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SPOKANE—May 9, 20, 31. June 11, 23, and July 5, 17 and 29.
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Lowest fares. Electric Lighted trains. Observation cars. Un
excelled Dining and Sleeping Car Service, including both Stan
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GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIPS.
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J. D. McAULAY, Traveling Freight and Passenger Agt.
Juneau, Alaska.
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FRONT STREET, KETCHIKAN §
SAME PROCESS
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i ATTORNEYS FOR LIQUOR DEAL.
ERS ARGUE THAT STATUTE
DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR
ELECTION.
(Juneau Dispatch-)
Judge Robert W. Jennings noti
fied the retail liquor dealers of
> Juneau and Douglas yesterday that
1 he would follow the salne plan for
determining the local option situa
tion affecting issuing of retail liquor
licenses in effect a year ago. Under
this ruling of the court a census to
determine the population within two
miles of any community where
a license is to be granted must
be taken, followed by an “election”
at which a majority of those on the
census must vote wet in order that
the court can issue a license- How
ever. as in effect last year, any resi
dent not on the census list can swear
in their vote at the near-election
Therelction is to be under the direc
tion of the. United States commis
sioner. All expenses of the census
and election is to be borne by the
license applicants. The election is to
be held in Juneau on June 1
Represent Dealers
William Holzheimer, representing
the retail liquor dealers, pleaded
with the court in behalf of the ap
plicants. He told the court an un
necessary burden of expense was
being added to the applicants, point,
ing out the referendum election
ordered for November
George Irving, representing the
dealers association, quoted an ex
haustive brief to the court touching
on the legal status of the case at the
bar. Arguing, he said:
Quotes the Statutes
“It is manifest from the reading
of the law, that it was the intent
of Congress, that tlie intent of the
citizens of the community, not only
to say whether liquor should be
sold at all, but also to say who'
shoud have the right to sell it; a
majority of the people of the com
munity within two miles of where
the liquor was to be sold might be
perfectly willing that John Doe
might sell liquor, and be unwilling
to grant the privilege to John
Smith.
“The provision of the law that no
further consent will be required for
the period of 12 months after con
sent b*s been obtained, is simply to
prevent the necessity of a person
holding such license from being har
rassed in the enjoyment of same for
the period of one year.
“There is absolutely nothing in
the law which intimates that it was
the intention of Congress that an
election might be held for the pur
pose of ascertaining that the con
sent of a majority of the citizens,
and that such consent when so ob
tained should be binding upon the
community for the period vof one
year. There %re no rules or regula
tions in the statute for the holding
of such elections; and had Congress
intended that the consent of the
community was to be expressed in
such a manner it would have surely
provided the ways and means for
the holding of such election at the
time of the passage of the act; on
the other hand Congress has pro
vided and it is so written in the
act t:ie mode to be adopted—via:
by petition.
Rights of Citizens
“Furthermore it is clearly evident
from the reading of the statute, that
the citizzens would have the right to
say in what section of any com
munity liquor should be sold- A
majority of the citizens of a com
munity ^.may be willing that liquor
may be sold in one part thereof and
would refuse to give their consent
to the sale of liquor in other places
in the community
"This right clearly given to the
citizens by the law cannot be
abridged or taken away from them
by the Court, by holding a general
election, and thereafter substituting
the judgment of the court for the
judgment of the people of the com
munity as to the place where liquor
shall be permitted to engage in the
business.
"As an illustration: In the boom
days of Cordova- Alaska at one time
in that community there was 20
saloons licensed, the citizens of the
town felt there was too many and
refused to sign petitions for more
saloons, thereby exercising their
clear and legal right under the
statute; a right which if an election
had been held and the town voted
wet and the court had seen fit to
grant more licenses would have been
taken away from them simply be
cause a majority of the people of
the community was not in favor of
strict prohibition
Disorderly Places.
