“We have intentionally mark
ed owners and estray owners in
the herd, short at this marking
in order to select choice skins
for butchering.”
As the choice skins, spotted
ones of which there were many
in this herd, were worth for
parkas, about $8.00 to $10.00
this was a very politic move for
the corporation.
In 1929 there were counted at
Teller:
Lomen Corporation
deer.2281
Native deer (called
Co-owner) .... . ..1196
Estray owned.• • 1667
Total 5144
In 1928-29 there had been
butchered in the five Lomen
herds a total of about 14,509
animals or average of 2,900 deer
from each herd. The natives are
not reported to have butchered
any and fawns and unmarked
deer were taken for the herd
bills. The natives were credited
with $5.00 per head for the
picked fawns mentioned above.
(To Be Continued)
Cole, Progressive States Policies
With characteristic fiankness,
Cash Cole, Territorial Auditor
siated his position on matters
relating to his office and his
reasons for asking the electorate
tc return him to office.
Mr. Cole did not enter the
primary race at the behest of
“many people from all over
the Territory” nor did he enter
the race at the behest of any
“convention” or request of any
“leaders” of any party. He has
served four years as Auditor and
he believes his record worthy of
leward by his return to office.
He is a Republican—one of that
brand of Republicans that vari
ous publications have denied in
the past as being republican and
which Mr. Cole, along with Dan
Sutherland, and others of that
same type of Alaska citizens
have in the past called “pro
gressive Republican.” In plain
terms that type of Republican
ism in Alaska is antagonistic to
domination of Territorial af
fairs by bureaus and federal
appointees.
The followng is Mr. Cole's
statement:
“In filing again, I shall go be
fore the people of Alaska on the
record I have made in properly
organizing the office of Auditor,
and in attempting to conduct its
business and carry out the duties
imposed on the Auditor to the
end that the best possible ser
vice would ]b§ rendered to the
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public. It was and is my convic
tion that the office was created
co be of benefit to the people
rather than a few officials.
“Under the old system of
Territorial administration, con
ditions had been wholly unsat
isfactory and it was the aim of
those men who drafted the Act
creating the Auditor’s office to
do just what is expressed in the
title, that is, “To reorganize the
executive department of Alas
ka.” Responsibility was fixed
and the office created which it
was intended should be respon
sive to the will of the people.
Says Difficulties Met
“It early became apparent to
me, after taking office, that 1
could not serve the people and
retain any standing with offi
cials who previously had been
in charge of Territorial affairs.
Naturally, there was only one
choice to make in order to carry
out my oath of office. That was
to serve the public at all costs.
“This was not to the liking of
those running things in the past,
and they set out to place severe
restrictions upon the Auditor
which would make it impossible
for the office to function as its
creators had intended. When
the Legislature met in 1931,
some of the Republican mem
bers who seem to hold their
political status by fawning be
fore Federally appointed officers
lather than serving their con
stituents, organized so as to
amend the Auditor’s Act that it
would be robbed of its greatest
value to the people.
“Through this agency, the
Auditor was removed from mem
bership on all Territorial boards
with the sole exception of the
Banking Board, and the effort
to eject him from that body
failed by a single vote. I shall
have something to say about the
Banking Board later in the
campaign.
Super Board Created
“Then a super-board w a s
created, called the Board of Ex
aminers. Through it practically
the entire old system of admin
istration was reinstated and old
practices were instituted over
the protests of the Auditor.
“And with what result?
“The Territorial government
has been operated in a manner
so extravagant, under the guid
ance and with the protection of
the Board of Examiners that the
Territory today is without ade
quate funds either in the trea
sury, or in expected tax collec
tions to continue administration
cf its affairs without some of the
necessary functions having to
be curtailed owing to a lack of
funds.
“The 1931 Legislature gave to
the Governor’s office to be ex
pended under direct supervision