The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 4, 1931, Page 4

. i ;g THE S — DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1931. JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered In the Fost Office In Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier In Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thane for $1.25 per month. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in_advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, In advance, $1.26. Subscribers will eonfer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or ‘rregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRISS, The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the ase for republication of all news dispatches credited .o It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the tocal news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TC BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. INDIAN RESERVATIONS Below we reprint an editorial from the Sitka Verstovian, published by the Sheldon Jackson School, protesting against the proposal to concentrate the Indians of Alaska in reservations. The Empire agrees with the Verstovian. The position of this paper has been from its beginning that the ultimate destiny of Alaska Indians is complete citizenship in all respects like that of the white citizens. We believe that as fast as the In- dians are educated so they understand the mean- ing of it all they should have the franchise and other citizenship privileges and responsibilities ex- tended to them. This means that the Indians should learn to read and write and understand tihe English language and, through this education and association and experience, be prepared to care ?or themselves as individuals among the institu- tions of modern civilization. In other words, the Indians should eventually be absorbed by and be- come a part of our civilization. This will come gradually, and it will come by each individual Indian working out his own problems with the ald of the schools and advice and example of his asso- ciates. We believe that this destiny would not be ad- vanced by complete segregation of the races as was done in the States through the reservation cystem. There ought to be no curtailment of opportunities for the Indians. It may be that Government teach- ers and guardians of one sort and another would find their work easier under the reservation system than it now is. It is probably a good thing that we have the separate Indian towns that we have, but we believe that residence in them should remain voluntary. Freedon of will places the responsibil- ity where it belongs. upon the individvai Indian, and the development of Indians into capable citizenship is an individual matter for each Indian to solve for himself. It is well to help him to get an education. It may be well to have compulsory education for the Indians as we have for the whites. But as far as practicable, intereference with them ought to be sug- gestive rather than compulsory. Our citizens have a right to prescribe standards for voting citizen- ship, for admittance to public schools, etc., and it is up to those who want these privileges and re- sponsibilities to meet the required standards. Hun- dreds of Indians already have the franchise. Prob- ably a majority of these are qualified for it. Others will become qualified as time passes. Indians of Southeast Alaska have made and are making splendid progress toward a desirable destiny. We believe it would be a grave mistake to make radical changes in the system under which they have advanced and are advancing. DEMOCRATIC TRIBUTE TO MR. LONGWORTH. While the New York Times is an independent newspaper in that it is not bound to any political organization it is Jeffersonian in its thought and leans toward the Democratic Party. It is generally regarded, since the suspension of the New York World, as the leading Democratic publication in the United States. Therefore its tribute to the late Speaker Longworth is without partisan bias and worthy of special consideration. The Times, com- menting upon Mr. Longworth and his worth to the Republican Party, said: ‘The Republican Party has lost its strong- est leader in Congress by the death of Speaker Nicholas Longworth. But every Representative, whatever bloc or party, will feel that he has lost a friend. And a wide circle, national and international, one in affection for a human being of rare person- ality, high ability and unchallenged integ- rity, will mourn the untimely passing of one of the most companionable men who ever held important office in the United States. It does not explain Speaker Longworth's inflence with the turbulent House which thrice elected him its Speaker to cite his personal charm alone. That was effective in drawing to him ties of personal friend- ship even his political foes. In addition, he had real force and courage, together with consumate parliamentary skill. He could match himself, and often did, with the best equipped of his adversaries. In that rough combat of debate which delights the House Mr. Longworth could hold his own. If the thrust were humorous he sent as goed as he received. He could silence, and in private contact, civilize the most obstre- perous “hick” Congressman who ever came to the House in boots. Complaints about his direction of the legislative business were always pro forma; he ran the House with as firm a hand as the rules and varying majorities permitted; but he was generous with individuals and always helped new members to make their way if they had