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SATURDAY. APRIL 11, HH)8
WRONG ON BOTH SIDES
it appears Irani outside papers that
R- v. Prank \. Miller, a well known'
ov.i'iyvl:- . wa- assaulted by a mob in
cited by u in Plica. Nebraska,
tnd dangerously injured.
It scorns that Miller had been hear-(
in.; dvjwn pivuy heavily on amuse-;
mi rits ati 1 especially mum the preva-j
n :r east-.*.;i of can! playing. 'This so!
^i yered tl * women that they fomctit
., . riot a attempted to chastise the |
ill v iue.
There is no occasion for a preacher j
io irouse tie indignation of his hear- i
ers by bitter and impassioneil attacks’
,ij ;i iheir c .r*, c nibs and other means
it ui vi-i sion. There is, however, a I
*l:ts> t'f me: who yo about the country j
cab ny titems.' ves evangelists, whose
work is not unmixed with evil. ’They
are often injudicious in their choice of
iubjects for discussion and unwise in
flu-ir treattucut of them. Instead of j
win nin^ the re-peel and confidence of
m tple and tiuis leading them to hiyli
,*i ideals oi life, they become the ^
a yhiny stock of some and are railed
i: by >>tiiet s.
On the other hand it is an indica
r.ion of a very low order of men and j
women when they will so far foryct
thcu.s* ives. or oe aroused to such an
•jr.reason.t'* * •..e yree of anjfer as to at
tack a man n the stress, or else
where. even t.i ittyh lie has been unre
, sh i his denuncia
tion of thei.* , astiines. A little more
c< m n toils**:: -e a no intelligence on hotli
,ii ,rs v\ oil, <> unite til* 'rouble.
MILLIONS FOR SHOW
>> strong ha- he a the pressure,
bro i .t i<> »r ij»m congress b\ the;
v;i i. >i;> relig oil - hodie- and through j
Irt'i r- fro private individual-, that j
I,,, 1 {nu-'• .»! lb‘piv-<mtamvs under
b<. «■ u—i,*■ i:-i• •; :lit- i • - pa-sed the 1
hi’; ptov e ; for tho r •-»itution i t
the in >:to. “1: lii»ii We 1 ru-t, on
gr»id atui - .vet* e»in- of tin.* I nited t
S' ate-.
When b!. g is ‘-id a-ide and it
cotues to a -m«w down, ir - difficult to
*ee that or«• — i a- 1” u made dur*
ing the pa—c* ntur1* - in the popu
lar cone op; oi ’he< reatorof worlds.
Tim ancha - clothe i him with the at
tributes i . . > — ■— r ; tit” good a
\vt*ll as the b;>1: tjiia!i! i>■-. all in an in
tensified degr» •. Tne cry that went :
vip jver the g’ving of tin motto from
rh'* coi a- i’-'Me ■ - that theta* -til: lin
ger- tl t>- g:d that th-* Almighty is
mi- for a -l ow of piety even where
aoi.e exist-.
There a ->•: e things ’hat it w ould
be well tu d* in mind. Even though
the v are o1 ’ni'\ express an universal
law to whim all tnu-t submit. One of
the-eis til- -latement, "Be nof de
ceived: Go i-not mocked: for what
soever a n an soweth, that shall he |
also reap."* It will not help a man to
put up a sign on hi- field that he ha
sown wheat when in reality he ha
sown tares. It will not help the nation !
to flaunt before the world "In God We |
Trust," and then practice "Every man
for himself and the devil take the hind
most.”
AN UNLAWFUL PRACTICE
It has long been the practice of a
certain class of people to lay hold of
whatever logs the could find floating
loose in streams and hays, and appro
priating them to their own use. In
many instances the owners realize that
to go in search of and bring back the
missing timber would lead to an
expense in excess of the value of the
logs; hence they have not often prose
cuted those who have appropriated
their property.
It is only a step from appropriating
logs and converting them into stove
wood, to stealing boom-sticks and cut
ting them up for the same purpose,
and but another step to entering mills
and carrying away lumber and parts of
the mill machinery, all of which has
been going on more or less openly dur
ing the past year.
