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FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1914.
GOOD BOY, CROSSLEY!
Big Chief" Griffin of the Demo
cratic wigwam of Tanana telegraphs
back from Washington that the at
torney general has asked for the tes—
ignation of District Attorney Cross
ley—that he, however, delays nam
ing Mr. Crossley’s successor until that
lesignafon is offered—and the anti
Crossleyites are jubilant. The six-year
fight for the district attorney’s scalp
has ended, but it took a change of
administration to end it.
As one who has been after the
Crossley scalp for the longest time
of them all, we take this occasion
to express our admiration of the good
fight the district attorney has put
up against the forces which assailed
him. He played the game through
to the finish, and went down, fight
ing. He fought a defensive fight,
being all the time in the dark as to
what was being said and done against
him, and he lasted more than a year
after the change of administration.
There has probably never been a
time since the new administration
took office that it would not have
been extremely glad to retire Mr.
Crossley, but dared not do it with
out a good and reasonable excuse.
The grand jury frameup made the
excuse, and there they caught him.
However, he fought a good fight.
The people of a remote section of
country, mote than in the more cen
tral sections, work from precedent
to precedent. Innovations are fought
from the start, the old way being
considered the right way. Mr. Cross
ley came front the central part of
the United States, where he had
grown up with the beliefs and con
ditions tb.-^t time had taught his
home section to be the proper mode
of conduct for man and affairs, and
he brought those ideas and beliefs
here with him and started them
working here, years ahead of their
natural arrival. He was ahead of the
times in moral and civil matters of
liberty in this camp—no student of
human affairs can blind himself to the
fact the Crossley era is due to reach
Fairbanks and interior Alaska in time,
but all of us wish to delay that time
as long as W'e can, in the name, of
personal freedom. In fact, it is al
together probable that most of us
will live to see the time when mor
al observances will be more strin
gent here than they ever threatened
to be under Mr. Crossley, and when
that time come* the men who are
strongest against Mr. Crossley will
regret that he is not here—that a
more radical district attorney has
succeeded him. Nobody now believes
that there could be a more radical
district attorney than Mr. Crossley
has been, but the News-Miner, al
ways anti-Crossley, can easily under
stand that there CAN and WILL be.
Mr. Crossley may, in good faith, to
day hum the closing lines of that old
verse:
“In such a time.
Then you’ll remember me."
“The King is dead—long live the
King!” What, is coming to us, in
place of the dethroned king of pros
ecutors is a question, but those who
play the game know full well that in
cutting the political deck for the priv
ilege of dealing, we are just as apt
to cut a “two-spot” as we are a
king.
May the god of chance save the
Fourth division from drawing a leg
al two-spot.—Fairbanks News-Miner.
But sometimes we guess wrong.
Crossley is to stay,- at least for the
present.
DAMNED BY A NICKNAME.
The terrible. power of a nickname
was never shown in a more striking
manner than in the life of George
P. Baer, known from one end of the
land to the other as "Divine Right”
Btier. A distorted version of a let
ter, dope by a not over' scrupulous
reporter, made him a hy-word and
' hated by persons who had ho other
knowledge of him or.no acquaintance
with him. The fact that he had
never claimed to any special auth
orization from ' Providence,, beyond
that which . all sincere Christians
assume, made not the slightest #lf
ference. "Divine ltight” Baer he
was dubbed and as such -he will per
sist in the annals of these times.
It was much the same with the
oft-quoted remark attributed to Van
derbilt, “The public be damned.” It
was an interview phrase wrenched
out of its context bj; a reporter seek
ing a sensation. It tickled the ani
mosity of the public and was accept
ed, with more or less accuracy as the
attitude of all railroads toward the
publics.
Dr. Osier is another who fell a vie
tint to repertorial recklessness. His
little jest about mercifully killing all
persons who passed the age of 60
was taken with dreadful seriousness
by a public which failed to see the
joke Even to this day writers arc
seeking to refute the jocular asser
tion of the good doctor’ and many
of them are quite bitter about it.
France was once talked of as a
monarchy tempered by epigrams. The
United States with equal propriety
could be called a democracy goaded
by nicknames. What a reporter, in
his inconspicuous striving to satisfy
a grumpy city editor, picks out as
descriptive of a man, may make him
a hero or a villain, irrespective of
his claim to either clcassification.
