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SATURDAY. MARCH -I, l!H>8
NEEDS OF ALASKA WATERS
The strandin'* of tin* steamer Sara
toga upon the rocks at Klhuu.tr i*alis
.nt etit ion ajjrain to the dangers to navi
oat ion encountered in the waters of
the North 1 ’acitie.
The insufficiency of vvode ie surveys
At! I consequent lack of knowledge of
*afe harbors let* ships in time of storm,
and the scarcity of Ii.irhthouses on this
noriher coast to jruide the mariner -it
jji-ht to safe waters itave recently
i>o,* called to notice.
Owiny to the many hidden rocks
pih se shores tin re is also need
of unmetous buoys to mark the dan
gerous reefs.
There is stiii another need to safety,
that is just as urgent, l>ut concernin'*
licit less is puhlically said, and tliat
is perfectly staunch and strictly sea
worthy shits to ply ttiese waters,
which at best are subject to violent
storms attended witn danger to the j
navigator. No boat should ever be
placed on these waters that would he
condemned on the Atlantic coast. In
% o s oi ships should be men in
ca . of beine bought at any price
!,> ji;jvs ttpoti a boat lit ii does not meas
ure up to all the requirements of a
»eaworthy vessel.
< >ne man oorumeutinif upon me situ
ation on this northern coast, says tint
the oidy way to account for the com
paratively few serious accidents t0;
Aiaskan vessel* is the watchful care of
an alM' \ Providence. This same;
ali-!ovin^ Providence has jfiven man
ihe power of reason and the ability
to fors.*e dan,er in many instances,
at;.i tiois t*!;ov>\v»*d has ieft him to work
o r h.s own salvaiion. I uless this
power of reasonin’: is more carefully
c\ -vised, and snle-ruards to danger |
p, - ■ ctly manifest un re strictly ol*
*erved, this all-loviny Providence will;
be busy elsewhere some of these
times, and there will he accidents on
this n ast that will res i!t not only in
the destructor. of hoa's. hut also in
the loss of human iive~.
A PRINCE LEARNS A TRADE
It is the prevaling opinion in this
country where any one can break into
the ring of the seiev provided he
lias the Decenary due it>. or can make
the necessary >h<>'\ I having them,;
that a member o!' :i I' iropean royal
hou^e ha- an ea>\ ' it** am< conns to
hK position by birth alone.
!\ is true that birth in a royai family j
is i •ce>s;i!*y c« ni ’ I"’*, bar that is not
all, A p:- uc**. and *: *cia iy a crown
icance. !ii;oi :iited hu* Ins prospect-j
ivi hign o >s:>itin by a broad ami thor- '
ough education. 'Fills education con-,
>,i;>ts nut only in a practical knowledge |
of the mechanical sciences, hut also in
an experimental practice in govern- j
mental affairs.
Crown Prince William of Germany;
has been learning the civil service
routine at a government office desk,
and now lias apprenticed himself to a
great engineering concern, where he
will make himself familiar with the
manufacture of machinery. This
practical knowledge must be preceded
by a course of theoretical mechanics
at a technical college.
It means something more than a
name to be a prince. The many
qualifications of the present German
Emperor have come not from birth,
but from hard study and close appli
cation to the details of business as
well as the acquisition of a theoretical
knowledge of the various branches of
learning.
The royal road to preferment runs
parallel to that which leads to success
in any high calling.
LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN
Dispatches from Berlin state that
the Prussian minister of cult. Dr.
Holle, luis informed the directors of
the National League for Improving
the Masses that their libraries must
not contain works of Darwin, Haeckel,
David Friedrich Strauss and other
writers of the same character.
'Hu* contention presumably is that
tfTose writers give expression to
i thoughts that tend u) lead the minds
of the youth out of the usual so|called
orthodox lines. Unquestionably these
writers a**e honest in their search for
truth. They may have erred in their
conclusions in some instances and the
premises from which they reason may
not always be sound. The same is
true of their orthodox opponents.
Such men as Darwin have done a
great work for mankind in emancipat
ing the human mind from the thrall of
superstition and untenable belief.
The supremacy of certain long cher
ished ideas in regard to the origin of
the human race may be rudely shaken
b\ popularizing the conclusions of men
of the Darwin class. It is the truth
that should besought, and it will be
the sooner lifted from error, not by
suppressing one side of the much dis
puted question, hut by turning on all
the light that can come from minds
honestIv laboring in the interests of
true science.
During the past quarter of a century
great changes have taken place in
theological thought. What was once
heterodoxy has become orthodox
thought of today. The liresof the
hell of our fathers have died down,
the smell of brimstone has been waft
ed away and the torments of remorse for
a wasted lift* have been substituted.
'I’he human race is none the worse for
this change. Let the light shine and
the truth be known. Anything less
must sometimes prove disappointing.
