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THE GOVERNOR’S POCKET VETO
Not only does the federal government exercise
dominion over the fish of the seas, the animals upon;
the land, and birds of the air, but now a new imperial
istic dominion is asserted over the elected and designat
ed official legislators of the Territory, by a former clerk j
in the department of the interior, with regards to a
duly adopted referendum measure.
The interior department did not elect the members
of the Territorial legislature. The people of Alaska did !
not have a voice in the selection of the employee of the
interior department, officially styled governor of Alas
ka. The gentleman from Colorado, so stated in the of
ficial report, gives as reason for the pocket veto of the
prohibition referendum, that it might embarass Pres
ident Hoover in the appointment of members of a com-|
mission to study enforcement problems. What a laugh- |
able farce! It is evident no one in Alaska will be chosen .
on this new brand of a investigating sewing circle; such .
a selection might really secure information about law j *
enforcement in Alaska; possibly some play-mate from 1
Colorado might be selected. Why should the interior de- i1
partment clerk be so concerned over the law enforce- j]
ment commission when up to this time the apparanti,
chief qualifications of such office holding is the ability i
to carry out orders from Washington. i
The Governor of Alaska has either a bunch of mis
guided fools advising him, or he has forgotten certain ;
incidents in the earlv history of the colonies of the j,
United States. At least, as far as this portion of Alaska ii
is concerned, it still is a part of the United States and j
not a personal possession of officials of the department 1
of the interior.
It is true the expression of the common conscience j'
of the electors of Alaska, including the horde of officials ;
who have a vote, would have no effect on the repeal or <
modification of the Volstead Act. 1
It is also true, the contemptuous refusal by a petty 1
bureaucratic official, by reason of the majesty of his
official title, to permit a vote on such question, is such
a mistaken act as to be really pitiful. Or, should such;
veto be a part of a political motive, when a matter of
morals onlv is concerned, and a matter not personal to >
the official, such action borders on the ridiculous.
COCUS DE TORO
IN RAILROAD BELT
SAD OVER CHANCE
A pall of gloom hovers along the
horizon of the chefs and cocineros
de toro (bull cooks) who were wont
to fabricate toothsome viands for
the discriminating palates of ex
tra gangs employed by The Alaska
Railroad—until the N. C. Co., took
over this service from the railroad.
With the change from railroad to
private operation go the perquisites.
While the average bull cook might
scratch his head over the correct
definition of a perquisite, when it
stares him in the face in the form
of notice that hereafter he will pay
his own fare when traveling on the
railroad, along with full price for
excess baggage, etc., he requires no
dictionary. Again when it comes
in the guise of a ruling that no
longer will two years faithful ser
vice with the railroad net him the
right to free transportation over
railroads in the states, along wifrh
the annual pass he has been wont
to use when traveling over Uncle
Sam’s road, he is willing to debate
with Professor Bunnell the root of
the word “perquisite” into its latir
ancestry. But the end of the trag
edy is not yet. If he gets the hives
or any one of the multiple ills that
spoils the urbanity of the average
chef, he can sweat it out on his
own time. The annual 30 day sick
leave, whether the illness is real,
imaginary or deserved, no longer
attaches to the service. Like the
old doughboy slogan, “you are in
the army now”, the song is: “You
are not working for Uncle Samuel
now,” but for a private concern.
Thus the man who was looking
forward to a trip to the states and
the joy riding on a pass on one of
the great palatial trains to the At
lantic seaboard will have to play
some stiff poker with his cocinero
de toro to win the ticket.
The change from government to
i private service will hit the average
chef, bull cook and flunky all the
! way from $150 to $250 annually,
| which, say the arbiters of the jim
car dining rooms, is too much to
‘pay and the nomadic germ which
'causes a good cook to demand an
immediate shift to another berth
is threatened with extinction.
TOO LUTE TO CLASSIFY
WANTED—Position as cook by ex
pert Japanese chef; in or out of
t town. Inquire Gateway.
MORE DN HIGHWAY i
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every principle of bridge construct- j
ion.
