The Terminus of Alaska’s Thirty-five Million Dollar Government Owned Railroad System
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NoI j Vt SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1918* __lm (<ntH tlu ( qyy
THE BIG RUSH I
HAS STARTED
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ADMIRAL EVANS COMES
CROWDED TO THE
DECKS.
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The great rush which has been look
ed for and hoped for during many
years really began last evening when
the Admiral Evans of the Pacifiic Al
aska Navigation company arrived
crowded in every inch w ith hundreds
of stampcders as the big ships came
crowded in the good old days when
the news of Dawson was flashed to j
the world.
More than three hundred people'
were aboard the Evans when she
whistled for Seward. From Seattle
alone she had seventy-five first class
passengers for Knik Anchorage and
thirty-live first class for Seward. For
Knik she had sixty-six steerage and
for Seward sixty-seven steerage. The
names of the passengers from way
points are not included. W hile most
of the pasesngers are for Cook Inlet
country where the first railroad work
is expected to commence the people!
stopping here are evidently preparing;
to settle with the full knowledge that
this will be the permanent settlement.
BIR1ED IN FREIGHT FOR
EIGHT AND A HALF DAYS.
Frightful Experience of a Stowaway
Who Arrived Half Dead on
the Evans Yesterday .
After eight days and a half buried
alive in freight, without a bite to eat
or a drop of water to drink, Leland;
Farmer was taken out of his living
tomb on the Admiral Evans mdre dead
than alive when that vessel reached
this port from Seattle last evening.
He is now lying in bed in the Pioneer,
hospital under the care of Dr. Romig
and when seen this morning appeared
to-be recovering from the effects ofj
his terrible experience. He is still
consumed with an unquenchable thirst
and even while speaking he has to in- j
terrupt himself to take a drink I'
Farmer says that he went aboard the J
Evans at Seattle on the morning of 1
Wednesday a week ago. According «
to hi3 statement he gave five dollars
to a member of the ship’s crew who
promised him in return to bring him
on deck when the ship sailed and put
him to work on top. When the ship
sailed, however, freight had been pil-j
ed around him and he was unable to
get out. He lay on top of a cargo of j
hay. A foot or so above him was the
deck cn which he could hear the foot- ^
steps of the people. Around him on
all sides was a vast vvall of boxes and
all sorts of impedimenta. In the pit- j |
ch darkness he tried to free himself, j
Again and again he kicked at the iron
above his head to draw attention but
in vain. Then came sea sickness in,
the inky hole and later came the
agony of hunger and thirst. I-or a
few days he bore his sufferings and ;
then he lost hope and gave himself
up for lost. He lost reckoning of time.
He knew neither day nor night and
hen came the noise of moving freight j
id at last he found himself rescued.'
nen taken on to the dock here last
ght he could neither stand nor see
^iid he was at once taken to the hospit j
al where he is being given every care
to bring him back to his old self. Mr. j
Farmer is a big. strong youth and to
this he probably owes his life. i
After he had been “chased” from
the House by request of Representa
tive Driscoll. Representative A. G.
Shoup of Sitka, superintendent of the j
Pioneers’ Home, was given the thanks
of the people of Alaska, for faithfull) ,
serving the Territory as superintend
ent of the Home, without compensa
tion, in a concurrent resolution which
Mr. Driscoll introduced. The resolu
tion was passed unanimously, and
when Mr. Shoup returned from his ex
ile he learned of the compliment that
had been paid him. The House want- j
ed to reimburse him for his services s
at Sitka, but under the law authoriz
ing the Pioneers’ Home this power is i
withheld, as Mr. Shoup was a member
of the first Legislature, which estab
lished the institution. The resolution
unstintedly praises the efforts of the
superintendent in connection with his
unselfish service.—(Empire.)
dry or wet election.
News has arrived that Governor
Strong has signed the bill providing
for a vote as to whether Alaska
should be dry or wet. The vote will
take place in the fall election next
year and should the “Drys” win prohi-1
bition will go into effect in 1918.
Finch's Golden Wedding Rye at The
Branch.
