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Distkut Coltit none is more
Eon Vai.dkz. urgent than the
estahlishin e n t
of a United States District Court at
Valdez. In this matter as in most
others of any importance, we are
dependent upon congressional
action for relief. At present, the
subjects of tin- United States jrov
ernmeut, resident in Alasks are
ruled under a curious conjrlomcra
tion of acts of Congress, coiiiinonly
called Carter’s Cisle. It happens
that in this jumhle of laws, hv re
ferrinjr to varioiis titles and chap
tors under trie headings of court,
recording districts, judiciary, etc.,
it tuuv reasonably he inferred that
a District Court for Alaska was es
tablished, consisting of three divi
sions. The residence of the three
judges was fixed at Juneau, St.
Michaels and Kagle City, and they
were allowed to define the Imnnd
arics of their respective divisions.
No provision appears, however, in
the code that permits the judges to
change those boundurits. having
once determined them. Therefore
it is necessary to call upon Con
gress for the passage of an act that
will allow judges to alter the lines
of their divisions to suit the needs
of American subjects in Alaska.
Congress is doubtless willing to do
this much for us, as it involves no
jHilitieal question, hut whether our
rulers will have time to consider
the matter, when they have canals
to build, transports to sell, Chinese
to exclude, islands to buy and Fili
pinos to subdue, is doubtful. Ac
tive steps have been taken by the
Valdez attorneys to secure this
needed legislation by the present
Congress. Should this effort prove
sucressiul, two of the judges will
meet in Juneau next fall and so
change the Uiundarics of the present
recording divisions, as they are
called in the code, that Valdez will
lie in the third division insicud of
the first. Then tiie Attorney Gen
eral may order the seat of the
court transferred to this place,
lienee there is at least the ho]ie
that next winter it may lie jmssihle
to secure a hcar.ng in a court of
record, wutiout incurring an ex
cuse that is now prohibitive to all
hut wealthy litigants.
If any citizen of our town has
influence with any mcmlicrof Con
gress, it la-hooves him to exercise it
at once to the end that the hill al
ready introduced may he torn from
the pigeon hole of some committee
.Ilian’s utsk, wuerc now it doubtless
hIuiiiIhts. ami lie pushed through
the devious delays of committee re
ports, House caucus and senatorial
courtesy, to a final passage.
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The letter from
Petition* Sere;ary Kli
IIAVK hll Hoot pile
Some Keeeit. lished in tl^is
issue, certainly
proves that the ]K‘tilions of our
citizens receive some attention hv
the authorities at Washington. As
we have no representative in Con
gress to present our claims, nlsnit
the only metlKsI we can follow, is
to keep sending in petition after
petition to the various departments
and to senators ami congressmen.
Kvcry citizen orresah nt of Alaska,
i who is nct|Uaintcd with a senator or
'congressman at Washington.nr Inis
an influential friend there, should
deluge them with letters anil peti
tions urging them to assist in push
ing forward measures lor the relief
I that we need, and hv constantly
keeping at it we may succeed in
securing the legislation that we
so much desire.
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Collector Ivey has stirred up a
storm «if protests from a lot of weak
kneed oltieials at Washington by
ordering his deputies at Unalaskn
anil Ihlich Ilarhor to stop pelagie
seal lishiug in Alaska waters. The
• order issued by Uolleetor Ivey is
directed solely against seal poach
ers and we lieiicve should Ik* vigor
ously enforced. Our own citizens
are not allowed to kill the seals,
and we cannot understand wliv
foreign* rs should come into Ameri
can wuicis and suul our ftirs with
out any protest or attempt Wing
made to siop them. The collector
ordereil his deputies at several
Alaska ports not to allow these
poachers 10 tak** coal, water orauv
supplies whatever from their poris.
and if necessary to call on the U.
S. Marshal or Revenue Cutters to
help in enforcing his orders.
It is certainly time that our gov
ernment should stand up for its
rights in these matters. The Can
adian vessels have 1 well [teaching
on our fur fisheries for many years
and it is time that it was slopped.
