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is. 1907, at the pvstofllce at Nome
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NOME. ALASKA. FEB. ft 1816
It would seem that it Is about time
that the people of Nome and Seward
peninsula woke up to the real gravity
of the attempt of the fish packers as
sociation to secure the repeal of that
section of the organic act relating to
the salmon fisheries, which Is now be
ing made with the connivance of the
fisheries bureau of the department of
commerce.
It is now three weeks since the an
nouncement of this contemplated at
tempt to steal away the rights of the
Pc- ple of Alaska, was voiced through
ts.o v -iumn# of the local pres* and yet
neither ti e Chamber of Commerce or
the people at large have made even
an apathetic attempt to prevent such
action Considering the serious results
t the territory and its people In the
event of the packing interests succeed
ing In their attempt to deprive the
legislature of the right to impose taxes
on that most Important of all Alaska
.ndustrles aside from the mining In
dustry. the people of Nome and the
Second division are displaying a lack
of Interest almost Ineomprehensive*
unless one may accept the view that
they do not care what happens—even
though It hits their pocket books
And that Is exactly what Is going to
happen unless the people of Alaska,
including Seward peninsula. "get
busy ” In the active sense of the term,
and endeavor by every means In their
power to stop this outrageous attempt
to pilfer away one of the principal
sources of territorial revenue. Here Is
something going on right under our
noses that is of far greater moment
than our mails or any other of the
various matters over which we make
such a vast deal of fuss and still
we set around and do nothing Do not
the people of Nome realUe that the
fish taxes form one of the principal
sources of revenue of the territorial
government ar.d will in time, if not
molested by the fisheries department,
furnish the greater portion of the ter
ritorial revenues? Do they not also
rea'dre that the recommendation of
Secretary Redfleld for the repeal of
the right to tax the fisheries means
nothing less than that the territory
will have to secure money from other
sources, in the event that the reeom
■-.icndatU n receives the sanction of con
gress—as it surely will, unless some
thing is done to prevent it?
Do they not also reallte that this
means that they, themselves will be
the ones who will be taxed. Instead of
the fisheries. In order to provide an
i.dt-quate revenue for the needs of the
territorial government—that it is their
own pockets that will be hit. should
the fish packers succeed In their in
iquitous design* That is lust what
will happen if the little scheme of the
fish pirates goes through We will be
tha ones who will hare to do the dig
ging In the place of the fisheries, and
all the while they will continue to rob
the waters of Alaaka of million* of
dollars worth of th« fish that rtghtfullj
belong to us to the people of Alaska
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Attorney Cobb, th* counsellor of th*
territory has already sounded the
warning to people of Alaska that. If the
packers are successful In their de
signs, it will force an added burden
of taxation onto the already overtax
ed people. Cobb declare* that the
repeal of the tax clause will Inevita
bly result In an increase ot the prop
erty taxes In order to make up the
deficiency In the revenue necessary to
sustain th* territorial government.
It is true that w* are a long way
from the fisheries, and the most of us
know very little and care little about
them, under ordinary condition*, but
it is plain that If the repeal of the
taxation clause means that the people
will have to pay more taxes, now Is
.he time for us to take a very active
.merest for the very personal reason
hat a raise of taxes means ourselves
Just its much as the people who arc
closer identified with the fisheries. If
ive have to provide more money out
of our own tickets while the packing
trust walks off with one of our prin
cipal sources of revenue, It la surely
.line for us to make an effort to pre
vent the action which will make such
things possible.
WHAT THE DEAD MEANS.
Knickerbocker Frees.
We read in the cable dispatches of
.he thousands and thousands who are
•lain upon European battlefields. We
read without a tear, without a quiver
>f an eyelash. We have become so
.ardened to death In war that we
carcely realise what it means
Every one of the hundred* of thou
ands of dead men upon Europe's bat
.leflelds means a hope for somebody, a
uold on the future cut off Every one
of these dead means the crippling of
numbers of the living, the reduction
jf the potentiality of living members
of society. When the son Is killed the
parent is cut both at the blossom and
.he root at once. They, too, die, those
Jther*. In reality. Thus the loss Is
multiplied many fold, the economic
loss, the spiritual loss. Like the rip
ples of unseen air wav ee the destruc
lon of death Is carried far afield, crip
pllng untold numbers, reducing the
ootentlallty of all life. Under the gray
skies over the battlefields there must
■over many ghosta above the silent
dead. For no matter how loud the
juns and all the din of modern battles
x ghastly pitiful silence rest* on the
faces of the dead. They lie there like
lumps of earth, crumpled up, or
itretched out at length, life snuffed
>ut wantonly in the game that is play
ed for away at headquarters or In the
.h&ncellertes of state.
A NATIONFUL OF CRIPPLES.
Christian Herald.
