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\ u! 2 Geo. RJ. Arbuckle. FubHsber no. SI
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THE HIGHER RESPONSIBILITY
Pile eha rges preferred against the judge of the district
court for this division are reprinted today because, with the
publicity already given to them, scandal would be spread
rather than confined to narrower bounds by excluding them
from the columns of this paper.
In reading the charges one's first thought is that,
though every one of them should be proven true to the
letter, the one at whom they are directly aimed and those
who are indirectly included in them will not merit one half
the odium that will cling to the person or persons who
made the scandalous and secret accusations. The work of
more than one contracted and spiteful mind must have
found employment in the debasing work: and the truth
will be known — rest assured of that.
-but there is a higher responsibility for this scandalous
work which is intrenched in the strongholds of an iniqui
tous federal system and is hard to reach. There is not an
official in Alaska who is not subject at any time to be spied
on by some secret agent. We have seen in the past va
grants and all kinds of irresponsible schemers furnishing
evidence to be submitted to the department of justice
against a judge. Sleuths, under the names of investiga
tors, agents of departments, and personal representatives
of this or that high muck-a-muck. find frequent employment
for their peculiar talents in Alaska. No self-respecting
menial would remain in a place where his employer should
treat him as an object of suspicion and hold an open ear to
every tale bearer that comes along-, but would hunt another
job; or, if he did stay, would do so at the expense of his
own manhood and of his useful ness to his employer. A
man in the honorable position of judge, when lie fails un
der the suspicion or displeasure of a superior in position
and is not openly faced, but instead is treated like a
suspect and a probable culprit, cannot resign bis job,
but, with his usefulness destroyed, he must continue at his
post and endure the sneers of the malicious and thoughtless
until the federal svstem lias worked its course.
Xo matter how wise and upright a judge Peter D.
Overfield may be, his capacity is impaired by these charges.
Every member of the bar, every attache of the court, every
juryman and every litigant will remember the allegations
of the unfair treatment of District Attorney Crossley and il
will be impossible for them to be without bias one way or
the other at every motion made by the attorney and passed
upon by the judge. It will be remarkable if the judge
himself can discard from his mind all thoughts natural to
a man whose integrity is questioned, and act the part of
strict impartiality; or that the attorney can forget his own
part in the jealousies alleged to exist—for Mr. Crossley k
no less involved in the charges than is Judge Overfield, al
though lie is made to appear as the injured party in tilt
alleged official wrongdoing. It will furnish a spectacle
unique even in Alaska, where strange things are rather to
be expected than otherwise, if the Barnette case, say, comes
on to be heard before a court as at piesent constituted. In
such case the chief interest would lie in the factional fight
expected to be pulled off, with officials of the court as prin
cipals and the multitude divided into groups of „respective
partisanship and the umpire of the game, disguised, tally
ing the score for transmission to Washington.
There is something bad the matter with a system under
which such a spectacle is possible. Who is to blame if the
department of justice chooses men for Alaska judgeships
in whom it has less confidence than in the professional de
tectives sent to spy upon them \ Why are the judges them
selves required to appoint United States commissioners,
whose judicial and other acts the judges must be answera
ble for, and from whose petty antagonisms the judges
cannot ts'ape? This very matter of the United States
commissioners makes impossible the impartial performance
Figure on Your Outfit
Telephone 73 Next to PostofE.ee
y——Bwaanwnwi wni Jo——————a
FOOT OF WILLOW STREET. PHONE 76
A Place to Eat
We have a nice line of HOLIDAY GOODS.
Should you intend givingyour lady or gentleman friend
a gift, come and inspect our stock.
GOLDSTEIN'S/’1'1’' M“ HoW
C. J. Hurley. President J. P. Gleason, Vice President k, Bruning, Cashier
Corner First Are, and Richmond St., Iditarod
CAPITAL $50,000.00, FOLLY PAID \1\ CASH
Gcnsra! Banking Basines; Transacted Upon Liberal, But Conservative Lines
GOLD DUST PURCHASED UPON ASSAY VALUE
And we guarantee our assays against any of the government, assav offices!'
Clippings from your gold furnished you for the purpose
of obtaining check assays if desired.
e solicit your business, and assure you of our courteous, prompt and
careful attention combined with fair treatment, whether
your account may be large or small.