. whether it brings about interna
tional coinplieations or not. The
sooner the fishing and lmtindury
ipiesiions are settled, and settled
forever, the Iwtter it will be for all
concerned.
It is just two years since the
war in South Africa Ujran. It is
far from iN-iii}!ended. The English
army has lost in death from Battle
and disease 111.430; scut home dis
abled, 04.330. The money cost
has liecn $7.'i().(MNMNN) which is **id
to he $-'>()()<) per square mile for the
territory gained. We no not Ik1
iieve this country is called upon to
interfere in any material way in
ttid of the Boers, although the
Americans as a people sympathise
with them, hut as a Christian na
tion our government should urjrc
its speedy a settlement as jiossihltf.
Bear Meat to Order.
(<et your appetites worked up for
U ar meat, for the market will soon
lie overstocked with it. Themijrhtv
nimrod. Oklahoma Bill is jjoinjr
hiintinj:.
He has lost several of the larjrest
! l>ears in this part of the country,
and intends to find them. So sure
. is he of his ahili.v to put the I tear
family out of Business, that he has
contracted to furnish either 37 or 73
tons. I’m not sure which, to the
various restaurants of the town.
This amount of meat should U>
enough to feed everyone here for
some time, and still have a few tons
left for do" feed.
ruune IMIL* Mil'll**: t« I IO l^lll tlmt
silver tips were dangerous things to
tackle, especially in the spring, hut
hcis'iroui Missouri and must l>e
shown.’ so Bruin laul 1 tetter look
out for himseli.
Mr. Hemple is a great sportsman
and dead shot with a rifle. What’s
that? Ye*s,.a hind ipiartcr will
satisfy us.
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fttr sale hy (.'. X. t’rary.
Letter Prom War Department.
Tlie following letter, wliieh is self
explanatory, demons!rales the fact
that the mass meeting held last
Oeiolier. accomplished some good
as the resolutions which were
adopted at that meeting, were taken
up hy the War Dc|mrtmcnt and rc
ferred to Congress.
War Department.
Washington. Feh. t». I'.Kri.
Sir:
The War Department has re
ceived your letter of Octolwr
l'.HH . inclosing copies of resolutions
adopted hy the citizens of Valdez.
Alaska, relative to the continua
tion of work on the military road
from Valdez to the interior of Al
aska, and testifying to the zeal and
fidelity displayed hy Major W. 15.
Alwrcmmhic. t\ S. Army, under
whose direction this work has Iwen
prosecuted.
Your letter, us is customary in
such cases, hud I wen referred to the
local military authorities for ri'|Niri.
and was not returned until very
recently, wliieh explains the delay
in replying to the coiiituunirii
tion.
ine sunjcct ni iiittire exj eiuit
tures of funds for tin* object stated
by you lias received careful consid
eration, and in view of tlie* detailed
reports of the military ollieers en
trusted wi:h the work in Alaska,
has be« n referred to 'Congress for
such action as may Ik- deemed liest
by that liody.
While the War Department has
approved the action of llrigadier
(ieneral (Jcnrgc M. Kandail. who.
for military reasons, ordered Major
Abercrombie to transfer his duties
to the Headquarters of the Military
Department of the Columbia, it ap
preciates fully the spirit of friend
liness and goodfeeling existing lie
iween the citizens of Alaska and
that officer, ns is demonstrated in
the resolutions above referred to,
and regrets that military necessity
renders it inexpedient to further
,continue his serviiw. for the pres
ent at least, in his former field of
; duty.
Very respectfully.
Klihu Hoot.
Sec’v of War.
II. H. llildnth.
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John Raedcr. who was camped
near Charley ereek, on the Oul
kauui. nearly all winter, rejairts a
heavier fail of snow throughout tin*
inferior, than has I icon seen since
the white men entered the country.
The heavy si:ow fall and absence
of wind will make considerable dif
ference in the amount of work re
quired to break trail to the various
camps this spring.
Judge (ioodell is authority for
the statement that by moistening
sugar with whisky, and feeding it
to a dog. the animal will he able to
work much hauler. We doubt
whether anv of the mushers will be
willing to indulge in this waste of
bquor as long as their hlaeksnakes
hold out.
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