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CALENDAR
APRIL
8 M T W T F 8
1 2 3 4 5 0 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 2:1 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
Moon’s Phases.—
First quarter, 1st;
full moon, 8th;
last quarter, 15tli;
new moon, 28d.
MAY
8 M T W T E 8
12 3 4 5
6 7 8 0 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 IS 1!)
20 21 22 20 24 25 26
27 28 20 30 31
Moon’s Phases.
First quarter. 1st:
full moon. Nth;
lust quurter, 14th;
new moon. 22tl.
Hrst quarter, lltith.
Wednesday, April 11, lHUti.
Ip Henry Koden luuln’t gone stam
peding off to new eamps lie wouldn’t
have got run into a town council. Serves
him right. _
The Nome Nugget of March 1 says:
“The lau-ey mining hill has passed the
house, and what do the people who are
most interested in it know about its
contents? Almost nothing.
That was a mighty good plan the
Koyukuk miners adopted to settle the
gambling question in their camp. Kacli
of the I’dO individuals just simply unit.
However, if it was a case of losing in
terest in jawlsme sport there may lie
a lot of backsliding after the cleanup.
While lvnchings, dynamitings, riots
and all manner of murder and outrage
is startlingly frequent in the States, Un
people here in Alaska are so quiet that
congress is trying to think up a few
new laws by which some of us might Is
landed in the penitentiary. Don’t it
beat all? _
Thk Dawson News professes scant
faith in Hatfield’s rainmaking powers,
and shows incontrovertibly ttmt the
rainmaker has a snap in standing to
lose nothing if it conies dry and to win
♦10,000 if it comes wet. .lust the same,
it is noted that the News is warning its
jieople that “all the conditions are rii>e”
for a disastrous flood this year and so
lierly advising them to lie prepared.
An interesting hit of information to
jienple hereabout would Is- that of the
disposition of the Alaskan delegate hill.
It 1 Missed the senate more than two
months ago and was said to have |mssed
the house a month later. Several Alas
kan papers have intimated that after it
passed the house it was all ready to
receive the president's signature and
Iw-come a law. In the face of all this,
however, we have the alleged threat of
Senator Nelson, made March 91. to kill
the measure under certain pontingcn
_which certainly indicated that it
hud not reached the hands nj the chief
executive. It WuuUI seem pmlwthle that
if the projssdlhut has Imsu.me a law in
formation to that effect would be sent
out. Under the circumatancea we dc
not believe it has become a law.
Thk frequency with which tiie an
nouncement coined of miners lieinji
killed hy gas in tiie Fairbanks country
suggests tliat some precautionary meas
ures should be adopted. There are
doubtless known methods by which the
presence or absence of gas in the deep
I shafts of that district could be deter
i mint'd, and if so they ought to la' ap
| plied la'fore men enter them to com
mence work. The matter is certainly
worthy of consideration by the Tannna
Miners Association.
JrnnK Ohari.ks S. Johnson, who died
recently at I.os (iatos, Cal., was one oi
the best known men in Alaska. He
came to Alaska in 1888 and tilled the
position of district attorney and was
subsequently appointed judge for the
entire district, which jaisition he re
signed in 1000. From the spring of 1001
to last October he practiced his profes
sion in Nome. The Nome Nugget says
of him: “In every phase of his official
life he showed the keenest sense of
right, and an integrity of purpose that
was never questioned. . . Of the strict
est integrity himself, he had no use for
those who tried to gain their ends by
other means, lawful or unlawful, and by
some, i>erhaps, he was therefore misun
derstood and not appreciated at his real
worth in a country just emerging from
the unknown into the known, and amid
the stirring scenes that marked its ear
lier history.”
Da. Fk.vnkun It. Carpenter recently
read a paper la'fore the Philosophical
Society at Denver in which he predicted
a world-flood of gold. The production,
he said, having doubled in ten years,
will probably again l>e doubled in ten
years more, lie hsiks for little or no
increase from lode mining, and says the
great increase will be due to improved
methods of working placers, notably
the great efficiency of the modern gold
dredge. lie believes the unexatnyied
prosperity is due to the increased sup
ply of gold, notwithstanding tne pur
chasing value of the metal has decreased
and will cont inue to do so.
Weather Conditions
April 4, liit'liost 21
April .*>, *• 110
April 8, “ 32
April 7, “ 34
April H, “ 20
April 5*. “ 14
April 10, “ 2ft
Snow fall, .5 inch
low
'at
—17
Nnntlwr of <!»>•»—Clrar 2, partly
clotnly 3, rloudy 2.
