There were less than 20 in the room when the meeting of Dem
ocrats, called by Territorial Committeeman John Ronan, was de
dared open for the transaction of business at the Budweiser parlor
Saturday night. From the remarks of those present it was evi
dent that the exigencies of the coming election for delegate to con
gress was uppermost in the minds of those present, and to infer
that as individuals they would be reluctant to bind themselves to
support a nominee not in accord with their individual preference.
However, the spirit of the meeting was most liberal, the gist of the
expressed opinion being that no Democrat could do more than act
for the best interests of Democratic principles according as his best
judgment prompts him. In plain words, while his name was not
mentioned, it was well understood that most of the members of the
meeting wished no implied pledge that they would not support the
present delegate if he became a candidate again.
A. E. Light was chairman of the meeting, and Thomas Dean
secretary.
No apportionment of delegates has been received from the
territorial committee, and it was determined to elect live from Idit
arod, which, if excessive, can be righted by fractional vote in the
convention.
The delegates were uninstructed as to candidate for delegate,
but Woodrow Wilson is the preference for President.
Probable candidates for delegate mentioned were Robert Jen
nings, of Juneau, and E. W. Griffin and Martin Harrais, of Ohena.
The delegates to the territorial convention are J. A. Slippern,
T. L. McGrath. Albert Wile.'J- W. Kcmpf. and A. E. Light,. _
Fairbanks, Jan. 3; —Fine weather continues in this section, tire
winter being the mildest on record. There is nothing stirring in tue
burliness line.
Much interest is being taken in the repoited strike on the Sixty
uiiie. Six tnushers left during the week and many more are waiting
until the spring, when they will migrate to the new camp, it it gives
promise of permanency.
Reports from Dawson regarding the new camp are inclined to lie
favorable. It is expected that the main cit, will be on Matson creek.
Roadhouses are strung along the trail from Dawson every twenty
miles. Many pti sp.ctois are now sinking holes.
D.l.V'.an. Dec. 20.—The n< w snake on the Sixt.ymile was made on the south
f.,rk of that river. 130 miles southwest of Dawson, and quite close to the Yukon
and Alaska boundary line, which is clearly marked by survey monuments in
that region. John Matson is the lucky Swede who first hit the pay. which was
found on a bench. Two layers of gravel for fully six feet, extending from
right under the moss goes three cents to the pan. The shaft he sank is 22 feet
deep and the main paystreak runs $1 to the square foot in the bedrock. In a
small space at the bottom of the shaft Matson panned out three ounces the
size of wheat grains. A remarkable feature of '.he strike is the great size of
the paystreak. which goes down all the way to bedrock, and takes in two feet
of the latter.
The information that pay is general on the creek started the biggest stam
pede in years. Men are rushing to the diggings from all along the Yukon.
Two hundred men in one batch left here the same day as Die news arrived and
the greatest and wildest cross-country race since the Klondike was struck is
being witnessed.
It takes six days to get to discovery and over a very rough country. All
will have to come right back again, as there are no supplies there. Every In
dian in the Sixty mile has hired out his dogs to stampeders. The rush takes in
people of all ages and classes and includes many women.
Miners arriving from the new camp say the creek where the pay channel
is found is 20 miles long, with several feeders from four to eignt miles tong.
The gold belt extends all the way down to glacier, where was llie first gold
camp on the Yukon.
The jury verdict denying satisfaction to a youth who brought
suit for breach of promise against the woman on whom he had lav
ished his young affections is presumed to be in accordance with the
facts and not open to criticism, says the New York World. But
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surely some criticism is deserved by those who have made the suit
a subject for jest.
What becomes of the doctrine of equal rights if there is not to
be equality in love and equal sympathy for the male plaintiff whose
heartstrings have been torn? If public sentiment has compassion
lor the trusting young girl who is beguiled, should it not also csm
miserate the “broken-hearte 1 boy” to quote the eloquent plea of
j ‘‘Ruzzielamb’s” counsel, whose affections were blighted by an un
requited love? The unthinking may jeer, but all sincere advo
cates of equal rights and equal responsibilities for both sexes
should applaud the suit as a logical application of their principles.
