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CALENDAR
APRIL
8 M T W T F 8
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 0 10 11 12 13
14 1T> HI 17 18 10 20
21 22 23 24 23 20 27
28 20 30
Moon’s Phases.
Lust quarter, *>th;
new moon, 12tl»;
first quaretr, 20th :
full moon, 27th.
MAY
S M T \V T F 8
12 3 4
5 0 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 10 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
20 27 28 29 30 .“>1
Moon’s Phahks.
Last quarter, 2d;
new moon, lltli:
first quarter, 20th;
full moon. 27tli.
Wkdnksdav, May 15, 1!>07.
THE SITUATION.
First nml foremost, let iis bear in mind the
self-evident fact tliut courts must be priv
He^eil to proceed unmolested, to enforce
their decrees, and to compel a fitting: respect
for their authority.
What then? The power which is theirs
certainly carries with it an implied oblige -
tion to be as firm in \' ithholding unjust de
mands as in enforcing: just ones.
Of the criminal charges laid against a
large number of persons of this camp very
recent 1> this paper will say nothing:, because
the final unhampered verdict from a court
on such a matter is more liable to be right
than the judgment is. even, of a much w iscr
person than an obscure mining camp edi
tor: and because, further, the future of this
country and the people in it depends on un
interfered-with proceedings at court.
Regarding the two women arrested yester
day for contempt in not appearing as wit
nesses before the grand jury, however, a
had mistake was made and the hlame is with
the court. The action was uneciuivocally
pronounced outrageous by many and it is
doubtful if a soul in camp failed t«» say
amen to the strongest expressions of its do
approval. Officers of the court, notably the
United States marshal, w ere conversant with
the difficulties inseparable from that 150
mile journey just before the melting of the
snow, and should never hu\e called < n wo
men to encounter them. When ihe sum
monses w ere not obeyed, every facility was
at hand for finding out the truth -that the
Women could not hute accomplished the
t ip. and that at least one of them was
too ill to make the attempt except at great
risk. Finally, mere notification would haw
I ecu a* effectual as the arrest in securing
their attendance by the first bout miles*,
indeed, it shall so fall out that inhumanity
follow* what lin* already taken place, in
forcing: one aw ay who*e condition nut.' huw
become critical.
It may truthfully be added that a fc»-i.ng
of insecurity pervade* the community such
a* ha* never existed here t>efore. It n a
• ceiii* th..t w hat w a* looked forw nrd to », a
seanon of bright promise w ill be the darkest
the rump hu* *e* n. The money that we* |»nt
Up to keep the people out of jail 1* badly
nee«le«l. and it may be tied up fill tl e sum
mer t* past. I he uncertainty of tit** future
i* fatal to progress. Valuable time It* * i, •
plug away, and we only know that tin e* can
not l*e wha* they mi^ht hare been.
lx view nf the the rupture between the
operator* «»»d the mine worker* of the
Tatiana It »• aw interesting problem w* to
what wilt l*e the destiny of the Fawawa
\|*ne: *' %**•»• inflow. It I* •••nth prob «b|e
that it raw go «w with the mixed wander
ship that wa* it* former ,»• id*- e*t ecially
since it* preside wl ha* ** repted a Hhe pat
li«*w iw the u|er»n*r*' !e tgue organised
Ifltt the miUrii
NOW LET US GO TO WORK AND
FORGET IT.
Tliis afternoon tin- developments in
the case of the Uampart jienplo who
have been arrested within the past sev
eral days brings about a much more
hopeful condition.
Following the dismissal of the cases
against Hello Arlington and Mrs. Hall,
the cash bonds in the other cases have
been permitted to he drawn down and
sureties substituted, thereby allowing
the use of the money for paying debts,
buying goods and carrying on the busi
ness of the camp.
Furthermore, the nature of the
alleged offenses has at last been
authentically-defined as being in the
misdemeanor class, thereby making it
possible to settle the eases through at
torneys without the accused being com
pelled to appeal' in court.
It looks like a big bunco game; but
now let us all go to work and try to
forget it. _
A 15001) many things in this paper
might have been left unsaid if events
had shaped themselves a little faster.
However, a good many grains of truth
may he sifted out of the possible errors.
After Judge J. I.indley Green had re
signed the Rampurt commissionership and
progressed as far as Fairbanks on his w ay
outside, newspapers of the big Tatuum camp
quoted him somewhat extensively regarding
conditions at the scene of his former official
activities. Perhaj s without a realization of
the harm lie was doing. Judge Green seems
to hu\e magnified certain petty offenders
here into desperate and most dangerous
criminals, and to have given himself a boost
for his own cxtraordinai y courage and
strength in reducing the camp to a state of
lawful security. His talk was smile pro
voking aud at the same time humiliating to
the numerous good citizens w ho had alw ays
stood ready to uphold the commissioner in
his official capacity. Some of the offenders
he chose to name w ere of a class *o common
everywhere that when the jwtty court- ad
minister the correctives necessary in such
ca-e*the work is done mechanically and i
at once forgotten. Judge Green should have
been mt re eotisidf rate of the reputation of
a camp to w hich he owes much for support
extended, albeit his worthiness was occa
sionally qip'stioned by some of the residents.
