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THE ELECTION CONTEST ENDED
The unseating <if another spurious Alaska delegate by Congress agyin
-,'cvwils the disgusting state of political debauchery into which the territory
was plunged through th corrupt machinations ol' the iniquitous aggregation
known as the democratic machine ring. Twice within four years, as events
have proved, this noxious combination of political things filched from the peo
ple of Alaska their just rights of representation, and substitut' d in Men of thcnr
rightfully chosen representatives others whom they had repudiated at the
Not since the days of the infamous Boss Tweed ha- American politics
witnessed bolder political buccaneering than was consummated by the machine
gang :n the dolcfntte election steals of 1910 and 191S and seldom has anything
moro disgi-.i'-eful occurred in our political history. Happily the power of the
machine ring is now broken and the territory will soon In relieved of its pres
ence and manifestations, both political and personal, but the lesson com-pyed
by the revqj.-ution of .its foul activities should- not be lost upon the people of
Twice it Iras required the action of Congress to restore the rights of
representation of the people, merely because the citizens of the territory
themselves failed in properly appraising thir political duties and guarding their
political rights. Alaskans are provi rhdaJly lax in such matters, so it is
hardly a matter for wonder that the machine gangsters were able to so easily
substitute their own tools for the people’s, chosen representative's during the
prositer part of two terms. It is easy to pull crooked «lenls when tfiere is
no one watching. However, it behooves the citizens of Alaska to watch out
for such things, Mf they wish to be spared similar offense* against their lights
in tin, future. Only by carefully scrutinizing their political candidates and
maintaining watch over their lights anil privileges can they be sure that the
reign of political outlawry instituted by the democratic ring will not be re
instituted by some other combination of self seeking and unscrupulous politi
cians. The mere fact that republicans have been sulistituted for democrats is
no assurance that such things will not be perpetrated in the future. Politi
cal crooks abound in the republican party no less, than in the democratic
ranks and will he just as ready to subvert the rights of the people to their own
ends. The power of the democratic machine has been broken but only con
•stan.t vigilance will prevent another machine arising in its place. Indica
tions are not wanting that a coterie of republicans are.already conniving to
foitm a similar organization .
The unseating of Grigsby and the vindication of Judge Wickershuni.
even at so kite a date, is an object lesson to the people of Alaska, which they
will do well to remember.
A DEPLORABLE EVIL
The declaration of Hur«iu of Education supeniruenderu \V. T. Lopp
that Alaska factional* disputes and attack* by certain Akufku newspupers on the
pm eminent bureau's seriously hinder the department chiefs in securing appro
priations Joe ukc 'in tlie territory should provide s <nte food for reflection among
Alaskan's who are really desirous of seeing the country make progre ss, for it
speaks ttf .111 evil which unquestionably is a serious obstacle to proper govern
ment assistance and unde rstanding of territorial meeds.
Tiie penchant of Alaskans for fault finding and petty bickering is pro
venbial. • Whether it iis due to some peculiar quality of the climate, tire isola
t'on. or sonic other condition incident to geographical location or physical c :r
cinnstances we know not. Ilut eertee it is that a majority of A la skins are
adepts at finding fault. Our two penny politicians are the most expert but
many others are not far behind them? Let anyone start sormthing and the
chick of the fault finder's instnrvSly sounils. Anything not of one’s own choos
ing is a legitimate subject for generous fault finding and no opportunity is lost ■
to pick it to pieces and punch it full of holes. Ever, movements aimed at the
pubik- good are not exempt and are frequently th- objects of the ir*os: persis
tent knocking. It is hard to beMevo that there are people so onerv that they
will vent the utmost of their critical capacities at tearing to shreds proposals
intended to help themselves, hut—and we regret to say it—it is indeed so in
* laska. It is well known that back in Washington many of the departmental
official* coiwider ti-i the bigg «t kieke s and knockers to be Hound, while some
<>f them holt that Alaska contains the bigger* Lai’s unhung, which is the truth
n some <-ises. As one departmental head express'd it. he "wn>uld consider
\laska w: s popled principally with horse fhefvns” if he were to judge Mv m
rokly by their :u*tions. And he. by the way. was a sincere friend of the ter
ritory. His unflattering view «>f ourselves was due to nothing else than the
constant kicking and •fault finding and lying encountered In handling the ; f
fairs of this part of I'ncle Sam’s domain. At the la st it is a deplorable char
acteristic and one which cannot fail to injure Alaska’s cause, not on.lv in the
matter of securing appropriations, as Mr. I^opji indicates, but also by making
Alaskans ridticuloiss in the eyes of all who appreciate things at their true v due.
lit is time we rid ourselves of the pernicious practice and devote some j
of the energy . rpended in knocking and petty quarrel:mg to construct ve things. (
Alaska would go ahead by ami bounils if everyone would pull together for 1
file common good.
