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FOR GOVERNOR OF ALASKA
,1. F. A. Strong
WORK FOR THE LEGISLATURE
(l?airbank.s Times, Deember It*. 1012.)
Whatever may be the outcome of the cases against
Captain Barnette yet to he tried, the acquittal of the former
ha irk president on one of the charges of falsely reporting
the condition of his hank, leaves no doubt as to the urgent
need of legislative action which will prevent other hank
officials from allowing the course pursued by the officers of
the defunct Fairbanks Banking company, and its defunct
successor, the Washinghm-Alaska hank of Nevada.
All readers of the Times long ago discovered that there
(\isfed a dangerous laxity in the general hanking laws of
the country, else it would not have required the combined
efforts of two grand juries and a government hank exam
iner to secure the indictment of the officials of the defunct
bank. But it is doubtful if very many Tananaites re
alized fully to what lengths a hanker could go without
overstepping the regulations. Few people in this part of
Alaska suspected, prior to the hearing of the bank eases
which already have been concluded, that the officers of the
Washington-Alaska hank had the legal right, even under
the liberal laws of Alaska, to tell their depositors that a
certain amount of real money had been paid into the hank
in exchange for stock, when, as a matter of fact, a large
part of the alleged money was not money at all.
Until they had read the account of the proceedings at
Valdez, few people were aware that the hank officials had
the right to further deceive their depositors by causing
them to believe the statement of the hank's condition had
been sworn to, when, as a matter of fact, it only had the
appearance of having been attested.
Fewer people believed until enlightened by the account
of the trial, that the authority vested in a notary public
could be used as an additional weapon against the public.
Vet two of the witnesses for the indicted hankers have ad
mitted on the stand that they deliberately aided the offi
cials in their deception by giving the papers the appear
ance that they were sworn statements.
Judge Lyons has held that insufficient evidence was
produced to prove that Captain Barnette deceived the
depositors of the Washington-Alaska hank with intent to
defraud them, and we do not doubt hut that the judge has
Hie law to hack up his decision. But it will take more
than an acquittal in accordance with the strict interpreta
tion of the liberal Alaska laws to convince the people of
this district that there was not an ulterior motive behind
That combined deception of officials and legal advisers. It
will he equally hard to convince the people that a man who
stood as well as Captain Barnette did had any occasion to
issue that false report unless it was with the object of sav
ing Ills own fortune at the expense of the depositors of his
hank, or with some other object equally dangerous to the
public welfare.
The acquittal of Captain Barnette in the two cases al
ready tried should receive the earnest consideration of th
members-eleet of the first territorial legislature. Their first
work should he directed along the lines indicated hv the
disgusting proceedings which have taken place at Valdez
during the past several days. Laws should he passed which
will leave no doubt in the future as to the truthfulness of
documents issued by those who have the funds of the pub
lic in their keeping’. And incidentally, a few laws should
he passed for the regulation of notaries public.
RECORDER’S OFFICE SHOWS
STEADY BUSINESS GROWTH
The Iditarod commissioner and recorder’s office is at present being
conducted absolutely fiee of expense to the federal government, accord
ing to Commissioner Albrecht’s report for the quarter ending December
3 1 « IlD2
The earnings from October i to December 31 totaled $825 25 —
$722 35 of which was accounted for by recording tees, and the balance
for services as justice of the peace. The disbursements for the same
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All Hours Alike in This House i
COME ONCE ANO YOU WILL GOME AGAIN j
FIRST AVENUE. SOUTAR & SUTHERLAND. Props. g
_AGAIN IN BUSINESS AT THE OLD STAND |
Iditarod 3aloon{
FRONT ST. Manuel Gularte, Prop. B
Home Cedarbrook and Old Lewis Hunter Ryel
| SNYDER HOUSE Company Depot j
i | Nicely Furnished Rooms FLAT CITY Large Drying Room j
The Restaurant formerly celled The Rathskeller has been
turned into “A PLACE TO EAT” b, cublv mmsok,
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the home flat
| Furnished Rooms, Clean Spring Beds, Bath, Dry Rooms • the house |
j Drink Eastern Beer -.«■ i
| Miner's Homs Saloonj
l THE HOME OF THE “QUAKER MAID"
? Foot of Willow St., Iditarod ♦
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Ceef, by the side,.$ .49 |
Veal, -i .50
Mutton, by the carcass. . .35 j
Fowl,, per ib.40 j
Halibut, “ .25 $
| IDiTAROD MEAT CO- |
? Second St. Phono 15 (
peiiod, consisting of payments for fuel, light, and miscellaneous items,
including $35 for a stove, am muted to $362.25.