Kano K. Kadrr.
Voluntary Oltmrver.
JULIUS RAHMSTORF,
General Merchandise
FULL LINE
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THE MINERS STORE
is now taking orders on commission from
the miners for supplies for next season.
Orders will l>e accepted until July 1st.
The terms are liberal and quality of goods guaranteed; can refer to all who
placed their orders with them last season.
For further information please commu
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THE MINERS STORE
Bryan’s Jap....
The Story of a Young Oriental’s
Search for Wisdom, and the
Strange Method By Which He
Achieved Success.
Lincoln, Neb.
Yamachita Yaschichuro, widely known
as “Bryan’s Jap,” is* now acting as offi
cial guide for \V. J. Bryan in bis journey
through Japan, and is enjoying an op
portunity of repaying in part the hospi
tality received for several years at Mr.
Bryan's home. Miss Grace Bryan and
William J. Bryan, Jr., have been guests
; at the home of Yamachita in Tokio
while Mr. and Mrs. Bryan have been
' entertained by Field Marshal Ito.
Yamachita has been married since his
the
left
his
return to Japan last year, and has a
home in Tokio, which Miss Bryan char
acterizes as “too cunning for anything.”
He has become prominent as a speaker,
and is achieving his ambition of becom
; ing identified with the politics of Japan,
i The young Japanese came to America
| about seven years ago to obtain an edu
cation. He bad little money, but a vast
j amount of perseverence. For a time he
was a student in the University of Cali
fornia, in Berkeley. He came to the
! conclusion that W. J. Bryan was
; great man of the country, and
j Berkeley to make the Nebraskan
godfather.
In Japan it is the custom for every
I youth who desires a higher learning and
is without the means of educating him
self to go to the dwelling of the greatest
man of his neighborhood and there pros
trate himself with his forehead on the
threshold until found and taken within
: the house. Then, if the youth proves to
! l>e worthy, it is the duty of the great
j man to adopt him as a member of bis
! own household ami aid him in every way
: to obtain a good education,
i Yamachita reached Lincoln one after
noon in the summer of lttOO, and gave
his last coin to a messenger boy to guide
him to the home of the “great man.”
There the young Japanese prostrated
| himself on the threshold and waited.
Nobody was at home. Mrs. Bryan
and the children were out of town, and
Mr. Bryan was on a campaigning tour.
The afternoon deejiened into night, but
the Japanese ls>y knelt on the threshold
' until, at last, overcome by fatigue, be
I fell asleep.
Mr. Bryan reached Lincoln about 2
o'clock the next morning, was driven to
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Lawyer.
Office at the CourthoiiRe.
OFFICE OF
Commissioner and Recorder.
Rooms 1 arul 2, Courthouse
THE MIRROR
REMOVAL.
Jerry Ford and Tom La Porte
invite their friends to a Grand
Opening in the building for
merly occupied by California
Kitchen
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Notice to Creditors of the Estate
of John E. Huhn.
Not2ce is hereby given that the under*
signed, J. H. Hiulgin, has been appointed
Administrator of the estate of John E. Huhn,
and all creditors of said estate are hereby
notified to present their claims with the
proper vouchers attached to me within six
months from the date of this notice.
Said claims to be presented at my resi
dence, in Rumpart, Rampart Precinct, Third
Division of the Territory of Alaska.
Dated this 11th day of April, 1906.
J. H. HUDGIN,
Administrator of the estate of John E. Huhn.
U
’MALL
RIGHT”
written
on the
margin
of the Yukon Valley
and mailed home would
gratify relatives and friends
Postage, sealed, only 2 cents.
his residence and hurried up the steps.
At the doorway lie stumbled over the
Japanese, collared him, dragged him
into the house and turned on the light.
“You Mr. Bryan? You great man,”
said Yamachita. “I come to stay.”
“To stay!” echoed Mr. Bryan, and in
his amazement he relaxed his grip on
the youth’s collar.
Yamachita knelt at his feet, still
smiling. “Yes, I come to stay. You
greatest man in America. You lie my
godfather and help me grow wise, most
worshipful and illustrious one.”
“All right. Let’s go to bed,” said Mr.
Brvan. He showed the youth a room,
ami for more than four years Yamachita
was an inmate of the Brvan household.
In the University of Nebraska Yams*
achita was one of the most industrious
students. He gained his bachelor’s de
gree in 1!HM, and that fall sailed for
Japan.
.J. W. YOUNG..
DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE
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