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\ of 3 Geo. M. Arbuckle. Publisher No. 22
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(’(INVENTIONS
Republican iia 1 i<>11:11 convention. C' 11 icapo, June 18,
Democratic *«ati• n.13 convention. Baltimore. June 25.
('(IN' KEY \ TH>\ FOOLISHNESS
‘It is the duty ol the federal government to provide such pro
t. rti.m to salmon in waters of Alaska as will result in conservation
and propagation of this source of great natural wealth, and to that
cud we demand that the present law be so amended as to prohibit
t lie erection and maintenance of traps in fresh water streams of
Alaska, and prohibit taking of tish from said streams by any other
method than ordinary gill nets; that hatcheries shall be erected,
maintained and operated by the federal government, and that the
present inadi >|':ate tax upon cannery products be increased, and
the proceeds thereof be placed in n fund for the maintenance of
sanl hatcheries and other federal purposes.'' From the platform
adopted at Cot dovu
\\ iiv should rile law lie amended as demanded m the;
above clause! No more fish are caught on the inland
streams than are needed tor local consumption. Indeed!
Ihere lias been rather a shortage of dogfish than otherwise!
along the Yukon valley every year for at least ten years.
The wheels or traps are no more wasteful in the taking of
fish than gill nets are. To prohibit the use of tire wheels j
would make it cost more labor to secure an adequate supply
of fisii. without benefiting anybody in return, or even se-|
curing a probable advantage to posterity. Such an amend
ment would cause the price of dogfish to increase in propor
tion as it would increase the labor of catching the fislp but
1 lie fish would still be caught, or else the people would lie
deprived of their use.
If the above clause in the Republican platform proves
anything, it is that tin* men who made the platform have
imbibed the errors common to the conservation faddists and!
are taking hold of their problems at the wrong end.
It is hard to find words that will do justice to tiie case
of the Iditarod dog poisoner and at the same time remain
within the bounds of temperate language. This much is!
true: when a man in secret sets out to do things in a com
munity which he would be afraid to attempt in the open, lie;
thereby becomes a dangerous character. The manner of j
mind of the man who set out poison and killed a number of
valuable dogs within the past week is not much different
from those of the men who dynamited the Los Angeles
'l imes. In either case the act was conceived in injustice
and executed in cowardice. Men who do such things doubt
less go through some mental process of self justification,
but if so. no right-thinking person can ever understand |
how they maun e it.
Councilman Bradley last Wednesday night spoke of his
profits from the women of his neighborhood with a frank
ness, that, were he an alien, might cause him to be deported
to the land of his origin. Being an American, he stands in
no danger of being shipped to some foreign country: but
from his own words he is perilously near guilty of an offense
under the law that might deprive him of his liberty foj
some time.
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i here is republished elsewhere in this paper an Idit-!
arod dispatch to the Nome Nugget which contains some!
items of political news interesting to local readers. Some
people here didn t even know that Judge Maltby had be
come the (iilmore manager, let alone that as such lie is
leading all the \\ ickershamites into line for the standpat
candidate.
Blank 7 of the Cordova platform: ‘ Wo demand estab
lishment of regular winter service by ice breaker between
Dutch Harbor and Nome."
THE “TANAKA SPIRIT" OK THB JOB
In a communication f:om the
lower river, United States Attornty
James J. Crcsslev has been nclvi-ed
that A. J. Campbell and John Ke
hoe, both of Tatiana, had been
bound o\er to the district couit to
keep the pence, bonds fixed in the
sum ' fjd.oco. I lie two men liavt
had, cousiiie nb'e lioubie over 1 h
use of the Koyukuk mail 11 nil
whe: e it crosses the Cnmnb.!'
homestead near Gibbon. - - bail
banks 'l imes.
All roads lead to Rons’, the clothier.
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C. J. Hurley, President J. P. Gleason, Vice President A. Bruning, Cashier
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Genera! Banking Business Transacted Upon Liberal, But Conservative Lines
GOLD DUST PURCHASED UPON ASSAY VALUE
And wo guarantee our assays against any of the government assay nflices.