The leaders of woman’s cause should embrace ‘‘Ruzzielatnb” as a
champion who unwittingly lias done much to hasten the realization
of one of the desired conditions of perfect equality of the sexes.
Nome, Jail 31 —After being before the courts for nearly six
years, 1 lie B011 Voyage case, involving title to rich ground on the thiid
beach line, and a dump valued by experts .it §75,000, has been settled
in iavor ot the plaintiffs, Otto Halla el al , of ttie Golden Bull
Attorney Fink and ten others sought 10 defend the Bon Voyage
title against the Golden Bull people. wetting weary of the protracted
litigation, the ruaj irity of the defendants withdrew, disposing of their
interests to Attorney Fink, who carried the case to the Supreme
court. Judgment was entered for the plaintfFs January 22.
The dump was taken out by Crabtree & Waskey.
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Nome, Jan 31 —Republicans registering here are required to give
1 a cast iron pledge that they will support the nominee of tiie Republican
j convention, which meets at Cordova March 30
An effort is being made to prevent known Wickersham supporters
irorn registering, but a lew have managed to slip past the scrutineers.
Wickersham sentiment in Nome has undergone little change since
the last delegate election.
Nome, Jan. 31 —The coal famine at Nome this winter owing to
the failure of the Sesnou Coal company to ship in supplies, has warned
the citizens to take steps to prevent a repetition of the scandal next
year. The Nome city council is considering the advisability of import
ing a large quantity of coal during the coming summer and establishing
a municipal coal yard
TO fLI OLD BY
The old liquor case of the United States vs. C. A. Munro, agent
for the Northern Commercial Company at Tanana, which it was
thought was settled when Judge Overfield and Judge Cushman
ruled last summer that a retail liquor dealer might sell any quan
tifry of liquor up to five gallons, regardless of whether it was to be
drunk on or off the premises, has suddenly burst into renewed life
by an indictment recently returned against the Northern Commer
cial Company by the grand jury at Fairbanks.
The indictment charges the company with having sold to
i Charles Cole one quart bottle of liquor which was not drunk on the
j premises. The case originated in the justice’s court at Tanana, on
| the advice of District Attorney Crossley, who held that a retail li
! cense only permits the sale of liquor to be drunk on the premises
| where sold. The district attorney was upheld by an opinion of the
; Attorney General of the United States, but when the case went to
the district court the decision was made as above indicated.
Then, when the matter was put up to the Attorney General, he
expressed a wish that the matter go up in the form of an indict
ment, as the issue before the supreme court will tin's be more
clear cut.
Accordingly, the grand jury has returned the indictment, to
which the attorneys for the company will, in due time, demur on
the grounds that the facts stated do no constitute a crime. If the
court sustains the demurrer, then an appeal can be taken to the
supreme court, and that body will be in a better position to decide
w'hat the law is regard - g retail liquor dealers than had the origi
nal appeal been taken.
Washington, Jan 31 —It having been reported that dissension had
arisen between President Taft and other tnembrs of the government,
particularly Postmaster General Hitchcock, the latter has issued a
statement wherein he denies that he has broken with the president, to
whom he claims to he perfectly loyal.
IN THE KITCHEN.
I often drop my helpful book to watch fair Arabella cook. No
weary kitchen drudge is she; she cooks with gladsome ecstasy.
I I’ve seen her take some flour and grease, and then produce a
masterpiece With soul inspired and glowing eye, she makes the
I pudding and the pie; when from the oven she will take some lovely
and triumphant cake, she feels the rapture that is known by
I geniuses, and they alone. And when we gather round the boatd
and view with joy the tempting hoard of things that make our
stomachs gay, we hand the cook a large bouquet. Jemima hasn't
learned to cook; she paints large pictures of a brook; and pea
green cattle stand therein; 'neath bughouse trees with leaves of
j tin; and crimsor crows are soaring by. beneath a stretch of
brindled sky; the sun that shines on bird and beast, is sinking
slowly in the east, We turn away, with sinking heart, from fair
Jemima’s stunt in art, give her the jolt that she deserves, and
watch sweet Arabella’s curves.—Walt Mason.