the human materials. The earthquake epidemic has reached Asia where nearly 400 Armenians were killed and 2,000 injured. | put Daily Alaska Empire | Senator Borah complains about the increasing tendency toward bureaucratic government in ihi United States and blames the .Executive Branch of | the Government for it. Former Président Coolidge and President Hoover have both made similar com- plaints and inferentially at least blamed Congress. In the meantime there are the bureaus. ® announcement from Washington that ihe ration will keep all Federal employees on ayroll for another year whether their services are nedeed are not and will not reduce salaries will doubtless bring joy to many. | That | t in College Sports. (New York Herald Tribune.) Columbia has followed a good lead; it has de- cided not to differentiate between one sport and another in the awarding of varsity insignia. That is as it should be. What matters it whether an undergraduate gives his best in a fotoball game or |in a fencing match? He should receive the best that the university has to award for athletic prowess. We rejoice over this decision because it means that another outstanding university has fallen into line as far as the question of sports in the life of the undergraduate is concerned. Nature gives this boy a sturdy pair of legs and a deep chest; to one it givés a supple wrist and a quick eye; to another it gives a sense of balance and the quickness of mind and muscle so essential to the adept at squash or indoor tennis. Because we believe in the bracing influence of competition we favor the awarding of college numerals and letters to successful competitors. The boy or man who never wins either his numerous or his letters may enjoy to the full his activities in the inter- collegiate sports arena, but nevertheless we are still in support of the policy of giving prizes. ‘There is a definite tendency toward building up what have been known as the minor sports— soccer, Ruzby, swimming, boxing, lacrosse, fencing, basketball, golf and so. The most recent develop- ment has been to give them equal standing with the so-called major sports. There could be nothing more wholesome in the undergraduate world. Col- leges and universities are supposed to lay the foundation for the growth of good Americanism rather than to profit by the athletic prowess of a small group of abnormally well developed young- sters, who are in no sense representative, either mentally or physically, of the generation in which they live. Freedom for Legs. (New York Herald Tribune.) Gandhl will wear trousers in London. Gone the loin cloth, gone the bare bosom, gone, perhaps, even the religious chutia, the long tuft of hair worn by most Hindus. Gandhi, even Gandhi, will conform. It is not be- cause London is cold in summer that Gandhi will sign, in the Western World, of a modern man. It is because fashion decrees it. Even a saint in a loin cloth in London would cease to be a saint; he would become merely a spectacle. Gandhi knows that and dons trousers, and Gandhi is right. On a bathing beach, even in the heart of Anglo- Saxon civilization, a man may be comfortable. In the city, in hot weather, fashion asserts that he must be miserable. The Englishman who boldly. and dream of letting a bit of bare shin be visible in the city; - most - Americans find shorts uncomfortably heterodox, even in the country. Women may un- dress to a degree of comfort (fashion, instead, de- crees that women’s garb shall be uncomfortably scant in winter), but men may. not. Their shirts must be tight at the neck; they must wear coats; they must wear trousers. Freedom for India may be a good cause, but In- dia is a long way off. If Gandhi would only cam- paign for freedom for men's legs in the heart of the Anglo-Saxon, world! Indian Reservations (The Verstovian, Sitka) Proposals are being made for the establishment of Indian reservations in Alaska. The Verstovian registers a protest against this policy of making more wards for Uncle Sam. Instead of this ill conceived method of pauperizing, let us have more attention given the education and advancement of the Alaskan Indian as a free man without boundary restrictions and limitation of opportunity by the Government. Development of the Indian in the States undcer the reservation system does not compare favorably with changes and advancement among the natives of Southeast Alaska. Fifty years ago people of this section were living in a social state of savagery. Superstition was evident on every hand. The dif- ferent tribes were constantly at war with each other. Then a number of years ahead of Government as- sumption of responsibility for education came the Mission School, bringing educational and spiritual enlightenment. Later bureau schools were estab- lished. Progress was slow. The Indian overnight was not willing to cast off his blanket and war paint, nor could he so easily rid himself of the bonds of superstition. However, as time advanced and as educational efforts met with success, the native people adjusted their living to meet the new conditions of an incoming civilization. Economic in- dependence and citizenship rights have become estab- lished. The reservation system does not secure these rights and privileges of the free man for the Indian under its care and supervision. It is true, that the Indian of Southeast Alaska is far more advanced in civilization than the native of the more remote regions of the Territory, yet it is not an untenable position to hold that what has been possible in developing the people of this sec- tion is also possible for those remotely situated. Education well administered will benefit the Indian of the Interior and the Eskimo of the far morth. Free and self-supporting citizens are an asset to the Territory. Wards of the Government, living in restricted areas, are a liability. Let us have no Indian reservations in Alaska. Rather let us have more and better schools to promote the best interests of the native people which in so doing will promote the interests of the Territory as well. The reason old-timers thought there was noth- ing worse than listening to a long-winded speaker broadcasting static was because they’d never tuned in on a crooner.