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TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1911.
THE GOVERNMENT’S ALASKAN
RAILWAY.
Thu government has undertaken to
spend live times the price of all Alas
ka in building a railway through a
small portion of the territory. Gov
ernment ownership of railways is
'ike matrimony, in that it is for bet
ter or worse. It is unlike matrimony
iu that there is no relief, not even
by divorce or death. Government
railways even more than other rail
ways run eternally, a„ titers to the
sea, and their demands on the Treas
ury are worse than any wife’s run j
i n her husband’s poote.book, The i
cost of this Alaska venture is limited j
lo $35,000,000, it is true, but if that '
limit shall be observed it will be a
unique experience. Congress disposed
of the business by turning il over
to the president. He is told what to
do, but is not told how to do ii. He
can choose the route, and he can buy
or build the line. He can operate the |
road, or he can make a contract for j
its operation. The rates are to be !
regulated by the Interstate Commerce j
Commission, “subject to the approv- |
al of the president. So wide is inis j
discretion that the responsibility, and j
therefore the praise or the blame, be- j
longs to him alone. Nobody is op j
posed to the development of Alaska, ;
but until this project develops itself i
under the president's constructive ]
band there will be room for differ j
cnee of opinion about legislation in j
this manner. Whatever congress has (
been able to conceive, but has not ;
ben able to accomplish, in recent
years has been turned over to some
body else, an official or a commis !
sion, and congress has taken up the ,
next thing, as though the matter in '
hand were finished instead of started.
It is to be hoped that the president ,
will avoid building a road which may |
not be satisfactory to the only pos j
sible operator, whoever he may be. j
That is the situation regarding a
government-built railway in Canada
at this moment. The transcontinental
road was estimated to cost $61,415,
0(10, and was to be operated by the
Grand Trunk. The latest estimate or
cost is $234,651,521, and the Grand .
Trunk is reluctant to take over a road
which is less attractive on the later j
basis of fixed charges; "$40,000,000
wasted” is a Canadian headline. Thai
is only a little more than the sum
given to the president to spend.
When the president is bargaining
it may be hoped that he will make
the bargain include the interests of
the users of the railway. The price
of coal and the cost of freight are
as important to shippers as the cost
of co istrnetion to the government.
The two quantities are so related
■that they might well be bound to
gether. That <s to say, it would be
! if the builder were also the op
#7, or and under contract to operate
in such manner that rates should
fa. * as profits rose. There are ex
amples of this in the caste of some
public utilities which are allowed to
raise dividends only as prices are re
duced. If the president should proceed
in this manner lie would extract cred
it irom' a situation which has danger
ous possibilities as well as much
pronris^. He has an opportunity to
use »he plant and personnel from
Panama. He would do well to avoid
the ’ah ;j’ia precedent regarding the
rate wobUrn. The Panama Railway
rate ' 3.48 cents, against an aver
age'‘rate 'for the United States of
*f<re^;uarv rs of one cent. The Pan
t x > IIway has to include terminal
bar. on a short haul, and there
- ar<P bC'ei* adjustments .which, ought tq
.be mvle in fairness. Yet every alT
Iowa: ■ e would leave a Panama gov
ernmen1 rate of double the private,
ralFwdy ' fate. If the Alaska exeri
ment shall have no better result than
.that,. tl\?t experiment of government
construction- will not justify.,itself.—
New York. Times,,
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POLICE CAPTURE
Marshal Grover, of Concrete, Wash
ington, Locates Him—Puts Brace
lets On While Bandit Sleeps.
CONCRKTR, Wash., .'larch .11.
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City Marshall! Grover today raptured j
the bandit,' Charles Hopkins, v ho
shot seven men Sunday night and j
Monday morning at Rverett and at j
McMurray. Grover knew his man j
was concealed in the rooms over a
store in this city and he carefully j
watched and waited until the bandit!
was sleeping then he put the brace- i
lets on him and had his man.
Hopkins swore and cursed and tried |
to release himself but the officer:
searched him and taking his guns, i
put him under arrest and dragged the ;
lone bandit through the streets to the ;
lockup.
Grover will receive the reward of !
SI,500 offered for the arrest of Hop
kins. !
PROTEST AGAINST
TORTURING EXILES!
ST. PETERSBURG, March 31. The
recent sufferings of the political exiles
at Naryni has been made the subject
of a formal protest to the minister
of the interior by the labor group iu
the Duma. A letter describing con
ditions there says the exiles are in
danger of starvation, their appeals to \
the governor for relief remaining un -1
heeded. Among the complaints, the
commissary of police is charged with
having dispersed a group of exiles
who were boarding together, declar
ing that such a gathering constituted
an unlawful assembly. An exile nam |
ed Mme. Solovyoff was recently in - '
carcerated in a "punishment cell” for
a week,together with her child, for
the offense of teaching the little one
to read.
