Habits of the Salmon.
k. A. (.base, a prominent Alasl a
sain.011 pucker, w ho bus studi. <1
the halt;.* ..f the Pacific .-.msi sal
iiioii tor many yi*ar^, corroiioriitrs
tin finding <>f the government ex
perts. who have lately licch mak
ing investigations of the habits of
tiie Alaska salmon, that the fish
often do not return to spawn in the
streams in which they were hatched.
“In large rivers,1""said he. “such
as the Columbia. Stickeen, Frazer
and Yukon, salmon invariable
find their way back to their native
spawning ground. When the great
spawning passion eomi s upon the
lish. m company with hundreds of
thousands of others moved bv
similar instincts, it leaves its ocean
feeding grounds and starts away to
to the Alaskan or Siberian coast,
or to the Puget Sound Inlet, as the
ease may lie. The tish always
makes an attempt to get hack to
the same river or creek in which it
was spawned, and guided by blind
instinct it unerringly comes hack
to the mouth of the river or stream
let.
Now, if tliis happens to he a
small creek or gulch stream that
flows into a hay or inlet, and these
arc to he counted hy the thousands
along the Alaskan coast, and tliuv
are often so numerous as to l>e con- \
fu-ing to local navigators, such as
natives and miners, the tish may
not go up the stream in which it
was spawned. Not that it gets lost,
hut when it arrives at the mouth
of its home stream, it may not yet
be ready to spawn. In such case it
plays along the coast in the vicin
ity oi the mouth oi the stream.
Instinct tells the fish not to go !
up the stream, U-cause in the space
of a few hours it would prohalily 1
he ul the head of the short stream,
and its spawning time not arrived, !
which is fixed bv tl.e irrevocable;
fiat of nature, it would he compel- |
t led to wait. Therefore, when it I
does come, it may Ik- some distance I
from the mouth of the stream in j
which it was spawned, and instead
of returning it hastily turns into
the nearest streamlet. In such
large streams, howetver, as the Yu
kon. Columbia and Fraser rivers
and others, the fish either enters
the mouth of the river and plays
slowly up it. or else lingers at its
mouth without any risk of getting
outside of the great flood of fresh
wa'er pouting out of those streams.
Referring to the extermination
of game in Alaska and the fur hear- j
ing animals, Mr. Chase says he lie-,
liens the harm being done by i
hunters is overestimated. H< says I
tln-n- are approximately 26.UUU
miles of coast line in Alaska and i
only alsiut 4,000 or (>.000 miles
have been explored by whites, leav
ing vast regions of the territory
that have never been traversed.!
These regions abound with the same \
kinds of animal life that have ex
isted there for thousands of years
past.
l>r. Kvertttan, one of the mem
ber:- of the U. !■'. Fish Commission,]
which has been investigating the j
salmon industry in Alaska this:
summer, says: “Nothing in the
kdiscoveries of this season have tend-1
Fed to disestablish the theory that
the mature salmon always dies
after spawning. In fact we are
more satisfied than ever that this
is true. It is a fact that experi
ments this year tend to discredit a
theory that has always gone hand
in hand with the one I have just
afliriued. We discovered that the
mature s. lmon does not necessarily
return to the parent, stream to
spawn or may after entering any
stream leave and seek some other
stream before spawning.”
A Tribute to the Dog.
In an opinion recently rendered
in tlie matter of the hnlieas corpus
of 1*. C. Hurkell, which came for
trial befort the court at Kumpart,
Judge Wickershum has shown a
tender sympathy for and thorough
appreciation of the dog.
Attorneys for the petitioner en
deavored to secure his release from
imprisonment in jail, where he was
routined upon conviction before a
justice of the |«ace for the crime of
petit larceny for stealing a dog.
One reason advanced for having
the judgment set aside was, that
“the complaint docs not state facte
constituting a crime, as it charges
the defendant only with stealing a
^ilog,” which counsel urged was not
^ larceny under the law of Alaska.
