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TKOEBLES OF A XEWSI’A?Eli
That newspapers need to be adept in diplomacy is un
derstood by none so well as the newspapers themselves.
Big, little, good, bad, indifferent — the rule applies to all:
and whichever fails in the matter of finesse fails utterly in
everything. To this peculiarity inseparable from every
class of journalistic endeavor may be attributed the flour
ishing career of many a publication which st rves a bad
cause, as well as the premature passing of some that cham
pion the most worthy: for the rule goes so far as to render
dexterity in the management of negotiations superior to
most contingencies.
these reflect ions are indulged upon reading the follow
ing in the Ruby Citizen, headed “A Riot at Tanana”:
“George Hill, editor of the Tanana Valley News,
stirred up a hornet's nest at Tanana when he started
out last week to write a humorous (() review of an
amateur theatrical performance pulled off in the
village up the river. The name of the production
was 'The Little Savage,’ and the actors and actresses
were Messrs. Bigham, Roy, Tiffany and Verten
backer, Mesdames Werbmbacker, Marion, Tiffany
and Miss Chrisman. The article published in the
News spared none of them, and even reached out for
a few prominent residents and business men that the
editor thought would like to have been in the cast.
The article raised a storm of protest from the people
of Tanana; Commissioner Bigham is reported to have
rushed to tin office of llie paper and threatened the
editor - with pw- mnl violence, whereupon Hill
grabbed a mallet 1o defend himself with, but, hap
pily, they were separated before any gore was spilt.
The editor’s explanation is reported to have been
that it was intended fra joke, but the commissioner
is taking legal advice with the idea of proceeding
against him for criminal libel. In the meantime, so
the report goes, Andy Vachon busied himself circu
lating a petition among the advertisers in the paper,
with the result that all the advertisers except George
Preston of the Dreamland hotel and the Tanana
Laundry agreed to withdraw their advertisements.
The paper containing the review appeared as a six
page paper (the usual size of the same being four
pages), but there were two pages of the same per
fectly blank; these two pages, it is said, were to
have been used by Bemis the jeweler and Stoddard
of the Northern saloon, which were ordered out be
fore the paper was entirely printed, a copy of the
partly printed pa? v containing the objectionable
article having gotten out."
The Pioneer did not leceive a copy of the Valley Xews:
containing the criticism that raised the devil; but it stands
to reason that Editor Hill's effort was not founded in mal
ice. He had much to lose and nothing to gain by forfeit
ing the friendship of so many people in ids community.
He simply failed, as everybody fails at some time or other,!
in the subtle art of saying the right tiling at the right time.
The proposition being now urged upon congress for
the government not only to build railroads in Alaska but
to take over the transportation business and other indus
tries of the territory as well, the following printed in the
Seattle Times some time ago shows that that paper's pro
phetic- vision was deficient only in the shortness of its range:
"Government railroads in Alaska will probably be an issue
before the next session of congress. Between the deep sea
of popular impatience at its dilly-dally policies, and the
devil of the rabid conservation element, congress may hail
the proposal to construct steam lines in the territory as an
opportunity to compromise and save itself. If the United
LET THE
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Wishes All a Happy New Year
Mrs. M. Lang hold the winning ticket (No. 4S1) for the band
painted tankard.
C. J. Hurley, President J, P. Gleason, Vice President A, Bruning, Cashier
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States starts boil ling railroads in Alaska it will have taken
another step toward Socialism. It will be getting closer to
that condition of affairs that made France writhe during
the big railroad strike, when employes of the government
lines and employes of its various departments simultane
ously struck. However if it’s socialism that the govern
ment needs, and that’s the only way to develop Alaska, the
people of the territory will be willing to take a ‘gambler’s
chance.’”
DOC BIASING PURCHASES
SEWARD QUARTZ CLAIMS
A big mining deal has just been
closed, says the Seward Gateway,
whereby Doe Mading of the Iditarod
takes over the Grant lake quartz
property recently located by Frank
Case and Clarence Whitney. This
property was expected by William
Hawkins for Frank J. Cotter, who is
Mading’s agent at Seward. His re
port was favorable and negotiations
were immediately opened with the
owners, ending in a consummation of
the deal. The bond calls for a pay
ment of $37,500. Of this amount $1,000
is to be paid in cash, $4,000 Sept. 1,
1912, and balance in instalments spread
over nearly three years.
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 on
good goods. Northern Commercial Co.
SOCIETY FUNCTION AT RUBY CITY
The olber night, says the Rubv
Citizen ot Nov. 29, while the
whites were enjoying themselves
at George Jesse’s, the natives were
having a big dance in the cabin
between Jesse’s and Front street,
and according to all reports they
had a hiyu time.
Oil Saturday night the regular
weekly dance given at Arcadian
hall was rather slimly attended,
while a large proportion of the
white population— both male and
female—crowded into a cabin on
Front street to look on at a native
dance. The music soon got to
their feet, however, and there en
sued a mixed dance that, judging
from the noise that burst from the
cabin until early Sunday morning,
must bare been a stem-winder.
Oregon City woolen goods. H. Boas.
MR. AND MRS. SNYDER ENTERTAIN
Notice of the postponement of
the Christmas tree and dance at
Flat was received on the creeks
after many had started for the scene
o! the proposed celebration, and it
was a disappointed throng that as
: sembled at the creek metropolis
last Saturday night. But Mr. and
Mrs. Snyder stepped into tire breach
and entertained the visitors in a
very hospitable manner. The
evening was spent in music, etc ,
and ice cream and other refresh
merits were served.
