ermen. What hope is there from the carpet-baggers?
Yours faithfully,
(SIGNED) C. J. FERGUSON.
DO YOU KNOW WMAT IT IS.
The Western Regional Convention of th,. United
Stales Chan.her of Commerce had a meeting in I'asa
dena, California during the first week of December.
They considered Section 27 of th(. Jones Marine
Bill and condemned it and said that Alaska would be
better off if that section were repealed.
Do the people of Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg.
Jum au. Sitka, Skagway and other ports know what
that section means to them?
It means that on every pound of goods that they
ship in they must pay tribute money to th0 steamship
companies.
'Idle only people in the world that do not seem to
know how that section hurts us are the people of
Alaska.
A FINE COM PI.I MEAT
“However, Mr. It. X. Walker suffered by the Fact
that he was pitted against a 'strong man. Mr. Benja
min is one of the leading merchants of Wrangell and
is deservedly popular. * * * The strength and worth
of Mr. Benjamin adds to the credit that is Mr. Walk
er’s for the 'strong race bo made.’’—-Juneau Umpire.
The worth of Mr. Benjamin was “discovered” bv
the Empire AFTER election day.
Now then, Mr. Empire, write a statement about
(Irover Winn and Peter McCormack. Aren't they
good men? And as for the rest of the Republican tick
et. did they advocate anything that was bad for the
country?
IT. S. MARSHAL WHITE OF IDAHO
Al White (of Idaho) leader of the recent success
ful Democratic ticket in Alaska has just returned from
the States where he successfully elected Mr. Hoover
and Senator Curtis, Republicans.
He says the main issue was “Prosperity” which
only goes to show’ that Al White is a remarkably think
er. Incidentally Al has appointed another deputy mar
shal from Idaho. He,will go ir Sitka. This certainh
must please his Alaska constituents. Mr. Noble, the
recent deputy of Sitka, unfortunately arrested a party
of drunk Elks at Sitka so he got fired.
It is well known that F. S. Marshal Al White
doesn’t believe that Elks who get drunk should he ar
rested. This order lia/3 a way of sticking up for each
other, and they have the power to make it unpleasant
ful Democratic ticket in Alaska.
For our part, we believe the law should be enforc
ed. Law abiding Elks, Masons,, Moose, A. N. 13., and
o;lurs we believe will support every hone'st and con
scientious officer so doing.
Incidentally
Incidentally, the ELEVEN Elks who went to Sitka
latently on official business raised more hell and drank
more liquor than did the 1200 Natives who attended the
recent convention of the ALASKA NATIVE BROTHER
HOOD. Of the latter, NOT A SINGLE NATIVE was
visibly drunk, none drank whatever during, the entire
convention week.
NOT SO BAD FOR ILLITERATES.
Page John W. Troy, if he is sober.
NOW MANY
We are often asked “How many Indian votes are
there?” Many people think there are about 1200,
others about 1000. Th(. correct figure i:s about 800.
T’ is of course could be increased for there are over
2000 qualified Indian voters in the First Division.
! Iowevi r. there has never been over S00 Indian votes
in the First Division.
THIS SliOl LI) >I.\KK KKTC’HIKAX FEEL FIXE
The following is an editorial tak< n from the Ju
neau Empire and iy worthy of much thought if Ketchi
kan does not wisp the halibut market of Alaska to
pass to Juneau.
Juneau .Vs Fresh Fish Market
“The November Pacific Fisherman shows that Ju
neau has almost overtaken Ketchikan ay a market for
1'iash halibut. The receipts at Ketchikan for the
month of October were 243,90b pounds while the re
ceipts at Juneau between September 20 and October 20
were 231.900 pound's. Twenty-one fares arrived at
Ketchikan and thirty-eight at Juneau during the peri
od covered by the statistics.
"Of course neither Juneau nor Ketchikan are in
til,, same class as a halibut market as is Prince Rupert,
where the October landings were 3,529.000 pounds.
Prince Rupert had single days in October when the
halibut receipts were greater than those for the whole
montp in either of the Alaska towns.
The Seattle halibut receipts for October were 827,
,500 pounds.
HOWEVER KETC HIKAN EXC ELS
However Ketchikan excels in some things. For ex
ample, there is more booze sold in Ketchikan than any
where elst in Alaska.; and there are more “sporting”
girls in Ketchikan than anywhere else unless it be in