In an opinion two columns in
length, Judge Wickeasliam devotes
much space to a consideration of
this feature of the argument, and
finally concludes by denying the
writ applied for, and holding “that
in this territory the dog is a proj>
erty, a chattel, with a fixed market
value as domestic beast of burden,
and is the subject of larceny within
the very principle of the old com
mon law rule." In the very heart
of his opinion the Judge mvk:
"W Itoever gives time to the stndv
of the ethnology or history of Alas
ka learns that the dog. has hecti,
next to man. the most important
in its pas; ami present development.
The hskitno tribes along ten thous
and miles of Artie shore line have
long used the dog as a heast of bur
den. and out of the survival of the
littest he has there develojwd a type
particularly adapted to the rigors
and hardships of hyj«erl>orran life.
Kussian discoverers found him
Jdrawing native sleds along the
i Arctic ice pack; the earliest Ilud
son Bay voyageurs were carried
; into the remotest recesses of the
great fur land, and their rich packs
transported to distant jH*st hv this
| faithful animal. When the dis
covery of the Klondike and Alas
kan gold fields attracted American
i miners into this region lie was
| found to be their most useful, ac
tive and faithful assistant. He
I has ever since been the constant
companion and servant of the pros
jpcctor, miner and freighter, and
! without his aid the efforts of even
| American miners must have lan
guished. He carries the United
States mail from Dawson to Xonicj
and return, to the Koyukuk and i
theTanana; us an aid to tlie ad
ministration of justice he has over
taken many a fugitive criminal,
transported the officers of the law
and the mandates of this court, ami
in the performance of my own offi
cial duties 1 have traveled more
than a thousand miles during a
winter along thefroxen Yukon with
mv team of native dogs, mv blan
kets, food, and tlie court’s tiles
and documents. Last winter a
whole population of American
citizens invaded the dense wilder
ness of the Tanana valley, eros.-iiic!
a snowy range along a sied-niarkod
trail, anil founded permanent set-!
tlements in the Fairbanks gold:
helds, using the dog as the oniv
means of transportation. The iloj?
has a fixed market value as a lieast i
of burden and a domestie animal
in this far northland, what thej
horse was to the development of
the great plains west of the Mi»»is-|
sippi river, it ought not to he pri- ]
sumed that Congress was ignorant ;
of his value to the |x-ople of Alaska
when it pa.-sed the penal eode. On |
the contrary, the court will take!
| judicial notice of its use l»v native I
tribes and the important part which
lit has taken in the development oi
central and northern Alaska, anil
| its use as a domestic animal—these
;are matters of common history.
It doubtful if the dog ever hail a
i tiner or more truthful tribute paid
I to him in all legal history. The
dogs of Alaska certainly have a
friend in Judge Wicker-ham. The
; least those of Valdez can do to show
I their appreciation is to stop howl
| iug at night and allow the Judge
j to sleep in pence.
The Snuffler’s Lament.
Backward, turn hack ward,!') time
: in thy flight. Give me the nose
I that 1 breathed through last night.
Bring back the smeller that two
days ago knew not the torment of
continued blow. Wipe from niv
moustache the moisture of sneeze,
put wooden splints on my poor
! weakened knees. Backward, turn
| backward, O title of tlie nose; 1 am
! so tired from my head to inv toes.
Tired with mopping, and coughing
and sneezing; weary of handker
chief constantly seizing. 1 have
. grown weary of sniffle and snuff,
of wiping niv bugle until it is rough.
Stick my poor lieak in a big pillow
slip; and sew it up, mother, for 1
have the gripi»e.
A special Sunday Dinner will he
served at the Home Restaurant
from 4 to 7 p.m. Price 50 cents.
Men Wanted
KOK KOAf* WORK. ET«'.
Wages 35 cents |>er hour. $1 00
jier day for hoard. A|ijily to
A. H. STRACEY,
Chimcat, (Kaaak) Alaska.
For Aware Semi Your Ore To
J. H. MORRISON,
Assayer EUamar Mining Co.
