THE JD5TARQD PJONEER
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THE PRESIDENT AND MEXICO
The Seattle IV- Intelligencer prints a m athing arraignment rf
l’l, iilent Wilson for hi.- handling of the Mexican problem. The
>eattle newspaper lias been particularly bitter in its comment on
Mexican at': irs ever since Henry lame W-I mi. the American am
bassailor to Mexico, and a brother of the late lamented John L.
Wilson, owner of the Post Intelligencer, was removed from ollii e
b. c of I < -pc u-al of 1 Inert a's c: use in opposition to the poli
i a s of the administration.
As in lla criticisms ,.f the i'n-ident'.- action in the ecu'rover
-is- with the leulonic nation- m reference to the submarine war
fare, the uppo-ili.-ii new-papers oftcr no definite suggestion as to
(he course to puioaa Hicy ha\e carefully retrained limn suggest
fug a declaration of \\: r. i u-i :n they rid used to recommend war
v.nh Clermany baum.-e ,d the submarine outrages, while condemn
:og the accillating course*-’ of the I’rcsiilcn.t. Hut what v. .mil
!,'..v lu.vc’: The desii.- seems to be to goad the uiiiumi.-ii.-itii n into
v :.r ,f loncp.-.t. uiid.T the gui-e if protect :og American lives
pad property The prevalent idea among a certain class of to.
i'le-i-ictu'.- i 111it s is that recently cnuii.--ii.-d by Henry V. utter.-.m
pup, as h l-uli none of the anti-administration newspapers has
tin audacity to proclaim it that Watt rson had. The editor of t'.i
tVuricr Joii.'tis! -aid. ill hi- usual for.-ctu! manner, that the mani
i. ; destiny of United Mate- beckoned it on t > Panama; that
|1 , „ ami Jicics which impeded this destiny must give way.
aal the cventm 11 v the -,-mlmrn boundary of the 1 fated Sla m
of ..-HP would be the southern 'me of the Panama calm! mho.
]■. v tUr> Will. !!:!• it' 1- U -t'Cl m"'l Ill |
llii'-t* wile so 1'niled States intervene in Mex
They realize that, as in I lie Onlippimm once in control, the
pnit, 1 -bates government would lino it difticult to ivlinqui.-h tin
ivins "t go\tro.nu oi.
i Hr til-, 1.1-t V.. ; ulinUllCCll tllUt t lit* b * facto M 'KUWU
p V. rr.ment ! a.I agi ■ 1 t< il.e deinnn.is , f the l’niu-1 Stale.- pnv
rrh-.tive ... tiie tvietit oiilt'apes. and woiihi tureru nn .ia
ti n of the dirtieulties In other m rds, the two nations ha,e it
Pi,,.! at , p , • in than- relations which eventually won! i have
been reached ai i an tn t itiiet. With t \e e : ro, « ion hi
,,of rev. age. the Cnitid States in n ei insisted upon certani
11:inps lieii'a d n linna a uei, and dtp.-u is upon - me nepotial'n.n
j j- tp,. redi'cs.- of its grievances a nenat the repuiaic of Mexico.
t„ 1: V.e are dealing widi Mexieo ju.-t as we would I"'
, mpell .1 to deal with tire-u Biipii and oilier powerful nations
„ eatt-e of treaty stipuhiti.-iis with those nations. The l nited
a ate# will ■: it i liter Uj m a war ot subjugation or con |U<st until
,1 i< ram, riled to do „i. l.e el headed statesmen in this and other
<■ ntries of the new w. r'u bein', e that the Mexican problem can
i. a«I:1 without re.-ori to arms.
