The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 2, 1922, Page 4

* *8 & * On “Hell Ship” Old Mexican Is Given Hasty Burial Indian Proves to Be Human “Still” Natives Apply for Cannery Jobs How Contract System Works Out | * ®& * ww & Max Stern, newspaper man, has written for The Star and sister papers description of orrers i it an aged Mexican fy left tub—Editor. @ trip he took on an Alaskan salmon ship of the “hell ships” are brought home | chapters found him, a member of the The Stern's forceful style. ‘Chinese gan, on his ans an drag on in endless misery, Throats are dry for lack of water, A bad and the ship undertaker had no luck, Stern discov he’s sick because vermin leave him, Bark at last reaches cannery Alaska country and men are taken ashore. A sick pup is to die, Rooms in bunkhouse se low stand up. Men desperate for chance to bathe and after sev attempts are given chance at the tub, There are 72 men and BY MAX STERN ‘The day after our arrival we burted the old Mexican. Tt was a very simple ceremony, “Chip,” the carpenter, had built a fine coffin, and an old Yaqui Indian had fashioned a cross which he had painted and upon which he had writ- ten an inscription. Joo, the Guamese scond foreman, the little cometery on the bluff A wet, cold wind was blowing from the north, sweeping across the snow- hemmed muddy river and bending the long, brown grass on the tundra flats gdout us, Tho sky was overcast and & few drops of rain were falling. CEREMONY OVER IN A HURRY We were tn a hurry, so the box was quickly lowered by two old ly, and, without a word having been aid, the funeral was over, Thus JOSE MAITOREM FALLECIO Bl 28d Mayo 1982 Nve. de Zonora It was a cold bed for a native of _ @unny Mexico, but it was a rest for the rest of us,” Yaqui in Bpan- fah, as we filed down the hill to our shack village. None of the white can- ery men had taken part and not hammer had been silenced for the ceremony. Salmon canners have no time for sentiment, The sun came out, and with It our gang. They had not done any work yet, but the overalls Meyer had fur- nished them were nearly all ripped down the seam inside, Several were busy sewing theirs, but some were too far gone, Wo went up to the company store to find that we could buy @ much better pair of overalls for $1.90 than Meyer had sold us for $2 down tn Ban Franctsoo. The shoes were giving trouble, too, and in spite of the generous use of oll they leaked water like sieves. INDIAN CHIEF PAYS THEM VISIT As we were loafing in front of our dormitory, we were honored by a visit from the old chief of the Indian vil. lage. Hoe arrived gloriously drunk and bearing a very smelly otter skin which he was trying to sell to buy some of our imported moonshine. This particular old Stwash had a “system.” He was able to turn him- , | self by @ judicious treatment Into a sort of human still. In the morning he would swallow one cup of brown flour, one cup of molasses, one cup of warm water and a little yeast Then he would sit In the sun and let nature do the rest. By noon he had fermented internally enough to be able to defy bis wife, a huge cross- eyed squaw, who was reputed to be the real chief during the chief's sober hours, INDIANS COME AFTER JOBS ‘The native Indians in this part of Alaska, supposed to be half Evkimo The Real Flavor of the genuine “GREEN” Tea fe in every packet of "SALAD GREEN TEA Superior to the best Japans, A” Gunpowder or Young Hyson. Sample free BR. & EL C. COOK, East 3383, Ell. 0350 younger, too, healthy. Pleasant to the taste. Pyorrhea Follows Bleeding Gums At the first sign of bleeding gums, watch out for Pyorrhea, It strikes four persons out of every five past forty and thousands Brush your teeth with Forhan's For the Gums. If used consistently and used in time, it will prevent Pyorrhea or check its progress. As a dentifrice, it will keep your teeth white and clean, your gums firm and The formula of R. J. Forhan, D.D.S. At all druggists, 35¢ and 60c in tubes, Salada, Boston Distributors Keep Painted Woodwork CLEAN Clean wooden floors, linoleum, tile, marble, concrete, with SAPOLIO »rhan _ FOR THE GUMS than a tooth paste chs —————™ Formula of R. J. Forken, D. D. 8, Forhan's, Limited, Montreal Forhan Company, New York Pn Pyorrhea | to Suit California | LOS ANGELES Too Many Divorces Cal, Nov. 2% \“Stop using California as a place to dump your wives! | ‘That is the message of Judge Bum: | merfield to Kastern husbands, The judge, who does little but try |divoroe cases all day long, ts tired jot hearing the cases of “women sent lout here to get divorces,” he exolaim- ed as be granted a decree to Mra. Hazel M. Norris. One Killed; Two | Hurt by Explosion| | PORTLAND, Ore, Nov, © %— Caught in an explosion at the Bull | Run plant of the Portland Railway, | Light & Power Co, Innis Townsend | | was killed, Fred MoKee injured, per hape fatally, and V. D, Butler seri. ously burned, near here Wednesday. | Defect in the mechaniam