❖ PLOT HATCHED TO ♦
❖ KIDNAP HARRY THAW. •>
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NEW YORK, April 2:1.—Details of
a plot that was hatched to kidnap
Harry Thaw during his recent trial
were made public here today. The
plan for the kidnapping was that a
man from Norfolk was to have com
mitted the act. This man was offered
one thousand dollars if ho managed
to get the prisoner to Virginia where
further extradition proceedings would
have been necessary before Thaw
could again have been brought to
trial.
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EIGHT MORE SAID TO
BE KILLED IN TEXAS.
AUSTIN, April 23.—Eight more„;
people were reported this afternoon '
to be dead as the results of the storms
anti floods which occurred here last,
night. A hig wind was accompanied
by a terrific downpour of rain and'
an electrical storm of unusual violence
visited the greater part of the state. |
The estimated loss here is close to'
half a million dollars and reports of
serious damage are constantly coming
in from other places.
FRANCE TO TAKE CARE
OF ITS HEROES* BABIES.
All Children Made Orphans by the *
War. Will be Cared For by
the State.
PARIS, April 23.—The cabinet has
iecided to provide government care
for all the children in the republic
kvho have been made orphans by the
ieaths of their soldier fathers at the I
front. The number of fatherless child
ren all over France is now enormous
and the task of providing for them
all will mean a large demand on the
rest of the people but the plan has
[>een received with enthusiasm
MAYOR RUNS CITY
FROM PRISON CELL.
Roberts, Jailed Head of Terre Haute, ‘
Refuses to Resign the
Reins of Ofiice.
LEVENWORTH, April 23.—The
extraordinary experience of conduct
ing the affairs of a city from a prison
:ell is now being observed in the case
>f Mayor Roberts of Terre Haute who
s now in this prison but who refuses
to relinquish the reins of office. He
las been requested by the city council
>f Terre Haute to resign but he re
fuses to do so. Impeachment proceed
ngs have been instituted against him
:o compel his resignation but until
:he impeachment is effected there is
no way of forcing him out. He sends
lis directions by telegraph to the city
from the cell.
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HARRY THAW IS
GIVEN A CHANCE
SUPREME COURT GRANTS
APPEAL ASKING NEW
TRIAL.
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NEW YORK, April 23.—Once again
Harry K. Thaw will have his case air- ]
ed in court, the supreme court having j
granted this afternoon the appeal for
a new trial. The Thaw attorneys had
asked for a trial by jury to determine
whether their client is sane or not and
this is the request granted now. On
the result of the trial will depend the
fate of the prisoner. Should the jury
decide that he is not insane he cannot
be sent back to the asylum and as he !
has been already acquitted of the
charge of conspiracy he cannot be
kept in jail. The general opion seems
to be that he will escape this time and
gain full freedom.
PORTAGE BAY GOES DRY. .
A saloon was in course of construe
tion at Portage bay at the time the
announcement of the ocean terminal
at Seward was made. Paddy Cum
mings who was in Seward last sum
mer with Major French was the
architect and builder of the Portage
bay edifice having been sent up by
a man from Seattle to do the work.
Frank Reese, who has just arrived
here and who was one of the officials
of the flourishing Portage Bay Im
provement club, says that Mr. Cum
mings had all but the roof built when
he left. The new edifice may now be
used as headquarters for gulls—sea
gulls.
WANTED.
Smart boy at tha Gateway offtee.
The Gateway can do any sort of
printing done in the states. Do not
forget that
ROOSEVELT IN
A TIGHT BOX
ADMITS HE SCHEMED WITH
BARNES TO GET IIIS
NOMINATION.
SYRACUSE, April 23.—Theodore
Roosevelt, former president of the
United States, was compelled last
evening while on the witness stand to
make admissions that he formerly
sought the aid of the man who is now
suing him for defamation of character
and libel. Under cross examination
Roosevelt admitted that when he him
self was seeking the nomination for
election as governor of New York he
had dealings with Barnes innmler to •
get the nomination and that at that
time he was only too glad to go hand
in glove with the man whom he has
since accused of bossism and prac
tices that are infinitely worse. The j
most serious admission of all by the
former president was that he knew he j
was not a legal resident of New York
state when he was elected governor of
it. These admissions created quite a
little sensation. Mr. Roosevelt is still
under cross-examination and is being
severely questioned by the attorneys
for Plaintiff Barnes.
