KETCHIKAN GRAND JURY
URGES RECASTING CF
TERRITORIAL DIVISIONS
A recommendation aimed .it tli*
abolition of tlie present* Second Ihvli
soon of the territory and the establish,
men! <»f a new judicial division an '
Southeastern Al.uska was Via outstand- |
■standing feature of the final report of,
th<* grand jury during a December I
term pf the Pistrtet Court of the First
Division, at Ketchikan. The Jury in
effect in commended the elimination of j
the Second Division and a complete j
recast ins: of all the present divisions |
wfth the exception of tihe T-liird. Un
der the grand Jury's supervise plan,
the First Division was to comprise all
that portion of the present Division
.Vo. 1 north of I Tim e Frederick Sound,
includiing al of KnTanolf Island and tli«*
mainland of Cape Fanshaw. Division
No. 2 was to consist of the remainder
sections of the First Division; Divi
sion 3 to remain the same as at pres
ent. and Division * to eonfcdst of the
territory now comprised in the Second
and Fourth Divisions. The ostensi
ble object to be. attained by this sum
mary chopping up of the territorial
division Tines was Co provide the Ket
chikan section with a district court all
of its own—to the detriment of the
present Second sind Fourth divisions,
which, if the scheme were realize!?,
would be amalgamated into one im-j
mense division of which the legal*
hcodqu itiers would be cither at Nome
or Fairbanks In either case, this
would necesnitate litigants traveling
anywhere from seven to fifteen hun
dred miles to transact business with
niensely increased burden
on both the public and gov«
say nothing of tiio delays a
tics incident to travel .n
The scheme received the immed
iate endorsement of the Ketchikan
newts pa pers. which cited ntnnerous
copnporisons of the btisinects, legal and
commercial, the population, the numl»?r
of bootleggers, eac. to prove that Ket
chikan needed a district court all Its
The first news of the plan, reached
Norm* a. few days ago thru the med
ium of early* December copies of the
J\«tchikan UMronicIe and was at once
bought to tho attrition of the Cham.
C»>mrro,rTle.f .Thn|J body with
customary promptitude got busy %*
once in an effort to block the scheme
and psiLssed the following resolution
condemning tie effort to elurtinote
this division.
RESOL, VEP. That the Northwest
ern Chamber of Commerce (Nome)
hereby condemns the .action of the late,
grand jury. First Division, Alaska, in
recomn non ding the elimination of the
Second Division and attaching it to
the Fourth, as a violent presumption
of authority, as extra - judicial, and ex
tra-territorial, unjust and detrimental
to both of the latter Divisions and to
•“he people thereof; as an attempt to
foster a denial of justice in that, the
additional costs and delays incident to
litigation would become, prohibitive
and render the rights of persons and
property insecure: as a reflection up
on the good name of our communities
and a blow to the upbuilding of more
than two thirds of ,tho territory, as
rich in material resources as any other
section thereof.
RESORVEP FURTHER, That the
merits of the question of a new .Iull
cial Division depend upon the necessi
ties in the First Division, unaided bv
invidious comparisions with other P -
visions, or at their expense.
RESOIiVKP FURTHER. That while
we grant to the people of other sec
tions or divisions the right, to voice
their respective necessities in the be
half mentioned, we claim the same
privilege for ourselves, and resent and
vigorously protest against :i proponed
elimination tfh*it would tend to our
j-olitiml. social and industrial destruc
tion and this without so much as the
l*oMtene-SM of “by your lealw."
Telegrams <«n*l>odying tho substance
• »f the resolution were also wired to
Delegate Wickerahiun :md to tho Ket
chikan Chronicle. Much to the sur
prise of (’tuurtber officials however,
the latter immediately repliod that
the proposal had not received the en.
dorseanent of die business interests ol
Ketchikan represejited by the Ketchi
kan Ci»m>ncroial Club, but that efforts
were I wing made to secure the estab
lishment of a Fifth Judicial Division,
which would have no other efTect than
to reduce Che siae of the First Divi
sion. The Chronicle reply reads as
immediately after the grand jury
made report regtirding abolishing the
Second Division, Che Ketchikan Com
mercial Club took tho same. position
nmv taken by -the Nome Chamber ol
Commerce, retv lazing the importance ol
keeping the Division on Bering Sen
because of the gr«it dhkaitce from
Fourth Division headquarters. Thf
.action of the grand jrfry ww not fol
lowed up. The Commercial Club then
sent a ropnefcerttative to Washington
to try' to secure the establishment ol
;i Fifth Division, leaving all others
na* they are. except to divide Che Firsl
Division. KdtchBkan does not desirr
to injure any other part of Alaska.
All it wishes is to 'secure justice for
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
RESISTING SENATE ACTION
Tie- Northwestern Alaska CShaanbei
the recent action of the Senate Mili
tary Committee in striking out of thn
MHit;try Appropriation bill tihe SlO.OOv
granted by the House, for an investi
gation of the Alaska K«ui Commis
Shelton railroad system *,o the Kugrul
oobiI inline, has taken the matter up
willi Delegate Wickei’sham by wire.
Promptly on receipt of the press tele,
{'mm announcing that the Senate had
rejected * he appropriation propound
tttie Ch.-umber of Commerce wired the
delegate alstfolJaws.