BRIGHTONLEAVES
ON NEXT FRIDAY
The launch Brighton will leave the
Valdez dock on Friday morning for
Port Wells and way ports. After this
week captain Stainy will make a trip
each wek to the Port Wells section 1
and will leave the dock every Satur- !
day morning.
Mother Goose On Ice.
BOSTON, March 31.—One hundred
and twenty -five Mother Goose char- !
acters will carry fairyland onto the |
ice tonight at the Boston Arena in a i
big Mother Goose pageant for the i
benefit of ihe South End Day Nurs - ,
ery. 1
WEATHER RECORD.
Taken at 8:00 a. m. Snow is given
as depth on level, in inches.
lx>cations— Temp. Snow
Tuesday, March 31, 1914.
Wortman’s, clear, windy . . 34 71
Summit, clear, windy .... 125
Beaver Dam, clear, calm . . 25 67 ;
Teikhell, dear, calm . 25 67
Tonsina, clear, windy .... 25 19
Copper Center, clear, calm 21 16
Gulkana, clear, windy - 23 24 j
Hogan’s, clear, calm . 15 24 1
Paxson’s, clear, calm . 11 25
Wortman’s—Trail drifted.
Summit—Trail open North; closed
South.
Beaver Dam—Trail open.
Teikhell—Trail open.
Tonsina—Trail open.
Copper Center—Trail good.
Gulkana—Trail good.
Hogan’s—Trail good.
Paxson’s—Trail open.
Valdez, March 30, 1914. i
Barometric Pressure .30.048
Temperature at 7 p. m.29
Maximum Temperature .,,....39 < ,
Minimum Temperature c, ..,..<28 . ’
Mean Temperature .... & .y < t. 33.6
; Clear, strong .gale, ,wind N. E. fifty
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Chop suey.,- nooses and chile con
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njan's. the tailor. Telephone 198.
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Meet every Tuesday evening at K o t^utu in
Kutfle Kail All members are req jested to
attend. T. (J QUINN, A it* tit* Chief
S. MCNIKOK. Secretary
Valdez Lodge
No 168,
Free and Accepted Mason*
Regular Communications first Wednesday 10
3ach month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
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C. ('• Reynolds. Sec
L. W. STORM. E. M.
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Notice of Election.
Notice is hereby given that a mu
nicipal election will be held Tuesday,
April seventh, 1914, at the Fire Hall
in the Town of Valdez, for the pur
pose of electing seven councilmen to
serve for the period of one year, ana
one member of the local School Hoard
for the position of clerk for a term
of three years. The polls will be
opened at nine o’clock a. m., and will
be closed at seven o'clock p. m. of
said day.
The following persons shall be
qualified electors for councilmen:
All citizens of the United States,
or those who have declared their in
tention to become such, of the age
of twenty-one years, who have been
bona fide residents of Alaska for one
year and of the Town of Valdez for
six months next preceding said elec
tion.
The following persons shall be
qualified electors for officers of School
Board:
All adults who are citizens of the
United States, or who have declared
their Intention to become such, and
who are residents of the Valdez
School District.
Judges of election are Chas. Sea
green, Heber Smith and J. J. Cavana.
The clerks are C. J. Todd and Joe
Kaher.
RANDALL K. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Dated this 12th day of March, 1914.
Administrator’s Notice
In the Commissioner’s court for the
Territory of Alasaa, Third Division.
In probate.
In the matter of the estate of W.
C. Stull, deceased.—Notice.
Notice is hereby given that Arthur
Lang, administrator of the estate of
W. C. Stull, deceased, has rendered
and filed for settlement by the above
entitled court, his final report and ac
count of his administration of said
pstate, and that Saturday, the 30th
day of May, 1914, at the hour of two
o’clock, in the afternoon of said day,
at the .court room of the. above entit
led court' ip the town of ""Valdez, Alas
ka,, has been ordered by said court,
as (he time and place for the settle
ment of said account, at which time
and place any person, interested in
said estate, may appear and file ex
ceptions in writing to safd-aecottnt or
otherwise contest the ‘same. - :!
-.. c ARTHUR LANG,..
Administrator of. Uie Estate $>f.W,.C,
, Stull, .deceased., '
Date of first publication' March 30,
1914.
r Date of last ’ publication -April; 30,
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