CANVAS TcNTS^ ^TARPAUUNS_ __J^OSE
•• Special .—
DAMSEL GREEN
FELT SHOES,
H. Boas, Leading Clothier
HART 5CHAFFNER £ MARX and CH ESTER FIELD CLOTHES
OTTER_-___TWO STORES-IHITAROD
GOES TO THE STATES
FOR EYE TREATMEN1
Bert Green. *. n of Pr. \Y. F Green, who
has been employed at the Takotna post o
trie N ('. C<>.. let: that phtee la>t week fo
the Outside for the purpose forrceivim
treatment for his eyes Bert expects to re
turn home before the break-up next spring
B. B. Smitl - lil timer, is sub
Mitu-ting for Mr. Gm :i during hi* ah
senee.
Cecil Barlow, the Moore creek minim
mam m a the city on his semi annual visit
hav ing unwed hot \\ e«:m>day. Afie
s:.ending a we--k or ten days hereabouts at
paming ! i bu-ir.css affair*. Mr. Barlow vl
rr'urii : > M ^.ie to begin his winter work
We have only a small stock oi
Chrisiirev Goods this season
and you had better send in youi
orders early. Send out ycui
Christmas cards now. Your pec>
pie and friends will be pleased
to knew you have not fergotter
them. We are better prepared
to do Photo Work than ever.
Send us your films to develop.
IDITAROD. ALASKA
Goano as:
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Tin' I :l M- In’ll:' nut In-1 Sunday
r.'mht a! An let - ! all.
Pan \.; !> ?- wlio operates on Li I tie
. ie k. Ti id' i ; hr dPtm t. was in the city
ll:i- week.
S; :n Bavles. the Otter creek merchant,
v, in the city during I he early part of
lie wee! It is tin itenti m of Mr. Bayles
i■ Ik -p.ck to Mat City soon after
, the freeze 12".
‘•.It.lii:* t!i- Bean Peddler ot Discovery,
Otter, \va> a visitor at tli * landing last
Monday.
(Pit C'urney and William Lewi-, who
; wo re intri-'.-ied with “Pard" Leonard in
the big Hon I k- Malamute. located ebo\r
the city, dm.ng the past summer, left hero
ia-l Sun.lav o\e; the- Seward trail to spend
tin* winter in t!’ • St ale-.
llenrv PuRaiid. who has conducted the
p,-, ,Ver\ cote at Discovery. Otter, during
t'n ■ oast im‘ year'-, ha- moved his rest at:-.
r:i:,r ? He ('ity. and e; now located in
the bud. ang between the (-rami bar and
" .Ji hn Bagoy's ph.ee. mi Front street.
M. H. Marston departed h r the Outside
1 vi « the Seward trad the latter part of last
week.
I The M m'so dance at Flat City lost Satur
day night, ahh-uigh nm largely ait'aided by
people from di.-iuit ports of the district.
’ wa- a verv p! -asam and much-eii.i »y-d af
fair. Sphmdid music wa> furnished by
Professor.- Huiisoii and Lowrie. and the
dancing lasted until a late hour.
MURDERER OF ARCHDUKE
FOUND GUILTY GF CRIME
S-VRAUIYO. Bo-nia. Oet. 27. Cavrio
i Prinzip. whose insane act in murdering the
Archduke Ferdinand *.f Austria and his wif*
resulted in the ultimatum to Servia which
caused the present ntiict of the pnncip: 1
. nisti* :> ( f Fur ; e. has In a: convicted of
the ctime. together with his are unplices.
Pr:nzip Escapes Dsath Sentence
\ S VM VTA ' • * -A ' ;k:; to-- orb
f ! as-as-in of Archduki 1 ••'dim :.d and
w if.-. i -• oeeii sentenced to t-wen v yea
ion-:o-<'tii,“‘iit. Others of hi- acc- mpli< •
lu.ve r-reived various sentences, and four
.! he hanged.
