hole to arms depth without
trouble. I often visited the O’
Hara kids and playing in the
sand was our principle amuse
ment. O’Hara planted almond
trees where he yanked the brush
out. His neighbors laughed at
him—called him “Crazy O’Hara.”
When he died a few years ago
his estate was appraised at three
million.
I saw a good portion of Cali
fornia before it was improved or
rather ruined in the eyes of
conservationests by the unob
structed advent of people; I
strayed to southeastern Alaska
twenty-three years ago and was
so much impressed with the po
tential possibilities of this coun
try that I could not be induled
to leave. I never expected this to
be a farming country but I was
foolish enough to take seriously
the promise held forth by the
-originators of the National For
ests. I did vision small timber
claims held under lease and a
paternal government supervi
sion of cutting. I did vision
white houses against a green
background, seen from the wat
er; small clearing; stock raising
fur farming; fishing; boating;
summer resorts—all safe and
secure, backed up by • an intelli
gent cropping of timber.—I vi
sioned our towns taking on the
proportions of cities.
But what is the use of re
pining. By taking on this way 1
am merely making myself out a
fool and old fashioned. Let us
greet the new order. I see now
where I was mistaken. Times
change and so do ideals. Once
the people of America worship
ped liberty and were willing to
speak up for it. Today we wor
ship the dollar and will sink to
any spiritual depths to get it.
Today if a man is foolish enough
to make a protest in the inter
est of justice he is ganged, look
ed upon askence, called a man
with no moral character and
properly squelched.
Let us all bow to the inevit
able and thank the great Yah
weh that the forests of South
eastern Alaska are being made
safe for bears and the invest
ment of millionaire’s dollars.
Let us give thanks that the peo
ple of Southeastern Alaska will
never be called upon to make
such a heartbreaking struggle to
realize the joyous fulfillment of
dreams as have all other pioneer
people. Let us give thanks that
we may some day have a job
with a pulp company and that
our children can compete with
the Filipinos in the canneries.
Let us tip our hats to these
self-confessed agents of greed
even if we can not look one an
other in the eyes as men. Let us
cultivate the habit of taking to
the brush whenever a boatload
of tourists comes along so that
they will not pity us to our faces
and revile us as men without
intelligence or courage.
E. S. HUNGERFORD
INDIANS SUE FOR MILLIONS
-x
In a subdued silence, a s
though they felt the presence
among them of the spirits of
the departed braves who made
the treaty for which they will
fight, not with war drums and
scalping knives, but with “white
man’s law,” representatives of a
half-dozen tribes of Puget Sound
Indians gathered in superior
court, Seattle.
They were called together by
their attorney, Arthur E. Griffin,
to give their depositions for a
suit to be pressed with the court
of claims at Washington, D. C.,
in October.
In the action, the redskins
seek about $70,000,000, the equiv
alent of the eighty acres of land
each Indian was to receive under
a treaty with Gov. Isaac Stevens
ALASKA NATIVE
SISTERHOOD
President Mrs. L. Roundtree
Meets Every Monday
Petersburg - - Alaska
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Ed Marshall D. Marshall
President Secretary
DR. L. P. DAWES
Physician and Surgeon
First National Bank
Building
Phone 2602 Juneau
KETCHIKAN FOUNDRY
H. P. HANSEN, Prop.
Manufacturer of
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Phone Black 121 Box 843
in 1885, according to the Indians’
ciaim.
Princess Fine Feathers of the
Snohomish Tripe at Tulalip and
a graduate of Everett High
School was present. Her four
yoar-old son, Seiyab (Little
Chief), slept on his young moth
er’s lap while his grandfather,
Wha-Cah-Dubh (He-Who-Strive
-Upward), argued the cause of
the redmen on the basis of the
pact made long ago. i