Corn-Fad Turkeys,
Fresh Easteru Oysters
-Fresh Veal and Mutton
Milk-Fed Broilers end Boasting Chickens
IDBTAROD MEAT CQ,
Second St. Phone 15
FOR FRESH GOODS AND FAIR TREATMENT
LET IIIM FIGURE OX YOUR OUTFIT
Genera! Merchandise
SNYDER HOUSE ~~
Cicely Furnished Rooms ENCLOSED DOG KENNELS
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Famous Old Quaker SVIaid Rye \
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DRAUGHT BUUR, DOMESTIC CIGARS
Good Music Every Evening
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Don’t Get Lonesome
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)Manuel Gularte, F. B. FontasC
) Proprietors ^
There Are StiSI a Few of Us Left:
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of duty by the judges; for appeals from the commissioners
in the justice court must be to the judges in the district
court who have appointed the commissioners. Indeed, the
whole system is but a long string which, when one kink is
straightened out of it. two more are generally formed, and
everybody is intent on keeping the string intact. Some
time the string will break or be severed with a sharp knife,
and then Alaska may draw a deep breath and fervently say,
In the name of God, amen !
IRS. H. E. RILEY IN HOSPITAL
Last Tuesday morning Mrs. H.
E Riley, who had been unwell for
some days, was taken to Iditarod
hospital for medical attention She
is suffering from a return of an old
trouble, but is not seriously ill
Dr Wortmann is in attendance.
Oregon City woolen goods. H. Boas.
KENNEL CLUB DUES $1 MONTHLY
Owing to a typographical error
in last week’s Iditarod Pioneer, the
monthly dues for Kennel club mem
bers was stated to be $5 i'he
amount should have been $i, and
the Pioneer hastens to correct the
mistake, and promises to sin n >
more.
Married—At Georgetown, Kusko
kwim, Dec. !5, by United States Com
missioner Kd. J. Slier, Mr. \V. H.
Golder to Miss Marguerite Antoinette
Betties.
Mr. and Mrs. Golder arrived in Idit
arod by dog team last Saturday, three
days from Georgetown.
Mr. Golder is the manager of the
Northern Commercial Company’s post
at Georgetown and his visit- here was
on tlie company's business. Before the
establishment of the Georgetown post
he held a like position at St. Michael.
He is in point of service one of the
oldest company men in the country,
having been connected with the Alaska
Commercial Company at the time that
company’s business was taken over by
tlie N. ('.
The bride istiie daughter of Gordon
C. Bellies, the veteran trader and pros
pector. She is well known at Fair
banks and practically all over interior
Alaska, where her many accomplish
ments and pleasing manner have made
her a universal favorite.
The Betties home is ttt what is known
as Gordon's Place, a third of a mile
from Russian Mission, on the Kusko
kwim. It was there the wedding was
to take place, the ceremony to be per
formed by the Rev. Father Bereskin
of the mission. When the bridegroom
appeared according to appointment
last month, he found that the priest
was absent on a mission to the Yukon.
For three weeks Mr. Colder waited for
the good father to return and perforin
tlie service for wliiclt lie hud been en
gaged long before; and then word was
received that Father Bereskin was de
tained by an unerossable stream or
some suclt exigency, and his return
would lie indefinite.
Mr. Golder's business at Georgetown
was pressing and something had to be
done. A council was held consisting
of Mr. Goider, Miss Betties, Mr. and
Mrs. Betties; and the result was that
the bride was given ihe parental bless
ing and departed with the bridegroom
for Georgetown, a distance of eighty
miles. The journey was concluded in
three days and the wedding ceremony
was performed with only two wit
nesses present, the residents of George
town being thrown off their guard by
tlie belief that the couple had been
married at tlie Betties home.
Mr. and Mrs. Goider take up the re
sponsibjBties of the married slate
under the most favorable circumstan
ces. They are both in love with their
home on the Kuskokwim and they
have no intention of ever forsaking
Alaska. Many friends will rejoice at
the happiness in store for them.
The start from Iditarod for their
home at Georgetown was made Thurs
day morning.
