WHAT IS TRUE AMERICANISM
THE POWER OF MONEY
Almost everybody on the streets of
Ketchikan is telling about the fol
lowing incident, so we can not be ac
cused of malice if we should tell it
in print.
The other day a certain citizen
here lost a valuable tusk, and sus
pected that a certain man had stolen
it. He told his suspicions to a num
ber of people, and when the tusk
was “exhibited” by the Howard Fur
Company, he went in there with a
friend and inquired as to where it
was obtained. “Yes,” said Mr. How
ard; “I bought it from a man who
claimed he brought it with him from
the Nome country. I paid six dol
lars for it. But if it is yours, it is
yours.”
“From whom did you buy it?”
“Well, he was such and such a
man,” describing him.
“Do you think you would know
him again if you saw him?”
“Of course.”
“Well, he is playing cards at one
of the tables in the Stedman Hotel”;
there were at least a half dozen
full tables there.
Mr. Howard then went over to the
hotel and walked about the tables
and then pointed out a certain man,
the very man heretofore suspected
by the real owner.
The owner then went to the United
States Commissioner and a warrant
of arrest was sworn out, and served,
J. C. Barber then stepped forward
and put up the bond, $1000.00, for he
was much concerned that this man
should have his liberty. In fact he
was a valuable employee. A day or
so lated when Mr. Howard was ask
ed to identify the prisoner, he said
he was mistaken, “That is not the
man now that I have had a good
lcok at him.” Some day some one
will steal some of Mr. Howard’s
rich furs, and he will be the loudest
tc complain because some citizen re
fuses to identify, or report, or do
something “to protect my property”;
and some day, J. C. Barber will yell
around the streets that some red
anarchist or I. W. W. is or has or is
about to destroy his property “with
out regard for law and order.”
J. C. Barber said to a friend of
ours the other day, “William Paul
is a dangerous person.” Not so
dangerous as the person who uses
his power to save people from the
law; not so dangerous as persons
who use their influence to serve their
own ends; not as dangerous as per
sons who grind their heels down on
humanity to add to their percentage;
not so dangerous as persons who are
above the law.
Incidents like the above it is that
make people say that there is one
law for the rich, and another law for
the poor.
Great Industry of
Pile Logging Where
Does Alaska Come in
“George F. Ambrose of Bellingham
is preparing a raft of fishtrap piling
to be towed to Alaska for the com
ing season, and he expects to send
three or four such rafts north this
winter. This method of shipment
was tried for the first time last
season, when Mr. Ambrose sent two
rafts north, and it worked out very
well for the cannerymen, who were
able to get their piling delivered at
a very reasonable cost.
“The piles were assembled at Ev
erett, Washington, in the form of
Davis rafts, by J. P. Nelson, who is
associated with Mr. Ambrose in sup
plying piles for Southeastern Alas
ka. The rafts were composed of
piling from 120 to 140 feet in length,
and were delivered on chains at
Ketchikan, relieving packers of the
trouble of securing scows and tugs
for towing the piles north. Each
raft contains from 800 to 1,000 piles,
which are put up with galvanized
wire cable and bound securely, mak
ing them much safer to tow than
scowloads of piling.”
This was taken from the Pacific
Fisherman December issue.
There was a time when resident
Alaskans would say when we pointed
out the loss of fishermen due to
traps, “Oh, you have not considered
the logging outfits who log these pil
ing. They spend a lot of money in
Alaska for piling.”
Yes, they did; but they won’t.
Mr. Business Man, you cannot
compete with the cannery grocery and
outfitting store who pays a flat
rate of $5 per ton for all “cannery
supplies and products” against your
lowest general merchandise rate of
$9.00. And still men here say we are
hurting the country by trying to
abolish this part of the cannery sys
tem.
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Stedman Hotel Taxi
Co.
Phone 45
Night Number Green 282
Harry Noodle House
Phone Black 272
Noodles, Candy, Cigars, Fruit, Soft
Drinks
104 Stedman Street
Ketchikan, Alaska
Chinese Noodle House
Noodles and Chop Suey Upstairs
Pool Tables Downstairs
Green 46
Ketchikan, Alaska
‘‘How much do you charge for
weighing hogs?” asked a gentleman
of one of our “weighmasters.”
“Oh, just get on; Pll weigh you
for nothing,” was the bland reply.