[ho | .-ition ttf tin administration is made doubly t.-norous in
;his Mewum imbroglio by rea-< n of the Unowl due that tin* chaos
now ex 1 .- ’ ng 1 ■ 1 Mexico lias b,-.n largely b:.night about b\ the
,p?s of American citizen;-. mid ot Iter foreigner- ri Mexico. It i- a
W(!; known fact, and it ha- been more than hinted at in official
(‘oriiinriiTs. that tlu* various ‘ rcvt'luiioni-i s in Mexico were
[•_ ; , ,| i y persons and corporations who had iaVt-stmcms tn .dex
jvo. and that under the promise of further enne-s-ion." should the.-e
: \ t lutionists lie successful, they su{ plied all >vved
tin* m.mert us insurrections t » be carried 1 n. In - a a* m- me-. - it
\ one corporation backing a certain m*mrecto-nary 1 .1 «cr again''
n i i i r n w ic k . • - ' ■ • :! 1 '
, ;u.h striving for preference right> in the job of r* oo.ng th.
Mexican Jieo; ha The task of the administration has bum to refram
in n. ~iing these iniquitous schem *s of unscrupulous <n|it.dM
who w.-if um ri--' ic enough t > do- n- p. emon *1 th: l nit re! iuaP -
to :rrvt their own scltish ends.
Tl'.c situatL it in Mexico r-'m U .- in many re-pert-• that ere
. uteri by the H er republic* . t Smith Africa in tin;r rc'.ab n- t
iao Briti-h imp:!.a 71:;' Hrili-h. alter a McO'iy v 1 _hI orm 1
.... : a,,...! government to the crstul.d ■ republic.-, hot i: was at the
... at the etmdeum:.!a n of the w 1; e 1 * world. Many Lei eve that
t!,.. Boers had a. right to conduct their own atiMrs in their own
, ;nii( r. ail i if foreigners were unjustly ileall with, it was n a s .to
. ant excuse to invite a war of conquest ami subvention. _ It i
:ii:,- that the couditii n of the Boers is better than under their for
i .. r government, but thi.- is no palliative.
There ts lotie douOi that were l neia Oaii; t > undertak" the
work r f re.-tr ring order in Mexico he would evontu.ily bo succcs.—
'f, [ I'ltiicr American supervision prosperity would e me to the
Mexicans, and th< n :. lit n . f tl ,■ pet pie wi uId mi tensely itn
proved Likewise land thi- the crux of ttic win.la situation '.
\:o: rii-ai; end other forei;::1 investments in Mexico v .uld lev ante
letmuterativ-. But after all is .-aid and done, what right have we
; ■ , verurr. foridan gov.rnmems merely fo.r the sake of furiii hiiig
. or capitalist.- with the no ala- cl" exploiting the people and re
: c- i i a id• r. pan country'!
l’re.-idcnt Wil-oti's pi.liey in Mexico is contrary to that followed
|.v other powers, who from time immemorial have gone on the
theory that the commission of an outrage against their dignity at, 1
■ .. for the further outrage of a war of extermim iion.
it in- : leas >■■■ ,-r.dod out the sequel will .-how that under a wise.
Jo,m:,!i. and r .mnu : sense interpretati; n et the right.- and duties
, : a pinns American grie v e.nces will be retires oil and .0 xico v: u
I.-- allowed to work out her own destiny vviomut deluging the
: 1, a. 1 v war torn republic with further streams of blood.
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('•i „f the beauties of a democratic form of government i- that
v,i■ rc.-erve to our.-thes the privilege of continually questioning tiiP
i.,otives. integrity an! honesty of those we el -t to public oil;. <
I' matter- not that those intrusted with the welfare of the country
t ave all the facts concerning a contemplated or accomplished act
in their possession; that they probably have weigned e\er\ -me of
the question with as much intelligence and honesty, at least.
t!,i- average citizen might use in similar circumstances: and that
;j, rn.ining facts may have etcaped altogether the attention of toe
average reader. I he tact that a governmental act is contrary to
preconceived beliefs or prejudices of the general public is enough
lo call for condemnation if viewed through partisan eyes. Like
wi-e, it is true, the mi.-takes of executive officers often arc con
<i.,i,e,-l merely because of partisan bias. Most serious errors both of
iudgment and executi. n often have been laid at the door of our
presidents; but in very few instances have these error- been due
to cowardice or lack of a sense of patriotic duty. It is '.veil in
considering the act.- of those to whom are intru-ted the destinies
i ; the nation to realize that perhaps the; are fully as patriotic,
ei la and disinterested as their critic- and undoubtedly they are
far better acquainted with the detail- of government matters than
tin- average citizen, and consequently better fitted to determine
the right or wrong of a problem. Nothing is more rasping to the
feelin** of honest citizens than blatant outpourings of welbinten
tlotted but suspicious and ill informed “reformers,” who see noth
ing Put di-h iio-ty. cowardice and weakness in the acts of those
win,in thev oppose.
