THE MUSHER.
(By Arthur B. Grind ell.)
I’ve been up North since ’07,
Mushed around 'til 1911,
Propped my roll,
Locating coal,
Now in the hole,
There’s none to sell.
They say back East where they rui
the nation
Keep your coal; we want conservation
Come away,
Let it stay,
Some other day—
Ain’t—that—h— ?
Chorus
There’s enough coal in Alaska,
Hooray, hooray!
For any clime till the end of time;
So let' get in and have it mined,
Away, away, away up in Alaska!
Away, away, away up in Alaska!
The farce, "The Bureau of Pro
crastination, Department of Interfer
ence, Washington, I). C.,” was stagei
recently in the Arctic club, and wha
was called a farce by its authorc
Charles Eugene Banks and Richar
Seeley Jones, was declared by thos
present at the club’s observance o
Alaska night to be the literal trut
concerning the federal government'
treatment of that territory.
Judge Charles E. Claypool, rep re
sented the chief clerk of the depart
ment of procrastination, and Fred t
Johnston, the under clerk. The re
mainder of the cast and the period
covered follows:
1904, Clarence Cunningham, Georg
H. Boucher; 1905, Gifford Pinchoi
Maurice D. Leehey; 1906, Theodor
Roosevelt, Cassius E. Gates; 190’
Thomas P, McDonald, a real miner, 1
W. Moulton; 190$, Louis R. Glavis
chief of field division, Joe Sullinger
1909, Norman Hapgood, of Collier’.'
| Weekly, James C. Gaffney; 1910, An
drew Christensen, an investigator
George Murphy; 1911, Secretarp
, Walter L. Fisher, of the interior
Robert H. Armstrong; 1912, Mr
| Whorf, honest coal claimant, Ivan L
, | Hyland; 1913, John 1). Rockefelle"
*, an oil baron, Bert R. Meyers; 1914
Congressman Lenroot, Robert S
Terhune; 1915, Commissioner Tall
; man, Ross McDonald; 1916, Chair
man F.des, George McK. McClellan
1917, Dr. Alfred Brooks, Uniter
States geological survey, Judd Rlliott
Mears, Riggs, Alaska railroad com
mission; quartet of singers, costumer!
as prospectors (sourdoughs).
1 Starts With Coal Discovery.
The farce began with the entry ol
• Dr. Alfred Brooks, of the Uniter
States geological survey, to report as
to the coal fields of Alaska aftei
the awakening from bis year’s sleep
! of Chief Clerk Claypool and aftei
■ the latter’s refusal to accept an in
, vitation to play golf that the work ol
1 the bureau of procrastination mighl
not be needlessly delayed.
Ivan L. Hyland’s representaation o!
Mr. Whorf, a sourdough and honesi
claimant, and Bert R. Meyers’ repre
sentation of John D. Rockefeller, botl
in costume, brought down the house
Chief Clerk Clay pool’s answer t<
nearly all his callers, “The matter wil
receive our prompt and immediate at
tention,” never lost interest among
his hearers during the entire pre
sentation. Maurice D. Leehey, win
played the role of Gifford I’inchot
“simon pure conservationist, 24-cara
refined and undefiled,” also made <
big hit.
May Be Given in Public.
The presentation proved such ;
success that Alaskans urged a furthe
public presentation of the farce witl
all the characters fittingly costumed
The singing which accompanied thi
farce, and comprised hits on govern
ment agents, was rendered by thi
Knickerbocker quartet.
Prior to the presentation, addresse
were made by Dr. Dorsey A. Lyon, di
rector of the United States bureau of'
! I
i mines of the University of Washing-1
1 ton; Co!. B. F. Millard, of Valdez, Al
aska, and William Martin.
A buffet luncheon was served after
the presentation of the farce. The;
affair, which was the first formal one
held by the club in its new quarters,
was attended by the largest number
of Alaskans seen in Seattle for a long j
time, and was in charge of the enter
tainment committee of the club, con
sisting of K. J. Johnston, chairman; ;
U. H. Armstrong, vice chairman; |
Charles R. Brown, K. P. Clark, Miller
| Freeman, W. C. Henry, R. J. Kinnear, (
H. W. Moulton, J. W. Merriman, U. j
: 1). Pineo, Charles E. Clay pool, M. J.;
j Falkenberg, Maurice D. Leehey, J. L. j
McPherson and W. T. Perkins.
GERMAN SUBJECT MADE
TO SALUTE AND KISS THE
FLAG WHICH HE ABUSEDi
HAINES—John Schmidt was ar- j
, rested here yesterday for defiling the j
Stars and Stripes. Schmidt was tried ,
before a jury in the United States
commissioner’s court yesterday after
noon and the jury disagreed and
Schmidt was discharged. This morn
ing the court before dismissing the ac
tion required Schmidt to salute and
kiss the flag, which he did.
COMPLETE TRAIL
TO THE
K A NTISH N A
FAIRBANKS — That he and his
crew have completed a trail which
' brings the Kantishna country within
. a three days’ mush of Fairbanks, is
jthe assertion of iom Lloyd, foreman
. of the crew of the Alaska road com
mission. who has just finished the
work. The new trail is thirty-seven
i miles in length and extends from Dia
mond City in the Kantishna, to a
i point about uurty miles above Ne-.
. nana on the route of the government
\ railroad. To prove that such time
■! could be made, Pete Anderson, “the
“I first man to plant the United States
; flag on the top of Mt. McKinley,”
made the trip in three days, arriving!
