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SATURDAY. APRIL 4, 1WS
CALES SUCCESSOR
Certain papers have recently pub
lished dispatches insinuating that
Ju-iire James \Yicker*ham has been
ijnielh underminin'.: Delegate I’homas
Caic, and that (.’ale knowing that be
would meet with strong opposition, in
order to avoid possible delcat had
withdrawn from the contest and re*
fused to be a candidate to succeed
h ins- It. IViepi ‘ ('lie. however.
s:i ’h o on ten »n con- c-» i* all
h wanted, at: t hat nothing can
hi m t > :uvpt a s.-c >ud nomina
tit**, ....m cither party.
Tim Oil of the ..isp tic lie* tmod'lied
indicat s more mal'cc than sense, and
31- evidently published for the purpose
of n .'in^ animosity to W ickeisham.
Wh e it i> not p >>itively known
that Ju life Wicker*ham is seeking the
nomination for delegate to congress
from this territory, y. t it i> safe to say
that amontr The ipuul men who would
like to succeed Thomas (.'ale there i>
none better qualified in character and
experience and a knowledge of Alas
ka-' needs than is Jud_re Wickershatn.
Nor i' there one amonir them that
would deal more fairly, or work more
zealously for tlie welfare of Alaska u>
3 whole. There may be other* who
would take a deeper interest in some
pa: o. kit* and favored section of the
territory, but that is not what the
people livtn*; in Alaska want or need.
There 'houki be sent to con-fres' from
tin' t< ritor ;i *t ronif man to succeed
Mr. Cab* ami to continue, as he Ini'
done, to uphold and advance the
intere**' ut all the people liviny in all
p:irt* of thi' -feat Northland, and
there i' nolle better qualified to do
this than Judp' W ioKer*ham.
APRIL-FOOLS DAY
if lie* |>er>'>n who " t *day tho sub
ject of a practical oke happens to be
in France he i" ca !> i a ti"h ot April,
in other words a " ;Cv r. Among the
Scoti h i.e is "!>• to n a> a gowk,
which moan" a c a* <00, a term wilicit
i> often ti" u by t . »i * * when they
wish to exprc"" c*' t.-mnt. In Fngland
and the Failed States tlie subject of a
joke on April !if"t i" called > nply an
April-fool.
It i." not definitely known that the
practice of playing practical jokes on
people on the tir>t day 01 April origi
nated back in tile (iurdon of Fden
when the "crper in-gniled Iwe into a
discussion of tin* mer:tsof a certain kiiul
ot fmit and indue ■*. her to hite into it,
but it my dale Pick that far. Accord
ing to 1 iiblical lore that i> where the
first deception was practiced, a nil the
fooling habit may have then become
fixed* At any rate - it seems to have
come along down the centuries and has
played a prominent part in the affairs
of mankind. Fooling has been so en
joyable to the human family that they
have not confined it to one day in the
year, but have made it a part of their
daily intercourse in social and busi
ness life. Barn uni thought the peo
ple Lked to be tooled, and he made a
fortune by acting on that principle.
Lincoln recognized the fact that all
the people might be fooled part of the
. time.
THE READING HABIT
Some l>ook publishers have recently
expressed the belief that the habit of
buying and reading books is losing its
hold upon the people as a whole.
They tell us that in this country the
demand for books has not kept pace
with the demand for other commodi
ties.
There may not be so many books
§old in proportion to the population as
there were a generation or two ago,
and still the reading habit not be los
ing its grip upon us. There has arisen
one who seeks fame by establishing
public libraries, of whom it has been
said he would rather give a library
than eat, or at leas than see somebody
else eat. The multiplication of public
libraries and reading rooms, and the
great increase in. the number of cheap
magazines published has probably
lessened the inclination on the part of
many to establish private libraries.
; The true reading habit should lead to
the possession and ownership of at
least a few of the world’s good books.
One should regard a good book as a
good friend, and if possible have it
ever within easy reach. Heart to
heart talks with book-friends that
stand upon the shelves of public libra
ries is not satisfactory, nor can one
learn to love those books as one's own.
The public library lias its place, but
the books we want to make our friends
and companions must live with us.
The reading habit is probably more
common now than in the past, though
in the multiplicity of books their edu
cational value is not what it was when
Lincoln read and reread his Hible and
Shakespeare until he unconsciously
j acquired a masters of tin* Knglish Ian-]
l
gauge.
SEWARD ALL RIGHT
Kev. K. I*. Newton, the Kpiscop.il j
i clergyman from Valdez, who came
lover on the Northwestern and held
i two services io Seward, took a look
! over the town yesterday afternoon and j
ex (tressed himself as highly pleased j
with the village and its happy location.