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“RE-ELECTING MR. WILSON”
t;u v,.v, Yi.rU Tribune, spoken of as “the leading Republic: n
ih-w.-pupor of New York city, ' created somewhat of a stir a few
v.ceks prior to the meeting of the Republican national convention
l.v announcing it*If as in favor of the nomination of Theodore
Roosevelt by the Republicans for President. This despite the fact
that the Tribune heretofore had been a bitter opponent of the ex
President. On June 6, the day before the Republican hosts met
in Chicago, the Tribune printed a remarkable editorial, and it
V. .„ rail a full page advertisement in the Chicago Ilcrald of
Juie 8. It is headed"as above, and is so blunt and plain-spoken
that, in spite of the subsequent action of the convention in naming
Hughes, it would seem impossible for the great New York news
paper to fintl any legitimate excuse for supporting the nominee.
Here is the editorial:
If Mr. Justice Hughes is nominated in Chicago in ad
vance of any declaration by him of his views on vital
issues, it is the deliberate judgment of the Tribune that
he will be defeated at the polls.
Mr. Hughes has been designated by the hyphens as
their agent to punish Mr. Wilson for his partial refusal to
comply with Potsdam orders. No German-Ameriean has
made tile smallest concealment of the purpose of the
hyphens to enforce German wishes at Washington.
Such being the case, there are thousands and thou
stand by the President nf the United States, assailed by
alien intluenec because of his defense of American rights.
No words of Mr. Hughes after the nomination can
in the smallest degree remove the impression that will pre
vail that he was willing to win the nomination by hyphen
aid. and that his silence, retreat behind the supreme court
bench, was a deliberate attempt to get for himself votes
and support that might be repulsed if he said before the
nomination what he will have to say after it.
The Tribune does not believe that the people of the
United States will turn from Mr. Wilson to a Republican
candidate who has not only followed the course which has
earned Mr. Wilson just censure among patriotic Amen
cans, but h is also permitted himself to be used as the
club of didoyal and treasonable citizens.
The people of tin* United State:- demand courageous
end unsi lti>h 1- adership. They do not and they will not
prefer Republican cowardice to Pemocratic. The Ger
man Americans have indorsed Mr. Hughes. The Re
publican convention seems prepared to accept the dicta
ti o of these hyphens. Mr. Hughes seems quite ready to
jveeiv< tin* nomination at such hands, but the Tribune
does not fedieve that the people of the United States
wall ever ratify such a bargain or accept a candidate
nominated under such circumstances.
if the Republican national convention accepts the
German-American candidate and Mr. Hindus consents
to 1 ><* the German American candidate even for purposes
of obtaining the Republican nomination. Woo-trow V. d
son w ill be re i Pc ted.
A
SPRING IN THE NORTHLAND
\Ve always have been of the ©pinion that if there were poetry
in a man’s .-'ml the wonderful natural beauties of lid- northern
P.nd would bring it to the surface. Spring in the ,-ub Arete- r;
gN j,-'. with it* great contrast with dm winter condition* which f->r
so li ug a period have In 11 .-way. a- rc pmi-jbw for a feeling ol c.\ ;
diatnoi on the part of mere man that is excuse enough lor breaking ;
f.rih into .-ong, and the following exquisite bit of prose poetry j
from the Dew-mt Nc\ * will find a ready response in the hearts id
.11 lovers of nature, and . pei uiliy A la-k an*:
M;.v proi kirns the halcyon season in Yukon. Midnight
son come- stealing into place, and the heaven-- ot 1 got
proclaim the glory. Klondike now rev.i- in the silken
season. It is well Kvcry sourdough shut in should get
100 per cent i f pleasure out of this sea-on.