BE A BOOSTER
Boost your city, boost your friend.
Boosi the lodge that you attend.
Boost the street <m which you’re dwelling.
Boost th. goods that you are selling.
Boost the people round about,you,
T lev can get along without you.
But suecc -s will quicker find them
If th'?y know that you're behind them.
Boost for cv. ry fiorwtrrd movement.
Boost for every n w Improvement.
Roast the man for whom you labor.
Boost the ~trnrre- and the nc’ghhor,
Cease to he a chronic knocker.
Cvsee to be a piogr.vss blocker.
If you'd mnke your oifv bett: r.
Roost It to the final letter.
•mimunity Builde:
Voice of the Alaska Press
(ARTICLES UNDER THIS CAPTION REPRESENT THE EXPRESSION
OF VIEW OF THE ALASKA PRESS ON CURRENT TOPICS)
TRANSPORTATION
From all parts of the territory of j
Akiskt: comr^j the very general com
pliant of the transportation service
both as to th • lutes charged and the
amount of service furnished by th !
schedule of the various lines of boats. 1
A remedy for this is well within the.
hands of the citizens of Alaska if;
there ks hut made notion that is gen
eral and concerted. A suggestion that,
is timely and to the point was nutdc
recently by one of the largest ship
pers of this city. Lt is that all those
interested n this matter join in a mow
tihat •wtll guarantee to some independ
ent boat a certain amaunt of tonnage
each month. This particular merchant
advises that he would be jn si position
to co-operate in this matter to the
extent of one hundred tons prr month.
Thore is no doubt many others who
would join with him and a sufficient
amount be obtained to make it at
tractive *.o sone one who would lie glad
to put a boot on the inn between Al
aska and f*uget Sound ports.
Tth' work of thfls should be made
coTrtmjunily activity, and be curried out
*h rough th - civic and commercial or
ganization of the various «iities of Al
aska In this way two results are
bound to be made manifest, the first
and most important of which would
be th’. fostering of that siwrit of co
operation among all the people of the
territory and from this would naturally
follow the second and desired result
that of hr tter service and lower tates
of transportation.
Alaska is to be one of the great
states of the union and it will become
such throusdh thij work and effort of
Alaskans. The slogan should then be
"Alaska for A la -kans’’ and all good
poopl" he welcome to come and be
come Alaskans.-—.Mus’ka IAa.ily f*ap:
POSSIBILITIES OF THE TOURIST
statement that the tourist trod-*
has been ;worth 120.000,000 to British
1Ms year conveys a lesson
that Alafejams ami American truns
portati *n <x»m,ponJes should learn.
Brfitfsffi Colombia is a wonderful
scenic 'grandeur and beauty is even
greater. If Alaska had traneportatam
facilities and accomodations that were
equal to those of British Columbia the
tourist trade would b? worth as much
to this territory as it js. to tty Canad
produros better profits than that of,
catering to tourist?. It was through ]
the tourist business more than any- '
thing else that Southern California ■
was developed, ual it contributed!
largely to the .-ap'd growth and de- i
veloipsmont of Florida. It has done
even more for large sections of Eu
rope. and the summer tourist trade us- '
ually 4s greater than that of winter
Twenty million dollars is a large
slim of money. There has l>een hut '
one or two years in the htstory of1
Alaska when the gold output reached
thlis f.rn|oimt. Such a traffic is worth
gndng ftr-. and going after strong.
(Jive Alaska adequate transportation
facilities and accb relations for those
who v.'Sofuld come here, and another j
dwlwsi'rv will have been added that .
will tn.jw» rc.nk with our Ashing, min- !
•in on 1 paper and pulp.—Cordova1
Tire present year is seeing mjore of
the oh" sharks broken up than have
lieer Vrovolishod ;n a numbe* of years.
