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TIME FOR PATIENCE
/ Whichever way on© gazes at th»* strange complexity of conditions
developing since the Great War upset the normal trend of world’s affairs, it
is clearly to be seen that the much desired alterations aide, not to be effected
in a day or a y«ar.
In every direction are intricate and preplexing questions which must
be soRied before things can once more resume an equitable tend agreeable
Yet the solution of these problems appears to require a more than
human wisdom and as yet no Solomon has appeared to show the way.
They will all be solved In time, of course, but in the meantlnte their
effects will' continue to bear heavily on tho shoulders of all who are not
possessed of ♦ well padded income.
However, much we may resent the outlook there is nothing to do but
wait until the tangle is resolved. War has reduced the world to disorder
and time and patience are the first requisites to restoration.
THE T^OEMCY TO WASTE
Those who do the least work in the world and, therefore, have the
least right to be wasteful are usually the most prodigal^ in wasting money
which has been saved by others and temporarily placed In their care.
Representative (Hand of Idaho, who has been investigating conditions
in prune*, reports that fully 70 per cent of the funds sent to philanthropic
and benevolent organisations in that country has gone for. the e*i>enses oi
administration. He also claims that the- committee of which he was chair,
man has discovered what are said to be undeniable evidences of the same
wasteful tendency In the conduct of governmental affairs in Prance. As
evidence he recites that $1,700,000,000 wofth of government, property which
Included as two of the Items, food and. textiles alone worth $500,000,000. was
sold for $490.000,000^
In addition it hits been testified by others before congressional com
mittees that several million dollars worth of materials, chiefly automobile
parts end accessor ice, were destroyed at VermieU, Prance without any ; ap
parent effort to convert them into money. This destruction was possibly
necessary, but It Js hard to believe that some use could not be found for such
things as automobile bodies, tires, wheels, and other parts, aq well as bale*
of flax and airplane fittings and materials, in a world in the condition of the
on« in which we now find ourselves.
Another example of the same thing is provided right at home. The
end of the war found the War Department with a' extent number of automobiles
and auto trucks cm it’s hands—47.00^ tn all, it la said. Many of these, still
in their crates, are piled four and five high in n.n open field'near Washington,
Where they have remained ever since the Armistice was signed. The ma
chine* have been left practically unshielded from the elements, their covers
and 'Upholstery rotting away and their machinery covered with rust. The
only excuse offered for this apparently wanton state of affairs was that their
disposal would have a serloys effect on thio automobile industry—a somewhat
■ JOUbtful evasion in view of the fact that many of the automobile factories
are reported to be two and thyee months behind In their ordtecs. Congress
Is now pressing for the sale of these machines and only the Strong inclination
to defer to big business appears to stand in the way of their disposal. It
would appear that any money the government could save by selling the
mtehtnes tor what they would bring would be So mijph leas it woulcf have
to. procure otherwise and so much less In public taxation.
THE REFORM MANIA
Now that the nation hat* been legally, if not actually purged of the
drink-evil, the numerous moral reformers are casting about for new fields of
activity. At present their attention is being devoted to nothing in particular
hut signs are developing that they are commencing to center their activities
on-tobacco and there is every prospect that the coming year or two will wit
ness the inauguration of a great campaign against the use of the weed.
It may. bo safely predicted, however, that they will not find the same
public support, they did in the campaign against liquor and will have relatively
Ifnrjmrn of Suco— In their efforts to abolish the fragrant weed from the
llgfcof-human enjoyments.
.*■ Iffeny menapd women who are strongly opposed to liquor cannol
. he>*0090nbded to Jolii -In a fight against (smoking. * They are of those who
faggtet dHnktoecauA of the misery and crime, poverty and degradation which
so nogDWillji resulted from ft, and not because drinking gave men pleasure
or niu**«Into p«mpeU|lon with the coepel meeting..
