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ARCTIC BAKERY.
NEW PROVISIONS ADDED TO
McFADDEN BILL
•an A. Sutherland.
his bill providing
mind gold. adde.i
i/> d dis> ontimic the
the net after three
. whenever in his judge
ie conditions are such
! i*ieduction of gold can
I without the premium
• cents pei penny weight
rgin _u»*1*1 untier the act.
•ctioii reads as follows:
ju.lgemenq of tlie S
Tre.-'iy economic cat
that .1 normal product
pietnimn herein provided for. the pro
\ .sa.iis ..f this act shall dr discontin
ued. effective three months after the
issuam •• of notir. thereof hy the said
Secret.ir> of tlu Treasury.
In other respects the hill remains
the sa ae as before. Tiie amended
11ie..sii •• was introduced into the 67th
Congress April and is now await
ing consideration by the committee
INSTALLS X-RAY MACHINE
FOR BENEFIT OF PRISONERS
Jackson, Mich. - The Michigan
.sLitJ- penitentiary lie e has set what
is -a ■ i to |». an innovation un prison
nm-’uignment by the purchase of an
gn.pii the skulls of inmates and deter
mine if sttncK'al operations might cure
the ]' units of criminal t.-ndencies.
This . ork has just Ic«n undertaken
When it is found that a |«nrt of fhe
skull is pressing on the brain an oper
ation :s to be i►eifonried lin the prison
.1 l»v I>etnoit surgeons who have
volunteered to co-operatoe.
If t.'ioo pn .! * its believed to i.uve
cured the prise >•: the judge v. ho son
temj -.1 him will asked by Warden
I Lurry i.. 11 urban of the prison to
biting about his release. A number of
judges un the state have agreed to aC
■ .-do to any such rc'iuast made by
i 1 warden, he announced.
FEDERATED CHURCH SERVICES
Sunday School . 11 A. M.
Preaching Service. 8 P. M,
You are cordially Invited to attend
these Services.
The Church with a Welcome.
RICHARD DECKER. Pastor.
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DELEGATE SUTHERLAND
PROPOSES CHANGE IN
ASSESSMENT LAW
A hill introduced in Congress bv J
r>fl-K;i:c I >;• n Sutherland proposes t>
amend tlie present law covering per
formance of annual assessment work
on mining claims so that thp owne-s
• »r locators of a mining damn in Alas
ka may if he desires perforin the statu
tory amount of labor either on his
SI00 annually into the territorial treas
ury on *mo)i claim held, the money t >
l>e later expended on public trails,
roads and bridges in the vicinity of his
property. The hill, introduced in the
House of Representatives April 13th
last and referred to the Committee on!
Territories, reads as follows: j
Pr* scribing certain conditions by which
ing claims in Alaska.
He it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Unit
Mi States of America In Congress as
sembled. That annual assessment work
required Iry law to be performed on
mining claims in the Territory of Al
aska may hereafter be done and i>er
First. That during each y*ar and
until patent has been issued therefor,
at least S100 worth of labor shall he
performed or improvements made on.
or for the benefit or development of.
in accordance with existing law. each
mining claim in Alaska heretofore or
hereafter located: or
Second. The owner or locator in
lieu of said labor and improvement on
each claim may annually pay to the
treasurer -.f Alaska, the sum of $100
ami the Territory of Alaska is hereby
authorized to expend such funds on the
public roads, trails, or bridges In the
Third. The owner of said claim may
do or cause to l*e done work upon any
road, trail, or bridge leading to the
said mine, or in the vicinity thereof,
which will tend to benefit and develop
the said mining claims or the group or
the mining distric t of which it is a
part: that proof of the performance
of labor upon the said mining claims
or roads shall be made in accordance
with the existing laws of the United
States, and of the payment ©f the
money to the Territory of Alaska by
recording the receipt thereof in the
manner provided by suck laws for re
cording of proof of assessment work.
Fourth. That the owner of a min
ing claim in Alaska may perforin two
or not more than three years' assess
ment work as aforesaid in one year
and upon proof of snob expenditure
In the manner required by existing
law, he shall not be required to do
any assessment work thereon for the
succeeding year, but for no longer than
three years.
Provided, That vpon completion of
tlie work required by the fourth sub
division of this Act. the owner of said
claim or his agent shall make and file
with the recorder in the precinct where
the claim is located an affidavit and
in which affidavit he shall state the
character, locality, and value of the
wc^rk performed, the time 'occupied
1 therein, and the amount actually paid
therefor, and any person who shall
swear falsely in said affidavit shall
ALASKA’S DELEGATE. DAN' A. SUTHERLAND
conviction
I.be guilty of perjury and on
thereof shall be punished ns now pro
I vided for such crime.
