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SEWARD. ALASKV. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18. 1915.
The lynching of Loo Frank is a crime to be laid to the door of the whole
United States. It is not only a crime but it is an atrocity, an outrage against
civilization which hi* murderers have not the capacity to understand. It is
the result of ignorance and of constitutional weakness.
Even though Frank was guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan, and
guilty of the murder of twenty Mary Phagans, his lynching would in no lesser
degree be a crime amounting to a catastrophe for it undermines the organiza
tion which society has built up after countless centuries of labor that justice
might prevail and savage mob law be eradicated.
Society has built up this organization from the time when savagery
dealt summarily with human beings. At that dim and distant period “savage
men more murderous still than beasts,’ guided by no code of honor or right,
vented their unsophisticated rage where and when and on whom they chose.
And gradually from out of that abyss man raised himself and as great
periods of time rolled on he came to learn that organized restraint was neces
>ary if he would elevate himself above animal irrationality. He organized
government and courts of justice finally and while knowing that his govern
ment and hi* courts might be not infallible he still found that reasoning of
ficials of his social organization were far less fallible than unreasoning and
ignorant mobs and individuals. In other words he became civilized.
Can it now be said that democratic government means that from the
hands of the educated and civilized government is to be wrenched and placed
in the hands of mobocracy until society reverts to what it was in the be
ginning?
Governor Slaton who commuted the sentence of death on P rank is at
least partly right when he says that the men who lynched Frank are assas
sins and ought to be hanged. To grant them license to take life is a greater
crime than to take their lives for in giving them this license the whole social
fabric built up in the centuries is undermined. The government which is too
weak to make its laws respected is no government. It is governed instead of
governing. ,
It is too bad that the United States, which ought to give an example to
the world in justice, is the only great nation on earth which permits execu
tion* by mobs. The men who compose those mobs are able to look no further
tnan the immediate causes and effects. They are utterly incapable of discern
ing the wider influences of lawless killings. You can imagine no sophisticated
person slaughtering a man under the hideous circumstances surrounding the
death of Leo Frank. The men who commit such murders are still savages in
all essential respects and giving them freedom to kill is a retrogression to
what humanity thought it had escaped from.
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CITY AFFAIRS IN
GOOD CONDITION.
SKAGWAY.—With a tax levy of
only ten mills, the SkagWay city gov
ernment is operating on practically a
cash basis.
Speaking of city affairs, Mayor
Howard Ashley said that the work
of building new sidewalks and other
street improvements for this year is
just about finished. “We would like
to build more," he said, “but it is not
the policy of the present officers to
run in debt to any serious extent, and
we have been able this year to re
place the worst worn sidewalks and
next year the work can be finished.—
(Alaskan.)
NEWS NOTES
Twenty passengers and a large
quantity of freight left by the Alaska
Northern yesterday morning for
Kenai lake. Sunrise, Hope, Anchorage
and other points tributary to Seward.
The passenger agent reports that the
business of the road is steadily in
creasing. In spite of the excessive
rains no delays of any consequence
have occurred.
Frank G. Carpenter, the well known
magazine correspondent and writer,
accompanied by hie daughter, left by
the Alaska Northern yesterday morn
ing for the Anchorage country. He
plans returning via Seward on the
S . S. Alameda. They leave the rail
road at Mile 29 and go overland as
far as Sunrise.
Mrs. Marky, of Seattle, has been
spending several weeks with her
sister, Mrs. White of 20-Mile. She
w ill return to Seattle shortly and will
! spend a week with friends in Seward
before leaving.
Kenai lake is higher at present
than ever knowrn to be before. Capt.
Bunce of the passeger boat Nellie B.
reports several buildings and ware
houses at the lower end of the lake
partially under water but no serious
damage.
Jack Ronan left this morning for
1 Moose Pass after a short business
j visit to the city. He has taken an op
| tion on the Skeen-Stevenson property
; where the rich strike was re ently
i made.
The Pioneers have made splendid
progress in the overhauling of the old
Y. M. C. A. building. The carpenter
work has been finished and now the
painters and paper hangers are hard
at work. The repair work includes
the laying of a new floor, new side
walls, partitioning off of waiting
room, putting in water, and paper
hanging and painting. Nearly all the
old timers have either contributed
work or material to the good cause. |
The total cost to the Pioneers for the I
repair and purchase of the building'
will be in the neighborhood of $500.
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Phone Adms 131 “Don’t Forget the Parcel Post’’ Seward, Alaska
OFFERED AVIATOR TWO
DOLLARS DAILY WAGE.