GRATEFUL TO RAISULI
Old is the saying that "it is an ill
wind that blows nobody good.” It
now turns out that the Ironmongers'
guild in London look upon th bandit
Kaisuli as a benefactor.
It is stated that more than two
hundred years ago a wealthy London
ironmonger named Fhomas Lretton
bequeathed one-half of his large estate
to the Ironmongers’ guild to he held
as a fust for the purp s- of
the redemption of British slaves in
Turkey and Barbary.
For over one hundred years after
the death of th- testator large sums
were used in carrying out his wishes.
The last payment was made in ls-->.
The money has sine- then been ac
cumulating in the possession of the
ironmongers guild. I he covetous e\e
of organized charity spying this nice
little fortune took legal steps not long
ago to divert the money from the
object of the testator with a view of
using it ostensibly for educational
purposes. Naturally the ironmongers
opposed tIn* action. 1 he charity orga
nization advanced the argument that j
British subjects were no longer held
in bondage either in Barbary or J nr- j
key. The case came up for trial while |
Sir Henry McLean was held in captivi
ty by Kaisuli. This fact gave the
ironmongers the chance to disprove
the one proposition upon which tin1
charity organization based its claims
to the control of the funds.
When the ironmongers hold their
next banquet they will in all probabil
ity toast Katsula as a benefactor.
Tiie threads of human lives are so
intricately interwoven that the most
unexpected interests are often found
closely bound together, and out of ap
parent evils good often arises, and as
in the attempt of organized charity in
this instance,
"The best-laid schemes o'mice and men
thing aft a-gley,
And lea'e us nought but grief and pain
For promised joy.”
ALASKA NOT UNHEALTHY
An order is said to have issued from
Washington to the effect that all
soldiers in Alaska who have been
there two years or over are to be with
drawn on the alleged ground that a
longer stay in the climate of that ter
ritory is adverse to their health.
A great many men have spent more
than two years in Alaska and do not
seem to suffer from the effects of ill
health, anti the question arises in one’s
mind whether it is the climate of the
Northland or something else that acts
adversely to the soldier’s health.
Most of the people who live in Alaska
seem to enjoy fairly good health and
some of them health of an excellent
quality. Especially is this true of
people living in a town like Seward
where all of the health advantages are
the best. There is an abundance of
fresh air, and an uncontaminated sup
ply of spring water from the mount
ains. Added to this is the fact that at
no time of the year is there any se
verely cold weather. . Zero tempera
ture is very rare in the winter, and in
summer there is no hot weather to
cause disease germs to generate in
swamps and decaying matter. V\ ith a
| natural system of drainage and sewers
! to carry the refuse into the bay there
appears hut little occasion for ill
health.
In this country as elsewhere men
may injure their health by the exces
sive use of whiskey and by dissipation
in other ways, but the chances for
good healtli here far outnumber those
in the crowded cities of the states
with their sudden and extreme
changes of temperature, together with
the constant worry that comes from
living beyond one’s means in order to
keep up a show with one’s neighbors.
Land and Mineral Decisions
Published by Woodford I). Harlan,
land attorney, Washington, l>. C.
Coal Lands--An entry of coal lands
made for the benefit of another is ille
gal and must be canceled.
Practice Contest Contest should
j be dismissed where the contestant fails
to appear, either in person or by coun
sel. on the day tixed for the hearing.
Desert Lands Land that without ir
rigation will produce grass in paying
quantities is uol subject to desert en
try.
Entry An entry may stand in tact
I as to the agricultural tracts, though
they are rendered non-eontiguous by a
segregation survey made necessary by
a mineral discovery after the original
| entry wa» made.
Final Proof Supplemental proof,
should be required where thclesti-j
mony is evasive and incomplete.
Homestead Townsite If at date of
'original entry the land is not occupied
for purposes of “trade and business,"
the subsequent use of the land by Oth
! ers for such purposes will not defeat
the right of the claimant.
Mineral Land Land must be held
non-mineral where no discoveries of
j appreciable value have been made, and
1 it does not appear that a further ex
penditure would develop the presence
of minerals in paying quantities.
Electrocuted
Seattle,— \V. L. Abrams, credit man
of tiie National Grocery Company, was
killed by electricity in his home, 41.57
Thackery street, 11 o’clock at night, j
A storm was in progress and a street- ;
car became shortcireuited in front of j
bis house. After standing at the
window with his wife watching the
electrical display for a moment, he
turned on the electric light with one
hand and with the other readied for
the tea kettle, which was on tiie kitch
en stove As he touched the kettle he t
was stricken dead,
He remained standing, with arms I
outstretched, and the lingers of one |
hand were burned away by the cur-;
rent, which seems to have come from j
the trolley wire.
WEEKLY WLATHLR RECORD
Weathei record for tin.* week ending
March 28
TEMFEKATFKE.
Max. Mm.