* “we are tuivised that the. Senate
Military Committee, stiuck out $10,001
for furtherance of the rehabilitation
i^id extension of the Kougarok Itail.
“This road is vital to the upbuild
ing of this section. Furnishing coal ai
i a living price. ds a prime neoesity. Is
| it pdssLblc to use some other availubU
Members <»f the cluunber express the
view that the proposal is not by any
uiienns killed as n result of the Sen
ate's action. It is possible that tin
IVinmnittee may be persuaded to re
consider the matter and there is a
■prospedt that the Hood Commission
may l»e aide to devote some portion j1
its general appropriation to such use,
There is also a chance that the. itenr
may be reinserted jn conference, df tht
| House conferees can bv persuaded t
Notice it hereby given that the Pol
Books arc now open for the registry
lion of all legally qualified voters o
the City of Nome, for the Munioipa
and School Board election to be helc
April 5th. 1921.
E. GRIMM
CARD PARTY AND DANCE
The Pioneers will give a card part;
and dance, refreshments included, a
Pioneer Igloo, Wednesday March
2nd, to which all Pioneers and lad;
friends and those who have contribut
ed to the social fund are invited.
COMMITTEE.
INEWS OF
AMERICAN
LEGION
I Confirmation of the reappointment
I toy Commander Galbraith of JLemuel
Holies of Seattle, Wuah.. as Nationn!
I Adjutant of The American legion for
I' the ensuing year, will to© made at the
■neJtt meeting at the National Execu
tive Committee on November. IS.
iVixnrdinx to a. constitutional amend
ment enacted at Cleveland the Execu
tive Committee now names the Na
tional Adjutant on nomination of the
National Commander.
Commander Galbraith ;iiso nomi
nated Russel G. Orevfaton. the last
years Director of OrganizaCion, as
.Assistant National Adjutant, to suc
p coed George H. Rennick, who resign.
I ed Lost month. Mr. Greviston will
[continue to supervise the activities of
I the organisation division of National
Headquarters. He iH*tfd«? in Marion,
i bulletin issued from National Head
quarters. American 1 region, October 8.
1. The National convention ordered
the appointment of a National Com
mute*' on Hospitalization, and the ap
pointment of a Similar ooirfenittee by
moh Department of Th»* Legion.
The National Committee (six mem
bers) has already been appointed—
Mr. Abel Davis of Chicago chairman.
2. The Department committee’s
should l»e appointed at onee. as their
work is of the first importance to
The Legion. It is requdsted that Na
tional Headquarters be informed of
tlu* name and address of the chairman
of each r»epa.rtjrnenit comimittee on
Hospitalization, as soon as possible.
8. As a guide in the selection in
the personnel for the Department
Committee's the National Hospitali
zation Committee (has outlined their
functions as follows.
(a) Survey of all hospitals in the
Department owned or controlled by
the Government.
(b) Survey of private or public hos
Under (a) and (b) ascertain treat
ment received by ex-service men in
such hospitals; report to the Nation
al Adjutant ail complaints and un
satisfactory conditions found. parti*'
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trlc and tuberculosis cases.
(c) Brinff about co-operation be
tween the Department Commfttee on
Hospitalization and local government
agencies.
(d) It Is further suggested that no
government employees he appointed on
this committee.
4. Upon the appointment of the
Department Hospitalization Commit
tee's. detailed outline of their func
tions and miggestionk for action will
be furnished the Chairman.
LEMUEL BOLLES.
National Adjutant.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RAISES
MEMBERSHIP FEES
That the efforts and albors of the
Northwestern Alaska Chamber of
Commerce to improve conditions on
Seward Peninsula are. bccoaninK in
creasingly appreciated by the commer
cial and industrial (interests of this
section amply indicated in the an
nouncement of i"resident Th. Leh
mann that himself and two other
members of the finance committee,
namely W J. Rowe and fra Rank,
ooflcctod close to $800 tin annual mem
bership fees under a newly adopted
due mftedule of $25 per annum during
the early port of the present week.
The entire man wns raised within the
space of 3 or 4 hours.
The increased membership fee was
adopted at a recent meeting, whereat
It wns shown, that the old fee of 85
per annum was not sufficient to meet
the expenditures necessitated by the
ever widening scope of Chamber ac
tivities. It was therefore decided to
increase the dues $20 per year, mak
ing the annual membership $25.
Members of the finance committee as
Iscrt dhat very few showed a disposl.
tioii to object to the intfreased dues
and a uinjority displayed entire ap
preciation of the pood work the cham
1>« r is doing toward the upbuilding of
tins section. It is exi>edted that an
additional two or three hundred dol
lars in membership dues will be forth
<x*ning from this and outlying sec
tions and prospects ate bright for *e.
cunlng an additional $500 ot so when
the .boats arrive next spring. WHh a
fund of twelve or fifteen hundred dol
lars to work with, the chamber will
be dblo to inaugurate a program of
systematised publicity activftl* which
ran hafrdly fb.il to be of great osdie
tance in (improving conditions. In
view of the persistent "knocking’* this
section has been receiving during the
post two or three years, jt need scarce
ly be sand that such a program Is bad
ly needed if Nome Is to avoid being
hammered into dissolution.
For the find time this winter the
large Eagle Hall will be opened for the
purpeee of giving Name public a rare
treat. Cabaiwt, Dance and Entertain
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