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THE DIFFERENCE IN MEN
The poonie of the United Stales long ago ceased to marvel at the
supreme egotism of Iheodore Roosevelt, and so the statement of the
"gallant” colonel in the current number of fhe Outlook that the ad-!
n. ms!ration of 1'resident Wilson is weak, and that “not enough back
bone had been shown” in handling Mexican affairs, will be received!
with indulge :U smiles. Simultaneously with this outbreak comes the j
statement ihat Roosevelt will announce himself as a candidate for the)
presidency, ii d.f lcult to realize that the man who indulges m this:
pi er ’c display was the /ame who occupied the dignified position of j
ibesident of the United Stales for almost eight years. It stamps him
; a political demagogue of the meanest order, find such a screed !
emanated from an ex-Presicient of the poise and character of W. H.
V. ft it would have created astonishment and aroused resentment be
cause of its indelicacy. But Taft, in spite of his utter failure in state
i rail and politics, could never be guilty of such an act.
Without regard to political belief or affiliation, the attack on
President Wilson by Roosevelt will breed nothing but scorn for the
author. If is such men as Roosevelt who, obsessed With the one idea
of lelurn to p: veer, and convinced of the inability of others to prop
er! \ handle a nab on’s affairs, become in weak nations dictators; and,
Even the opportunity, reach out for even regal honors, it is men of
Roosevelt's st-pe who keep the South and Central American republics
m continual turmoil.
There is at hand an estimate or rresident Wilson \>inen wni be ;
vend and re ■ d with a respect and appreciation totally d.fferent
j':i that whh h \-11 greet the remark: of Roosevelt. Elihu Root,
secretary of state m Roosevelts cabinet, ormei secretary of war,
honored senior senator of the Empire state —a man who is credited
by political friend and fee alike with being one of America’s ablest
statesmen—who, in spite 01 his affiliation, is known to be honest in
his conviction: and courageous in expressing them, says of President
V. Aon:
“Thank heaven we have a President in where loyalty and char
acter, in vhl :. ■? sincerity of purpose, we can trust absolutely. I trust
him in this emergency. I have differed with him on questions of policy
and shall doubtless differ with him again. Men raised in different en
vironments and associations must differ; but 1 have confidence in the
character end purpose of the President, lie is my President, and I
shall stand whh b.kn in his leadership. ’
These patriotic words were spoken on April 25. a few days after
\ era Cruz had been occupied by American troops, and by a political
adversary of the President. Whose words—Roosevelt’s or Root’s—
will unci response in the hearts ot the American people?
PHILANTHROPY AND CRIME
Little more than a year ago the state of Washington abolished
capita! punishment for murder, and since that time there has been an
epidemic of the most blood-curdling crimes in the history of that com
monwealth. Whether this is due to the action of the legislative a nd
executive departments in taking a more humanitaman view of the
treatment of dminals is a question for psychologists to discuss. There
has been such a revulsion of feeling on the subject, however, that
there is strong talk of re-enacting the law providing for capital pun
ishment. One newspaper suggests that the recent mania for coddi ng
;Lc criminal class is responsible for the terrible era of crime. The
“honor” campy societies for promoting the welfare of convicts, and
so forth, may in a measure be to blame for the contempt of the law.
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ID IT A ROD SAM WILMER
Mrs. N. P. Gilmore, Prop.
This hotel has been remodeled and repapered throughout, and
now the most convenient, comfortable and up-to-date house
the city.
ELEGANT ROOMS GOOD BUNKS
Second and Willow Streets_
If these welfare societies would devote their time and means to better
ing the condition of the poor and lowly outside of prison walls they i
would probably do more good for society in genera! than in exhibitions j
of maudlin sympathy for criminals. Recently in Washington, D. C.,
the closing of the red light district threw hundreds of unfortunate
women on the streets. Immediately the “welfare” people set about
securing honest employment for them at a minimum remuneration of $8
per week, which most of them spurned. It then developed that hun
dreds of honest working girls and women, some of them with small
children and aged parents depending on their ability as bread-winners,
were unable to earn even that sum.