Arriving at Telegraph Creek, on
the Stikine river, the head of nav
igation from the ocean, a thriv
ing outpost consisting of hunters,
traders and trappers, adjacent to ,
one of the world’s greatest game j
regions and some 1,200 miles i
from Seattle.
Then to Atlin, on beautiful Lake
Atlin, one of the principal sources
of the mighty Yukon, already a
notable resort reached by river
steamer from Whitehorse, and
1,350 miles from Seattle by auto
road.
Thence crossing the Yukon
drainage at Tagish or perhaps at
Whitehorse, terminus of the fam
ous White Pass and Yukon Rail
way, an inspiring townsite per
haps registering 1,450 miles on
our imaginary speedomter. Again
we traverse a road at present
constructed, following across the
gravel hills of ancient glacial mor
aines to Lake Kluane, beautiful
in its mountain setting, 1,600 miles j
from Seattle.
Now through a country trail- 1
[ess and unexplored, except by i
the wandering trapper and pros- I
pector, crossing the milk white 1
5treams of glacial origin and the I
nighty turbulent White river, a j
principal Yukon tributary, to the ,
lead of the Tanana and the
Maska-Canadian Boundary line,
L,750 miles from Seattle then, fol
owing the Tanana thru the heart1
)f Alaska to connect once
igain with an auto traveled way,
the Richardson Highway, approx
mately 1,900 miles from Seattle.
\long this road, traversed by the j
irgonauts of the 20th century, to ;
he metropolis of Interior Alas- |
ca, Fairbanks, in its green settling
>f cultivated fields, with its gold
jearing streams and its tremen
lous dredges, the terminus of
the Alaska Railroad, and 2,000
niles from Seattle.
The lure of this trip over the
international Highway, thru this
vildly beautiful, primitive country,
cannot be equalled any place in
he civilized world Two thousand
niles of scenic beauty, the tre
nendous peaks of the coast and
\laskan ranges with their glaciat
ed sides revealed in a constant
succession to the traveler. A sky
ine of more impressive magnifi
eance, clear cut against the deep
est northern blue, could never be
eonceived: And the majestic calm
)f Mount McKinley, the highest
peak on the North American con
tinent.
Thousands of streams and lakes
;hat have never known the touch
Df an artificial lure, game in its
primeval abundance, the caribou
migration with its mighty horde
:>f half a million, and the beaut- !
iful long summer days to enjoy
it all in. Let it once be known, j
let it once be appreciated, what
i moving appeal this would all
have to that mobile population
we have “Outside” and Alaska’s
problem is solved forever.
As Florida and California consti
tute the winter playground of
America, Alaska may well become :
with these 24-hour long summer :
days, its marvelous scenery and!
untouched game resources, the
summer playground.
That wheeled population that
exists “outside” will roll north
ward in an uninterruped stream of
cars, a natural exodus of pleasure
seeking tourists that will surpass
anything that Alaska has ever | <
known. That within five years j'
after the road is built there will;
be a summer population in Alaska |
of at least 100,000 people would be j
a very conservative estimate.
It is not difficult to forecast the ■
effect of such an exodus upon all |
northern industry. It will im- !
mediately furnish a market for all j
the agricultural products the Ter- |
ritory can raise, thus giving an in- j
centive to farming it has hither- j
to lacked. The demand for all
other of our natural products will;
be increased ten-fold. It will cause j
almost innumerable contacts with ;
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KING VIDOR, WHO DIRECTED “THE BIG PARADE,”
“THE CROWD,” HAS MADE ANOTHER WINNER IN
The Patsy’
A very interesting story of a middle class family who have
two, daughters, one the pet of everybody, and the other
the pet of nobody. A fine
COMEDY DRAMA
of a plain girl who always has to step aside for her pretty
sister. An absorbing
CINDERELLA TALE
based on the famous Broadway stage success. An Account
of the efforts to learn how to attract men so that she can
get a beau.
If you girls want to find out how to attract the
man you want, then come and see this play.
If you men want to see how you are
“worked” by the girls, then cqpie to
see this play
MARION DAVIES
is the star and is supported by a good cast.
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