FLOOD DROWNS TWENTY.
AUSTIN, Texas, April 23.—Twenty
people were drowned by a flood caus-'
ed by the sudden rising of the river
here today. Some of the victims were
caught in their homes while others
were surrounded while attempting to
escape. The loss to property is con
siderable.
TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA.
SWANEE, Okla., April 23.—A tor- '
nado visited this part of the state to
day and many people were injured and
much damage was inflicted on
property.
CORDOVA HOPEFUL.
Tom Davis, a business man of Cor
dova who is now visiting in Seward,
says that he and all the people of his
city are perfectly confident that the j
Copper River railroad will be built to
the Bering River coal fields. “They
can’t get away from it” says Mr. j
Davis. It seems to be the opinion over
there that the test of the coal in those j
fields was, to say the least of it, in- j
determinate.
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DR. J. M. SLOAN ARRIVES.
Dr. J. M. Sloan, the most prominent
physician of Nome for years, arrived
on the Evans to begin the practise of
his profession here. He left Nome
last fall and went but refused
to live outside Alaska. He is a gradu-!
ate of the Manitoba university medi
cal school and of Edinburgh, Scotland,
university. He will be followed here
by Mrs. Sloan and their child when
he finds quarters. He believes from
his observations outside that Seward
and this district generally are at be
ginning of an extraordinary develop
ment. He was president of the Nome
Igloo of Pioneers.
HOMES OF HATTERS
WILL BE LEVIED ON.
Striking Union Men Notified That
They Must Pay the Fine Im
posed on Them.
DANBURY, Conn., April 23.—'The
Hatter’s union has been notified that
the homes of the members will be
levied on if the convention to be held
in May does not provide funds for the
payment of three hundred thousand
dollars fine levied on the union by the
supreme court for the violation of the
Sherman law. To carry out its
threat the government would have to
undertake evictions and other acts
which would be unparalleled in the
history of the United States.
C. R. BRECK RETURNS.
C. R. Breck, the engineer who was
in charge of work for the railroad last
year, returned on the Evans and went
to Knik Anchorage to begin work for
the commission again. He spent the
Winter in the states but he has noth
ing to tell about the intentions the
commission.
OFF FOR OPERATIONS.
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Gus Seiffert left last evening to be
gin his summer’s mining operations.
He has a splendid property and ought
and surely will have a most success
ful season. Mr. Seiffert is one of a
bunch of mining men who have come
of recent years to this district for the
district*! good.
❖ RUSSIANS BOMBARD ♦
❖ SOME TURKISH FORTS. ❖
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PETROGRAD, April 23.—The Rus
sian Black sea fleet bombarded sever
al Turkish forts two days ago and
sank many Turkish freighters that
were anchored in the harbors at the
time. The guns of the forts replied
to the best of their ability but without
any effect.
SHIPS OF CORPORATIONS
MAY USE THE CANAL.
WASHINGTON, April 23.—The at
torney general has announced the de
cision that ships belonging to corpora
tions which arc alleged to be violat
ing the Sherman anti-trust laws must
be allowed to use the Panama canal
until the violation is proven. Then,
he declares, if the corporation is ord
ered dis-solved the ships will be al
lowed to use the canal as the copora
tion can no longer be regarded as a
trust. No ships belonging to corpora
tions that are violating the trust laws
will, however, be permitted to make
use of the canal.
TURKISH TROOPS QUIT
ONE OF THEIR PORTS.
Landing of Allied Army Forces the
Enemy to Evacuate Accord
ing to London.
LONDON, April 23.—It is reported
that the Turkish port of Enos in the
Agean sea has been evacuated by the
Turkish troops as a result of the
failure of the Turkish army to oppose
successfully the landing of the allied
army. Further news from that quart
er indicates that the efforts of the
Turks to oppose the allies were unex
pectedly weak but the position of the
enemy is admitted to have been a
difficult one owing to the fact that
the Gallipoli peninsula is narrow and
allows little space for the maneuver
ing of troops.
fiercTfighT
IN THE WEST
SAVAGE ONSLAUGHTS CON
TINUE IN THE REGION
OF YPRES.
