Douglas Island news., 1920-06-04

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 distant people even were they shel-
 torci and protected by Che bonds of
 au anomalous statehood" Guessing
 just what Chat sentence means
 should be a pleasant Indoor sport Co
 help while away the long dark nights
 next winter and thus win Drayton
 do his share to ameliorate Che hard-
 ahips of lfc m Alaska.
 This eymgel of salvation tells us
 that Che government of Che United
 states was a party to Che footing and
 conuscauon of Alaska's treasures.
 That later shamod by public senti-
 ment it ued them up. but only for
 tho purpose of decelv.ug the public
 ao chat whom public conscience was
 uliod thoao treasures could be safely
 turned over t0 Che "oil trust Che
 lumber rust Che coal trust. and
 their Financial confederatos for ox-
 plo.tation and proftmaklng at Che
 expense Of Che American people. |" ht last thia man Drlyton stands forth
 n his true colors Hc is dcma-
 goeuc Ho reads liko an editorial m a Hearst paper Tho same kind Of
 am editorial chat led to Che asa@.n- auon Of Che beloved Mckinley. through expressing Che mind Of a
 weak man with Imagined wrongs The people of Alaska are praying night and day for somebody to de- velop Che coal, oll and lumber TO talk of trusts holding thcse rc- sources u Alaska makes one fear for Dmytons au.ty The lumber Of Alaska is In tho absolute control Of Che government under lts forestry bureau. and anything it can do to make use of Che millions of feel, chat are annually going Go waste win help Che country and not hurt lt bit 10 takes capita. and lots Of it to de- yclop che Alaska ol lands We have Che laud and we believe there is ol on it but any lair minded man win agree chat Secretary Payne Is do.us more to develop Alaska by rea-
 onabio and generous regulations under 'hc oI leasing law than Dray- Con s doing v'th his silly ycipIug about trusts That talk win drive capital away from Alaska. and help to further depopuIate Che territory
 That Is Che kind of talk Chat Dray- tou puts up for his Canadanizcd Alaska. with nominal allegiance to Che United States. We win have Go adopt a Gag of our own. Alaska has
 suffered much from Hl-adylsed TO- uuhs Of those who claim to bo its friends But Dmytou running true to form s Che greatest of them alL Hs ambition seems Go acquire a uotorlcty His talent uos In thc fact chat he reads thc dictionary assiduous.y but studies Alaska conditions supertc.aly Don Qu.zoto come to lCe We don't know how long he has boon In Alaska. or In wha, parts thereof he has spent hs ume. except Chat at present hc resides at Seward We recommend that hc travel throughout thc coun- try and Gud out about conditions at Gr. hand
 lt Ia true that Iu the olden days. those good old days according to
 omo. those tough. bad days accord- ing to others but be that as it may. n those oidou days. when we were wont before dinner Go put one foot ou tbc ml one elbow ou Che bar and to look with a pleasing glance upon thc wbl,e-coatcd man who served us. while WIG laid am offering 1u the shrine of Bacchus. onkindlod by tbo warmth Of a pleasant drink WIG uael to prove t0 him. that unless .bo.e oIiceho'dcrs at Washington. 5.00O mile saway stopped expressing ls and grinding us In Che dust that there was nothing lcf, for it but to revolt CanaIa did things better We had stood for an that we were going to and much like sort But 'et mo say .t gently though none Che less firmly thc average Alaskan Is am American Ue is Q citizen Of tbe great United States The privileges apd duties Of Chat citizenship is Che most valuable thing that he pos- scsses And hc win fight to keep chem. The old red. white and blue covers him in its folds just as sec curoly as i. does Che man from Maine O. California.
 We wowl at Uncle sam. but we proved concIusively in the last war that we win fight for him. And we win fight harder If anyone tries to soparate us from him. In these days Of Che shortage Of wood pulp ond nowaprint paper, it Is crime to waste paper printing such drIvoI as pmyton puts out about autonomy