AT the close of the session of court held at
Rampart in l'.‘*:t Judge Wicker-ham took
occasion to compliment the people of the
tow u t»n the tnarke.1 improvement in the
moral tone of the place sinte he had hern
here in hi- judicial capacity the first time.
There i» no doubt that the judge’* words
were sincere find warranted by the facts.
Vet to contrast *he tre*ei*t situation w ith
that of 1'"V w ho run question that improve
ment has been more rapid still as time
passed by / In .1 lend w<*n,*»». native and
whit** jiriwtirt d thrir Muti«IUimiri»t* in o|»*ii
ilui «n«l loitk mn.fr ninh to imlc th«*ir mill*
m«r «h»- «'l!»«rri of »!»*• ruurt. With
g«h (I jndrfti fill thr roiiri Iff? Ill** nilidllioli
for limr r»» n-ro-rl, nm) tt«r «i-rk k-o |*r» «
4r«XK«ol to a m.ir «r!*»o. •hfrtv.if btllttlMtil
ti i*' *l#rtng tht i*h**> i*»f f<»i»>il> lit* «n«|
« ■ o* o* l *i itilfor iiHM fti.o* »«»«>«•
tin it't Hon
To M9 that *kr vki** IDAtt * kunlM »k<-uM
k* wit# mt kn» ihi#* Mot »..»§*»» 4**
to Ik* k**»
Chas. A. Traeger
Most Complete Line of
Drugs and Patent Medicines
In Town
Hats, Clothing
Furnishings
Ladies* Goods
Cheapest and Best
Spring and Summer Suits
II. J. IiODKX,
Attorney at Law,
Fairbanks, Alaska.
A. B. NOTICE.
Regular meetings of the Arctic Rrothei
hood Lodge are held at their hall on the
second and fourth Fridays of each mouth at
S o'clock p. in.
JULIUS RAHMSTORF.
R. DONALDSON, Arctic Chief
A retie Recorder.
JULIUS RAHMSTORF.
Lasciviousness is not hounded by water- ]
sheds, mountain ranges, territorial or state
lines. It is the saving clause in human na
ture gone astray, and is un individual ail
ment not to he cured by harsh treatment of
c ashes or communities. It is a well-known
fact that along this river certain missiona
ries have been particularly salacious: but
that is no reason for maligning the good
men who hu\e gone about what they deem
their duty with rectitude and good faith
such, for instance, as we believe to be the
Rev. Archdeacon Hudson Stuck and the Rev.
J. L. Prevost, the latter of whom was sta
tioned at Taiiunu npui last fall. By the same
token, it would be distinctly unjust to make
the mass of ordinary people of the vallf • 'eel
the heavv hand of repression because o cor
more individuals from among them have
been led away by their lust.
With flip open seaMiiM slow iy but surely
lengtheninv at both ends; the agricultural
possibilities largely demonstrated, and tin*
problem • »f keeping fresh vegetables over
winter practically solved; the advantages
for stock raising coinprehended hv many,
and the opportunities for home comforts
appe ;litiir to all w itla a taste for don esticity,
while the |*ermunent wealth in void is
known all the world over tin- relation
one man to another and all men t » the
irovernif»it power n u-t yet I e s* tt e*| before
■% future for th siountrj can he mntiitently
predieted. Nature i» bountiful, but tls* will
not iiiitrrudjfMiffi* y ie.d too much to otic
IT U just |m ssibie that v«»vertunent enifi*
neers ma> find it advisable to revise their
plans for a brtdtre Arrows the Vtikun at 1 he
Kapnls The* ran rrrtainly do some inter'
estintf Hvurinv on whit would h-.ve h.»p
pri»rd if the l»r‘d'e hud l**en there
?♦** »he Itrst line in the ramp's history
there w as no pool on the min mf «•( the ire.
It w m feared a pwi im -hock the moral
sens'hilitlew of the attornev general of the
t ftitr<# states
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ROADHOUSE
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JERRY FORD
F. M. SMITH
HA HUY HLKRUSS
SMITH & BURRUSS
Freighters !
and Packers 1
Rampart, Alaska
REMOVAL
JOSEPH TWAN, Cobbler,
U now lorntrd sit Etrfka.
win-tv he i' |)iv])iirtHl to ilo
all work in liis lino.
Notice of Forfeiture.
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