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“11Y THKIR FRl'ITS YK SHAM. KNOW THKM
, News from the great outside tells us that soon the Senate Investi
gation Committee of that gigantic Government swindle, the Teapot Dot:.
,)il Reserve scandal, will come to a close. The great American public
*ias been treated to some of the most choice sensational scareheads since
fhe transcendent top has been blown from the Dome <-f the celebrated
Teapot. Great was the joy of the politician, professing loyalty to the
barty out of office, when the giant explosion knocked the G. O. P. for a
tocked hat for the time, being, thus giving some of the political bigots a
jthance to yowl their blooming heads off about something that should
jiave never been allowed to become a political Issue. N'o party is solely
r.o blame for the muddle that the Government at Washington linds itself,
placed in at present. The immensity of such a concocted scheme to de
fraud the Government of its millions, was enough to cause any man with
an ounce of honesty in his makeup to tear his hair, and call down maledic
tions from the high heave-ns upon the heads of those guilty of violating
d trust placed in them, by the people oT what is sometimes termed, a
free and independent land, but what, at times, we are forced to ask our
lelves, “free and indepenndent of what?**
Followers of the Democratic Mule gave a yowl that could be heard from
he rock-ribbed coast of Maine to the ice-locked shores of Wrangol Island
vhen it developed that a member of a Republican Cabinet was guilty of
natfeasance in office, and the disciples of the lumbering Klephant retali
ated with a cry that sounded like the awful moan of the hunger-stricken
nalamute, to keep the Investigation free from politics. But did that self
same yowler cease yowling when he had a chance to smack a Democrat
vith some of the same filth from the quagmire which wus so obtrusive
o his self-proclaimed finer nature when the other side was getting souk
;d?—We answer NO.
The Progressives, like the gentlemen In the other aisles, were just
is busy trying to drag the name of every man not affiliated with their
nachine. if they had one. into the quicksands of political oblivion as
^ II is not the writer’s intention to criticise the action of any member
, of the legislature in what he has done, or attempted to do. toward sending
the ’’chickens home to roost” where they belong in this, one of the great~
aest robberies perpetrated since Jesse James ceased to function, but there
k has been altogether too much dilly-dallying around, trying to oil both
the Republican and Democratic machines with oil from the Dome, which
I would clog the mechanism in the forthcoming race for the Presidential
I election, and not enough concerted effort on thp part of those sent to
the seat of our Government for the purpose of enacting laws to protect
. the country’s wealth from the hands of shyster lawyers and ten-cent
Had the writer the choice, rather would he lead the life of a glutton
ous buzzard, picking at the decayed guts of a dead dog tha<n fill the shoes
of either of the men who recently resigned from the Cabinet under a
cloud. The depraved wretch, who in a drunken condition, slaughters
a law-abiding and faithful father of a large family, is in our estimation
an estimable gentleman compared with either of the Cabinet members
who so recently were practically forced to resign their positions with
the Government.
But to blame any party, or fnembers of any party -not connected with
the scandal, just because there were, belonging to the same party, human
parasites who would rob the blind and see the maimed perish, in order to
further their own interests would be placing one’s self on a level with
the perpetrators of the original crime. Better would it be to submerge
one’s self in the stinking filth of a city’s sewer, and die the death of a
drunken lout, than to falsely accuse an innocent man of a crime not
committed.
THREAD FOR EVERY MAN
You can got a bushel of wheat for very little money in America today
You can pet a bushel of in on ay for very little wheat in most parts of Eu
rope. Poverty ha* two causes, one, too much money; the other; too
much of the things money can buy. I mu pi no a family fitting at table,
half buried In wheat cakes they can’t eat. and the ether half hungry be
eanse their plates are empty. But when we talk about a “family of na
tions.” It seems to be hard for a let of people f Imagine anything else.
There Is argument as to what plaa shall bo adopted to settle tWa wheat
problem. If tho object behind the plan Is to get the better of some other
nation, we’ll bet that it fails to solve any problem; but if the object is to
do what we can for the whole human family, almost any plan ought to
work.—Collier’s Weekly.
