i ;1 does now pay annually for Ter
ritorial officials $50,000., this ar
i.tiigement is working satisfactorily.
Tins amount would bo applied to
. late government in tlio event of
k tatehood. This sum is distribute 1
is follows:
Treasure, per annum.$5,000
attorney General .$5,000
Superintendent of Schools.. $5,000
Highway Engineer .$4,000
Mining Inspector .$4,000
Federal Secretary of the Terri
tory .$6,000
Governor’s Office, Clerical and Ter
ritorial Boards .$19,000
Superintendent of Pioneer Home..
.2,000
..Total .$50,000
Total Annual Revenue now col
ected by the Federal Government
which would be applied to State
of Alaska now diverted to the Fed
pval Treasury.
What Congress needs are facts
^nd figures. What the people of
Alaska need is the elimination of i
lunal government, an dthe inherited
rr*Sit to govern by the consent of tile
governed.
Profitable Seal Hunting
The hunting of hair seal is an oc
cupation that will bring fair returns
for the time and energy expended,
according to John Roach, a local man
who nas been hunting seals for ove.*
a month.
Having nothing else to do John
decided to tackle the seal proposi
tion which heretofore has failed to
interest anyone in this section
W hen he was in town last week he
reported that in 45 days he had ta
ken 82 hair seal. On these he will
receive a bounty of $2 each. He ex
pects to be able to sell tile skins at
from $3 to $5 each.
While out bunting seals be killed
7 l eagles for which he will receive a
bounty of one dollar each.
Roach states that when lie ha*
killed 100 seals he will make a ship
ment of skins and also put in a claim
fir bounty for that number. Th?
most of tlie seals killed were taken
CHARLES BENJAMIN
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Wrangell, Alaska
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Miners and Merchants Bank
of Ketchikan
Established in I9C6
at w conic bay although lie says
there are plenty of them on the Sti
kine lie used a row boat in doing
his hunting, but stated that he ex
peals to buy an outboard motor to
enable him to go from place to place
n. >re (illicitly. He says that seal
hunting is better than working for
wages, but that it is no snap, as he
pul in long hours and worked hard.
However, he states that in the 4a
days lie has been hunting seals he
has learned much about their habit i
and is sure that in the future he
can make a better showing than he
did at the beginning.
!n hunting seals in this locality it
is not u Question of finding them or
killing them. The problem ist o ra
ce'or their bodies after they art
killed.—'Wrangell Sentinel
A l»OI XT HD Qt’KSTIOX
August 12, 192S
Alr William L. Paul,
Ketchikan Alaska
Sir:
Why are the traps allowed to be
kept full of iish after the closed sea
son to be fished out and canned af
Uaward? While the seiner must p i
his seine on the wharf at (i o’clock
the night of the closed season?
.s that a fair deal for the fisher
men? or is the fish commissioner
a Paid of his job if lie closes the
traps with .no lish in them?
When the brailer is at work,
THEY vAllK FISHING just the
same as the seiner would be if he
lrd his seine out.
Sheldon Jacks'
School
SITKA, ALASKA
High School
and
Industrial Training
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