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A1ASKANS HAVK MANY THINGS TO UK THANKFUL FOK
THANKSGIVING DAY again draws near, and soon another year
will have passed into memory. Alaskans have many things to be thank
ful for at this time. While the Almighty God has seen fit to allow
disaster in many forms to be visited upon other parts of the world.
Alaska has passed a year of prosperity, unhampered by the hardsh ns of
disaster in any form. While it is with deep sorrow and sincer* sym
pathy that we of Alaska received the news of the poverty and pestilence
of other portions of the universe, it is with profound gratitude th;i we
offer thanks to the Great God above for the great kindness afforded n- 1,1
making the past year one of memorable prosperity in the progress our
great Territory.
Aside from the many blessings that have been granted us ' he
material things of life there are innumerable thanks to b< offered • • '.he
spiritual blessings received during the ensuing year.
TKKRITOItlAL DIVISION
The question of dividing Alaska has been discussed ' 1 many j
years. There have been advocates and opponents of the proposition for
a quarter of a century. Many years ago Judge Wickersham declared j
In an address at Juneau that eventually there should be four States j
established in what is now Alaska. The Skagway delegation in the i
Chamber of Commerce'convention held at Juneau in 1898 offered the
suggestion that Alaska should be divided. Governor Hone has *□ tended I
that division at some time in the future is inevitable and desirable, j
President Harding suggested the division and creation ..t a Stai** in the j
Southeastern part of the Territory. On the other hand we have the j
record of Governor Swineford, who opposed the suggestion in 1899 and
continued to oppose it throughout his lifetime. He contended that with
a Territorial form of government, and to Governor Swineford. as to others
in his day, Territorial form of government meant the full Territorial form
such as the other Territories have had, with representation in the Terri
torial Legislature based on population and with county governments to
collect and expend taxes and manage local matters, there would not be
need for division.
The Empire has always inclined toward the position of Governor i
Swineford, but it has also believed, and still believes, that if there is to be !
a division it should come at once. It has always believed, and still be- *
lieves, that division would be far preferable to conditions as they are now.
I< Is not fair, it is not sqpuare, to require those living in the parts
of the Territory with the greater population and developed resources j
Lo have faxes levied upon them by the scattered population of remote sec
tion a of Alaska and expended in those sec-lions in support of schools, road
building and other things if there is to be division the moment those
regions are able to walk alone. To keep the Territory as one would
bo tolerable only by providing proportional representation in the Legis
lature, and County units for purpose of taxation and improvements.
After all is said, when one considers the influence of precedent in
America and the fact that the Territory was started off wrong in the
beginning, the fact that so* many people contend that parts of the Terri
tory are not ready for full Territorial form of government, together with
the seemingly accepted conviction that there ,s to be division sometime
and the. suggestion of I'rosident Harding that Southeastern Alaska should
soon be created into a State, probably the shortest., squares! and most :
practicable method of ' hanging conditions that are intolerable would be
to cut the Territory in two—-to make one Territory out of those sections
of it embraced in the. First Division a*ml that part of the Third Division
that is naturally tributary to Prince William Sound and the Popper River
Valley. Such a Territory would he able to care for itself without any
extraordinary appropriations out of the Federal Treasury, and it could'
look forward with hope to early Statehood.
Alaska should have immediate full Territorial torm of govern
ment. with representation in the Legislature in proportion to population
and the County governments, or there should be immediate Territorial
division. -Juneau Empire. ;
THE LOCAL XK WSI ’A 1*10It. j
Stand by your town newspaper. If there is anything in your
town worth talking about, ten hancea to one your little town newspaper
had a hand in putting it there, and if there exists any unsightly or un
savory nuisance, twenty chances to one it will stay there until your
town editor sees it or smells it and wipes his pi*n on the town’s board’s
breeches. If anybody beyond the walls of your burg ever learns that
there is such a place as None it will be through the town oracle.
Every town gets its money's worth thru the village newspaper.
It's the wagon that carries all your goods to market. It ought to be.
kept in good repair. If will pay to grease it. paint t and keep it- runn
ing gears in good shajie and shelter.
Stand by your local news-paper. It's the guardian and defender
of every interest, the forerunner and pioneer of «-vry advance movement,
and the sturdy advocate of law and order Take .t away and it would
not be six months before the town would look as if it had been doped.
Business would drag, society would yawn, and grass would grow on
the streets and avenues.
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GOVERNOR ISSUES
THANKSGIVING i
PROCLAMATION;
JUNEAU, Alaska. Nov. 15—4h>vernor Seoit < Bone this day issued
the following proclamation: "The President of the United States in
maintenance of a treasured and helpful custom established iu Colonial
days and held sacred throughout the centuries intervening, has set apart
Thursday the 29th day of November as the annual interlude of thanks
and prayer and recommends its general observation throughout the land." i
With this designation arid call, f, Scott U. H..ne, Governor of Alas
ka, therefore, urge all people of the Territory to give reverence and heed !
to this Thanksgiving Day. Deploring tragic and unaltered events that i
have marred the year, Alaska mindful of memorable visitations and its!
freedom from poverty and pestilence, may well pause and with gratitude .
and a contrite heart offer thanks t< Almight God for his mindful bless- i
ings and bounties. Therefore. t.*r ail business be suspended for the day J
and in church and at the fireside, may spiritual communion prevail in |
pursuance of the Godly custom bequeathed by our God fearing ancestors, i
Given under my band an l the great seal of the Territory at Juneau, j
the Capitol, this the 16th day of November, 192?..
Signed: SCOTT C. BONE. Governor. j
By the Governor, Signed: KARL THEILE. j
Ex-Officio Secretary of Alaska.
I. 1/ HARDING. Secretary to Governor. j
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