REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
(Ketchikan Examiner)
(October 11, 1924)
Dan Sutherland, Delegate to Con
gress from Alaska, was born at Cape
Breton Island, Canada, April 17, 1869,
reared and educated in Essex, Mass.,
a suburb of Gloucester, to where
his parents had moved when he was
a baby. Came to Alaska in 1898;
mined in Koyokuk and Rampart
districts; went to Nome during the
heyday of that camp; later mining
at Council, Ophir and Fairbanks dis
trict. Was appointed United States
Marshal at Juneau. Later was elect
ed and served eight years in the
Territorial Senate. Has represented
Alaska as Delegate to Conrgess for
two terms, and is now seeking re
election. His fight against the fish
trust has made him a National fig
ure. His fearless stand on all mat
ters pertaining to th isTerritory
wherein the self-seeking interests
seek special privilege has brought
him in touch with the ablest men in
both houses of Congress in debate.
Courage, ability and results entitles
him to re-election.
John Rustgard, Attorney General
of the Territory of Alaska, was born
in Norway 56 years ago. Was edu
cated in the public schools of Minne
apolis, Minn.; graduated from the
University of Minnesota, taught
school, practiced law for eight years
in Duluth. Came to Nome, Alaska,
spring of 1900, engaged in mining
and prospecting for several years;
was Mayor and City Attorney of
Nome. In 1910 wes appointed United
States Attorney at Juneau, and serv
ed until 1914. Was elected to his
present position four years ago. Mr.
Rustgard is one of the ablest lawyers
in Alaska, a man of high intellectual
attainments and broad vision. He
prosecuted the suit against the Alas
ka transportation trust and won it.
He has handled many of the more
prominent cases in the Circuit Court
of Appeals with marked results. His
election means, efficient, fidelity, to
the people of Alaska.
Senator Forest J. Hunt, President
of the Sixth Territorial Senate, was
born in Newaygo County, Mich.,
graduated from Gibbon Academy,
Nebraska. Came t oWrangell in
1898; located in Ketchikan, 1900.
Served as Mayor two terms; council
ma nsix years. During the many
years that Senator Hunt has been
in the Territorial Senate many of
the most important matters of legis
lative value have come before him
for disposition, and in each instance
he has acted with promptness and
decision. There has never been a
man in the Senate his superior. The
lessons of his youth and the princi
ples which he early indorsed, he has
followed with increasing determina
tion and enthusiasm, and thereby won
a high place among the law-makers
and his fellow citizens. With it all
he is one of the most modest men
in Alaska, and it is only from his
friends and associates, who know his
life history, that one learns the
points which have been the salient
features in his career. Senator Hunt
is engaged in the mercantile busi
ness in Ketchikan, and is one of the
oldest residents. He has always
been a loyal Republican, and seeks
re-election upon the record he has
made in public office.
William L. Paul, arrived in Alaska
in 1885. He is a graduate of Sitka
Training school; Carlisle Pennsyl
vania Indian school; Banks Business
College, Philadelphia; Whitworth Col
lege, Tacoma, Washington. Was
manager of a large store in Lewis
County, Washington; Department
manager of Hartman and Thompson
private Batik, Portland, Oregon, and
was Cashier, Manager, Traveling
Audito rand Adjuster for the Fidel
ity and Deposit Company of Mary
land, in the San Francisco, and Port
land offices for seven years. Is a
practicing lawyer in the Territory of
Alaska, with offices in Ketchikan.
Many years a common fisherman,
and has been the leader in the fight
against fish traps. Has fought for
a decent workman’s compensation law
and i other measures^ for the best
interests of the Alaskan people. Hav
ing spent the best years of his life
in this Territory it enables him if
elected as Representative to take ..o
the legislature a fund of information
that he has gleamed from the School
of Hard Knocks.
He is entitled to your vote and
your support in the coming election
for Representative in the Alaska
Legislature.
William D. Grant came to Alaska
in the year 1896, and has resided
in territory nearly all of the time
since. He is a capable business man,
whose sole interest is in the develop
ment of Alaska. H eserved as De
puty Marshal for twelve years, and
was one of the best Deputy Marshals
in Southeastern Alaska. At the pres
ent time he is endeavoring to inter
est capital in a large pulp mill near
Wrangell. He is heavily interested
in valuable mineral claims near that
place. His ability and fairness com
mends him to th evoters for re-elec
tion.
Perry M. Hern has been a resident
of Skagway, Alaska, since in 1898;
he saw the possibilities; has been
one of the leaders in the fight for
a road to the summit and at last
has succeeded in getting the Bureau
of Public Roads to see it in the
same light. This will mean a great
deal to Skagway and other points
in the northern part of this Division.
He is half owner of the Skagway
Drug Store, he being one of the very
few merchants who had the courage
to file the original freight bills, en
abling Dan Sutherland, and John
Rustgard to properly present the
transportation rates, which proved
discrimination against Alaskans. Mr.
Hern has never held public office,
but will carry with him years of ex
perience in his fight against special
interests. You will make no mistake
in supporting Mr. Hern for the of
fice of Representative in the Alaska
Legislature.
Charles Ferguson has lived in
Alaska a quarter of a century; at
present lives in Craig, Alaska. He
is engaged in fishing and shipping,
also in mining. He represented the
fishermen at the Washington hearing
in 1921, being associated with Wil
liam L. Paul. At present he is
working in the woods near Sulzer,
Prince of Wales Island. He is a
competent business man, and notec.
for his fairness to Capital and La
bor. He also is entitled to your
hearty support for the position of
Representative in the Alaska Legis
lature .
PLATFORM OF
WILLIAM L. PAUL
I am a candidate for membership
in the legislature.
Several men, notably William D.
Grant, Perry M. Hern, and Charlie
Ferguson, are running with me on
the same ticket. In a large meas
ure, we stand for the very same
principles* and so the reader can
take it that these four men will
work for the same ends. Senator
E. J. Hunt, running for re-election
to the Senate will be found co-op
erating to a large extent in the
Senate.
I am against the fish trap in any
form, because it is driving our per
manent population out of this Ter
ritory or to starvation rations; be
cause I know from my own personal
experience that these fish traps are
directly responsible for the destruc
tion of our fisheries that is now go
ing on under our eyes. While I
would kill the system of fish traps
at one blow if that were possible, I
would be willing to adopt a policy
that would- surely reduce the num
ber of traps rather than to hold out
for my own ideas and get nothing.
In other words, if it appears that
I must work for a reduction in the
number of traps because the other
is hopeless, I would work for a re
duction. I believe that any reduc
tion in the number of traps will
prove so beneficial to Alaska that
it would be but a short time before
the people of Alaska would be in
favor of abolishing the fish trap.
The fishing industry must be sta
bilized. If we get rid of fish traps,
the canneries must have some as