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THE HARBOR APPROPRIATION
The recent pre*« announcement to the effect that the harbor and
waterway improvement and maintenance budget for 1521, which will be laid
before the next session of Congress, carries an item of 110,000 far the Nome
harbor, hits been received locally with considerable disapprobation. even in
usually well informed circles.
Many sedrrr to have conceived the idea lhut this sum represents all
the money that will be available for continuance of ope rati an* next year. As
ihe amount is manifestly too small to meet more than a minor portion of the
costs of installing the western jetty, those who ure nrt informed as to the true
facts regardsng the appropriation mentioned are showing a disposition to con
demn the administration for its supposed niggardliness. Others are appre
hensive that the appropriation of sudh a small antnunt means a possible delay
in the completion of the much needed improvement.
Both views are erroneous and unwarranted. The hurt of the matter
is that the ten thousand appropriation is not Intended for use in the actual
construction :»f the harbor, although it will probably ibe devoted to such pur
pose by the engineering board, in conjunction with other moneys available for
the purpose. The appropriation is really intended for use in the upkeep of
the h.trhor following its oomplettan.
Under an understanding had between the cSty and. engineering board
prior to fhe harbor construction being authorized, the costa of keeping the
harbor in repair and dredging the channel were to he borne jointly by the
city and federal government, the latter appropriating $10,000 annually for tne
purpose and the city SL’,500. Later on the city was given to understand t&at
it need not appropriate the money.unless it was actually needed and then not
until one year after the harbor is completed. As a matter of fact Lt was not
really intended that the city should actually bear a portion :>f the upkeep
costs, the federal appropriation being considered ample for the purpose.
The pro pom I was intended more to provide an evidence of g»d faith in the
Project on the part of the citizens of Nome than as an actual agreement to
place upon the city a portion of the costs of keeping the harbor in shape.
The federal appropriation mentioned in the press dispatches is, there
fore, the annual maintenance appropriajtion ■ A similar aurtount was appro
priated by riongress last year and another will be forthcoming next year un
less jur republican friends decode to alter tiring to meet their own notions
of what is needful for Nome. As understood at present, the money for con
tinuing the harbor construction wortc will be looked after by the War Depart
ment engineering board.
AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT
The announcement of Messrs l>mine and Trotaky to abolish all money
in Soviet Russia is probably no more Quixotic than many of their plans for the
establishment of the proletarian Utopia, but it in by far the most startling,
considered from the present world standpoint, that has so far Emanated from
that land of topsy turvy ideas and turgid.conditions.
"Haney”, saith the proverb, "is the root of all evil.” Host at us are
not greafly inclined to look upon it in that light, although we may be ready
to concede to some extent the truth of the axiomatic argument. Lenine and
Trot Ay, however, appear to accept it literally and in accordance with their
numerous other srbem»« for the regeneration of mankind, they are preparing
f » Institute a regime in which the humble kopek, eke the more exalted ruble,
will have no place or part.
Being a altruists, to their minds It is doubtless as simple as can be—
money being the cause of most evils and the basis of human distress, abolish
the money and most of the evil, and also the incentive to evil, will be removed.
With the evil all gone the world will indeed be a fine old place to live in! *
Theoretically it is a great idea to regenerate and uplift all humanity by
removing the cause of most of its troubles. Rack in the ancient days a
wi«e old gentleman named Lycurgus tried a similar scheme and made it work
first rate. But then things were different and the nation in which the famous
<•1(1 law giver of Sparta removed the desire for mioney by making his coins
of iron and so big that no one wanted to puck one around, was made ,up of a
mere handful of people as compared to the mighty Moscovite empire. How
a nation of multiplied millions, covering close >to nine million square miles of
territory and to a great extent dependent on trade intercourse with othe- na
tions can get along without money is a question which will have to find its an
Kvver in practical appUcatlrn, for there 1* no precedent.
However, it is a project that will prove decidedly interesting, regard
lees of whether it is founded upon practical things or not. If it does happen
to work it will make a new era in human relations and will touch all climes
and luces. To our present understanding, a moneyless world is impossib’e.
lt is unreasonable in the modern view to believe that we can g?t Along without
monetary values in the form of coins, notes oraarne other medduin of exchange.
