to have said regarding self govern
ment as printed in the Alaska
Weekly. It was probably prepared
by Juneau bureaucrats in an effort
to protect Bartley from the criti
cism of his constituents. The bu
reaucrats surely owe Bartley some
thing for the use they had of him
during the legislative session but
when they represent him to be a
lover of free government and home
rule for Alaska they are carrying
the thing too far. They may im
pose on the credulity of those who
are not in touch with the political
affairs in the territory but they can
not fool those who know the Hon
orable Bartley Howard.
SUBSCRIBER.
A LETTER FROM THE DESIGNER
OF THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF
ALASKA
Mr. William L. Paul,
First Division,
Ketchikan, Alaska
Dear Friend:
I thank you for your congratu
lations to me. • All the children ii
the Home were glad it was one of
them that won the contest. I am
an Alaskan and I was born in the
town of Chignik, and my mother
died and my father put me in the
Jesse Lee Home when I was two
years old. In a year later he bought
a fox ranch which concluded two
islands. And after that he got
married to a young lady at Kodiak
the same time as our old Superin
tendent, Doctor Newhall, did.
tv non l in ox uitum 10 oewara, l
wished I was back at Unalaska
again. But now I like Seward just
as good as I did Unalaska. Over
at Unalaska we did not see the rac
es on the Fourth of July. But we
went on a picnic. But in Seward
I entered the pie eating contest
and I won.
I will be sure and try to stop at
your office.
Your friend,
BENNY BENSON
▲drertlM In THE FISHERMAN.
JARDINE AND HOOVER
As Portrayed in the U. 8. Senate
(Senator Wheeler)
It is important to know what are
the forces that named and still In
fluence Secretary Jardine. From
the press reports and other circum
stances which are matters of com
mon knowledge among Members Of
the Senate it is apparent that Wil
liam M. Jardine was appointed Se
cretary of Agriculture through the
influence of SECRETARY HOOV
ER. It was charged that his ap
pointment was with the distinct
understanding that he would re
move certain subordinate officials
in the Department of Agriculture
and would support and carry out
the agricultural policy of Secretary
Hoover.
Now for the sequel. In due
time Secretary Jardine caused to
be removed from office Dr. H. C.
Taylor, Chief of the Bureau of Agri
cultural Economics, and Mr. Chas.
J. Brand, consulting specialist In
marketing. Messrs. Taylor and
Brand had supported the agricultur
al policy of their late Chief, Secre
tary Wallace, and had opposed the
agricultural policy of Hoover, Secre
tary of Commerce.
The Secretary of Agriculture be
came not the representative and
champion of American farmers but
the representative and spokesman
of the Secretary of Commerce.
FENCES
A young Indian boy of Sitka was
recently arrested charged with
stealing and selling four mink
skins. He confessed his guilt and
said he had sold the skins to Mrs.
George Peterson, fur buyer and
President of the Sitka School Board.
When she was asked about it she
declared that she bought the furs
from the little fellow who could not
have profited by the crime except
with the aid of a fur buyer who
knew so well that the furs were
stolen as to conceal the fact.
THE PROSPECTORS AID BELL.
This bill was for the benefit of
prospectors and provided that pros
pectors could get help from the
Territory to help pay their trans
portation charges. The limit was
$160.
Tom Gaffney, (Friend of Labor),
said, “I am thoroly opposed to this
bill." He tried in many ways to kill
the bill WITHOUT going on record.
His last effort was to divide the
money equally in spite of the fact,
of the First Division Representa
tives, William L. Paul offered to
support a motion to give the Nome
Division one half of the money for
the purpose of stimulating devel
opment there.
But Tom Gaffney, former presi
dent of the Western Federation, of
Miners, only replied, “I am thoroly
opposed to this bill.
SEWARD SCHOOL BONDS
Delegate Dan Sutherland has in
troduced a bill to authorize &
$40,000 school bond issue by the
town of Seward.
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