THK MON AND THK MOl'MK
Seemingly the little weekly newspaper mouse has managed to gnaw
the network of rope which for many years has kept in captivity the strug
gling lion of American"freedom. As a result confusion marks the ranks
nf political bosses. Washington is aflame with excitement, for the end
( t the two-thirds rule and of the unit rule, the two great tools of the ma
inline dictators, is plainly in sight.
The most representative of Democrats are now determined to bring
I to amend the iniquitous system which makes it possible for three or four
( men to dictate presidential nominations. Few of them deem it wise at
this time to com*5 out in the open, but in private conversations they admit
j convictions that bode ill for the bosses.
Tin* unit rule in convention completely suppresses the voice of the
| majority. One vote in excess of fifty per cent, and the boss becomes the
1 final dictator of every man and woman in the State. Th • two-thirds rule
in a like way puts nomination in the hands of a select combine which by
deals and dickers can absolutely defeat the will of even a majority of#the
people. This system has disgraced out government for years. Un
fortunately for the bosses the evil of this two-thirds rule and of the unit
were recently explained dearly to people in special articles by Justice
Daniel F. Coh.ilan! through The Publishers Autocaster Service and in
•editorials in this and other newspapers. The public response was elec
i trie. In every state it became evident that public apathy has permitted
the scheme of American Government to fall into the hands of a few dic
tators. The result was inevitable. Whenever the public really arouses
itself the politicians have open ears. They “get away with murder”
only as the people remain silent and permit it.
in its influence, but the politician knows that in mass formation the coun
try weekly is the national policeman, the last bulwark of American lib
erty which talks to sixty millions of the American people, and in this case
the country weekly talked in no uncertain language.
The attitude of the Democratic National Convention, of course, m^s.
remain a matter of speculation. There may be excuse offered that action
should not be taken while candidates are immediately i-nvolved. This may
serve the purpose of the bosses to secure delay in the reform. It cannot,
however, prevent the inevitable. The two-thirds rule is a relic of polit
ical despotism that can find no place in a free America. Consequently
the two-thirds rule must go and the bosses now know it.— Exchange. j
ALASKA'S TOURIST SEASON
From every baud we hear the cry from those most interested in
Alaska that the tourist season is too short. We rise *o state that this
is not true. We heartily agree that the public conception of the desirable
season for making an Alaskan tour seems to be limited to the two months
or July and August, but public conceptions very often are not based on
fact, and this is one of those instances where an erroneous impression
has gained ground until it has become generally accepted.
Climatically speaking. Alaska's tourist season extends over May.
June. July. August and September. In any one of these five months the
tourist may be assured of viewing the marvels of Alaska's prodigal natural
beauty at their best, and with weather conditions which, combined with
the unequalled grandeur of the scenery, will make the Alaska trip one
loug to be remembered.
To we who have travelled to and from Alaska every month in the
year, that there should be such a problem as now confronts the steamship
lines serving Alaska, seems the heighth of the ridiculous. Why should ;
they be practically sold out months in advance of the season for July'
and August, and be forced to carry small passenger lists during months
even more beautiful for making the trip?
Morn than any other land in the world. Alaska hais been cursed with
misconceptions, based on the romancing of the Ill-informed. Magazine
writers, scenario writers, public speakevs, have cashed in on the general
interest in Alaska. a-uU because they thought they knew what the public!
wanted, have given them ice and snow, dog teams and polar bears, ice
bergs, and all the other trimmings of the Arctic Circle—-as Alaska.
That the Alaska trip offers the tourist the greatest scenic charm
which the North American continent holds is quite generally admitted.