Much good can be done by persons ambitious to assist in the up- j
lift of their fellow men and women along the by-ways of life, which1
will never be blazened in the public press. It is possible that the love
of pubiicitv has much to do with the perpetration of the mistaken J
activities of some of these so-called philanthropists.
CHAMP CLARK AND CANAL TOLLS
The fact that politics makes strange bedfellows is once more
aptly exemplified in a recent issue of the Seattle Post-Intel!,gencer.
That rigidly righteous stand-pat Republican publication quotes with
approval Speaker Champ Clark’s bombastic speech on tire repeal of
the tolls exemption clause of the Panama canal, f! gallery-catching
phrases anent the “amazing request of the President for the repeal,
like the peace of God, passing all understanding, and Mr. Clark s de
fiance of “a world m arms, are quoted with glee by this protection
loving journal. Anything that savors ol an attack on special interests
is repulsive to a Republican press, and to find a champion of tiiose in
terests high m the Democratic ranks was a choice morsel lor the dis
credited Republican politicians io devour,
The Panama canal tolls controversy has resulted in many pages
oi the Congressional Record being filled v.'iih claptraj -i the meanest
order, and we have yet to hear any plausible reason set forth why a
certain class of shipping should be exempted from to! . The New'
York World, in discussing the subject, says:
“Why should 100,000,000 people in the United States be taxed
io build a $400,000,000 canal and then tax themselves further year
after year to give special favors to a small body of shippers and vessel
owners? The military advantages of the canal belong to the people
as a whole. The commercial advantages belong to a small percentage j
of the people. What have they done to earn this free pass, this rebate,
this subsidy, if you please ? When the American people build a rail
road in Alaska, every user will pay the same rates as every other user.
Why should there be a different system at Panama? Are the Ameri
can people so rich that they can afford to tax themselves year after
year in order that a coastwise monopoly may have privileges that are
denied even to our deep-sea shipping? If free tolls, why not free
postage ?”
No doubt a time will come when the speaker of the house of rep
resentatives will remember without satisfaction that he was approv- j
ingly quoted by papers of the political stripe of the Post-Intelligencer.
“ALASKA THE WORLD’S MEAT SHOP”
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“To see millions of reindeer feeding on the tundra of Central and
Northern Alaska, to see trains and shiploads of reindeer carcasses mov
ing outward to Puget sound ports, thence to be distributed to the peo
ple of the West, to see the people clamoring for the cheaper reindeer
meat in preference to the high-priced cuts of beef, ail will be common
sights within another five years. That is the opinion of those Alaskans
who have studied the question of meat supply and are conversant with {
the reindeer industry in the North, as it has been earned on for the J
past decade.”
The above is the introduction of an interesting article >n the !
Overland Monthly contributed by Edward Hurja, and while rather
optimistic and imaginative, the story is well wnitten and contains food
for reflection. There is little doubt that at some future date the
reindeer industry in Alaska will assume large proportions, and become
an important factor in the development of the territory. Before that
time comes, however, it will be necessary lor congress to enact legis-;
lation which will break up the monopoly at present enjoyed by a few
Lapps and natives. The present law excludes white citizens from the !
benefits to be derived from the breeding of reindeer for the market. ;
The time will probably come when these restrictions will be removed
and the industry generally encouraged. There apparently is nothing
to prevent white citizens from importing their own herds for breeding
purposes, but it is a costly experiment, and private capita! has not
hankered to engage in it.
An interesting feature of the Overland Monthly’s article is the re
production of an ad of Crowley & Porter of this city in The Pioneer,
offering reindeer meat for sale.
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The New York Herald says the election outlook presages an in-1
crease in the Democratic strength in the senate. Thirty-two mem- j
bers will be chosen by direct vote of the people of their respective
states this year. For the first time the elections to determine one-third
of the membership of the upper house of congress will be held under
the operations of the seventeenth amendment to the constitution,
which makes it obligatory upon states to choose their senators by pop
ular vote instead of by the legislatures. The Herald estimates that
the Democrats will gain from six to ten senators, giving them a major
ity of from twenty to twenty-eight in the senate, as against seven now.
The newspapers of Fairbanks have been making a great to-do
over the reported resignation of District Attorney Crossley. He has
been reputed to be a subject for the official headsman on numerous
occasions, but still holds the fort. It seems to be a case where the
wish is father to the thbught.