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Circle City, Jan 21.—Two men named Demar and Williams were
found guilty here yesterday of selling liquor to Indians at Fort Yukon
during the recent potlatch there. Commissioner Abe Spring sentenced
| them to six months imprisonment and costs.
The men were charged simply with selling liquor without a
| license, instead of the more serious charge of selling to Indians. This
| is District Attorney Crosslev’s new method of deal iii% witi 1 111 c illicit I
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liquor traffic, as he finds it impossible to secure convictions against,
1 white men upon Indian testimony, which is notoriously unreliable.
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Fairbanks, Jan. 3:.—Under the guardianship of the Arctic
Brotherhood, an < ider 10 be known as the Native Sons and Daughters
of the Golden North has been formed here. Membership will be con j
fined to those born in Alaska and the Yukon territory.
Robert Crawfoid, son of Ron Craw ord, has been named first)
president, and Miss Nugget Johnson secretary. Both oi these yc uttg j
people were born in the Yukon territory, duiing the early days of j
Dawson.
The o eanization star's with a inemb^rshio of ri
READ CUSS Y/ORBS
ON THE BIOGRAPH
The biograph was registering a ban
queting scene at the moment of the
speeches. The young actor who was
entrusted with the role of presiding
rose and solemnly made the gestures
appropriate to a learned discourse,
while all the time iie kept ins fellow
actors amused by a flow of slang and
profanity, with unprintable anecdotes
as decoration.
What did it matteiV He was posing
before a cinematograph, not speaking
before a phonograph.
The film was a great success and was
praised all over the world, especially
for the life-like attention the guests
evidently paid to the orator.
One complaint only was received, a
very severe and indignant rebuke. It
came from the director of a deaf mutes
institution, where the pupils, trained to
reading of lips, had been able to follow
the ubridled license of the orator, as
well as watch his gestutes.
Attracted by an unusual commotion
in his barn, a Pennsylvania farmer
recently witnessed a strange combat.
When lie readied the barn he found
that, a bear had entered a stall occu
pied by a mule and the two animals
were standing on their hind legs and
sparring with their front feet. They
warmed up to their work and boxed a
minute or two with honors about even,
when the mule suddenly reversed his
position and opened his reserve bat
tery. The bear soon retreated under
the back-action assault, but died a few
feet outside the barn door.
Notice of Marshal’s tale
United States ol America, / .,
Fourth District of Alaska, }
Public notice is hereby given, that by !
vir'ue of a writ of Fieri Facias (or execu
tion), dated January 23rd, A. D. 1912,
issued oul of the District Court of the
United States for the Fourth District of
Alaska on a judgment rendered in said!
Coun. on the 7th day of December, A. I). 1
1911, in favorof William S. Clark, doing:
business as the Clark Lumber t omp.my,
and against Jake Mutchl r, I have, on i
this 24th day of January, A. D. IQ12,
levied upon the following described real
estate, situated in the city of Iditarod. 1
and Territory of Alaska, to wit: All of j
that certain piece or parcel of ground
situated m i lying between lot No. 1 and;
lot No. 8 of block No. 4 west, in the
town of Iditarod, Fourth Division, Ter
ritory of Alaska, together with all ind .
singular the one story frame building
situated thereon, known and described
as the North Star Blacksmith shop, and
that I will, accordingly, offer said real
estate for sale, at public vendue to the
highest and best bidder, for cash, on the :
20th day cf February, A. D. J912, at
ir o’clock a. *n., at the front door of tile j
Marshal’s office in the town of Iditarod, j
Territory of Alaska.
Dated, Iditarod, Alaska, January- 24th j
A. D. 1912. H. K. LOVE,
j U. S. Marshal, Fourth District of Alaska.
By H. P Shepparl, Deputy.
Chas. E. Taylor, Plaintiffs Attorney
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