To the end of his life Baer denied
the "divine right” title, but he made
no progress in his effort to convince
the public that he did not deserve
the opprobrium the designation im
plied. It was a hopeless task that
death brought to a close.—Ex.
Games played May 7, 1914.
National League.
St. Louis 9, Cincinnati 1. Pitchers
—Perrett; Yingling, Rowan.
Pittsburg 7, Chicago 1. Pitchers
Cooper: Humphrey, Zabell.
New York 1, Boston 6. Pitchers—
Marquard, Fromme, Mathewson;
Crutcher, Rudolph.
Philadelphia 5, Brooklyn 6. Pitch
ers—Mayer; Atchison, Pfeiffer,
American League.
Boston 2, New York 0. Pitchers
-Foster; Fisher.
Cleveland 0, St. Louis 2. Pitchers
—Mitchell; Hamilton.
Washington 6, Philadelphia 5.
Pitchers—Boehling; Brown, Bender.
Federal League.
Kansas City 10, Buffalo 0. Pitchers
| -Packard; Moore.
1 St. Louis 7, Pittsburg 19. Pitchers
— Herbert; Camnitz, Barger.
Northwestern League.
Seattle 1. Victoria 0. Pitchers—
Schneider; Narveson.
Tacoma 1, Spokane 4. Pitchers
Kurfuss; Gregg.
i Portland 1, Vancouver 2. Pitchers
|—Bromley; Hunt.
TEAM STANDING.
National League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Pittsburg*. 15 2 882
Brooklyn . 8 5 615
Philadelphia . 8 5 615
New York . 7 6 538
Cincinnati . 8 10 444
St. Louis . 8 12 400
Chicago . 6 13 316
Boston . 3 10 231
American League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Detroit. 13 6 684
St. Louis . 11 8 579
New York . 8 7 533
Washington . 9 9 500
Philadelphia . 7 7 500
Chicago . 9 10 474
Boston . 6 7 462
Cleveland . 5 14 263
Federal League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Baltimore . 10 4 714
St. Louis . 10 7 588
Chicago . 10 7 588
Brooklyn . 7 5 583
Indianapolis . 7 8 467
Kansas City . 7 11 389
Buffalo . 5 8 3$5
Pittsburg . 5 11 313
Northwestern League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Vancouver . 16 6 727
Spokane . 15 8 652
Seattle . 15 9 625
Tacoma . 10 12 455
Portland . 8 16 333
Victoria . 4 17 190
Weather Report
Valdez, May 7, 1914.
Barometric Pressure . 29.885
•Temperature at 7 p. m. 41
^Maximum Temperature . 51
Minimum Temperature. 28
Mean Temperature .39.5
Clear, calm, wind N. E. two miles.
L. JONES, Observer.
Stockholder* Meeting.
The annual stockholders meeting
of the Alaska Water, Light and Tel
ephone Company has been adjourned
to meet Monday, May 25tb, at* 8
o’clock p. m. at the offices of the
company in Valdez, Alaska, at which
meeting a hoard of directors for the
ensuing year will be elected. Other
important business will come before
the meeting. By order of the Board
o? Directors: ,
ARTHUR LANG, Secretary.
Have your watch repaired’ at the
Valdez Drug Co. by an experienced,
workman. All - work guaranteed and
promptly done. , tf
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TERMS OF
the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division, at
Dillingham, Unalaska, Unga and
Kodiak, Alaska.
The President of the United States of
America:
To the Rtesidents of the Third Di
vision of the Territory of Alaska, .
and to All Whom It May Concern:
GREETING:
You, and each and all of you, will
please take notice that by an order
of the court, duly made and entered,
a special term of the District Court
for the Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, has been called and will be
held at Dillingham, Alaska, begin
ning on the 10th day of August,
1914, at the hour of ten o’clock a. am.;
In the Town of Unalaska, Alaska,
beginning on the 22nd day of Aug
ust, 1914, at the hour of ten o’clock
a. m.;
In the Town of Unalaska, Alaska,
beginning on the 25th day of August,
1914, at the hour of ten o’clock a. m;
In the Town of Unga, Alaska, be
ginning on the 2fith day of August,
1914, at the hour of ten o’clock a.
