THIS IS GOOD
Edward G. Morrissey, editor of the
Ketchikan Chronicle used to be an
ardent Democrat up to the time he
got the job as commissioner at Ket
chikan. He is really a pretty clev
ei sort too and works for his friends
who are well known. As the U. S.
Commissioner here he creates the
voting* precincts and appoints the
judges.
He has refused to create a voting
precinct at Bayview, an Indian com
munity having over 100 qualified
voters even from the literacy test
standpoint. He has also refused to
create a precinct at Hydaburg*, which
also has over 100 fully qualified
voters and they are thus forced to
travel 18 miles to vote. Bayview
travels seven miles. Of course, this
cuts down the vote. But Mr. Mor
rissey creates the precinct of Beav
er Falls, where only five voters vote,
one Republican and four Democrats.
How very kind Mr. Commissioner,
friend of Jack Davies is. He main
tains the Beaver Falls precinct for
the special convenience of the can
nery superintendent and for the
voters of Metlakatla who only have
to travel the thirty miles from their
town to the voting booths.
This is a fine Democratic coun
try all right.
Was that the worst? I quote from
a letter from Kasaan. “Mr. Morris
sey appointed our election judges
and we got the notice of appoint
ment and the supplies just before the
time for voting, and the d— phool
appoints William L. Bunard who has
been dead for the last two months,
and he was the one who printed it
in his own newspaper. He also ap
pointed Daniel Nelson who has been
a resident of Ketchikan for over
one year. And also Jack Sheppard,
another Ketchikan resident.”
The people of Hydaburg and Bay
view are entitled to the same priv
ileges as the cannery precinct of
Beaver Falls.
LETTER FROM K4SAAW
I am told any Indian may become
a citizen of U. S. A. if he is sep
arated from his tribal relationship.
What is this tribal relation that the
Indian must separate himself from .?
This question comes to me often; not
knowing its answer, my mind wan
ders over the large cities of the U.
S. A. In Boston there is the Irish
tribe. Jewish tribe in New \ork.
A Swedish tribe in Minneapolis. A
Chinese tribe in San Francisco. The
members of these social groups cling
to tradition in religion and cere
monies and superstitions, and in no
wise separate themselves from their
tribal relationships to become a citi
zen of the U. S. A. Yet the immi
grants who come to my country
raise a cry an Alaska Indian must
separate himself from his tribal re
lations otherwise he is not a fit man
to vote. I’m now 59 years old, yet
must I go to some of these so-called
white men to teach me what this
Indian tribal relation is—maybe he
knows.
Missionaries have come to Alaska,
to teach us brotherhood which means
the God-given spirit that honestly
seeks to bring; out in others the same
Christian manhood that Christ has
wrought in us. Vet after my return
from the Presbytery at Petersburg,
I am afraid to say the Lord’s prayer
because if 1 say Our Father it means
the minister and myself will become
Brethren. Vet he lias taught me to
say the Lord’s Prayer. The spirit
of Brotherhood in the Lord’s Prayer
is what slew slavery.
By S. G. DAVIS.
NEW YORK EYE SPECIALIST
TO REMAIN IN KETCHIKAN
Dr. R. L. Carlson, formerly of
New York City, and Rochester, New
York, told our reporter that he is
locating' permanently in Alaska.
The new eyesight specialist has
a’ready fitted many of Ketchikan’s
well known citizens and the reports
regarding the doctor’s ability as an
expert eye examiner and fitter of
glasses bespeak a fine success for
this specialist.
Dr. Carlson comes from America’s
Optical Hub City—Rochester, N. Y.—
with the highest of credentials, hav
ing graduated from the University
of the State of New York Course
in Optometry with highest honors
in 1915, passing that most stringent
of State Board Examinations with
a 98Vz per cent average, the second
highest in nine years After gradu
ating from the two year course of
the Rochester School of Optometry,
the doctor gained a most valuable
experience by assisting Dr. Wm. H.
Doane, chief oculist of the Rochester
Hahnemann Hospital and by taking
special mechanical work in the es
sential branches of eye glass and
spectacle manufacture with the E.
Kirstein & Sons’ Co., the Shur-On
manufacturers. Later the doctor
took special post-graduate work un
der the noted Dr. Geo. Rogers of the
Northern Illinois College of Optics
and Otology at Chicago, doing ex
tensive research work in the study
of muscular imbalances (defects of
eye muscles, etc., including various
conditions of cross-eyes, which the
doctor claims to correct without the
use of drugs or knife.)
Again last summer, after some
nine years of experience, Dr. Carl
son re-visited New York and delved
into the latest developments in op
tometric science. After having made
the personal acquaintance of this
new optometrist, we have no hesi
tancy in stating that efficient and
conscientious service can be expect
ed, such as cannot be surpassed any
where one might go for eye exam
inations and glasses.
Dr. Carlson has remodelled the
rooms above Mrs. Robinson’s store
on Front Street and is now estab
lished there permanently.
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