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SEW \RD. YLAStvA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1915.
The acts ot the territorial legislature are being declared invalid one by
one. Judge Jennings now refuses to recognize the law empowering city
councils to impose a tax on itinerant peddlers and the attorney general says
the education law i.> also beyond the power of the local legislative body, so
what are we do?
It is evident that the act of congress giving Alaska a legislature must
have been very carelessly drawn up. Both sessions ot the territorial legis
lature have ha 1 lawyers and there ar» many lawyers in the territory besides
who have nev '? dreamt that some of the acts of the legislature were ultra
vires until they came before the courts. It has happened that some federal
judges in Alaska have recognized one act of the local legislature which other
judges have declared invalid and if federal judges can hold so different
views what is the jn>or layman to do? I he fact is, probably, that the nation
al legislature cart'd >o little about Alaska that when it threw it a legislature
it threw it a bone without meat.
The fact that the output of the Fairbanks country was half a million
dollar* greate • this year than last goes to show that a placer camp is not the
‘’tempo!ary” thing we have been so prone to consider it. Mr. Rigg* ot the
Engineering Commission, who returned from the Tanana valley yesterday,
is absolutely confident that the providing by the railroad of cheap fuel to
the Fairbanks country will increase the output of that district immeasurably
by enabling the holder* of low grade properties to work them profitably.
Low grade ground in large quantities is much better for a camp generally
than a .-.mallei amount of infinitely richer ground as it means the employ
ment of larger forces of wage earners, and the payroll is the thing. The rich
ground make* great wealth for a few hut that is not what Alaska wants.
All of us who have been through Alaska for years know several places lying
unt niched w h* re good money could be made under different conditions.
Tht e are vast strctche* of country in Alaska right now where supplies ouid
not be secured in sufficient quantities* and at such prices as to o uiblo a man
to op* rate ground g »ing ten dollars to the shovel. The only ground as a
mat’er of fact vhich i> being worked in Alaska today is close to navigable
water. It may. indeed, bo said that there is no paying camp in Alaska that
i* not within a hundred miles of *ome navigable tributary of the Yukon river,
oome ether great river or the ocean. Juneau is there because the sea is there.
Dawson is the: • beau sc1 it is on the Yukon bank. Nome exists because it is j
on the seashore. Fairbanks i* a camp because the Tanana is a navigable j
river Circle is on the Yukon. So are Eagle. Rampart and Ruby. Atlin has
only a two mile interruption in a clear navigable course to the \ ukon. Idita
rod has its river, and so ha> the Koyukuk. ilehind each ot these camps are
countries where there is gold but not the meatu of transportation, and
transportation what the government railroad will suppU
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NEWS NOTES
H. Danielson and Sam Radel, who 1
arrived this morning on the Alliance
made a trip out to Mile Six to spend j
a (fay or so there. They expect to
make Seward their winter home.
George Kosmos made the trip out j
to Roosevelt and back on the car to
day.
Martin Lanning left for Mile 29
and Moose Pass to upend a couple of j
days looking after some Road com
mission material.
KUis Bartlett left this morning for
Mile o4 with his winter’s supplies,
moving out to his cabin lor the rest
of the year.
Peter Murray arrived on the Al
liance, coming from hiu homestead in
the Matanuska. Mr. Murray is one
of the pioneer homesteaders of that
i
country, first going there in 1910. ,
Since that time he has been nursing
along wheat, oats and barley crops j
each season and this year succeeded '
in raising a fine crop of them.
Potatoes grew well this year, his crop
averaging seven tons to the acre. He
comes to Seward on business in con
nection with his homestead.
A fine picture of Mrs. Galt, the
bride-to-be of President Wilson, can
"be seen down at the Seward News
company. It was received on the
Alameda yesterday.
Carl Stangneth came in yesterday
afternoon with his family from his
saltery down the bay. He has made
arrangements to have the Alliance
pick up his shipment of the products
of the sea, consisting of i»0 barrels of
' .^a!t salmon and about 200 gallons of
fish oil, for the Seattle and San
Francisco markets.
H. Pape and Fred Ford left this
morning to spend a couple of days
out on Kcnai Lake.
The ladies of the Altar Society will
rattle two oil paintings at the Seward
News Company’s store evening.
CASKS GO TO ANCHOR AG K
The Anchorage liquor trials will go
to that town and will be heard by the
United States commissioner. Dis
trict Attorney Spence asked for the
change of venue yesterday and the at
torneys for some of the defendants,
Messrs Ray and Frame, agreed to
the transfer.
OFFICT MiS ON FARRAGUT
United States Marshal F. K. Bren
neman and John Mossman will arrive
on the Farragut for the Seward term
of court. K. K. Ritchie, the Valdez
lawyer, will also be aboard.