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SMALL STAMPEDE DOWN DIVES
j -
Last week a small party of Rus
sians organized a mi. iatme stam
I pede and crept silently out of town.
They were hound, so ’tis said, for a
j point only nine or ten miles down
; liver, wheie fair prospects have
| been found. Part of their equip
tnetit consisted of a prospecting
I boiler. i
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| Staley underwear. FI. Boas, clothier. !
In the Court of the Commissioner for
Otter Precinct, Fourth Division. Ter- ]
ritory of Alaska.—F. G. Noyes, a
Receiver of the Washington-Alaska
Bank, a corporation. Plaintiff, vs.
Geo. R. Shirley and V. O. Green, de
fendants. — No. 75. — Summons for
Publication.
j The President of the United States, to
I Geo. R. Shirley, one of the defend
j ants in the above entitled cause,
greet ing:
You are hereby required to appear
! before tlie undersigned, a justice of tlie
the peace for Otter Precinct, District
, of Alaska, within thirty days from the
j date of the last publication of titis sum
: raons, at the office of the United Slates
j Commissioner, in the Miners and Mer
1 chants batik building, Iditarod, Alaska,
to answer the complaint of the plain
tiff above named in the above entitled
cause, wherein they demand seven
j hundred and sixty-one dollars, costs
J and attorneys fees and disbursements
; therein, and in case you fail to so
■ appear and answer, judgment will be
granted against you and in their favor
. for the 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 of publication made by the
judge of the above entitled court
December 12th, 1911.
i The dale of first, publication is
December Kith, 1911. and thedateofthe
last publication is January 15th, 1912.
Witness the official seal and signa
ture of the judge of the above entitled
court.
E. M. STANTON,
U. 3. Commissioner and ex-officio |
Justice oi the Peace.
In til a Justice’s Court, I).strict of Alaska,
Fourth Division, Otter Precinct.— I
Starr Ballanl, Frank Chew and J. L
Jean, plaintiffs, vs. Rothchild Bros., a
corporation, defendant. — No. ,'5. —
Summons for Publication,
j The President of the United Stales, to
Rothchild Bros., a corporation, greet
ing:
; \ ou are hereby required to appear be
fore the undersigned, a justice of the j
peace for Otter precinct. District of
! Alaska, within thirty days from the date
! of the last publication of this summons,
at the office of the United States com
missioner. 111 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
fffty dollars, costs, and attorney's fees
amounting to seventy-five dollars, and
in case you fail to so appear and answer,
judgment will be granted against vou
and in their favor for the said amounts
and the property attached in the above
siititled cause will be sold to pay sncli
judgment;
This summons is published pursuant
to an order of publication made by the
judge of the above entitled court De
cember 8, 1911.
The date of the first publication is
December 9, iqn, and the date of the
last publication is January 6, 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.
Notice of fVlarshai’s Sale
United States of America, )
Fourth District of Alaska, f ss*
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
United States for the Fourth District of
Alaska on a judgment rendered in said
! Court, on the 12th day of October, A. D.
I9IC i” 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.
i 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, offer said real
estate for sale, at public vendue to the
ugliest and best bidder, for cash, on the I
8th day of January, A. D. 19(2, at 11
O clock a. m., at the front door of the I
Marshal’s office in the town of Iditarod, !
territory of Alaska.
Iditarod, Alaska, December
TT q tvt* 1911 ■ H- K. LOVE,
u. w. Marshal, Fourth District of Alaska.
F p„i t?T H' P ShePParl, Deputy.
L- Coke Hill, Plaintiffs Attorney j
A Happy New Year to All
r-LAT CITY
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To Patrons Past, Present and Future
Fremont, Neb., November -1. — Champ Clark, speaker of the
house of representatives, in an address delivered in the city last
evening, informed his hearers that nine-tenths of the People in
America favored annexation of Canada to the United States.
“Reciprocity was defeated on account of loyalty of the
Canadians to the mother country; perhaps the measure was
defeated through the strong influence of the trusts of the State-,,
for records will prove they shipped money into the country by the
barrelful and paid for many of the speakers who toured tl; ■
country delivering speeches against reciprocity.
The most natural thing in the world is for Canada to be a
nexed to this country and with nine tenths of the people of the
States in favor of such a move, it is merely a question of time
when the people across toe border will become in favor of 11;<»
same thing.
“Toe bitter tight waged during t-h" campaign to defeat recip
rocity will, in my judgment, pave tlv way fur nnm x.ition. It may
not come in our time, but the seed ha t been sown and will in time
bear good fruit.”
U'
Nngehead, N. 0., Oct HI. — The brothers Wright declare tint
after years of careful study they have finally solved the secret of
the vulture s flight, and that they can now soar in the air for a lor, g
period with or without motion. They say that their secret will
revolutionize the whole art of aviation, and place it upon a practi
cal footing which it has never yet attained.
They claim that with some few mechanical alterations in the
structure of their own planes, and the evolution of an entirely
new motion hitherto untried, they will be able to show that the
possibility of men flying with the reliable safety of birds lias at
last been invented.
Much interest has been aroused by the remarkable statemen t
of the \V l ights, but most aviators are inclined to believe th it the
brothers are over enthusiastic.
ZEHNDER'S I |f|@:
PASSENGERS FREIGHT EXPRESS
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Iditarod at 3 p.m., daily except Sunday.
Goods consigned to Upper Fla! and Otter Greeks delivered
same day as received for shipment jj
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