The toy I:.-* is in this go I Yn p> real of the Northland
foi e\ etyone who i- here and merely will step out under
the l.< avem- would be the envy of kings and potentates of
ye: I'd: V :m\ : 1 ilmring jade nf -tuity realms ol civilize i
he! ion would consider the privilege of a summer in this
eta halite 1 siili Arctic spkuv n-: less than traiiscenden!.
Why earned Kkndikors p.hae the -.mm estimate upon the
fa\ or tiros vouchsafed unto them'.' The, tourist ni means
in gs.ri.-h (iotliiiin will spend thcns-.imis of Hollars to conte
and take a breath of Klondike ozone end a shot at the
big game, and to land a gleaming ‘jrayhng fr.»m the
sparkling streams, and read the balm .-centr'd vales, birch
irimmed -1 .pcs and flower s!:ewn hills, 'those - * b.essed
a.- to reside here can have them delights for the mere
liking.
kl pliker." who have |..een imp:-:- ned in the cabin in
ii: - .oetiee eoinmntiion w;lh hoary winter, and bilious
with dwarfed conception.-, prone to be chi.J eric and to
turn to hypoohniidria. should wukt :i to tlm fact that
All elds effulgent glow blazes a /!\v::t; ! lie he-a vet is. It i
ring. Dainty pHakd Hower* unf. id. 'ihe growth of
green things can be heard by tho.-e .-en-ltized to the hnr
niony which does not penetrate the gro--‘'r -"ill. Ihe real
sourdough can anti does h<\;r ti :• *<;eret call ot munim
tiiis mu-ic of the choir invisiiihe me--cn.mr brine
;. lod tiding- to tho.-e who will awaken. Tim bluebirds ot
j.. p<‘ in nn the wing. \\ ake up and ’.war the bird sing
enjoy Yukon’s priceless heritage c-f spring- the spring
v.hkh comelh as the gentle breath of heaven and remains
for im lit! giving the Nor; id and that uk-sing ol ever
green joy until the g ldeo sunset* in October.
REVENGE IS SWEET
While the Republican national convention wa* in se^bm in
( . re was in circul
, u.- fund w.is !:>•••: ug used in beh-di i the candidacy *.t ( hsrles 1.
Hugh-. There is no gain tying the f i- t that the showing '
by Re. e\c!t in the convent;, n \vdimppnintto hi.- tn(m. 1
was in ru» ser ■ a reflection of the vi-he.- of the rank and Id • id
he party, with whom he was popular. A dev utch limn V> a
i!iu•« :i steins to offer a solution of the my owy; an ! if tru a it
uld appear t f . * 'just
the strenuous Ft y :ci what has een dt erne l 1 v many hi>
t’caelory to his former fra-ml and the obje«u • t ins a munition.
rI he dispab h is as f 11 =v. -;
There is much harping here on the so :y that i- in
genen 1 ci'rculaticn that 11 .* 1 at: brother-, Hem;. . ot
New Yoi nd Chari P mat
Jbichcock for the llugi.c- pre-mien - mi c.mv. mum cam
paign. and thus secured rennge on C. ! n ! H • v<l ' ior
what he did to Will in the 1912 campaign." V» a-uingtun
gi;s-ips generally accept t!.• • story a true.
HUGHES HAS BEEN MALIGNED
Aire; by the pr litica! i r. -> agent i- at work. nd he has <’:
covered that Charles E. Hughes, tin* R publican nominee for
Prcsim nt of the United Stub s is real];* a human i>r mg after all
Says duck hail, a <v rr.esj -undent of the Chicago li raid, writing
from New York cn June ! "•;
The joke is on the United Stale's. The nation ha- been
taken in. We have been roofing for, or pull ::g against, a
man we thought we- Charles U. Hughes. T:.•* man was
an impost; r. 1 met the i :l Hughes thi.- evening.
Where did all thsi stuff come from about this man
Hughes bein'/ a edd storage | lant for the preservation of
judicial dignity, whiskers and ice water?