SEBRO-WOOLLEY BANDITS
BEING EXTERMINATED
BIO.I.INGHAM, WO-Ort. 24. Tw.i
more f ihe bandits who robbed the Ibr-t
: Not!- i .! Barb of Sedm V\ «• ill y a wek ag«
were 'hot and killed in r here early this
im-rmiig A tk:rd member of tb.e gang
eseat : Thus far rim man hum has re
spited in the killing of three of the five
robbers and one Canadian officet. There
is lit;lr chance of the two remaining bandits
effecting their escape.
MAY CLOSE COAL MINES
IF SETTLEMENT PLAN FAILS
WASHINGTON. Oct 29 Pre-Mint Wi!
j son is considering the question whether tm
has authority to close the Colorado coal
mines, where a str.ke has been in progress
! for several i
! resulted, in case the operators refuse to
accept the plan of settlement [imposed.
THE PIONEER SALOON
Has Just Received From
GROMMES & ULLRICH
$5,GOO Worth of
National Ciuh, Marquette Rye and Monogram Whiskeys, Imported
Pert, Sherries, Brandies, Gins, in hulk and case, Porter, Ale, Cham
pagne, Burgundy. Also the Celebrated AMERICAN GIRL CIGARS.
Phone “Ramps” PSOfJEER SALOON
EVJORE BARGAINS
Besides Elaine 01! at $6.00 per case
We are selling more New Toilet Articles, Patent Medicines and Cut Glass, which
have just arrived, at greatly reduced prices
YUKON SLEDS ‘ SNOWSHOES BABICHE
SIWASH MITTS SLEIGH BELLS
HORSE BLANKETS
SMITHS CUN STORE,
IDITAROD, ALASKA
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(By Wiroless lo The Pioneer)
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 29.— The makers of election forecasts in this
vicinity all agree that Judge Wickersham and !. A. McGowan have a
cinch, on election.
Delegate Wickersham is now making a tour of the surrounding
creeks, delivering two and three speeches every day, and his trip is a
continuous ovation from the miners and residents of the community.
The arguments of the judge are unanswerable, and he will have a
greater majority than every before.
On the territorial legislative ticket, McGowan and Griffin seem to be
the surest winners. Dan Callahan, the independent candidate for the
! territorial senate, expresses 1 niseif as confident of election, but many
. express the opinion that Dan’s confidence is entirely misplaced.
PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
RECEIVE ALASKA SPUDS
! Shi ATT 1 E. Oct. 20. Two boxes of Fair
; banks potatoes, one to be forwarded to
I ITesib- ut Wilson and one to Secretary of
| the Interior Lane, were received from the
North today.
| The tubers are forwarded to the Presi
I dent and his adviser by the citizens of Fair
! ban's as an evidence of the possibilities in
i ;:11 agricultural way ol the Tanana valley.
THE CHOCOLATE REPUBLIC
HAS ANOTHER REVOLUTION
VA^HLNdTON. Oci. L‘0 The battleship
Kansas, accompanied by the transport Han
cock, loaded with marines, has been or
dered to Ilayti on account of the rebellion
there.
Mr. and M®. M. Juenlvgaard id Fh: City
... - :-it« r< in the city early last Tuesday
morning.
Bk* gas* '
AND ^
%3^ W ''fbfr I %
And Ail Other Goods That Are Necessary for
Winter Wear
“SfS Pfj p cf
■Jy^5 rLM S
The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Cfotfjes
I FLASHLIGHTS BATTERIES l
: | fcriitLttir r-’ 1 |
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| r??«h -'■■'nr1/
I USjU EUilii viixjn a
1C. R. PECK, FLAT
BULBS t
SEEflEara 4
TO WITHDRAW REGULARS
FROM MINING DISTRICT
j DENVER. Ctdo., Oct. 27. The announce
ment is made that the federal troops - ill
j urohably be withdrawn from the Southern
t ,1)ra !• • c< al fie i : abi ut the mi<
! next month, and be replaced by the state
militia.
It is claimed that labor conditions in the
mining district are gradually adjusting
themselves, and that there is no longer any
nece.- ity fur the presence uf the federal
troops.