(dippings from your gold furnished you for the purpose
of obtaining check assays if desired.
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OLE OLSON
In connection with :tn o-.tate II. A
Metz, box 13 ), Ot'dtt tty. < A»1.. i - trying
to secure the t ddre>3, if living, or
proof of death of Ole Olson Vipe, born
in Norway about 18,>3; came to the
United States with his parents about
1872: lived near Clintoj, Iowa, until
1890. then moved to tie .- ate of Ore
gon. where he remained until 1899,
then went to Alaska.
J'rotn Ifttw to September, 11*03. when
last heard from, he worked as a miner
and a laborer in various camps in the
vicinity of Dawson, Nome and Fair
banks, and at other points. Owing to
his peculiar name, the nickname
“Murphy” attached itself to him and
he was perhaps better known by it in
the North than by his own rutne.
Dr. Adna P. Fox, No. 19, West
Seventh avenue Cincinnati, Ohio, wants
to hear from his brother. Martin V.
Fox, supposed to be in Alaska.
Inquiries have been received about
the following persons at the governor’s
office, Juneau, Alaska. Information
concerning them should be addressed
there:
Lenten, Walter Cowen, of Pittsburg,
Pa.; hist heard of at Seward, Alaska,
when lie wrote he Was going to Nome.
Is describod as about 35 years of age:
weight about 170. dark brown hair
parted in middle, sharp features, high
forehead, Member of Masonic order
and wore emblem in form of dark blue
enamel button with gold edge.
! Lowell. Mary K. (Mrs. L. K.) for
! met!y of Skagwa.v, Alaska, later in
Dawson. Y.T., region, May lie en
gaged in restaurant or hotel business
in some mining camp in Alaska.
FRANK OF FREAKISH WHIRLWIND
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A strange practical joke was perpe
trated hv a freakish wind last Tuesday
morning. On Richmond street near
Third avenue a whirlwind developed
and moved down toward Second, gather
ing loose paper and dust as it went. As
it passed the r». t ... otlices the whirling
body of air sucked a bundle of way
j bills, invoices, ole., through llie open
1 window and added them to its collec
tion of local miscellany. In turning
| down Second avenue some of the papers
I dropped out of the procession and were
, recovered by members of tlie office
! force who had given chase; but just
| before reaching Willow the little
cyclone went aloft, and carried some of
papers far away sky ward and they were
not recovered.
Old Lacey, Tyler, Monogram, Ather
ton and Cedar brook, also tine old Port,
l Sherry and Clarets at Empire Com
mercial Co_
Highesi market price paid for shaded
ivory for jewelry manufacturing pur
poses. Robert Sintpson.
1 New shoes, bargains, Paulson’s, Flat.
| ALASKA
After many years in business in Fair
banks. W. B. Koon lias sole] out his
interest in the famous California saloon
to his partner, Fred Marlin.
C. If. Smith and Charley Swanson
found a trapper's cabin on a tributary
of Hog river, 30 miles from the Kobnk
divide, February lfi last, and from in
vestigations made it was found that
James Smart bad occupied tiie cabin
and had probably perished while tend
ing his trap lines in 11)08. Rotting
marten skins, provisions, etc., were
found in tlie cabin and outside the
•losed door was the skeleton of a dog.
A suit case contained papers bearing
on Small's identity.
A bill introduced in congress by
Representative Sulzer provides for a
bounty of $10 each on wolves killed in
Alaska. He says wolves are very
destructive of moose and caribou.
The launch Nigilik, which is to la
used by Bishop Rowe in his journey
ir.gs through Alaska, was launched in
Scat lie May 7.
The Prospector says there are people
in Valdez who do not ltnow meetings of
the city council are ep*n to 111e puWic.
l'liere is a chance to see a good show
without pay ing fur admission.
The government lias installed a com
p]ete sawmill outfit at the new town o!