“It has frequently occurred in the
territory that a person who had the
reputation of running a disorderly
place, could not secure the consent
of tha majority of the people of the
community whereas at the same time
another -could secure the necessary
consent; this is a right secured to
the people by an act of Congress and
the court has no right to substitute
his judgment for that of the people
"An electjob held in a muaicl
pality whereas the people might vote
not to permit saloons in the munici
pality might create many complica
I tions, for instance: The statue re
L quires that the consent of white male
and female residents over,'the age of
18 years within a radius of 2 miles
. wherein intoxicating liquor is to be
sold, have in good faith consented:
Now for instance, a person just out
side the corporate limits makes ap
plication for license and secures the
necessary ^consent within 2 miles of
the radius of that place, and the 2
- mile radius included a portion of the
f municipality the1 court could not
t well refuse a license, and would
r have the unseemingly condition of
- one part of the community consen
r tion to the sale of liquor and wet.
' and another portion of the commun
> itoy not consenting and practically
> dry; this is only one of the many
complications that may and could
, arise from a strained and unwar
’ ranted interpretation of the statute.
Anent an Election
“There is not even an intimation
• in the statute that the consent of
the citizens shall be ascertained by
■ an election and if such a construc
tion is placed upon it; then it fol
lows that each individual application
must be submitted to the people to
i vote upon, so that they be not bar
red of their right under the statute
i to pass upon the character of the
person asking for a license, as well
as the place in the community where
: the liquor is to be sold ”
Reply of the Court.
In rendering his decision the court
said he could see no sense or jus
tice in the criticism of the public
press on the matter one year ago,
and unless the attorneys or the
liquor dealers could throw more
light on the matter for the court,
his present order would stand.
The court room was crowded with
dealers from Juneau arid Douglas,
and general dissatisfaction was ex
pressed that Judge Jennings did
not modify his order so that a
straight out and out election could
be held between the wet and dry
forces.
BIG STAMPEDE TO TOLSTOI.
(Iditarod Pioneer )
W. C. Mitchell arrived in the city
from Ophir on Sunday last with the
news of a strike- in the Innoko dis
trict, and as news continued to drift
in from other sources, by Wednes
day there had developed a fullfledg
ed stampede to the new discovery
which threatened to depopulate the
entire Iditarod district'of all able
bodied men who could get away.
Probably for the first time in the
history of the city the streets are
practically free of dogs, every avail
able animal being requisitioned for
hauiling supplies, and those who
have been agitating for a dogless
city had a chance to see how their
ideas would work out if put into ex
ecution.
By Wednesday morning the stam
pede fever was at its height, but all
day Thursday, and on Friday, more
men and teams were leaving for the
scene of the new' discovery. It was
current talk that had the election
for city councilmen been set for a
day later there would scarcely have
been sufficient men to hold an
election
The news that started the stam
pede was brought to Ophir on the
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National Forest Timber For Sale
Sealed bids will be received by
the Forest Supervisor, Ketchikan, Al
aska, up to and including May 22,
1916, for all the merchantable dead
timber standing or down, and all
the live timber designated for cut
ting on an area of approximately
48 acres situated at the extreme
head and on the right hand side of
a creek emptying into Traitors Cove.
Revillagegido Island, estimated to
contain 860,000 feet B. M. of spruce
and hemlock sawtimber, more or '
less. No bid of less than $1.00 per
M feet B. M. for spruce and 50c
per M feet B. M. for hemlock saw
timber will be considered. Deposit
with bid $200.00. The Tight to re
ject any and all bids reserved. Be.
fore bids ape submitted, full in
formation concerning the timber, the
conditions of sale, and the submis
sion of bids should be obtained
from the Forest Supervisor, Ket
chikan, Alaska.
night of March 19 by Andy Sch
wartzdahl, who claimed that he had
found pay on Mastodon creek, about
ten miles from its mouth It was
on n tributary of Mastodon creek—
Boob creek—that excellent prospects
recently' were discovered which re
sulted in a small stampede from
1 Ophir- Boob is a tributary of Mas
I todon, which is a tributary’ of the
] Tolstoi, the latter forming a junc
I tion with the Ditna and flowing into
the Innoko a few miles above Dis
hakaket.