BARD CANNOT FACE MOTLEY CHEECHAKGS
(From the Dawson News)
Bronzed like a mocha bean and with the grip of a grizzly, and his blue eye as |
dear as the sky, Robert Strang, old-time bard of the Klondike, has just hiked buck to
Dawson. He mushed down the Yukon trail from Whitehorse, bringing his pencil anil
:>ick and determination to remain in Yukon.
“I've been roaming the whole blooming North, covering Fairbanks and other
’amps, and going out by way of (’hisana since I left Dawson." says Strang, “and I am
•>ack determined to stay with the Yukon. I found nothing but romance in the other
jumps. I tried out Fairbanks several seasons, and last August hit off for Chi s ana. After
four months there I mushed over the glacier, made Cordova, and then gut to Juneau.
“And such a Juneau! There’s a bohunk town. Mighty few of the people there
*peak Knglish. They speak everything else. They're not the kind that populate the
Yukon hills and vales. Seeing in Juneau a sample of what the eheechaco w ild must
be, and which I have not seen in fourteen years, 1 turned my back on the whole propo
dtion and hurried for Dawson.
“I want to prospect, and I think I have the place. I like the looks of the country
between the Stewart and Polly, and will try to get down on some of tie* virgin creeks
there. If anyone knows of something better. I II try it. but that section ha- the creeks
and the shape. The yellow stuff must be there.
“The Chi.-ana camp looked to me like i» contains little more than what is con
lined in a few of the box canyc ns. This old K1 unlike is a marvel, and I feel the gold
awaits the digger. I don’t feel well in town. The outdoor air makes me thrive, but as
soon a.- I landed in a steam healed room here I was floored by the grip. I want to get j
back to the hills, to get away from streets and houses just to have a cabin, and a >
grub.-.!ukc, and picks and shovels, and a chance to go down through the mock and the I
frost to bedrock, be it a strike or a skunk.”
Mr. Strang is a stocky, miildk aged son of the land of the thisth a native of Glas
gow. He first came to Yukon in lll'JO, mined on -S below on Sulphur and on other
creeks, and some time ago drifted to the lower country. When here h. ’.'.rote much j
splendid verse. He has wooed the muse coiv-tantly ever since, and ha- tune d out some |
fine productions. He had offers to publish sum# of his scl-ri work in b k form Out
-ibe, but tl. >:<de bv: i to defer, at least for the time. When in Vv hiteh«u>«* a few days
ago he reeled off for Stroller White the following on one of his latest experiences:
Alaska's Future
We made a dozen breaches just beyond the ocean’s reaches.
We climbed and clawed and scrambled o’er an hundred b* ree divide !
With a photo to remind us of the dear ones left behind us
Let fall the growth of ages in the shore of human tides!
Left the lore of town and city, with their wealth of love and ppy,
Left the women and the children, and the woman >f our dr am..
Solved the getting and the giving, left h r aye the bond -la\ ' living
And panned and rocked and sluiced upon a thousand virgin streams!
Through creek anti mountain mazes you may trace us by our blazes,
Where we parted veils of silence, and beheld new dawns arise!
Let loose the dream.- of ages, that repine 1 :n golden cage.-.
Filled to the rim the world’s heart v*i;h yd l and gnon; .-urpr •“!
By our camp fire's sodden ashes and our crumbling, empty each. s.
By cabins where the she-wolves skulk and sightless y< urg >. ares-.
Where * 1 ended, and tl ! .
The lonely, nameless graves- the milestones of the wilderness!
b‘o' ;t the Northland's my-tic glamor will :<e shattered by th - *T :r. r
(;f the low:m..live's whi- 1- and il.e whirr <•: -Yawing cam!
Pay- of • 11 but be remembered by the few with whmn '! hr: •••<■
Hlit who wer-’ of the empire breed, strong son.- . 1 Stripm . ! .• t. :•>.
And bohunks bv the hundred steal the fruit of kith and k m • d
And ail the iand be Furopized like Treadwell's hunky .-.mm.
An ! bn am i f cei r-i. in deward fade forever t ■ the F'warb
And the a Men ehe.-1 of the last great We-t b: a ba htub for 1 rope' •- sc> in!
