ALASKAN MEASURES PUT
THROUGH 68TH CONGRESS
Cordova—Town of, permit bond issue
issue for school building;. Approved
June 7, 1924.
Cordova Bay—Amend act authorizing
sale of lands at head of. Approved
February 9, 1925.
Emergency Mail Service—Authorized.
Approved February 9, 1925.
Engineering Commission—Relief of
certain members. Approved March
4, 1925.
Fisheries—Protection of. Approved
June 6, 1924.
Game Commission—Establish. Ap
proved January 13, 1925.
Industrial Schools for Native Children
—Establish. Approved February
25, 1925.
Juneau—Authorize bond issue. Ap
proved February 11, 1925.
Ketchikan — Authorize issuance of
bonds by town of. Approved June
7, 1924.
Mining Laws—Applying to amend
permits patenting of fractions the
length of which is more than three
times their width). Approved Feb
ruary 27, 1925.
Sitka—Authorize bond issue. Ap
proved February 9, 1925.
Wild Game Animals and Wild Birds—
Transfer of jurisdiction from Gov
ernor to Secretary of Agriculture.
Approved June 7, 1924.
Rivers and Harbors Project s—
Wrangell Narrows improvement,
$500,000.
Surveys Authorized:
Saxman Harbor, Tongass Narrows,
Alaska.
Hyder Harbor, Alaska.
Ketchikan Creek, Alaska.
Port Alexander, Alaska.
Wrangell Harbor, Alaska, with
view to extension breakwater.
Yukon River, near Ft. Yukon,
Alaska.
Yukon River, near Holy Cross,
Alaska.
Resurrection Bay, breakwater or
harbor of refuge, Alaska.
NATIVES MAY SUFFER
HAINES, ALASKA.—The closing
down of the Haines Packing Com
pany’s cannery on the Haines Penin
sula is about the worst misfortune
that could happen to the native pop
ulation at the upper end of Lynn
Canal. Both the fishermen and the
cqrnpany strictly observed the
twenty days’ closed season and
neither the fishermen r.or the cannery
had come anywhere near making any
thing before that period, and the fish
ermen, who are almost entirely In
dians, expected to make their winter’s
grubstake when the fishing started up
again, after the twenty days’ closed
season; but just when they started to
fishing again, the order came to close
the cannery for the season, thereby
throwing all the Indians out of wonc
by which they expected to lay in their
winter’s supplies for themselves and
families.
There is nothing they can do here
this winter to make a living, with
the exception of cutting wood, but
that will not nearly keep them and
their families in food during the win
ter. It looks as though they will be
on the point of starvation long before
spring, and will have to have assist
ance from the Government to tide
them over the winter.
If the Government takes away their
only means of making a living it cer
tainly ought to provide in some way
for their sustenance during the win
ter fnonths. Now which is best, <:o
conserve the fish and let human be
ings suffer for the necessities of life,
or let those human beings have at
least a show to make their living?
Fishing is about the only thing here
that an Indian can do for a living,
and when that is taken away from
him he is, indeed, in a hard and des
perate condition.
Those in power at Washington
know nothing practically of the con
ditions, and can not intelligently pro
vide wholesome and just laws for our
government.
Very respectfully,
W. B. STOUT.
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TWO MINUS
PRINCETON ELEVEN
WILL LOSE 13 MEN
—Headline in New York Times.
HYDRO UNITS NEAR
THE CAPITAL CITY
Permission to build a series of
hydro-electric units on Speey River
and Tributaries, in Alaska, has been
applied for by a San Francisco firm.
The plants are planned to be located
30 miles southeast of Juneau.
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WHAT A HAT MEANS
A man reveals his real self by the
way he wears his hat, claims Dr. C.
W. Kimmons, of the University of
London. He says a hat well down
over the forehead indicates a thought
ful, solemn wearer. Pushed to the
back of the head, it advertises happy
go-lucky. Tilted on the right side,
the owner is usually a rowdy.
Slouched to the left, is the customary
position of a mental deficient. Women
are intuitively wise when they fuss
about getting their hats on at just
the right angle. It’s the most im
portant trick of makeup. Maybe the
best way for a man to play safe is to
vear none at all.
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AS YOU WERE
“Clarence,” she called. He stopped
the car and looked around.
“I am not accustomed to call my
chauffeurs by their first name, Clar
ence. What is your surname?”
“Darling, madam.”
“Drive on, Clarence.”—The Daily
News.
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