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THE ELECTIONS
This being an ‘‘oil year” politically, no great amount of interest
has been taken in Inc elections just held with the exception of the con
test in New York, where probably the most determined assault ever
made on Tammany was staged. I he returns indicate that Murphy
and his followers have been completely routed, John Purroy Mitchel
being elected on the fusion ticket by a plurality of 120,000 over Judge
McCall, tire Tammany standard-bearer. The victory of Mitchel will
be received with exultation throughout the country, not only as sig
nalizing the downfall of Murphy, but as being a part of that war
upon the bosses” which Woodrow Wilson began in New Jersey and
seeks to extend to other states. A contemporary writer says that “a
complete defeat in New York city in tire coming municipal election
would make the very existence of Tammany Hall as a political force
precarious.” Be that as it may. the success of Mitchel means at least
the freedom of the metropolis from “boss rule” for a term of years.
The question naturally propounded by the average reader will be,
Who is John Purroy Mitchel?’ He is described as ”34 years of age
lean, tall, with a remarkable capacity for eating up figures and an
equally remarkable incapacity lor eating his own words. He nas
been successively assistant corporation counsel, commissioner of ac
counts, president of the board of aldermen, and a member of the board
of estimate, which latter body is really the governing board of New
York city. When Mayor Gaynor was shot, m August, 1910, he be
(ame acting mayor. He was nominated a few weeks ago by Presi
dent Wilson to be collector ol the port of New York, as a direct slap
at Tammany. The New York limes says ol him: He is that new
thing in municipal history m America-—a municipal expert, mere is
irobabk no man in an administrative office m this city today who
knows more about the detail of municipal government.” lie is the
youngest man ever elected mayor or New York. A disposition to
favor municipal ownership and operation to a degree that has alarmed
many less radical citizens is attributed to inn.
Mr. Mitchel appears to be particularly well equipped for his re
sponsible position, and with the hearty sympathy of tne national ad
ministration and the loyal support of the masses of the boss-ridden city,
with abundance of energy and youthful enthusiasm, we may look for
meat thine.: from him.
As for Tammany, no one need delude himself with the iaea that
it will accede to the popular clamor and turn up its toes, fn the course
of its remarkable history it lias received many hard jolts. When catas
trophe has overtaken it, it has quietly stepped out of the spotlight and
resumed reorganization in its own peculiar way, with the result that
in a few vears—months sometimes—it has regained its sway over
municipal affairs, with all its old-time vigor and greed of spoils. It is
doubtful whether the blow just administered, jarring as it is, will be
sufficient to put a quietus on the Tammany tiger.
As showing the intense feeling generated against Tammany, the
election of former Governor Sulzer to the assembly by an overwhelm
ing majority may be noted. The American people as a whole will
feel a thrill of admiration for the gallant fight being made by Sulzer
to rehabilitate himself. Discredited and in the face of the hatred of
his former colleagues, he starts again at the bottom of the ladder, and
who knows but that he may become an immense factor in working
the undoing of the unscrupulous politicians who humiliated him?
Stranger things have happened in American politics.
THE MEXICAN SITUATION
The present critical state of affairs in Mexico and the attitude of
the United States government make especially interesting an interview
published last March with Sir Lionel E. G. Garden, British minister to
the Central American republics. Discussing the Mexican situation, he
said:
“The United States could not intervene in Mexico even if it
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ranted to. Intervention would mean the conquest of a nation o*
sixteen m iilon popuiat.on, and the United States does not possess al
:he present time sufficient military reserves to undertake such a tas.:.
“Indeed, the conquest of Mexico may be regarded as an impo'si
bility. General Porfirio Diaz will not interfere actively in Mexican poli
tics, but the salvation of Mexico consists, in the opin.on ot aii, in t ie
return of the Diaz methods of strong government.
