BENEFITS OF ORGANIZATION
Miners Have Legal Right to Adopt Rules to
Regulate Their Own Affairs.
In the Fairbanks News of Sej>t. 15
appeared the following regarding the
benefits miners might secure through
organization. Since then a brief tele
gram has been seen stating that the
miners of that district have effected a
thorough organization:
Why not an association of miners?
This is a question often asked miners by
ope another. .1. I). Fields, an old-time
miner, says an association for the Tarninn
is an absolute necessity, and he unfolds
some of the benefits which would accrue
to the miners from such an association.
“In the first place,” said he, “the
camp has lately been torn up over
the question of what constitutes a dis
covery. The finding of gold or any other
valuable mineral not contained in rock
in place makes a placer discovery. That
is all that is necessary to fulfill the re
quirements of the mining law.
“Quantity is not a necessary consider
ation. All that it lias to he is valuable
mineral. It has been held by the su
preme court that after gold has been
found conditions must be sueli as to
warrant a prudent man to expend his
time and labor on the ground Itefore he
segregates it from the public domain.
These conditions will vary in all of the
different districts where gold is found.
To meet these conditions congress has
enacted a law granting to the miners the
privilege of making of laws governing
;t«d restricting the staking of mining
ground and water rights.
“For this purpose miners associate
themselves together, define a mining
district, and make local regulations that
shall govern the miners in acquiring
title to the ground. This the miners
neglected to do in this district. Miners
are the only class in the United States
that congress has put on the same foot
ing with the legislatures by granting
them the jmwer to make their ow n laws
for local self government in conducting
their business. Merchants form boards
of trade for self interest and protection.
Through this Imard of trade you can
reach all of the merchants when it is
necessary to take public action on any
question affecting the interests of the
town. Lawyers form liar associations
for tin* snimi* i»tir|NWH\ Neither of them*
1 mnl ies Iihm any law-making power, but
the influence of the one «*r the otl»*»r i**
felt in the «Ii**|M»Hition of public <| tier* (ion*
affecting the community in which their
organisation exint*. The miners, who
are the pro*lu«*ef» •»( thi.-* community,
without whom the community conk! not
eii«t, ami who have no law •making:
tw>wer to pa— law** to rvgulate their own
bio*ilie**, when they have a |n>int in
•li-pute go to the ineinlier* of the Imr
ai—« elation or to the l"*anl of tra«le .in«l
a-k t!»**in to settle their «li*|Ulte*. Till*
cnune* !•»** *»f time an«l money, n«»t «»nly
to themaelve*, hut t*» the community a*
a whole. The miner* c*»uhl U* more
effec tive in an organisation *»f their own.
They coukt elect a U*urt| of arlatratnm
from among th»* a****'Latnui, I* for**
whom thrv c*»uM lav all of their ill*
|*utr« an»l have tliem «cttle«l. wtlhour
owl of !•<*§ of m*»nry an«l time to themt*
solves and the community at large.
“Now, it looks to me that such an
association is an actual necessity in this
district, so that the miners could on
public questions use their united strength
the same as other classes of citizens do.
Having the privilege of making laws,
they could say how much, or how little,
should lie found to constitute a discov
ery, and whether a man must in so
many days make such discovery valid
by sinking one or a dozen holes to bed
rock, as the case might he. The miner
has tlie privilege of saying how the
money that is to lie spent on annual
assessment work shall lie spent. If the
necessity exists for a good road to a
creek on which his property is situated,
the miner, as an association, can agree
to spend it so. Often to do this would
benefit a man's claim more than if he
sank a hole ten or fifteen feet in the
muck only to let it cave in again w ith
the intention of repeating the same op
eration from year to year, and also the
same intention of abusing the officials
whose duty it is to keep the road up and
who can not do so for lack of funds;
w hereas the remedy for these bad roads
lies within the power of the miners
themselves. ,
Another thing: To prevent wild
catting of tlie ground in the district, it
is the duty anil privilege also of the
miners to pass a law requiring so much
work to he done upon the ground liefore
it is placed upon the records as a Isma
fide mining location. The mining laws
of the United States s|>eak of miners’
meetings and state legislatures on a par
in regard to making local regulations for
the government of their state or district.