From the Marseilles northeastward
and so on to Paris, France, after one
leaves the southern gateway, Is one
vast hospital. The streets of evsrv
town are full of convalescents, with
heads bandaged, with arms In slings,
limping (on crutches—all men that,
a year ago were in the pink of health
and at the top notch of efficiency;
many of them. If they can be made
whole, soon to return to the trenches
Not a few have been back and forth
from the front, wounded and cured
as many as three times . Batches of
unwounded have been "lent" for a
fortnight to till their fields. The hos
pitals are often full, but though there
is adequate care of the war patients,
there la no encouragement for the or
dinary cases, for the care of which
these hospitals wars originally Intend
ed. civilian sick must take their
chances In their forsaken homes The
> surgeons are overworked and 1 have
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already mentioned the oonveraion oi
the school houses Into hospitals All
the women of France are. In some
way, serving their country mostly. I
think, as nurses; even the children
help to serve. In a thousand ways
war has swallowed Ilfs Tet at the
perfecture in chambery. I was told
that I might officially ssy that no
word of protest against the war has
been made: war has become a normal
condition.
A B'LLY SUNDAY PRAYSR
Ex change
Billy Sunday began a re rival In
Syracuse. N. Y. recently. The pray
er he made at the close of the first
sermon was spoken of by the Syra
cuse Herald as the most remarkable
prayer ever heard In that town. Here
Classified Ads.
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It is:
"Dear Jesus, here we are In Syra
cuse We've been here a whole day
now We got In yesterday afternoon
and they had a band g.nd a lot of
cheering. Of course we knew the
cheering was not for us, but for you
And now we are trying to preach the
gospel here in our poor, weak. Illiter
ate way
"Oh. Uod. bless this city. We know
the cornucopia of heaven is heaped
full of rich blessings. Send them'
down. oh. Lord, until they overflow'
as the canal Its banka Make the
devil turn pale. Convict those who
would rather go to hell than to heav
en.
“Oh. God. beat back those Influences
I bat bave too long stood with their
heel on the neck of Syracuse. Hear
us. oh God, until the devil gets ths
pneumonia and goes to bed. Hear us
until the devils teeth chatter. Amen,
■ Amen, good night."
SOME QUEER <
OLD MEDIEVAL |
PUNISHMENTS
—
' Although the stocks, like the pillory j
}!
and the ducking stool, bave been done,
l away with, a lot of punishments sur- 1
' vlve in England which ace every bit
as medieval.
The most ludicrous of these exist
in the two services—the army and
navy—which were renowned In the
past for the cruelties practiced In j
them In the name of Justice. "Keel
hauling as carried out In the navy!
used, of course, to amount to execution '
by drowning, while in the army "run
ning the gantlet" waa a popular way
iof punishing troublesome soldiers.
Here is another queer punishment
* hich never has been removed from
.be statute book, if you are motoring
or driving In England beware lest you
cun over anybody, for If you do so and
cause his death your motorcar or car
nage can be contiscaied. Even a fall
ing tree that caused the death of a
human being can be taken from Its!
owner.
The strangest punishment which
still survives under modern law in
England is that of "outlawry." Only a
few years ago—In 1806 to be exact—
a lawyer charged with forging a check
was "outlawed" in the Glasgow high
court By this sentence the person
of the accused is declared forfeit He
cannot bear testimony In a court nor
sue nor defend an action. H* cannot
act on a jury nor vote in an election1
nor act as tutor or guardian to an
other pereon. If any one robs him
he has no redress. If any one kills
him It seems rather doubtful if that
person can be hanged.—Pearson's
Weekly.
RAY HAD NARROW
ESCAPE
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Henry T. Hay, townslt* trustee* and
formerly grand Arctic chief of the
Arctic Brotherhood, at Fairbanks, had
a miraculous escape from death some
days ago when he fell through a trap
door at the are hall. He fell to the
bottom of the cellar and as he fell hs
hit a chain which brought the trap
door down on top of him. When th« I
firemen rushed to his aid In full ex
pectation of finding him dead th*>
found that he suffered only from cuts
and bruises which will soon b# well
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the U 3. Commissioner* Court
for th* Territory of Second
Judicial Division. Cap* Noma Preelaot
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Jeesph
D Jourden, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undsr.
signed, executor of the last wu;
testament of Joseph D. Jourden, de
ceased, to th# creditors of. and to ail
persons haring d«!m« against the —iA
deceased, to exhibit to said executor
their claims with th* -eeeaaary vouch -
era within six months from th* feta
of this notice, at ht* *So* in New,
Alaska.
Dated at Noma Alaska this itth
day of January. 111*.
O. J. DOMEN,
Executor of the Last WU1 and Tsata- I
moot of Joseph O. Jourden. Assessed, i
Jan. II. N IW I, •
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