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SATURDAY. .ll'NK 27. 11HKS
CONFLICTING OPINIONS
The Tatiana Mine Owner-' Associa
tion ha- in-nil bu-y lim ing the past win
ter .mi spring in inducing men income
to ! n rbanks on the plea that there i
;l dm ai d for laborers, and t » a day
and hoard would bo pawl. The as-o
ei;. i >n induced the Seattle Phandn-r
of t ommeree to cooperate with it in
send: g men to the Tanana region.
Tin* i dl for laborer- has been respond
ed to l*y many hundred- of nu n. The
cali lia- also come from the Nome re
gion through President II. P. Davis ol
of tile Northwestern Development
Pompany and state-that there will be
employment in the Nome mining
catiin- this summer for *>,000 men at
a day and hoard.
The opposite view of the situation
i- nrt -ented, according to the Seattle
Times, by a .party familiar with the
niir.it g situation in the north, but who
through fear that hi- business inter
est- might be jeopardized does not
want his identity discovered. This
party states that the labor conditions
in Fairbanks and the ianunu are in a
very bad way, that more men have
been sent into the country than are |
needed, and that many of them are
doing all kinds of odd jobs to get
money enough to keep body and soul ;
together. lie makes the admission,
however, that the majority of.the men
coming into the country are unable to j
endure the work of the mines, and
hence give up their job- in a few days
after securing them. 'This practically !
admits that suitable laborer- are still
in demand. The unknown writer j
Claim-that it is the purpose of the;
mine owners to get a large number of
laborers into the country and then re-1
duee the wages.
It is a dillicult matter in the face of
these conflicting opinions to know
what tlie true situation in these tnin-j
ing regions is. It is probable that .he j
thoroughly competent laborer is still
in demand, and if the law of the sur
vival of the tiittest prevail- the incom
petent will be driven horn the held.
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ABETTING LAWLESSNESS
The finding of the jury in the case j
of i in'-t'T Thou - ’ii when he was j
brought before the court in Laconia
to test i»is -anity. and the consequent
freeing of the man from prison has
a roust’d very bitter fet ing on the
part o. some of tie- people in Se* j
utile in whoseii.ii Is tin details of the |
wanton murder of Judge Emory are j
Still fresh. This jH'rhaps is not to be j
womh ivd at, hut what - surpri-iug is
the inciting to iawle-sm -s indulged in
l.»\ one of the ie i iing new-paoers of
tie* city in printing the following:
*■ We don't kuoA win'tiler Judge
Emory has any real, live, burning
friend- in Seattle or not but if he has
and that murderer Thompson show*
his head in Seattle and lives twenty
four hours, the friends ot Emory will
bt* denounced as cowards.*'
Admitting that the plea of insanity,
when Thompson was first tried for
murder, was but a ruse to enable the
accused to evade the penalty of the
law, and that the later test of insanity
promoted a further miscarriage of
justice, there is still no excuse for ad
vocating the return to the old Mosaic
law of ‘retaliation and urging the
nearest of kin to be the avenger. All
that sort of thing belongs to a primi
tive age which the more enlightened
of the human race have for many cen
turies been trying to leave behind.
Admit also that the friends of the
murdered man think that justice has
been thwarted, and that did they but
follow their own feelings they would
take the life of the murderer in return
for the life that he took, there would
still be no justification in such an act.
Men are only too apt to follow their
feelings when deeply wronged, and at
no time are they so apt to do the
wrong thing as when driven by im
pulse of outraged feeling.
From a large newspaper is expected
large thoughts and an advocacy of
those sentiments that tend to support
IN THE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S COURT
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION,
KENAI PRECINCT.
NOTICE AND ORDER OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given, that under
and pursuant to an Act of Congress en
titled, "An Act providing for the elec
tion of a Delegate to the House of ren
Besentativos from the Territory of
Alaska,” approved May 7, IbOU an elec
tion will be held as provided in said
act on the 11th day of August, A. !>.,
lttos. for tlie purpose of electing a del
egate to congress for term o! the Sixty
tirst Congress.
