Tidings
Gov. Scott C. Bone has appointed
George C. Hazlett of Cordova as
active chairman of the territory of
Alaska for the Harding Memorial
Week which began December 9 in
Alaska.
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Governor Scott C. Bone has given
two recess appointments on the Ter
ritorial Fish Commission to Calvin
Hazlett, son of George. The next
legislature will again be asked to
confirm this appointment just as the
legal term expires, and there will be
enough Senators just meek enough
to let him “put it over.”
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When Governor Scott C. Bone was
asked why he had endorsed a cer
tain man for high public office when
he knew that the record of this man
already in the hands of the De
partment of Justice justified crimin
al prosecution, our Governor from
Seattle, Washington said “Oh, but I
am told that he has reformed.”
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For some reason or other, the
Prohibition Department of this Di
vision is very quiet in the law en
forcement line. But we hear that
Mr. E. V. Means is very busy telling
the “right parties” that Governor
Bone is a nice man.
We have heard on the street that
D. W. Flanagan is to be promoted
“out of the territory.” He has been
too active in running down bootleg
gers. While he was away, there were
still five officers here in Ketchikan,
but they could not see any bootleg
gers. I don’t know what some men
get drunk on.
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E. M. Keys, of Fairbanks, has
again filed for the lower House, and
we suppose he will be elected; he is
“respectable,” he belongs to a church,
he is a business man of proven abili
ty, he respected “imported” authori
ty, and he simply cannot see lobby
ists. In fact, at the end of the last
legislature he solemnly said, “When
I was about to come down to Juneau,
my friends told me to watch out for
lobbyists. I have, but I haven’t seen
a one. All I found was some very
fine gentlemen who were willing and
anxious to give me information and
all the help I needed.” Keys votes
with the “Solid Third.” His favor
ite expression after rising to caste
his vote was, “What are we voting
on anyway?”
The Governor appreciated his sup
port so much that he was made a
Regent of the College at Fairbanks.
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M. Elsmore, President of the Bank
of Petersburg, resigned on the last
day, but Jack Davies of Ketchikan
filed for Senator on the very same
day. Looks like good teamwork to
us. We’ll say that corporation law
yer Bert Faulkner is a good coach.
On the last few occasions, Cor
poration Lawyer Faulkner always has
had to go out of town on “urgent
business” on election day. As long
as people will persist in talking about
a certain missing second naturaliza
tion paper, we think it only fair to
our esteemed practitioner to show
us the record.
The Democratic Organ of Juneau
says there will be both an administra
tion and an anti-administration tick
et. If John Troy means a Bone and
an anti-Bone ticket, he is right. We
rather state the ticket thus: For*
the People versus Against the People.
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We regret that Scott C. Bone has
not filed for the preferential vote
for Governor. There is nothing
more sound in our American life
than the term “The People’s Choice.”
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John B. Marshall, former Prohibi
tion Director here, is still doing his
duty in the far East. Readers will
remember that he was “promoted out
of the territory” by the influence of
Governor Scott C. Bone. Was he
too active in performing his duty
here? At any rate E. V. Means, his
successor is not making the same
mistake.
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W. D. Grant of Wrangell, has filed
for the lower House. People will
remember him for his famous
“Grant’s Memorial” which has since
been introduced in Congress by Dan
Sutherland. This memorial is a
complete fishery bill. It is a fair
bill and so you will find the Fish
Trust, the Fish Bureau, and Herbert
Hoover against it.
As between A. E. Gurr, manager of
the Bank of Alaska at Wrangell, and
W. D. Grant, it should be very easy
to make a choice. Grant has proven
that he is For the People, while A.
E. Gurr is corporation lawyer, Bert
Faulkner’s selection.
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The reason why I emphasize the
phrase “corporation lawyer” so often,
is because Bert Faulkner and R. E.
Robertson are first, last and all the
time the lawyers of all the big can
neries and big mines in southeastern
Alaska and yet these two men have
their fingers in politics always. We
cannot deny them this right, but I
can tell the world just what they
are and what they represent. And
when you find these men selecting
men to run for political honors, you
will find that these corporation law
yers are merely “earning their fees.”
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It was not long ago that all the
“better class” of people in Juneau
were kissing Mr. Doheney’s foot
merely because he represented the
thing they worshipped, to-wit: Mon
ey. That fine yacht of his, the
careless way in which he spent money
and all that. Yes, Money today is
the King of the “best minds.” One
thing we can say is that the illiter
ates did not give a special reception
to this man now charged with brib
ing a high public officer to give the
oil lands of the United States to
him.
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That Alaska Road Commission is
a mighty handy thing for the Powers
that Be. Karl Thiele is now travel
ling for this Commission over the
northwest “locating trails” on the
Kuskokwim. Karle’s nose for trails
is better than a reindeer’s nose for
moss, and therefore the matter of
six or more feet of snow will be
nothing.
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During the flu epidemic in the
Northwest Karle Thiele was sent to
Ne’son Island by Governor Riggs to
relieve the starving Natives there
and was so successful that he brought
back about six sleigh loads of furs.
The Natives were so glad to let
him have their year’s catch of fur
because the buyers in that district
were kent out of the village by the
quarantine.