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NOME, ALASKA, DEC. 2, 1915.
one of the most disgusting features j
ui cuts present uispensation oi affair.' 1
in AiasKa is that necessity which com- I
peis a person wno is unfortunately af
ikicteci Uirou^h sickness or destitution
u> lace a criminal cuarge before tht
representatives of the government art
auLi,oiuia to grant tnem relief, no
matter huw desperate their situation.
i-Auinpies of this are constantly oc
, ui. .ii0 in a.i parts of the territory.
..nr is a p.ospector wno has been
auutiiii) sunken down with stckneso
in his i emote cabin in tile wilderness i
. . .......c uutoi tuiiate wno has suffered !
injury lesuuing in incapactation. Again
.t t,.aj ue some one wno nas gone broke
W.-i-e tr.ting to to something for nim
seif and has neither friends or labor
to sus.uiii mm. in eitner case it is tne
tame; if the unfortunate one has no
menus to whom he may turn for help
ue must either remain bereft of all |
caie or comfort or else suffer himsell !
to be technically classed with black
legs and criminals in order to receive
needed relief fiom the government.
Tne latest case of this character to
come to lignt is that of a woman, a
resident of Tana, who was recently
found guilty of vagrancy and com
muied to jail in deiault of a fine of
two nundred and fifty dollars imposed
by the United States commissioner of
me precinct.
This woman had done nothing to
nterit such action. Her only offense
against the dignity of the law and the
peace of the community was that she
w'as in destitute circumstances—no
money, no friends and in a delicate
state of health.
For this she is written down in the
criminal register of the United States
government as a vagrant; was com
pelled to enter an institution maintained
by the government for the incarcera
tion of law breakers and criminals;
was virtually placed in the same cate
gory as the criminal malefactor and
the disturber of the public peace. All
this was for her personal good, of
couise—and, if fact, a desperate ex
peuient to meet an equally desperate '
condition from which there was no ap
parent alternative.
The woman was in need of help and
this was the only way, in the ab- ‘
sence of other help, that she could be
relieved and cared for. The officer who
took her into custody and the judge
who sentenced her were not to blame
tor their part in the pathetic incident. '
They were doubtless filled with aver
tim fur the thing they were compelled
to do in the name of the law and they
would probably have shunned the con
temptible necessity which drove them
to such ends had relief been possible
by any other means. No blame at
taches to them or to any other official
who is compelled to like measures. In
all truth there Is no fault attaches to i
any one in such cases.
The government is not logically
bound to even recognize such affairs,
according to our present way of view
ing the relations of the government
and the citizen. It is not the business
of the government to cater to the
physical needs of the individual. This
is the accepted view and it is doubt
less futile to quarrel with It at the
present time although one may dislike
he unsavory fact contained in this
rgument-—that one must he a erim
nul, a malefactor, in order to merit
ihe aitentlun of the governmental ma
chine.
Time will doubtless alter this view
out, at present it remains—a most dis
gusting thing to contemplate.
However, it ts a crying shame that
a person must be branded with the ;
stigma of tiie criminal and technically
classed with characters under the pro
scription of the law simply because
-ome unfortunate condition or elrcum
tance lias placed them in a situation
. here they must. In the absence of
ither sources of relief, look to the gov
•mment for physical attention
TWO NEW STATES'
tBoston Qlobe.)
Nearly a century elapsed after the
oath of Washington before Ills name j
.vas given to a state of the union, and j
hus honored.
Noteworthy, therefore, ure three si- j
nultaneous movements now in prog
i l ess.
In the legislature at Austin a joint j
esolutlon has been Introduced provid
ng for submitting to popular vote a
proposition for making a new state of
lie western part of Texas to be called
Jefferson.
in the far northwest petitions asking |
j hat certain eastern counties of Wash- j
i ngton and the Pan Handle section of I
! daho shall become the state of L.in- ■
oln, have been signed and will be sent
o congress, since, in this case, the !
hange requires congressional sanc
tion.
California below the Tehachapi had
t 4,000 inhabitants three decades and a
I alf ago. Now the census discloses al- I
; nost a million. The people are east- j
, i! i s" mainly. Because they sup
"irted prohibition, which failed and a ,
j lu sky law, the old California of Bre'
i 'arte talks of dividing the state.
o there, too, is a possible chance of
onoring yet another president in thi
id of twenty-seven presidents at a
t istening.
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Thomas Higgs, member of the En
,ineering commission announces that
within two years the government rail
. oad will be hauling coal to Fairbanks.
* his statement has created a feeling
t tile greatest optimism as it is known I
ne c< ming of coal will result in large
work in the mining line.
