FRANK LITTS CONDEMNS
MORNINGSIDE ASYLUM
la an apparently very sane and sen
sible letter to Jack Young of this city,
Frank Lltts, tbe young man who was
adjudged insane last summer and sent
to Alornlugslue asylum, begs for his
friends to Intercede for him In the mat.
ter of securing his release from the
charge of Insanity and also delivers a
denunciation of the Mornlngside Insti
tution which warrants the fullest con
sideration and reflection In view of tbe
fact that the insane of Alaska are com
muted to that Institution for care and
treatment. The following extracts from
the missive are speedily convincing that
the writer In sane and also that It is
high time that the people of Alaska
entered a vigorous protest against tbe
present system of caring for the men
tally enfeebled. For obvious reasons
names and personal references men
tioned In the letter are largely exclud
ed:
Friend Jack:
I wrote you one letter when 1 was
in that hell hole where I was sent to.
If you got It 1 wouldn't be able to get
hi) answer to It. 1 was there exactly
three weeks and 1 never came so near
to starving In all my Ufa. 1 tried to
get word to some of my friends but 1
didn’t believe that they ever sent my
letters. 1 never would have been there
if 1 had had any Idea of what It was.
1 knew if 1 had an examination before
a competent doctor 1 would be turned
loose and I took the chance and walk
ed Into a trap. Y'ou were one of the
men that were In the room when....
. said 1 was crazy. You
were the first man 1 noticed because
1 considered you one of my best
friends. If you had anything to do
with sending me there you wronged me
and should try to help me out If you
didn’t, I ask you as a friend to see
those who did and ask them to try and
have the charge withdrawn or get a
petition signed by them to that effect
and make arrangements so that I can
get my money, watch and clothes. You
know that I had pretty hard luck. I
(owed over four hundred dollars when
spring oame and 1 worked all summer
j «.nd paid It all up. 1 was promised a
' -ease . and depended on
jit for about a month, hut.
■ Knocked it and. went hack
on his word. I always considered
. one of my best friends
and didn't think he would try and
nurt me Intentionally so 1 went up to
see him and told him 1 was promised
a leuse and 1 nun afraid that I wasn't
going to get It.
I though that if he was a friend of
mine he ought to square himself so
1 asked him to get No.
creek and we would go In together on
it. He said he would try. In a couple
it days I called him up from your
uore and he said lie couldn’t get It.
Litla here enters into the details
f his further transactions which were
jf a nature to cause him great worry
md uncertainty. While this condi
ion of mental unrest endured he went
o his cabin in the vicinity of the
iessie bench and his further exper
ences were as follows:
1 went to the cabin and wrote a let
ter to the girl I Intend to marry and'
told her 1 was going to get a lease and
ahb Bure to make two or three thou
nd dollars. 1 took the letter anil
mailed It and called up .
and asked him when the papers would
lie ready to algn and he said: “1 can't
get It." 1 never felt so disappointed
in all my life. 1 went to the cabin
anil started to wash my clothes. 1
hung them up on the line and the last
piece 1 hung up I couldn't let go and
pains commenced to run through me
from head to my feet and everything
turned black and I commenced to sway
md tremble and my hands came loose
from the line and I went outdoors to
get some fresh air. I must have been
as crazy as a loon, although I knew
everything I done. I thought It was
I right and 1 must do Just what I
did no matter what people thought of
it. 1 thought I was In a trance. 1
*.ed to get. to put oie
m the hospital, then I tried to get to
get.to see Judge Tucker
-md have him come to see me. 1 know
you came up and shook hands with
me and Bert Becks lead. 1 think you
were together but X don’t remember.