Take it through me, Chailie Hughes (that gam h a
fine fellow, a good -coin and a bwr. He do.unk 1> k 1 k-'
his pictures, he doesn’t act like his reput.dion. and he
di r - n't t Ik like a candidate.
Rut really, it U rather late in the game for Hughe.- to .-pmig
the "glad hand -tuff." and he yet may be seemed of attempting
v.hat is even worse them cold no-., which in the vernacular i- plam
"bull con."
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J'or some years there 1ms been a controversy ' to the Ivrtli
plage of Governor Str ne, tlie latter allowing tt to be uniters .T-d
that be was a native of Kentucky, while some of his political op
ponents claim that he is a native of Canada. Why there should
he any doubt about the matter is not quite clear, as the governor
could settle the controversy by a word. But for some reason or
other he is non-committal on the subject. Volume IX of “Mho's
Who in America." just received here, contains merely the follow
ing in reference to Alaska’s chief executive: “Sir, ng, John F. A.,
got . of Alaska Tv. by apptmt. of Pres. Wilson, 1913-May, 1917
Address: Juneau, Alaska.” It may be remarked that of the
21,922 names in the book, 199 only are of persons who do not re
port the place of birth. It is quite clear that Strong’s birthplace
was Canada. No native of Kentucky ever failed to proclaim the
fact on ever’/ possible occasion.
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The arrival of a German submersible merchantman at the port
of Baltimore, and the statement that others are to follow, empha
sizes the wonderful skill and genius that is being brought out by
the necessities created by the great war. While this method of
navigation is absolutely unnecessary and wasteful, it shows what
wonders can be accomplished under the spur of military necessity.
The new method of transportation probably never will become
popular nor profitable, but it speaks volumes for the resourceful
ness of the beleagured nation.
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Stroller White, late of the Whitehorse (YukonStar,) who
has lived in a foreign country for many years, but recently pur
chased the Douglas Island News, may be excused on account of
his long exile for the statement that “Hon. Frank J. Cannon is
l nited States senator front Utah." Cannon was a senator from
Utah many years ago, but his retirement took place in 1899. His
death recently was reported in the press dispatches.
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BishbP Rowe of the Episcopal church in Alaska is being con
sidered by the Republican committee appointed by the convention
to name a candidate for congressional delegate, according to an
article in the Seattle. Times. Bishop Rowe is a good man and
a good American, but it would be the part of wisdom to allow him
to continue with his church work, with which he is familiar, and
leeve neb!:<•= to iPp lavmen. ’flu1 mUdur--' f church on-! ■ ■ ' ■ 1
n : t v il iii. American stoniEch.
ADVERTISING
1 asked eight dollars and a half
fur one fine Black Polled Angus
ealf, which price was not too high;
I hoofed it west. 1 hoofed it east,
endeavoring to sell the beast, but no
one wished to buy. Day after day
1 toiled ah ng, and bored men with
the same old song, ' 1 have a calf
for sale; 1 ask eight bones and fifty
cents for this unequalrd critter,
gents who will dig up the kale?"
'then saiil a frien 1, "Oh, rest your
feet, and quit your wearing out the
street, and howling by the year;
spend fifty cents and advertise y.nr
sawed-off cow of pocket sire, and
buyers will appear.” I followed up
that sane advice, and pul my jailed
feel on ice; and when the ad ap
peared, ten i usto.nicrs came to my
gate; one boudit the ealf and paid
the freight, the others bucked and
n e.red. Am 1 thus, by ;a'inting little
ads, the wise man gathers in th‘
scads, and rests his aching corns; a
little ad will make more noise than
tiftv seven busy boys, all toning on
their horns. M cdt Mason.
