment of Alaska is still in its first stage
the products of the industry are almost
always better than the best shipped
from the States. The following notice
in the Ketchikan Miner may be taken
as a sample of the song of praise that
is coming from the hearts of the news
paper men in all parts of the terlrtory:
“Capt. Shepard, of the aMry Island
light, arrived in town this afternoon
bringing his wife, who is troubled with
rheumatism, for medical treatment. As
a reminder for the Miner man that
vegetables can be grown to perfection
in this part of Alaska, he brought in a
16 pound cabbnge, as solid as some
people’s heads, and six huge potatoes
which aggregate better than eight
pounds, fine turnips and a carrot as big
as a quart measure finish the collec
tion which promises a fine boiled din
ner for the Miner force. Vegetables
are on exhibition in the Miner window.”
Mrs. Strong, wife of the governor
of Alaska, Is quoted by the Providence
Journal as having said of the women of
the North: "I do not know of any
other women who can equa lthom in
resourcefulness. And they are tilled
with an energy which makes nothing
too hard of accomplishment. If they
give an afternoon tea it is in as attrac
tive surroundings us one could find
anywhere, with the same appointments
as the East affords. Flowers will
adorn the rooms, the whitest of napery
covers the table, while the service Is
perfect, not to mention the refresh
ments.”
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