MEMBERS OF FISH TRUST
TO BE TRIED IN JANUARY
SEATTLE. Oc\. 27. R m e mutative- <»f
\ •!••• alleged !i-ii t:v-t. which was i .• ntlv in
cl l.o the Cm:. 1 States grand jury iV
. vii.ia*.: n of tiie .‘merman law. appeared
j in court today and altered plats of nm
! cuiity. The trial- have been set for some
rune in Januaiy.
| FEAR RAID ON CANADA
BY GERMAN SYMPATHIZERS
BUFFALO. N. V„ Oct. iv The Buffalo
I Board of Trade has asked the Canadian
government to place troops at the village
! of Erie, stating that they fear a raid is
i contemplated by German sympathizers.
R. F. ROTH CONFIRMED
AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY
WASHINGTON. Oct. 26. Before ad
1 journment last Saturday the senate con
firmed the appointment of Rhinehart 1
! Roth of Fairbanks to be United States
district attorney for the Fourth judicial
| district of Alaska.
Egypt and Sweden now have women
j judges.
! MAYOR OF PORTLAND
SUSTAINED BY VOTERS
PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. 28. At the re
! c:j11 election in.-tituted against May* r Albee
: and ".vu city rommi-sinners. held last Tues
'•’ay. a lie/.;. Mite was cast. The officials
j were sustained.
• ONE-DCG JOE" OWNS A HORSE
.!■ e Ila.napan is now the proud possessor
■ ;!.• (0 '..rated bucking pinto pony which
was brought to this city a few weeks ago
by *?. II. > •rgent’s geological survey party
.h e m v.' trying to figure out how he can
i !.:Vthe .nimal useful, and as he is a
I n:.‘i\e of the state of Maine fa place where
! Dad O cvi b.nd -av- they make a specialty
f r usiog •yir.uvahfr.l good figurers”l, it’s a
cinch Ifiuyn will .-o!ve the problem.
SHACKLFTON EXPEDITION
SAILS FOR ANTARCTIC
BUENOS AYRES. Oct. 27 The English
Soiuh Polar expedition under command of
Lieutenant Ernest Shackleton, the noted ex
plorer. ..d •. southward today.
FOR SALE—About 12 tons of Yukon river
dog .-:1mon. in good condition; about 50
sets r.f brand new Nome flog harness.
Apply at Adam.- house, First street, Idit
arod.
The Cause
Little Willie How did you get the red
marks on your nose. Uncle Dai?
Uncle D.-.i Classes, my boy. glasses.
LitiL- Willie Glasses of what, Uncle Dai
Western Mail.
Plenty of Time
Mrs. Gnaggs And jv-t to think! Aou
used to say you would die for me!
Mrs. Gnaggs Well, don’t hurry me, my
dear ; don’t hurry me.- Judge.
WASHINGTON, Oct, 24. President Wil j
n today informed the leaders of both ‘
bouses that he was opposed to prolonging i
the session of congress and declared* ihnf |
the members must .-ettle their own '
troubles. |
Solution Proposed
Recesses for three days at a time until
November 10, with sessions lasting only a
few minutes, was the solution proposed to- i
day for the congressional deadlock.
Agreement Reached
Both houses of congress adopted a resolu .
tion to adjourn at 4 o’clock this afternoon, j
thus breaking the deadlock.
Will Be No Extra Session
President Wilson stated today that he j
would not call an extra session of congress. •
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The First Alaska territorial legislature. |
which convened in Juneau in the .-; ring of !
11913, has. had many h a:\-h things said |
about it. and its individual member.* have j
been "roasted” to a crisp brown, many j
oi .hem escaping with only the shreds of a 1
| reputation left. The Fgi.-lation enae’ed at
| that session has been picked to pieces and
! ruthlessly invalidated by the courts, and
much i f that which has not had to stand
; the test of judicial decision i- declared to ,
: be worthless. Judged by practical results,
; it is declared by men who.-e judgment b
I worth considering on such subjects, there
| probably has seldom been a legislative body
! whose acts have been s< futile as that of
j the First Alaska leci-la; lire,
j But all the 11: -h things said of thi.-* body
| of men will seem like parlor chaff com
pared to what is in .wore for them should the
! -tat ment made by a prominent legal light
to a Pi« neer man prove to be justified.