m.;
In the Town of Unga, Alaska, be
ginning on the 1st day of September,
1914, at the hour of ten o’clock a.
m;
In the Town of Kodiak, Alaska, be
ginning on the 29th day of August,
1914, at the hour of ten o’clock a. m;
In the Town of Kodiak, Alaska, be
ginning on the 5th day of September,
1914, at the hour of ten o’clock a. m;
Said Special Terms of Court will
continue as long thereafter as the
public welfare may require.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska this 13th
day of April A. D. 1914.
FRED M. BROWN,
District Judge.
JAMES C. McREYNOLDS,
Attorney General.
Attest: ARTHUR LANG, Clerk.
Date of first publication April 20,
1914.
Date of last publication May 25,
1914.
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
E. E. Ritchie, plaintiff, vs. George
David, defendant. No. 654—Summons
for Publication.
The president of the United States
of America, greeting:
To the above-named defendant,
George David:
Ybu are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of
the publication of this summons
against you to-wit:—within thirty
days after June 6th, 1914, and unless |
you so appear and answer the plain
tiff will take judgment against you
for the sum of Ninety-five Dollars
($95.00) and the costs of this action.
This publication of summons is
made pursuant to an order of the
above entitled court dated April 22nd,
1914.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown.
Judge of said court and the seal of
said court affixed this 24th day of
April, 1914.
(Seal.) ARTHUR LANG, Clerk.
Firt publication April 25, .1914.
Last, publication May 30. 1914.
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DELINQUENT SALE NOTICE. ,
Name of the corporation, Bis Four
Minins Company.
Location of principal place of bus
iness, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara
county, California.
Location of works, in the Third di
vision of the Territory of Alaska, near
Valdez.
There is delinquent upon the fol
lowing described stock, on account of
assessment levied on the 14th day
of February, 1914, the several amounts
set opposite the names of the re
spective shareholders, as follows:
Chas. Adam, certificate No. 27, 500
shares; 150.00.
L. S. Drum, certificate No. 4, 2,500
shares; $250.00.
L. S. Drutt, certificate No. 49, 500
shares; $60i00.
Jas. Drum, certificate No. 21, 500
shares; $50.00.
Jas. Drum, certificate No. 60, 1,000
shares; $100.00.
R. Holland, certificate No. 13, 5,500
shares; $650.00.
C. Gifford, certificate No. 31, 1,250
shares; $125.00.
H. Gifford, certificate No. 32, 2,500
shares; $250.00. *
H. H. Jessee, certificate No. 9, 1
share; 10c.
H. H. Jessee, certificate No. 66, 500
shares; $50.00.
H. H. Jessee, certificate No. 67, 500
shares; $50.00.
J. L. Robeson, certificate No. 28,
250 shares; $25.00.
Harry Thole, certificate No. 56, 500
shares; $50.00.
Harry Thole, certificate No. 57, 500
shares; $50.00.
And in accordance with law and
an order of the Board of Directors
made on the 14th day of February,
1914, so many shares of each parcel
of stock as may be necessary will be,
sold at public auction at the office
of the company, in the First Nation
al Bank of Santa Maria, in the city
of Santa Maria, county of Santa Bar
bara, state of California, on Monday,
the 11th day of May, 1*14, at the hour
of two o’clock p. m. of said day, to
pay delinquent assessments thereon,
together with posts of advertising qnd
expenses of sale.
E. T. BRYANT,
Sedretary of Big Four Mining Com
pany ; office 'in the First National
Baire, First National Bank Build
ing, Santa Marla, California.
First publication April 24,' 1914.
Last publication May 15, 1914. • ■
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Hospital of tbe Good Barfiarltan.
For 96.00 we will give yon a-ticket
entitling you to hospital service and
bare for any eight weeks out of the'
year from « date of your ticket/ when
Incapacitated by Injury or sickness.
See W. H. Ziegler, v
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Straws
We have a fine line of
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Men's Straw Hats.
Just the thing for summer wear.
Priced 50c to $5.00.
For Sale By
ALASKA WATER LIGHT & TEL. CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
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