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DISPLAY OF IGNORANCE.
In his frantic opposition to the bill introduced in Con
gress by Delegate Sulzer, to permit the use for food of big
game killed within the terms of the law during the period
of the war and for one year thereafter, Dr. W. T. Horna
day. director of the New York Zo< logical Park, is making
:• somewhat remarkable display of ignorance ot Alaskan
conditions and of the bill itself.
The Sulzer bill, prepared in the Bureau of Bilogical
Survey of the Department ot Agriculture, is being support
ed by Mr. Charles Sheldon, chairman of the game preser
vation committee of the Boone and Crockett Club, by Geo.
Bird Grinnell and other influential members of this fam
ous big game club which was founded by Theodore Roose
velt in 1887. It also has the uncompromising approval of
Dr. E. W. Nelson, superintendent of the bureau of biologi
cal survey. 'The bill does not increase the number of game
animals a single individual is permitted to kill. It limits
the number of moose to two, ol sheep to two, and of cari
bou to three. It shortens the open season in which these
animals may be killed by 10 da vs. It simply provides that
game killed within the open season may be tagged and dis
posed of at any time after the close of the open season in
stead of compelling all game to be disposed of within fif
teen days from the date killed. It provides that it shall
only apply to that section of Alaska north of the 62nd par
allel and that game killed north of that line cannot be ship
ped out of the section but mus 1-e consumed north of the
designated line.
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Dr. Hornaday characterizes this mu, uesigneu iu cun
verve and prevent waste, as an "assault in favor of the
wholesale commercial slaughter ol Alaska game.’
A bare statement of the case makes the situation
clear to Alaskans without further comment. The whole
situation was expressed very clearly by Representative
Merritt, a Republican Representative lrom ( onnecticut,
when he said the other day, “I regard it as significant that
ell those Alaskans who have first hand information favor
the bill while those who oppose the bill get their informa
tion second, third and fourth hand.” Mr. Merritt had
just heard the statements of Mr. Hornaday and “Dr.” H.
\V. Elliott, a Wickersham “messenger boy" who. upon be
ing asked, declared that his knowledge of Alaska consisted
of having been “back of Sitka and in the vicinity of the
headwaters of the Stickine an 1 i ukon rivers. 1 hese
rivers head in British Columbia.—(Juneau Empiie.)
MAKING USE OF LABOR.
Opposition to the appointment oi Thomas Riggs, Jr.,
as governor of Alaska by the Anchorage Labor Union is a
joke, according to the Anchorage Weekly Democrat. That
paper says:
Sutherland secretary and spokesman for the union is
a candidate as a Republican for the Legislature. A large
part of the union is made up of Socialists and the remain
der are dominated by Sutherland, and Charley Herron of
the Anchorage Times. All demands and practically all
responsible votes are unqualifiedly for Riggs. The eight
hour agitation is camouflage.
COUNCILMAN LECHNER RESIGNS.
Councilman Leehner resigned last night and the city
has lost an efficient official. Mr. Leehner has been on
several important committees and at all times has work
ed conscientiously for the city's interests. Mr. Lechner’s
resignation now means that four men must be elected to
the city council at the regular election two weeks from
today.
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j Now Washington denies Mr. Saunders story ot an
: unsinkable ship. Thus it would seem that with two times
up Mr. Saunders has batted exactly .000.—(Macon Tele
graph.)
It is much easier for friends of German democracy
to start a German revolution in New York, than in, say,
Berlin, just at a venture—(Pittsburg Dispatch.)
According to the kaiser’s dentist, the kaiser does not
know all that is going on. Perhaps he does not tell his
dentist all he knows.—(Philadelphia Ledger.)
Von Tirpitz wants to fight the war to a finish, but ev
en then he would hardly get the kaiser’s six sons into the
danger zone.—(Detroit Free Press.)
Viscount Kikujiso Ishii has been made Japanese Am
bassador to Washington. The i’s have it, as it were.
Count ’em.—(Toronto Mail and Empire.)