As he stood looking down its straight,
sloping avenues he remarked on the
excellent natural drainage of the town,
and as his eyes glanced up to the tow
ering mountains and their cool springs
whence comes the water supply, he
spoke of the uneontaminated drinking i
water, a never failing source of health
for the inhabitants. lie then com
mented on the wealth of mineral con
tained in the hills and the railroad
that would eventually open up the;
great interior to miners and ranchmen. ;
each industry as developed bringing
l in its train numerous others.
Mr. Newton said that all the people
coming over from Valdez to visit Sew
ard were enthusiastic over the town,
w ith the exception of those who had
interests elsewhere which they w ished
to boost.
Seward is especially fortunate in
having al! these natural advantages,
together with its magnilicent harbor
and land-locked bay, which appeal so |
irresistably to the stranger coming to |
the town.
Another winter will see men in ,
greater numbers landing in Seward to !
I pass through here on their way to the :
i interior. They are already coming j
and going over the new trail which j
th*1 government has marked out from j
Seward to Nome, and which will be
improved so a> to make that point and j
manv others of much easier access, lie-;
sides saving hundreds of miles of in-:
land travel.
Seward is destined to be the leading
city, and one ot the most desirable
residence towns in all the coast of
Alaska.
Insanity Case
Henry Xel- last week heard voices
that told him to go hack to the garden
of Kden plan and try the simple lift*,
lit* accoruingly divested himself of all j
his clothing, except an undershirt, and
! having stowed them away in an old
saw-mill about a mile outside the vil
lage, chul in this nearly Kdenic sim
plicity made his way into town. He
brought up at a prominent hotel on
Fourth avenue, and while the mar
shal's aid was being summoned, was
left in charge of a young man recently
returned from the states. This young
man is usually brave, but not being
used to meeting people who cavort
about town in the winter time so scan
tily clad, he began to feel his own
knees knocking together, even his
blood became frightened and made
haste back to his heart, leaving his
face like the face of the dead. Upon
the arrival of the looked-for aid, the
young man slipped out into the open
air to thank his lucky star, which was
just then in the zenith, for his escape
from what had seemed a dire and dan
gerous situation.
The unfortunate Nels was induced
to clothe himself and was taken care
of for the night. Later a jury was
impaneled and the man pronounced
insane.
For such cases as this the climate
and conditions in Alaska are said to be
to blame, but when the truth is known
there are found other causes, which
taken together and often singly are
sufficient to produce the results seen.
Our store at Susitna Station has been
sold to the Alaska Com. Co. and we
are desirous of selling out our stock of
goods before spring and will let same
go at the right price.
Litchfield & Nagley Co.
Reclaiming the Desert
The Anatolian Railroad Company,
the permap corporation that is build
ing the railroad across Asia Minor to
Bagdad, entered into a contract last
November with the Turkish govern
ment to irrigate a part of the Great
Salt Desert whose southern border is
skirted by the railroad.
Ti»is edge of the desert is nearly 2<M)
miles from the northeastern corner of
the Mediterranean. It %as once the
bottom of the sea and its floor is strewn
with saline incrustations, but it has
beed found that the soil may be fresh
ened and turned into the best of fann
ing lands. Not a spear of grass grows
on it now, and neither the Greeks nor
the Romans nor the Turks ever built
a road across it.
The contract for turning the south
western part of this bare, waterless
plain into a fruitful garden has been
let to a Frankfort firm and the con
struction plant is now being sent to
Asia Minor, where the work will be
gin this spring. The contractors
agree to complete the work in live
years.- -The Sun.
Land and Mineral Decisions
Published by Woodford!). Harlan,
land attorney, Washington, I). C.
Mineral The character of land as a
present fact is the question of determi
nation on issue joined between a min
ing anti an agricultural claimant.
A decision that land returned as
mineral is in fact agricultural puts the
burden of proof upon one alleging a
subsequent discovery of mineral.
Mining Claims- Failure to comply
with local regulations matter for pro
test or adverse suit. “Mining Claim"
includes a tunnel location.
Practice Kx parte statements in
contest cases should not he tiled with
out service on opposite party; to hear
a case orally is within the discretion
of the Department.
Residence, Homestead - A contract
made by a homesteader through which
he secures the cultivatian of the land
by a party who lives on the land with
him for that purpose, is not inconsist
ent with the maintenance of residence.
Coal Land second tiling-An entry
of coal land based on a second tiling
may be permitted to stand where the
first tiling was abandoned on account
of the worthless character ot the
claim.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
April 4.
