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WEDNESDAY, MAY It), 1905.
THE ENDLESS TROUBLE.
In ruling, as he did, that native:
women who have been married to |
American citizens can not be classed I
as native women under the law |
against giving whisky to Indians,
Commissioner Green, of Rampart;
precinct, last week excited much j
criticism, favorable and unfavora
ble. The commissioner stated that
his ruling was based on decisions
of higher courts along similar lines.
Whether the commissioner’s view
of the matter is the proper one
or not we are not prepared to say;
he doubtless knows it sets a new
precedent at this place, and is re
sponsible for his action. This paper j
does not hesitate to say, however,!
that it seems to be more reasonable '
than the action of a former commis
sioner u’ho sentemed a white man
to a long term in jail for giving
whisky to his own Indian wife.
Of course if Commissioner Green's
ruling is sound in law it justifies
itself.
For the time being, at least, the
ruling is the law in this precinct,
and one good to come of it is a
determination by Deputy Marshal
Dreibelbis to force all the disor
deily native women out of town or
lei them face charges liefore the
commissioner.
The one endless source of trouble
in this camp has l>een this whisky
atid-squaw racket. Each succeed
ing case in coui' has turned over
the stinkpots afresh; each convic
tion has been greeted with cries of
graft" and each acquittal has tieen
dubbed "rotten.” It has caused
more spying, lying, backbiting and
ill will than everything else com
bined. Officer* who have done
everything in their power to enforce
the law have caught but a ->mall
percentage of those who violated it,
and if they had imprisoned every
one new ones might constantly
appear.
It is the opinion of some that if
the law against selling whisky to
Indians were tested in the higher
courts it would he held inoperative
as to the Indians of Rampart. The
law is equally explicit against sell
ing whisky and selling arms and
ammunition (the same section in
cludes both offenses); and courts
would never convict white men on
the latter clause.
It the Indians were permitted to
buy whisky as freely as the whites
their women would be spared the
necessity of ransacking the camp in
search of white men for partners in
their debauchery. The Indians’
conduct might improve; it certain
ly could become no worse.
The law so far has accomplished
nothing for decency. If it can in
the future be so construed that the
vicious of every race will be sub
ject to the same penalties -so that
all will be »>qual under the law—a
step forward w ill be made toward
better order and better conduct by
natives and by whites.
FAIR WORDS.
Elsewhere in tliis paper is printed
two editorial articles which ap
peared simultaneously in the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat, one of the
greatest newspapers in the United
States. The articles have to do
with Alaska and Porto Rico, and
might be pointed out by the aver
age American citizen as a sample
of fairmindedness toward the terri
tories mentioned. In one, two and
three years from now the fair words
are liable to recur, their soothing
cadence as potential as at the
present time. To Alaska, in
particular, the great St Louis paper
holds out promises that people in
the territory have no expectation of
seeing fulfilled. What ground is
there for the assertion that “a bill
erecting Alaska into one or more
territories is exceedingly likely to
pass the congress which will assem
ble next fall or winter”? Out of
what does such exceeding likeli
hood corat? There ts, in fact, no
likelihood of anything of the kind;
and the desirability of such action
is problematical. At any rate, it is
a mere detail, and is unimportant
itt comparison to other questions
which confront Alaska and other
outlying territories of the United
States.
Since the war of has it Ire
come the jm>lic\ ot the United States
to hold outlying peoples against
their conset t and under conditions
in which they have no part? Prior
to that time a tntie of Indians, worn
to a iraa/te in an unequal war.
N. V. HENDRICKS
ESTABLISHED 1904
Alaska Commission Buying Agency
SEATTLE, WASH.
We Buy and Ship for you, Only on Commission
Call on our Agent or write to us
F re i filter
and Packer
Orders for Wood Solicited
All orders left at tile Miners Store will
receive attention.
would still be able to name some of
the conditions of its relation to the
stronger power. Will Alaska not
be allowed to either treat or partic
ipate? These are the most impor
tant questions to be settled by the
United States with regard to Alaska.
They are mainly sentimental, it is
true Under one condition or an
other the gold of Alaska will be
dug. Some manner of men and
women will come and multiply and
the land and the water will furnish
them sustenance.
The peopling of the country will
only be delayed or hastened slight
ly in any event. But the ideals
and aspirations which take root
! in the young days of the territory’s
development will be lasting forces
for good or evil, and the end there
' of no man may foresee.
GENTLEMEN, CLEAN VP!
At the setting in of cold weather
last fall this paper advised the citi
zens to take precautionary meas
ures against fire. The camp went
through the winter without a single
conflagration.
At the same time it is a notorious
fact that the News office was afire
three times and was only saved
from destruction by its neighbors
and their water barrels. The paper
preached a doctrine that proved its
own salvation, notwithstanding its
great sins.
Now the time of year has come
for all good citizens to clear their
premises of the accumulated rub
bish. I.et them emulate Dawson
and send everything rotten down
the river. I.et the |>eople at Tanatia
wire and ask what happened at the
breakup
Seven years of inii|Utty have left
their mark on the surroundings of
our o«n premises Some ot the
C. H. GIBBONS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Office Hours: i to 3 p. m. and when not other
wise engaged.
Office and Residence. Second avenue.
GEORGE A. SALISBURY,
Attorney and Counsellor,
Rampart. Alaska
J. LINDLKY OKEKN,
Lawyer.
Office at tlie Courthouse.
OFFICE OF
Commissioner and Recorder
Rooms 1 and 2, Courthouse
THE MIRROR
To be Reopened
in a Few Days.
JERRY FORD,
M. R. DOWNING.
cause and some of the effect may
not be effaced for another year.
But that will only make the work
of others appear more beautiful in
contrast.
Gentlemen, clean up!
A Caplve Balloon
at Portland Pair
A captive balloon will be oper
ated at the Portland fair this sum
mer every fine day the wind is not
blowing. It will be operated by a
donkey engine with a large drum,
and will make the ascension every
quarter of an hour, rising to about
1,000 feet. A charge of about $1 a
trip will be made for every passen
ger. “Portland will be an ideal
spot to operate such a concession,”
said Major T. S. Clarkson, who
will l>e prominently connected with
airship contests to lake place at the
I.ewis and Clark exposition, as
well as operating the captive l>al
looti. “The scenery from a balloon
will lie magnificent, taking in the
two rivers and the surrounding
mountains. '*