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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 19C4
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CHECHAKO VS SOURDOUGH JUSTICE
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The question came up in our mind nearly 20 years ago on
1 the Inside, and a chechako jurist was sent out by Wash
ington to preside as United States district judge over the
judicial destinies of that district. We were expecting
something to happen and plenty did. The question recurs
with the announcement of the arrival of Solictor General
William B. Mitchel, who, it appears is looking over the en
tire judicial system of Alaska, and whose report to Wash
ington, no doubt, will largely settle the question whether
or not an Alaskan will be appointed to fill the place of the
late Judge Reed, whose death removed an able jurist at
Juneau.
Twenty years ago winter transportation in Alaska
was a long sight different than it is today However, the
incumbent on the bench from the corn belt called fall
court session in regular course, as was right and proper,,
'arid began to set cases. .
The freezeup came, winter set in and there was a
wild harnessing of dog teams by deputy marshals to go
forth and notify ligitants and drag in witnesses. Men
were suddenly snatched from their businesses, their trad
ing posts, their mines and their trap lines. The majestic
hand of the law had descended upon them and they must
perforce obey.
When that bunch had assembled at court there was
a confusion and a bewilderment fit for the god Pan to
stick a dirisive finger and laugh. Plaintiff or defendant
in the same civil action might be missing but the wit
nesses were on hand and the cases could not go to trial.
In criminal actions important witnesses were lacking
but those who were on hand marked time while business
es at home languished and court costs piled up and the
United States marshal aged visibly in his mukluks
The Judge from the corn belt who knew absolutely
nothing about Alaska, its people, its feelings, its difficul
ties, its loves, its aversions, its sense of primitive justice,
its grubstake agreements, its man-to-man valuations,
its vast distances, its hardships, sat on the bench and
wondered why he couldn’t get thru with the calendar. We
know of men whose businesses were absolutely ruined
that winter and who had a long hard fight to get even a
percentage of the mileage they were entitled to. Instead
of using his prerogative of upsetting the prescribed
course of judicial procedure to suit common sense and
convenience as he might have done since he was czar in
his own district, the Judge forced the thing thru along
the lines of federal procedure as carried on in the States.
This is a long way around to get to the declaration
that Alaska should have men on her judicial benches
who know Alaska.
Tempermentally and geographically the people of
Alaska and the United States are far apart. Their lives
are molded along different lines because of environment
and their mental reactions spring from that environ
ment. Law may be an inflexible rule of conduct in the
United States and all her possessions but justice and
equity should be tempered to suit local conditions. Those
of us who have elected to fight the adversities of Alaska
and string along with the goddess of fortune here,
should have the privilege of naming one of our number to
sit in judgment upon us if we wander from the trail that
Alaska modes, customs, foibles, weaknesses, strengths
have blazed out for us.
HOPE ITS AN ANNUAL VISITATION
1.
When the great blasts of sound thundered down the
mountain sides early this morning, reverberating in long
tumbling roars that fairly shook the earth and jiggled the
waters of Resurrection Bay, it was at first thought by
many who were expecting Solicitor General Wiilliam D.
Mitchell and Judge Edward R. Finch of the New York
Supreme Court, that the* Nimrods were just arriving in
town from their hunting trip. It was learned later how
ever that the two eminent jurists were already in town
and probably sleeping peacefully in bed Maybe Mother
Nature was just getting even for the noise they made
down the peninsula.
Genial Scribe Goes
To Administer Law
On Far Bristol Bay
Although everybody who has bean !
getting the Cordova Times of late
has read the “Grizzley” in poetry and
prose, with his pungent comment on
times and conditions, it is possible
that they do not know the author, J.
Hampton Miles, despite the fact that
he has lived in the North for years;
and has wondered all over this so
called “bleak” expanse of Territory,
which ever and anon lifts up its
voice in the wilderness.
Perhaps, it would be better to say
voices, because if there is paean of
praise to be sounded or a howl of
outraged dignity to be voiced J.
Hampton has been the man to do it.
Mr. Miles is pati'sing here, waiting
for the boat to take him to Hilling,
ham, far up in the Bristol Bay coun
jry on the shores of the Bering Sea,
I where he gees to preside as United
States Commissioner .for that sec
tion, to dispense stern though kindly
j justice, unite in holy matrimony
■ those who would be happy and other,
wise acquit himself as one who would
be the patriarchal representative of
Uncle Sam among his people. He
has just been appointed to his. posi
tion from Valdez, by District Judge
E Coke Hill and expects to get away
Monday on the S. S. Starr.
TWO LEAVING SEWARD
Mrs.Violet Hardy, who has been 1
conducting the Seward Beauty Par.
lors here, is leaving on the Aleutian
tonight to visit friends in Seattle,
after which she will go to Rosebu,-g,
Ore., where she may make her future
home. Miss Mary Mullins, who has
been at the Overland Grill is accom
panying Mrs. Hardy and after a visit
with relatives and friends in Seattle
and Victoria will leturn to Seward in
about six weeks.
If you haven’t tried Prye.Bruhn’s
Baby Beef you have missed some
thing, friends!
Excellent line of Columbia
records at Sylvia’s. Newest
of hits.
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TONIGHT—TWO SHOWS 7 AND 9
1YURA LA PLANTE TOM MOORE
NAT CARR ARTHUR HOYT
BRYANT WASHBURN
JOCELYN LEE
in the absorbing story of New York
“ The Love Thrill ”
Not a sentimental story but a Farce Comedy
that will entertain you every minute. A young
woman insurance agent tries to sell policies to
some rich men and as a result gets mixed up
deeper and deeper in comical situations thal
will keep you laughing.
With it we will give you Max Davidson in the
spooky two-reel comedy
“CAME THE DAWN”
And an interesting Fox News
SUNDAY ONLY
The Powerful Drama of Mountain People
“ Judgment of the Hills
A great play of Kentucky hill folks in all theii
primitive passions..A gripping story of strange
humans true to life.
And there will be a Fox News and an Educa
tional and a reel of Jokes.
II
Just As A Reminder j
ii -THERE IS HARDLY ANYTHING IN THE WORLD
P THAT SOME MAN CAN NOT MAKE A LITTLE
;; WORSE AND SELL A LITTLE CHEAPER, AND
THE PEOPLE WHO CONSIDER PRICE ONLY ARE
IS THIS MAN’S LAWFUL PREY.” SOME PEOPLE
ii KNOW THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING AND THE
If VALUE OF NOTHING.”
| If we thought for a minute that most of the people in
H this community considered price above everything else
^ we would be advertising cheap merchandising at prices
), that would delight the most astute of price sharp shoot
n ers; naturally, the matter of quality would therefore
\\ be thrown to the four winds. But we believe otherwise.
We are certain that most of the people realize that cheap
merchandise is the most expensive. We feel that while
‘ they are naturally interested in the price, they arc more
concerned about getting the most value for their money.
And because we are sure that we are giving our custom
ers the most for their money, it is a pleasure for us to ad
vertise through the .columns of this paper. Our men’s
p furnishing department has . only been in .operation for
four months. It therefore follows that our stock is of the
;j very latest style and is ALL NEW.
sewud mine sc. me.
j; Agent for Dupont Powder Caps and Fuse
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