Roden in
*Rs»ee For
Delegate
Henry Roden, democrat
ic candidate for the nomi
nation for Delegate to Con
gress, came to Alaska over
49 years ago to make his
home and fortune. He fol
lowed the occupation of a
prospector nd miner for 10
years and while employed
as a laborer in the mines,
studied law and was admit
ted to the Bar of Alaska
by the late Judge James
Wickersham in 1908. He
served some time as Assist
ant United States Attorney
in the Fourth Division and
was a member of the first
territorial legislature He
has been a member a num
ber of times since, and was
elected Attorney General
:our years ago.
‘‘While serving as such I have
been guided by two main princi
ples, First: to advoca’e and work
for the passage of laws which
would be for the greatest good to
the greatest number of our peo
ple, and secondly, would tend to
the economic development of the
Territory. The record proves
whether I have made good on this
or not:
“I introduced and secured pass
age of a number of Bills which
may be broadly termed “labor leg
islation." There was nothing
radical or unfair about any of
them though in the earlier days
they were deemed to be somewhat
of that nature. Today they are
accepted as beneficial and pro
gressive legislation.
‘Among them was an act which
gives underground miners an eight
hour shift; a miners’ lien law
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ARCTIC RAILROADIN C—A trr.ln r» f “ f,':: y's White Pass & Yukon railway piocctils
cautiously over a trentie fo”- • • ’ (»<i m> traflir for two wr '■
which protects a workman in his
wages after they have been earn
ed; a mine inspection law, partic
ularly applicable to underground
workings and deep cuts, guarding
the safety and health of persons
thus employed. I have suggested
and sxipported a number: of
amendments to our present Work
man’s Compensation Act to make
it easier for injured employees to
collect their just compensation.
‘,To advance the general wel
fare of our miners I suggested the
establishment of assay offices in
ceri’rally located places in the
Territory and the maintenance of
an efficient Bureau of Mines to
assist prospectors and miners in
their efforts to discover and de
velop paying mines; to advance
the interests of fur farmers I se
cured the establishment of the ex
perimental fur farm near Peters
burg. This institution has been
working diligently and successful
ly on a number of items of ex
treme importance to fur farmers.
Very soon some epoch-making an
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nouncements will come from those
in charge of ;t, showing that what
ever money has been expended
upon it is yielding rich returns.
Ti eicc.eu, i snail continue to
work for the interests of the
greatest number of our people and
for the developmcn' of the Ter
ritory as i have done in the past.
I am against the infamous Wall
gren HVh Bill- -1 mere reading of j
which is sufficient to show that
its provisions are not intended for
'be greatest good of the greates
number. While some are talking
about statehood as something to
look forward to, let us remember
that the President, through rec
ommenciing he election of the
governor for the Territory of
Porto Rico by its people, opened
the way for similar extension of
home rule for Alaska. This would
be a long step towards control- j
ing our own destiny and some
thing the Territory is ready for
righ* now. I am for statehood but
first want to know how the cost
thereof will be defrayed. I favor
reduction in water, land and air
transportation charges. Alaskans
should be entrusted wPh the man
agement of their fisheries, fur and
game animals.
“I have been in Alaska over
40 years, lived for many yenr.>
on the Yukon and Tanana rivers.
Every dollar I have earned in
Alaska has been and is invested
| in an Alaska enterprise. I have a
| home in Alaska, not in the city of
[Washington. I have never been
carried around on a silver platter.
I have fought my way through
against many obstacles and got
into the ring after every knock
out. I’m still going strong.
“I am one of those Alaskans
who came to the Territory on
their own and not under some
form of subsidy or handout. I
cast my lot with the country and
made up my mind to make it my
home. If experience, industry,
courage determination and know
ledge of the people of the Terri
tory and a thorough understand
ing of their problems, both whites
and Natives, count for anything,
I feel I’m qualified to discharge
the duties of the office of Dele
gate to Congress from the Terri
tory for the next ten years.”
