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McGLIATH, ALASKA. JULY 12, 11)22
Power of Anti-Saloon
League Is Weakening,
Say Political Dopesters
Washington. — Political observers
say that the power of the Anti-Saloon
League upon Congress is waning. They
possess figures which show that repre
sentatives who voted for the soldiers’
bonus are not going to get the so-called
soldier vote, if there be such an align
ment.
One of the recent demonstrations
which bear out these observations was
the primary election recently held in
Illinois.
Representative Ira Copley, Repub
lican, of Illinois, is one of those who
made special appeal to ex-service men
and the ,ldrys.” Copley was really
father of the three-year cash certificate
feature of the bonus bill. Without this
expedient to take the place of the act
ual cash provision, it is doubtful if the
bill would hale- been reported out of
the ways and means committee.
Copley is frank to admit that he ex
pected to be renominated. He counted
on the soldier vote. But his victorious
opponent, Frank R. Reid, was out and
out against the bonus. He also was in
favor of a liberalization of the prohibi
tion laws. Copley had a drv record in
Congress. Representative Joseph W.
Fordney, of Michigan, author of the
bonus bill, ^spoke in Copley’s district,
urging his re-election, on the ground
that he had been instrumental in pass
ing the soldier measure.
Copley also had the support of the
Anti-Saloon League. He made a bid
for the farmers' support through Ar
thur Capper, senator from Kansas, and
leader of the farmers’ bloc. But re
turns from the rural district did not
favor him.
Another Illinois representative who
was defeated for renomination was
Clifford Ireland. He was for the bonus,
and he was supported by the Anti
Saloon League. William E. Hart, an
opponent of the bonus, and a former
distiller, who demanded repeal of the
dry laws, defeated Ireland by a wide
margin.
What political dopesters are asking
each other is: Are the people disgust
ed with the stringent dry laws? Are
they enthusiastic over the achievement
of Republican representatives in pass
ing the bonus? Or is this the year for
disgruntled voters who want a change?
Peace societies for prevention of war
were first established in 1816.
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
Geo. W. Albrecht, Iditarod, Alaska
Chas. E. Taylor, Seattle. Wash.
Practice in all the Courts.
Seattle Law Office: L. C. Smith Bldg
Elliott 1642.1}
Says Salmon Lose All
‘Pep’ in Hatcheries
Ottawa.—Government fish hatcheries
have ruined the “morale” of the sal
mon of British Columbia, according to
the story told to the house of commons
Friday by A. W. Neill. It seems that
when the wee salmon come into t^he
world at the fish hatchery they are
guarded against all enemies and lose
their protective instinct. So when the
salmon has come of age and been sent
out in the cold world, he is as “tame as
a eat,” to use Mr. Neill’s expression;
and when he meets an enemy “he
stands with his mouth open and ac
cepts murder as if such a thing was
foreordained.”
Alaska News Notes
The Hall hotel, at Tallceetna, with
all its contents, was totally destroyed
by fire recently.
The Alaska Engineering Commission
is preparing to reopen machine shops
at Seward with a full crew of men.
Skagway has passed an ordinance
forbidding dog.3 to run at large be
tween the hours of sunset and sunrise.
W. G. Whorf, pioneer eannery man
of Cook inlet, will erect a cannery on
those waters this summer.
Rudolph Vogt, 57 years of age, and a
pioneer resident of Cordova, died in,
that city recently, after a long illness. ■
F. W. McElravy, one of the early
settlers of Haines, died at his home!
there recently, after an illness of two
i
years.
Hugh MeCaughey, one of the pioneer
ranchers of the Matanuska district,
has added a dock of Angora goats to
his livestock.
Abe Simson, a former Fairbanks and ,
Nenana business man, who has been !
engaged in business in Seattle for some j
time past, has returned to Nenana and j
will engage in business there.
Fred Schroeder has purchased the
Attu fox island. The island has been
stocked with foxes for a number of
years, and there are now a large num
ber of the animals on tbe island.
One of the E’remier ore scows, en
route from Stewart to Anyox with a
cargo of ore. sank within two miles of
Anyox, entailing a loss of ore valued
at $'.10,000. The loss was covered by
insurance.
J. K. Calbreath, commonly known as
Cassiar Jim, a resident of the Koyukuk
district, arrived in Anchorage recently
and for the first time in 35 years looked
upon salt water. He has lived in
Alaska for 26 years.
A campaign was recently launched
by the members of the Juneau fire de
partment to provide a public play
ground and athletic field in that city.
The members of the fire department
started the ball rolling by subscribing
$500 to the fund.
George S. Maynard, publisher of the
Nome Nugget, was elected mayor of
that city in the recent municipal elec
tion. T. O. Lehmann, M. O. Solberg
and P C. Julian were elected to the
city council. Maynard defeated his
opponent, E. Tarnutier, by two votes.
The double bungalow apartments on
the Basin road at Juneau, known as
the DeVighne apartments, were totally
destroyed by fire recently. The fire
was caused by the explosion of a gaso
line Jtorch being used by contractors
who were preparing to move the build
iDg.
More than $400,000 was bid for the
12,118 Alaskan seal skins sold at auc
tion at St. Louis recently by a fur com
pany for the Government. The price
. , t &
was a JO per eent increase over las
September 'prices, the top sales being
at $(>3. Wolf anil other furs eoid 20
per cent higher. ^
The Keno Hill district isjreported to
bo showing upf^better as development
work: progresses. The Yukon" Gold
Comi»any had 2.500 tons of ore ready
for shipment down the river when nav
igation opened. The Treadwell prop
erties are reported to be getting richer
and are showing greater bodies of ore
right along, and are believed to be the
richest in the district.
TI. M. Lorentzen, secretary of the
Alaska Fishermen’s Union, recently
announced that the following prices
will be paid for salmon in the Bristol
bay district during the present season:
Red salmon and cbhoes, <6 cents each;
30 cents each for king salmon of 15
pounds or over; 35 cents for king sal
mon under weight; } cent for chums:
! Ij- cenfs fer pink salmon; $140 run
money, and 65 cents an hour for extra
j work.
A check for $15,000 was handed to
i the First National Bank of Juneau re
cently by Allan Shattuck, agent foi
| the Standard Marine Insurance Com
pany. The check was in payment of a
policy held by the bank on a shipment
: of $15,000 in currency sent by the bank
to Seattle on February 24, and which
disappeared after reaching Seattle, and
all efforts to trace it have so far beer,
futile.
G Mrs.iTiffany, known far’and wide in
the Nome region as “Mother” Tiffany,
and one of 'the first white women to
come to Nome in the now distant gold
rush days, was given a surprise party
by a number of her friends recently,
the occasion being her 74th birthday.
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
ym' Call At ;
Durant’s Cafe
Flat [City
Dr. W. F. Green
McGrath, Alaska
Geo. W. Hoffman
• Pioneer Trader of the
Kuskokwim Valley,
Napamute - Alaska
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.
John £. Baker
Independent Candidate
' for
Territorial Representative
—Paid Advt.