• tJjubit to see climb and poverty and misery as consequences of the
rmUtbtghbhit, and often convinced by personal observation that "the . fragnvpt
i Vn > firldil‘1 soothing and relaxing effect on the average mortal. It
ty ttawt they can he induced to Join the projected anti-tobacco
•TIU. Off THB JOB
, Recent iaWMifMVmi by two government departments disclose that
mlg<|—en-aimgrtf^tf* vast profits during the first five months of the gov
mmmmlht earognlgn- tw rsdan prices of MPUsltln, according to statements
■aaktM awnHwi a* tfc» HHm of wmmh atm
„ * U w hr 11 inliiW «b»t my Ikrai hm rmXtrm th< *mt
profits” ever since.
According to the statement. reiKirts show that in tlMf period between
the middle of August, when Attorney Defheral Calmer announced Me was
going after the “price gougers”, and the first of I'Vbruary. the iprices puid to
farmers for principal crops decreased from 3.4 to H.7 per rent each month.
In the meantime prices paid by ••onsumers increased continuously until they
reached the highest point in history in l**:omber. That the two statements
are authoritative is indicated by the fact that the first was made by the
Agriculture Department and the latter by the l>epactment of Ixibor,
Theso reports indicate that middlemen bought cheaper than ever be
fore, but received the highest prices in history.
THE SIZE OF NEWSPAPERS
(From the San Francisco Bulletin)
....Smaller newspapers and considerably increased advertising races .<■>
pear to be among the certainties of the early future. There is a worldwide
s.nortage of paper and nothing but a substantial reduction in ,tbe,size of daily
and other journals can avert a famine which would send large numbers of
weaker publications to the wall.
At the present rate of consumption the newspapers are using about 10
per cent more paper than the annual supply, whik-b ntWns for the year a
shortage of approximately 300,000 tons. The manufacturers do not appear
lo be responsible. They have enlarged their plants and are maintaining
a 100 per cent production: but they cannot keep pace with the dektmnd. and
mainly for the reason that they cannot obtain sufficient raw material.
Outside the plea for much smaller newxpsijiers there are various
recommendations for meeting the situation. Chief among these is a plan
for public ownership of timbjrland. national or Suite, with private cutting
aad marketing. If is argued, and with much force, that large projects for
the growing and const,rvation of timiberhinds cannot be undertaken by private
corporations. It is too long for corporation capital to wait for a return,
and. moreover, the enterprise Is too hazardous. But the nation and the
States cantwait for returns, and the development a.nd conservation of forests
are work which can be satisfactorily conducted under public ownership.
To some readers smaller newspapers are more a promise than a threat;
but it must be remembered that the advertisers are the carriers of the modern
newspapers anil without their support there could be nothing like the present
facilities for news gathering. Paper is the first, essential of national edu
cation. and if that education is to be safeguarded the nation must see to the
work of forest planting and conservation.
News Items of Northland
The Index Fish and Oyster company
has opened a place of business a:
Divisional Hoad Oommissioncr U.B,
Sheldon of the Fourth division has
done considerable road work this sea
son and has made pood with the res
idents of the fourth division, both in
the number of roads built and the
The Alaska Laibor Union makes ser
ious charges against the officials of
the First Division for allowing boot
legging and prostitution to flourish
unchecked. The Juneau Umpire
claims the charges are unfounded, and
asks any person knowing of such
things going on to report to,the grand
Jury when at the capital.
Mrs. Martinson of Petersburg, who
operates a dairy, has made complaint
to the city council over numerous big
dogs tilting her calves (baby cows)
and claims that several fine animals
have been badly bitten by the canines
which roam/the streets of the city.
When an Alaskan lady has to suffer
from bitten calves it is time to exter
minate the biters.
Simon Kicik, a prospector of the in
terior, suffering from dementia, re
cently wrote to Governor Higgs en
closing a sample of tobacco which he
said had been poisoned by his enem
ies. He claims that he tried out the
tobacco on a blind man and it made
him ill, so he placed it in a frying pan
on the stove and it ate the bottom out
of the pan. Ho avers that everyone
in his vicinity is trying to "nail him."
That the district through which the
government railroad operates is a big
game country is evidenced by the fact
that a bull moose walked across the
railroad-track within a few yards of
camp 86, in the Turnaga'n Arm dis
trict, and was shot by L. O. Nyberg.
foreman at the camp. The result of
the walking by of the moose and the
successful shooting by Foreman Ny
berg was that *the occupants of the
camp feasted during the week on the
fat and choice portions,of the caircass.