It is as difficult at present to know who’s who in Rus
sia: it is infinitely harder to find out what’s what. (Bal
timore American.)
TRENCH LIFE
IS THE THING
AT THE FRONT
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, March 19. — Here’s an
incident that happened in a little shell
spattered town in the rear of our lines
vhich shows how the average Ameri
can soldier feels about life in the
trenches. It was just at dusk. A
lone sentry was walking up and down
in front of an abandoned church, upon
the door of which was a little printed
sign conveying the information that
in the event of a gas alarm the church
bell should be lung for a minute. It
was the sentry’s duty to pull at the
»ell rope, should occasion arise.
He was plastered with mud from
bead to foot. A substance not unlike
led mortar was ground into his put
lies. The»e was a dent in the canteen
that swung at his waist, the top of
1 is shrapnel helmet bore red, muddy
.stains; his face was covered w'ith a
growth of about three days of hair.
Failing to see a passing captain of
artillery, he did not salute. The cap
tain asked him a few' pointed ques
tions, gave hint a few pointed instruc
tions about saluting and passed on.
“Good Lord.” remarked the sentry
"I nave been out of the trenches
days row and i am going back tonight
perfectly h.ippy. There used to be a
time when I thought a trench wras
about the lust place on earth to spend
•i week or so. But I have changed my
mind. There is that officer, for in
stance, I ran into him up on the line
not long ago and he was as nice as
could be. Now because I did not see
him I catch h-.
“Yes sir, give me the trenches every’
time. I like ’em. I would rather be
in a front line trench than any other
place I know of in France. There is
something doing there all the time
and a man is a man and knows it
“Next time we are relieved I think
I shall ask if I can’t stay with-the re
lief. I don’t want to come back here i
again and stand guard over the end of
a bell rope where there is noting go
ing on. Nearly every other man I ]
know feels the same w’ay about it.'
They would pick the line every time.”
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Personally, we sort of lost our pref
erence for the wrest w’hen the best
people out theie began wearing leg
gings in place of quilty’-top boots.
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Watch for the l#ro*n & Hawkins
Weekly Economist Bulletin. tf
I will buy my hardware of J. L
Graf. tf
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NOTICE TO DELCr^UENT CO
OWNERS
fo GEORGE K. KING and DAVE
BAUMAN, and to their, and each
of their heirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that during the years ending
December 31, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912,
1814, 1914, 1915, 1910, and 1917, tht
undersigned has expended more than
One Hundred Dollars in each of said
years, or a total of $900.00, in laboi
and impiovements upon the Social
Group sulphur placer mining claim,
situate on Makuskan Mountain, Una
laska mining district, district of Alas
ka, in which mining location you, th(
said George R. King claim an undiv
: ided one-eighth (1-8) interest, and
you, the said Dave Bauman claim an
undivided one sixteenth (1-16) inter
' est, as shown by notice of location
thereof and deeds of conveyance ol
said interest of record in the record
ing office of the aforesaid mining dis
trict The said labor was performed
as and for the representation of said
, claim for the years as aforesaid, as
required by the laws of the United
! States and district of Alaska concern
• ing annual labor upon mining claims
i and the same was the amount requir
ed to hold said claim for said years.
The amount required for each of said
! years being the sum of One Hun
dred Dollars ($100.00).
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iuu aro xurwicr iiuuuuu mat un
less within ninety (90) days after the
; last publication of this notice you
contribute your proportionate share
of said expenditures, as such co-own
i ers, to wit: You, the said George R.
King, the sura of $112.50, being your
I proportionate share of said represen
tation for the years ending as afore
said; and you, the said Dave l»au
man, the sum of $56.25, being youi
proportionate share of said lepresen
tation for the years ending as afore
said, your interest in said claim will
bo forfeited to the undersigned co
owner, who has made such expendi
tures and will become his property in
the manner provided by law.
Dated at Seattle, Washington, this
I fifteenth day of December, 1917.
FRANK MEERWALRT
Co-Owner, j
Date of publication Dec. 24th, 1917 to1
March 2#, 1918.
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