THE JOKE LAW
We have long- been of the opinion
that no honest Democrat ever came
to Alaska. In conversing with a very
dear friend we made this remark,
and he flared up and said: “How
do you make that out.” We replied
that the honest Democrats who leave
the United States and come to Alas
ka, as soon as they become aware
of conditions here as to the leader
ship of the Democratic party, for
instance, John W. Troy, Tom Dono
hoe, and others, promptly join the
Republican party, or else keep their
party allegiance secret. On this ac
count when it came time to file for
the preferential choice of Governor
of Alaska, the Democrats had no one
to offer who could have mustered
a corporal’s guard of the decent cit
izens in this Territory. And be
cause no Democrat filed, the Troy
Pegues machine tried to make citi
zens believe that the preferential
vote for Governor law was a joke.
Let us see if it is. The Demo
crats supported Frank Boyle for
Delegate to Congress, and through
out the Territory he got 3 556 votes.
Would any one argue that thest
votes were a joke? However, 5,468
citizens of Alaska voted that they
preferred the Honorable Cash Cole
to be the next Governor of Alaska
in preference to any one else. Would
any one dare say to this group of
citizens that this expression of their
desires through the elective franchise
was a joke ? The entire vote in
Alaska was 10,791, so that if every
person who did not vote for Mr. Cole
had voted against him he would still
have a majority of 145 votes. We
will list below the votes of the citi
zens for different offices beginning
with the person who received the
greatest number of votes:
Hon. Dan Sutherland (Republi
can) received . 6,769
John Rustgard (Republican) for
Attorney General .: 5,727
Cash Cole (Republican) for Gov
ernor . 5,468
Henry Roden (Independent) for
Attorney General . 3,916
Frank Boyle (Democrat) for
Delegate . 3,556
The Democrat running against
Dan Sutherland was an “also ran”
and perhaps the joke as well.
Customer—“I haven’t any change
with me this morning. Will you trust
me for a postage stamp until to
morrow ?”
Drug Clerk—“Certainly, Mr. Jones.”
Customer—“But suppose I snould
get killed or—”
Drug Clerk—“Pray don’t speak of
it, Mr. Jones. The loss would be
but a trifle.”
Ketchikan, May 7.
To the Editor of Alaska Fisherman.
Dear Sir:
Mrs. Grosvold and myself are on
our way outside for medical treat
ment. We were in hopes that the
S. S. Redwood would have hit your
town in the day time so I could
have called on you in person, but
unfortunately she got here at 6 a. m.
Among other matters I wanted to
see you about is this. I notice in
your valuable paper where one of
our legislators, I forgot his name,
is taking up the bounty on eagles.
Now, if he has the welfare of Alaska
at heart and one of the leading
industries, namely fox farming, he
will do his utmost to get the bounty
on eagles raised to from $2.50 to
$5.00, as at the present small bounty
of $1.00 there is no one outside the
fox farmers that cares to go after
this enemy of our valuable fur ani
mals. For general information T
wish to say that in size there is no
comparison between the eagles in
Southeastern Alaska and those to
the westward, which are a much
larger bird and probably very few
give it a thought that ail the Aleu
tian Islands from Kodiak and right
out to Attue are barren of any wood,
therefore there is no shelter what
ever. This spring I have counted
in several places out on my islands
as high as 30 eagles within a stretch
of 500 yards, sitting on high, unac
cessible bluffs. So what show have
the poor foxes to go out and hunt
for food at low water and then get
back to their young when there is
no shelter. I can get dozens to tes
tvfy that they have seen eagles pick
ing up a full grown fox, so what
show do the young ones stand ?
Another great enemy of our fur
bearers is the raven. I have found
them getting away with the young,
and the large hawks and owis can
be included as enemies, so you will
do our western fox farmers a great
benefit to keep the bounty up and
the Territory will benefit by having
the bounty raised, so as to get
away with them in a short time, in
stead of this small bounty which
w:ll keep them on the increase.
Yours respectfullv,
ANDREW GROSVOLD.
Sand Point, Alaska.
(Owner and operator of twelve of
the best fox farms to the westward,
where the true Western Blue Fox
can be obtained)
A south-East Romance—A man
from the East boarded a street car
in the South.
A Southerner got up to g’ive a
lady his seat.
The Eastern man beat the lady
to it.
The body will be shipped back
East for burial—The Nashville Ten
nessean.
HOGUE & TVETEN
General Merchandise
—Operating;—
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