The statement is nothing more nor les
1 than that the woman suffrage law. which
i was the tirst enactment of the legislative
j body, is entirely worthless and invalid so
far as concerns the right of women to vote
i for members of tlie territorial legislature
1 .md delegate to congress is concerned.
! It is not contended that the franchise was
: not attempted to be conferred upon women.
| or that they can or will be prevented from
I voiing; but it is claimed that the law is
! so frame 1 that should legislation enacted
i by a legislature elec let! in part by the votes
I uf women ever be contested in the courts
j < n thi • ground, it might remit in the in
validating of such legi.-lation.
•. n ! • enabling
| To rity of which the Ala-ka legi.-lat ore w; s
'creat'd, i u» lining the method of choo-ing
1 me! f the hgiT on re. pr.vid* - in par.
■ “That the qualifications of
| * shall be the same as
I those prescribed in the act of congress en
• it F t 'An ac. providing for the elec tv :i of
I a delegate io the house of representatives
from the TerriTory of Ala-ka.‘ "
The act referred to in the above quoted
Action lie ally designates among the
' a*i - of voters that they shall be
i "j • aie” poisons.
The - • ual .--innr- or.: ■,mei" merely c r
; f ■ "d ri ,;:t to vote upon iVMurn and
i contained v.'> dm to the effect that "all
law.- and parts of laws in contliot herewith
are hereby rep- il<d.” Consequcmlv the -on
i jr.'s iciial ac; pre-eril»i:;g the qualilieations
i ..f *ti'is 1 thi law of Alaska. At least
ihis is the contention mad. .
The woman suffrage law was ih- fir.-t
I enactment oi the Fir-t Alaska legislature,
and its passage was heralded to the w rid.
an act of gallantr\ on the part < i the
."rough Ai -ka miner,” wlm conferral this;
\ siued prerogative upon women without I
! - i much as being asked t • do sr And :
-rettes. and suffragist- the* world over
| hi FI the AJa.-kans up to the r «.f the
! world as a fine body of r.mn who.-e action
could well be emulated by the lords of cre
ation in other territories, stares and na- 1
lions. Should u develop that the much- I
heralded Alaska equal suffrage 1 rv is but ,
•'Dead sea fruit” offered To the ladies, then1
the lot of Alaska’s first legislators will be
indeed hard, and we may expect to hear j
•hat others of them have sought new loca- j
| tions.
EE?/
Captain It n< N- rt< n, I( it ir ids not
trail blazer, intends to engage in the trans
portation business this winter on the trail ]
I between this city and Seward with his big ;
I dog team, and is now awaiting a sufficient i
I fall of snow to enable him to start on his ;
first trip to the seaport town.
It is Captain Norton’s intention to make j
; a specialty of carrying express matter, the
! popular magazines and other desirable peri- |
! oriicals the kind of articles that will not ■
be delivered by the mail carriers. He has
already received much encouragement for j
his enterprise from our citizens, as they i
know that anything of a business nature
entrusted to Captain ’Gene will receive his
best attention. If it is possible for him to j
start within the next few days, it is his
intention to be back in Iditar.'d before the
I holidays with a big load of the very latest
literature, and anyone wanting articles from
I the Out-ide should place their orders with
him as soon as possible. Ho has plenty of
room in his big sled for two or three pas
sengers. Parties desirous of making a
quick trio to Seward should make arrange
ments with Mr. Norton.
Tom McKinm n arrived this week from j
Candle creek.
GOOD DRY WOOD FOR SALE
Delivered on short notice. See Kruxtc i
i Roland, Gold street, Fiat City. 1
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ARE THE PROPER CLOTHES FOR EVENING WEAR.
WE CARRY A FINE ASSORTMENT
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Bayles Clothing Co.
[DITAROD DISCOVERY, OTTER!
