YUKON VALLEY NEWS
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moon. 10th: last quarter. 17th: new moon
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Wednesday, I>rckmhkr 27, IMOo.
A DIFFERENCE.
In October at Brighton, a suburb of
iViivcr, (’ol., tin* sjMHrtaeU* of a member
of the judiciary being drap'd about by
a mob and forced to rewind an official
order was witnessed by the* f>opulace.
At Nome about the same time a re
port that a labor union went on a strike
tomeree a court—at the critical period
of the beginning of winter, when the
food supply of the eainp had to be un
loaded—caused much indignation. To
the credit of the lal»or union the report
proved to be false. The Nome case i*
only cited to show how <|llickly the so
called In’tter class of |»eople in Alaska—
the richer class—would resent the co
ercion ol a court, if they were the ones
to In* inconvenienced by the coercion.
The Colorado case is different There,
where the |**ople have lately passed
through the rigor* »»f martial law. they
repudiated the gentler law of the courts
and embraced anarchy—as absolute, if
the word has any meaning, a- if they
had raised a re*I tl.i. and commenced t**
pillage ai. I burn.
Anarch) is only strife without lie ties!
if through chance it destroy* an evil it
put* it** g*»»l in it* place ; the very heat
that can Is* claimed for it i* that it
create* a v**i*l shere, **»i»***' ime, g***!
mav p**a»iMv ftinl kslgtnent
Hitt t«» return t*» the court* It ***me
Alaska, -a* are *li<pl«t»«**l
Uva»**e the e-iirt* have ie*t acted to
their liking, and there mime jieople, be
ing ton shrewd to adopt the tactics of
common everyday anarchists, employ
method and money and political pres
tige with practically the same purpose
that was aimed at by the Colorado mob,
what is the name of their crime? It is
not anarchy—it is too subtle for that;
but it is none the less destructive of
good order and public confidence.
WHY ?
“At tin' time Mr. Wickersham’s name
was sent u]> before, there was not a
voire against the confirmation from
Fairbanks, hut the object ions all came
from other portions of Alaska, from men
who diil not helieve that Mr. Wicker
sham was the proper person to represent
the Third .Indicia! 1'istrict.”— Fairbanks
Sunday Times.
Indeed! Why was there not a voice
from Fairbanks against the confirmation
when Mr. Wickersham’s name was sent
up before?
Why was it that men from other i«ir
tions of Alaska were so solicitous for a
proper person to represent the Third
Judicial District, while the people of
Fairbanks were so careless of their own
well being?
If the people of Fairbanks knew a
year ago Wickersham was not a proper
man to represent them why didn’t they
say so?
If they didn’t know it then, why
didn’t they? Men from other portions
of Alaska knew as much about it then
as they do now.
If the people—say—of Se ward penin
sula and more distant localities could
sniff rottenness on every passing breeze
from the Tanana, why could not those
at the very source of the stencil smell it
also? And if they did. w by didn’t they
cough?
TWENTY-DOLLAR GOLD PIECE.
Uumpurt has Ireen all torn up for ten
i lays pas! over a question that dates at
lea-t as far hack as Rryan’s celebrated
silver campaign of 1HIH*.
“h »<•«* a twenty-dollar gold piece cam
tain twenty dollars* worth of gold?"
That is the proposition that friends in
sist the Yukon Valiev News shall an
swer. In doing so the paper wishes to
remind it- readers that they need not
accept the answer as filial:
No; it does not. \ twenty-dollar gold
pieee eontains U‘4.4 grains • »f* gold and
•M .It grains of Imser metal, making tlie
total weight 51»» grains ,,r j,u75 ounce.
The entire coin is worth twenty dollars,
because it actually is twenty dollars, Just
a-* it exists. Therefore the gold in tin*
coin is worth twenty dollar* minus the
.1* tmil value of tin' huser metal. T»» ar
rive at the value of the gold in llr piece
it is nrtessary to determine the value of
the **l K grain'* of hmwf metal, which is
a ta-k we shall not s**t *a;rs* lust,, do.
kiudu lisa pretty bmnwl wnfbl*
IWhrr- Ye#, iihIos); the man who
Iwls fault g»*e» t«* a l»»t **< trouble t*» re
turn it t«» the owner,
NO BETTER COFFEE AT ANY PRICE
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50 cents
per pound
all
the
year
round
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Best value
for
the money
ever offered
in
the North
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NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY, Sole Agents for Alaska
IN COURT TODAY
McGough Convicted, but Let Off
With a Fine of a Dollar
and Costs.
Micky Mctiough was tried and con
victed in the commissioner’s court to
day on a charge of assault on Nick
Bloom.
The jury’s verdict carried with it a
recommendation for mercy, and the
commissioner imposed a fine of $1 and
costs. The memhers of the jury and all
the witnesses agreed to forego their part
of the costs, which will materially les
sen the heavy hill that Met lough is
liable for.
Met lough and Bloom were partners
working on Omegra creek. They quar
reled, and for several days hard words
passed Between them. Pec. B» Mc
(tough thrashed Bloom and the case in
court is the outcome.
Capt. Simms Wintering Here.
('apt. A. .1. Sinmi!*, nf tin' nkmikuni
little .teainir Martha Clow, which
iia.imil here f‘>r Kantinhiia tn-t Septcm
tier, i* w intermit in Hani)>art.
Till- ■‘trainer niaile a uteceiwful trip ti>
Kanli»hna. After nhe went into winter
i|Uartrrn t‘a|»t. Sinim- ranie n*riw, li,
llukrr Crivk t«» *■ u hut rhangni huil
taken Jilarr ■‘hu't* hr tir*! lati'leil lipfl’ ill
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Lawyer.
Office at the Courthoiyse.
OFFICE OF
Commissioner and Recorder.
" The Florence Hotela
Bar Supplied with the Best
of Liquors and Cigars
Billiard and Pool Parlors
Unexcelled
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TOM MAHONEY .... JACK RADIGAN *
Managers
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