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 38 20 Clear
Monday 40 2< Cloudy
Tuesday 38 32 Cloudy
Wednesday 30 32 Rain
Thursday 4s 31 Clear
Friday * 43 22 Clear
Saturday 44 20 Clear
Miners’ Supplies at Susitnia Station
Litchfield A' Nagiev Co. at Susitna
Station announce they have plenty ot
Hour, sugar, beans, corn, peas, hum,
bacon, macaroni, evaporated fruits and
many other things needed in a pros
pector’s outfit in fact cun put up a
few complete out tits.
You can get anything in the drug
ine at the Owl Drug Co.
Mackinaws at Ciavson’s
SUMMONS—NO. 242
United States of America
United States District Court, Dis
trict of Alaska, Third Division, Pacific
Court District.
Edith Horan, Plaintiff,
VS.
Thomas Horan. Defendant.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting:
To the above named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the United States District Court, in
and for the District of Alaska, Third
Division, within thirty days after the
day of service of this summons upon
you, and answer the complaint of the
above named plaintiff, a copy of which
complaint is herewith delivered to
you; and unless you appear and ans
wer, the plaintiff will take judgment
against you and will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in said
complaint. ‘ _
Witness, the Hon. Silas H.
Reid, Judge of said Court,
— this 16th day of January, in
\ > the year of our Lord one
l SEAL \ thousand nine hundred and
—^ eight, and of our independ
ence the one hundred and
thirty-second.
EDWARD J. STIER, Clerk,
By E. A. HENDERSON, Deputy
Clerk.
Edmund Smith, attorney for plaintiff.
First publication Feb. 29
Last publication April 11.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United State Commissioner’s
; Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Kenai I'recnct, Third Judicial Divis
I ion.
IN PROBATE
In the matter of George Burehy, de
ceased.
NOTICE is hereby given by the un
j dersigned administrator of the estate
of George Burehy, deceased, to the
| creditors of. and all persons having
! claims against the said deceased to ex
hibit them, with the necessary vouch
ers, within six months after the first
I publication of this notice to the said
1 administrator, Curtis R. Morford, at
the office of S. O. Motford. Seward,
A kiskii.
Dated this 9th day of March, 1908.
CURTIS R. MORFORD,
Administrator of the estate of
George Burehy.
First publication March 14.
Last publication April 18.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE United States Commissioner’s
Court, Unalaska Precinct, Third
Judicial Division, Territory of
Alaska.
IN THE matter of the estate of Sim
eon Millovidof, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned executor of the estate of
Simeon Millovidof, deceased, to the cre
ditors of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased to exhibit
them with necessary vouchers within
six months after first publication of
this notice to the said executor at the
office of the United States Commission
er in the town of Unalaska, Alaska. And
the undersigned hereby gives notice
that he was duly appointed executor
of the estate by an order of the above
named Court made and entered the 7th
day of December, 1907.
N. GRAY,
Executor of the estate of
Simeon Millovidof, deceased
Date of first publication Feb. 29.
Date of last publication
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States Commissioner's
Court for the Territory of Ala>ka.
Kenai Precinct, Third Judicial Divis.
ion.
IN PROBATE.
In the matter of the estate of Ferdi
nand Wagner, deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given by the un
dersigned administratrix of the estate
of Ferdinand Wagner, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said deceased to ex
hibit them, with necessary vouchers,
within six months after the first publi
cation of this notice, to the said admin
istratrix, Elsbeth Wagner, at the of
fice of s. O. Morford, Seward, Alaska.
ELSBETH WAGNER.
Adtnidistratrix of the estate of
Ferdinand Wagner.
First publication March 14.
Last publication April 18.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
Cook Inlet Precinct, Jan. 4, 1908.
To Harry McCormack, C. J. Wal
ters, James McGill, Thos. McConety,
Geo. Hanson, Wm. Hums and Alfred
Noel:
You are hereby notified that the
undersigned has expended one hundred
dollars in labor and improvements
upon the Skukuin Creek placer claim
situated upon Skukutn creek, tribu
tary to Twenty Mile river, in the
Territory of Alaska, Cook Inlet pre
cinct, claiming 12000 feet from NOTICE
up the creek in a southeasterly direc
tion, and.300 feet each side of Skukum
creek, as will appear by certificate
tiled the 23rd day of February, 1900, in
the office of the recorder of said pre
cinct, in order to hold said premises
under the provisions of Section 2324
Revised Statutes of the United States
being the amount required to hold the
same for the vear ending December
31st, 1907.
And if within ninety days from the
publication of this notice, you fail, or
refuse to contribute your proportion
of such expenditure, to-wit, $12.50
each as a co-owner, your interest in
said claim will be forfeited and be
come the property of the subscriber
under said section 2324.
A. C. CARRIER,
Co-owner of one-eighth of said claim.