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SIMPLIFIED COURT TACTICS
IS PLEA OF SENATOR THOMAS
'Washington Special to Seattle I'ost-In
iHIigencer >
If Senator Thomas of Colorado could
have his way it would be unlawful to pub
lish the text of the decision of any court
He would abolish all such books as supreme
court reports, the Federal Reporter and the
like, and compel judges to decide cases right
off the bat, as it were, without consulting
what any judge in a similar case in the
past had decided. Also he would make it
a hanging otn n.se to print any more v ’v
of law rej or’s
Senator Thomas is not a wild-eyed
men just out of die sagebrush, and known
nothing about law. He is one of the most
distinguished lawyers in tin* country. In
mining law he stand.- at the top of the
profc--ioo. No ere at mining case in a num
ber of years has been itied in which Senator
1 hr mas has not eared.
The other cl ay in the senate, when the
tiv.de cummisM n bill wa> und- r di.-cus.-ion,
Senator Thomas astonished his fellow sen
ators by making the proposal. He wanted
to strike out of the bill the provision re
quiring the decisions of the commission to
be published.
“Mr. Pre-ident,” said ho, “l should like
to see, if wc are to refer to the subject at
ad. a paragraph prohibiting the publication
of the reports of this commission. The
people of the I'nited Stales are buried un
der an avalanche of reported cases ground
out with constant and monotonous rf'uh.r
ily bv fifty or sixty tribunal-, to which are
added those of the interstate commerce com
mission and thosp of some nisi prius tri
bunals The result of this grist c f decided
case.- upon American law is to reduce it to
a >tate of eh;: '- and confusion.
“There is not a lawyer in the sound of
my voice who is not able to advise ins cli
ents what the law is. But not a single one
of ti t-m is ■: •»1 • * to ad hi.- cl: on to wm.l
th • i juris wiil d.-tenmue the law to he.
fn appellate cases a -'unit y - wer * accus
tomed at one tin l » \ re; are .vhat was
called a brief, v.!11 c!i w: - subu.iited. to the
court for its guidance uid instruction. The
attorney’s brief of today consi.'i.' always of
'me and occasionally f two volumes, marie
nece-.~i.ry because of the multitudinous r1
p. rted decisions upon e'.cry conceivable
question which can \<x the brain of the
average attorney.
The House of Quality \
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IDiTARGD The House of Quality <
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J. C. CURRIN’S SAWMILL
I NOW read; for business
!
T (• [ rr .. h :• 1 • v. m
| operation, and i- P'dii'-mg fm-l to any de
length Owing to mm-arrival of
1 a .-:atit nary •.•? gnu- vlneb F order*- : from
the State-. Mr. 0 rrin v . c.mpelF-d t<»
, use a marine y .-ng.:.-. ami the ex*
invent is v rkin •' f'.a ■
1 tion Captain i Fniith, iht d .ring navi
gator, diil the millwright work on the saw
| mill and also hold* a very prominent and
! responsible position in the operating de
j partment.
FOR SALE—Five ri.*y,. $250. Jack I>on
nelly.
GUEST TOWELS
BATH TOWELS
Gladstone Collars and Stamped
Linen of Ail Kinds for
Christmas Gifts
New Chintz Table Covers and
Piilows
Infants’ Wear
CLEANING AND PRESSING
Corner First and Richmond
„\< • . . • n soi
crease lh<* confusion, an 1 *u * ' ' " ’ • :
’..lien auth; rities can ho
nes. t'o. in i:n .ualiiied sup ort of both
!e- of < n< eiv tble hum n ; roposi
Practicing law nowaday' entails a de
gree of labor ami inw.-rig e: n upon the
art of the prart i- o ner and rho >urt ~ that
:s appalling. It we are going to have a
fresh bateli of th in coming from another
' urc-e. I t us rather suppress them and see
;.i it that they are not published in offi
11 ;>1 form.