For the purpose of carrying into effect
the provisions of said act. and for tin*
convenient voting of the qualified
voters of Kenai Precinct and Record
ing District of Alaska;
It is hereby ordered, that the said
Kenai Precinct and Recording Dis
trict, ho, and tin4 same is hereby di
vided into voting precincts as follows,
to-wit:
Sunrise Voting Precinct
Beginning at a point on Turnagain j
Arm six miles west of Sunrise, run- i
ning thence in an easterly direction I
along the shore line of Kenai Pen in-1
suiii to the extreme eastern point of'
Turnagain Arm: thence across the |
portage to the main westerly bay of!
Prince William Sound just opposite; i
thence along the shore line to a point J
opposite Mile •’>.'> on the Alaska Pen-j
tral railroad: thence southwesterly to,
the most northern point on Shiluk
Lake; thence northeasterly to place of j
beginning. The polling place of said
voting precinct shall be at the town of ■
Sunrise, and said precinct shall he
known as the Sunrise Voting Precinct.
Hope Voting Precinct
Beginning at a qoint on Turnagain
Arm six miles west of Sunrise, run
ning thence westerly along the shore
line of Kenai Peninsula to Point Pos
session; thence southerly to the most
northern point on Shiluk Lake; thence
northeasterly to the placeof beginning.
The polling place of said voting pre
cinct shall be at the town of Hope,
and said precinct shall be known as
the Hope Voting Precinct.
Kenai Voting Precinct
Beginning at Point Possession and
running in a southerly direction along
the east shore line of Cook Inlet to the j
mouth of Leighter Creek: thence in
an easterly direction to the most,
easterly point on Tustmnena Lake:
thence northwesterly to the most!
northern point on Shilak Lake: thence
northerly to place of beginning.
embracing in said voting precinct
the villages of Kasilof. Nenelchuck,
Point Possession and other settlements
bet ween Point Possession and Leighter
(’reek.
The polling place of said voting pre
cinct shall be at the town of Kcnai,
and said precinct shall be known as
the Kenai Voting Precinct.
Seldovia Voting Precinct
Beginning at the mouth of Leighter
Creek and running thence southerly
along the southern shore lint* of Kenai
Peninsula to the head of Nuka Bay;
thence northeasterly to the most
eastern point of Tustumena Lake;
thence Westerly to the place of begin
j ning.
The polling place of said voting pre
cinct shall be at the town of Seldovia
1 and said precinct shall be known as
the Seldovia Voting Precinct.
Cooper Creek Voting Precinct
Beginning at the most northerly
point on Porcupine Island in Kenai
Lake and running thence northeaster
ly to Mile 53 on the Alaska Central j
Railroad; thence westerly to most
northern point on Shilak Lake; thence
southeasterly to the most eastern'
point on Tustumena Lake; thence
northeasterly to the place of begin
ning.
The polling place of said voting pre
cinet shall be at Cooper Creek, and
said precinct shall be known as the!
Cooper Creek Voting Precinct.
Seward Voting Precinct
Beginning at a point on Prince
William Sound opposite Mile 53 on the
Alaska Central Railroad and running!
thence southerly along the eastern
and southern shore line of Kenai Pen
insula to the head of Nuka Bay;thence
northeasterly along the eastern bound
ary of Seldovia and Cooper Creek Vot
ing Precincts to Mile 53 on the Alaska
Central Railroad; thence easterly to
place of beginning.
The [wiling place of said voting pre
cinct shall l*e at tho town of Seward,
and the name of said voting precinct
»hall be the Seward Voting Precinct.
The islands within Kenai Precinct
shall be included within the respect
ive voting precincts which the main
land stands opposite thereto.
It is further ordered, that the [wil
ing places at each of said voting p.’C
cincts shall be kept open for the recep
tion of votes from 8 o'clock ante
meridian until 7 o’clock post-meridian
on the day of election.
Dated and signed this 25th day of
June A. D., U>08.
[SKAL] J. L. Reed,
United States Commissioner.
law and order, hence the greater the
Mirprhf to find such an one inciting to
deeds of lawlessness by intemperate
utterances.