OLD RIVALS MEET_Betty Carstairs (left) of England
and Gar Wood of the United States, who once were speedboat
racing rivals, meet again for a brief spin aboard a U. S. Navy PT
boat at Miami Beach, Fla. 9- <
R. J. Rivers
Is
Pioneer
Ralph J. Rivers, demo
cratic candidate for the
nomination for Attorney
General, is the son of J. G
Rivers, widely known pio
neer, who came North in
1905. He was born in Se
attle in 1903, and later,
with his mother and young
er brother Victor, came to
Dawson in 190(3, where the
family resided until 1912.
then moved to Flat. There
he attended grammar
school. He attended high
school in the States and
during two summer vaca
tions worked in canneries
in Cordova and Gambier
Rm\ He returned to Flat
in 1921 and worked there
as a miner until 1923.
Entering the University of
Washington the latter year he
spent six years in that insti
tution, taking a liberal arts and
law course. He then graduated
in August, 1929, with the degree
of LL.B. He practiced law in Se
attle the two following years and
came to Fairbanks, opening an of
fice there in July, 1931. Two
years la'er he was appointed by
President Roosevelt as United
States District Attorney for the
Fourth Division, serving in that
capacity con'inuously until his
resignation, effective February 1,
1944. It was compulsory, under
the Hatch Act, that he resign the
District Attorney’s office simul
taneously with his filing as a can
didate in the Democratic primar
ies for nomination for the office
of Territorial Attorney General.
Mr. Rivers’ father. J. G. Rivers,
has for several years been a mem
t. |I I i mi WillIMIIII ■IIIIII ' rir"
her from the Fourth Division of
the Territorial Welfare Board.
Mr. Rivers’ brother,, Vic'or C.
Rivers, is now working as princi
pal engineer for the U. S. Engi
neers at Anchorage and was sena
tor from the Fourth Division in
1937 and 1939.
Mr. Rivers is a member of the
Pioneers of Alaska, Elks, and vari
ous civic organizations. He and
Miss Carold Caldwell were mar
ried in 1928 and have two chil
dren, Julian 11, and a daughter,
Joyce, eight.
FARLEY SAYS GOP
COULI) WIN NOW
NEW YORK—Newspaper col
umnist Ed Sullivan recently as
ser‘ed in his weekly Columbia
Broadcasting System broadcast
that James Farley, former Demo
cratic National Committee chair
man, said he was convinced if the j
presidential elections were held ;
now the Democrats would lose I
every state except those in the
Solid South.
Farley thinks Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey of New York and Gov.
Earl Warren of California are a
winning GOP combination, Sulli
van added.
JACK SUTHERLAND
VISITS IN LOS ANGELES
Jack Sutherland, former Nome
ite, who lives in Seattle, was a
recent guest of Billy Brown in
Los Angeles while he was on
rou’e to Arizona to visit Harry
Hicks.
War Bonds are being sold at
the same old stand—and for the
same purpose—TO WIN THE
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“Compared with mosquitoes in
islands in the South Pacific, mo
squitoes in Interior Alaska may
be regarded as nothing at all,"
Richard <Dick» Rivers, fighting
marine somewhere in the South
Pacific, writes to his father, law
yer, in Fairbanks. “Mosquitoes
here,” the young man continues,
“are so big they fly down and
‘urn our dog tags over to see
what blood type we are.”
J. J. McGREAL, FORMER
NOMEITE, NOW 88
J. J. McGreal one of the early
policemen of Nome will be 88 this
coming April. His only son,
Frank, died about three years ago
and his wife in 1936. At present
he is making his home with his
son’s widow, Maud McGreal and
her two children. His eyesight is
failing, but the family take par
ticular pleasure in reading him
items concerning Alaska in which
he is still keenly interested. The
family home is at 527 Shelton St.,
Burbank, Calif. ,
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