YUKON VALLEY NEWS
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CALENDAR
FEBRCAKY
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26 27
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Moon’s Phases. First quarter, 1st; full
moon, 9th; lust quarter, 15th; new moon,
2 2d.
MARCH.
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25 26 27 28 29 £0 81
Moon’s Phases. First quarter, 2d; full
moon, 10th; last quarter, 17th: new moon
24th.
Wednesday. 1’rbri’aky 14, 1900.
THE LACEY BILL.
The Lacey bill, printed in another
column, is not the kind of a hill the
average man would have expected after;
what has been said on the subject of a
change in the law governing assessment
work on mining claims.
When a proposed change was lirst
bruited, we lielieve it was the generally
accepted l-elief that no reipiirement
of a tax would be made from people
actually working their ground, but such
is not the wording of this bill. All will ,
have to pay alike. Indeed, tin
hill as introduced by Congressman Lacey
would bear harder on miners legiti
mately working their claims than it
would oil wild-eutters or speculators of
the kind it was supposed to)*'aimed
at. 1 or instance, if a man is holding
ground purely on s|*fnlatioii it would
In* no hardship on him to do one fourth
of the required la 1 sir on the trails in
stead of on the claim; his main object
ill doing the Work is to merely hold the
ground, lint if a man is legitimately
working his claim— doing, may I*-, a
thousand dollars’ worth of wauk a year
—then tin* |»ropostal law fastens an ab
solute twenty-iWr-dollar tax on him
from wiiM'li there is ie> escw|** ;|let Iron,
which lies only liriteflt Would W wholly
prospective and chimera al. It the "I
•Itnary |«» i miner sh<siM w. rk one
claim in ikr •iiniim r and a not In r in the
winter, then his tax would he fifty
dollars, plus the cost of four affidavits
and the fees for recording the same.
Friend to Alaska or foe to Alaska, the
man who endeavors to pass such a hill
as that is trying to introduce a system
more unjust than the royalty scheme
formerly in vogue on the Canadian side,
for that scheme called for nothing when
nothing was taken out of the ground.
Tilt's country needs roads; hut it is
better without them than to buy them
at such a price.
The Klondike needed roads, and it
got them. Hut the Klondike is not
happy for all that.
Over Fairbanks way the middle of
January they arrested a man and tried
him for lunacy because he slapped his
hands and declared tie suffered continu
ally from cold. A jury promptly ac
quitted him. Even Secretary Taft ought
to acknowledge that the jury system
worked all right that time, considering
that the thermometer hung in the 60’s
below those days.
The extreme penalty that can lie ex
acted nf Cashier Adams for his sins is
ten years of toil with people of his kind.
Some folk toil all their lives beeause
there are so many people of his kind
who never toil at all.
How much nicer it would have been
for the news makers to let the price of
Miss Koosevclt's wedding toggery go
unsaid! Of course everybody wants to
know, but people should not have
everything they want.
If the editor fit' the Yukon Valley
News could swap bunks and britches
with Mr. Cashier George Kdward Ad
ams there would soon be no need to lie
aln ut the paper's circulation.
The prospectors gave the people of
Tanatui lots of credit when they broke a
trail to the Kantishnn. Now if the peo
ple of Tanana will give the pros|>cctors
lots of credit it will lie all right.
JULIUS RAHMSTORF,
General Merchandise
FULL LINE
TIN, GRANITE AND CrtOCKERYWARE
Notice of Forfeiture.
To John lloek :
Y«w ill • «kr notice th it thf un»ler*i*fnril,
nniM tier M it It toll ill tl*- pi hit ll.llitlltC elwim
known n* clttini No. 2*4 above iliurnvrrv mi
I.title Minook Jr. rrtfk •Ittntl* «l it* the li nn
ptirt initiinif ftwl rminliiiit ilietrlet. DUtrirt
• -f h o rxi rnilrtl one hundred dollar*,
in l.ihnr *nnl improvement*. on *«id placer
ii itiihg I'liiim iliirlntr rark of the %e.»r* end*
injf l»e • t|. tfM»l. I'-*C HKIbimI l**M. iid required
hi i he I %v» • of the lulled Htiitfi to hold the
< nn»* n l th.it if within ninety divv* from
the il.tte i>f *ervire of thi* notice iiim n tnii
in pni-lie.ition that in Vo «nt ninety tfttjr*
rtrr the |*Hh itu.t of J miiiiry. IVM you fitil.
tii-gle-1 or refuse to «•«•»*11 il ute tour propur*
ion.ite -.hire of «u> h e \j ••mlir lire it* r*»*
w ner, i Ottr Interest w ill t»e forfeited to tl •
ml ti«iy Mil rn-it* ner
Ifctte of Hr«l piiMir itH.il th-t II. I!UA.
I kite of ln*t ptd lie . tl»»n I’M II IWM.
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nf the \ niton Ywlfey
New* him! nettled Home w .old
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nl. onU 2 rent*.
NO BETTER COFFEE AT ANY PRICE
mmnr
50 cents
per pound
all
the
year
round
Best value
for
the money
ever offered
in
the North
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V^iUOLxJiJOUOOOOOtJO' -— —- O^JUUUUOtXJUUUUOL/
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY, Sole Agents for Alaska
Highest Cash Prices
PAID for FURS
G. A. KETTERER
The Meanest People
in the World at Nome
There is no Ioniser anv doubt about it: :
tile meanest people in all the world are
in Nome. An incident that happened
there last fall hears out the statement, !
but proves that some of the better sort
are there too. A boat capsized in the
surf and its occupants were in a drown
ing condition when some workmen on
the beach, at the risk of their own lives,
plunged in and rescued them. While
this was going on thieves carried off
everything of value the workmen had
laid down.
None tiie lens cultns is tlie doings of
some vandals who have pulled up the
stakes set by order of the Alaska road
commission to mark certain trails this
winter. So great has been the vandal
ism and carelessness that the trail be
tween Nome and I text or has had to be
restaked. When A. J. Lindsay, of the
road commission, finished staking one
trail and started on his return he found
a teamster driving along knocking the
stakes down as he went. Mr. Lindsay
expostulated with the man, who in
formed him that it was I’liele Sam’s
money that was used in staking tra.ls,
and it was of no use any way. The
Nugget says jiersons pulling up the
stakes will be prosecuted if their names
become known.
Inquired For.
The postmaster has received letters of
inquiry almnt Oscar Itinninger, from a
-ister in New York; ami Jos. tieraghty,
from Ihlblin, Ireland.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Lawyer.
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POSTPONEMENT.—On account of
* the busy season on the creeks
the Jolly Companions have post
poned the grand ball and cake
walk from Feb. 22 to March 30.
| .1W. YOUNG..
[ DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Locnttd In N. A. T. A T. Co.'s Building
I Try lh« RELIANCE BRAND of Canned Fruit* and Vegetable*. Best
l quality ever brought to the camp. Same prices as other brands.
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