ELECTRICITY AMD GASOLINE
S.ur.e limp am Tin- Phu-er reprinted an
article fi‘ im a seieui ifu- maga n . .1 v.'hii h
the i • lament v.a> made that pouring gam
line liiri i)'i: a ch.-mmi.- skin in a funm-1
will genera!i- enough 11 t! it;ty tn ignite
ihe gs- i s unie.s tbc fun::.'! w gjeunded on
1 hr tank This 1.- poni ra.Uctiai by Proh s-or
Fi l -y 1 f Indiana smi'cr.-ity, according ! 1
(lip Sc ,-ntific American. The profes: r -ays.
however, that when tie atm plier- is very
dry, as it usually is nil ; (a i i e| -nr day.
a man may become e'.i rgc.i l-y s._ ufiling
about on a clean, dry ii 1. m hi- el /.’fni
may become electrified by i;it-10• n. as no
ticed sometimes when cm bum ilie heir.
Under such circumstances pouring ge.-rlim
through a funnel, whether or not there i•
any chaim-is in 0 give- ri-e to tmiuceu
charges trial are quite too eompl-erted to
undertake to explain in u few words. Such
charges might fire gas.
_ _ A
ILLINOIS NEWSPAPER MEN
SNUB MAIL ORDER HOUSE
(Chirk County (I1:J Dminer: ' '
Sears. R/rebuck & Co.’s dinner iuvn ;'i- ;i
to the in-sobers of the III-?: * Pi A -
ciat'-n wa* (h-i lined without thanks ai a
recent meeting in Ch:e:nu>.
’i he invitation we., about tin* fir-t thing
tha‘ i .me i :> wh n the editors < o /■••' •
a; the Hotel Sherman, and nma’ned tie
chief topee of c■ o\er*am n throughout lh •
day. 1' had c.mvmphUed a tour of in
'j.ectit ii < f the m ! iider plant and a
fi • :■ re} ''i with President Julius Rose
vvsli a..d other oliicer- of the concern as
liosm.
M:,-<.r Jsiin T. Galbraith, editor of the
C , : bam'ale 1 rse I’re.-s. ctfcred a caustic
resolution iive minute* after the a;--ocia
tii; was mil'll ;o order. There wa.- a bit
of discussion, two of the mmnbers urging
that the invitation br ignored without coin
iii. nt. Tirnn the Galbraith rw- lution, which
follows x a- j• a'>c■ d without a dissenting
‘'Where::*, ime Illimhs Press Association
has an invitation from Scars. Roebuck <fc
Co. to visit tin ;r plant and be entertained
by hut mail order h >use at a banquet; and
“Wh< i *. We as n v -• aj er nu n. owe
it t • tim ( iimmunitic* in which we live to
i.'i murage anything which tends to pull
down our communby life; therefore be it
“'Resolved, That tlie Illinois Pro.*.* A> o
ciation dc: hue this invit at i« n. believing e
it dors tiuti the mail order business as a
(.la - * i.* : o greatest enemy of cam m ry c.ur
moni'ties."
I., v, ay at shewing that I tiers was no
M t'.a i'oo ;■ ■ a • r 1 t\,!ks not connected with
n::.:i :i!i r hmi-es, ill1 a-soaiat ion iicreptcd
.nvi; .o ifMi.- i./ visit tho plants of Armour &
Co. ! ihr K sonny Iolm Company.
' ! on oppose*'! to fattening the bank ac
count "t Iclir.s Co inwt.l'i an I tho ".liar
millionaire st» (kh< Iders • : S *ars, Rnebut ■
6: Ci*. at tho 'sps'ii-e of our own com
munity,” sai l Major Galbraith. ‘T judge
they thought the visit <,f the newspaper
men would help their business.
‘•The mail order house bears tame of our
community hunk*’:.-. It only take- nor dol
lars. A large number of country towns in
Illinois had actually Is.-, population in THO
than in l.SFti. and this. I believe, i atlrib
f:isnl" in no si; . 11 nica-' re to tin inroads
of the mail order business."
Fourteen of the editors spoke in favor
of rejecting the invitaton.
“hi.ouch business goes to the mail or*i r
houses from Strcator ami the vicinity to
Mipport eight good stores, each d ing a
business of £50,000 a year.” said Fred Lc
Koy of the Ptreator Independent Times.