Mr. Schwartzdahl exhibited * gold
which he had panned from his claim
which was flat and heavy and had
i run three feet of gravel- His pann
ings had shown results of anywhere
from 10 cents to 50 cents- This was
on shallow bench ground, averaging
about ten feet in depth. The creek
bed is said to wet ground, and there
has been little or no prospecting
there
The news of the find spread ra
pidly in Ophir, and by the morning
of the 30th the male population was
noticeable for its absence- Most of
the male residents were “on their
way,” and dog teams were at a
premium
To add to the exciting excitement,
what was deemed to be reliable news
came that Greer &McNulty, on Boob
creek, the scene of the recent stam
pede, had struck pay- Reports
were that they had three feet of
gravel that panned anywhere from
9 Cents to 35 cents- The dirt seem
ed to be getting better as they pro
ceeded with their drift- There were
already about twenty’ men on the
that creek, with three small boilers.
The ground was said to be all frozen
and there was » denth of thirty-five
feet to bedrock.
ANOTHER AMUSEMENT PLACE
With the re-opening of the Shoot
ing School at the foot of Mission
street, the people may fj.w< anther
place of amusement where w / can
shoot away their little wads. Mr.
DeYoung wiil attend to the rest
Just go and shoot away’ all you mind
to.
CANNON’S BAKERY
AND GROCERY
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Armour’s fancy select Ranch
Eggs, per dozen,.30
Tavern Steel-cut Coffee, 35c or
three for. 1.00
Marigold Steel-cut Coffee. .25
Nuraya Tea, per pound.65
Fisher’s System Flour,_49 pound
sack . 1.75
Fisher’s Blend Flour, 49 pound
sack .2.00
Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money
Refunded
General Hauling
and work of all kinds
done by the
Independent Transfer
Company «
C. M. TAYLOR, Agent
Phone 64
PATRONIZE HOME
INDUSTRY
Smoke a Ketchikan Cigar
KETCHIKAN CIGAR FACTORY:
Alaska Delivery
WALTER GRAY, prop
COAL DELIVERED FROM AL1
DOCKS
PHONES 51—T1
Ketchikan Wharf Co.
COAL
COAL
NANAIMO
Lump Coal
99.00 PER TON.
Ketchikan Wharf Co.
C. M. Taylor
Phone 64 „ Agent '
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On Your Arrival in, or your Departure From
the City, if You^Visit
The SIDEBOARD
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Corner Front and Dock Streets, You Will be Welcomed on Your
Arrival and Carry the Good Wishes of M. E. MARTIN
With You on Your Departure.
Congeniality, Goodfellowship and Fair Treatment
Combined, is our Long Suit.
the Cabinet
Is widely known; not only for the rarlity
of its Liquors, Wines and Cigars,
but for its hospitality to
its numerous patrons.
Henry Goemaere and fl.W.Moryan
Ketchikan, Alaska.
The ADMIRAL
A place where Friends or Foes are equally well
i treated: a place where the best Liquors, Wines
and Cigars are kept. Our motto being:
j “Thebestis none too good for our Patrons”
„ At the Admiral Saloon, Ketchikan.
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—Seattlo-San Francisco, con- kan, Petersburg. Juneau, Kata'll*
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necting wit* the Yale and rlavard Wells. Kllaniar. Ca Touche, Cook
lor Southern California Porta. Inlet points, SeWard and KoUialt.
Steamers Admiral Evans And Watson Call at Ketchikan North and
Sonthbfcnnd on the 8th, 18th and 28Un>f each month.
rUgtn resrwfcl m change schedule without notice.
H GALLAGHER, Agent, N&RTHLAND DOCK GO.. Agent
Jnnenti PHONE 60 Ketchikan