• • t Kn - 11 St rang.
FLAT CREEK DREDGE
SHOWS GOOD RETURNS
(Sciontide and Mining -Press*
Yukon Gold shares, have been picking
up. jirobaldy as a rt.-ult of the good show
ing a..ide in the report for 11)13. \Y.;h a
gr.’-s output of £4.7'<3.402. it showed c ycr
M'd'.g profits of $2,537,447. The eight Daw
s. n dredge' made profits of $1.827.S00.
while the hydraulic work at Dawson
d:nv.ed a lo . .since most of the season
was spent on washing top gravel. The
dredge working in the Iditarod made a
;*r b; §507,800, and should do better
next year. The two dredge < in Californ,..
hr- ugl i in pn . of ■ 72,000, but one of
them has been at work only a short time.
Some comparisons of cost will be of in
terest. The hydraulic work at Dawson cu>:
0.7c; dredging at Dawson, 20.53c, and at
Iditarod, 04.32c per cubic yard. This high
cost is largely due to the collateral and
overhead cost.'; thus at Iditarod a series
of dams had to b° built before and behind
•he dredge, large boulders gave trouble, as
did heavy sand from workings above, and
a stratum of clay which was encountered.
The grade was steep, 0 to 10 per cent, and
the scarcity of water combined to make
the necessary dredging cost nearly fifteen
times what it is in the more favorable Cali
forina areas.
It is necessary for the company to write
off large amounts as depreciation each vjar, j
and it still owes the Guggenheim Exnlora- j
tion Company §2,100,000.
SECRETARY REDFIELD ON
OPENING UP OF ALASKA
“Taking the lid off Alaska, and it seemed ,
high time to take it off. through the means,
ff a government-constructed railroad in j
Alaska, is an event of great national iinpor- i
tance,” said William C. Redfield, secretary j
nf commerce, in an address before the King i
County Democratic Club at Seattle recently.
“Alaska will be opened for good. It will no
longer lie in comparative isolation from the
rest of the nation.
“We see visions of a great outpouring of
agricultural, mineral and marine products
from the treasure land, and the people of
the Northwest, with their accustomed en
ergy, undoubtedly will do their part in the
development of Alaska.
“I like to refer to the lid on Alaska as
:i hinged lid, one that cannot be taken up
and thrown away. Not that the lid shall :
?ver be closed again, but the lid will always
:>e there on its hinge.
“Suppose for a moment that the railroad
ines of communication to the East and
south should not operate to this city for a
nonth. Imagine the isolation of the North
we i. and then 0hmp .re thi> i.-oiation and i
yr-.ur prosperity with Alaska's isolation and I
coir.iig 1 ut u re!
“It i> unfortunate that it has been di.fi
cult sometimes for th'*>e at Washington ?•»
look beyond the Rockies. We of th. Ka.-t ’
n d you of the West, and y. vi need us. I
believe that the Democratic party has dour
much to break down this ’harrier between !
us. as evidenced in th*1 pa--aw of this im
pv.rtant railroad r>easi:r<\ .*,:: : ::*/• .* ? that
seven cabinet mem hr r haw vi .: !
Northwest, and, 1 i•!i:.• S* tci r\ R van.
eight have visited the C as
y
DR. EEHLA. THE DENTIST,
PREPARING TO GO OUTSIDE
Dr. II. Behla. the Flat Citv denti.t an !
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r.ounces that he will soon have f i the
Outside, and will close hi< * Rico on July i5.
WATCH REPAIRING
EAGLE HOTEL
First Ave. J. H. Rogers, Prop.
Good Accommodations for
Travelers
Inclusive Agency for the Celebrated j
Anderson Shoe
&A ALL SHOES &A
^ * Ladies’ and Dien’s
Confectionery and Cl gars, Pool, etc.
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Prices Less Than
Outside Oesi
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Dry Goods, Ladies' Fnrnishings, Etc.