“One « i the groatmt men of this gen-ra
Mr. 1 . 1( nt, the f . • r ; re sidi nt
of the Mexican republic. Pnrtfrsj Diaz, and
to my run: ne of the chief evidences of
his wisdni and si an^mensioi* wa< his in
terdict tipon the pu.-li cation of all the de
cisions of his court'. The judges were re
quired to pass upon anil determine the con
troversy according to the written law and
their understanding of it, without regard
to precedents found in former opinions.
While Mexico is not in any particular a
nuclei government, and never has been, yet
I venture to say that in the administra
tion of justice the courts were able to pro
ceed quite as intelligently without as our
courts arc able to proceed with so many
reported cases.”
Senator Walsh of Montana, a noted mm
ing lawyer, expressed his amazement at this
outbreak by asking: “Are we to under
,'tand that the senator from (’ h rado is
seriously urging that the publication of the
reports of the supreme court of his state
should cease?’'
“Indeed,” said Senator Thomas. “I am.
I wish we could pn*s an amendment to our
constitution making it a capital offense
to issue another volume of reports. I never
was more .-erious in my life. 1 want to
Isay, and to repeat, and reiterate nfcew--.iry.
j that the increasing number and accuinula
tion of reports is a cure to American law.
“There are great judge--, and there are
great decisions; there are many reported
r-.ases which are really the fountain • < 1 much
that is important and necessary in law. but,
on the other hand, there is a v,a-t quantity
of reported cases, some of . h-eh ace good,
some of which are indifferent, and -one'
• of .. inch are cx< c.rable. The --rubor from
M . i, - ne ( f the ablest uid n»< of the
n -r industrious lawyers f ever km-w. will,
I thud; so-1a the prop: i. r u:
xrtsrr legal question < . .• hoi • r
solution that does not, b>. msf e-f the mill
tit tide K-f e.entail upon him a mgr
of labor that is nere -arv in a \w. but wj.i a
< n ;ht net to be and would not he re-'-e---ary
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! culated in published form.
Still unconvinced. S< n •' r \\ ;:!-!< ' am**
back with a question as l" whether 'ea
j t r <. r Thom a.*- “would like i.» ee the bony of
the mining law that we hav** built up in
the West swept out of exi.-;enre."
Senator Thoma- ■ aid
“ I iie so called law of the apex, founded
upon the mining tatute of 1S72. has bi n
■ eon-trued by all the eourf- in ‘he n. n ' g
Wo' ami by the courts of the I'nited Male*
r t '
'day about the meaning of that -tatute
I than we did before the fir-: reported ■ ■
construing it was handed uown.
‘‘.Mr. Pre.-iu'-nt. no h-t'er ! tr u m >f
,:. pi. ition that I am as linii z • i
njTire i here than the character of ovr ic -
of mining, as it ha> been c.on-trued an : re
1 construed and then co:i-tru'd some more,
'and -till other construction- recmi-tructed.
until a man with an apex e--.se today ha? a
job before him that equal- a Chinese puzzle.
I “Tak-* our 1-v. •• < r irrigation. There
1 are senators here wb n.a fr ru the and
-tat:--, where the lax- of water- under our
-tatute* were f tirls tie:; until '• ;r after
; court passed judgment upon them, until
ihe reports of *h. v“ro ; u- l’-h>-d.
and until we confronted rh imn »*>ible ta.-k
of reconciling then’. • for b -av -n s sake,
i for the sake of the pea'-e M th • profe--n-n,
l and for the wlfmc of bu-:... whn h -«•;
-mntors think is going to be harried to
.bub! do m t inflict, upon them such a pun
I i shrm ni a.- will h.- involved in the report
] of cases to be determined by this eommis
i sion 11i.it you propose to c: b.e."
RING USUP-—- ANY SERVICE WE CAN DO YOU____RING_U^_U£
WESTERN UNION AND BEDFORD-McNEIL CODES NO TROUBLE TO FORWARD YOUR MAIL THE AMERICANA-16 VOLUMES FIRST EDITIONS OF THE NEW ALASKA MINING CODE
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GEORGE MARSH BUDWEISER ID1TARQD _ FLAT CITY BRANCH LJ ANDERSON
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