THE TURNING POINT
It is ar. old saying chat when the
days begin to lengthen the cold begins
to strengthen. For six months tlie
length nit: ; of the day lias been going
on, and while it was true from four to
six months ago that the cold did
strengthen, yet it became not very
rigorous ir. this locality. Now that
the day has reached its limit and gives
its light for twenty-four hours, the
temperature has become delightfully
mild. While reports come from east
ern citL's of the excessive heat, and
scores of people prostrated, and not a
few perishing, we in this misunder
stood land of icebergs are enjoying a
delightful climate. Such a thing as
sunstroke in Seward or prostration
from heat is never heard of and while
we have to sleep in daylight we are
never kept aw ake by an oppressive and
stuffy atmosphere. The pest of mos
quitoes that inhabit the interior will
disappear when people come to dwell
in the land and burn off the moss that
for centuries has grown on the surface.
In a few years the advantages of life
in this northern country will become
known to the world, and many thous
ands will come to make their homes in
this land of marvelous resources of ag
ricultural and mineral wealth.
GROVER CLEVELAND
By the death of Grover Cleveland
there is removed from among men a
strong character. In the coming years
men will forget his shortcomings and
dwell more upon the sterling qualities
: of his character. Grover Cleveland
has often been called the man of desti
ny. Perhaps he was not more so than
Other men who make use of their
ability to accomplish what lies in their
power. In the life of a man who be
| comes great among men it is easier to
trace the influence of the guiding hand
i of destiny than it is in the life of one
who is less in the public eye.
Grover Cleveland was the son of a
Presbyterian minister and was born in
New Jersey in the year 1837. The
I family moved later to New York state
| and finally settled in Clinton, in the
schools of which place Grover received
his education. When he was sixteen
years old his father died and Grover
had henceforth to shift for himself.
He taught school in the New York
Institution for the Blind. Later he
started for Cleveland, Ohio, to study
law, but was induced by an uncle to
stop in Buffalo. He there entered a
| law office and was admitted to practice
j in 1859. A few years later he became
! assistant district attorney for Erie
county and was afterwards elected
sheriff of the county. In 1881 he was
i elected Mayor of Buffalo. His notable
| service in that office led to his notnina
I tion for governor to which office he
was elected in 1882. His ability as
governor made him a candidate for
president of the United States to which
position he was elected in 1884 and
again in 1892. As president,Cleveland
showed an independent spirit, a grasp
of public affairs and a determination to
do his duty that easily place him
among the great presidents of the
United States.
ESPIONAGE
In the new postoffice quarters in New
York City have been placed spy-gall er
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Every Stetson
bear* the
Stetson Name S
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If you select a
Stetson
you are bound to get
the popular style, as
well as the hat which
is well proportioned
and becoming.
We have the Stetson
Soft and Derby Hat*
in all the latest sty 1*«.
The Store With the Goods
ies where spi.-s mav watch ihe clerks in
the out going mail department. In
spector Mayer asserts that any man
who objects to being watched is a
thief. Little does :iie man who makes
that assert ion understand human na
ture. it used to be the custom in older
institutions of learning constantly to
watch the students to see that they
did not cheat in their examinations.
Such a system of espionage is an of
fense to every honest man, and the
practice of it leads to an attempt to
outwit the spy, not for the pur|>ose of
being dishonest, but to defeat the aims
of the reprehensible system. No man,
however honest, can do his best work
when constantly suspected of being
dishonest, and the more honorable and
upright he is, the less willingly does
he submit to the surveillances. It
would probably he difficult to lind a
more honest lot of government em
ployees than those engaged in the
United States mail service. Now and
then one goes wrong, but there is no
surer way of making men dishonest
than to be constantly suspecting them
of an inclination to wrongdoing.
Then too, to add to the annoyance of
the system a man of inferior capacity
and questionable honor is often em
ployed as a spy, for no intelligent self
respecting man would willingly en
gage in the occupation.
PUT OUT THE GRAFTERS
Formerly when an important elec
tion was approaching, the man posing
as a reformer would be loud in his de
mands to turn out the rascals. Now
the rascals are given a rest, and the
grafters are to he run to earth and no
efforts will be spared to put them out
and to put honest men in. These would
be reformers will soon be busy with
their tasks and if they are really in
earnest in their pursuit of the grafter
there will be a hunch of people chasing
themselves before many months are
past, and some of them may even hit
the trail in the w,ilds of Alaska.