of a device | connected with the motor generator is believed responsible for the acct dent, and half Japanose, are a lazy and im- provident race, but they must eat |eomething besides the poroupine, ptarmigan, rabbits, fish and other game they shoot, trap and catch. A little flour, canned milk, suger and even coffees on thelr bill of fare marks thetr emergence into the first stages of the white man's elvilication. fo when the salmon boats arrive in the spring, the males come around for jobs, The Alaskan government ox- pects every cannery boss to do bis duty, and whether needed or not, every native gets hired. I Worked alongside a couple young Stwash braves for several! days. They were each being paid $3 a day and board and they ate at the fishermen's mean, I was getting tle more than $1 « day, and I a t the Chinamen’s mess, And if I could not have kicked over more work than those two lads together, T would have restaned. CHINESE ARE BETTER PAID The same thing was true of the Chinamen. Our first job was to un- load the lighters and oarry the Chi-| nese provisions to the “Chink store.” Tt was heavy, back-breaking work at | times, lifting boxes of bacon, canned goods, sacks of potatoes and beans Only @ few Chinamen ventured out that day, and those who did were ab- solutely no matoh for the colored men or the Mexicans, Years of inaction, tea-drinking and opium-amoking had weakened the best of then. They of lchapel Thursday at 3 p. m. were no good for heavy work. being paid by the Chinese boas $360 to $400 @ neason to our $170. Why was this? ARE BOUND TO THEIR JOBS Our relation to our Chinese boa was @ little better than that of slave and master, We were bound to the job for six months by eoonomic chains that fow of us vould sever. We had signed « contract to work for the season. If we quit during that time, we would forfeit our season's carn- ings, unless the Chinaman saw fit to ive it to wh. But we couldn't quit, The cannery owners owned all the boats In the Around our cannery was a sa of marsh land which could be crossed with difficulty in high boots, And boots cost $8 or $9 @ pair. And should we eacape, it could only be to anoth- or cannery, and the canneries stand together. They will not hire « man who has quit another cannery. / ‘The only haven for a fumitive oan- jnery hand of the Chines gang | would be the native villages And I | had already noted sort of contempt [oven the natives bore the members of the Chinese gangs, Unlens we had enough cash to get back—the matter of nome $150—awe were bound to atick }it out, and if we wanted to eat we had to work EVILS OF THE CONTRACT SYSTEM But while we were in the absolute power of our Chinesp bons for «ix |months, he had no interest in us after the season was over. This was not true of his Chinese workmen. From year to year he keeps them supplied with food and | aheltor, | Sometimes they Itve at his place }and board with him the year thru. They are often in his debt for optum land other things. It t# a condition that compares favorably with that | described by the late Mra Harriet | Beocher Stowe. When the “bonn-ee” pays them $380 | season he ts not paying tt to them, but to himself. They etther owe htm their season's earnings already or they will spend them with him event- ually. He is taking money out of one pocket and putting it into the other, and the more he pays them the more he pays himself. ‘This is one of the many reasons why under the Chinese contract sys tam the canneries will never be as wured of first-claas workers. (More Tomorrow.) Spare Room Rented Pays for Clothes “Oh, Tom, I have such good news for you. I rented the spare bedroom this morning to the nicest young lady. She's a achool teacher from| Iowa and she’s a fine girl, really.” “Well, that's great, dear But don’t work too hard keeping it up. Make her keep her things up. The| new house keeps you pretty busy as it ta, without any worrying about young lady roomern.” “I'd never think of worrying and it will be pleasant having her jaround. Bhe seema Iike a quiet, lady. | like girl and she won't be demanding {all kinds of impossible privileges, I am sure.” | “That's fine, If you don't work too | hard. I want you to une all the ax- tra money on yourself, dear. You've jgone without clothes and other |things while we were getting the |house. Now we have it and I can |manage the other payments easily, You begin buying new clothes now |to match the new house.” “Tom, you're an angel. I do need new clothes from the akin out, I know just what I'll do, too. I'll buy them at Cherry's and make arrange: ments for monthly payments. That way I can buy what I need most right now and pay for them gradu- ally as | get my extra money.” p04 iden, Cherry's ia a fine place, I know. So many of the bent [dressed men have told mo they |bought there.” 1015 Becond ave, on the second floor of the Rialto Bidg., over the Pigin Whistle. 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