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THE GOAL IN SIGHT
The announcement in The Pioneer’s dispatches today of the resig
nation of Huerta as president of Mexico and the installation of his suc
cessor, Francisco Carbajal, a man supposed to be satisfactory to all
contending parties, portends that the pacification of Mexico is in
sight. With the selection by the electorate of the troubled republic of
a president by constitutional methods and the establishment of law and
order, the task assumed by President Wilson’s administration will have
been completed, and evacuation of Mexico by tire armed forces of
the United States will ensue.
I hat such a culmination of the Mexican embrogho will be a
source of gratification to the American people goes without saying.
It is due to the patriotic stand taken bv President Wilson, his patient,
persistent maintenance of that position, and his refusal to be carried
away by the beckoning siren of militarism that we are not now m
\ Uved m all the horrors of a protracted war with an inferior race, in
which new responsibilities would have been acquired at enormous cost
in blood and treasure.
Those newspapers and politicians who have hampered the Presi
dent’s course in this matter will, of course, find little to commend in
the success of his Mexican policy, but he will find his reward in the
increased respect and confidence of the great bulk of his fellow-coun
trvmen, regardless of political affiliations.
SECRETARY LANE’S FLANS FOR ALASKA
it seems a great pity that Secretary of the Interior Franklin K.
I ane's plan for the formation of a development board to handle the
resources of Alaska should have received such scant attention, both
from tlie people of the Territory and members of congress. Latest re
ports seem to indicate that the measure, which was introduced in the
1 louse by Delegate Wickersham and in the senate by Senator Chamber
lain of Oregon, will not be reached at this session of the national legis
lature, and this in spite of the fact that the secretary of the interior
has- repeatedly urged action on the proposition.
It was but natural to expect that there would be opposition to
the plan, but what opposition has developed m Alaska has apparently
been the result of ignorance as to what the plan contemplates. An
objection raised by the Washington Times is probably a fair sample
of what may be expected to crop out in the congressional debates, if
;i diould ever reach that stage. The Times says:
“The plan is an excellent one, provided it is not a very bad one.
Which it is depends altogether on the men who might be selected.
There could hardly be a more efficient project for promoting the loot
ing of the territory and monopolization of its resources, provided the
commission were such a one as Secretary Ballinger and the I aft ad
ministration would have named.
“President Wilson would not appoint a Ballinger commission,
and Secretary Lane would not recommend one. But a lot of mistakes
are made in picking men; so many that there is some doubt about the
advisability of giving such vast material interests into charge of a
limited board. So long as Mr. Lane is secretary of the interior, Alaska
will be in safe hands. Nobody will get away with it while his head
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This hotel has been remodeled and repapered throughout, and
now the most convenient, comfortable and up-to-date house
the city.
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is turned. A commission located in Alaska would be a long way from
headquarters and from intimate supervision. Congress will be chary
of proposals to concentrate large powers in such a body.
"Moreover, the government has an Alaska railway commission,
now at work on preliminaries to build a railroad system there. It has
given Alaska a territorial form of government, with a legislature. Add
to this a development commission; retain over this the general control
that would have to be continued in some of the departments m Wash
ington; and, finally, keep congress on the job with its authority to boss
all these sub-bosses, and there would be a complication such as wo uld
add to the difficulties of getting results of the right kind, and might
conceivably aid the skillful people who want results of the wrong
kind.
"If Mr. Secretary Lane were going to be the head of the develop
ment board, everybody would say amen. But, as usual, he can’t be
spared from the job he is in.”
The above is not a very logical argument against Mr. Lane’s pro
posal. The statement that “a commission located in Alaska would be
a long way from headquarters” contains the essence of the argument.
It does not occur to the objectors that Alaska is “a long way from
headquarters,” and that therein lies the difficulty of Alaskan adminis
tration. It is to neutralize as much as possible this distance between
the administrative powers and the object of their supervision that the
board is proposed to be located in Alaska, and also to obviate the ne
cessity for so many different departments and bureaus being consulted
about each minor detail of administration. Secretary Lane’s strictures
on the present methods ought at least to enlist the interest of congress
to the extent of investigating his proposal for the abatement of the
present cumbersome methods of administration employed in Alaska.