AJ1 who have stood on the deck of an Alaska bound steamer as she1
threads in and out through the green islands, tumbling waterfalls and dis
tant snow clad peaks of the inside passage, are unanimous in declaring it
the most wonderful of the world’s waterways, while the more rugged and
majestic mountains and wider spaces of the trip on to the westward
have an awe-inspiring beauty that satiates—one feels that here is God’s
handiwork at its noblest. These things are gradually becoming known,
because every tourist returns an evangelist and knows to rest until his
friends have seen Alaska. What the public does not know and must be
taught through every means of publicity available to Alaska, is that there
are five months in which the. trip may be made instead of two, and that, in
any of those five mouths, climatic conditions may be safely depended
upon not to mar the perfection of the trip.—Alaska Weakly.
“I DON’T THINK”
Poesy tells us that ‘‘of all sad words of tongue or pen. the saddest
are these, it might have been.” Hut how about those sad words “I
didn’t think?”
You do not find these words inscribed on the headstones of the ceme
tery. yet many a life has been ruthlessly snuffed out because the victim
did not think.
Divorce court verdicts seldom, if ever, admit this tragic line as the
causation of domestic difficulties. Yet here, too, the moment of thought
lessness is often the real culprit.
The judge on the bench wearies of the endless procession of stupid
law-breakers who plead their monotonous “not guilty.” But rarely a
man who seems to understand that he Is paying the price of passion and
emotion, wken he might have saved hinufelf with a little clear thinking.
“I didn't think!” Write It above the notice of bankruptcy plastered
over a great enterprise. Spell it into the history of financial failure.
Render It as a verdict upon a man or woman who might have been a suc
ceas, but Is now only a cog In the great machina of life. Yes, pin it upon
the shabby coat of indigent old age.
Ancient as the wisdom of the world is the adage. ”As a man thlnketh.
so to he.” Yet with all our wisdom we bare not attained the wisdom of
thinking pot every move to its logical end before we begin. Think!—
Exchange.
POLVjOWKb BY WOLVKS
OS THE EAGLE TltAII,
| Old Scout Percy de Wolf, the inter*
. national mail contractor and car
I rier of the Dawson-Eagle route, re
ports that on the last trip down two
bift wolves traced him for miles.
“Twelve miles below Fortymile,”
says Percy. “I passed two bis burly
brutes on the trail, and first thought
they were dogs. One was gray and
ore black. They were not more than
fifty feet from me. One was on one
side of th > trail, and the other on
the opposite side. They remained
perfectly quiet. \ had no gun and
yet whs not alarmed over the pres
ence of the fellows even after I had
h better look at them and was sure
they were wolves. They dug up the
suow close behind me, and on my re
turn I saw by their tracks that they
hud followed my rig for miles. I
hud a dog with me. which, I think,
attracted them, but they did not
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the V. S. Commissioner's Court
for the Territory of Alaska. Sec
ond Division, Cape Nome Precinct.
In Probate:
In the matter of the Estate of
MjflEKT WESLEY ORLAND.
Deceased.
Motive is hereby given that the un
lersigned has been appointed ad
uinistratnr with the Will annexed
>f the estate of Albert Wesley Or
and. dccoa-sed. by the Prohnte Court
or Cape Nome Precinct. Second
Division, Territory of Alaska. And
ill persons having claims against
'aid estate are required to present
he same, verified by affidavit, as re
luired bv law. within six months j
fom date of this notice, to the un
lersigned. at Nome. Cape Nome Pre
inct. Territory of Alaska.
B. W. NKILY.
Administrator with Will Annexed,
Estate of Albert Wesley Orland.
•ublish March 22. April 5, 12. j
wa« past.”—
Dawson Nows.
WARNS AGAINST HI VING
GANDY THAT’S TOO OLD
ANNISTON. Ala. — In buying can
dy for your best girl. or Kiris, de
P’and to know the age of it.
Thus warned chemistry officials of
the state department of agriculture
here recently following a “candy
haul" in which they confiscated and
destroyed 200 boxes of chocolates,
which they declared to be more than
NOTICK OF FORFEITURE.
To P. A. Koruoll, V. A. Julien, C. E.
ttyberg. J. Godin, L. Williams. C.
Pelletier and J. Dubois, your and
each of your heirs, executors, ad
ministrators and assiKns:
You ore hereby notified that the
undersigned has expended during
each of the years of 1914 l915
1916. 1920. 1921. 1922 and IPS*!
of °Dr hundred Dollars.
