CITIZENS OF ALASKA
PROTEST NOW!
vot! don’t want the Department of Interior to set up vast In
in reservations in Southeastern Alaska, including the cities of
neaii and Ketchican and nearly all adjoining fishing grounds,
iberlands, mining property, water power sites, hunting and
pping areas and garden sites—
rou don’t want the future of Alaska dealt a death blow
pou believe congress meant for A Lb Alaskans to have a part in
developement when it enacted laws for homesteading, and
g preserving submerged lands for the future state
fou don’t want the future state robbed of its chief sources of tax
enue—
rou want jobs for Alaskans in mineg, fisheries, lumber mills and
coming paper industry preserved—
fou believe Alaska should GO AHEAD toward more progress
•jng this era of liberation, instead of reverting to a third rate
my—
wi believe the Indians should use the legal process set up by
rial act of congress through the U. S. court of claims to deter
ie any ancestral right— j
ou oppose further land raids bv the Department of Interior
ch soon may want to give Alaska’s oil and coal lands to the
ives—
Then use your right to protest!
treaty of cession, under which Alaska was purchased from
sia, provides title to Alaska be transferred to the U.S.A.—
Free and unencumbered by any reservations, privileges, fran
lises, grants or possession ”
—(Article VI, Treaty of March 30, 1867)
etary Ickes apparently fears a court test of the aboriginal
ns He failed in the courts to hold back developement and use
ie Richard on highway, failed in the courts to eject Walter
pel successful Matanuska colony farmer who wanted to buy
(arm at once; he failed in the courts to collect fishing license
from soldiers d imiciled in Alaska for a year. He knows he
’t ovenule congress’will through the court of claims so is at
pting to do it through departmental order.
Frite a letter or send a telegram TODAY opposing the first
posed turnover of Prince of Wales island. Address Judge Rich
H. Hanna, care of E. E Lesher, 716 Arctic Building, Seattle,
aust reach there by November 25.
tyou want to read the full story of the Indian Claims to date,
the recent Special Edition of The Chronicle.
iiatn L. Baker, Publisher 24 Hours of World History
w Service
inew house-moving service
ing fires will be provided in
future by the Kodiak Volun
fFire department. Roy Sol
former member of the fire
artment at Matanuska, will
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ae assigned to the new city truck
faring fires, and if necessary to
nove furniture or any other be
ongings during a fire the truck,
ivith tarps in case of rain, will
je available for it.
Buy Christmas Seals!
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Those woven wool ties
A felt hat you’ll enjoy wearing
Your favorite colors in sox
Those Walkover shoes
See
The Men’s Store
Clhc Home of Smart Haberdashery
Kodiak Diary
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the others are pleased—I am
anyway.”
Congressman Warren G. Mag
nuson, chairman of the Inter
national Highway Commission,
recently predicted that "within
our lifetime and possibly in 10
years after the war” an Ameri
can family will be able to get in
a car and drive to Shanghai by
way of Prince George, White
horse, Fairbanks, Nome and a
26-mile tunnel across the Bering
straits.
Which plan puts more favor
able light on the one of Frederick
J Jenkins, former local electri
cian now in Fairbanks, who has
been advocating a dike across
the Bering sea to improve the
c'imate at Kodiak and Aleutian
points
An office caller presented a
project to us this week that we
are passing on to you for your
reaction. We would like sincere
comments on it This is the
story:
The caller, listening to the
radio, heard it told of a shortage
of cigarettes among our armed
forces on certain fronts. With
cigarette consumption immea
surably increased in the States
and among servicemen the
shortage has been growing more
acute, and gives evidence of be
coming more of a problem.
Our caller suggests this: why
not get the women of Kodiak
who smoke to forswear smoking
for the duration so more cigar
ettes will te available for ser
vicemen? No figures are avail
able, of course, but if women in
Kodiak did quit smoking an ap
preciable number of cigarettes
would be saved, and if such a
plan were successful in this com
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Cards for every member of the family
also
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whether he offers it away from home or from his icebox at home.
Around the world, Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refresbes,
the global high-sign of the kind-hearted.
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