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NOME, ALASKA, DEC 14, 1916.
j.ne u-'Vts in yosairuay's Nuggei
that the Court of appeals liua re
veiseu me vusuict court of Uie tourtu
uivtaioii .11 me Vt ooil.uge Case will os
glauiy received by uiousunas ot peo
ple througuout Alaska. Woolriugo
and six others received severe sen
tences tor alleged rape. Most, it not
all, ot these men were sent to the
penitentiary. And t or what? The
girls alleged to be outraged were halt
breed or na-.ivs girls, it is perfectly
well known that the natives ot Alas
ka are unmoral. By this is meant
that they do not have our moral code
at all. We do not wish to do in
justice to the poor native, in fact we
wish him well, but it is generally
acknowledged by ull who know their
Ways that iheir girls commonly cease
to be children at eleven or twelve
years of age. They are not consid
ers as tallen or wicked girls by ‘heir
own people. They seem cheerfully to
submit to the demands of young and
old in all matters and nothing is
thought of it. In some sections of Al
aska, if not in all, the stric1 enforce
ment of the law against raps would
result in practically every male from
twelve years of age up to ninety be
ing sent to the penitentiary. Why is
not tins law enforced? The reason is
that every sensible person knows the
statute was never meant to apply to
the natives. The gentlemen of the
law may be able to show that this
statement is untrue. They may 3ay
that the law applies equally to whites
and natives. We do not propose to
split hairs with the legal fraternity.
They would have all the best of it in
their field. But we are talking on
broad lines of right and Justice where
in the technicalities of the law do not
always have a place. If a large force
of officers took up the immorality
practiced against native girls from
11 to 16 years of age by native
men and boys and the culprits were
all punished, a great injustice would
be done even though the letter of the
law were strictly followed. Proba
bly no one will deny this. Men are
pridatory and It has been customary
all over Alaska for a certain cla3s of
white men to have improper relations
with native women Including those
under legal age. We will say that
all Immorality Is wrong but we will
also add that for a long time there
was no law in Alaska against fornl
flcatlon and may not be yet and that
generally speaking there has been no
great effort by the officers of the law
to protect native women. Nor has
there been any popular demand by the
better element that these women
should be protected.
Then why should there be such a
feverish and wholesale prosecution of
offenders against girls under sixteen
tn the fourth division? We are In
foi med that there were ulterior rea
sons behind these prosecutions. In
fact tt has been alleged that these
cases were persecutions and not pros
ecutions. It has also been staled that
those men in the fourth division who
were sent to the penitentiary wero
active politically and otherwise against
the federal officials In the fourth dl
vleiaa. WeU, why sheujjl they sat
be’ Are the federal officiate In any
divsion the masters of the people?
Are they dictators of how we
should think and of how we should
vote?
Our laws, we take It, are the rules
wl,.oh we make through our repre.-o-n
t. lives for .hr control of the acts of
HI so that i!i may be equally pro
toe tod. Our laws are not Imposed
L «*vme hi- >>r power. Thcv ■» * of
o', ovvu np und have foroe oly
wver they *•* for the comma - jod.
>'.• are th» -non whom vve teieci to
enforce our laws particularly supe
rior. They are usually men of high
c", raot<*r too of ability but 'o note
so than many other men in o< r broad
land. Our best Judges, district at
terneys, marshals and clerks know
that they are servants of the peoDle
and that theirs is a sacred trust
They aim to administer Justice with
out petty personal spite and with
due allowance, for local customs. Not
all, unfortunately, are of this best
type. We have seen a perfectly good
lew clerk appointed district Judge
ard have seen him lose all sense of
l.is relations to the community. His
Rf'ury was big, seekers for favors
fawned on him, social honors fell to his
lot, and he became Imbued with the
ld«.a that he was greatly superior to
the people he was chosen to serve.
Will, he served a part of his term,
tm haps, all of It, and Is now a law
tick again.
We have seen a Judge with the
£uto kind of a distended cranium
1 old his Job because of strong sena
toiia) backing far into his second
teim in 3pite of the fact that a man
of John Kustgard's ability couldn't
win a case before him although he
usually won his contention on appeal.
This Judge’s fault was personal venom.
He carried It too far and is now liv
ing on the pennies he so carefully
saved.
A miserable thing to contemplate
te that the people's representatives In
the administration of their laws
should ever send human being to that
hell on earth, the penitentiary, be
cause they disliked them. Such things
seem to have been done and it Is a
wonder whenever it has happened In
free America that the spirit which
animated the Boston Tea Party did
not assert itself. It did finally come
to the surface In the Hanford case
in Seattle but it was many years in
coming.
Reliable men who came down the
Yukon lost fall told of a reign of
terror in the upper country. They
reported that merchants, miners, and
operators dij not dare to assert their
political principles, did not dare pro
test against injustice. For fear of
what? Of their masters, or of their
servants? A free people should be
afraid of neither.
We do not know how many reversals
a court must have nor how many
proved eases of Injustice are neces
sary to convice the bureaucrats at
Washington that a certain 3et of
federal officials in Alaska are un
worthy to further hold office. Prob
ably a great many. But we remem
ber what the Ku Klux Klan did In
the south when officials were *oo
domineering. We remember what the
vigilantes have done from time to
time in the great west in the in
terests of justice, and we marvel ut
the moderation often shown by Alas
kans under great provocation.