The legislatures of the states in which
mining is extensively carried on have
found it a necessity to pass such a law
so as to keep the mining ground out of
the hands of corporations, speculators
and other wildcatters of the same stripe.
A miners’ meeting should he called of
all the miners in the district, this mean
ing claim owners, prosjiectors and other
men who gain their livelihood by
mining, and an association effected. At
the present time conventions of miners
are being held in the different states for
the purjHise of bringing pressure to War
at Washington, I*. for the pur|>ose of
having a department of mines made a
part of the government, the head of
which »hall W a nicmWr of the cabinet
of the president. This will give the
miners a word in tin* conducting of pub
lic affairs of the government the same
»" tin- fnrint-r* haw luul. What uri- tin
inin.ro of Monks <l>>inyr towanl iruininx
thin ilmiralil* i-lot1 Thry art* .loinx
nothiitK. In timi' of •lintriKo, whin it in
In-vrniary to taka' uni tin I ottion to U
»tow |>tihlu- ihurity on.I rilii-vi' this dis
tri-no. t<> rt.n li tin- niini'ln it in im*mnsry
to ntart .liffrpi'iit HM'ii out in *lith*pi'itt
llirin'tlolin to noil. It ntlim«TI|'l loll- for till'
oal of thow in •linlri'w. If thi'V had an
onm ir tut Ion tin- would not |«• tin- mw,
ami liny i-oiibi vsIvihI tin-ir annintaHrf
imniiHliiitrly ami in ntilmtantiol a
inannrr that tlw r.. i|.n ni< would liavr
• an-i to mm-mlvr thrni aith frarth-lt
SPatitinh-,"
FREIGHTING j
AND PACKING!
I HEETER’S PACK TRAIN
) Leaves for Glen Every 5 Days.
> Freighting ami packing to and from all the
* creeks. Good teams. Good service.
Heat of Living Forms,
A grow in); i<lea is that nil living forms
—even plants, fishes and inserts—must
j develop some bodily heat, even though
the amount he'very small. Bringing |
together various observations, a French
entomologist, A. Ael<s|ue, tinds that a!
thermometer thrust into an anthill has
shown a rise of five degrees, that bee- !
hives are warmer than the outer air in
winter, and that when the bees were
agitated the hives have grown so hot as
to melt the wax. One observer has
noted that event ores giving off the least
heat have greatest resistance. Cater- j
pillars may be frozen to brittleness and
may exist for weeks in a cake of iee, yet
may become active again on thawing
out. On the other hand, insects may
live in intense heat, termites and others
in Brazil and elsewhere being active on
the burning sand under a vertical sun.
i This resistance to great heat and cold is
not understood, and is a fact, it may be
added, that should be kept in mind by
those who speculate on the possible life
of other worlds.— Exchange.
Thoughtfulness of a King.
On a certain recent gala night at the
Brussels grand opera house King Leopold
was seated in a private box with a rather
swell member of the demi monde.
.lean de Ucske was singing with his
matchless tenor voice, when the lady
with the king caused a sensation by
joining in the chorus in a shrill treble.
The lady in question had a large-sized
jag on.
Rather than have the pleasure of the
audience marred by liis companion the
kin^r led the ludv nut, summoned a haek
and with her drove off into the night.
It is little nets of thoughtfulness like
this that have made King Leopold thv
most popular and Rest loved moiuireh of
Europe.—Paris Figaro.
Encroachment of the Sea.
Recent gales and high tides have re
minded the Englishman that his little
island is being gradually swallowed up
by the sea. It has been found that <treat
Britain lost 148,000 acres U tween 1807
and 1880, and 20.1 -V> aeres between 1880
and 1800. A survey in the reign of
Edward I. gave the Ihichy of Cornwall
l,'>00,000 acres, but the Ordnance Survey
some years ago showed that this had
1 I»een reduced to 820,.'>00 aeres. Villages
have di>ap|»eared in the «»ceuii, as in the
case of Ihinwidi, of which nothing re
mains but a ruined church on the edge
of u cliff.—Exchange.
Why Girls Can’t Flay Ball.
