Douglas Island news., 1921-04-15
Washington D. c

My name .s Joint Memorial and ! came into being at Juneau Alaska Htue over tVo years ago and when .hc Fourth Territorial Legislature was in session at Chat place. Have. ne Go do with G.h. ash smell has aovorod around mc ever since. When
 was brought forth embryonic leg. iaIators boycrod over and around me uIth warm blankets. nursing bottles and Castora. and wang ouch czpras- aons as Imt he .he Ono. ua,y. romes.er9" greeted my Juvenile .ars ] was Che subject or much
 study. rcsoaecb worry and pains regular legislative labor pains and 5fcr had boon announced and duly introduced was Che cause Of much oratoy and many gestures Rhetoric was spilled au orrr mo and ] was lclurcd in dicUou Later , was la- bclcI "FusheI Product" signed by ne president oi Che senate and ncaEor of Che house duly ottcstcd by Che chief clerks O. both bodies. placed iu large and aus.ere-anpoar mr envelope which was addrc ei .courrcss of be United States. Washington. D. C." and consigned Go One aio keeping of .ho mail sys. tenn. or coure ! was sent u Che care Of hc derar.mc1. designated .Ngehlut Marine and Fisheries which paaeI mc on Go am unlisted bureau which poaaIsos u mcmor aIs And rhat .s aa far as won't Senators never ealoI upon mo. cone ercsmon never lamr0. me.
 Mud cats were biting in Che poto- mac when ! arrived m Washington and Che Fisheries Department could no. bo expected to devote much of ia precious umc to me- Tha. Is che reason uaa passed oa Co Che Nem- orn Bureau. where ! r.ro cd ou a desk unopened for a month or moro during which period several tm. narrowly escaped maHHauoa from Che desk spurs worn by tho on.ec force Tho spurs prevent their feet
 slipping from tac de.as when thcy pro taking tte.r daily afternoon aostas.
 think it was abou. thc middle of August q had arrived m huru Chat couple ol Che clerks m ta. ou.cc whore ! reao.cI mdueei .u am au.- mated but friendly Hau ion. one ot uam ho.dne n hIs hand v..h which ho idly toyol a letter opener m l.c us n dH.ue suorl In a moment of aa.ca-m.nIoInoa and. ao b.r to emphasize a statement h. had made a Che effect chat a dash or I.mon .uil always bo add- oI to rye uh.sE. he ran the Iot,r opener under Che np %. the u- taon. containing me and extracted mo hg.rom. giving m. Che unt glimpse ol daylight ! had soon aucc being u..uoI In Juneau several months previous Casually picking me uu and looking at ma Che clerE said. "Uar. i. .om..hr. .a, had better place ou tue desk Of tho o.d man. .s .t has .omotaue Co do with a.h mp n Mmsa"
 "O1 bcl' This an.t FHdav re- piled hc other ort. "hc..d. th. old man don't want 70 ho bothered vm it What does he care about asb In Alaska anyhow
 Wh chat , was shoyed into nIeoouhoIc which was arcaly bulge nr uih documents very much re- .embHur myself and thaa ro- ma.ned until yesterday when Che amcl cIcrk m Che o0.ce instructed sombro-bued gentleman. who never participates n a crap Eamo when hc has left ra rabbits foot at home Go cIem aI thc trash from the p.r- couho.es ol Che desk where roposad and eoussn It to the arbase can In ho basement O. tbc building.
 During Che night ! was taken with a tou or moro or trash O.. various kinds to tbc garbage dump where ] was deposited and Io.t to my ntc A gentle breeze was blowing and ever and anon during Che remainder of chat night and tbe following morn- mr would be picked up and waited from one point .o another o. that garbage dump and by ,hat means , came Iu contact with several mem- bcr. oi my family. aii named Joint Memorial to say nothing of mcot- ing number Of cousins by Che name of Joint Resolution. an O. thcm from Juneau. Che product ot the Leea.o- ture of 1919 and which had been rc- posing In p.geouholcs of thc various departments of che National Capitol for two years Che same as ] had. The
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