CHICAGO, August 18.—A local
aviator ha* been offered a position as
scout in his army by General Villa at
a salary of flteen dollars a week. The
offer was genuine and is causing
much amused comment.
WHITEHORSE BOYS GET
COMMISSIONS IN ARMY.
Lieut. H. B. Scharschmidt, eldest
son of Dr. P. F. Scharschmidt, form
erly superintendent of the water div
ision of the White Pass and Yukon
route, has received a commission from
the British government as a captain,
and his brother, Guy Hope Schar
schmidt, has been made a lieutenant.
They enlisted in the 104th Canadian
regiment from New Westminster.
The young men spent most of their
boyhood years at Whitehorse.
For years Delegate Wickersham
has beep collecting Alaska newspap
ers, especially those which were print
ed in the early days of the country.
He has been making a careful study
of these newspapers and from them
has learned much of the early history
of the country. In his office, at Wash
ington. he has a collection of books
and papers which cover almost every
thing ever written relative to the ter
ritory, and whenever he is able to
find anything new that he has never
heard of he is happy. And he tvas
happy when he secured two rare old
papers and a promise of a complete
file of the Juneau Searchlight which
waB published long beforo the Klon
dike days.—(Fairbanks Daily' limes.
NOME.—Writing to Mr. John
Nestor from New York city under
date of July 9, Father Bernard states
that he arrived in the metropolis on
the fifth of last month and expected
to leave for Europe on the evening on
which the message was written with
the hope of reaching France about
July 22. Father Benard states that
although he is in the midst of six
million people, he is neve'* the less ex
ceeding lonesome and his mind is for
; ever returning to his old friends in
far away Alaska. He also asked that
he be remembered to all friends. He
has gone to fight for France.
President Wilson has officially ap
proved the decree issued by Secretary
j of the Interior Franklin K. Lane es
tablishing a workmen's compensation
i system for injured employes of the
Alaska railroad commission. The de
cree provides for a varying scale of
compensation depending upon the
nature of the injury, the rate of
| wage, and whether total or partial
disability results.—(Ex.)
Katalla is reported to be very lively
l this summer and all the idle men in
! town have found employment. Some
! are with the government party, sur
‘ veying the Bering river coal fields,
while others are installing a light at
• Cape St. Elias.
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In a recent publication of the Smith
sonian Institution, H. M. Cadell, in his
report of the Klondike and Yukon
gold fields describes Skagway as “a
| wretched little town with decayed
wooden houses and grass grown
streets, the scene of many robberies,
riots and murders at the time of the
gold rush, which the police authorities
had neither the power nor energy to
control. Skagway is not ^and can
never be, of mucn use to the United
States, except as an obstruction to
Canadian progress, but might be of
some advantage to the vast Canadian
hinterland less than 20 miles inland.”
! Alaskans will appreciate the follow
ing, taken from the St. Louis Re
public: A dispatch from Juneau,
' Alaska, shows that the thermometer
j is up and around 90 in that region,
i bumper crops are expected, forest
j fires are raging and the glaciers are
; melting at a terrific rate. It is inter
• eating to compare the general situa
tion around St. Louis with that at
Juneau. We are doing about as well
for crops, and have been a little hap
pier in our temperatures. We have
no forest fires, but to balance that
we have no glaciers, and when in
these balmy July days we survey the
micro-glacierette which the iceman
leaves to trickle out a fleeting exist
ence on the back steps the thought
that Juneau has something on us can
not be suppressed. Boston, Chicago,
Baltimore and other pretentious vil
lages ws scorn, but any town which
can see ice melt so fast that it runs
away in rivers and still smile over an
abundant supply of ice remaining is
not to be sneezed at
No advertiser can afford to omit ^
the Seward Gateway.
NOTICE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
Notice is hereby given that the
Municipal Clerk lias delivered the
Special Assessment Roll District No.
3 (Improvement on both sides of
Third Avenue between North side of
Washington Street and South side of
Adams Street) Town of Seward, Al
aska, to the Tax Collector. That un
less payment is made or. or before the
24th day of September, 1915, such
special assessment shall become de
linquent and unless paid prior there
to, five (5) percent will be added to
the amount thereof.
Said special assessment may be
paid at the office of the Municipal
Treasurer in the Pioneer Hospital on
Third Avenue, Seward, 'Alaska, be
tween the hours of ten A. M. and
three P. M. except Sundays and holi
days.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, this 14th,
day of August, 1915.