It would be deplorable should the United States be compelled
,o institute an armed invasion cf the sister republic, and lucre is i lw
doubt that President W ilson will refrain from initiating such, steps unt.i
compelled to do so in the interest cf humanity. Shou.d it be necessaiy
to intervene, however, the predictions of Sir Lionel, well informed as
he may be as to ccnd.tions in Mexico, will be found to be far from
prophetic. V Hiie we -are not a nation of soid.ers, it has always been
found that v.v.cn occasion requires it the means cf carrying on an
armed conlbct wail be provided. It is, al'O sale to say tnat tne reium
of the Diaz methods of strong government” w.li not be popular e.ttier
with the Mexicans or the United States.
The late d spatches seem to indicate that intervention is mere t ran
likely, and President Wilson’s statement last week that ' the United
States will never seek another foot of territory in conquest would ap
pear to ind cate that he is preparing the minds ot the people for sum
an eventuality. If resort to arms be necessary, the foreign d plomats
may rest assured that the “Mexican quest.cn ’ will be settled in a
! manner satisfactory to Uncle Sam.
Judge Humphries of the King county superior court, at Seattle,
1 who has been irreverently dubbed Judge Humpty-Dumpty by his
j enemies, has been furnishing no end of amusement for the past sev
eral months, and the newspapers of that city have published many col
umns reciting his eccentricities. Like the historic character of the
Mother Goose jingle, however, he is destined for a ‘ great fall.
The judge has for some time past been dehvermg homilies from
the bench, and woe betide the attorney who crossed him during tinese
performances. But the judge’s seances have long since ceased to be
humorous, and when he viihfied reporters from tne bench, disbarred
; lawyers right and left, and sentenced to jail for contempt of court
j scores of men who had signed a petition for his recall, tne otner eight
I judges of the King county court became alarmed and called the goy
I ernor in conference, and it is quite likely that steps will be taken for his
' removal. The newspaper stones’ of the court proceedings read like
j chapters from a farce-comedy. Among his latest activities, he tele
phoned to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that the recent fire in the
Times office, which destroyed a large amount of property, was started
by a bomb thrown by Socialists whom he had sentenced for contempt
; of court.
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The judge has always been a queer genius, ror twenty-live
1 years he has been a persistent seeker of office, and with this end in
view, as he recently intimated from the bench, was a member of 19
! secret organizations. The people of Seattle, in electing 'mm to a judge
sh:p last November, evidently considered that such persistency was en
j titled to reward.
As there is no means of impeaching a judge except by action of
the legislature, and as that body does not convene until next year, it
is probable that the judge will continue to add to the gayety of nations
until that time, unless he be disposed of by insanity proceedings, which
would seem to be the logical procedure. .
A recent newspaper account thus describes a session of his court:
Five hundred persons of all manner of political belief packed the superior court
I to the doors today to hear the cases of the socialists who were being tried before Judge
Humphries for contempt of his court.
The excitement was intense when repeatedly scenes occurred between the attor
neys and the judge. The clashes were so frequent that on one occasion Humphries rose
and, shaking his fist at a lawyer who had urged him to reconsider a point upon which
he had ruled, declared that “if he opened his mouth again in the court he would disbar
j him from practicing in the state.”
Almost immediately several lawyers rose to protest against this, and Judge
Humphries, who was by this time livid with excitement and obviously suftering from
his emotions, disbarred those attorneys whom he noticed standing up protesting nearest
When the storm cleared away and order was restored Glenn Hoover and Hulet
Wells found themselves disbarred forever from practicing law in any court in the state
: by order of the superior court judge.
For a time pandemonium broke loose in the court. The scenes were most extraor
! dinary, and outside of comic opera, never were more farcical proceedings to be wit
! nessed. Sometimes Humphries joined in the merriment, but towards the close, when the
| attorneys were considered to be too bold, the judge became exceedingly angry, with the
result above reported.
As far as the contempt cases were concerned there was no progress made.
j D. A. McDonald is building a fine new | Mr. and Mrs. Dave Stranberg of Flat
dog barn in the rear of the McDonald hotel, ; creek have been visiting in Iditarod this
where fifty or more dogs can be sheltered, j week.