THE TREATY WITH COLOMBIA
The opponents of President Wilson, in their zeal to discredit his
administration before the people, have been publishing broadcast the
statement that the treaty recently signed between this country and
Colombia contains an abject apology on the part of the United States
for the aid given m the secession of Panama from Colombia. The
language of the treaty is given below, and it is difficult to construe
any sentence of it into an “apology”:
“The government of the United States, desir.ng to put an end to
ail disputes and differences with the Republic of Colombia occasioned
by events which have brought about the present situation in the Isth
mus of Panama, in its name and m the name of the people of the
United States expresses sincere regret for anything that may have
interrupted or altered the relat'ons of cordial friendship existing long
between the two nations. Colombia in her name and in the name of
the people of Colombia accepts this declaration on the full assurance
that in this way will disappear ail obstacles to the restoration of com
plete harmony between the two countries.
The treaty provides that Colombia shall enjoy “freely and in per
petuity free passage through the Panama canal for her troops, stores
and warships,” and stipulates also that six months after the exchange
of ratifications of the treaty the sum of $25,000,000 shall be paid to
Colombia.
The article relating to canal privileges also provides for com
mercial advantages in favor of Colombian products imported into
the Canal Zone, and for special advantages in the railway traffic of
Panama when the canal service is interrupted for any reason, and
when it is needed for Colombian agents and troops and for war stores j
from Colombia.
“Colombia recognizes Panama as an independent nation which :
shall terminate on the Pacific ocean at points equidistant between
Cocalito and Ardita,” says the last article, which continues: “The j
United States undertakes to secure the sending by the government of
Panama of an agent to negotiate with Colombia a treaty of peace and
friendship, which shall include an agreement regarding the pecuniary;
liability of the two countries.”_
“Combining of the transportation lines of the Northern Naviga
tion Company with our own means cheaper rates throughout the North
and greater encouragement for the man who is going into Alaska for
the purpose of development,” said 0. L. Dickeson, president of the
White Pass & Yukon railroad, in Seattle recently. This is good news
to the people of Interior Alaska, but they are still waiting for any
tangible evidences to bear out the statement.
WICKERSHAM’S PLATFORM
The Juneau Empire says that “while the platform upon which
Delegate Wickersham has announced that he will make his fourth
campaign is good as far as it goes, it does not measure up to the re
quirements of the situation,” and intimates that it should have con
tained a pronouncement in favor of a full territorial form of govern
ment for Alaska. As this is the only objection raised to the platform
of the delegate, it is presumed that the other planks are satisfactory.
Delegate Wickersham has given no intimation as to whether or
not he is in favor of a full territorial government for Alaska, with all
the privileges and obligations entailed m that form of government, but
we presume he views the project m the same light as do others of
our citizens who have devoted any thought to the subject. In the
first place, it is not likely that congress will be induced to grant a
greater measure of self-government over so large a territory to the
small number of inhabitants now located here, and if there were any
possibility of such action being taken, there are many reasons why
the inhabitants of the Territory should object. With all due respect
to the statement made by the present governor of the Territory that
“the present territorial government is a delusion and a snare,” it has
not been pointed out as yet how extension of its powers and liabilities
would help matters. There seems to be no overwhelming demand, for
instance, that the people of this Territory shall take up the burden of
the administration of justice over this extensive territory, with a new
system of judicial and peace officers. Granting that the present sys- |
tern is unsatisfactory, it is not obvious where it could be remedied by [
an increase of obligations and consequent increased taxation on the
comparatively few inhabitants.
If the above objection is the only one that can be urged against
the platform of the delegate, why not give it ungrudging indorsement?
(News Miner. June 26)
Assistant Engineer Zug of the Alaska;
road commission said yesterday that the
commission would begin active work in the
lower river country the first of hte month.
For several weeks past work has been un
der way ■ n the main Valdez road, and on
this stretch of 400 miles the greater per
centage of the $125,000 used annually by
the commission in Alaska will be spent, as
usual. Between Fairbanks and Richardson
alone about §15,000 will be expended in
carrying on the work of several crews. No
new road is being built on this line, but
the maintenance expense is heavy and some
new bridges have been or are now being
constructed.
AC uuoy aiu.uuu win ue expeimeu uy
the commission. The road to Long creek
will be extended. This is a thirty-mile
stretch/of which at present not more than
three or four miles are built. The rest
of the road is a summer trail, sometimes
passable and sometimes not. With SI 0.000
considerable new road can be built, and it
will be much appreciated by the residents
and workers on lluby’r principal creek. Who
will be in charge of the Ruby work has
not yet been announced.