Compared with last year the local office is ii^ati exceptionally pros
perous condition. The last quarter of 1911 showed total receipts
amounting to $266 95, as against the $825.55 for 1912. For the month
of December, 1912, the total receipts were $2(^6 70, as against §52.60
for the same month in 1911.
ROCKEFELLER IS AVOIDING
SERVICE OF PROBE PIPES
New York, January 4.--Serviceof papers upon William Rocke
feller for the purpose of securing his appearance before the House
committee probing the money trust is meeting unexpected difficul
ties. So far William has dodged the process servers, and his
present whereabouts are unknown.
Brunswick, Gu., January 4.—William Rockefeller is reported
to have left here this morning in a small boat bound for an tin
known port.
THE IRON MEN
fWjtlEN the north wind roars at your cottage doors and bat
mckM ters ^,e "hidow panes, and the cold's so fierce that it
seems to pierce right into your bones and veins, then
it's sweet to sit by the fire and knit, and think, while the
needles clank, of the iron men, of the shining yen, you have in
the village bank. When you have lost your job and misfor
tunes rob your face of its wonted grin, when the money goes
for your grub and clothes, though there’s nothing coming in;
when the fates are rough and they kick and cuff and give you
a frequent spank, how sweet to think of the bunch of chink you
have in the village bank! When you're gray and old and you
are cold, and the night is drawing on; when you are tired and
weak and your joints all creak, and the strength of youth is
gone; when you watch and wait at the sunset gate for the boat
man grim and lank, oh, it’s nice to know there’s a roll of dough
all safe in the village bank! The worst, my friend, that the
fates can send, is softened for you and yours if you have the
price, have coin on ice —the best of all earthly cures; oh, a
healthy wad is your staff and rod when the luck seems tough
and rank; you r consolers then are the iron men you have in
the village bank !—Walt Mason.
PROGRESS OF THE
DEBATING SOCIETY
While no date has been set for the
first public debate under the auspices
of tlte A. B. debating society, now in
process of formation, interest in the
society grows daily.
The first of the discussions will take
place in camp, so that, those partici
pating can find their feet and over
come their shyness before appearing
in public. When confidence has been
gained a public debate will be an
nounced, and all who wish may attend.
If tlie society does not bring out some
genius who has been hiding his light
under a bushel it will be a surprise.
JOE CLARKE MARRIED,
“FOXY GRANDPA” A JUDGE
The Dawson News says that Joseph
Andrew Clarke, the politician who
formerly kept official circles of Yukon
on the anxious seat, has at last settled
dowQ to married life. The young lady
in the case was Miss Gwendolin Mabel
Asbury, the daughter of a preacher.
The wedding took place at Edmonton,
Alberta, October 24. Mr. Clarke, who
is dow a prominent attorney of Edmon
ton; has been a member of the city
council for the past three years.
William Tj. Walsh, K. C., who has
been appointed to the supreme court
bench of the province of Alberta, is a
former Dawson lawyer, and was known
| to fame in early days in Duel's political
'cartoons as ‘'Foxv Grandpa.”
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COTTER AND THEILE
PLAYING IN VAUDEVILLE
Fairbanks News-Miner, December
15.—Frank J. Cotter and Karl Theile,
who formerly were members of the
News-Miner staff, are now starring in
vaudeville on the Orpheum circuit,
playing the towns in Southeastern
Alaska. Frank writes that he and
Karl are ‘‘the highest-priced team
this far north.”
CHAS. ROSS MARRIED IN SEATTLE
Charles Ross, president of the Miners
& Merchants Bank of Iditarod, and a
former well-known citizen of Nome,
was married on November 12, at Seat
tle, to MissCenith Leone Robertson, of
that city, the marriage ceremony hav
ing taken place at the home of the
bride’s mother, Mrs. Hugh R. Robert
son. Mr. and Mrs. Ross are spending
their honeymoon in New York.—Alaska
Empire.
