ALASKA MINING CONGRESS
CONDEMNS PRESENT I
ROAD LAW
The -so called ••co-operative” agree
ment provisions of the rout^ law pass
id by the last Alaska legislature and
also the law itself were vigorously con
demned by the Alaska Chapter of the
American Mining Congress at a meet
ing held in l-'airbanks February 12th
according to advices reaching Dis
trict Road Commissioner Barney Gib
ney in a letter from Robert E. Shel
don. chairman of Territorial Road
Commission of the Fourth Division. j
Mr Sheldon encloses a copy of the i
condemnatory resolution passed hy the’
Alaska Chapter session and states In i
his letter that the Fourth Division j
is very much dissatisfied with the road j
law. owing to the allotment of most '
of the road funds provided for the
division by the territory t<> the Fed
eral Road Commission.
“Ijust June," he says, "this
was notified hy the Territorial Hoard
<»f Read Commissioners that co-oper- ,
ative agreements had been made with I
the Federal Road Commission cover- ■
ing most of this division and thatj
$1*1.000 had been taken from the funds
■ •f this division under the agreement. \
"The Farmers association at this
place wired a very strong protest
against the action of the Territorial
Hoard, which seemed to result In this
otflee being allowed to continue work
in the precincts in which we had or
ganized for work and had the hand
ling of the remainder of the funds.
A petition lias also been sent to the
/Territorial Hoard asking that the Di
visional Hoard continue to have charge
of the work of this division for the
coming season and the Alaska Chap
ter of the American Mining Congress
lias passed the enclosed resolution.
"I think that all of the candidates
for the Legislature from this division
will work for the rej»eal of the law.”
The resolution passed by the Min
ing Congress session sets forth the
causes of complaint as follows:
RESOLUTION
ROAD FUNDS AND ROAD LAWS
WHKKKAS, it lias lieen brought to
the attention of the Alaska Chapter
<>f the American Mining: Congress that,
under »t>e present RoadvI^iw. the Ter-,
ritorial Board of Bond Commissioners
•nay enter into cooperative agreements
whereby the :unds of the Territory
may lie taken from the hands of the
elected I toad Commissioner and placed
under control of the Federal Hoad
WHEREAS, S'lift t eoojieration as
practiced last season in the Fourth
I toad District, does not add to the
amount of funds available for this Dis.
trict since the funds available for ex-1
pcnditure by the Federal Hoad Com
mission can be expended by the Fed-1
oral Board as they may direct:
NOW. THEREFORE. BK IT HE-I
SOLVED. That we ask the Territorial
Board of Hoad Commissioners, that the
funds appropriated by the 1919 Session
of tiu* Alaska legislature for the main
tenance and construction of roads and
.trails in the Fourth ltoad District, he
expended by the Divisional Hoad Com
mission as done )>efore, especially on
all roads and trails which have been
constructed or maintained under the
direction <>f the-Divisional Ooinmls
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. AVo
ask that cooperation agreements be
made by the Territorial Board of Hoad
Commissioners only in connection with
funds which might be obtained from
the Department of Agriculture, or any
other source which is not already j
available for the construction of roads.
HE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,* That
the Territorial Board of Road Com
missioners lie asked to make every ef
fort to obtain funds from the Depart
ment of Agriculture for the construc
tion of a road to the Kantishna mining
district, for# the reason that this dis
trict is now; being developed with re
newed vigor and shows promise of be
ing a big producer in the near future,
and for the further reason that in this
section is situated In the Mount McKin
ley National Park and at present there
arc no roads in or leading to said dis
BE IT FURTHER KKSOI/VED,
That we condemn the present road law
as undemocratic and not to the bent
interest of the Territory, since It de*
prives the public of any voice or con
trol in matters pertaining to roads.
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NOTES FROM THE
UNALAKLEET SECTION
1'itylukleet, April 7, 1^0.
The ttugget editorial article of
March .iOth anent the morality, or
rather kick of morality among the
Kskimoa is to the point, as It shows
the weakness of a system ^hat deals
with thoari as if they were morally re
sponsible for their acts, instead of
recognizing the fact that they are ‘ un
moral" and to be dealt with from that
standpoint. ,
It Is true that there are married
Eskimo who are all that cclild be de
sired from the moral viewpoint. Hut
it is not because of their high moral
conceptions... Mtatlier it is because
they are well mated, have a common
interest in their children and in their
community life.
The fRAlier relations of the iEs
kimfr the whites were not such
us to improve their morals. It is
only within the last thirty years or
so that any attempt was made to edu
cate them. And then only by a few
isolated missidharies. far from their
home connections. One need not he
the “oldest inhabitant" to remember
the beginning of the present educa
tional system. Yet they, the natives,
are expected to grasp to the fullest
degree, the Iteauties of our moral code,
to know anti observe our laws, and
stand forth imbued with the attribute*
of a civilization that it hits taken us
“superior” whites thousands of years
to evolve. And this from a race that
is not classed by the high brows as
possessive of the highest grade ofc
aboriginal mentality. It is really ex
pecting to much of them.
