THE GOVERNOR AND
THE STEAMSHIP LINES
The problem of cheaper transpor
tation for freight between Alaska
and the States has agitated the pub
lic for many years and has been
discussed by every executive and
every legislature. To the present
governor the subject appeared in a
different light. In his report to the
Secretary of the Interior for 1922
we find, the subject of transporta
tion, the following:
“The Steamships in the handling
of regular freight and passenger
traffic during the season have ren
dered a general satisfactory service,
with a minimum of complaints. Of
ten they have been pressed to capa
citv, vet kept their schedule fairly
well.”
Put in more direct language this
would read as follows: “The Steam
ships should be complimented upon
the manner in which they have look
ed after the public. Often they
have been crowded to capacity but
still they kept running.”
In his report for 1923 the Gover
nor did not think it worth while to
devote even a line to the subject of
transportation. It was not worth
bothering about.
H. T. TRIPP
VISITS_^KETCHIK AN
Almost the first thing H. T. Tripp
did when he got off the steamer Yu
kon on May 31st at Ketchikan was
to run over to John R. Beegle and
say:
“Where is J. R. Heckman?”
Beegle: “He is over at Loring.”
Tripp: “Where is Jack Davies?”
Beegle: “He is down at Portland,
Oregon.”
Tripp: “Come on and get the
boys together. George Sexton, the
delegate to the Republican Conven
tion is on board and he has announc
ed that he would fight John Frame.
We have got to get together and
give him our moral and financial
support. 1 tell you, they are bring
ing awful pressure to bear on him
to make him support Frame, and we
have got to do our part to help
him.”
Just then Beegle saw that they
were talking too loud and he pulled
Tripp’s coat and they moved away
and lowered their voices.
Just when the spokesman for the
Association of Canners was telling
the public there would be no labor
troubles their peons made a break
from one of the ships of hell and
reported conditions that were dis
gusting. So bad that Mr. Gorman
of the American Federation of La
bor took the matter up at Washing
ton.
TRAP-SHOTS
Every town except Juneau is
laughing at the joke sprung by the
Juneau Trap-paper. Here it is:
“Hoover To Have Advisory Board;
To Be Alaskans. Secretary of Com
merce Adheres to Idea of Last Year
to Have Local Advisers. And Gov
ernor Bone intimated that there may
be others in addition to the Terri
torial Fish Comimssion. If so they
will not be chosen from the strictly
cannery element or those who have
been strongly opposed to the cannery
interests. The purpose would be to
get a board that would be composed
of the best thought in Alaska.”—
“Best thought”; “Strictly cannery
element”; This should suit the Sheep
Minds of Juneau who have accepted
a Bone for their Shepard.
The present Fish Commission are
J. R. Heckman, of Ketchikan; Calvin
Hazelet, of Cordova; H. E. Ellsworth
oJ Seward.
J. R. Heckman is the man who is
directly responsible for the law which
closes all fishing in this division on
August 20th. |Calvin Hazelet, the
son of George, is the man who says
that “J. It. knows enough for us all.”
H. E. Ellsworth is the man who re
fused to attend any meetings unless
the commission meets in his office.
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