Today the Seward Gateway Is the
greatest established daily and weekly.
“101-103-105”
Not a football sign a
but three new Fall Fashions
that express the very soul of the
young (or young-old) man, who
goes wild at a football game.
C l'he width of the collar, the
roll of the lapel, the curves
of the coat, the shape of
the trousers—every stitch
in these fashions is
youth personified. v /
Schoenbrun
(u ly4 4 Shayne-Brun' ) ^
Tailoring
shows th ese fashions,
and a host of smart
weaves that harmon
ize with them. Cfl All
priced with the young
man’s means in mind.
^ These new Fall
woolens and fashions
now on display with
The MINER’S STORE
FRANK J. COTTER, Prop.
SEWARD ALASKA
SOCIAL WORKER GETS
OFF IMMORAL ROT
Poor Ignorumu Says Having too
Many Children is Like Tak
ing too Many Drinks.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—Miss
Catherine Leckie, a noted social
worker of this city, has issued a
statement to the effect that it is “just
as immoral to have too many children
as it is to take too many drinks."
“Encouraging the raising of big
families” says the lady “is barbaric
nonsense. A woman is not a bit bet- •
ter for being married. The having
children idea, that is the idea that it
is woman’s divine mission to be a |
mother is absurd.”
DELEGATE MAKES
RICH GOLD FIND
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 16.—Al Cope
land and Delegate Wickcrsham re
turned to town last evening after hav
ing been on mysterious stampede for
a week. They report having made a
rich strike.
Upon leaving Olnes they purchased j
an old gold pan. Tho first night,
while Copeland was preparing sup
per, the delegate started to pan some
gravel nearby. In the first pan he
found five or six colors. In the next
pan he got more coarse gold colors.
The third time he found some even
better colors. Then it was that he
discovered that some gold had been
burned in the pan, and as the gravel
scoured it, some colors appeared, j
After giving the pan a thorough ,
cleaning, the men gave up in disgust,
as they could not find even one color.
—Ex.
WRECKED MARIPOSA WILL
PROBABLY BE SAVED
JUNEAU, Oct. 20.—In conversa
tion with Captain Livingstone and i
Pilot Connell, and other officers of
the Dolphin, when that ship was in
port yesterday, it was learned that
the Mariposa, now lying on the rocks
in Balia Bella Sound, would be saved.
The wrecking crew is busy making
repairs on the hull of the ship. The
Mariposa has a hole in her hull, a! out
midships, at least 80 feet in length.
The greater portion of the damaged
hull has already been repaired. The *
Dolphin passed close to the wreck on
her way northbound.—Dispatch.
FOR SALE:—Completely furnished
cabin, 24x12. Ground rent $1.00 per
month. Inquire Kingsley, Architect.
10-22—2t.
See Button’s ad. Tuesdays and Fri
days. Second hand goods, cash or
commission. 0 28-tf i
New shipment of rugs and lino
leums in a large variety of designs
and colorings. Call in and give them
the “once over.”
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.
Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
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daily and weekly, is the only estab
lished publication of this kind in the
district included in government plans.
IN PROBATE COURT FOR KEN AI
PRECINCT OF THE THIRD DIVI
SION OF THE TERRITORY OF
ALASKA.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF No-....
JOHN A. MATH I SON,
DECEASED.
NOTICE OF HEARING FOR PROOF
OF WILL AND ISSUANCE OF
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY.
Notice is hereby given Unit Tues
day, the ninth day of November, 1915,
! at two o’clock P. M. of said day, and
the court room of the above Court in
the office of the U. S. Commissioner
for the Kenai Precinct, Third Division
of tin* Territory of Alaska, at Seward,
Alaska, have been appointed as the
time and place for proving the will of
the said John A. Mathison, deceased,
and for hearing the application of
Charles S. Mathison for the issuance
to him of Letters Testamentary with
the will annexed, heretofore filed and
made in this court.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, M. J.
Convoy, United States Commissioner
for the Kenai Precinct of the Third
Division of the Territory of Alaska
and Ex officio Probate Judge for said
Precinct, has hereunto set his hand
and affixed the seal of said court at
Seward, Alaska, within saicU precinct,
this 1st day of October, A. D., 1915.
(Seal) M. J. CONROY,
United States Commissioner and
Ex officio Probate Judge.
The All-Alaska Review
. Features in October Number:
Richard son-Wickersham Controvcr
y
Stories of Discoveries in Alaska
The Discovery of Chisana
The Discovery of Nelchina
The. Discovery of Nome
Alaska Gold Mines
By Eminent Engineers
Rise and Fall of Alaska’s Home Railroad
Alaska at the Panama Exposition
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