W. T. LUCAS,
Municipal Clerk.
g-14—6t Town of Seward, Alaska.
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Lists 6-1661,-1662,-1663,-166 i.
RESTORATION TO ENTRY OF LANDS IN
NATIONAL FOREST.
NOTICE i> heroby given that the lands
described below, embracing 640.58 acres, j
within the Chugach National Forest, Alaska,
will be subject to settlement and entry under
the provisions of the homestead laws of the
United States and the act of June 11, 1906;
(34 Stat., 233), at the United States land |
office at Juneau. Alaska, on October 16, 1916. j
Any settler who was actually and in good
faith claiming any of said lands for agricul- |
tural purposes prior to January 1, 1906, and
has not abandoned same, has a preference !
right to make a homestead entry for the
lands actually occupied. Said lands were
listed upon the applications of the persons
mentioned below, who have a preference right I
subject to the prior right of any such settler,
provided such settler or applicant is qualified
to make homestead entry and the preference
right is exercised prior to October 16, 1916,
on which date the lands will be subject to
settlement and entry by any qualified iwraon.
The lands embrace a tract of 159.98 acres,
described as follows: Beginning at Corner
No. . 1 whence Forest Service Monument
(hereinafter described) bears N. 21 deg. W.,
15 chs.; extending thence along shore 60 feet
back from line of ordinary high tide N. 21
deg. W., 23 chs.; thence N. 19 deg. W.. 17
chs.; thence E. 49.32 chs.; thence S. 37.54
chs. ;thence W. 35.55 chs., to the place of be
i ginning. Forest Service Monument consists
i of a hard rock boulder marked F. S. M. H.
whence the mouth of Nikiski Creek No. 1,
bears N. 22 dog. W.. 16.50 chs. Listed ui»on
application of John Hedberg, Kenai, Alaska;
List 6-1661. A tract of 160 acres, described
as follows: Beginning at Corner No. 1. a
spruce |K»st marked 11-1 ; whence the south
east corner of Section 6, T. 13 N., R. 2 W.,
(as per unapproved G. L. O. survey), bears
N. 59 deg. 30 min. W., 42.70 chs.: extending
thence E. 20 chs.; thence N. 40 chs.; thence j
E. 20 chs.; thence N. 20 chs.; thence W. 40 (
chs.; thence S. 60 chs., to the place of be- 1
ginning, application of J. H. Wilson, Knik,
Alaska; List 6-1662. A tract of 169.99 acres, ,
described as follows: Beginning at Corner
No. 1, a spruce post set sixty feet back from |
line 'of ordinary high tide, marked 11-1
whence Forest Service Monument (hereinafter
described), bears S. 77 deg. W., 259 links;!
extending thence S. 16 deg. E., 40 chs.; j
thence E. 36.10 chs.; thence N. 38.46 chs; j
j thence W. 47.12 chs., to the place of begin- !
ning. Forest Service Monument consists of a
granite boulder situated at edge of ordinary
high tide line on east shore of Cook Inlet,
; whence the mouth of Salamato Creek bears S. 1
16 deg. E. ',4 mile. Application of Frank
Lashbrooke, Kenai, Alaskn; List 6-1663. A
tract of 160.61 acres, described as follows:
Beginning at Corner No. 1, a post in ground
! 60 feet in rear of mean high tide line on
j north shore of Kachemak Bay, marked H-l
whence Forest Service Monument (hereinafter
described) bears N. 63 deg. 15 min. K., 33.90
chs.; extending thence meandering north
shore of Kachemak Bay 60 feet back from
mean high tide line S. 49 deg. W., 5.90 chs.;
S. 68 deg. W.. 7.80 chs.; S. 67 deg. W., 6.25
chs.; S. 74 deg. W., 7.45 chs.; S. 62 deg. 30
min. W., 12.60 chs., to Corner No. 2, thence
N. 30 «hs.; thence N. 25 deg. W.. 43.60 chs.;
thence E. 19 chs. ; thence S. 20 deg. E„ 20.60
chs.; thence E. 9.50 chs.; thence S. 36 deg. j
K., 29 chs.; thence S. 6.50 chs., to the place
of beginning Forest Service Monument situ
ated at extreme high tide line on north shore
of Kachemak Bay 4 chains west of the right (
bank of Fox Creek at the mouth, marked
F. S. M. H.. application of A. J. Clark,
Homer, Alaska; List 6-1664, June 29, 1915.
C. M. BRUCE, Assistant Commissioner of the
General Land Office
First publication, Aug. 16, 1915.