Cold, Silver ami Copper ♦•'!.50
Cold and Silver - l.K)
Copper ... 2.00
Lead - - - 2.00
Kllajjak, Aluka
Today we illustrate two of our latest styles which are '
a lew oi the many styles we have recen cd on the last boat. I
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P/1INT, OIL "H QL/5J.5
HARDWARE
Claim Will Not Stand.
If tin* United States should r<
vive the old cry, “Fifty-four for v
or tight,” demanding a large section
of British Columbia, its case would
Is* no less unreasonable than the
British demand for United States
territory in Alaska. <>i course,such
a claim would U- untenable, for that
thrilling dispute was long ago set- j
tied. But we could at least prove
that the United States once had
good ground for claiming title to:
all the territory in the northwest
l*ciow fifty-four degrees and for.v
minutes, while the British cannot
>how that they ever had so much
as a shadow of a title to a loot of
he domain thev are claiming in i
Alaska.
No self respecting nation sub
mits to arbitration so preposterous
ia e'aim as that which Urcat Brit-:
.-tin’s ward has raised anent the
Alaska Imundary. The United I
States has a lietter record than any !
other |iower on earth for sincerity ‘
and zeal in promoting international
arbi>ration. It is a reeoril that suf
fieiently attests thi* nation’s love
of |>ea‘-e, and "the world knows it
by heart.” In consenting to the)
appointment of the commission
and in naming three commissioners
who were to lie depended upon, our
government has gone as far as just
ice demands or public sentiment
wouhl mlerate.
It would have l»een impossible,
to find three men, or even one j
man, in this country of sufficient
intelligenceand prominence to com
ma ml respect ami confidence at'
home anil abroad, whose opinion
on this subject was not immovably
fixed by the logic of notorious facts.
There is hut one side to this case.
Our title to the ground claimed l>v
Canada is as impregnable as the
title under which we hold any part
of the United States that has l>een
j acquired by treaty. We have a
: right, in common fairness, to expect
ja favorable decision. But, if that
|expectation should fail, our next:
' step should lie the abandonment
of the modus viveiidi under which
I Canada is magnanimously permit
1 ted U> occupy a strip of our domain,
and the planting of our Hag on lb
i Isirder. Nothing can lie gained by
i any further humoring of Great
Britain’s spoiled child.—Washing
ton Post.
Tue indebtedness of the city of
Nome is
I
Operate# tl»t* finest trains in the
world every day in the year. Iw
tween
Minneapolis,
St. Paul, i
Chicago, j
Milwaukee,
OMAHA and KANSAS C’ITY.1
milking direct connections with*
through trams ior all jaunts Fast
and South.
As cheap as tie- chcajiest and the
hest to la- had. For rates or reser
vations. call or write.
F. W. PARK HR, (leneral Agent,
151 Yesler Way, Seattle.
IN Tilt* ' NITKP STXTJCS PJ*TP1< T < Ol'ItT •
K*'K TJi>: |:iKTKl«*r Or ALASKA
TMIhl* DIVI-JON.
SVMMoS* H-R !TH. K ATIO.V,
Lkinia C i.akratt. Plaintiff.
vs. William T. Cark vtt, D «f >;.1«t»t ;
The President <>i ;iif I'uite i s m . * of America,
greding. to t!:<-defendant. \Vili,„riiT i.arr-tt:
V »u >.re hereby requir'd ft* appear ii: th •
fnit-.l si .» * fiistrit't tvurt. to. me ! Uirjci of j
Alaska. Tnird Division, aa ithiu thirty .1mas after
ti e c*mp|»■ ?o!i i f its • p riiMl . f the | shHcnti- n
of tais » .luiuo i-, to-Airif. aa thin ■ jirtv days
after the tilth day**/ N' v-iuU-r. I>3. aud an
swer tlie complaint of tii p'.duiiff it rein. mh*1
U! e-s von so appe and s\v » tii j.’ dutiff
Will apply to the com:• f »r the eii f demand d
I i* add complaint. t«*--*ii, f-».- « -.-.-*••«>/ the
c mi: i dt-m tving tne uar big t-iract existing
b •!%A**en plaintiff and dei* aidant up«.u the
ground* of eruel a .d inhuman freitno -it cal
culatc*! to impair heairh and •c da.ig r ’ifc.