Awful Prospect
The Victoria Times, of the 21st inst.
muses thus:—
No, it will not do to give the ladies
the franchise. Just think of ic, a Un
ited States woman says she hopes Taft
will not be elected. Why? Because
he is too fat. None but nice, slim,
sleek, natty candidates can hope to
gain the confidence of a majority of
the fair sex. Which just goes to prove
that almost any issue except the one
that really matters would appeal to the
intelligence of the lady voters. Just
think of a parliament- in Canada which
would be a glass of fashion and a mould
of form.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
June 27.
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 60 46 Clear
Monday 58 46 Cloudy
Tuesday 68 48 Clear
Wednesday 70 54 Clear
Thursday 70 50 Clear
Friday 59 50 Cloudy
Saturday 56 50 Cloudy
NOTICE OF FORFEIT ERE
Seward. Alaska. May 23. 1908.
To J. I). Sheldon:
You are hereby notified that there has been
expended in the year 1907. in labor and irnprve
inents upon the Ohio placer group of I on acres
the sum of eight hundred dollars (ssm); said
group being situated on Cache Creek, a tribu
tary of the Kahiltna River. Cook Inlet Pre
cinct. Territory of Alaska, the same being the
amount required by the laws of the United
States governing the location and holding of
mining claims, necessary to hold said group of
claims aforesaid for the calendar v ar. to-wit:
the year 1W/7: the said work having been per
formed by your,co-partner T. R. Wilson.
And unless winhin ninety days after the com
pletion of the publication of this noi ice. to-wit;
within 90days suiter the23rd day of A ugnst. 1008.
.von contribute'your proportion of sueh annual
assessment work as co-owner, to-w the sum
of fifty dollars ($5o) for the said Ohio grout* of
claims, your interest in said claims tind all
of them will he forf *ited to and become the
property of your present co-owner, aforesaid.
T. R, WILSON.
First publication Mu* 23rd. 19o8.
NOTICE
AOISTF.R’S SALK
NOTICE is hereby given that on the 13th day
of duly. 1908. at 12 o'clock M.. in front of the
Post Office in Seward. Alaska, there will be
offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder
for cash payable at the consummation of the
'ale. one gray horse about 10 years old weigh
ing i.iuo pounds, one bay horse about 12 years
old. weighing IPX) pounds.
ALASKA TRANSFER COMPANY.
CHUISTIKNSKN & Lat'BNKH
First publication .luoe 20. 1038.
La't publication .July 11. 1908.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNTING
AND SETTLEMENT
In the United States Commissioner’s.
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Kenai Precinct, Third Division.
IN PROBATE.
[n the matter of the estate of George
West, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that II. H.
Hildreth, administrator of the estate
of George West, deceased, having tiled
a tinal accounting that the loth day
of July, 1008, at 10 o’clock a. m.. at
the court house (Bank bldg.) in Sew
ard, Alaska, has been appointed the
time and place for hearing of objec
tions to such linal accounting and t he
settlement of said estate.
Dated this 11th day of May, 1908.
TI. 11. Hildreth, administrator.
First publication, May 16, 1908.
Last publication, July 4th 1908.
German Mining Men Coming
Some real German money barons'are
headed this way, and should arrive in
Portland along about July 1 for a trip
of general inspection of mining proper
ties in this state. They will bring
with them a mining engineer and a
noted assayer from Berlin. The pur
pose of this visit is to decide whether
they will invest in mining enterprises
in this section or not, and it is under
stood that they will inspect only such
properties which are known to he good
paying investments now and which
show reasonable prospects of continu
ing to be so for some time to come.
The identity of these capitalists is not
revealed, hut it is known that they
have made reservations at a local hotel
and that Portland will be the first
stopping point for business purposes
when they reach this country. Their
itinerary and accommodations for their
American tour are being arranged for
through New York agents. British
Columbia and possibly Alaska will be
included in their jaunt.—Portland
Telegram.
The best of everything to eat or
drink at The Palace. *