Hall |»layitt|( win* t** I** |»l»v«i«»l«*^ri
inilly U \«»n«l h iMUiim* |mwrr*. \it» r
rurrtftil invrtif iguti«»n tin* |>rin«i|«) «>t a
nil!*' «*«»ll«gr lin«U that a largrr ami
h»*rr •Matting i*>|lar 1m.m- inak«■* th«*
iiH>vvmrnt »»l thr girl’* arm I*'** fnv
Ilian I ha I tin* U»y’*. *♦» that »|tr can
!»•►! h«»jn* |«» tl»r<»* wcll.o-Kirliaiiifi*.
NOTICE OF MEETING.
\ iHwIinn u| I hr Miurm ihIhmi
ail! lur Im l>i iMriof the *li\t*le Ihiir^lai
riming, l He 'JN Ihn Rulin' a til t»
givm *4 |*i.M*r mr«*llng.
i tm Rtimr -h-nM make an • «tra
1‘W'fl l»» lir Mvwifel.
• * W I 1 l* • Mi. I’tr-nU n*
RECEPTION
...SALOON...
S. E. HEETKR. BOB SCHABER,
Proprietor Manager
Wines, Liquors and
GOOD Cigars....
....Billiard and Pool Rooms
Barber Chair in the Bouse.
St. !.ouis
ABC
and Seattle
Ranier Beers
(>]<1 \ alley Whisky
the only stock
Something New:
TRY OUR
PEACH AND HONEY BRANDY
In the Justice's Court for Rampart Precinct,
Third Division of the Territory of Alaska,
before J. I.inriiey Green, Commissioner ami
ex officio Justice of the Peace.
Ci. A. Kettf.hkh. Plaintiff, i SUJIMOXS BY
C. P.Towi.K.'Vlefpiidiiiit. < PUBLICATION.
'1 he president of the United States to C. P.
Tow le. defendant, greeting :
You are In rehy required to appear before
the undersigned, commissioner and ex officio
justice «,f the |»ence, in the court room of the
court house at Kaiupart, K impart precinct.
Third 1 >i\ isiou of the* Territory of Ahtsku. on
the lltli dnv of December. llHft, at tfie hour of
two o'clock in tin* afternoon of said day. to
answer the complaint of plaintiff. (». A. Ket
terer, founded upon one certain promissory
note iluted June &M. payable to (». A.
Ketterer ami signed bv ('. P. Tow le. wherein
for value received the said ('. P.Towle prom
ised to ua> to the said (J. A Ketterer the sum
of t w o hundred a ml set# nty-one dollars and
sixty cents, w her eon he demands judgment
against the said C. P. Tow le in the sum «f
two hundred ami seventy-five dollars anil
eight.v -t hree cents.
A w rit of attachment having been issued
b> the court ttRr.iitist von, and M. >. (iill bav
in;: l»eeii garnisheed tin t eiiuder and duly
unswererl that he is indebted to yon in the
sum of tw o hundred anil forty-eight dollars
and has paid s iid sum to the court : Now in
case you fail to uppear and ilefend as above
required judgment w ill betaken against run
and the -till two hundred and forty-eight
dollars w ill be applied toward the pavneut
of the costs i f this -nit and the pityrr cut • 1
said note.
»»> « rdcr < f tin* court this mm mom* is | ul •
lished in the > uk< u Valiev News, u weeklv
new spai er published in R »mp.i rI. for even
consecutive issues first insertion Octol er
I It h. I*. «o. the last insertion November 22*1.
MU*.
Given under inv h »nd this t»th da v «if ttrto
i.er l ot .1 I IMH KY t.KKKN
CoiuinisMioiter ami ex « Itii io
Jiistoe of the I'etiie.
A DC Vm I •"*ol ,ho” e8*1* *k»
Hilt. I UU wldom write Ksmt?
TlWy will kttow >uu *r< *11 right if yea
wild lh»m l.S< YtA»* YULIY MW.
S*il >oum *r Id as wad tat »ttWy.
A. B. NOTICl.
Ki"r'ilrtf i.wit.,. ..f Ik. IrMkt Hrxtk.r*
Nmal I ••dae are keUl »t their hall »•** the
nmf fourth I' nrwlu *» of catch month
WVi sinKi u % RhtrtKhK
Ititk tie tor tier Arctic Chief