LONDON, April 23.—*The fighting
around Ypres continues savagely. In
that quarter the British are opposed
to the Germans and the battle is re
ported to be as fierce and bloody as
the battle of Neuve Chappelle, where
our losses were eleven thousand in
killed, wounded and missing for three
days' fighting. The bombardment of
Ypres itself is still going on and the
city is said to be suffering severely.
The British war office has warned the
people to be prepared for another long
casualty list as the fighting is desper
ate. Our troops are reported to be
more than holding their own and the
losses to the enemy must be much
more severe than ours as he is on the
offensive in the effort to recapture
some lost positions.
FRENCH ATTACKING.
BERLIN, April 23.—1The French
have now assumed the offensive in the
Argonne and in upper Alsace and
from tho indications it is assumed
that the effort now being made by
the hostile forces are part of the
plans for the long expected attempts
at the spring advance. Conditions in
northern Poland are said to be just
about the same. The chief field of
activity in the east has been shifted
from the north to the south to stem
the tide of the Russian advance to
wards Hungary. That this advance
has been entirely stopped is the gen
eral belief in military circles in Ger
many and now that the danger of
Italian intervention has been removed
the German people are more confident
than ever of the ultimate outcome.
Chas. A. Hopp, editor of the Doug
las Island News, was elected council
man at the recent municipal election.
The other councilmen are: Peter
Johnson, Elmer E. Smith, Julius Jen
sen, Bing Halleck, Jos. Robertson and
Frank Oliver. A total of 436 votes
were cast
KNIK.—Superintendent Emery, of
the Martin mine, increased his force
this week, the following having been
employed: Ben Pitcher, machinist;
Mrs. Pitcher, cook, and Joe Manninon,
Paddy Hanley, Nels Larson, John
Bjomberg and Andy Stuyanant,
miners.
Libby’s Milk three cans for twenty
five cents. Brown & Hawkins.
“Quality First.”
RUSSIA BLAMES.
SPRINGTHAWS
OFFENSIVE DELAYED BUT
AUSTRIAN ATTACKS
REPULSED.
PETROGRAD, April 23.—The
spring thaws in the mountains are
now delaying the Russian advance in
the Carpathians and the stopping of
the Russian offensive is due not at
all to the superiority of the Austrians,
according to the official notes publish
ed here today. The Austrians are ad
mittedly attacking in several places
but all these attacks have proved
fruitless. Near Gorlice in west Galic
ia, at Sanok pass, on the Bukowina
bonier, and in east Galicia the enemy
has made several attempts to advance
but they have been repulsed in every
instance* The fighting is severe,
nevertheless, and it is aflipitted that
the Austrians are by no means in
clined to give up the struggle. It is
denied that the Russian advance was
halted by the reinforcements dispat
ched to the Carpathians although this
news was published from London.
Nothing has been given out here offi
cially as to the reportod settlement
of the troubles between Italy and
Austria and the report is doubted.
BRITISH TRAWLER SUNK.
GRIMSBY, April 23.—A British
trawler has been submarined in the
North sea by the Germans and sunk
with two members of the crew. This
is the only maritime disaster publish
ed today.
CANNOT TAKE UP LOTS
AROUND SHIP CREEK.
Information that May be Useful to
Those Thinking of Stam
peding There.
The country in which Ship Creek is
situated is part of the forest reserve
and local legal advice is to the effect i
that lots cannot be taken up there so
that the building of a city at Ship
creek at present would mean building
on ground to which a title cannot be i
secured. The Chugach forest reserve
includes all the country between Knik
Arm and Knik river. This is mention
ed just to let strangers know how the
land lies.
HERRON SAYS G. O. P.
TIME.
:
Charles E. Herron, chairman of the
territorial republican committee, ex- j
presses the full conviction that the
republican party will win at the next
general election and that the next,
president of the United States is sure
to be a member of the “grand old
party." He has arrived at this con
clusion after his observations on the
outside.