STRANGE BIRD CAUGHT
BY BEN BROMBERG
A bird, unusual to this country
-specially in the wintertime, w '
captured by Ben Bromberg eatlv
Thursday morning of last week
1'iie feathered waif was seen near
the N C store, and when ap
pioached it took reiuge under the
board walk, where Ben prompth
imprisoned it with his hat
The bird had web ‘eet, a long
bill and a beautiful coal, ranging
m color from almost white to a
del.cate pearl gray
Borne say it was nothing hut a
seagull, or perhaps a tern who ne
glected to go Outside lor the win
ter. No one present volunteered
to define its standing under the
Alaska game laws; so it was given
a boost in t e air and sailed awav.
GEORGE MARSH IS ABOUT AGAIN
After being confined to his room
for thiee weeks with a dislocated
knee, George Marsh was able to be
about town again on VVednesda\
last Mr. Maish is still < ompelT (1
to depend upon crutches, but com
plete recovery of the use of the
injured limb is mil a question ot
days now
We do not figure on selling to go out
of business; we figure on selling to re
main in business. Let us figure on
your outfit and show you good prices 0i
good goods. Non hern Commercial Co.
Retail and wholesale groceries at
Sundet-bruch’s.
Xmas cigars in small and large boxes
and Calabash pipes at Cap’s Place.
Notice of Marshal's Sale
Fnited States of America, I ^
Fourth District of Alaska, \
Public notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias (or execu
tion), dated December 8th, A. D. 1911.
issued out of the District Court of the
Fnited States for the Fourth District of
Alaska on a judgment rendered in said;
Court, on the 12th day of October, A. D.
1911, in favor of Ernest Slenter and
against John Hansen, I have, on this
13th day of December, A. D. 1911, levied !
upon the following described real estate. ;
situated in Otter Precinct and Territory
of Alaska, to wit: All of the right, title
and interest of John Hansen in and to
the ground known and described as the
Idaho Association Placer Mining Claim,
situate at the head of Flat Creek, in the :
Otter Recording District of Alaska, and
that I will, accordingly, olfer said real
estate for sale, at public vendue to the
highest and best bidder, for cash, on the
8th day of January, A. D. {912, at u
o’clock a. m., at the front door of the
Marshal’s office in the town of Iditarod,
Territory of Alaska.
Dated, Iditarod, Alaska. December
13th, A. D. 1911. H. K. LOVE,
U. S. Marshal, Fourth I) strict of Alaska.
By II. 1' Shepparl, Deputy.
K Coke Hill, Plaintiffs A’torney
In the Court of the Commissioner for
Otter Precinct, Fourth Division. Ter
ritory of Alaska. -F. G. Noyes, a
Heceiver of the Washington-Alaska
Hank, a corporation. Plaintiff, vs.
Geo. K. Shirley anil V. (>. Green, de
fendants. — No. 75. — Summons for
Publication.
The President of the United States, to
Geo. R. Shirley, one of the defend
ants in the above entitled cause,
greeting:
You tire hereby required to appear
before the undersigned, a justice of the
the peace for Otter Precinct, District
of Alaska, within thirty days from the
date of the last publication of this sum
mons, at the otlice of tlie United States
Commissioner, in the Misers ami Mer
chants bank building, Idinmtd, Alaska,
to answer the complaint of the plain
tiff above named in the above entitled
cause, wherein they demand seven
hundred and sixty-one dollars, costs
and attorneys fees and disbursements
therein, ami in case you fail to so
appear and answer, judgment will be
granted against you and in their favor
for tile said amounts and the property
attached in the above entitled cause
will be sold to pay such judgment.
This summons is published pursuant
to an order o publication made by the
judge of the above entitled court
December 12th, 1911.
The date of lirst publication is
December 16th, 1911.and thedate of the
lust publication is January 13th, 1912.
Witness the official seal and signa
ture of the judge of the above entitled
court.
E. M. STANTON,
U S. Commissioner and ex-officio
Justice of the Peace.
Ill til Justice’s Court, District of Alaska,
Fourth Division, Otter Precinct.—
Starr Ballard, Frank Chew and J, L
Jean, plaintiffs, vs. Rothcliild Bros., a
j corporation, defendant. —No. 75.—
j Summons for Publication.