Hydaburg, on Sukwan straits. Prince
of Wales island. The mill will be
operated exclusively by natives. Tin
government also is building a co
operative store and a nc.v school, am!
i lie natives of the .surrounding islands
: will be given every opportunity for
'education and the profitable develop
ment of the limber and li-heries ol
t heir nut ive land.
John W. Fuulkes, who entered pleas
of guilty to two of the charges ol
irregularities in connection with the
p isti Rice at Cordova, was sentenced to
servo one year in the federal j li! at
Valdez. The case of Win. Park and
that of Joseph F. Diggs, charged with
embezzlement of postotlice moneys,
were continued over to the next term
and will be tried at Cordova in
October.
Photographer Punt, of Valdez,
photographed the Harrais end of tie
Democratic convention with a camera
previously used in taking a courthouse
scene. The result showed Judge Cush
man occupying tlie platform of tin
rump convention, just to the left of
William O'Connor. The camera had
amalgamated the two “subjects.”
The Fairbanks school hoard lias
resolved that hereafter no equipment
or supplies of any name or kind shall
be purchased from any member of tlie
school board, or from any firm or cor
poration in which any such member is
financially interested, either as a mem
ber thereof or as holding stock therein,
unless such articles carrot lie pur
chased in open market elsewhere, it
was claimed that there had been a
practice of buying at excessive prices
from firms in which members were in
terested, bringing discredit upon the
hoard and scandalizing the administra
t ion of puli!ic affairs.
Knik is to have a general hospital as
soon as the premises can he made
ready. Mr. and Mrs. Kyvig, who have
been living at Susitna, have gone to
Knik in company with Dr. David to
establish i tie hospital.
John Zug las returned from theOu'
side to Fairbanks and will have charge
of operations of tiie Alaska road com
mission again.
Ed. Wood, at Valdez. n'ceiv(*d a
waybill id .1 .-s'>i)>i:;e;;t of a crate o;
imUer. When he went to the wharf
he found the crate contained a hilly
goat, and was informed that he was a
butter all right.
Near Nome a man rained Holt was
employed toclean out tint Arctic spring.
He was of a jocular disposition auu
when he had done Ids job he said lie
had found some thing at the bottom,
hot iie would not tell what it was. This
assertion passed from mouth to mouth,
and grew as it went. The result was
that all Nome was soon listening to.
repeating and believing a story that a
huge mammoth, in a perfect state of
preservation, had been found at the
bottom of the spring.
The Seward dredge at Solomon has
installed oil burners instead of coat as
formerly.
These ladies arc assisting their hus
bands op the creeks of Ruby district:
Mrs. Gil Edgar, on Glen gulch: Mrs.
Gordon Shea and Mrs. Crane on Trail
creek: Mrs. Robert Howard, on Long
creek, and Mrs. Dan McLeod, on Bear
pup.
H. Harbeek, an Alaska moving pic
ture man, who took views of the Cliff
mine, the Valdez glacier and other
coast objects last summer, was drowned
on the Titanic. His body was recovered
He had been exhibiting ills pictures in
Europe.
Chester Spencer, formerly with the
signal corps at Fairbanks, but later in
the employ of E. W. Griffin, succeeds
Charles Snipes as deputy marshal at
Circle.
Mrs. C. E. Darling, whose malamute
Rat City
Nicely Furnished Rooms Largs Drying Boom
Opposite Traction Co. Depot
THE DELL CAFE flat c,ty
How Open tor Business Under New Management. JOE N. HONDA. PROP.
dugs were winrers in the Nome races
his spring, has written a book ol
I poems about them and the great
j Northern cil *nce. The book is now due
in Seattle, where the author is sojourn
i ing.
| A great many Alaskans are said tc
I have been hit ten in the Florida Kver
• j lades land scheme. The land is all
iglit. but the waters of the gulf ol
Mexico interfere with its d*uinag»* an<:
i cultivation.
Finding that his mining and othei
interests demand his at tention, Deputy
1 Marshal ('- K. Snow, of Ruby, hits sent
ii liis r» > gnation to t bedhead cilice at
Fairbanks, to take < flVct June 3’J, 01
sooner, if convenient.