NEWS NOTES
William Longman, the prominent
mining man of the Hope district, re
turned on the Evans after a long tour
of the states. While outside he visit- j
ed St. Louis, San Francisco and many
other places but, he says, ho was glad
to get back. •
George W. Puckett came on the
Evans and proceeded to Uyak on
Kodiak Island where he is engaged I
in business. He is most optimistic in
his belief about the future of ths part
of Alaska.
The Evans is not due to return un
til Tuesday.
Joe Campbell, the star first base-!
man of the Federals, is now a member |
of the fast increasing staff of Brown
and Hawkins. John Casaraski, a
Valdez ball player, is another new
member of the staff. He has signed,
up with the Federals.
Harry Ellsworth advertised in the
Gateway some time ago that he could
give information about Broad Pass
and amongst the answers received to
the ad. yesterday was one from south
ern Nevada.
Dick Dawson, the Crow creek min
ing man, was a passenger on the
Evans. He continued on the vessel
on his way to the scene of his sum-1
mer’s labors.
Read our today’s display ad.
Alaska Land & Development Co.,
Inc.
Cheap buy on 4th Avenue close in
$2,000.00. Terms if necessary.
Excellent buy on terms two lots on
corner, $1600.00 Terms.
Fine buy for cash, Lot 30, Block 18.
• When you pass the. office read our;
display in the window for bargains.
Alaska Land & Development Com
pany, Inc.
G. Benj. Poindexter,
, Manager.
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❖ SEPPALA WINS THE •>
❖ NOME SWEEPSTAKES. *
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Seppala was the winner of the All
Alaska Sweepstakes race which start- j
ed from Nome on the Nth. of this I
month. Scotty Allan was second and
was only one hour behind the winner
although he lost four hours by his
dogs straying near Council. The
Indian driver representing the Coun
cil City dog club tvas third, fifteen
miles behind. The time was seventy
seven hours or only an hour or two
more than the record. The distance
is four hundred and eight miles.
YOUNG WIFE CRAZY AT
OLD HUSBAND’S DEATH.
PORTLAND, April 23.—Lombardi,
the well known impressario, died of
appolexy here last night and immedi
ately afterwards his wife took poison
in the effort to follow him to the tomb
and she will probably die. A remark
able fact connected with the tragedy
its that Lombardi was sixty-nine
years of age and his wife is only
thirty-two. They were deeply attach
ed to each other throughtout their j
married life in spite of the disparity
of ages.
GERMANY ANNOUNCES
NEW CONTRABANDS.
Will Seize Coal, Pig Iron, Coke ami
Other Articles Destined
For Enemies.
WASHINGTON, April 23.—The
state department has been notified of
the fact that Germany has announced
the placing on the contraband list of
several new articles of merchandise.
Amongst the articles included in the
new conditional contraband are coal,
coke, pig iron, and aeroplanes. The
German government further an
nounces that if these articles are
shipped in neutral vessels to ports
from which they can be reshipped to
any of the belligerent nations they
will be seized just the same as if
they were consigned to a belligerent
country directly.
FAIRBANKS, April 5.—That Jack
Houlihan, the former well known
hotel man and farmer of Fox City is
dead, is the word conveyed in a let
ter received here last week by Joe
Houlihan, of Gold stream, from his
mother. The. death is stated to have
occurred in a Seattle hospital, on
February 28. His ailment was stom
ach trouble.
Mr. Houlihan left Fairbanks in the
fall of 1913 and went to Juneau,
where he engaged in Ihe hotel busi
ness. h is understood that be left
there for the outside last winter.
SHIPS ENTER
DARDANELLES
ALLIES PREPARING FOR COM
BINED LAND AND SEA
ATTACK.
ATHENS, April 23.—Four British
battleships entered the Dardanelles
this morning and are now bombarding
once again the Turkish forts. The
bombardment of Smyrna in Asiatic
Turkey has been renewed, probably
for the purpose of clearing the way
for the landing of land forces in that
quarter to march from the south on
the Asiatic shores of the straits and
so act in conjunction with the forces
landed to the northward at the gulf
of Saros. It is now believed that the
combined land and sea attack on the
Dardanelles will begin soon. The
particular effort will undoubtely be
made to sieze the peninsula to the
north as from that position the land
forces of the allies can command the
forts on both sides of the channel.