It would be well for the parties en
I gaged in tin's unlawful method of pro-)
curing timber for wood, and lumber
for boats, to cease their predatory
operations before they find themselves
brought before the court on a charge
! of theft.
A case of this kind came up in south
eastern Alaska this past year, and it
was decided by the court that logs j
breaking away from tlie boom and
Moating free in the water are still the
property of the original possessor, un
less it can he shown that the owner
i... i ,%-*it,- Edoned fluon.
The logs floating in the bay here have ;
not been abandoned by their owners,!
and thos< appropriating them to their
own use are guilty of theft.
RECENT DECISION
Kurgstrom vs. tin* Alaska Central j
Kail road Company. This ease has re-1
rent ly hern decided in favor of the rail- j
way company by Hon. Koval (lurunson, j
judge of the First Judicial Division of
the territory of Alaska. This action
was brought three years ago to enjoin
tiie defendant from cutting timber fori
railroad construction purposes from j
lands claimed by tin1 plaintiff as his
homestead local on.
ruder the homestead laws as made
applicable to Alaska the court holds,
that all lands adjacent to the line ol
surveyed route of railroad, not occu
pied or claimed at the time such
survey was made, are subject to the
eight of the railroad to take the tim-j
bet* necessary for construction pur-;
poses, and homesteaders take their (
lands subject to such right. 'Hiecourt .
said: "It is n.y opinion then, that the ,
lauds from which the defendants cut!
the timber in question were lands of
the ITiited States adjacent to the de- J
fendant's line, when defendant s rights i
were initiated, and that when the i
plaintiff went upon them, they were j ‘
subject to defendant's rights to take
therefrom timber necessary for the.
construction of its road." j
This decision will act t«> deter per- j |
sons from locating timber lands adja
cent to the line of railroads in process ‘
of construction for the sole purpose of
holding up the railroad company and
thus compelling them to buy.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
1 'resident lloosevelt in Ids special
nie->.ige to congress. March !'•>. dwelt !
particularly upon laws tending to ef
fect industrial combinations. lb*
st rough urges modifications in the
anti-trust law on the ground that it is
only partially effective against vicious
comhinat ions.
Wire- characterizing the strike as a
clum>\ weapon for righting wrongs, |
he >a\> strikes themselves are and |
should !»*• recognized i<> he entirely j
legal, though violence, disorder and
coercion in connection with strikes, he
says, should he as promptly and
steen!v repressed as when committed 1
in any other connection.
Happiest Man on Earth
Aero-* tlie front of the cottage of
Johann Schmid, who live* in the \il-j,
lage of Suhr. in the canton of Argovie. J
i* the sentence, painted in laage let- I ,
tei *»: '•Here lives the happiest man j
on earth."
Schmid, who is *>■’> years of age, said (
to an ii;:'tvit*woi'i “I defy \ou to find
a happier man than myself I have!
never worked, never married, never j
been ill, and have never been anxious
for the future. I eat well, drink well
and sleep well. What more would
you haveV”
When in his teens Schmid was left;
by his father an income of about £1 a j
week and a small piece of land. He
built his cottage on the land and has
occupied it ever since.—Ex.
North Pole on the Move
According to advices from Victoria,
B. (A, Moses C. Ottworth, a scientist,
has been gathering information in
Alaska and British Yukon which he
claims shows that the north pole is
changing its base, and as a conse
quence America is growing warmer
and Siberia colder.
Love of Good Books
If any body would make me the
greatest king that ever lived, with
palaces and gardens, and fine dinners,
and wine and coaches and beautiful
clothes, and hundreds of servants, on
condition that I would not read books,
I would not be a king—I would rather
be a poor man in a garret with pleanty
of books, than a king who did not
love reading.—Macaulay.
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HIGHWAYMEN
SHOOT MARSHAL
Officer Fatally Wounded by Ban* J
dits Who Arc Now Being
Hunted Down by Posse. j
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Kent, Wash., April 11—Marshall
Harry Muller was attacked last night !
by live armed highwaymen, and in the
skirmish the marshal was fatally shot.