The question is: How can the Es
kimo as lie is, be changed into the Es
kimo as we would have him? He goes
to school, he learns to read and write,
etc: ho goes to church and hears the
Gospel read and has it explained to
him at Sunday School by more or less
capable evangelists. Hut follow him
to his home ami you will find that in
most instances his teachings are left
outside the door with his waterboots
and the Eskimo is himself again. It
is true that he now has a "cabin" in
stead of an “igloo." a few articles of
furniture, etc; but usually the cabin
n mainy cases more than one family—*
and always room for one more, f'hlld
ren and adults sleep In tlTe one room
and all of nature’s functions are thcr
performed. Likewise the gossip of
the town, good or bad. is bandird^ be
fore the children as if they were' not
there with eyes to nob and ears t<
hear. As a result, it does not tali
them long to learn to practice at :
pellet! to see
slonarles have taught them thine,
about hygiene and morality and j|he'
intelligent natives with families real
ize the need of larger houses and sep
arate sleeping apartments.
“But." they say. “we cannot afford
to buy lumber and we have not the
time to whipsaw it. It takes*all our
time to make a living. Rut if we had
a sawmill, we could run it on the co
operative plan, in the same way we
build our schooners, and we could
soon have comfortable houses with
plenty of room in them, besides hav
ing lumber for other purposes. We
coult take our surplus lumber
north and trade with the Kskimo
for the things we need"—in a word,
create an industry that would add to
the wealth of Alaska and give the
natives the right to be proud of their
self sustaining qualities, in addi
tion to granting them an opportunity
to develop the morality the hible
Frank Waskey. when delegate to
Congress, took this matter up in
Washington and It received the stamp
of presidential approval. Our local
soloq’s took it m> in Juneau and the
idea was given the approval of the
students of sociology. The subject has
also been frequently discussed in the
columns of the Nome press. Tet hero
it is again, like the mythical ghost
that would not down.
Clive the natives means to learn
Ihe way to build better houses and
teach them how to take care of them.
Develop, them along lndtfetrial lines
(the hammer and chlsed were in use
long, -before pie alphabet) .and time
and hmral teaching win do the rest.
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WILLIAM LEWIS
GAINS 22 POUNDS
TOOK TANLAS ON ADVICE OF
FRIEND—HEALTH IS
RESTORED
• ***»;, * have gained twenty.
1 commenced this
TanJ^g; is* nil Is am so well and strong
Xan dh$us hard days work notf
ws Fever.did4)p my life,*1 said Win. N.
l^ewis who for thirty five years was
engaged In' farming, but is at present
living at 938 Kt street, Tacoma, Wash.*
,J1» employed at the Todd Ship
Yi(^a,# while,-talking to a Tanlac rep.
rerfentat.lve the other day.
"AJimtt a year ago,” continued Mr
J.ewis, ”1 went up to Hoberts, Idaho,
and while working on my homestead
I noticed that I was failing in strength
and health. I was losing weight arid
getting weaker day by day. This
condition kept up for the whole time
I was there, and at the end of the
year 1 was almost a complete wreck.
II had no appetite and the climate
[there scorned, to affect my breathing.
I finally g*»t to where I would have
to get out of bed at night and walk
around in the yard for hours at a time
in order to get a good breath. My
i^iysich'.n told me that I would have
to get out of that climate or I could
not |K>ssih|y live much longer. Then
I gave up the homestead and came
1 hack to Tacoma, and when I got hack
here I was simply down and out in
| '•Shortly after I got buck, a friend
| of mine tohl me about Tanlac ami
[advised me to give it a trial. j*nd after
[taking a couple of bottles of it 1 felt
so much better that 1 actually went
to work doing hard labor like hand
ling brick and steel. My appetite
came (Kick, anil from that day to thit»,
It just .st ems I can't get enough to eat.
I have no trouble In breathing now.
and can go to bed at night and sleep
right through without u break un
til ijnje to get up In the morning.
That was twenty two weeks ago, and
1 have gained an average of ax pound
a week ever since. I am as well and
strong now as I ever was and am still
swinging to my Job at the shipyards
and m.v work dosen’t hurt me‘at all.
Yes. sir.Tanlac is the best medicine l
have ever seen, and I expect to keep
it on hand as long as I live."
i Tanlac is sold in Nome by Lomen
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NOTICE dF SCHOOL TAX
Notice ia hereby given that pur
suant to an a'ot of the Legislature of
the Territory of Alaska, approved May
1st, 1919 Entitled—"An Act to im
pose a tax upon male persons In the
Territory of Alaska for School purpose*
etc.,” there was impossd and levied
upon each male person In the Territory
of Alaska, excepting Soldiers, Sailors
in the United States Navy or Revenue
Cutter Service, Volunteer Firemen,
Pauper* Insane Persons, or Territorial
charges within the Territory of Alaska
or the waters thereof, over the age of
twenty one years and under the age of
fifty years, an annual tax of five ($5.00)
That said tax is now due jyid the
same will t»ecome delinquent on Aug
gust 4rh All persons subject to said
tax are hereby warm'd to pay the
same, and that in case of failure to
pay said act will be imposed
School Tax Collector for Nome and
four miles frorr. all Schr-ul Houses in
organized School Districts the
Second Division.
JOHN HANCOCK.
Box 134, Nome,' Al tska.
School Tax Collector
For Second Judicial Distrit.
Dated Nome, Alaska, April 24. 1920
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