PRESIDENT BUNNELL GOES
TO THE CAPITAL
On December 19, President
Charles Bunnell, of the Alaska
College left for Washington, D.
C., where l.e was to confer with
ieceral officials and appear be
fore Congress in regard to a pro
gram o extension work in agri
culture and home economics in
Alaska.
At various times Congress has
nought to extend to Alaska the
privileges granted other land
grant colleges in the States for
carrying on work in the agri
cultural and home economics
fields. The Alaska College is ths
youngest land grant college in
teh United States and territories,
and through the efforts of Presi
dent Bunnell certain of the ben
efit acts have been extended to
Alaska. Extension work is to be
gin next year. A bill is now
tending in Congress which if
passed will make other land
grant acts applicable to A1 a ka.
President Bunnell planned to
appear before the Agricultural
Committee and Congress in sup
port of the bill.
KNIGHT THE CANDIDATE
(Anchorage Times.)
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Voters of the Alaska Railroad
belt will find it easy to support
th2 candidacy of Frank L.
I night, who has announced that
he wi 1 seek the Republican
nom'nation for Territorial treas
urer in the April primaries. Mr.
Knight :'s an estimable citizen
and possesses all of the qualifi
cations needed to fill the office
to wlii h he aspires; he long has
been and still is prominently
identified with the upbuilding
of the community in which he
resides, being an Alaskan first
last and all the time, and pos
sessing a broad knowledge of
Ala-Ira conditions and needs, a
knowledge that will serve Wm
well should it be the wish of the
voters of the territory to have
him serve them as treasurer and
member of the several import
ant boards of which he will be a
part if he is elected. The Times
is glad to see Mr. Knight enter
the primaries; his coming for
ward may give encouragement
to other men of his calibre to of
fer their services to the terri
toiy, the e y lesien’ng the haz
ard making selections at the
poPs.—Anchorage Times.
(Editor’s note: We are won
dering if the Anchorage Times
will refuse all Indian votes or
will they be welcomed in b oc if
cast for. Mr Knight. Or if the
Indians vote for Mr. K light
will that prove to Editor Fiske
that they have “intelligence?”
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“KICK HIM OUT ” IS INDIAN
PLEA
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Down in Nespelem, the Coun
cil of the Inchelium tri'c of In
dians on the Colville reserva
tion passed a resolution "’ea ing
with white hunters who range
the Indian lands for bird and big
tame.
“White man do no g.od. He
com here hunt our game, ca ch
our fish. We vote kick h m out.”
sbm tioiqAV uorpiiose.i u rn;s
ent to Washington, D C.
The Alaskan Way
The Indians of Alas :o far
have asked no favor of the g >v
c-rnment. Their hunting grounds
are but pleasant memories; their
fishing streams, closed to ttcm
and they are made criminals by
a legalized system of blackmail
in ifiged in by and between the
United States Department of
Just'ce and the United Sta'es
Pur.au of Fisheries.
Instead of selfishly working
only for the interests of the In
dian, the Alaska Native Brother
hood has sought to secure legis
lation for and regulation of cnir
fisheries of general application.
Ihe time may come when the
Indian through his organization
will say, “the United States of
ficials of Alaska are a bunch of
legalized crooks who browbeat
and threaten poor fishermen to
plead guilty to charges of illegal
fishing and for e him to plead
guilty to the charge when inno
cent.” Nor will there be one bit
of exaggeration to the charge as
v ill be attested by virtually ev
ery member of the law fraternity
in Alaska. The ALASKAN.
KILLISNOO FI sH REDUCTION
PLANT DISCONTINUED
The Killisnoo Fisheries Com
pany operating the fish reduc
tion plant at Killisnoo, will dis
continue herring fishing this
season, according to an an
announcement made by Manager
A. H. Kuettner. The plant will
handle only offal from salmon
canneries.
The increasing difficulty of
obtaining herring in sufficient
quantities, and regularly, is the
reason given for this change.
'T’here is no apparent decrease in
!he number of herring, but the
run has become erratic, and in
many instances herring have
quit frequenting cer tain waters
because of the dead herring
there. These fish, it is said, were
impounded by herring fisher
men for bait, and through some
oelay in brailing the sets, allow
ed to die and sink to the bottom.
Three new boats for the col
lection of offal from canneries
are now in process of construc
tion in Seattle, and will come
north before the opening of the
canning season Kuettner said.
They are specially built for this
wirk.—Empire.
. .In infants levity is prettiness;
in men a shameful defect; but
in old age, a moaetrpus folly,-*
Rochefoucauld,