A slab o.' native copper weighing six
ions has been found at the head o
White river on the American side o
; lie boundary line.
Alex. Mitchell caught two silver
: gray faxes on Kuntishna last, winter,
! md at the London March sales theii
'•kins brought a lo.al uf $2 )1. approxi
nately $1,001).
A nugget weighing $103.73 wa?
; picked up on Fernander and Johnson*?
i ground. Bear pup. Ruby. May 13.
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WILL NTT CONTEST ASTOE’S Will
N;w York. May 25--Delayed —
! i'he will ot Coi John Jacob Astor
i .vi’.l not be contested. His son
! Vincent Astor. receives the grentei
! ,iart of the fortune, Mr. Madeleine
| voice Astor receiving $5 ooo.oiu
TU.tfBO'3 SOLILOQUY.
Years ago I said I'd never for a
third term make endeavor; that was
i when 1 reeked 'of virtue and my
conscience was on edge; audit beats
j my comprehension why there's so
! much publ.o tension over such a
trifling matter as a little broken
pledge. Ob. vour Uarrv, Dick and
Thomas seem tolouk upon a promise
as a tiling that's almost sacred, but
that view is quite absurd save for
men of low condition: one who
stands in my position is superior to
morals.'and may break his plighted
] word. By the highways and ihe
| hedges let the rabble keep their
j p'edges— honesty's a splendid system
for the common class of skates: but
my promise does not matter when
1 hear the frenzied clatter, when I
| hear the loud kyondle of the Seven
J ; Magistrates. What's the use of
being Tumbo, famous as was B.tr
: mini's Jumbo, if I’m bound by
superstitions of the stem, uid
] fashioned kind? What's tlie use of
| being Teddy if conservative and
steady mossbacks with a narrow
vision roast bj when i change my
I mind? 1 am loaded down with
! mora's, and ! make my own eom
' tnandmems. make them as i go
| along: and wliate'er I say is proper:
mine to choose 'twixt truth and
i whopper, I am in the right forever
i and the other fellow’s wrong. -Wait
i Mason.
SHERIFF EILBECK
! LOSES HIS JOB
Dawson, April 13 Governor fSlack
today received oHi-ial notiiicuti m from
Ottawa of the dismi^al of Sheriff K I
* bock, familiarl\ known to all old
j timers of the North as • Dad’* Kilheck,
i the father of baseball in the Yukon.
The ret iremeni of I'nder Sheriff Jack
Kilheck Dad’s hoy) i> ako rejiorted.
George Drimstone, an old-timer of
Daw Min, and at one time an undertaker
here, has received the appoint m»-nt to
succeed Kilheck as sheriff. hut no
appointment has been mud-- a- y et fm
t he lesser posit ion.
Dos Angeles. May 2’\ Kr... Wood
cock, a clerk in the registry depart
ment of the post office in this city, has
been arrested charged v. :th embezzle
ment from the mails. Woodcock was
formerly of Sitka, and lie has been of
; exemplary character. The officials are
puzzled over the case, and there is
; some hope that th« accuse*!, will \.
able to clear himself.
; Seltct Outside Dumber. ruiiaga'i
iron and roofing pa pc; at DoS'. Xe —
' tor’s.
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann,
Offices: Iditakoh a:P Flat city
Telephone-- at each place
H. BEHLA C. n. t'AKTKii
ORS, BEHLA & CARTER,
Dentists
Offices. Pioneer JM-iiir Ston-s.
Flat Oily
Appointments by Telephone
ALFRED E. MALT BY.
Attorney at Law
Notary I’tiu.h
t till.-i Sin 15'ilg, I’irst and Wi ow
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
At* orney at Law,
Notary Public. ( onveyancini:.
Uiclnriond St., Iditarod
Wickersham & Roden,
ATTORNEYS AT i AW
Iditarod. Alaska
GEORGE WOODRUFF ALBRECHT.
Attorney at Law
Michigan, '31 Alaska. '10 Kentucky. 21
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