Tlie date of the rdcr « I the tb vo-f.i:nt*d
••nun for service the it;• in -mum n» by;
publication is Sl'leml** -'I**. 1 ■ --aid *»-d r :
dlr-eting that aai-* - :mc.o!**i-hall ».* in- .—cl1
in the "Ala-k lTo-p.. to*a weekly news-.
IMI* r published in -aid district, for a perh*d of
six (ft) weeks «• nse • itvely.
First Insertion i 'his summon* Sep!. g-i, \W'. t
Last insertion • i ihis summon- Nov. ]•*.c:.
•Hervlee «*an be n d nu John V Ostraiid * . at- I
t.alley for plaintiff, at Li- Hhe in Valdez.
Thlr*l lyv:*'«»u. Dts'rict of AU-ka.
WitUf*-, the Honorable J tue* XX i k-r*ha:n,
Jud r of >aid 4'oiirt. this '1st day i S j.t uiber.
1?"3. 1 i the year « f I’-ir laud, one th tisaml
nine hundred and three, «*f our in ' p nden e
the one hundred r :»d t\v ilty-cighth.
XLPEltT K ilKJLlt.. flcrk.
lOHK X. OsTUAM**' .
Attorney for Pl-tiatiff. \*a!dez, Alaska.
1*SITED OT.XTW 1 l.<THI< T 4*4>l*KT.
PlsTl.m OF ALASKA.
Third Division.
Notice is hereby given that a special term of
the atM*vc named :rl has he#u o.der d by •
the llori. -lame- XX'ickt-rsham. Jmlg • «*i -aid
4 «*art. l*» be held in tin* !• \tu -l Val4az, Alaska.
' "ii the JKth day i*f October, 1 commencing
at 11 oVl e'< a. m avid coutp. lug c.utll all
such bu-in -s .as tfi■.y pr*.|«ily come b- foie the
4’ourt ha- \ el* «!»*•; • of
It has been *. 1 r**d that all person* bound
. by summons, r-1 •gi.i^niue notice, order or
other undcrt <H -r req iireineut l*» t-e and
appe ar or a.’i-w-r at the next t rin ..f this
Court. L* *>:*4l ippe r at -ai«l court at Valdez at
the titu • bereiu s t t .rth . ,
Dateil Vahj T. *»la• . *-c|»teiul* r It*. Pact.
A It liKHJii,
i< lerk I* S. 1 * *:r : tb.tjrf lor the 1 m*riet «*f
Alaska, Tbir j hivlsi mi
j D> E A- JiEM*Eh*4J.\. l*epui) .
PACIFIC PACKINQ
6- NAVIGATION CO.
Carrying U. S. Mall aiid txrress.
E. E. Cain, Operating Agent.
Str. Nome City <
Str. Excelsior
Str. Santa Ana
Str. Newport
Fail# front Feat tic for Valdez evcrv 20
day#.
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From Seattle for Valdez. Cook InltT and
, way j*>r -. 1st of inch moiitli. Kroir \ al*
I dez for Featt It- and way )#>rls. Jf.ili of each
! month. .
Fioii, S.u,!. for Valdez, Cooh In let ami
1 way jmri# lilthof each month. From Val*
I dez for Feattle and way Jmrts, 1st of eaeli
L month.
from \ aide/ la 1 tialaska ami wav port#
10th of each month, connection at Valdez
| with F. S. Excelsior.
Comimny nwrvra riirlii fix-lump- ,te;niicr, ..r ,bi!c of ,:iilin,r
win unit notice.
Seattle Oflieo C.JS Fir,t Ave. J ~ Marlin
Agent.
I*HONE 16.
A. 15 He,. Pro,. F. M. Brown. Trews. F. J. Kinphorn. Sec.
Valdez Dodi H Warehouse touipany.
ry «M Ml In warebnnw nil *
Our storage is safe, being l-4th mile from nearest building
McIntosh & Duncklee
Horseshoeing and Blacksmithing
AH work will receive prompt attention. l!i«li Has*
t'lacksmitliinjr made a special feature, iijve us a call.