But, Inuybe it can be done and if so the world will be the better for it. We
INTERESTING ITEMS
The Echo Phenomenon is a never failing; source of amusement and
winder to visitors to the leaning tower of Pisa in Italy. If a person sings
one or two notes no echo is heard, but if three notes are sung they are re
peated over and over again by the walls, changing in intensity and tone until
•hey resemble the music of an organ. Another famous echo is in a#cavem
•in Finland. Its reverberations so resemble horrible r_»ars and moans as to
strike the uninitiated listener with intense fear. *An fach near Shipley
church. Sussex. England, will clearly repeat twenty-one syllables.
ACRE. Originally meaning a field of any aiae; the limits of an acre
of land were first established by statute during the reign of Edwr.nl T of Eng
land. ;is the amount a yoke of oxen could plough in one day. In K78 it was
fixed as 1840 square yards.
BURGLARY INSURANCE. As a safeguard against theft, machin
ery submerges the bullion department of the Rank of England In several feet
-*f waiter each night. Th!s water is supplied by wells owned by the hank,
each having a capacity of 7,000 gallons an hour. During the day, if a dis
honest person should attempt to steal money from a single pile of co'.ns, the
w liole pile would Instantly sink front view in a deep pool of water.
*V THE OLDEST INHABITED SETTLEMENT in the United Spates
Acuna, New Mexico, Is mentioned in the chronicles of early explorers as fa
bock as lfiSt, and It still has a population of abrmt 900.
Voice of the Alaska Press
Alaska h;is three .‘ide’:: Inside, Out
side and Morningside. The laAter
place is the only winter resort pro
vided for we poor Alaskans that has
a guarantes-d increase of population.
HOLDING UP APPOINTMENTS
Federal office holders in Alaska wiho
have failed of confirmation including
Judge Bunnell and Unite 1 States At
torney Both of the *Y>urth Division
.no threatened with short le-'s* of of
ficial Kfe ir cose of the success of the
Republican ticket this fall, believes
the Seattle Alaska Dispatch.
It has become known since the two
national conventions closed that there
is a concerted plan to prevent any
more confinrneiitions of Mr. Wilson's
appointments by the senate, says the
Seattle paper. The Republicans, of
courw. do .not wish to let the president
name his ftivordtes to long terms In
fat public offices overlapping the most
of the tenure of Senator Harding,
should he be elected. There is noth
ing nmutual about this feeling on the
part of the Republicans.
Eight years ago when President
Wilson was elected the Democrats
permitted no Taft nominations to be
confirmed during the short session of
Congress, thus holding over for the
Desnocrots a large number of good
places, including a federal judgeship at
The situation at this time is differ
ent, however, because there appears
to be a general agreement among some
Democrat* in the senate that all Wil.
son appointments should be held up
in order to aJlow Cox, if elected, to
reward the faithful.
Three nominations to the interstate
commerce commission are among those
•which will be stopped and President
Wilson is expected soon to fill two
vacancies an the shipping board, one
of which will go to a northwest man.
The latter will also be held up.
A postmaster is soon to be named
for Portland, Ore., at a salary of
$6,000 a yaar to fill the vacancy caused
by the nummary remoral of Frink S
Myers stone months ago. but the ap
pointment is not likely to be w.irth the
paper on which It is written by the
present occupant of the White House.
The Republicans are convinced ,hat
it would be a mistake to let Mr. Wil
son give iiimfportant seats in the execu
tive administration of the nation to
men who are sure to be at odds with
the policies of Mr. Harding and
Strangely those who surround Cox
seem to feel the same way about it in
regard to their candidate.
SENATOR JONES— '
ALASKA'S FRIEND
(By A«Hmun Brown, Washington,
D. C., Bgrcau of Seattle Post-Intel
Ugencer.)
Ever since Wtesle.v 1*. Jones has
been a member of th^ senate there
has been an intimate connection be
tween his office and that of the dele
gate from Alaska, it has not made
any difference whether the delegate
was a republican or a democrat, he
just naturally headed into Senator
Jones’ offices whenever there was an
Afiaaka iron in the senatorial fire to be
pulled out.
Periodically Alaska and Seattle bus
iness men come to Washington on er
rands that have to do with the up
building of the territory. Always they
lend in Senator Jones’ office.