Ev< v time one of these useless eye
sores • re removed a good score *s
made for’ the improvement of the
town - : the party doing it should
her is high, and l>uildings low
This is a good time to
reakze on a useless building ana inaKe
an improvement In the appearance of
the town. Ijet the good work go on
rapidly.—Skagwuy Alaskan.
SEGREGATING THE NATIVE
TV natives of Alaska have made
wonderful progress. They may chal
lenge civilization to show a better ex
ample. when all of the handicaps are ;
The pl-n of paternalism, and esnec
iully the reservation ideti. is being
fought with all *he vigor possessed by
the more independent natives.
They want none of it.
This spirit more than anything: else,
which seems to he instinctive with
them, illustrates their independence
and fitness.. They need no leading
strings. All they want is an equal
opportunity with the “whites” to sink
A few years ago a bureau man
wanted to gather the natives of the
Chopper river valley and the Susitna
and place them on a reservation on
Chief Good-la-taw. now dead, and
Chief Vickoli, fougth the plan tooth
and nail. They did not have news
papers to cha):n|pion their cause, their
cormnhnd of the EngMsh language wns
TimSted, but they managed to convey
their meaning in such an unmistakable
manner that it wns not deemed wise
to try to move them.
It is one of the peculiar traits of the
domfinnnt white race to want to ex
periment and teach even’ other race
those nobler attributes which so many
of us fail ito .practice ourselves.
As for the Alaskan native, give him
just half* a chance, and he will work
out his own salvation. His inborn
ideals instinctively grope for the Hgh*.
for the best We have to offer, though
his feet may often lag far behind.
So does ours.—Juneau Capital.
AERO CLUB FOR JUNEAU URGED
Spending before the Alfred John
Bradford Poet No. I American Legion,
Burt M. McConnell. Associate Editor
of the Literary Digest, advocated the
formation of an Aero Club in this city
ns a means of opening up aerial com«
iminication l>etween Juneau and the
States and also to the Interior section'-;
cf the Territory. In connection with
this Mr. McConne-ll rea 1 a. telegram he
received since Ms arrival here from
Copt. Street, commander of th^ Alas
ka Flyers’ Spuadron endorsing Che
In this message Oa.pt. Street said:
"Understand you are. visiting Juneau
and your interest in aviation mi*y help
the cnui-e in that locality. Juneau
should have a Landing field and the
idea of an aero club there is heartily
endorsed by us. Juneau should lead
the oiti'es cf Alaska wlith the advn nce
Mr. McConnell, who is a member
of a New York post of the American
Legion. £s also a member of the A^ro
Club of America. He discussed the
subject at length, especially ,in rela
tion of the establishment of landing
fields her - to commemial development
of avdatiion €n the Temdltorj'■
After the discussion, the Executive
Committee was instructed to appoint
a special eonwriittee to co-operhte with
the Jun-au Oopnfneroial Association to
sec whnt could be accomplished to
ward securing a landing field. No ac
tion tpris taken as to formtng an aero
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HEWS OF
LEGION
< Continued from last issue)
Tlie American Legion in Convention
Assembled at Cleveland, Ohio, Sep
tember 27, 28 and 29th 1920
Th". convention's reaffirmation of it.
detemnination to moke .is work f't
the sick on I wounded i primary aim
fas contained in a comprehcnaivc
program of recommended improve
ments for the Bureau of War Itlsk In
surance, the United States Public
Health Service, the Rehabilitation sec
tion of the Federal Board for Voca
tional Education, and Governmenl
Hospa.*!!lizjution agenedea which to
adopted by the convention.
'Phi' most important feature of this
was the recommendation that ji
new cabinet officer be appointed tc
have direct control over all tliese Gov
ernment functions. Duplication o1
work by the various Bureaus under
the present system was cited in thi
reeom<nremki.tion that the Lesion' could
have no greater accomplishment than
securing the passage of a law. which
would coordinate all the Government
agencies dealing with the wounded
and disabled men, including the Bu
reau of War Risk Insurance.
The convention declared with de
termination that the Legion should
press ahead in its fight for justice to
all veterans by continuing to cham
pion before Congress the fourfold plan
of benefidial legislation, embodying
adjusted compensation, which already
has passed the House of Representa
tives and now a waits action by the
Senate. By a vote practically unan
imous the convention recorded itself
in favor of all four of the provisions
which the bill contains—for aid in
buying houses and farms, for voca
tional training, fvr land settlcmrnt
and for adjusted cash compensation
based on b-ngth of service.
