The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-04

chines ringing In my cars and awoke
70 Charles bundle O. hay at sis
IN the morning.
A. some OF us would gather in tho
blacksmith shop to Keep warm. !
learned that several Of tho crew
planned to winter II in Alaska, In.
ssead Of returning.
Every year the salmon fleet drives
fsw Of It's fishermen to become
ALASKAN squaw-men. Ono Of shcse
haA not been to San Francisco In 20
yeArs-
II was the call Of tho wild. and.
afssr the fortnight Of soulkilting
routine OF factory life. could un.
derstAnd the appeal Hero was nd.
venture. On tho trap line In the
white winter and In the open seas
TOR the salmon season. simple Nv
ing could be made. and at the same
time the savage instinct OF the hunt
which IL stiIl SO near the heart OF
evory man could BE- gratificd And
thers Is ssill In Alaska what the city
cnnnot offer security from want.
1he 0uggenheims have not yet filed
On the game
CHINESE ARE
D1TTER PAID
After the cans were finished and
stacked . short rest came for Us
- - - "A. - f<.~
Some Of us werc put to making
bo1ee-
Just Is the Chinese workers were
getting s35o TO $500 q season. com.
pared to our e1To. 20 they were given
wcsU for bon making
TIA regular members Of the crow
naAe i7o boxes day. after which
ehay were paid q bonus OF ic box.
m Chinese. 30 the Mexicans claimed
wogO given &c box bonus
ono day we had feAxs. One OF
NE pigs ~ had brought along was
slaughtered and for ono meal wc ate
runGe pork. Soup vas also added 70
ouP meal a. times. and on Sunday
naunsngs We were fed hot cakes.
had some extra tina. 20 won't
- work for the company. n was
raining most Of the tina. and the
wugk I ala was heavy and arduous.
haA bought some rubber boots
frum : fisherman ana spent the
dayu moving logs and cleaning up
drlfl. IN the muddy tideflsts around
the onnnssy. Trucking heavy tim
berD for the beach gang and Chips
took IN the strength had.
STERN PAID
- An HOUR
resolved for this work rs csnts
- hour. while the beach gang. doing
~ same sort OF work. were being
paid os cents an hour and board BY
tho company.
NJ boss was the martinez. Hector.
Who lost no opportunity TO humili.
ate me- because was Of the Chinse
enne- The sweetest dream ! had In
ALASKA was one night when
dreamed I gave this lad = real beat
in8 mp
mat night literally knocked the
hsck out Of Hector.
one day there blsv . wfndstorrn
cot e the north Such q terrific
gale never bsheld. Men could not
walk along the pier without danger
Of bsing blown over. We learned
That two fishermen had been lost
from another company and that the
schooner Beulah had been blown
from her moorinxs Mt the salt sta
ton and badly damaged
About 20 OF our gang had been
shipped TO the salt station. leaving
- Of US. We had been promised
better meals when they went. but
We noted little Improvement.
About this time there was tackled
up on our clubhouse door a notice
from the Alaska government that
our school tax Of IS was due. All
males over fs working In Alaska at
that time had TO pay the IS tar. and
that meant US. Tho Chinaman paid
u out Of our wages.
Now the Chinese gangs OF the
Alaska fisheries are naturally highly
Interested In the education OF young
Aiasi<sns. They doubtless feel that
these young Americans OF the North
land should be given all the oppor-
tuntties they themselves had enjoyed
IN the states.
But It must be remembered that
out Of their $40 season wage had