BELIEVES CONSERVATION IN
TERRITORY BEEN GREATLY
OVERWORKED
The following is a copy of Frank
H. Foster’s platform. He is a
candidate for the office of Attor
ney General of Alaska:
Juneau. Alaska.
March 26, 1932.
“I am a candidate for the office
of Attorney General of the Terri
tory of Alaska, subject to the will
of the voters as expressed at the
Primary Election, April 26, 1932,
and as such, respectfully solicit
your support.
"I have been a resident of the
Territory of Alaska for 21 years,
am married and have five children,
all raised in Alaska. Whatever I
have of the world’s gear, which
isn’t much, is invested in this Ter
ritory. I have been a practicing
attorney for 26 years, have held
the office of United States District
Attorney and during three sessions
have been a member of the Terri
torial Legislature. I expect to re
main here for the rest of my days,
and to do my utmost in the future
as I have in the past, for the up
building of the Territory.
“I am utterly opposed to Federal
or any interference in Territorial
affairs. I believe that the conser
vation principle has been over
worked in Alaska to the extent that
most of our Territorial resources
have become the playthings of
Federal bureaucrats. I believe that!
there will be no lasting prosperity
for the Territory until the chains
binding us to the Federal bureaus
are severed. I am utterly opposed
to the brand of conservation which
was foisted upon us by Gifford Pin
chot and others of his ilk.
“I favor the encouragement of
Alaska labor, the employment of
Alaskans and citizens of the Unit
ed States in all public and private
works. I believe that all Alaska
appointees should be chosen from
bona fide resident Alaskans.
"I believe in the equality of priv- i
ilege and opportunity for all Al
askans whether white or native.
"It is my opinion that the game,
fish and fur-bearers of this Terri
tory are the heritage of the people
resident herein and should be so
administered as to give resident Al- j
askans first opportunity to put |
same to beneficial use- I am op- !
posed to game laws or regulations
which deny to our people the right
to take a reasonable toll of such
resources.
"I do not believe in the leasing i
system as applied to coal, oil or !
fur farming lands. It is my opin- i
ion that the Homestead laws should
not be hampered by the red tape
of forestry regulations. I know that
if Alaska were placed under the
same conditions as existed at the
time of the opening up of the
Great West, we, too, would develop
and prosper in the same manner
as the States have.
“If chosen Attorney General, I
pledge myself to administer that
office fairly and impartially, giving
to all the same degree of justice
and honest dealing without dis
crimination as to race or condition.
“If these principles appeal to
you, please place a cross before my
name at the Primary Election.
“Yours very truly,
“FRANK H. FOSTER.”
(Paid Advertisement) :
CANDIDATE GRIGSBY
SETS FORTH VIEWS
MESSAGE TO VOTERS
The message of George B. Grigs
by, candidate for Delegate to Con
gress, subject to the primary elec
tion, April 26, is set forth clearly
in the following statement:
“As a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for Delegate to
Congress at the coming primary
election, I herewith make a brief
statement of the principles for
which I stand.
“I am i nfavor of the direct pri
mary law and absolutely opposed
to its repeal.
“I consider the future adminis
tration of the fisheries of lAaska
as the big issue of this campaign.
Am utterly opposed to the present
bureaucratic control.
“I am in favor of the abolition of
fish traps, and as the most effect
ive means to this end, will, if elect
ed, work for the transfer of all fed
eral control of the fisheries to the
Alaska Territorial Legislature. I
believe this can be accomplished
with the advent of the Democratic
administration, which is assured.
“I will do my utmost to put the
Bureau of Fisheries out of busi
ness in the Territory of Alaska, ex
cept for the purposes of scientific
research.
“I am opposed to all forms of
bureaucratic government. No fed
eral bureau should have any power
to legislate whatsoever.
“It will be my endeavor, if elect
ed, to open the public domain of
Alaska to settlement and develop
ment under the same liberal laws
under which other Territories were
developed. This includes timber
lands, oil and coal lands. I am op
posed to the leasing system.
“I am opposed to the Pinchot ■
system of conservation as applied j
to Alaska, believing that nature
and economic conditions present
sufficient barriers to the develop
ment of the Territory, without ad
ditional man-made restrictions.
“The Alaska Legislature should
have complete control of the game
and fur-bearing animals.
“The Democratic doctrine of
states rights, advocated for .the
past one hundred years, is particu
larly applicable to this Territory.
We should be accorded home rule
in the Territory on all subjects of
legislation not purely federal.
“I have not recently adopted the
above platform but have cam
paigned on the same platform for
three successive campaigns, each
time gaining more votes, and in
the last election was beaten by my
Republican opponent by only 296
votes. I believe those who vote in
the Democratic primary all desire
to nominate a candidate who has
the best chance of success at the
election this coming November. I
will not in this message, or else
where, reflect on the merits of the
opposing candidates for the Demo
cratic nomination. However, the
friends who have urged me to
again become a candidate, and I
myself, believe, that my past re
cord in office, as United States at
torney, as Attorney-General, and
Delegate to Congress; the wide ac
quaintance obtained by my suc-j
cessive campaigns, the increasing
number of votes gained in each of
them, all indicate that I am the
logical candidate and deserving of
the nomination in the April pri
mary. GEORGE GRIGSBY.
