Legality
Legality of Search Without
Warrants
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Tlie Alaska Game Commission
and or the Biological Survey
during the last session of Con
giesr; secured enactment of a
law legalising search of boats,
cabins, scows, tents, camps or
homes-without formality of se
curing a search warrant. In the
past years these officials bull
dozed their way into camps, etc.,
and made search by throwing
fear into minds of Alaskan citi
zens. When the protests against
this illegal procedure began to
gain considerable headway, they
went before Congress Z d secur
ed passage of the law legalizing
their illegal actions.
Just recently Judge W. H. Saw
telle, of the San Francisco Ap
pellate Court wrote a decision
covering just such a case—an
even better case in fact. Prohibi
tion agents with the consent of
owner, searched a farm in the
Spokane, Wn., country, leased to
Henry Kiel and O. P. Fleener.
They secured evidence which
convicted the distillers, and an
appeal was made on which Judge
Sawtelle stated for the court:
“Such ‘information’ does not
justify entry into a private dwel
ling at ten o'clock at night with
out a warrant. An illegal search
cannot life itself by the boot
straps of an illegal arrest. Both
arrest and search were in viola
tion of the appellant’s constiti
tional rights.”
If it is illegal for the prohibi
tion agents to search with the
consent of owner, a residence
occupied by distilling lessees,
how can it be legal for game
wardens to search residence of
Alaska citizens without their
consent. There is a diametric
conflict whioii we cannot justify
in our minds as to the judicial
logic of Judge Sawtelle and the
game officials of Alaska. One or
the other is wrong—and certain
ly it is not the United States
Court of Appeals.
Tariff On Copper
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Congressman L. W. Douglas, or
Arizona, lias been instrumental
in securing a hearing before the
Federal Tariff Commission, on
October 28th, with respect to a
tariff on copper. He has asked
Delegate Wickersham to attend
the hearing in Washington and
to render whatever assistance
may be possible. As the Terri
tory of Alaska is particularly in
tere :ted in securing a reasonable
price for copper metal, in order
to stimulate its production and
give a larger number of miners
employment in the North, the
Delegate is anxious to do every
thing possible to stabilize the
copper industry. When the price
of the metal was up to 16 and .18
cents per pound, the Kennecott
Copper Corporation shipped out
nearly $1,000,000 worth of cop
per per month over its 198 miles
of railroad to Cordova, for steam
er shipment to the To coma smelt
er. But with the price cut in
half, the production has been
curtailed and the monthly ship
ment nets less than $200,000,
with one of the auxilliary mines
at Latouche closed down entire
ly.
The Maid o’ Mexico Mine in
Beecher’s Pass near Petersburg
is milling every day on excep
tionally high grade ore. Another
shipment of gold will be made
about December 1st.
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Hero-worship in America is
worship of A1 Capone, “Legs”
Diamond and their tribe of
racketeers.
MAKING INDIANS SELF
SUPPORTING AIM
OF LAVATTA
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Abolition of the Indian re
servations in the United States
as a “dole and ration” system
is the aim of George P. LaVatta,
overseer of Indian employment
under Charles J. Rhoades. Unit
ed States Commissioner of In
dian affairs. LaVatta spoke re
cently at the Bremerton Kiwanis
club meeting.
Himself a full-blooded Indian,
educated at Carlisle, and who
later worked 12 years on the
Union Pacific system, LaVatta
believes the deterioration of his
race is traceable to the present
system and will be remedied by
changes contemplated by the
Department of the Interior to
make the Indian self-supporting
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Meets 8 P. M. Monday
Ed Marshall D. Marshall
President Secretary
DR. L. P. DAWES
Physician and Surgeon
First National Bank
Building
Phone 2602 Juneau
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STAR TROLLING GURDIES
Phone Black 121 Box 843
ELECTRIC LAUNDRY
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