-; here with the party.
CONTEST FOR
OELEGATESHIP
WASHINGTON, April 12.—Former
Deelgate James Wickersham of Alas
ka yesterday filed a contest against
Delegate Charles A. Sulzer from that
territory. The notice of contest al
leges
(1) That the suit against the can
vassing board for a writ of mandam
us was brought without notice to
him; (2) that Judge Robert W. Jen
nings, who tried the case and Col
lector of Customs John F. Pugh, a
member of the canvassing board,
were prejudiced: (2) that the court
was without jurisdiction to hear the
mandamus suit; (1) that the Alaska
election law is invalid; (5) that the
canvassing board announced its in
tention to apply the court rule to
all the returns but was prevented
by the writ of mandamus; (6) the
canvassing board declared its inten
tion to recite these facts in its cer
tificate of election, but the court pre
vented it; (7) that similar defects ex
isted in other precincts than those be
fore the court and the application of
the same rule to them would have giv
en him the certificate of election; (S)
that :!8 soldiers voted at Kagle and
Fort Gibbon for Sulzer; (!f) that the
election officials were ignorant of the
Alaska laws and their requirements,
being the first election thereunder;
(10) that it was impossible for of
ficial ballots to reach Choggiung,
Nushagak; (11) that the electors there
used Sulzer’s sample ballots, striking
out the name of Sulzer and inserting
that of Wickersham.
It is not believed that the issues
of the contest will be made up for
some time, and then will follow hear
ings before the house committee on
elections.
AT THE EMPRESS.
Eddie Foy and Seven Little Foys To
night—Hrilliant Program
Sunday and Monday.
Eddie Foy, the prince of stage pier
rots, who has made more fun with his
clowning and his acrobatics than any
other comedian of the present day,
will be seen with the seven little Foys
in motion pictures at the Empress
theatre this Saturday evening, April
21, in a mirthsome story of circus life
entitled, "A Favorite Fool," a dra
matization of circus life in which Foy
was so popular. The seven little Foys,
together with Polly Moran, Charles
Arling, Mae Busch and other screen
favorite appear in the picture.
Eddie Foy in the play depicts a son
of rest who falls out of a haymow
into a fortune, matrimony and also
seven stepchildren. Polly Moran, it
seems, is the owner of a circus, but is
swindled out of her rights by Charles
Arling, a browbeating ringmaster,
who seizes “the papers” and ousts her
from her property. Here is the chance
for the comic hobo that Foy enacts.
Now then we are forced to draw
strongly on your imagination for the
balance of the play, which is side
splitting every minute.
“His Mother-in-Law,” featuring
Max Lindler, and Pathe News are on
the same program with the Foys.
Truly a very entertaining Saturday
evening program.
Sunday and Monday, April 22 and
23, two famous Triangle plays will be
presented. Sam Bernard in “The
Great Pearl Tangle,” and Jane Grey
with Tully Marshall, in “Let Katy Do
It.”
Watch out for the 'big event” May
1st, which the Alaska Labor Union
will pull off. 800
Sandwiches, coffee and pastry lunch-,
es served at the North Pole Bakery.
Fresh fruits and vegetables on,
every boat. Brown & Hawkins, “Qual- ■,
| ity first.” 832 i
Cameron’s Cafe is busy. Join the:
! contented throng. 736
JUST TO REMIND YOU
-•/
Union Pacific System
Through Cars
between SEATTLE and Chlcaao
Kansas City. Denver
San Francisco. Los Anseles
Direct Connection* for all
nolat* Coot via the K.immi
eouMwumvn route.
Trains protected all the way
—all the time by Automatic
Electric “Safety'’ Signals.
H. L. HUDSON. A. G. F. Cr P. A.
SEATTLE
tuu stramoirs.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT EOR TIIE
TERRITORY OK AI.AHKA. THIRD
DIVISION.
Marie A. Karrinpton. Plaintiff. vs. hay
K. Karrinaton, Defendant. No. A
The I’R ESI DENT OK THE UNITED
STATES
To the above named defendant Fay F.
Farrington. GREETING:
You are hereby summoned and requir
ed to appear in the District Court for
the Territory of Alaska. Third Division,
and answer the complaint of the above
named plaintiff, a copy of which is
herewith delivered to you, within thirty
days after the service of this summofais
upon you; and unless you so appear and
answer the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in said
complaint, to-wit: For a decree of di
vorce dissolving the bonds of matri
mony existing between plaintiff and de
fendant. The service of tills summons
by publication is authorized by order
of tlie court tiled in said cause, dated
April 10th, 1917, directing the publica
tion of summons once a week for at
least six weeks, and the defendant must
appear and answer within thirty days
after the expiration of said period of
publication.
WITNESS, the Hon. Fred M. Brown.
Judge of said Court, this the 10th day
of April, 1917, and of our Independence,
the one hundred and forty-first.
ARTHUR LANG, CJerk.
By T I’. GKRAGHTY. Deputy.
(SEAL*
First Publication April 14, 1917.
Last Publication, June 2, 1917. 811
ARTHUR FRAME. Plaintiffs Attorney.
New, large stock and very latest in
Styleplus $17 clothes. B. & H., “Qual
ity first.” 832
Dr. W. A. Rystrom, dentist, over
Harmony theatre. Prices reasonable.
P 810
North Pole Bakery goods have that
home flavor. 797
Best music at Peterson's. 444
MOUNT M’KINLEY.
is still opposite Robarts. 870
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