Colt. Kj-.YSTO.NK ASP McKj.nj.ky. y w J>ra
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Home Restaurant : .
Keystone Ave. Opp. St. Elias Hotel.
Meal* At All Honrs From l> O'clock A.M.
t<> !t O clock I'.M. lic^ttlar Dinner From
5 to 7. .Sunday Dinner A Sjiecialt v.
ice Crearriand Soda Water Parlor
MRS. L. H. ALLEN.
c. c. BooSmii- *
Assayer and Chemist
Gold and Silver $ l .00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
tiOCon-MHiA Sr., Si:aiti.k. Wash.
Meals a la Carte Open All Night
‘Wiki dels”
Most Elegant Restaurant in the Northwest.
Cor. Keystone and McKinley Valdez, Alaska
IN THE PNITfcb ST \'I KS IdSTPH T coPUT
Kc>»: Tin: MSTKHT OK ALASKA.
Thill* Imvi-k*v. Pacific Coast I'Pikict
Hita Wulkenmcn, (Jaintiff.
Vfc.
AM'RKW <\ Wl*LFKM>K\, der -udaut.
Tin* I resid-at of the Pulled Sir.t -» of America,
greeting, t.* tii- abov • limned defendant:
.Von are hereby required to appear in theJ
Cuited States |mmm t Court for the IM-trict of
Ala-ka Third iMvid.n, within thirty dav
a!»u*r the completion of the publi<*ation of this
summon*, that is ?•• -ay within thirty da\*
aftcrthe ■Jt*th dry of (a job* r, P*c;t and Answer
the com plaint ot tie* nbovc named plaintiff,
now on Hie in the *ai«l court, in which -aid
complaint the plaiuti*f demands that tie- bond*
• f matrimony now .x is ting between plaintiff
and defendant b. difc-nlved. *
I ni ss you ho iipp-nr ami ansMer the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the relit i de
manded :n -aid complaint. This summon* is
publi-lied by ord r of the Hon. James Wicker
sham, Judge of the aforesaid court, which said
order was nm-le anil dated Augti-t Uth. l'.s»;<.
\N itm-s Tin- Hon James Wi-kor-ham. Judge
• »f the -aid court, thi* 21*t day »»f Sep’inber.
A. I». lHWi.
ALBKUT K HEILKi, Clerk.
By K. A Hkm»kk-«*n, Leputy Clerk
First puhlt a’i *n. Sept. 24, H*CL
I.*:-I publication, October ‘Jl'tll. PJKC
t»ooi*MLL A Ki»waHI*s, Attorney- for Plaintiff.
Valdez. Alaska.
Notice ol Forfeiture.
Ki.LAM.tit, Alaska, Sept. 21, iws
To Hourli. Him»k:
You are hereby notified that the undersigned,
t'has. T. Hum i.fk x|H-nd‘d «fur|i;g the v*-nr*
ltn2 and 1*13. eight hundred ($**»>) d dlar* in
labor upon the t opper Rulli *n. The « haute.
Wall Wre -i. and Trace milling «!aini-. situate*!
«»u west Able 01 Copper Mountain. thr* • mile*
ea»t of KUainar mine, at head of Rubier Hay,
ill Valdez Recording lndrjct, tiie b>catioti 10*1- 1
tire.- »*f which claim* are u«*w o f *rd 211 tiie
offi.-e of the I'uit'd State- Commi—b-ner at
Valdez, and t.» which notice* reference 1- made
ior a more particular dc-< riptiou thereof, in
order to hold said claims under pr -vision of
Section 2221. Revised Statutes of the l nited
State*, and the amendment- relating thereto
concerning auuual labor upon mining claim*,
being the amount req uired to hold -aid claim
during t»ic year* It* 2 a«d ISO, ending l»ee**tu
ber 3!, list’. And »i at the expiration of ninety
•lay* from the publication of tbl* notice, you
fail or refuse to cout: ibute your prop. ; ip .n of
*uch expenditure, your iuiei--»t In »uid claims
w ili become tproperty of the Uftd.-rsigtivd,
your cieowner. Wo* n«> mn«l* tue required ex
penditure by tiie term* of said * *ct»<*n.
