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CALENDAR
MARCH
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25 28 27 28 29 30 31
Moon’s Ph asbs
First quarter, &I;
full moon, 10th;
hist quarter. 11th;
new moon, 24th.
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S M T W T F S
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s o io u 12 \:\ 14
lo 10 17 IS 10 20 21
22 23 24 25 20 27 2S
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Moon’8 Phases.
First quarter,l»t;
full moon, sth;
last quarter, 15th;
new moon, 23d.
Wki>nk.h>.\y, March 2S, l'HXi.
IS THERE TO BE NO COURT?
Until confirmation is received, this
paper is hound to discredit the state
ment of the dispatch that there will be
no term of court held at Fairbanks “this
season”—“this season” being construed
to mean the approaching summer.
Several tilings in the dispatch are in
comprehensible, in the light of what has
happened and the darkness of things we
know not of. For instance, Senator
Nelson’s alleged threat to kill the Alas
kan delegate bill: Washington dis
patches printed in Alaska newspapers
said the bill was passed by the senate
without a dissenting vote on Feb. .'>, and
was favorably acted on by the house
March 5, which, according to the time
honored traditions of congress, would
pass it on for the president’s considera
tion. What deadly instrument could
the senator have up his sleeve with
which to accomplish the feticide just
at the moment, as it were, the precious
creation is about to have its birth?
If Judge Wickersham is not to be
confirmed what is the use to keep up
the juggling? If there were good reason
why he should not be confirmed the
senate should not have hesitated five
mouths to say so.
Men may have to lie in jail nearly two
years waiting for their eases to tie tried.
But we are not prepared to lielieve it—
vet. Someone—some two men should
i«e sent into this division to dis|*«se of
the business of the court. Anil if this
is not done the jail doors ought to lie
ojiened and every untried prisoner set
alliliertv; for no man should be cum
ladled to s|s*nd more than a year ts-hind
prison Uirs without Is ing convicted of
any crime.
F.nter any a-'eniMagi-and spring the
question. What advantage, if any, d<s-s
Alaska derive from Is-ing under the
control of the United Mates? ami the
protection of the courts will Is
cited as the most important. If this is
to tie denied, there IS little left to Is
grateful h»
\\ «ikk h • Might fill A Ihilkic Hull
Him MUHvliiHN ff*i* w»»fk tlM*tr iifiifli
Inir« rutWr ltmn iHtlhiHg *1 .ill.
AGAINST GAMBLING.
Somkwhkre among the printed tele
grama purporting to come from Wash
ington lias lately been noticed mention
of a measure before congress—said to
be very likely to become a law—making
it a felony to gamble in Alaska. At
Nome the mine workers union opposed
gambling with such effect that the dis
trict court is undertaking to suppress it,
or at least impose penalties on those
who engage in it. At Cleary City the
miners association has expressed itself
emphatically in favor of suppressing
gambling. Indeed, it is likely that a
majority of people in Alaska would
welcome the announcement that gam
bling had been declared a felony pun
ishable by long imprisonment.
Where there are so many people w ho
think this way we will have to admit
that gambling is an evil. In fact, even
phase of the business shows it is not
good. This far most gamblers them
selves will lie agreed.
Even so. Even so. Perhaps, though,
after the law is passed, some of us who
have favored it will get so busy looking
after the moral welfare of others that we
will neglect our own. One thing is true:
if men who gamble in the future are
sent to the penitentiary, those who have
gambled heretofore will owe their free
dom more to circumstance than to their
own merits. The passage of a law will
not change the moral aspect of the case.
Would a juryman, sitting in a case, feel
morally obliged to send a man to the
penitentiary for an offense of which he
himself had lieen often guilty?
The man who cries out for the law to
protect him against himself is unworthy
of consideration. Nature will attend to
his case. The large number who are
honest in trying to bring about a better
condition among their fellow men do
deserve consideration, even by those
who think their efforts are misdirected.
But when all is said the fact is likely to
remain that morals resting solely on
legal enactments will never grow to be
very strong._
“Jarvis coxfirmkd.” That is one of
the telegraphic puzzles received this
week. It is generally known tliat Jarvis
was offered the governorship; hut he
was said to have de<dined it, and W. 1!,
Ilotnratt lias had the eredit for some
weeks of heinR the final eiioiee. Know
inn this unii'li, eveivlio.lv is entitled to
u jpiess as to what "Jttrvis eonllrined”
siytnities. _
Thk Tanana Tbi.i.kr is the name of
C'holin'a new pa|*r. it shows splendid
ability in lueehanieal net up and will lx*
a fair test of whether or not a paper can
Rain a support at t'hena. Henry linden
is the ininititf editor.
Thk famous Order No. "it, rrnntinr
every veteran of the civil war a I tension
on his UmmltiM It*.' years of ace. will be
emoted into law The amount n-. pit red
js'iist*.11 s for the H<ral year end
iiiR June 'a>, twin, wa« II.W.ThVJHV The
total expenditure wa* It ll.cd.iltM,
The Miners Store
Announces that it will he in a position to take
orders on commission from the miners for sup
plies the coming season. Orders will l>e accepted
until April 1st for early summer delivery, and until July 1st for fall delivery.
The terms will Ik; liberal anil quality of goods guaranteed; can refer to all
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Lord. Thy Will Be Done
By the Late Hon. John Hay.
Not in dumb resignation we lift our hands on high;
Not like the nerveless fatalist, content to do and die.
Our faith springs, like the eagle’s, who soars to meet the sun,
And cries exulting unto thee, “Oh! Lord, thy will be done.”
When tyrant feet are trampling upon the common weal,
Thou dost not hid 11s Irene! and writhe beneath the iron heel.
In thy name we claim our right by sword or tongue or pen,
And even the headsman’s nx may flash thy message unto men.
Thy will! It bids the weak he strong; it bids the strong be just;
No lips to fawn, no hand to beg, no brow to seek the dust.
Whenever man oppresses men beneath the liberal sun,
Oh! Lord, he there; thine arm made hare, thy righteous will be done.
It la “aill President Roosevelt will stay
in politics after his term expires. Me
will not seek to he renominated, but
may ask to lie elected a member of the
senate.
Lawyer.
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