JUDGE Silt
WHITES IE ISS
A communication was received
in the last mail from Judge
Stowe, who presides over the
destiny of the commissioner’s
court, in which he has writes
that he has a terrible affliction.
For the benefit of a long-suf
fering humanity, the letter is
published in its entirety:
Dear Mr. Jessen:
“I have been itching to go
Outside for a long time. In fact,
that is what I am going out for,
I have been scratching hard to
get together sufficient money tc
make the trip, yet all of it has
not been for money. I have
scratched for other reasons. I am
doing it voluntarily. It seems tc
be compulsory. Although said
scratching has been incompe
tent it has !>een both relative
and material. It is both superflu
ous and redundant, and I an:
undecided wether to apply to the
courts or hospitals to have il
stricken. I never tried the for
mer but in a little over a yeai
I have been in three hospital;
and consulted two specialists. 1
have taken X-rays, ultra-vioiel
rays, quartz light electric treat
ment and have tried 32 sure
* cure (?) patent remedies, all tc
no avail.
“Dr. A. D. Haverstock of Sew
ard. a wise man in his profes
sion, although cruel in his sug
gestions, told me the spot o:
skin to which the aforesaic
scratching was directed must be
cut off. Of course, I rebelled in
stantly. I thought, perhaps hi;
hospital might be like those Out
side and that it was bad enougi
to be skinned by the bill with
out being skinned ‘In personem.
1 am fast coming to the conclu
sion that Dr. Haverstock m
.iight, and if Judge Hill will lei
me go I will deliver my Corpus
mto the hands of Dr. Chestei
A. Downs, of Salem and Portland
Oregon, a man also wise in liij;
profession as a surgeon, and at
me same time, foolish enough tc
marry into my family. I 'know
tny daughter will stay his hanc
while he is skinning me.
“It seems strange, but take
such fellows as Haverstock anc
powns, pleasant, genial and af
fable men when you meet their
on the streets or at the hotels
dressed in citizens’ clothes, yoi
just can’t but like them, anc
you crave their friendships. Bui
when their Infernal ‘I mean In
ferae and the beautiful youns
nurse has you all stretched oul
on the table, wearing spotles;
nnen and wearing those white
gunny-sack, misfitting socks, anc
-hese same men, all robed ir
gowns, white as the drifted snow
come marching in, single file
and you notice they are armec
(Please torn to Pajfe Six)
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found by Bert Buchanan on Le
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j from a notice which appeared in
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! shrank to a few sales only when
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According to the Wrangell Sen
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Esner, two well-known Cassiar
| miners, were drowned in Cotton
wood Rapids on Dease River last
fall. E. Ervine, the third member
of the party, saved himself by
clinging to the boat after it up
set. He reported the casualties to
the Hudsons bay post keeper at
McDames Creek, whence came
word of the disaster.
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j was found laying face downward
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| high tide, according to the Ket
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