Iditarcd, Alaska,
DR. H. BEHLA,
Dentist
Appointments by Telephone
Hat City
dr. sysooRE,
Physician and Surgeon
OFFICE GRAND HOTEL, FLAT
Eye-Glass Fitting Telephone
E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
Office Second St., Iditarod, Alaska
Next to Iditarod Hotel
J. C. MOODY,
Attorney at Law
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Office: Second Avenue
W. F. HARRJSO^,
Attorney at Law
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Second Avenue, Near Marshal's Office
CM AS. E. TAYLOR.
Attorney at Law
BANK BLOCK
First AvenueIditarod
FiONEER DRUG STORE
FLAT CITY
pniQrc pp
Ui Li^a
_PHONE DAY OR NIGHT_
Assessment Work lUMik* at I inue'T.
ra• • iutr is a spm-t. • 'oiMd-T it- pt'acti- ii
n'-ni's. At an\ yiv. u pr.ee. compare tin*
ii. i;.ir boat today with that of a IVw
years back.
Ill even American industry y ; will
11... .ill t.» hard-headed ef
•. :n t. at th record for t use
i r time.
Wien y.ei s,.,. ;1 concern forgin'.: ahead
i.r c.,iuj .-!11n.ii. stamping it" individuality
i ii |i ' trade there ymi will find the
HOWARD t p i man putting the thing
HOWARD Watch own r may b- the
titular head <»r the concern. the sup. mi
l■ ■ 11 demt or departin' nt man i.-er. It n imt
a- Ilk- ly to he seine inspired youngMer.
v\ » w Id ju'ol u my part in
meuhb'i- th" .are."' of the business. As
if be could help overling; the power he
does'
A HOWARD Watch is always worth what
y .ii pay for it.
rile price of each watch n fixed at the
r.Uilopy and a printed tek.-t attached
rr -III th" I 7 -je\\el double roller 111 li
i. scent l-xtra m I'.uss } \t! i ydd-UIIed
c:i-e at Si". t. * tie e a - jew. J at 3 17"- and
the Ldward Howard model at iJaU.
j. L. SALE
1 DITA ROD
LEADING JEWELER OF THE NORTH
Order
In tin* Disu-n-t I’fiirt f.-r tin- Territory «*r
Alaska. Four 1 li Judicial Division. In
tin* Matter of a special Term or Court
at Idifai'"d. Alaska.
It satisfactorily appearing that it Is Tin -
es^ai v for the public welfare, and for the
despatch of tlu* business of this court, that
a spei ial term of said court be hold at
Idiiarod. in otter precinct. - anmencing at
II a. in. July loti, and the judge uT
said c- urt now deeming it expedient to
hold such term:
It is ordered: That a special term of
this court b<- held at said town of Iditarod.
commencing tl a. in. July 19 11, and
that tie- clerk of tin- court cause dm*
notice t * be given thereof.
hated at Fairbanks. Alaska, this 15th
day fo May, A. D. 1915.
F. !•. FCFLI*;Ft. District Judge.
Notice of Forfeiture
To A. Arndt. Theresa Arndt ami J"- Mikuta,
tlinr heirs and assigns, and to ail
persons claiming by, through or under
them and each of them:
You and each of you an* hereby notified
that the undersigned, co-owner, has ex
pended one hundred dollars during the
year 1913 in labor and improvements upon
that certain placer mining ‘•bum
known and described as the Wild
cat” Association Placer Mining Claim,
situate three miles below lower dis
covery on Bear creek, a tributary of the
Tuliksak river, in the Kuskokwim mining
and recording precinct. Territory of Alaska.
Said claim was located on the 95th day of
February, 1919, and recorded in Vol. 7 of
Locations, at page 33. of the Records or
the recorder of the said Kuskokwim re
cording prccimt.
such labor was performed arid Improve
ments made for tin* purpose of holding
said claim, and constituted the annual as
sessment w«»rk for the year ending Dec-em
ber 3 1. 19 13.
You and each of you are hereby further
notified that unless you pay your propor
tion of said expenditures, together with th*
cost of this advertisement, to the under
signed within ninety ^90) days after the
date of the last publication of this notice,
your interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned co-owner, un
der Section 9324, Revised Statutes or tire
United States. DOMLNICK 30RACI.
Co-Owner.
First publication. May 2, to 14.
Last publication, Aug. 1, 191 L