WOOD shortage"
ALL THIS WEEK
There is a shortage of wood for
immediate delivery in Iditarod at
the present time. It is not that the
supply has actually run out, for
there is still plenty rut within easy
reach of the city — but there are no
teams available to haul it in.
When the city asked for bids for
the supply of wood for the fire hull
it was thought there would he a
certain amount -ef competition ; but
Paul I,e Plant was the only one to
bid.
Nearly every team in the district
| is busy hauling wood on the creeks,
i leaving only two or three teams for
I local use.
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| During the cold spell there was
! considerable divergence m temper
atures recorded bv local thermome
ters, the difference in some cases
amounting to io degrees. Commis
sioner Albrecht is of opinion that
the N. C. thermometer registers too
low, compared with the one he used
himself, which was government
■ tested. He declares the one out
S side the Bndweiser to he more
neatly correct, the variation being
! but two or three degrees.
■ Considerable misconception pre
I vails regarding winter temperature j
in Inteiior Alaska, old-timers being I
fond of telling of the 70-below
weather which prevailed in this 01
i that camp during the first years ol
; its existence. As a matter of fact j
! these statements are generally
j founded on hearsay, as government 1
records show no such low tempera ]
tures as those spoken of. Major
General Greely, in his authoritative
work on Alaska, is responsible for |
tire statement that the lowest tern- j
perature recorded by a government-j
tested instrument at Fairbanks is
58G below. The lowest tempera
Cure ever recorded south of the 1
Yukon is 69 below. Folk Yukon
is the coldest place in Alaska ofj
which there is record, the tiier- I
mometer at that place averaging 10 j
degrees lower than Point Barrow.
In our telegraphic news lor last!
week there was a message from
Nome which placed the tempera- j
lure at 38 below in the city, and;
53 below at Candle—and this is the
! coldest season in the history of the
peninsula
BEER SHORTAGE IS
Consternation reigned for a while
last week when it became noised
| abroad that the supply of whiskey
i and other beverages was diminish
ing so rapidly that a famine in
i 'liese articles stared Iditarod in the
face.
Inquiry shows that while some
brands of whiskey ate short there is j
apparently sufficient on hand to.
j last until the opening of naviga-I
: tion, and the same may be said of
beer and cigars, although the two
j latter are really short, and may be j
I exhausted earlier.
The provision market is fairly I
well stocked with staples at pres
eut, but eggs and onions are likely j
soon to be off the market. Gener
ally speaking, all grocery stocks
will be cleaned up by the opening
of navigation.
According to one merchant a
shortage of any particular article
immediately leads to an increased
demand for the same, as purchasers
wish to assure themseives of a sup
ply in the future when the goods
may be off the market. This has
been exemplified in the case of
eggs, which in dozens of instances
have been purchased for no other
reason.
Herman Naehder and Mrs. Naehder,
of the Forks of Flat, visited Iditarod
Tuesday.
Nugget, jewelry to order. Chains a
specially. Bill Taylor, Flat.
Power of Attorney blanks—Pioneer.
MAY REVOLUTIONIZE
METHODS OF MINING
Fairbanks News-Miner, November 1C:
An invention that should, in the opinion
of mining men, who have examined it,
revolutionize the handlingof low-grade
ground, has just been perfected by N. G.
Cox and J. S. Kosburg, of Chatanika,
their machine being styled a “one
bucket underground dredge.” Draw
ings and a model of the dredger for
which a patent has been applied may
be seen at the Samson Hardware Com
pany of Garden Island.
The cutting and carrying element of
the dredger is a big bucket or scraper
handled by cables, which bucket trav
els over a framework about the height
of the drift, then down to the lloor.
There it is pulled against the face cuts
all of the way to the top as it moves up
over the framework to the rear, where
it dumps into a car. With each cut of
the scraper the framework is moved up
closer by a cable and tightly locked be
tween (loot’ and roof.
In operating this machine the start
would he made at a cross tunnel driven
into the main face. From this cross
tunnel the dredger would work along
parallel to the face, cutting out a strip
the width of the bucket.