The Cheehaco
He stepped off the boat at one of the
Alaska river towns, gave a comprehensive
-.lance around which took in the crowd
gathered at the dock, inquired his way to
ihe office of the only attorney in town, and
walked up the street. He was young very
young and the crowd of sourdoughs who
happened to be in from the creeks took
note of his youthful appearance and gen
eral air of satisfaction with himself. It
was a rather patronizing glance that he had
bestc.wed upon the crowd of roughly-dressed
men at the dock, and, had he but known it.
a patr inizing air assumed by a cheechaco
is always the precursor of trouble. On the
way up town to the nearest refreshment
resort the crowd discussed the newcomer
and hazarded guesses as to his identity and
business in the camp. During the several
“rounds” that celebrated the boat’s arrival
the stranger was the main topic of conver
sation, and it was learned that he was the
attorney’s new stenographer, who had come
in from the Outside to take the position
| made vacant by the “Judge,” who had
I fought several 1 sing battles with John Bar
j leycorn and, finding that drinking interfered
i with his badness, had taken Josh Billings
; advice and quit business.
The town did not have to wait long to
make the acquaintance of the new arrival.
; He was one of those of whom it has been
| aid, "He never met a stranger.” It was
a n learned that has name was John New
a b and that, in his own words, he had
a a 1 t of the world.” He had not been
' n (id civy a work before he knew every
man, w; nmn and child in town, and was
calling half the population by their given
names. No ci mpany was too exclusive for
im, and he wold 1 break into a discussion
■f mining problem.- or an argument on the
peraimn of the new' mining law with all
he as-n ance and ‘‘in-s 1 nee of youth. \ ct
i li all hi: newn.e:s he was a likable fell vv,
and being an accrmph.-he-l player on the
;;i . an instrument which lie had brought
1 n with him, he was much in demand a?
• ..•h.l gatherings, and so- n acquired the
mil.name of "The Banja Kid,” by which he
a universally known.
Ik- ir, rite recreation, however was to
; I . r with .. > r.cwd of e mgfnird souls in a
■an ie*. n ci ar .-tore of an evening and
.i ate at ar at length on the wonderful
iii, > he had sea a in hi- travels Outside.
• s .th iv.- he seemed to have rained the im
ci •-;i that his roughh dr; --ed hearer
, -i of wiicin were \v» 11 sup; lied with
ri ’.’s goods . had - *en som
f 11 •* w ill thcm.-v 1-resi had never hved
. nyv. ii-re rl -e than in the Northland. To
■i . ;• }• •? exp.:dated on the wonders of mod
• r.'i cities such a- a:; onioo.ics, airships.
.. • :etiire- and the lilac*. And his au-’i
i; *?, i:-d I-aing him. drew Mm out to such
ji ra ■ v 111 11:;.t he caiuc to believe he v, as
:•:i i.• a up new vistas to them cf ' real
IT .'' 'If • y.;<g pr.d vil age cut-ups la a 1
many a 1 a; winter evenire:
i.ich v ui I be enlivened by the young fel
I I yarn-, am! with the interest displayed
j h; commenced to even enlarge on his won
I haiis st; ries cf city life.
T! hort miner s ison wa dr having to
a cl .•■**. and with the frosty evenings came
hue j roiilem of fuel. The “Banjo Ki was
m t run to acting a< ofllce boy, and carry
: uiViee. etc., were tasks la which he did not
'ah; a I king, and aim his employer was a
; s arce of much grief to him. Unlike the
j near store audience, the attorney could not
• e the 1.minor, us side of tl e “Ki ih" yarns,
| : nd a sarcastic remark was ail the response*
I he co. Id draw from him. This was a .-'’re
i -pot with him, and the village cut-ups took
! she cue. They t. 1 i him sp ries cf the heart
ip- n.e - ( f his cmpl ver, and of his cruelty
to his preuecesst r. the “Judge,” who was a
diminutive s; e-cimen of manhood who
we'gl.t l ful y a hundred pounds when in
ci ndition. They told him how ihe “Judge”
had been compelled by his employer to cut
j wood when the thermometer registered 40
I degrees below zero, and not only that, but
■ on one occasion had made him go to the
1 woods, procure his own fuel and haul it to
j town, and undoubtedly the “Kid” wool ! be
1 compelled to do likewise. “Well, sir,” said
j one of his tormentors, “I never felt so sorry
j for anyone in my life as I did last winter.