(Paid Advt.)
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NORTHERN LIGHTS
These items are taken from var
ious Alaska papers.
Dirt going $3 to the foot has been
found on Gertrude Creek in the
Livengood district.
* * * *
The annual migration of the big
Pribilof Island seal herds from
southern waters to their summer
breeding grounds in the Bering
Sea is under way.
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In anticipation of a strenuous
season against the seal, hunters,
the Naval radio station baseball
nine on St. Paul Island began
spring training in six inches of
snow.
The Alaska Range Guides Asso
ciation has definitely booked one
party from Seattle for a hunt in
the Steese highway area and two
Portland parties for spring bear
hunts on Kodiak Island.
* * * *
OLDTIMER CALLED
August A. Miller, aged 56 years,
died in Fairbanks last week follow
ing a short illness. He is survived
by his widow, a resident of Fair
banks. Mr. Miller had lived in the
Northland 34 years. Much of that
time was spent in the Koyukuk.
* * * *
John Dehart, trapper, was a vis
itor in Cordova for a few days for
the first time in several months.
He reports the trapping poor the
past winter and lots of wind and
cold weather in his part of the
country. Mr. Dehart will return to
his cabin as soon as thdre is suf
ficient crust on which to snowshoe.
* * * *
A. W. Bryant, manager of the
Cassiar Hydraulic Mines, Ltd., who
passed through Ketchikan on his
way South to order new equip
ment, is confident that the com
pany’s property will reach the pro
ducing stage this summer.
Fishing rights in four important
salmon districts of Alaska have
been leased for the coming fishing
season by the Northwestern Fish
eries Company of Seattle to San
Francisco interests, reports The
Alaskan. The Uyak, Kodiak Island
and the Chignik, Alaska Peninsula
areas of the Northwestern Fisher
ies Co. will be taken over by the
Alaska Packers’ Association. The
Nushagak rights will be turned
over to the Alaska Salmon C o m
pany. The Naknek rights will be
transferred to the Bristol Bay
Packing Co.
* * * *
The present plan of the Soviets
is to construct 59 canneries with
in the year. The plans include 8
shore and 16 floating canneries in
the Caspian Sea basin; 7 floating
crabmeat plants.and 14 shore can
neries in the Pacific basin; and 14
canneries in the northern and Si
berian districts.
* * * #
Mrs. Mary Schlais, following a
long illness, passed away at Ket
chikan recently. Mrs. Schlais is
survived by many relatives, includ
ing eight grand children and by
34 grandchildren. Her maiden
name was Mary Knipp- She was
born in the year of 1861 at Water
town, Wis. In 1882 she was married
at Wausau, Wis., to Anton Schlais,
who survives her. She lived in that
vicinity until 1924 when they came
to Ketchikan. Her health had been
poor and she had been sick all the
time she resided in Ketchikan.
Two couples were recently united
in marriage at Takotna. They were
William Folger and Bertha C. Ni
cholai and Hudson Nicholai and
Julia Evan.
* * * 45
Jack McGuire of Fairbanks left
by airplane last week for Liven
good from where he will travel to
Wilbur Creek to join Frank Eowers
in prospecting ground there
* * *
Lewis Kalloch was recently elect
ed a member of the Tanana school
board. Other members of the Tan
ana board for 1932-33 are E. Stiegel
maier and Bertie R. Anicich.
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Effective with the 1932 summer
excursion period, the usual summer
premiums will be eliminated for the
better located rooms on the steam
ers operating on the Southeastern
Alaska route to Seward and return,
according to the Alaska Travel
graph, published by the Alaska
Steamship Company.
* * * *
The Diamond K Packing Com
pany will operate its Wrangell sal
mon canning plant this season as
usual.
For the third time within his
short span of life, Alvin Church,
five-year-old son of Mrs. Egil
Dahlberg of Ketchikan, was saved
from drowning. He fell off the
Bugge float near Cliff Avenue and
had gone down the third time and
conscious when pulled out with a
pike pole by R. Hannum.
* * * *
Five moose were recently report
ed browsing on the outskirts of
Chitina.
* * * *
Resumption of work on the
Thane road construction project,
started late last fall by Seims
Spokane Company and suspended
during the winter, is expected to
occur soon.
* * * *
Tony Silva will work all summer
on the Letrum near Fairbanks. He
is laying out a block of ground
which will keep him going for a
couple of years,
* * * *
FLEET OF YACHTS
Campbell Church, Jr., will run a
fleet of five yachts to Valdez this
summer, according to Mr. Alba,
Fairbanks guide, and Mr. Church
has made arrangements with the
association to take parties hunting
in this section after they have
traveled over the Richardson high
way. They would return to the
coast via the railroad and the
yacht on which they came north
would pick them up at Seward.