Iditarod will get $2,500, it is at present
planned, for road improvement, most of
which will be spent in maintenance and
upkeep. No new road can be built with
that amount, but some necessary repairs
will be made greatly to the satisfaction of
that district.
Quite a lot of work will also be done
in and around Circle. Fort Yukon and Hot
Springs, but the details have not yet been
worked out.
Lieutenant Edgarton, the engineer officer
of the commission, will be in Fairbanks
about the 10th of July, and is coming over
the big trail, as the Valdez road is called.
Engineer Zug is pushing the work around
Fairbanks as rapidly as he can.
HJARM0N HAS JOINED THEM
(Valdez Commoner)
The Alaska Socialist, published at Fair
banks, says: “Why does Caskey suspect
trickery at the coming Democratic con veil
tion? Good Democrats should not express
such sentiments. ‘If the Democratic con
vention ac-s without any improper influ
ences.’ Where are the improper influences
to come from? That handclasp looks like
the handclasp that the prizefighters extend
Io one another the instant before they side
up the vicious swing which they know is
bound to follow.
*• 'The hand or <.;;~k<-.v is his own.
And nrvor will in friendly gva-p
The hand . ! si:rli as Envoi clasp.’ ’’
The Alu-kun was too previous. Caskey
has clasped the hand of Erwin and gone
to bed with him. lie’ll get his all right.
EOAD TO OEEITESY
SHOULD BE IADS
The funeral of Henry Schneider I '.-t
Wednppdav .'.fternoon, which wtvs largely at
tended by his many friends, who joined in
flu1 procession to the cemetery, brought very
vividly to the minds of many of our citi
zens the great need of a road from the
warehouse of Manuel Gularte to the burial
ground. There is certainly no complaint
to be made against the road out First
street to the above-mentioned warehouse
(thanks to the generosity and enterprise • f
Mr. G: !*irte, who has spent a goodly num
ber of dollars in years past to make the
thoroughfare passable at all seasons of the
year for pedestrians as well as teams).
Many ladies on Wednesday last, we dare
say. who were too brave to leave the con
course upon arriving at the warehouse, and
continued on to the cemetery, found them
selves with very wet feet on their return
home.
The Pioneer is very much of the opinion
that the good road should he continued to
and through the little silent city of the
dead, and urges the proposition most ear
nestly for the consideration of the town
council. One citizen with whom the Pio
neer man was talking about the matter
said that whenever the council would de
cide to improve the cemetery roar! he was
willing to cheerfully donate two days’ labor,
and when it comes to performing a good
day’s work, George Adams can deliver the
goods for fair. Other bystanders spoke in
like manner, and The Pioneer is positive
when it makes the statement that funds
for such a public necessity will be readily
forthcoming.
What do you think of the proposition.
Mr Mayor and gentlemen of the town coun
cil ?
Hass
Meeting
Considerable preparations are being made
by the membership of the Flat Creek Wil
son Democratic Club for the mass meeting
to be held at the Moose hall at Flat. City
tomorrow (Sunday) evening at 8 o’clock.
G. Ellis Gardner, assistant district attorney,
a late arrival in Alaska from North Caro
lina, will address the meeting. Senator
Henry Roden has been invited to attend,
and in all probability will make a few re
marks. James C. Moody can also be de
pended upon to make several timely sug
gestions. Everybody is invited to be pres
ent, and a cordial welcome awaits all.
Luther Hess left here last Saturday for l
Discovery, from where he intended to ac- j
company members of the Geological Survey !
party as far as Auiak. He expects to re- j
turn about August 25.
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On Monday morning last the citizens of j
Iditarod were pained and shocked to hear j
of the sudden death during the preceding '
night of Iienry Schneider, an old and re- j
spected citizen of the North, and one of j
the best known business men of the city j
He was found in his cabin by James Craw- j
ford, who went to awaken him to attend
to some matters of business. He had ap- j
parently passed away peaceably, as there j
were no evidences of suffering either in |
the features of the deceased or in the posi
tion in which he was lying. Mr. Schneider
had been for some years a sufferer from
stomach trouble, and it is believed that
his heart became affected. It was decided
that no inquest was necessary.
Mr. Schneider is said to have come North
during the rush of 1897 and to have lived
in Dawson and various parts of Alaska
ever since. He was for a number of year
engaged in business in Fairbanks, and came
here from that city four years ago and
established a painting, paperhanging and
decorating business, which he has conducted
ever since.