As the election law approved by
most of the Senate now stands, the
names of candidates will be arranged
in alphabetical order and the party
designation placed after the name of
each candidate. For instance, if “A”
Is a democratic and “B” is a republi
can, "C” is an independent and “E”
is a Socialist, they will appear in ro
tation instead of all the Democrats
under one heading, etc. Each party
man in order to vote a straight ticket
will have to pick out the candidates
through the entire list on the official
ballot instead of having all of the
members of his party together.—(Ju
neau Dispatch.)
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get all the real news of the world
through a great press service. You
may hot get all the details but you
get all of which a knowledge is
necessary.
LEASE GROUND
IN RESERVES
RECENT ACT GIVES OPPORTUN
ITY TO PEOPLE AROUND
SEWARD.
That people in this neighborhood
can secure leases from the govern
ment of ground in forest reserves
seems to be the only interpretation
that can be placed on the following
communication received through mail
by the Gateway from the Forest Ser
vice, United States Department of
Agriculture, Portland, Oregon:
PORTLAND, Ore., April 1, 1915.—
“According: to the terms of the
Agricultural Appropriation A<t re
cently passed by Congress, it is now
possible for responsible persons to
lease, for periods not exceeding thirty
years, five-acre tracts within the Na
tional Forest for the construction of
summer homes, hotels, stores, or
other recreation or public conven
iences. This announcement was made
today by the District Forester at Port
land, Oregon.
Heretofore, camping sites, hotel
sites and the like could be rented, at
a nominal fee,, under special permit.
While this permit was given for an
indefinite period, it was revocable by
any government officer at any time.
Under the terms of the new law, how
ever, such sites may be leased for a
term of years and not even the Presi
dent of the United States can cancel
a lease except for violation of its pro
visions. It is, of course, optional with
the applicant whether he obtains his
camping site under special use permit
or under lease. It is abvious that a
man desiring to secure a location tn
the Forest for a summer hotel would
feel that his investment was better
protected by a lease.
It should be understood that this
lease law is not a homestead law in
any sense, and the title to the land
remains with the government. At the
expiration of the lease, unless renew
ed, the lands will revert to the gov
ernment. The Secretary has no auth
ority under the law to issue patents."
TO ESTABLISH ELECTRIC
PLANT AT SHIP CREEK.
Company Formed and One Member
Went Last Night to Look
Over the Field.
A company composed of eastern
capitalists has been formed for the
purpose of establishing an electric
power anTi light plant for Ship creek
and one of the capitalists interested
went through to that place last night
on the Evans. Jack McEachern, for
merly superintendant of the electric
company at Cordova, is the moving
spirit in the enterprise. He has been
here all the winter but earlier in the
season he staked the water right on
Ship creek and has had a man work
ing on it all the winter at his own
expense. The company is known as
the Ship Creek Electric Company. Mr.
McEachern will leave on the Mariposa
for the scene of his future activities.
MEMBERS OF GOVT.
FORCE ON THE EVANS.
Capt. Ed. Swift, the well known
shallow water mariner who operated
on the Susitna and the Cook Inlet
waters’ last year, was a passenger re
turning from Seattle on the Admiral
Evans yesterday. He has been en
gaged as pilot of the boat which is
to be operated by the Railroad com
mission on the same waters this seas
on. Among other members of the gov
ernment force on the Evans, bound
for Ship creek, was Lieut. Jones who
for several years has had charge of
different branches of construction
work at the Panama canal.
MERELY A JOKE.
Rep. Noon wants the moon. A liter
al translation of this metaphor is that
he wants the territorial capital moved
root and branch to Seward. It is
needless to add that Mr. Noon is from
Seward. It cpsts nothing, save the
effort in stringing a few words to
gether and having them typed to in
troduce a resolution memorializing
congress for this, that, and the other
thing, and there is at least some ad
vertising in it for the member from
Seward.
We cannot believe that Mr. Noon is
serious. Nor do we believe that the
legislature will treat it seriously; we
know that congress will not seriously
consider such a proposition as send
ing a commission to Alaska to decide
for the people of Alaska where they
want their capital established, so
what is the good of bombarding con
gress with paper w*ads wrhen there is
no serious work afoot.—(Juneau Dis
patch.)