FORMER IDITARODERS
Bert Meyer.-, formerly oily clerk of Idit
arod, end bookkeeper for the tramway com
pany, in a letter received here on the la-t
mail, tells of his .experience- on. an auto
mobile tour through Arizona. The biter
was written from Present t, and Bert re
lates that he met .'am Boyles at Oatman,
the new mining town, end that bam
greeted him with the familbir “YVelcome t »
our city,” and turned over tin* ley- if the
municipality to him. “He i- the same old.
noisy, glad-handed, big-hearted r-em, in the
same old line,” says Bert.
Mr. Mver- is looking f.»r a business open
ing, but he is not senuu.-iy considering com
ing North again.
Mr. am! Mrs. N. X. J ure, a."c< nipanif 1
by thrir niece, Mi.-s C-iheti, arrived on the
Farragut and v.'iii immediately start house
keeping. says the C-. ok Inlet Pioneer of re
cent date. Mr. .laffe is a member of the
firm of is He <k Bayles. and is well known
to the oil timers in this country, as he has
been in business in the Interior for a num
ber of years prior to coining to Anchorage.
Ray I). Clarke, a Fiat creek (Iditarodi
operator, is stopping at the Golden Gate,
says the Nome Industrial Worker of June
14. lie is here to look over the graphite
deposits around Teller for San Francisco
people, and if the ore is equal to the sam
ples which he has seer, they will do consid
erable development. What he as well as
other graphite people are after is the so
called crystalline variety, which is growing
.. -p„ f..■■•‘■ui- Mexican deposits
STORY WHICH ILLUSTRATES
MR. HUGHES’ SENSE OF DUTY
As an evidence of Justice Hughes’ stern
disregard not only of the claims of poii
ticians but also of the obligations of persona!
friendship, t upporlers of the justice are
telling t!ie following story, according to
the Chicago Herald:
When Mr. Hughes \va- in iking hi- cam
paign for the New York governorship one
of his constant companions was Job
Hedges. th< N'-'v York eby Republican
whcelhorse. 'they traveled together and
often slept together. No two men could
have been in ch.-er companionship for
w icks.
Alter the cT"cJ ion iicd-rcs went to
limits ■ ir;!I .-aid:
‘Governor, there are -»me fellows v.ho
will :;neak in a! the hack door or up the
rear - mr! whi-per that they inUht
be induced to take Mich am! such a job.
I’d like a place oil 111" ut.lhio- cuinmv-:
si on.’’
“lb-dye ! the : 0V'• m?r eh*,,l. ‘‘you
we, li be a -ope:!) man fur the pier-. 'I here
\ ■ no n an m l!i» state b'-iter rju-1itied than
If the v.hole commi i»:n average
to only •">:) per cent of your ability it will
be a splendid l.r>d\ But 1 cannot appoint
Ve.li.”
“Why V* a.-ked Hedges
“Bee u!-c," said 11 . on ire my
personal friend.”
“Util,” retorted Hed^rc.-, ‘‘Ml nl.we vm:
of thru embarrassment rifelit m»w.??
\t which he took his hat and ids de
* : arc.
the embarra.-.-nun I n •. i has b o
renew.
<c.
POST CARD BY AERO?LA?:T.
• I,? 1! y Pratt of 1. oma writ -s to Th
or asking that a
.• . • - ;■ to h b> a
soon as the aerial mail ,-orvirf a • ii:t*••
c ii *ct. He would like it to go on the ii
trij if ; • il>’e. ile want s it foi
! t :■ n, ■■ y'l i( he says is “one >f
in the Unit 1 : it II el . . i i t
a Hector his collection will la c-. ■ i> -.bi
on! in need in value and i roTortiri; i y the
i'.r.iC that p -t < • r. 1 in:: by a.to
F? AT PGSTOFFICB
l l hi f;:r‘!•; r n -iice. :i :l:1 wi.l 1‘ i'v Hal
11 . -tcfl'iL-e i‘V! ;y V- ■ in" y :• ' i.:.
('IHTllCK, IWliU.-IIT.
I >rofessional
Michigan, 1?SI Alaska, 1910
Kentucky, 1891
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