While ol a Kinaiy ana congenial muuir
the deceased was uncommunicative about
his rci .es, even to ins closest friends,
and nothing is known regarding the:”. He
is said to have had a brother in the United
states, but he had not heard from him for
several years, lie had been in business in
Portland. Ore., for some years prior to his
coining North, and is said to have owned
a smail ranch near that place, to which he
had intended to retire in his old age.
The funeral was held Wednesday after
noon at - o’clock under the auspices of the
Arctic Brotherhood, of wb:ch he was a
! member. The hall was crowded with friends
and acquaintance- of the deceased, and the
| casket was literally buried under a profu
sion of beautiful Moral pieces, made up of
[both wild and cultivated flowers, the trib
lute of mourning friends. The ritual of the
| order was used, the ceremony being pre
[ sided over by Arctic ( iiief ( iauoe Baker
A choir composed of Mrs. Ray (lark, Mrs.
; Charles I.arson, Mrs. Maher, Miss Kcid,
Walter Rowson and Earl Hunt, with Mr-.
Percy Char!,, at the piano, rendered hymn
suitable to the occasion, and Alfred E.
Multby delivered a brief eulogy of the tie
ceased.
Many tear-dimmed eyes unified to the
■esteem in uhich the kindly til gentleman
I was held by hi- friends and neighbors, and
sorrow tor ins d->• was generally in evi
dence. As a tribute to to the departed the
| entire assemblage joined in a prices -ion to
the cemetery where the final obsequies of
1 the Brotherhood were held, the members of
the camp bring clad in their parkas.
Henry Sc hi ' v, is. \ irs
! was born in Pri-.’e.. He is said to have
j served in the German army, and came to
I America when quite a young man.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
DISAPPOINTED ITS FRIENDS
i Poughkeepsie, N. A., June 27. Colum
ibia university won by a length and a hall
'in the gr**at imerco legiate b >t race last
j evening, with Pennsylvania s.*c<»:id. Cornell
third. The University of Washington crew
finished fifth.
1 Seattle. June 27. Much disappointment
was manifested here at the showing made
jin the intercollegiate boat race by the crew
from the University of Washington. Much
had been expected from the crew on ac
count of the excellent showing made in the
race last year by the local university, and
i also by the case with which they defeated
the University of California and Stanford
I university in the Oakland estuary on April
; 11 last. it 0 thought probable that no
j crew will be sent Last next year by the
'University of Washington.
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I Geld mining companies of the Rand field,
J South Africa, have been experimenting with
| electric blast'ng with a view of reducing
I the danger of miners' phthisis, a disease
ascribed to the line dust that results from
‘ blasting. By using electric systems are tiring
can be done from the surface, and the air
can be cleared of the fine dust before the
j miners need to enter the mine.
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E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
Office Second St.. Iditarod. Alaska
Next to Iditarod Hotel
J. C. MOODY,
Attorney at Law
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Office: Second Avenue
W. F. HARRISON,
: Attorney at Law
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Second Avenue, Near Marshal’s Office
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|Attorney at Law
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' First Avenue Iditarod
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PHONE DAY OR NIGHT
Notice of Forfeiture
To A. Arndt. Theresa Arndt and Jos. Mlkuta,
their heirs and assigns, and lo ali
persons claiming by, through or under
them and each of them:
You and each of you arc hereby notified
that the undersigned, co-owner, has ex
pended one hundred dollars during the
year 1013 m labor am! improvement* upon
that certain placer mining elalm
known and described as the ”'Vlid
bat” Association Placer Mining i-latm.
situate three niiies below lower dls
covery on Bear creek, a tributary of the
Tuliksak river, in the Kuskokwim mining
and recording precinct. Territory of Alaska.
Said claim was located on the 2olh day or
February, 1912. and recorded III Yol. 7 of
Locations, at page 33, or the records or
the recorder or the said kuskokwim re
cording precinct.
Such labor was perrormed and improve
ments made lor the purpose of holding
said claim, and constituted the Annual as
sessment work Tor the year ending Decem
ber 31, 1913.
You and each of you are hereby further
notified that unless you pay your propor
tion of said expenditures, together with the
cost of this advertisement, to the under
signed within ninety (90) days after the
date of the last publication of this notice,
your interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned co-owner, un
der section 2324, Revised Statutes of the
United States. DOMINICK SORACI,
Co-Owner.
First publication, May 2, 1914.
Lest p-ublieaticSh, Aug. l, 1913.