“It is regrettable that the Republi
can party did not make a more spe
cific declaration (in favor of home
rule for Alaska). In the hands of
Gov. Bone, everything possible has
been done for Territorial Advance
ment that could be done under the
conditions surrounding Alaska. He
has been sadly handicapped in his
work by lack of a definite policy
in the national administration.”
In this way, the Democratic or
gan of Juneau praises Bone and
makes him purr and at the same
time damns the Republican adminis
tration at Washington. The praise
that Bone gets will make him over
look the slam at Harding and Cool
idge.
* * * *
There is a remarkable person in
Sitka. In reading over the account
of the Fourth of July sports as re
ported in the Sitka Tribune? we find
that this remarkable person was
very active. We think it unfair,
however, to let one person compete
in everything from the race for six
year-olds to the free-for-all. For
example, for while Frank Tilson won
the 25-yard race for boys under six,
Indian won second place. Also
Henry Schrey won the 25-yard race
for girls under six and again
Indian won second place. Then
Malachoff won first in the 50-yard
race for boys under 10 and again
Indian won second. Indian did
not run in the girls’ race. But he or
she, wherever it is, got second place
in the race for boys under 16. And
then Indian got second place in the
100-yard dash, free-for-all. In the
potatoe race for boys, Indian ran
against herself or himself or itself
and won both first and second places.
Credit to whom credit is due, Mr. Sit
ka Editor. The Sitka Indian is the
foundation of your success and of
your advertisers. Fair treatment
and an equal chance is all that they
have asked, and surely in a demo
cracy like ours, you cannot refuse.
X sis * *
Harry I Staser was one of the
representatives from the third divi
sion; he served his sixty days and
collected his nine hundred dollars
plus mileage, and then wrote his
resignation and at once entered upon
the duties of deputy marshal at An
chorage. The new job, or shall we
say “reward,” which this prettiest
member of the last Legislature gets
is said to be worth about ten thous
and dollars a year and comes about
in this way: the United States pays
the deputy marshal there one dollar
and a half a day for boarding each
prisoner. We are told that the av
erage number of prisoners at An
chorage is thirty-five, from which
the average profit is said to be
twenty-five dollars per day. Some
people are unkind enough to Harry
to say that he sold out during th^
last legislature for this fat job, but
we still insist that “handsome is as
handsome does” and remind Harry
we were not of these. In fact we
almost fell victim to his coquettish
smile, and now since he is gone and
the spell broken, we have wondered
if his fond parents had not wished
many times that he were a girl.
Pretty !!
* * * *
“Shipment of impure and adulter
ated canned salmon from Hood Bay,
Alaska to Seattle is charged in an
information filed in federal court
against the Hidden Inlet Canning
Company by Assistant United States
Attorney Mathew W. Hill. Two ship
ments are alleged, one in September
and one in October, 1923. If con
victed, the defendants are liable to
fines of from $500 to $2,000 on each
count.”—Seattle P. I.
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TROLLERS
One day the latter part of June,
the Sawyer-McKay trap brought in
over $700 worth of king salmon, so
we are told. Up to the present
time, the trollers have said to the
seiners, “This trap business is your
fight. Why don’t you be indepen
dent and troll.” Some day the trol
lers will wake up and realize that
these traps catch thousands of dol
lars worth of king salmon that they
sell, and also that they destroy hun
dreds of thousands of small king
salmon that are too small to sell
or handle.
These big traps catch everything
that swims. They waste and des
troy thousands of pounds of haliblt,
king salmon, and other fish. A cer
tain trap on the west coast last year
allowed the fish to pile into the
trap until they died and became too
decayed to can.
It is time for the people of this
section to wake up to the institu
tions that are depleting our waters,
beggering our workingmen and bank
rupting our business men—ail ex
cept a certain few. Instead of de
nouncing these men, your fishermen
might try subscribing for THE AL
ASKA FISHERMAN. We can edu
cate the people who know nothing
about the trap evil and when they
learn the facts ,they will join us
and insist that ALL TRAPS BE
ABOLISHED. If that were done,
the per capita wealth of every one
in Ketchikan would be multiplied
ten times.
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