1 know X would have been all right It
i hud been in the hospital three days,
r'or God’s sake, Jack, don’t never have
anything to do with sending a mao or
woman to that place until there la a
change there, because you would be
ending them to their death. There
*s no cure there. They make them
a r.rse and the food la hardly fit for
chicken feed. Us the most unsanitary
and filthiest place 1 ever saw. I am
,oing to write a letter to the Industrial
vVorker about It. There ought to be
an Investigation there. There were
two died when I was there and 1 don’t
oelieve 1 would have stood it there for
Jiree months. 1 don’t believe a man
can live there that has any self re
aped. its' a Jail of the most damna
ale kind, run by a couple of politicians
and scoundrels that dont' care wheth
er a man Is sane or insane as long as
they get their twenty-seven fifty a
month. One of the attendants had a
file fixing a key and he gave it to one
of the victims to take down staira. 1
followed him and when he put It in
his pocket 1 took It and broke an Iron
off the cot sad made a wrench and
took a broken case knife away from
a native and took the screen and bars
off and got away. 1 was out In the
rulu for two days without eating or a
bed to sleep in and with just one cent
.n my pocket. 1 came up to see my
step brother and he was down at the
mouth of the Columbia. I am working
until I can bear from home. So Iona
and drop me a line.
FRANK LITTS.
P. S.—I’ll bring suit If no other way
but I want to get out as cheap as I
can. I want the charge dismissed so
that I can get married.
WEIGHT OF HENS
AND EGGS COMPARED
In the American Poultry Journal,
Mr. C. T. Patterson, of the Missouri
Experiment Station, has |an article
on egg production and the variations
in varieties of fowl as to weight, and
also the weight of their eggs. From
his observations and experiments we
learn that the weight In egg does not
vary nearly so much as that of the
birds themselves. Does this Indicate
that breeding has go far advanced that
all varieties that are pure bloods pro
duce approximately commercial-sized
eggs? If so, there has certainly been
a gain to the Industry during the past
twenty years. But to the weights
shown In the hens In the 1914 contest:
Av. Weight. Av. Weight
of Hens. of Eggs.
Leghorns .8.60 lbs. 2.11 ota
Anconas.8.40 lbs. 2.29 ozs
Camplnes .3.12 lbs. 2.07 ozs
Minorcas .6.02 lbs. 2.28 ozs
Wyandottes . .. 6.76 lbs. 2.03 ozs
Reds .6.98 lbs. 2.24 ozs
Rocks.6.26 lbs. 2.1S ozs
Orphingtons . ... 6.86 lbs. 2.17 ozJ
Langshans .6.63 lbs. 2.17 ozs
NATIVE DENTISTRY
IN JAPAN
Japanese native dentistry, which Is
the science of extraction only, may not
be Inaptly termed a handicraft rather
than a profession. In many parts of
Japan the dental chair is unknown.
The patient Is seated on the ground,
the dentist bends over him, and forces
his left hand between the patient’s
Jaws In such a way that the mouth
cannot possibly be closed. Then he
grasps the doomed tooth between the
thumb and forefinger of the right hand
and with one deft wrench removes It.
NOTICE.
Pursuant to an order of Court made
and entered on the 28th day of De
oesnber, 1916, notice Is hereby given
that the regular general 1916 term of
the district court. Second division,
territory of Alaska, will be held In the
courthouse, In Nome, In said division
and territory, commencing at the hour
of 11 o'clock a. m., on Saturday, the
29th day of January, 1916, and con
tinuing from day to day according to
further notice of the court.
Olven under my hand and with Seal
of oourt affixed, this 28th day of De
cember, 1910.
O. A. ADAMS,
Clerk, District Court. Territory of Al
aska, Sfeon*, Division
It Is said that the skill of these na
tive dentists Is such that many of
them are able to remove six or seven
teeth In a minute. However, their skill
is hardly to be wondered at when the
jourse of preparatory training that
.hey are obliged to undergo la consid
ered.
A number of holes are bored In a
itout plank, which Is firmly fitted to
.he ground, and in the holes are driven
wooden pegs. These pegs the would
be dentist has to extract with his
Ungers without dislodging the board.
This process Is repeated with pegs
n a pine board, and then with pegs
n one of oak, and It Is only when the
andldate has succeeded in extracting
the pegs from the oak plank that he
nay consider himself qualified to prac
tice on his fellow men.—Los Angeles
Tlmoe.
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We have heard much about th* larg*
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'em one better? or tbs Rhode Island
Reds that come within four point* ot
Just as good? All are "up" In site,
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course, another question. The profit
per hen in this contest, figuring eggs
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