—(Cincinnati Enquirer.) One excellent way to start on the task of “hum- anizing” Mr. Hoover for the American people would be to arrange for a permanent 20-point rise on the Stock Exchange.—(New York Times.) Of the personal popularity of King Alfonso there was no doubt. He had valor, charm, and humor; and his cracks were full of wisdom. . . . For Mayor of New York, Alfred E. Smith—New York Herald Tribune.) Representative Johnson, of South Dakota, said, “It looks like there might be a deadlock in the House lasting for weeks.” It is a Southern habit to use “like” as a conjunction. Probably in North Dakota they say “as if” or “as thought."—(New York Herald Tribune.) That isn't a plank that Mr. Raskob is trying tc into the platform; it's a.stick—(Detroit News). put on his legs the ugly cloth tubes which are the comfortably wears shorts in the country would not FUUR B"]s ARE | Dole Wreck SUBMITTED FOR DREDGING 0B | Puget Sound Campany Low for Dredging Shelter Harbor, Seward Four companies have submitted bids on the dredging of a shelter harbor ih Resurrection Bay, it was announced today by Maj. Malcolm Elliott, District Engineer, United States Board of Engineers. An award will be made within a few days, he said. Puget Sound Bridge and Dredg- ing Company, which holds the contract for the Thomas Basin project at Ketchikan, was the low bidder, its tender calling for 48% (cents per cubic yard. | 126,000 Yards to Be Moved Other bidders were: General Con- strudiion Company, Seattle, 74 cents; C. J. Disler, Seattle, 57% cents; R. J. Sommers Construction Company, Juneau, 66 cents. The total amounts to be removed is es- | timated at 126,000 cubic yards. | Preliminary work on the harbor Now the wife of Jack Pass, former was started in February which has Boston University athlete, Mrs, been built by the Alaska Road Anna H. Pass, is suing Simon Salts- Commission by day labor. The job man, her ex-fiance, for injuries she was completed several days ago at received when an auto in which 1 she was riding with him figured in an approximate cost of $40.000. |, collision, The crash shattered | Construction has been started on their romance, and Mrs. Pass is two other River and Harbor pro- asking balm to the exten: of $35,- | jects, Maj. Elliott said. The Puget $00. Her home is at Newton, Mass. Sound Bridge and Dredging Com- | s 3 S pany is building the breakwater| Old Papers at The Empire. at Thomas Basin and will send its - £ dredge north in a short time to ¢ begin dredging the shelter basin. FIRE ALARM CALLS At Port Alexander, Semple and Keeney, local contractors, have started work removing obstructions : _2 ;_h l;;i ::g ;::::{:: and widening the entrance to the | 173 ot S Rl NG o harbor there. {| 1-6 Front, near Gross. Apts. | Survey Craig Harbor 1-7 Front, opp. City Wharf. A third improvement project, now 1-8 Front, near Saw Mill. under consideration for future und- 1-9 h-ont. at A. J. Office. ertaking, is being investigated, it 2-1 Willoughby at Totem Gro- || was announced. Lieut. A. R. Bur- cery. ton has just returned from Craig 2-3 Willoughby, opp. Cash Cole’s where he made a reconnaissance Barn. of the harbor, gathering informa- | { ‘2-4 Front and Seward. l | tion for a report on the desirability i 2-5 Front and Main. 2-6 Second and Main. 2-7 Fifth and Seward. 2-9 Fire Hall. 3-2 Gastineau and Rawn Way. 3-4 Second and Gold. 35 Fourth and Harris, 3-8 Fifth and Gold. 3-7 Fifth and East. ; 3-8 Seventh and Gold. i 3-9 Fifth and Kennedy. . | | jand cost of constructing a ‘shelter | harbor there. A petition was made | some time ago for this work. Lieut. Burton left this morning for Seattle to purchase supplies and materials for a new water supply system for Chilkoot Barracks which the Alaska Road Commission will construct for the post by arrange- | ments with the Commanding Gen- |eral of the Ninth Corps Area, | United States Army, San Fran- cisco. Lieut. John R. Noyes, who is due to return here next August, will take over supervision of tha project on his arrival, Maj. 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On each account we compound the interest semi-annually, adding the interest to the account without any trouble on the part of the depositor. Additions may be made at any time. On these savings accounts we pay 4 per cent.interest. We recommend this kind of ac- count to persons who have money for which they have no immediate use and which they want kept in a safe place until needed. The compounding of interest is automatic. The money ‘is not idle, but is constantly making more money for you, accumulating for the rainy day or the day of meed” when other sources fail. We would be pleased to have you call and open a savings account with us. The B. M. Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska e 0 THE GUN MAN | Leave your order at bakery or WATCH FOR ~ NEXT AMERICAN LEGION SMOKER A. B. Hall V. P. 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