When the application for the Al
aska railroad was introduced in the
senate, the secretary of the interior,
disregarding the senators of his own
political faith, gets it in the hands of
Senator Jones, and all is well. The
coast and geodetic survey, the geologi
cal survey, the biological survey, all
the bureaus tiiat have to do with Al
aska, turn instinctively to Senator
Jones when they need help on a legis
lative matter that is of real import
ance to the territory.
One of the many sides of this many
sided and remarkable active senator
is that which show’s him as a senator
from Alaska. The territory would be
a state a very long time before It
would have so useful a representative
of its own in the upper house of Con
Alwatf® Senator ..Tone* i* the help
ful guide and working companion of
the delegate from Alaska when Alaska
legislate on is afoot. Many a bill, fath
ered by the delegate, has been lost In
the hous« only to be revived in the
senate and made into law through the
Instrumentality of Senator Jones, who
thereupon sees to it that the delegate,
rather than himself, gets full credit.
Hoes the delegate get a bill through
the house, he need worry no further.
He he* simply to tell Senator Jones
about it to be assured that It also will
go through, the senate.
Realising the intimate connection
between Alaska and the state of Wash.
Ington, Senator Jones admittedly has
made h'itself a senator from Alaakn
as well r* from hie own stats. This
self-imposed taAk of representation ex
tends not merely to the matter of
larger moment, but to the affairs of In
dividual residents of Alnska as well.
Hundreds of them, for example, were
served by him ungrudgingly In purely
personal matters during the great war.
the errands ranging from helping to
get a commission in the army stir- j
ring the war department into action
ir behalf of a missing son "sojnewhere
Seattle men who for years have
been interested in the broader aspect
of the development of Alaska, and in
dividual Alaska ns can testify, if they
will, to the patient, kindly, helpful aid
they ever have been able to command
from Senator Jones. Without him at
Washington they would have been far j
worse off. They know it. The state
which has so large an interest in Al
aska ought to know it.
The Ming* recently received a long
communication from Dr. T. W.
Hornaday, of New York, asking space
to erpktin to Alaskans his tand on
the RQIne laws, and why he Is opposed
to the indiscriminate killing of brown
bears and eagles. While the article
in question is an interesting one from
an eastern standpoint, it is hardly
worth publication from an Akudcan's
.standpoint, ns the learned champion
of fur and feathers knows naft where
of (he speBiks. Alaskans could speak
as intelligently of game conditions in
New York, and could display as little
acquaintance with their subjects. Dike
Postmaster General Murleson’s ex
planation of the present inadequate
mail service, wo believe the case in
pari nit has no defense. If the learned
doctor wishes to test out the alleged
gentle disposition of the Alaskan
brown bear. New York is a poor field
for his endeavors. If he desires to
come to Alaska, and pursue his in
vestigations we will welcome him and
see that appropriate ceremonies mark
his timely end.—Valdes Miner.
Twelve inenne persons went out on
the last boot. This is not a fecord
by any means, but it is twelve too
many. All of these unfortunates were
brought to the territory by canneries
to the westward, and the greater num
ber of them were undoubtedly insane
at the time of leaving San Francisco.
It has become the custom of Rtciflc
coast states to (lump their insafie upon
Alaska by way of these «innery crews,
to save the expense of the aforesaid
states hiking care of them . In this man
ner this burden Is shunted on to Alas
ka and the United States government,
unjustly and without any excuse for
such action. The next session of the
territorial legislature should pass ’such
drastic laws in regard to Insane per
sons being imported into the territory
that cannery companies would be
careful iu acting as go-between and
dumping these Incompetents on the
territory. One way would be to as
sess the companies with the expense
of hiking their Insane to the states,
and another would be to require a
physician's certificate for each can
nery employee before he was allowed
to sail for the North. It is high time
to call a halt. Alaska should not be
made the dumping ground for Cali
fornia's criminals and of its insane.—
Valdes Miner. •
GIVE8 WIPE
GLYCERINE MIXTURE
A retired merchant whose wife suf^
fered for years from catarrh of the
stomach Anally gave her simple gly
cerine. buckthorn bark, etc., as mixed
In Adler-l-ka. One bottle produced
great results. Because Adler-i-ka acts
on BOTH upper and lower bowel It
removes all foul matter which poisoned
stomach. Relieves ANY CASE sour
stomach or gas on stomach. Often
mres constipation. Prevents appen
licltis. Jjomen Brothers druggists.
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