Last publication, Sept. 6, 1915,
Lists 6-1497,-1657,-1703.
RESTORATION TO ENTRY OF LANDS IN
NATIONAL FOREST
NOTICE is hereby given that the lands de
scribed below, embracing 375.20 acres,
within the Chugach National Forest, Alaska,
will be subject to settlement And entry under
the provisions of the homestead laws of the
United States and the act of June 11, 1906
(34 Stat.. 233), at the United States land
office at Juneau. Alaska, on October 16, 1915.
Any settler who was actually and in good
faith claiming any of said lands for agricul
tural purposes prior to January 1, 1906, and
has not abandoned same, has a preference
right to make a homestead entry for the
lands actually occupied. Said lands were
listed ui>on the applications of the persons
mentioned below, who have a preference right
subject to the prior right of any such settler,
provided such settler or applicant is qualified
to make homestead entry and the preference
right Is exercised prior to October 16. 1916,
on which date the lands will be subject to
settlement and entry by any qualified person.
The lands embrace a tract of 160 acres, de
scribed as follows: Beginning at Corner No.
1, a spruce post marked H-l whence the
southeast corner of Sec. 6, T. 13 N., R. 2 W.,
(as per unapproved G. L. O. Survey) bears
N. 84 deg. 30 min. W., 16.86 chs; extending
thence kT 20 chs.; thence S. 80 chs.; thence
W. 20 chs.: thence N. 80 chs., to the place of
beginning Listed upon application of Karl
Johan Algot Nelson, Knlk. Alaska.; List
6-1497. A tract of 169.87 acres, described as
follows: Beginning at Comer No. 1, iden
tical with Forest Service Monument (herein
after described) ; extending thence meander
ing the left bank of the Kenai river at a
point sixty feet distant from line of ordinary
high tide. S. 28 deg. E., 3 chs.; thence S. 36
deg. E., 7 chs.; thence S. 40 deg. E., 6 chs.;
thence S. 47 deg. E.. 3 chs.; thence S. 70 deg.
E., 4 chs.; thence S. 82 deg. E., 10 chs.;
thence S. 86 deg. E.. 7 chs.. to Corner No. 2 ;
thence S. 45.38 chs.; thence W. 32.20 chs.;
thence N. 63.58 chs.. to the place of begin
ning Forest Service Monument consists of a
spruce post marked F. S. M. H-l in the
ground on left bank of the Kenai River nxty
feet distant from line of ordinary high tide
and approximately two miles distant southerly
from the village of Kenai, East shore of
Cook Inlet, whence P. F. Vlan Store Building
within the village of Kenai bears N. 12 deg.
W.. 2 miles and the water tank at North
western Fisheries cannery on right bank of
the Kenai river bears N. 80 deg. E„ approx.
1 and U, miles. Listed upon application or
Roy Forsythe. Kenai, Alaska: List 6-1657.
The lands embrace a tract of 6640 acres, de
scribed as follows: Beginning at Comer No.
1, a post in ground on line of ordinary high
tide near hesid of Forberg Bay, marked H-l,
thence meandering the west shore or Forberg
Bay on line of ordinary high tide S. 61 deg.
30 min. E., 2 chs.; thence N. 66 deg. E.. *.20
chs.; thence N. 18 dog. E.. 6 chs.: thence N.
18 deg. E.. 2.80 chs. to Comer No. 2, thence
N. SI deg. W.. 14 chs.: thence N. 69 deg. E.,
8 chs: thence N. 8 deg. E., 5 chs.: thence S.
83 deg. W.. 15 chs.; thence S. 80 deg. W„ 25
chs.: thence S. 25 deg. E., 10 chs.; thence
N. 75 deg. E.. 15 chs. to the plac« Wa
ning. listed upon application of Price E.
Nett let on, Cordova, Alaska: List 6*1703. June
29, 1915. C. M. BRUCE, Assistant Commis
sioner of the General Land Office.
First publication, Aug. 16, 1915.
Last publication. Sept. 5, 1915.
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Steamers Alameda, Mariposa and Northwestern sail
from Seattle at 9 p. m. the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th,
30th of each month torKetchikan, Wrangell, Juneau,
Thane, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
ALAMEDA and MARIPOSA oo to Knlk Anchorage.
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and August she goes through to Nushagak.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Thane,
Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Etlamar,
Valdez, Latouche and Seward
Freight Steamers sailing from Seattle each month: S. S. Seward. 5th;
S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th
(S. S. Seward carries Explosives)
Right reserved to change this schedule without noticeTfcfc
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