Tii u letter addressed to this journal,
j Delegate Sutherland explains his
I views relative to the proposed change
Enclosed you will And copy of a
bill to amend that part of the Alaskan
mining law that applies to assess
ment work.
I have introduced It at this time in
order that T might have It printed and
sent to the miners for their approval
or disapproval.
These proposed changes could not
he made by the Territorial legisla
ture nor by the Legislature of a state.
I invite your criticism of each and
every feature of this bill and will
eliminate any feature that I feel the
miners of the Territory are generally
opposed to, or, will nullify the entira
bill if it meets with general disapprov
I’ersonally. 1 have thought for some
time that some change should be made
in the assessment law.
The last provision of this bill:
whereby one may do three years an
nual labor in orn year is virtually Lho
law of British Columbia.
You will help me in this legislation
by writing to me the full criticism of
every feature of the bill.
TOM POWERS WRITES |
FROM EMERALD ISLE
Save a Ijriot description of the tattle-j
fields of Belgium and he r people as j
(iviliau war prisoners who were driven ;
to Germany like cattle to slaughter.
After a short stay at Oatend, I left
for Dover, England, where my pass
ports. obtained in Antwerp, were
closely examined. The papers neces
sary to prove the object of my con
templated visit to Irelund—to see an
aged sister -and Iher children—being
approved, I was penroitted to pass on.
In passing it is worthy of mention that
I met with nothing but courtesy from
both the Affnerlcan and British officials
on the Continent and in England. Un
der the permit granted by the British
authorities I am permitted to stay in
Ireland for a period no* to exceed three
months, but alin required to report to
t‘--e officials in charge of the district
The 1 -r from Dover to I.ordon was
without if olden t. London is too big
pronounced impression, us!1e frem Its
bigness, was the dinginess a» compar
ed with American cities. It struck me
that it would also be advisable to have
a few American electricians take
charge of her lighting system and
teach the Britishers how a city should
look at night.
From London to Holyhead was the
v.-is made i:i the darkness of night.
At d :\vn we connected with the steam
twe- n H'dyhe.id and Kingstown, Ire
reedcd to Dublin. a short run hy rail.
Th, nm ,v d n**e Of tho recunrent j
trouble In Ire!: r»d b'-i-.-mv- apparent j
there. Me’or lorries filled with nu.X -|
the railway station. Everything was!
quiet at the time of my arrival but later j
on both sides. I stay-d in Dublin only i
a couple of hours 1’eople there seem
ed to be nervous, as if ever waiting
for the unexpected to happ n. Most
appeared strongly reticent, yet some
were decidedly loquacious and willing
to talk about the situation. One and
all deplore the unhappy condition of
affairs. All with whom I hare spoken,
notwithstanding that there are many
widely different view points among the
people, are agreed that If the auxiliary
police were withdrawn Ireland would
soon cea.se to l>e in the world's lime
l'ght as a region of civil war.
The section of the country in which
I am now is quiet.. Motor lorries fill
ed with police arc in evidence occa
sionally, however. There are but few
rostrjfctions on the people and 'life
seems to go on In the ordinary way.
Save in the case of two of the extreme
Unionist counties of Uuster, a majority
of the Irish people are plainly in favor
of complete Independence. But they
also realize that England will never
grant it unless compelled to do so by
force. Combined with this knowledge
is the equally material understanding
that they are totally unable to bring
the requisite force to bear. They know
that they would be utterly crushed
and the country would become as it'
was in -OS. As f i as expecting physi
cal assistance from any other country
is concerned, it may be a dream of*
Romo of the radical Idealists bin the
liish poop!;* does not permit them to.
chink seriously of such an eventuality.
From what 1 can learn of the situation
it appeal's that if tie irreconc ilahlcs on
eLoiinaied and the vacillating policy*
• >f Lloyd George pVaecd in the discord,
the country would he ultimately united
tind* r a government that would give
the people a full measure i»f Crecdoim,
reduce the excessive taxation, develop
the industries, increase the foreign
trade and enable Ireland to gain thft
place in the world's business and policy
that is her legitimate dm*.
Contrary to the general impression,
there is no religious uues'iou in Ire
land. Catholics and I’rotextants live
side by side in complete accord and
understanding, each rej* pee ting the
other’s honest religious collections.
It is true that In one or two counties
In the North, political differences are
always associated with religious dif
ferences. As a result there Is an oc
casional clash but in the final analysis
the trouble is found to be due to poli
tical rather than religious animosities.
History points to the fact that some of
Ireland’s greatest leaders were protes-.
The priesthood deplores the present
condition and the priests do wha\ they
c-nn to prevent clashes. There appears
to he no religion mixed in ^nelr ac
tivities, which are apparently animate
ed purely by a desire to get for the
people the political ai>«» commercial
freedom they desire.
THOMAS A. rOWEKS. *
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