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NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY, SAYS GOVERNOR
In a speech before the Juneau Chamber of Commerce,
Governor Parks, referring to the oft-asked question:
What is wrong with Alaska; why the country doesn’t seem
to go ahead, mildly chastises us by observing that it was
possibly due to local pessimism.
Had the Governor gone to the length of explaining
the origin of that pessimism, and viewed the question
through Alaskan rather than Federal eyes, he would have
pointed out that there was no pessimism with respect to
the variety, quantity and value of naural resources, but
on the other hand that the people had grown weary after
22 years of experimentation, some losing heart and others
accepting the crumbs that fall from the Federal table.
The Governor was fair enough to observe that the
Territory was being developed—or an effort was being
made to develop—under different theories from those
making the development of the United States West and
which require more or less experimentation
The pioneers who developed the West were not hamp
ered by this experimentation, and would not have stood
for it any longer than the Pilgrim fathers stood for the
long-range meddling of George III. Thus we have Alas
kan pessimism as against militant action. Neither were
the pioneers of the West experimenting in turning the
wilderness into fruitful fields and cities. They were fol
lowing a policy adopted at the birth of American indepen
dence: freedom cf action on the part of the individual,
with the government committed to purely political func
tions instead of assuming a proprietorship and entering
into competition with private business.
Any man worthy of the name “American”, regard
less or race or birth, resents being placed upon the plane
of an untutored savage: d^smte the soveritv of the com
parison, the simile covers the entire Alaskan situation. It
even goes further, a region embracing a half million
square miles comes within the reservation and regulation
influence.
If the Governor wishes to learn the cause of local pes
simism, let him compare the two theories along with cause
and effect and the results obtaining in the United States
West and in Alaska during the same period of time.
Congress has a “Joint Committee on the Disnc: ition
of Useless Papers.” To which might be referred the first
ten amendments to the Constitution, commonlv knowr
as the Bill of Rights. The congressional record might also
be thrown in the discard.
Some Alaskan tribes believe that moonlight is bad
for babies. But what would they say about southern
moonshine?
It is said that the Prince of Wales resents the song.
“I Faw Down and Go Boom.”
Sign of Spring: Scoff law oiling up the bottle capper.
ill) I MICE OF PUNE
SOuIItRN CROSS IS
; FOUND IN AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY, April 8, (JP)—Despite a i
search by airplanes and launches j
[ aided by native runners, the air
i plane Southern Cross, which was i
forced down in the wilderness of
| North Australia, near Wyhdham,
Saturday evening, is still missing. I
J On the plane were Capt. Charles
( Kingsford Smith, Capt. Charles
Ulm, Navigator Litchfield and ra
dio operator McWilliams. The chief
fear is that the ship may have
, landed near hostile natives. An
1 armed mounted force will join the
| search if it is still fruitless tomor
i row.
RETURNING HOME
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 8,(/P)
; —Officials of the Texas Air Trans
port Company reports that Miss
Anne Morrow, fiancee of Colonel
Charles Lindbergh, will fly from
Mexico City to Brownsville, Texas,
this week en route to her home in
the east.
LIFE FOR II PINT !
I UR IS REVOKED
LANSING, Mich., April 8, (JP)— ;
| Michigan revoked its famous “life
for a pint” law when Governor
Fred Green signed the Watson bill :
eliminating 120 minor felonies from
the list of crimes which draw the
life penalty for the fourth offense, i
i Governor Green said he would
commute the life sentences of Mrs. j
Etta Mae Miller, Channie Tripp, |
Tony Papich and other life sen- j
tences for liquor felonies.
AGREEMENT ILLEGAL
WASHINGTON, April 8, (JP)— |
American Petroleum Institute, at a
hearing before the Federal Oil j
Conservation Board, consisting of
four cabinet officers, insisted that 1
j the agreement to limit oil produc
jtion to the 1928 figures could be ;
I legally entered into. Attorney Gen
eral Mitchell maintained such an
; agreement would be illegal.
i PIONEER SUFFRAGIST PASSES
LONDON, April 8, (/P)Mrs. Helen
B. Taylor, a pioneer suffragist, died
| here at the age of 94.' She can
vassed for John Stuart Mill when
the author of treatises on politi
cal economy sought the parlia- !
mentary seat for Westminister.
ELECTLED CHAIRMAN
| WASHINGTON, April 8, (JP)— |
! Colonel Henry Stimson, secretary 1
of state, was elected chairman of !
the government board of the Pan |
American Union to fill the vacan
cy caused by the resignation of
former Secretary Kellogg.
SEIZE OIL SUPPLIES
WASHINGTON, April 8, (JP)—
Herbert H. Bursley, American con
sul at Guaymas, Sonora, reported
to the state department that the
j revolutionary forces have taken
; possession of 1,000 cases of gaso
line and 50 cases of lubricants be
I longing to the California Standard
, Oil Company.
Don’t fail to try our brick j
ice cream. It’s the only kind
for parties. Candy Cottage.!
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THEATER
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One of those colorful Oriental stories that
always give a thrill, is
“THE CRIMSON CITY
A mysterious tale of the
CHINA COAST
And the city of teeming millions where Nan Toy, the slave
girl, is the center of a whirlpool of adventure.
A beautiful “Yellow Slave;” a white derelict man;
the notorious Chinese resort, an English girl;
the slave owner; the long arm of the law; all
beautifully set in Oriental surroundings.
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» ANNA MAY WONG lnd SOJIN
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