« Has. t. hr.\.
First piHbuticn S-pt. 24.
I,a*t publication K*v, 21 *
IN TJIK ! MTKI’ *»TATKS I 1ST If It T nil |;T
J'Olt TJIK l*jSTKI< T l»K 41. ASK A
Till*'. MVI-I. v.
Sl‘MMoK« K<»K iTU.tt
Soiiin JUv-e.s. li.iiitiff,
Y*. ANToNE JIaS-KN, |K(»||4M(i.
| The l*re.-ideuf »»/th- l uil«*l stab* ot Anu-rl.a
greet iu,:. »o An>oiie haiiM-i-. • i«*i« j.dtnt
\..u urv h.r. by it. u,,|«..ir lu Hi.
i tilled Matv* ld-irh t Court for tie- iM-triet of
Alaska. Third IdYhion, iit Yaide/. ill -aid db
trn i, w ill.in ttinj* day- aft r the ouiidetioii../
ilu poiiod . / i>uh/j‘Hii.*n . f tlii- amnio..i,-. p*
H*tJ thirty't:;ijdu>> after the tilth day
i of N.i\einU r. hi«| un-a rili.- «om plaint.»/
the plan.tiff iarreir*. atsd upi*-- v**U m> a p |>e*r
an.i aii-w.-r. the pi..intiff will apply to tin* • nd
t ouri for the relief deiuan*]. .1 lit »aj«i • «»£&.
pjniiil. t«*-w!i4 /or a ilerree .d the Court db*
•olvjn ' th- marriage e..n!r;t**t ‘xi.-ring lyiue-u
li e I'lHintiff ai d .lef -n.htui, ujton the groijikj*
I *;* •/' ««id iuhmuau tr< ufn^ut of plaintiff by
deiendant . ad ulated l«» impair health, rip
dang r life, and Habitual grin* drunk enii*-** of
detendaut.
1 he date of tl.*- ord**r of the »aL>J Court f.»r
M»r\fee <>/the wiihjlj Miiiijiton* !»\ puhlj< ufp Ji •
l' Septeinhi r S2, JlnwJ. >..id older diieeting (hat
*aj.l -onnnoii. he in—rted in the -Alaska
l*r. *jit. i.-r/* a weekly u« w-p.t|»er j»uhtiti e.J
and .. general eireolaijoti in ;o.jd di-trjet, f«»r a
|H-n <d **f -ix we k- |- .iii.-euljvely.
J-’irni lna riioji of »hfh -unnmu/ft. jVpt >4,
K*»t iiiftertfoti ../ this ft .m:uon*. Nov. ». lfntfl.
i S. rviee eau U Pad J.din Y. I».*irai der,
attorney lor plaintiff. at hi* ojpce in Valdez
Thii.J IdvJ-Lon, Jj-drietof Alai-ka.
W if lie#- the IJin.rable Janie# Wiekersham,
Judxfe of N«i«| Court, thb JJd day of S. puniU-r,
A. !► l!«C. and «*i «.ur >n>J'*peg.len<'*' the nut
hundr d aiul tueuty-ejghili.
‘ 4 H HKiUti.
t l*rk I . S. Idfttrlet Court, /or the l*b<riet ul
Aia-fta, Third J»ivl»ioin
H>* E A. HK-YbKhsoN. Ibputy
Jv». Y Ost::anj>kr
A t lor lie y for rUintif. Yahjfl Alaska.
Parker linnk flouae, on Key
stone Ave. Punk, stove anil wood.
All comfort*, 2oe ].er day.
BIPA.NS Tabuks
Duet nr* tilul
A vt«m«1 j>re*erintie»n
Fur mankind
Tliv Vtfut i»ni ka«;t* i* • uvutrb for tuual aeem>
*»:o:i. TU»f irttiii] v »*-'lU-;•*• tout*) •oiitjij**
i 4U *lruK$j*i!» *rjl slu m.