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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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Taking for example the history of the Kennecott
copper mines in support of an argument in favor of
giving the paper trust a 45-year monopoly, and coupling
with it the Ocean Falls paper mills as a sort of “there,
you have it” accentuation, the Cordova Times rises to
express surprise “to find here and there some opposition
on the part of the press” to the deal being consummated
by Forestry Bureau promoters in Southeastern Alaska.
The Times, in pointing to a modem city of 3,000 inhabi
tants at Ocean Falls did not inform its readers tha this
result—the mill and city—is the outcome of a promotion
wherein pioneers of Western British Columbia had ac
quired the timber areas which have been under develop
ment for a decade, and that these areas were sold to
those now operating the mill. In addition to the 3,000
inhabitants—working for day's pay—several hundred
hardy pioneers, who invested the equivalent of five years
earnings in time in these areas, drew down a small com
petency for their holdings and the money is now circu
lating in the marts of trade of British Columbia.
The Times utters a mere sophistry when it points to
the Kennecott Copper company as an example of how
big capital is required in Alaska. On the score of ne
cessity for big capital, •the Times can get no argument
from us. But on the principle of how big capital shall
acquire and control the natural resources of Alaska, we
are ready to debate the matter to its nth degree.
The mining claims embraced in the Kennecott mines
were staked and sold by prospectors to the corporation,
the stakers receiving a share in the proceedings. Had
conservation applied to metal mining as it did to timber,
and gauging the time by that transpiring since the gov
ernment deviated from its natural function of promul
gating laws for the government of the daily conduct of
the nation's citizens, and went into the promoting busi
ness, there would have been no such thing as the Kenne
cott Copper company, for the reason that there are too
many other countries offering more inducement to capi
tal and keeping their hands off private business for men
of the business astuteness boasted by the head of the
Kennecott Copper company to have submitted their af
fairs to political appointees instead of their own trained
experts.
would tne Kennecott Copper company have expend
ed some $30,000,000 in a railroad and development if the
title to their mines had reposed in the government, sub
ject to disquieting by the whom of some bureaucrat,
stationed like a spy at the elbow of the superintendent,
to say whether or not he could extract the ore from the
stope in No. 1 drift before driving a cross-cut into a dike
of granite to see if there would be some ore left for Pos
terity? That is what is happening in the coal fields of
Alaska and is as good a simile as the Times offers on the
timber question.
The Times says it “is nonsense to say that the gov
ernment is handing over to the paper trust what right
fully belongs to Alaskans.” Of course the timber does
not belong to Alaskans—the government took it away
from them. That is where the Alaskans have a com
plaint as just as would have been that of Ezra Meeker and
his brave pioneers had the Oregon country been taken
from them, and a system of satrapry been set up for free
democratic American government as conceived by the
founders of the republic as is given by the crowned
’heads of Europe to their subjects in undeveloped lands;
even as given by the British crown to the American colo
nists to encourage settlement and development of the
wilderness. But there were no paper trusts in those
times.
The Times says “development of Alaska has been
held back long enough by internal discord and unfound
ed criticisms.” In other words, the Times believes in
turning the other cheek. Fortunately the American
colonists were ‘'made of sterner stuff,” and were willing
to fight for justice and right. We venture the guess
that a majority of Alaskans would have been with Wash
ington, Jefferson and the rest had they been present.
DRUNKEN LORD MED
KNOCKED OVER LAMPPOST
LONDON Feb. 7. (JP)— Lord, North
esk was fined $8.00 in London police
I couvrt on a charge of being drunk and
j disorderly. It was charged that his
lordship and his companion sang
and danced in the street knocked,
down a lamp post and dragged it into
the street.
AUTO TOUR OF WORLD
BERLIN, Feb. 7. (/P)—Clarenofe
Stinnes, daughter of the late Hugo
1 Stinnes, plans to drive her own au
tomobile around and across the WQrld,
taking a year and a half to complete
the journey.
JETTY BREAKS, NINE LOST
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 7. (JP)—
Nine persons were killed and two oth
ers are missing as a result of a flood
which resulted from the breaking of
20 miles of the White river jetty yes
terday.
IMMORAL PLAYS INCREASE
LONDON, Feb. 7. (JP)—The num
ber of immoral plays turned down by
the English censor was twice as large
in 1926 compared with 1925.
PRIEST MARRIES
CHICAGO, Feb. 7. (/P)—Father
Downey, a Roman Catholic priest,
was married to Maudie Meyers on
January IS, in civil court.
COLLEGE STUDENTS BETTER
CHICAGO, Feb. 7. (^—Notwith
standing the chronicling of suicides
and immoral outbreaks among stu
dent, college men and women are re
ligious, Dr. Trenery testified before
the Methodist church board of educa
tion.
COMMUNICATION
Aces (?) Challenge Accepted
The baseball playing members of
the Seward Volunteer Fire Depart
ment read the challenge of the Aces
(?) with considerable amusement, as
well as delight. Challenge accepted.
The implied compliment contained
in said challenge is also accepted with
thanks. But—we much prefer 'the
said Aces (?) to put a lineup of their
own in the game, or acknowledge
themselves a picked team of the
Aces (?) and Army.
Why the question mark after the
Aces? For the simple reason that to
date five of the eight members of the
Aces have beeen Firemen.
The Aces! The Duces, you says,
says I.
wim a nneup containing two catcn
ers of the ability of Hopkins and
Willis, we are rather inclined to ob
ject to the Aces (?) borrowing a
catcher from the Army, especially
when they claim to be the best nine
an aggregation in the Territory (for
an eight-man team). Or is that
where the ninth man comes in? Eight
men on their own team, and the pick
of any man on any other team? Have
we old broken down Firemen got your
“Nanny” to the extent that you are
afraid to put a team of your own
against us?
At 8 p. m., Thursday evening, the
Firemen will be there "with a team
composed of Firemen. Now how
about it, do we play the Aces (?) or
a picked team?
Like all good firemen our motto is:
“Put ’Em Out!” so we warn you, your
runs will be few and far between.
“FIREDOGS.”
The Candy Cottage, the
home of Velvet Ice Cream,
the best on the market.
Coleman’s Gas Lamps and Lan
terns. J. L. Graef.
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LIBERTY
THEATER
8 O’CLOCK —
ONE SHOW —
8 O’CLOCK
CECIL B. DE MILLE’S
Great Picture
BRAVEHEART
ROD LA ROQUE—LILLIAN RICH—ROBERT
EDSON—TYRONE POWER—JEAN ACKER
A beautiful protoplay of the great outdoors
PRIMITIVE PASSIONS — GREAT
See the early days of the State of Washington
A story of the Northwest
And with it there is a Bobby Vernon 2-reel comedy
“AIR TIGHT”
NOTICE TO PARENTS—Because of the great' number of com
plaints every week from our patrons, we are compelled to take dras- ’
tic action to put a stop to the unreasonable yelling and noisiness of
the children. We have talked to the children and some of the pa
rents in vain and so have to resort to other methods to cure a condi
tion that has become unbearable. As a first step, we reserve the
right to eject any child or youth who, in our opinion, makes any un
reasonable noise, and'to forbid them entrance thereafter as long as we
deem necessary to secure their future behavior. We will use the
greatest care to make no mistakes, but it is impossible to always
pick the exact guilty one, and so if you don’t want to run the chance
of having your child excluded in the balance of’the noisy group you
will please keep them by your side....
THE MAMAGEMENT.
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