WEEKS NEWS OF DOINGS
OF ALASKA LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATURE HONORS
MEMORY OF BURROUGHS
Juneau, Als. Mch. 14—A joint me
morial- session of the Alaska Lejfisla
ture held Saturday afternoon in honor
of the late E. W. Burroughs was well
attended by the townspeople of Ju
neau. N. H. Castle, formerly of
Nome, delivered the oration and paid
a splendid tribute to the deceased,
whom he declared to be "a real Amor
tear and Alaskan and a man of the
highest type, whose death was a loss
not only to Nome and his personal
friends but to all Alaska.”
Senator Sundback. president of the
Senate opened the meeting with a
brief eulogy of the dead legislator
saying Burroughs was a “man of many
friends and one whose worth was ac
knowledged by all who knew him “
TERRITORIAL SENATE PASSES
SPECIAL ELECTION BILL
Juneau. Alaska, Mch. 15—-After .1
hard tight, the Cochran Special Elec
tion Bill, providing for calling on ten
days notice special elections to All va
cancies jn the Alaska Legislature. was
passed by the territorial Senate today
with a tew minor amendments. The
Senate accepted the bill only after ex
ponents of the measure in the lower
house had appeared before the cham
ber sitting ns ri committee of the whole
and succeeded in overcoming the op
Governor Higgs has signified his in
tention to sign the bill when it is laid
LEGISLATIVE MEMORIAL
ENDORSES McFADDEN BILL
Juneau. Meh. 16—Rep. Holt of i
Nome, during- Monday's session of the 1
Alaska legislature, introduced a joint
memorial in the House regarding the
McFadden gold bonus hill and endors
ing the present gold mining depres
sion. The memorial is assured of pass
age here and the bonus proposal has
also been favorably reported in Con
gress. The American Mining Con
gress. a c dm mission representing the
industry at Washington and all Cham
ber's of Commerce are working to gel
the McFadden bill enaeteo. is
necessary to secure financial aid and
Nome is asked to cooperate. Wire
money to George Jackson or the Ju
neau Chamber.
Signed. '"HOLT”
SPECIAL ELECTION FOR
REPRESENTATIVE CALLED
Juneau. Meh. 17—The Cochran
Special Election Bill is now a law. hav
ing passed the Territorial Senate yes
terday after n bitter fight and receiv
ing the final ratification of Governor
Riggs. The governor signed the bill
yesterday afternoon and issued a call
for a special election in the Second
Division on March 29 under its provi
sions. The full text of the bill has
been wired to Clerk McGann of the
Second Division District Court with
the call for election.
REP COCHRAN PULLS ELECTION
LAW THRU SENATE
Juneau. Als. Meh. 17—During an
exceedingly bitted fight in the Senate
led by Senator Hess. (Dem) of Fair
banks against the Special Election
Bill. Rep. O. D. Cochran of Nome
was accorded the privilege- of the Sen
ate floor at ‘.he request of Senator
Sundlvick. presiding officer of the up
per house, and. with the assistance of
Senator Collins of the Fourth Division,
during the course of two days debat?
finally won over all but Senator Hess.
The bill passed and was signed by the
governor the same day.
A bill for the repeal of the present
road law is being prepared by Rep.
Cochran and Ross of th* Fourth Divi
sion and will undoubtedly pass the
House when presented. The bill,
iowever. will not te placed before the
legislature until the new governor is
appointed. CJovemor Riggs, it is be
lieved. would veto the measure if laid
Rep. Holt of the
Second today in
Lroduced a memorial to Congress ask
ing the establishment of federal wire
less stations at Teller. Kotzebue H ma
Creek and Bethel.
Kep. Cetchell of the First also pre
sented a memorial urging the govern
ment to give homesteads to ex sol
diers. Both were referred to the
House Judiciary Committee.
Hep. Cochran and Brown of the
Second and Cetchell of the First ar«»
engaged in preparing an eight hour
bill which will be introduced in the
House later.
Itep. Cochran has been advised by
Superintendent Ix>pp of the Alaska Bu.
reau of Education that the Coast
Ouprd Cutter Bear will go to Bering
Sea as usual next summer.
ASKS CHANGE PENSION
LAW FOR PIONEERS
A resolution, calling upon the ter
ritorial legislature to amend the law
whereby a pioneer in order to receive
a small pension of $12 a month must
turn over his or her estate to the ter
ritory. was unanimously passed at a
recent meeting of the Ketchikan Igloo
of the t*ioneers of Alaska.
The Igloo feels that this part of
the law works an injustice upon the
recipients of the allowances, and that
the granting of them ‘‘in this grudg
ing manner reflects no credit on the
great territory of Alaska, and it is an
unjust reflection and hardship on de.
serving citizens.”