It was as cell and disagreeable a day as I
I ever saw in Alaska. No one was out of
! doors who could possibly help it. As I came
| past the lawyer’s office I saw the poor little
‘Judge’ endeavoring to saw up some wood
into stove lengths. He was struggling with
a log which would have tasked the strength
of two husky men. Unable to handle it
alone, he opened the office door and re
ave ted his employer to help him raise the
log. The answer he got from the lawyer,
who was seated near the stove with his feet
on the desk, made me boil with indigna
tion. Later I asked the ‘Judge’ why he did
not quit his employment, but he told me
he was broke, and so he continued work all
winter, and not only cut all the wood for
the lawyer’s office, but for his house as
well.” This story, coupled with one to the
effect that the lawyer’s office was the coldest
building in town and required the most fuel,
produced a look of blank dismay on the
“Kid’s” face, and he asserted he could well
believe the tale of his employer’s hard
heartedness.
From this time on the “Kid’s” yarns be
came less frequent, and the wags regaled
him with stories of the hardships of the
North after the close of navigation. So
gullible was he that no yarn was too im
probable for him to believe. It was soon
noticed that he took a great interest in the
bulletins of the movements of the river
boats, and as talk of the departure of the
last boat before the freeze-up became gen
eral, an anxious look took possession of his
features, and he seemed to have lost entirely
his debonair appearance and he ceased to
pose as a raconteur.
The climax came one evening shortly be
fore the last boat was scheduled to leave.
The usual crowd was gathered at the cigar
store when the “Kid” marie his appear
ance. His arrival was the signal for the
practical jokers to commence operations. A
young fellow with whom the “Kid” had
traveled in the up-river boat had recently
become demented and ended his life. The
“Kid” had taken it to heart considerably.
“It's too bad about that young fellow’s
death,” said one. “Yes,” said another, “and
he was a mighty fine boy, I thought. By
he way, I have always noticed during my
many years' experience in the North that
when one of these cheechacos commits sui
cide there are always two more such deaths,
and usually they are the first one’s friends
and acquaintances. As sure as you live,
there'll be two more cheechakos shuffle off
before long.”
The “Banjo Kid” gave a startled look
1 around the assembled group, and others
i agreed that they had also noticed the phe
! nomena that such suicides went in threes.
| He started to speak, and evidently changed
i is mind, for he immediately started out of
he doer, and was seen no more that
| evening.
The day of the sailing of the last boat
: arrived. Everyone in town seemed to be !
i at the d' ck to say farewell to those going 1
!t)ut>ide for the winter. Just as the boat
• a-t oil its lines a man was seen to rush on |
! board with a suit case and make a dive for
i the cabin. “Why, there goes the “Banjo 1
Kid,” said one of the cigar store crowd.
; “and he didn’t even say good-by to any
f us.” “Just our luck,” said another, in a
1 ne < f dejection “This is going to be a
l ng winter, and there goes the t p liner of !
he season’s entertainments. W. 11, I told;
( u fell ,ws you were putting it on too j
i duck. Why didn’t you hold that last one
ut until after the freeze-up? Oh, hell!
: let’s £•■> and have a drink.” And the crowd ,
retired to cheer their drooping spirits.
The “Banjo Kid” was seen no more in !
Gi.bersy.
—
The winter can o. and with it the isrla
! u of the Northland. The s imis around
:j e ; stow w r( s liber
• : '.vce1 occr-Anally enlivened with a re |
. .1 re’ s >me ; f the yarns that had such a 1
•artlirg effect «.n the mind of the “Banjo j
’ Kid.”
| Spring came, and also the opening of nav- !
j igati- n. Among the first arrivals was one i
•■f the old cii:ar-.*tore crowd who had spent 1
| :He winter Outsit’c. The usual crowd was
• -eir-blcd cue night when this man said.
do y u think 1 - a ,v in Sea le?” ar 1
answering his own quest’, n. he continued:
“I Propped into a I'ike street poc I room one ,
. a phi during the winter, and a crowd of I
young fellows were listening in open- -
j mouthed awe to one of their number who
was rco' liming his Ala.-.ka experience. I
’gnized the voice and became one of t!ie
: 11-filers. I heard you fellaw.- ail described i
a bunch of savage.-, who thought nothing j
f malung a meal < f your dog teams or !
your lui.i.k.k-. and probably would have*
! heard immv m re in: ere-'ting items, but at
! ihi, sta.;e the speaker spied me and greeted ■
me like a 1 :u 1 n{ brother. Of course it :
was the ‘Ban. > Kid,’ with his old-time as- !