STRELIC'S MASTER HAND
PAINTED THE BOG TEAMS
The artistically-drawn dog teams
which adorned the miniature trail
at the Hudweiser during tire week
were from the facile brush of John
Strelic. They were executed in
variegated colors and caused much
comment. ’Tis true one of the
drivers had apparently frozen his
hands; another had a lame back
and a third was mushing in knee
pants, without covering for his
calves; but those were details one
could overlook, considering the
circumstances. The dogs were
lifelike, representing any old breed,
just like real teams.
IN THE UNITED STATES COMMKS
sioner's Court for tiie Innoko Pre
cinct, Fourth Division, District of
Alaska.
Max Kimel, Plaintiff, vs. G. P. Mar
shall, John Die and Richard line,
master and owners of Steamer '‘Hen
Ilur," Defendants.
SUMMONS.
To the United States Marshal of the
District of Alaska or any deputy:
In the name of the United .States of
America we command you to summon
<1. P. Marshall. John Doe and Richard
Roe to upptar before tiie undersigned,
a justice of the peace in Innoko pre
cinct in said district, on the 28th day of
March, 191.'!, at tiie hour of 2 o'clock in
tiie afternoon of said day. at our office,
at Ophir, Alaska, in the said precinct,
to answer tiie complaint of Max Simel,
founded upon a contract for the pay
ment of money, and wherein he de
mands seven hundred and sixty-seven
and tin 100 dollars.
Given under my hand this 29lh day
of Novenil'i)2. \Y. A YiXAL,
U. S. Commissioner and ex-officio
Justice of Lite Peace.
.LARCENY CHARGE WITHDRAWN
The charge of larceny which had
been preferred against certain
woodelioppers operating on Otter
creek was withdrawn before the
case came to trial, and those who
had visited Iditarod in connection
with the trouble returned to the
creeks Monday.
YES ?
Fresh cabbage, carrots and turnips.
House of Quality.
Dr. Heinrich Wort man n,
Offices: Iditarod and Flat City
Telephones a.? each plac*
DR. H. BEHLA,
Dentist
Offices, Pioneer Drug Stute,
Flat City.
Appointments by Telephone
Wickersham & Roden,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Iditarod, Alaska
Michigan, 1831 Kentucky. 1891 Alaska. 1910
George Woodruff Albrecht.
COUNSELOR AND LAWYER
IDITAROD, ALASKA
The Pioneer Attorney of this Cain])
E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
Office in Wickersham A linden Hide.
Second Are.
You5IS Save
Lots of Writing,
Time and
Wo rry
By ordering' tho name of
your wife, business partner
or friend who is now on the
Outside, placed on the sub
scription books of the
It’s the most economical
way to keep them posted on
tlit? affairs of Alaska's
mining district.
The Hsw Placer Law
The following is a copy of the law recently enacted by Congress amend
ing the mining laws of Alaska:
A bill to modify and amend the mining laws in their application to the Ter
ritory of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., That no association placer mining claim shall here
after be locate 1 in Alaska in excess of 40 acres, and on every placer mining
claim hereafter located in Alaska, and until a patent has been issued therefor,
not less than $100 worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made
during each year, including the year of location, for each and every 20 acres
or excess fraction thereof.
Sec. 2. That no person shall hereafter locate any placer mining claim in
Alaska as attorney for another unless he is duly authorized thereto by a
rower of attornev in writing, duly acknowledged and recorded in any record
er's office in the judicial division where the location is made. Any person so
authorized may locate placer mining claims for not more than two individuals
or one association under such power of attorney, but no such agent or attor
ney shall be authorized or permitted to locate more than two placer mining
claims for any one principal or association during any calendar month, and
1:0 placer mining claim shall hereafter be located in Alaska except under the
limitations of this act;
Sec. 3. That no person shall hereafter locat£, cause or procure to be lo
cated, for himself more than two placer mining claims in any calendar month:
Provided, That 011c or both such locations may be included in ail association
claim.
Sec. 4. That no placer mining claim hereafter located in Alaska shall be
patented which shall contain a greater area than is fixed bylaw, nor which
is longer than three times its greatest width.
Sec. 5. That any placer mining claim attempted to be located in viola
tion of this act shall be null and void, and the whole area thereof may be lo
cated by any qualified locator as if 110 such prior attempt had been made.
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