Under the terms of the law as now
in effect, a pioneer who has been a
resident of Alaska for ten years or
more may get the pension if he is de
serving. but he must first put th«
ownership of such property, whether
cabin, land or mining claim, as he
may have, in the hands of the terri
The resolution in full ns passed, is
To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the Territory of Alas
Your memorialists, Ketchikan Igloo
No. 18 Pioneers of Alaska, do most
respectfully and earnestly represent:
t. That Chapter 17 Session Taws
1919. being an amendment to certain
sections of Chapter 64. Session Laws
1915, the act providing for allowance
to certain aged residents of Alaska,
provides, among other things, that ap
plicants for such allowances shall
agree that all property of which he or
■she is possessed or seized, shall, af
ter his or her death, vest in and be.
come the property of the territory of
Alaska, to the exclusion of all heirs
except his or her spouse living in the
Territory of Alaska: and also that
upon the death of any person enjoy
ing the benefits of the provisions of
this act .his or her estate shall vest
in the territory of Alaska, unless such
person shall have a husband or wife
>2. We can conceive of abuse be
ing made of this law. as there always
is of any pension system, and of un
worthy and unneedy persons obtain
ing such allowances: but it seems to
us that the territory should protect
itself against such impositions by pro
per investigation of the respective
j rases when the applications are made
; rather than strain the quaJity of its
assistance to citizens Who have become
dependent through old age and mis.
fortune. This drastic provision could
n<e ope-ate otherwise th-in to w<yk
great injustice and hardship, as It
does, by creating an incumbran-e up
| on any little property the persons re
Iceiving the allowances may have, and
I thus preventing them from free use
and enjoyment of such property, how
| ever unproductive it may be. These
small allowances cannot in any case
be more than a help in obtaining *_he
| necessities of life by persons whose
earning capacity has gone or become
limited, and when sickness or last i!I
| ness comes the expenses thereof, with
this law in effect, must be borne by
If i* had l»een the intention of the
legislature to advance these allowances
as loans, and take mortgages on the
property of beneficiaries as security,
the law should have so stated. Grant
ing the allowances in this groudging
i manner reflects no credit on the great
territory of Alaska, and It is an un
just reflection and hardship on deserv
ing citizens.
Wherefore. It is Resolved, by Ket
chikan Igloo N'o. 16. Pioneers of Al
aska. that we hereby respectively peti
tion the legislature of the territory of
Alaska that it at once amend the law
by eliminating the evils mentioned In
paragraph one of this memorial, and
Further Resolved, that a copy here
of be sent to the Honorable Forest
J. Hunt for presentation to the terri
torial senate, and a copy to the Honor,
able Herman T. Tripp for presenta
tion to the territorial house of repro
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■OLSHEVIKI LOSE TOWNS
TO INCRANIANS
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Berne. Switzerland. Mch. 18—The
capture from the Bolsheviki of the im
portant towns of Hohilev and Jampol
on the Dneiper River by the Ukrani&n
Nationalist forces was Announced by
the Ukranian Mission here today.
According to the reports, the Ilk run
ions shot all the Balahcvikj Ccftnxnls
aaries and other officials at both
SENATORIAL CANDIDATE
IS DECAPITATED
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Denver, Mch. 18—W. F. Callicot
tee, candidate for United States Sen
ator from Colorado, was decapitated
today when a runaway crashed down
a h:!I in the business section of Den
SPANISH RADICALS
SENT HOME
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■ Nmr York. Moh. 18—Sixty five1
I Spanish radicals who were recently
! rounded up by the Department of Jus- ;
Itice in various states, were deported
to Vigo, Spain, this afternoon.
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TACOMA GROCER CHARGED
WITH OVERBORROWING
Tacoma. Wn. Mch. 18—Oust of
Lundeberg. prominent local wholesale
grocer, has been arreston a crim
inal charge of overborrowing from the
defunct Scandinavian-American Hank
of Tacoma, of which he was vice pres.
CASHIER OF CLOSED
BANK SUICIDES
Kelso. Wn. Mch. 18—Fred I« Stew
art, cashier of the State Bank hero,
which was closed yesterday by the
state bank examiner jumped into the
Columbia River last night and was
drowned.
CtMLpREN KILLED
IN AUTO CRASH
(Delayed in Tranamiabon)
Port Townsend. Wn. Mch. 17—
Three wer killed and eight otherc were
injured when an array automobile
i truck used in transporting children |
from Fort Worden to schools in the j
[city plunged over an embankment this
afternoon with fifteen small children
! on their way to the post.
The dead are Samuel Joblowsky, a
| member of the Motor Transport Corps.
Margaret Tripp, daughter of Sergeant
I Tripp and Mary Gillen. daughter of
[Corporal Gillen.
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OF FORMER PRESIDENT
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state legislature today voted funds to
purchase for preservation the little
building in Greenville. Tennessee,
which Andrew Jackson, seventh pres
ident of the United States, formerly
used as a tailor shop.
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