! The President of tne United States, to
Rothcliild Bros., a corporation, greet
ing:
You are hereby required to appear be
fore the undersigned, a justice of the
1 peace lor Otter precinct. District of
, Alaska, within thirty days from tile date
| of tile last publication of this summons,
j at the office of the United States com
| missioner, in the Miners & Merchants
(bank building, Iditarod, Alaska, to an
swer the complaint of Starr Ballard,
Frank Chew and J. L. Jean, plaintiffs
! above named in the above entitled cause,
! wherein they demand one hundred and
| fifty dollars, costs, and attornev's fees
I amounting to seventy-five dollars, and
ill case you fail to so appear and answer,
judgment will be granted against von
and in their favor for the said amounts
and the property attached in the above
sntitled cause will be sold to pay such
judgment;
This summons is published pursuant
to nil order of publication made bv the
judge of the above entitled court De
cember S, 1911.
The date of the first publication is
December 9, mil. and the date of the
last publication is January 6, 1912.
\\ 1 1 N KSS the official seal ami sigua
ture of the judge of the above entitled
court. F. M. STANTON,
U. S. Commissioner and ex-officio
Justice of the Peace
Correct clothes for men. H. Boas.
See Anderson liras. & Norland for
storm windows, pictures and picture
framing, novelties in wood for pa rag
raphic work.
To Whom It May conck::n:
Notice is hereby given to a 1.persons,
linns and corpot at ions tlnr tic under
signed have wit!,tirat a il P m lire cer
tain co-partnership In oforrr existing
between Jesse 1’almer. Mrs. J. I).
Schwartz, Axel Johnson. J. Satulln,
John Hoklin, <!. Thomas Berry. Alfred
Mattson and Jack Willson, under the
name and style of “Mattson & Co..’’
which said co-partnership Iras hereto
fore operated upon that certain placer'
mining claim, known and recorded as
lire “Contact Association,” situated on
Happy creek, a tributary of Willow
creek, Otter precinct, territory of
Alaska, and that, they will not be re
sponsible for any Indebtedness con
tracted by the said partnership or by
anv member thereof.
AX KB JGHXSON
ALFIH'D MATTSON.
Dated this 7th day of December, li) 11.
m.HSUI.r 1 I UN NOTK'K
Notic • is hereby given that the Dart—
nership between John Ronan, Frank
Monkmsn and A. V. Thorns has been
dissolved and that the undersigned ill
not be responsible for any indebtedness
hereafter incurred on account of said
partnership or on account of any mem
ber thereof
Dated this 8th dav of December, 1911.
JOHN RONAN.
FRANK MONK MAN.
Dr. Heinrich Wortmann,
Physician and Surgeon
Office at City Drug Store, Tel. 36
First Ave., Bet. Willow and Richmond
Office flours ; i to t. t<» 4 7 to S
CHAS. D. CARTER,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Store'.
Flat Creek
DR. F. W. HERMS.
Dr. Won alarm's Office.
First Avenue and Willow Street
DR. H. REHLA,
Cold St., Flat City, (4pp. Grand Hotel
Phone 4
ALFRED E. MALT BY,
Attorney at Law
Notary Public
Office Simpson Bldg, First and Willow
J. 5. HARDING,
Attorney at Law
Room 1, Iditarod Hotel
Iditarod. Alaska
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public, Conveyancing,
Abstracts of Titles
flat City
Wsckersham & Roden,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska
E. COKE HILL,
Attorney ai Law
M. & M. Bank Bldg, Iditarod. Alaska.
GEORGE WOODRUFF ALBRECHT,
Attorney at Law
Michigan. '81 Aiaska, "iO Kentucky, '91
The Fioneer Attorney of this Camp
GRAND HOTEL, FLAT CITY
Niceiy ernlsSed aoras First-Class Cafe Liquors ar.d Cigars Post and Billiards
_N. G LA NT 2 AND MRS. SWANSON
First Class in Fact First Ave., iditarod
BEATTIE HOUSE
Furnished Rooms, Bath Rooms, Spring Cots Good Stables Adjacent
Drink Eastsrn Boor f“
Miner’s Home Saloon
THE HOME OF THE “QUAKER MAID"
Foot of Willow St., Iditarod