A posse was immediately formed and j
sent out in different dirtetions. They!
are now semiring the entire country!
in the hope of arresting the malefac-j
tors.
Mother Sues For Damages
Winnie Carroll, mot her of Philip V. !
Carroll, a l”>-y ear-old boy who was
killed when the city officials fumigated '
iIn* steamship Saratoga on December:
S, 11107, brought suit in the superior!
•ourt against the city and the North-1
western Steamship ('o., owners of the
vessel, asking $1,1W7.I>0 damages.
The boy was an employe of the
iteamship and was aboard during'
'mnigntion. or went aboard immediate
y after the fumigation process.
When tin* health authorities had con- j
.‘hided their fumigation tie* body was
mind in one of the rooms.—Seattle j
5tar
3 Eggs a Day l or Each
New York is unusually well supplied
with eggs for this time of \ear and as j
a result tin* price has dropped ma
terially. Within ti»e past four days'
41.570,520 eggs have been received in |
the city and as a result the wholesale!
prices are but a fraction over 15 cents
a dozen. This is by far the lowest '
price of the Winter.
With a population of 4,000,000, the;
number of eggs mentioned above,,
means 11 for each person in the city, |
or a fraction less than three eggs a
day.
Hakes $600,000 Profit
Washington-Despite the recent j
business depression, the Fnion Iron:
works of Sai. Francisco cleaned up \
more titan $600,000 profits during the|
past year, and beat all the eastern ;
plants owned by the company.
Land and Mineral Decisions
Published by Woodford D. Harlan,
land attorney, Washington, l>. ('. ,
Coal lands procured in name of quali
fied person, but for the benefit of an
association, invalid. I <
Contest- Practice ('ontest should
he dismissed if not diligently prose-1
cuted to trial and judgment.
Contest Qualification -(Qualification
as an entryman not requisite.
Kntr\ A priina facie valid entry of
record operates as a reservation of the
land.
Proof Practice—Supplemental final
proof showing due compliance with
law prior to submission of the original, i
may be submitted in lieu of new proof i
where the entry was allowed, payment
made, and new proof not called lor ,
until four years thereafter.
Homestead—Townsite—T he occu
pancy of land by transient miners does
not reserve it from entry where such
occupancy is not for the purpose of
trade and business, and where such
occupants take no legal steps to as
sert their rights under the townsite
laws.
Mineral—Practice—The location of
a mining claim in conformity with the
law, on land returned as agricultu
ral, raises a presumption that the land
is mineral in character, and the bur
den of proof is thereafter with anyone
alleging tlie agricultural character of
the land.
Mining claim cannot be entered by
a citizen of the United States, acting
as trustee for the benefit of an alien
corporation.
WEEKLY WtATNER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
April 11.
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 46 29 Clear
Monday 38 30 Snow
Tuesday 45 28 Clear
Wednesday 43 24 Snow
Thursday 45 28 Cloudy
Friday 44 30 Cloudy
Saturday 44 32 Clear
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
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.
Admidistratrix of the estate of
Ferdinand Wagner.
First publication March 14.
Last publication April 18.
SUMMONS NO. 242
United Status or America
United States District Court, Dis
trict of Alaska, Third Division, Pacitic
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 t he 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 tlie relief demanded in said
complaint.
Witness, the Hon. Silas H.
Reid, Judge of said Court,
—— this Kith day of January, in
i I the year of our Lord one
( ‘ 4 \ 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. 2b
Last publication April 11.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Tn the United State Commissioner’s
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Kenai Precinct, Third Judicial Divis
ion.
IN PROBATE
In the matter of George Burchy, de
ceased.
NOTICE is hereby given by the un
dersigned administrator of the estate
of George Burchy, 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
publication of this notice to the said
administrator, Curtis R. Morford, at
the otfice of S. O. Mot ford. Seward,
/\ 1 Jisk.21
Dated this 9th day of March, 1908.
CURTIS R. MORFORD,
Administrator of the estate of
George Burchy.
First publication March 14.
Last publication April 18.
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