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POLL TAX MONEY
LOST TO ALASKA
Commissioners Could Not Secure
Bonds and Could Not
Collect.
When the members of the lo
cal legislature passed an act to
impose a poll tax upon male per
sons in the territol'y of Alaska
they possibly had visions of a
big sheaf of the long green which
would he gathered in from the
fishermen who spend their sum
mers here and their money in the
dives of Seattle and other coast
towns.
The act was also pleasant read
ing for the commissioners of the
various districts whose state of
Jinances were always more or less j
in a precarious condition owing I
lo Uncle Sam having failed to
provide a permanent salary. They
are not only commissioners hut
live on commissions. They no
dould looked over the thousands
ol lishermen who began lo arrive
early in the summer and figured
I heir own percentage when they
had made each pungle up Si.
However, news 'has been rc
eeiv.'d from the westward that il
I-* a-• use of |he best laid plans
of ; lire and men, etc. The enm
im.-s'uners received their pack
age of little receipt books, each
duly numbered with correspond
ing numbers on a stub hook so
that they could not cop oil' more
than their share. The commis
sioners were also compelled to
pul up an extra bond sullieient
to cover the amounts they were
liable to collect, f lic government
failed to provide any means for
the commissioners lo secure Ibis
necessary bond. Th,e commis
sioners appealed to the owners
of the canneries and in doing so
pul them wise to the fact that the
poll lax could not he collected
under the circumstances. They
eve'll refused to help Uncle Sam’s
man to collect the S3, if) w hich
was due Uncle, not to mention
(he 00 cents per which would go
to the commissioners. They grew
peevish over the prospect of hav
ing |o leave any money in Alas
ka. Tin; lishermen caught on and
refused to come through with the
dough and as usual the miners
and prospectors who have their
residence in Alaska the year
round were the1 gouts. The thou
sands of lishermen will each have
$i more lo spend for booze at
Jimmy the Mug’s when they
reach Seattle, the territorial
,1 rea.sury will he short many thou
sands of dollars and I hi- commis
sioners will have lo struggle
through another winter on the
prospect of what they will do lo
the lishermen next season.
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.
In the United Stales District,
Court for (lie Territory of
Alaska, Third Division.
Fred L. Peek, plaint iff, vs. An
nie Peck, defendant,.—No. (il<>.—
Sunynons for Publication.
The President of the United
States of America, greeting:
To the above-named defend
ant, Annie Peck:
You are hereby required to ap
pear in the District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third divis
ion, within thirty (30) days after
the completion of the service of
this summons upon you, and an
swer tile complaint of the .above
named plaintiff, the original of
said complaint is on file with the
clerk of the above court, at Val
dez, Alaska, and unless you so
appear and answer, the plaintiff
will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in said com
plaint.
This action is brought to se
cure a divorce from the defend
ant upon the grounds of deser
tion and abandonment, and this
summons is served upon you by
-publication thereof, pursuant to
an order of the above Court,
made and entered on the 27t h day
of June, 1913.
Witness the Honorable Fred
M. Brown, Judge of said Court,
this 3rtth dav of August, in the
velar of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and thirteen, and of
our independence the one hun
dred and thirty-seventh.
ARTHUR LANG,
(Seal) Clerk.
First, pub. Aug. 3rt, 1913.
Last pub. Oct. (i, 1913.
| JAMES NARAY, THE |
SHOEMAKER
has moved to the Phoenix Blocks
in Keystone Ave. where he will do
BOOT A SHOE Repairing
in first class order and reasonable.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
A Fool and llis Monely, at the
Orphoum tonight,
Joe Stanton, the mail carrier,
left this morning for Gulkana.
Mrs. Jcpyon retruned lo her j
home at Heaver Dam I his morn- j
ing. i
II is reported that Mossy was j
the first to take a plunge hath at i
tin* Knnilz Harher shop.
Miss Jessie Jepson is staying j
with Mrs. Jos. Bell in order lo j
allefnd school in Valdez.
Phil Smith went out this morn
ing with a load of supplies for
.the relief cabin on I he summit.
Father Van der Pol will go to
Cordova on the Northwestern
and will hold services there on
Sunday next.
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Joe Spanned, of tin* inly F.x-j
press, has discoidinued his lodg
ing house as his time is all need- I
willi the City Kxpn*ss.
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A fresh supply of Chinese
goods just received on the Samp
son—Chop Suey and Chinese
Noodles at the Valdez Cafe.
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Tilt* Orpheum started its reg
ular weekly Wednesday evening
show at Fort Liscum last night.
Operator Meals of the Orpheum
ran the pictures through. The
show was well attended.
Fd. Held is in town from the
Minnie claim on Slump buy. They
had just got everything ready to
resume grinding oil their rich ore
when the present eold snap put
their water power mil of commis
sion.
FOR RENT—rl ’wo live-room
houses oil Broadway. In first,
class condition. Eiujuire of
Charles Crawford at tin* Plain
ing Mill. IT
Tile Northwestern left Seward
at 9 o’clock this morning and as
she does not load ore al Latouche
thjs trip should arrive in port
early this evening. A number of
outgoing passengers have secur
ed aeeommodat ions.
Wh°re Is Durgin?
Tbe prospector bas been asked
to help find Ed. Durgin wlm is
believed to be somewhere in .Mas
ha. Anyone knowing bis where
abouts will confer a favor by
writing Mrs. Louisa A. Doty, .tloi
Smith Pine St.. Tacoma. Fair
banks papers please copy.
Sails for Home.
Montreal. Sepl. {.--Lot'll Hal
dane, the noted English lawyer
who bas been louring Canada
and the Eastern stales, sailed for
home last night.
Family Pride.
Luke, tbe butler, had an endear
ing affection for long words. Also
lie had a relative, Aunt Lindy, who
i was eighty-six years of age, and a
j great-aunt, Sally, who claimed more
than ninety years. An octogenarian
and a nonagenarian Luke bad heard
the folks “at de big house” call
them. He was telling a visitor about
his family.
“Yas’m, ma’am; Aunt Lindy’s
eighty-six years ol’.”
I “That is very old indeed, Luke,”
j the visitor commented. “And Sal
; ly’s”—
' “Sally’s mo’ii dat, ma’am,” Luke
j interrupted. “She’s a nonentity,
| ma’am.”—New York Post.
His Desperate Mission.
; An American had arranged to
j spend six weeks in an English coun
; try house, and for five it rained
steadily. On the first day of the
sixth week he said to his man, “Get
me my shooting clothes and my
1 double barreled gun!”
His hostess looked at him in sur
I jv-ise. Thei;e was no shooting to be
' had near. “What are you going to
j do?" she asktfsd.
i “1 am going out—out into the
rain," said the visitor, “to try to
find the man who called this coun
try 'Merrie England!’ ”
So Many?
! They went in to dinner together,
lie was verv bashful, and she tried
' fn vain to d raw him out. Finally
! she began to talk hooks, and he bc
i came responsive. “And Hugo.” she
; asked, “do you like his style?’
i “Oh. ves.” he replied: “1 find him
intensely interesting. I’ve read a
number of his hooks.”
Then she risked. “Have you read
‘Ninety-Three ?’ ”
“No, I’ve—er—only read three.
I didn’t know he had written so
many.”—Lippincott’s Magazine.
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