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The Herbert mine at Seldovia, is
supplying Seward with Alaska coal at
,11 per ton. Coal from the same mine ,
aas been on sale for some time in An
horage and the engineering commis
ion has used it in preference to out
ide coal. It is taken from a depth of
hree hundred feet and is free from
.11 the drawbacks of the coal nearer
ho surface.
It is reported that the Guggenheim*
nave taken up their option on John
'ingren's property in the Ruby dis
.rivt and already have placed an order
for i big dredge, which will be put on
.he ground either late this fall or ear
•y next spring. It is stated that the
Goggenhelms paid Mr. Holmgren $60,- (
000 cash for the property, and will pay (
uni another substantial sum after the ,
property Is working. , .
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According to a wire received by
Judge Charles E. Bunnell, from Thos. I
DeVane, commissioner at Ruby, A. B. (
Clark, a resident of the lower river |
camp, recently passed away as the (
result of an attack of pneumonia. The ,
wire was not sent to Judge Bunnell to
ipprise him of the death, but to state
he destitute circumstances of the wife
ind three children who survive.
Arthur P. Olsen has brought a breach
jf promise suit against Mrs. Mollie M.
Catton-Seton at Valdez. He alleges
that when she promised to marry him
c tore up a number of promissory
notes aggregating $1,594. She then
narried John W. Seton. Olsen asks
or the amount of the alleged notes
and for $1,000 damages for mental
anguish.
The territorial legislature passed a
law au*horlzn the crea’l n of sen »>!
districts outside of incorprrut»d towns
with twelve or more children of school
age.
There Is about $15,000 apportioned
from the road fund Into the school
fund which could be used for that pur
pose. So far. however, no applications
under the territorial law for new
school districts have been made by
residents.
In order to be sure of his ground
when the time arrived, Governor
•strong lias asked the department of j
,ustiee at Washington for an opinion.
J he tenitoriai law might conllict in
lulliorlty with the federal law creatin'
school distiiets outside of lncorpu"!
d towns.
For tiie same reason, the governn
.as hesitated in making an appo' i -
ment of a seliool superintendent for
the territory, desiring first to sec a
in opinion from the department of
ustiee concerning the points in doubt
—Chitina Loader.
Fpon the charge of vagrancy Mari
Vnderson, a resident of Tana, was ar
rested and tried recently according to
lilormation received by the marshal'
idice. At her trial she was found
guilty and sentenced to pay a tine o
2S0, und was ordered committed t
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jail in default of payment. She will
>e brought here to serve her sentence,
t is stated in communications received
iy tiie marshal’s otlice that the woman
s in destitute circumstances and the
• agiancy charge was laid in the ab
sence of other means of getting help
ior her.—Alaska Citizen.
Lieutenant Dougherty, of Valdez
.vlio is visiting Fairbanks in his ca
pacity of superintendent of the flist
division of the Alaska military tele
graph and cable system, states that
die war department has decided to in
itill telephones all along the line. No
eparate wire will be used, but the
phones will be attached to the tele
graph wire at intervals along tiie line
jetween here and Vaidez. The phones |
.ill not be for commercial business,
jut will be merely for the maintenance j
md upkeep of the telgraph line.
Dawson News, October 1; One ol !
! he must remarkable nunting exploits i
' a the territory was that of Dave Fotti- j
eringtiam seurui days ago at the mouth
f inuian liver. A large dock of cranes !
..uiueu near tiie i oUieringham place,:
ind Dave discovered them at nigtit. He j
waded iu on them with a gun arid snot
a number. The tug birds evidently
1 were dazed and did not move; where
upon Dave fell upon them with a cluO
after tiie manner of the other Dav iu
when he belabuied the Philistines. Dave
aid nut stop until seventy-eignt of
■ he big buds were slain. He brougnt
them into the city and sold them for
he good lound sum of i2.50 each, and
,,ow crane a iu mode is the only fasii
.unable article of diet iu the metiopu.is
Charles E. Davidson, secretary ol
ae territory of Alaska, lias given nu
ace of a misprint in the buuud vol
mie ot the session laws passed by
.he territorial legislature at the recent,
esslon.
The mistake ocurs in the lien law
-nd the collection as sent out by Ter
ritorial Secretary Davidson is as fol
ovvs:
On page 3(1, strike out line 7, read
ing:
‘Every person, who shall labor in or
spoil any mine or min-”
And insert in its place the following
•ine:
‘ Thereof, while the same is used in
jr about a mine or min-”
It should be noted, however, that this
jfror does not occur in the advance
heets in pamphlet form which were
sent out before the bound volume of
the laws was available. The mistake
•s due to an oversight in proofreading.
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All of your friends will be at the
masked ball Saturday.
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