For fear that some over-wise peo
ple will read between these lines
thing3 that are not there, we win
say that our present Judge Ib a high
minded gentleman, as all know, and
that we are so well pleased with him
that we hope he will stay with us
another four years. Our district at
torney Is equally honest and clean.
Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Residence.
OVER HILL’S PHARMACY.
Office hours: 2-5 and 7-t p. m.
Phone Main 7.
] FIRE ALARM MILS
LI • ....Standard Oil Co.
LI.Care ten. Cold Storage
H.J. J. Seenon co.. office
II. Headquarters Saloon
II. .. The Lobby
14 .PI o net re Igloo
26.Catholic Churffi
II...Discovery Saloon
II..1'or Key's Cigar Store
41.Fire Department
41.Third Ave. end Lane's Way
.. Engine House, Phone Main If ..
I whistles, water.. .. „ Ire sat
We do not agree with his views as to
hU duty regarding certain denizens
of this city nor his altitude regarding
certain entertainments but we do
know that he is conscientious and
will never railroad anyone of us to
the penitentiary whether he likes us
or not. And of our marshal ana dis
trict clerk we base heard uu word of
compallnt. We only wish that every
suction hud officials ecuul in worth
to ours. t r
Some Americana thinks only of
their immediate surroundings. An in
justice to people at a distance does
not concern them. We take it that
it ts a cilzen's dut> to protest against
injustice everywhere whether at home,
In Massachusetts, or in Georgia. And
it should make little difference
whether the victim is a person of high
standing or whether he is a humble
person whose manner of life is no
p; rticular credit to his community.
The laws are supposed to be for
the protection of the weak, anyway.
A PUSHING UNDERTAKER.
The pioneer In "popular price” fun
erals died in New Jersey, leaving a
suhstancial estate, the result of busi
ness enterprise applied to an Industry
not generally regarded as a proper
subject for “pushing.”
Necker, the undertaker, believed in
publicity and was a liberal of the
newspapers and the bill boards. IUs
publicity stuff was so strong that it
injected some humor into a depressing
topic, and besides this it promised an
economy very greatly to be desired.
People remembered his publicity
t>romise3, and, when they hud occasion
patronized him.
Necker was insistently after *hc
'coffin trust," and the billboard feel
ing that he displayed was generally
good for a morning laugh from the
passing suburbanites. No doubt manv
a business man went to work with a
lighter heart after absorbing Neck r’s
grewsome and unconscious humor.
Publicity made this dealer very nearly
what he claimed to be: "The world
wide and largest undertaker In on
earth.” He was the pioneer in his
particular enterprise and cleared the
way for competitors.
IT’S FOUR YEARS OLD
But Just as Good Today as When
First Made.
Four years ago Mr. Wlnt testified
to complete relief from kidney ills.
He now says that there has not been
the slightest return of the trouble.
Kidney sufferers will take a deal of
comfort In this man’s statement. It
proves that Doan's Kidney Pills can
be depended upon.
Joseph Wlnt, retired blacksmith. 668
High St., Salem. Ore., says: "My back
and kidneys bothered me. My kid
neya were disordered and my back
seemed to lose strength. Short use
of Doan's Kidney Tills soon put me
in good condition.” (Statement given
December 12, 1912.) Oil April 11, 1916,
Mr. Wint said: "I haven't hud any
kidney trouble now for several years
und 1 give Doan's Kidney Tills credit
l'wr bi lUgmg »ueh lasting rssulls.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doans Kidney Tills—the surne that
Mr. Wint hus twice publicly recom
mended. Foster-Milburn Co., Trop.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
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In the home or in thr camp, there
is no commodity so extensively used
as meat, therefore it it upon that
commodity that you should look to
ior economical buying. Following ere
a few of our prices:
Beef by the side.$.19
Round steak. 25
Sirloin steak . *0
Pot Roast. 22
Stew . 20
Mutton by carcass . 19
Mutton chops, snoulder 25
Mutton chops, loin and rib. 35
Mutton legs. 30
Pork loin chops. 30
Fresh Reindeer from the Lomen
herd, dres*ed in a skillful and sani
tary manner.
Sweet Briar Butter 40c per pound
by the ca«e.
PACIFIC COLD STORAGE CO.
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NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
BEGINNING MONDAY, juNE 7TH, THE PRICE OF BREAD
WILL BE 10 CENTS PER -OAF OR THREE LOAVES FOR 28
CENTS. THE SIZE OF LOAVES HAVE BEEN INCREASED
WHICH IN8URES MORE AND BETTER BREAD FOR OUR j
PATRONS.
CHAS. CAVEY, Prop.
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1 TRANSFER AND FREIGHTING
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• Horses For Sale]
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Board of Trade I
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will be pleased to supply your home |
with family liquors. Just call Main ▼
34, we will do the rest. |
Established June 1000
Alaska Banking and
Sale Deposit Company
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL _*125.000
PAID UP CAPITAL. 50.000
A General Banking Blaine** Tran
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PLIES AND HARDWARE
' 310 Front St. Phone Haln II
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Bank of Alaska
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