At Talkeetna a mother bear and two
cubs wandered about on the outskirts
of the town. They were shot by H.
R. Brown, deputy United States mar
shal, and T. It. Owens, a former em
ploye of the Alaskan engineering com
mission. The carcasses were eaten
by the residents of Talkeetna and the
pelts were shipped to Anchorage for
banning ond mounting.
Since the territory went dry num
erous stunts have been pulled off by
bootleggers to fleece the man whose
throat Is burning for a lubricant, but
the trick most employed and appar
ently the most successful is worked
by a gang of swindlers selling a bar
rel of water for boose, a quart of the
Joy Juice being placed at - the faucet
for the unwary to sample. Fairbanks j
is the latest place to report her citl- j
sens victimised by this swindle. On
a recent boat for the outside a man
•lipped Into town with several barrels
of good hootch. Several cltisens
sampled the stuff and It was to good'
that they made hast* to taka over the
shipment before some one else got it.
The public benefactor slipped out a?
quietly ns he came in and when the
booze was tapped it was found to con
tain water. It is said the swindler
received enough money from his vic
tims to spend a nice winter in some
pleasure resort far from Alaska.
PAUL DENHART IN THE
MONEY IN SILVER MINE
Paul Don.ha.rt. who won a fortune
from placer mining !n the Nome golri
nohls. but who has been outside for
several years past, has developed a
rich ^jiIvor-lead pnopierty In the Koo
tenay country. I&ritish Columbia, ac
cording to information received by
kittle friends. Den hurt is expected
here shortly. Another well known
Alaskan, Olfliifc-.neo Cunningham, for-1
merl.v of Katilla, is also operating in
the Kootenay district, and is meeting
with success.
MAIL THE NUGOET Tu YOUR
FRIENDS OUTSIDE AND HELP
BOOST THIS SECTION OF ALASKA
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In tii« 1’, S. Commissioner's Court for
tli© Territory of Alaska, Second
Division, Wado Hamilton Precinct, la
Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
SWAN RN’NKIiSON, deceased.
Notice is hereby riven that the un
dersigned has been appointed l»y the]
above entitled Court, administrator of
tlio Estate of SWAN RXNEltSON.' do
COaiSCd.
All persons having claims against,
the said estate, are hereby required to;
present the same with proper vouch- ,
ors attached to the undersigned at]
Bethel Alaska, as by law required
within six months from the date hereof i
Also any person knowing themsedves
to be indebted to the deceased will
please comm tunicate with.
J. L, HERON
Administrator of the Estate of J
SWAN BNNEPSON. deceased, j
Pa ted Betltel, Alaska. March f>. 10.--. j
Publish May 15, 22, 29, Juno 5, 1920.
MONDAY
, HUIRT SENTENCED TO
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Loh Angeles, May 10—James n.
| llufrt, otherwise known as "niuche ml"
j Watson and considered the an a erimi
Jnnl of the present age. was today smi
| tenced to prison for the remainder of
his life l»y Superior Judge Willis n
| punishment for the murder of - least
•eight women at various tines during
I the past four or five years,
i The death penalty was not impose'!
because of a pledge of immunity given
jhy the authorities whieh was granted
as the. price of a full confession of hi*
•many crimes. During the course of
! the proceedings Hilirt confessed to
eight wife murders.
So far the authorities have not di
closed’ the names of all of lluirt's vic
tims. The names of the three victims ■
re Wailed heretofore are Marie Aiis^n
' of Calgary, Canada, whom Watson.
‘he was then known, beat to death wit’
|a rock, afterward sinking the body in
| Lake Coeur d'Alene. Idaho. Kleanor
! Frazer, also of Calgary, whom he
drowned in Spokane Falls, and Nina
! Lee Deloney. for whos-« killing the
i murderer was sentenced.
The language of the Court when
sentencing Huirt to prison for the re<r
to San Quentin prison for the term
of your natural life."