* * * *
The Fairbanks Chamber of Com
merce will cooperate in every pos
sible way with the Yakima cham
ber in bringing about the estab
lishment of an air route from Cali
fornia to Alaska through the inter
ior via Yakima, Wash.
* * * *
Judge G. J. Lomen, on the bench
in the Second Division for the past
12 years, has tendered his resigna
tion to President Hoover effective
June 30 next.
* * * -*
Mrs. Rolf Foosness, former resi
dent of Ketchikan, died in Seattle
two weeks ago- Mrs. Foosness had
been ailing for some time, and in
formation contained in letters said
she had suffered a slight stroke,
With Mr. Foosness she visited Ket
chikan late last fall for several
days. They left here to make their
home in Seattle after Mr. Foos
ness’ retirement from the United
States Lighthouse Service, in w'hich
he had for a number of years been
depot keeper at Ketchikan.
William Alexander and Miss Ber
thele Baudin were married at Ju
neau recently. The newlyweds are
well known in Juneau as they have
resided there for many years.
* * * *
Extension of coal exploration of
the Interior Department in the
Matanuska Valley field was reveal
ed by Gov. George A. Parks. Bids
are now being sought for core
drilling on Moose Creek, consid
ered by geologists to be one of the
best locations in the Matanuska
field.
* * * *
The reduction made in the con
gressional appropriation for the
War Department for allotment to
the Alaska Road Commission will
result in general curtailment of
road building activities throughout
the Territory by that body.
* * * #
To recover the $3,000,000 in Klon
dike gold supposed to be on the
sunken steamship Islander, efforts
will be renewed by Capt. A. J. Gasa,
a deep sea diver from the East
Coast of the United States, who
arrived in Juneau recently.
E. A. Sims, president of the Pa
cific Salmon Sales Corporation,
said that 30,000 men would be em
ployed in Alaska fisheries and can
neries this year. All of them -will
be former employees, he said.
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The development of an Inland
Air Route, California to Alaska,
was proposed by the aviation com
mittee of the Yakima (Washing
ton) Chamber of Commerce which
began to gather data on visibility
conditions along the coastal routes
and also on the inland routes.
* * * *
Under the caption, “No Depres
sion Up In Alaska,” the Chicago
Evening Post of March 16 quotes
Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe as ad
vising the unemployed of the States
to migrate to Alaska, where “a
huge population can live comfort
ably at truck farming.”
BACK FROM TRAPLINE
Back from the Chulitna River
district, where he spent the winter
trapping, C. C. “Dick” Tousley has
returned to Anchorage and reports
that the fur situation is not much
changed from what it was a year
ago, fur bearers still being rather
scarce in the region where he did
his trapping. And it is perhaps for
that reason that there are not any
wolves there.
* * * *
Capt. John Backland of Seattle
has set May 20 as the date for the
departure of his sailing schooner
C. S. Holmes on her annual trading
cruise to Bering sea and the Arc
tic. It will be the vessel’s 21st
voyage to Point Barrow and other
settlements in the far North.
* * * *
REELECT STAFF
The entire teaching staff of the
Valdez public school have been re
elected to teach for the coming
year. R. L. Clifton, principal and
high school; U. S. Hanshew, sev
enth, eighth, ninth and tenth
grades; Marian Hoffman, fourth,
fifth and sixth grades, and Helen
Guleson, first, second and third
grades, are the teaching positions
that respective members of the
staff will hold.
* * * *
MANY MINE JOBS
Reports from all over the Terri
tory indicate that employment will
be good in the gold camps this
year. The Alaska-Juneau is ex
panding rapidly, and has put on
more men since the first of the
year. The dredges in the Fair
banks and Nome districts will op
erate to capacity this coming sea
son, and scores of small hydraulic
and placer camps will be worked,
with the stimulus in the yellow
metal being reflected in prospect
ing and outfitting.
* * * *
Conditions in the mining indus
try on Chichagof Island are en
couraging and the outlook is prom
ising for enlarged operations.
* * * *
In quest for placer gold, the mo
torship Governor Roland H. Hart
ley of Anacortes, Wash., with a
distinguished company, is on her
way to Dry Bay on the coast of the
Gulf of Alaska. The mission of the
party is to prospect the beach at
Dry Bay and to collect a quantity
of gold-bearing gravel.
* * * *
BUYING HALIBUT LIVERS
Halibut livers are in demand at
12 cents a pound to fishermen.
The San Juan Fishing and Pack
ing Company, which is represented
by the Juneau Cold Storage Com
pany and E. E. Engstrom are act
ing for Parke Davis and Company
of Detroit and the Abbott Labora
tories of Chicago, which want the
fish product for its medical prop
erties.
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