TIDINGS
R. E. Eisner of Cordova is no
good for the laboring man. He took
his orders from Jim Fozard of the
“Guggs” in 1921.
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In the session of 1923, the ques
tion was, shall the mine which
makes a net profit of over $1,000,000
pay a tax of $7,500 on the second
million. House Journal page 345
shows the following vote:
Yes, 12:—Callahan, Daly, Decker,
Grant, Johnston, Keys, Policy,
Price, Raelson, Ross, Wilson, Mr.
Speaker.
No, 4:—Foster, Staser, Jos. J.
Murray, H. R. Shepard.
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Jos. J. Murray, lawyer from Mc
Carthy, is a candidate for re-elec
tion. H. R. Shepard’s son-in-law is
the superintendent of the mine that
makes more than one million in pro
fit each year.
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The American Legion at their Sit
ka Convention say that we should
have a literacy test. How about the
2,000,000 buddies of theirs who were
ready to die for their country but
who could not read or write?
Charley Jones, an illiterate Indian,
whose right to vote was unheld in
the District Court here last Fall was
asked why he considered liimseif a
citi/.en and answered: T was born
under the United States flag. I do
everything my country asks me to
do. I bought Red Cross tickets for
myself, my wife, my three children,
and for my dog too. They told me
my country needed money, so I
bought Liberty bonds every time for
all my family of five, and I wras so
anxious to help that I counted in my
dog. I support my family, send my
children to school and I pay taxes.
I didn’t understand what the war
was about. All I understood was
that my country need me. If I
had been younger, I would have vol
unteered among the first, and per
haps I would have given my life to
my country, and would not now be
disgraced by having my citizenship
called in question.”
Are you, my dear reader, a better
citizen than that?
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The returned soldiers of Alaska
who spent the longest time in the
front line trenches were Indians.
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The returned soldiers of Alaska
who spent the longest time in active
service in France were Indians.
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None of the Indian soldiers from
Alaska have yet asked for a bonus.
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Judge Reed has ruled in the Char
ley Jones case that the legislature
cannot pass laws affecting the citi
zenship of Indians. Lawyer Faulk
ner knows this. This issue of the
‘‘Three in oil” candidates is there
fore a red herring. They appeal to
ycur passions. I apepal to your
brain.. The live issues are Carpet
baggers; fail taxation; lower trans
portation rates; abolishment of fish
traps.
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There were 42 white men living
at Myers Chuck, a fishing camp, 40
miles from Ketchikan. At the last
primaries, the returns show that 42
votes were cast for Dan Sutherland.
Was this “mass voting?” Has any
body accused William L. Paul of
having these votes “in his pocket?”
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The order of the Bureau of Fish
eries giving the entire catch of the
Nushigak and Karluk rivers to two
companies whe were to build a trap
in the very creek, has been with
drawn, says Mr. O’Malley, because
the bnited States Attorney at Wash
ington informed him that the order
was illegal. In other words, if it
were not for the law, Mr. O Malloy
would have given these great riv
ers, and others, to the Alaska Pack
ers Assiciation and one other.
This tendency of the Bureau of Fish
eries to look after foreign interests
it is that compels us to ask Con
gress to clip their wings and also
the wings of Herbert Hoover.
The recently elected officers of the
Juneau Camp are: President, Sew
ard Kunz; Vice-President, Frank
Mercer; Secretary, James Watson;
Financial Secretary, Jacob Yaquan;
Counciimen, James Rudolph, Jimmy
T. James and James Miller.
We are sorry to announce that the
little son of Samuel G. Johnson and
Frances Johnson died on March 17.
For a time it looked as if Frances
was about to go, but she has been
spared to continue her work with
her people. She is a noble woman
and will continue to inspire all who
know her.
We were incorrectly informed and
thus joined the name of Frank Mer
cer with Jake Williams as a disor
ganizer of the Juneau Camp. Frank
is not associated with Jake in any
way, but is working steadily for
the uplift of his people. He is the
Vice-President of the Camp for the
coming year.
We are glad to make this correc
tion.
Newman Paint Store
—Dealers in—
Paints, Oil, Varnish,
Glass
Ketchikan, Alaska
Thwaites Photo Shop
Ketchikan
Kodak Finishing
Copying—Enlarging
Kaffe-Stova Cafe
ED. BROKKE, Prop.
NORWEGIAN SPECIALTIES
Seamen’s Home, Mision St.
Ketchikan
Ceilings’ Cash Store
I. W. COLLINGS, Prop.
58 Mission St.
New & Second Hand
Household Goods
Telephone 188
Ketchikan, Alaska
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