Huirt. who is still suffering from the
effects of the bullet wound inflicted on
himself at the time of his arrest, re
ceived the sentence seated, as he was J
to weak to stand. The fare of the j
murderer was pale a.s death, his fin- I
gets were entwined and he trembled I
perccpltably as tine court pronounced I
the penalty for his atrocious dm Is. 1
At no time did he raise his eyes to the j
bench tut kept his head down during!
the en»j’c sentence. I
I he crimes of the arch criminal were !
charged ■ • Judge Willis, wl j imposed •
the sentence, as "the .most heinous" in j
jtlic historv of criminology.
VILLA ABANDONS
revolu rio.came
nwnt th;ii Villa* Inis l.ii.l <lo\vn his .inns
hns not only rotircii from tin* fiohl inn
General Obrcgon Captures Mexico City i
El Paso. Tex. Mu> 9—Onenil < >l . j
Kon of the state revolution:!rv I"; ■
in South< hi Mexico, is in eoni|»li t • |
possession of Mexico Pity, it is .-m- |
nounced officially at the El Paso lie.ul j
Mtiarters of the Mexican revolutionists
today. Tampico. Vera Cruz and other
important centers in the Southern sec- ;
tion of the republic are also said to :
lie firmly in the hands of the revolu
tionists.
American War Ships Hurried To Mex
ico To Protect Americans
.Washington, May l<i—With Mexico;
Pity, Vera Phiz and Tampico In the |
hands of revolutionists, Agieri- an tor
pedo boat destroyers are enroute to
Mexican waiers lot lay to await eventu
alities and t<> afford protection to
Am.ericj.ui lives in the Mexican gulf
• •Hi. ,| confirmation of the fall of
tin- Mexican capital \va.s received to
<1 \ by the Stall- Department from the
Anv ri i Embassy in Mexico ''it/,
which reported that the situation tln-re
is quilt ami no di**o-i|.|-s on urlnjj sin Co
the i.ij»*ih'i- of tin t- li> f.enerii
U S Destroyers Leave For Key West
Washington. Ala l*»—T-*.».:i
'•an i|i si roverIt t - i..-\ \\%- • f,.r T.-mi
announc'd. The ships wit, imtvi
sombled at Kiev W est rlmI in:: p-.
week in anticipation of emeriti*:.vies n
ronneetion with tie Mexican ilistiu'.
Oklahoma Ordered To Ke> West
n: unlit 1 tklahoma u -■ <.rilcre<l tod. y ! >
prni , > d from New N urk to K>- \\ • I
rjulf ports. The
Carranza's S°n In Law Executed By
Revolutionists
Rl Paso, May Irt-—Cenornl Agiiiliar
M^rguirn. formerly a leading com■
federal Mexican government, have been
xceutod by the revolutionists, accord
ing to a report received hero today he
iJohert I'. Pesquoira, the revolution
WILSON CALLS ON DECMOCRATS
TO UPHOLD PEACE TREATY
Washington. May 9 Pi-daring that
hr longue of Nations is tin- "hope of
mm tonight to (', 10. I la maker, of
•ortlnnd, Oretron, Chairman of the
d iilt.onomah t’ount.v Democratic Com
nitteo, calls upon lie Democratic party
o at one ■ proclaim itself in unison with
Ik* treaty and League and to promise
o champion the nation's honor and
nlvocntu everything that the United
President Wilson declares in his
uessagic that the party should sup! ort
erly inconsistent with the nation's
EIGHT KILLED IN
ELECTRIC TRAIN CRASH
lersnns wer* killed and thirty eight
it hers were Injured when two Southern
hieitie .Ifetric trains collided head on
11 a point about l ight miles south of
VIC SAILS JUNE 4lli
\s ;i result of ui typography a 1 er
nr in Saturday's issue of the Weekly
sugiget .the sailin'; date of the Vir-for
i was left in con idoi-ald.*' doubt. the
if.id liivs of the tues.-age announeint;
he iKistponemrm of tlio voss1'; -< iI -
nj.' date. giving; the date as .71111" 11th
vhile the *>od>- of the subjoined tele
Tam read June t' The latter date
s the oorrect one.
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