In so far as the convention was a
l«arometer of Legion sentiment, its ac
tion on ‘he last day at Cleveland with
reference to pollt.cs nmde it plain, thit
there Is an overwhelming feeling thru
out the rank and file of the organiza
tion That the funda.mentals of tt-*l
Legion Constitution, and especially
that part of it declaring the L'gion
to he non-political and non-partisan,
should not l>e tampered with, even by
interpretative or clarifying resolu
One of the liveliest debates of the
whole convention revolved about the
advfcrftiility of nuvk ng a new declara
tion of Tire American Legion's often
proclaimed stand for neutrality In dis
putes between capital and lalmr.
There was unanimity in agreement on
the principle itself, hut the majority
of the resolutions. conunCttee reported
its opinion that any fresh statement
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SURPRISES NOME
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buckthorn bark, etc., as mixed in
Adler-i-ka, Is surprising. One spoon
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ach or sour stomach. Adler-i-ka acts
on BOTH upper and lower bowel and
removes all foul accumulation matter
which poisoned ^ stomach. Often
CITIES constipation. Prevents ap
pendicitis. One lady reports she has
no more pain In back or head or gas
on stomach since using A^ler-l-ka.
Lomen Brothers, druggists.
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on the subject would be superfluous.
Mr. Van Dyke, a dr legate from
Mlinneeota, related !lu- experiences of
the Legion In his state. He told how
the misunderstandings of te.h Legion's
purposea had been broken dowa and
friendly rotations established with the
■state body of organized labor, which
indorsed The American Loglon after
the tatter's i>o*it:ion had been explain
ed. The convention affirmed that the
Legion Would be neutral in nil indus
trial disputes, while permitting: Indi
vidual Legionnaires, whether members
of uniions or employers, to follow their
conwiience in such disputes, and that
the I region stands for the preserva
tion of taw and order.
Emjfliatic disapproval of "tiho fail
ure and neglect” of the War Depart
ment, the Department of Labor and
other Federal authorities to bike steps
for the deportation of aliens convicted
or interned as enemies of the Govern
ment during the War and to obtain
full enforcement of the. sentences of
persons competed of the draft ami es
pionage laws was registered by the
convention in a resolution which also
demands the publication, often prom
ised, of the names of the alien slackers
and draft evaders who renounced their
intention of becoming citizens during
The committe reaffirmed the reso
lution adopted at Minneapolis the
previous year: "Thflt we go on record
as being in fuy>r of the cancellation
of the so-called “Gentlemen's agree
ment," exclusion of "Picture Brides.”
and the rigorous exclusion of Japanese
as Immigrants, and “that we enter a.
vigorous protest against the demand
of Japan that naturalization rights be
granted to its nationals now located
In the Jfrilled States and that wo
earnestly request the State Depart
ment of the United Stages in it* set
tlement of this question not to con
sider any proposition .which will grant
nights of naturalization to this tinas
simliable people."
Kansas City won an easy victory In
its fight to land the 1921 National
Convention, the combi it tee gave its
unanimous recommendation in favor
of holding the next year's convention
In Kansas City on Monday. Tuesday,
and Wednesday, October 31, November
1 and 2, and the convention voted
unanimously to adopt the recommend -
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NOTICE OF MARSHAL’S S^LE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN That under and by virtue of
a Writ of Execution issued out of the
District Court for tin? Territory of
Alaska, Second Division, upon a cer
ta n Judgment rendered on the 17th
day of April. 1920. and entered in
favor of Calvin fj. Brinker, plaintiff,
and against Alfre<j Anderson, defend
.^t. being Cause No. 2827, I will on
the 9th day of February* 1021, at
twelve o’clock noon of said day, at the
front door of the iVited States Court
House at Nome. Alaska, as command
ed In said Writ, offer for sale at pub
lic Auction, and sell to the .highest
and best bidder for cash, all Vie right,
tit!* end Interest which the defendant
had on the 17th day cf April. 1920. or
at any time since. In and to those
certain' place” mining claims known
No. 3 Bench and No. 4 Bench o'n
th* right limit of Bourbon Creek,
known as Mineral Survey No. 1190; til
‘he Cape Nome Recording Precinct.
Territory of Alaska. Second Division.
E. It. JORDAN.
United States Marshal, Second
Division, Territory of Alaska.
Publish—-Job. I, IS, 21, Feb. I. 1921