Sunday 30 2o Clear, wind
Monday 33 24 Clear, wind
Tuesday 41 25 Cloudy
Wednesday 42 35 Clear
Thursday 42 21 Clear
Friday 39 27 Cloudy |
Saturday 35 31 Clear, wind
SUMMONS—NO. 242
United States of America
United States District Court, Dis
trict of Alaska, Third Division, Uacilic
Court District.
Edith Horan, PlaintilT,
VS.
Thomas Horan, Defendant.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting:
To the above named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the United States District Court, in
and for the District of Alaska, Third
Division, within thirty days after the
day of service of this summons upon
you. and answer the complaint of the
above named plaintiff, a copy of which
complaint is herewith delivered to
you; and unless you appear and ans
wer, the plaintiff will take judgment
against you and will apply to the
t'ourt for the relief demanded in said
complaint. _
Witness, the Hon. Silas H.
Reid, Judge of said Court,
—■— this lGth day of January, in
i 1 the vear of our Lord one
) SEAL ^ ti10U;san(j nine hundred and
—r—- eight, and of our independ
ence the one hundred and
thirty-second.
EDWARD J. STIER, Clerk,
By E. A. HENDERSON, Deputy
Clerk. ,
Edmund Smith, attorney for piaintiff.
First publication Feb. 29
Last publication April 11.
RAM "“m
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(Incorporated November, 1905, under the laws of Alaska)
Office—on Fourth avenue, near Adams, Seward, Alaska
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United State Commissioner’s
Court for I he Territory of Alaska,
Kenai Prcc'nct, Third Judicial Divis
ion.
IN PROBATE
In the matter of George Burchy, de
ceased.
NOTICE i> hereby given by the un
dersigned administrator of the estate
of George Burchy, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said deceased to ex
hibit them, with the necessary vouch
ers. within six months after the first
pul dicat ion of this notice to the said
administrator, Curtis R. Morford, at
the office of S. O. Mot ford. Seward,
A laska.
Dated this 9th day of March. 1908.
CURTIS Li. MORFORD,
Administrator of t lie estate of
George Burchy.
First publication March 14.
Last publication April 18.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE United States Commissioner’s
Court, Unalaska Precinct, Third
Judicial Division, Territory of
Alaska.
IN THE matter of the estate of Sim
eon Millovjdof, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned executor of the estate of
Simeon Millovidof, deceased, to the cre
ditors of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased to exhibit
them with necessary vouchers within
six months after first- publication of
this notice to the said executor at the
office of the United States Commission
er in the town of Unalaska, Alaska. And
the undersigned hereby gives notice
that he was duly appointed executor
of the estate by an order of the above
named Court made and entered the 7th
day of December, 1907.
N. GRAY,
Executor of the estate of
Simeon Millovidof, deceased
Date of first publication Feb. 29.
Date of last publication
We have on hand a large and new
supply of Eastman Kokak goods. Owl
Drug Co. *
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
To the United States Commissioner's
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Kenai Precinct, Third Judicial Divis.
ion.
IN PROBATE.
In the matter of the estate of Ferdi
nand Wagner, deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given by the un
i designed administratrix of the estate
; of Ferdinand Wagner, deceased, to the
; creditors of. and all persons having
claims against the said deceased to ex
, dibit them, with necessary vouchers,
within six months after the llr>t publi
: cation of this notice, to the said admin
‘ istratrix, Elsbeth Wagner, at the of
fice of S. O. Morford, Seward, Alaska.
FLSBETH WAGNER.
* Admidist rat rix of the estate of
Ferdinand Wagner.
I First publication March 14.
j Last publication April 18.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
Cook Inlet Precinct, Jan. 4, 1908.
To Hairy McCormack, C. J. Wal
ters, James McGill, Thos. McConety,
Geo. Hanson, Wm. Burns and Alfred
Noel:
You are hereby notified that the
undersigned has expended one hundred
dollars in labor and improvements
i upon the Skukum Creek placer claim
situated upon Skukum creek, tribu
tary to Twenty Mile river, in the
Territory of Alaska, Cook Jnlet pre
cinct, claiming 12<h)0 feet from NOTICE
up the creek in a southeasterly direc
tion, and300 feet each side of Skukum
! creea, as will appear by certificate
| filed the 23rd day of February, 1900, in
itheottlceof the recorder of said pre
j einct, in order to hold said premises
I under the provisions of Section 2.124
I Revised Statutes of the United States
being the amount required to hold the
same for the year ending December
31st, 1907.
And if within ninety days from the
publication of this notice, you fail, or
refuse to contribute your proportion
of such expenditure, to-wit, $12.60
each as a co-owner, your interest in
said claim will be forfeited and be
come the property of the subscriber
under said section 2324.
A. C. CARRIER,
Co-owner of one-eighth of said claim.
First publication Jannary 4, 1908.