1 .-uranee regain i and enjoying himself th r
; ou'.’l.iy in his own way. 1 would have :
| liked to hear the stories he t -Id th>e young
i Allows, but fr. m their 1 >oks I would judge :
he was net advising them to go to Alaska.” :
INITIATED TEN
NEW MEMBERS
I -
The new roster of officers of Camp Idita
| rod No. 27, A. B.. was installed in their
respective positions at a very pleasant meet
in : last Monday nigh;.
Following the installation 10 cheecha^os
"Pit the trail to the Northland*' and wne
j duly initiated into the mysteries of the or
I tier. Those initiated were: Ulysses G. Xor
1 ton. Robert Sautar, B. J. Banks, Alfred
Boas. Captain Pierson. Captain Wilson, Guy
! Gerachty, M. II. Guise, Frank Guiartc and
Dan Hartnett.
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NOTiCE
On account cf important business else
1 where I am compelled to sell, rent or close
' up my establishment in Flat City. A good
' thing for the right party. I also request
that any outstanding I. 6. U.’s, bread tick
i Os, etc., lying around you may bring them
i t r exchange bef re November 15, and those
i ;u arrears on their accounts will f lease come
j and settle and save trouble.
GEO. M. WEIGEL,
Bakery and Restaurant, Fiat City.
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Assessment Work Blanks at Pioneer
MRS. P. C. CHARLES,
IDITAROD
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Offices, Pioneer Drug Store,
Appointments by Telephone
Mat City
A. E. MALTBY,
Attorney at Law,
Richmond St, next to Postoffice
Notary Public Phone
E. M. STANTON,
Attorney at Law
Office Second St., Iditarod. Alaska
Next to Iditarod Hotel
Richard J. Cook Joseph L. Raid
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Washington, 0. C. Valdez. Alaska
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Notice of Forfeiture
To Julian Spencer. 1-' C. Sutlif, J Dolan M C
Edmunds and C. Mack, their heir-, assign
successors or personal representatives
You are hereby notified that I have expended
in labor and improvements for each of the years
of 1912 and 11^13 the sum of one hundred dollars
$:oo—on the Rosebud association placer rain
ing claim, situated on Otter creek, a tributary
of the Iditarod river, in the otter Mining and
Recording District. Territorv of Alaska, which
have been duly recorded a? the commissioner's
office at Iditarod. The above amounts have been
i expended in order to Id Id the said claim under
i the provisions of the law concerning annual
[ labor upon mining claims, being the amounts
required to hold such claim. And you are
further notified that if. within ninety—90—days
after the last publication of this notice, you fail
to contribute your proportion of said expendi
ture, your interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned, your co-owner
A. ST. LAWRENCE.
First publication September 27, 1913
Last publication December 27. 1013.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Margaret Uramlt ami W. H. Cantrell,
their heirs, executors, administrator*
and assigns:
You ami each of vou are hereby notified
that during each of tbe years 1912 and
1913 1 have expended $100 in labor and
improvements upon placer mining claim
known as No. 5 above, right limit, Ophir
creek, situate ill tile Ophir mining and re
cording district, territory of Alaska.
in order to hold your interests in said
claim under the provisions of Section 232*
of the Revised statutes of the United
States, said expenditures being for your
shares of the annual assessment work for
said years, and if within ninety days after
the last publication of this notice you fail
or refuse to pay to the undersigned, as
co-owner, your proporiion of the expendi
tures aforesaid, your interests in said
claim will become the property or the un
dersigned as co-owner under said Section
3324, R. S. HENRY COX.
First publication, October 18. 1913.
[ Last publication. January 17. 1911.