($100.00). in Labor and Improve
ments, upon that certain pla
cer miniop claim known as and
beinK OSBORNE NO. 1 ASSOCIA
TION. situated on Osborne Creek a
tributary of the Nome River,
i-n the Cape Nome Mining District
and Precinct, Territory of Alaska;
the location certificate or notice of
which said claim is of record in the
office of the recorder of said mining
district and precinct, in Yol. 190, at
Page 173, of the records of loca
tions of said mining district and
precinct.
That said work was performed as
provided by Sec. 2324, of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States
ftnd supplemental legislation, for
fhe purpose of holding said claim.
And you are severally required to
oontribute youT proportion of each
expenditure according to your sev
eral interests in said claim, to the
herein, ■within ninety days after the
vrvlee of this notice on you by pub
ication thereof, or your interest in
«Ud claim will become forfeited
«nd vest i-n the undersigned, as pro
rided by said statutes.
Dated- at Nome, Alaska, this
2nd day of February, 1924.
JOE BOITR-GET
Co-Owner
_By A. A. Cbegnon. Agent
PORFKITTRE NOTICK
l’«» AARAN JOHNSON', WILLIAM
BTCNSON. your nnd each of your
heirs imd legal re-prcsf’ntativcs:
You are hereby notified that the
mdersigned. as co-owner therein,
las expended the sum of one bun
ked dollars in labor and improve,
r.unts upon the ALBATROSS Placer
timing Claim (location notices of
• hi< h are recorded in Vel. 153 at
;’agp 2S7. and Voi. 171 at Page 333.
>f the Records of the Cape Nom»
timing District. Territory of A!»?
r:i) for the year 191$. and for a like
um for each of the years ending
rnTy ftrst 1921. 1922 and 1923. as
>tovided by Section 2324 Revised
Jtat.utPi* of the United States and
egislation’ sufiptemental thereto, r»
»Tder to hold said claim.
And you are hereby required to
■ontribute your proportion of sue*
•xneaditnrp. according to your inter -
•st in said claim, fo the QndersTgn
•d go-owner wtth you therein. at
tome, Alaska, within ninety days
ill err fhe service of Rtis notice oa
mu by publication thereof, or ftuir
aterest la said claim trill beeeme
forfeited, aid rest la the usderalgm
•d.. as proridede by. tbe^sstd etntatos.
WINNTFKBD H. RANK.
f*ublj«h Jan. 19. 26. f£S*2,%. 1«.
tt. March 2. 9. 16. 23. 39. April «
NOTICE OP FORFEMTRF.
To Win. Frazier. J. Oodin, A. G.
Tuft. Win. Dougherty and W..
Oetrhell, you and earh of your
heirs, executors... administrator*
and assigns:
You. and each ot you, are hereby
notified that the undersigned, as
eo-nwner Ghpreiiw has expended the
sum of One Hundred (flhft.Od)
dollars during each of the years
1916. 1920. 1921. I'i2? am! 1921.
for lu hor aad Improvement1 «m and
for the benefh of the -.>ls-.^r niir.-n*;
ola^n known and tlje NEW
YEAR ASSOCIATION CLAIM, situ
ated on Washington Creek, a tribu
tary of Nome River. iB Cape Noma
Mining and Recording District,
Territory of Afcska. notice of loca
tion whereof la accorded In Book
190, at page 3S4. in the records of
said recording district.
That said work waa performed as
provided by Star. 2324. of the Re
vised Statutes nS ii» United 9<atea
nnd aupplamavtaJ legislation. for
the ptirpwe of holding said claim.
And you nre severally nstutrad to
contribute yoor proportion of sack
expenditure according to your utter
al interests to said claim, to the un
dersagmd co-owner with yon then
in. Wit tox nicaty dags after the asr
vise at this notice on yon by putfi
catin therwrf. or your Interest jn
paid claim will Brae me forfeited ntod
rmt in Ike unddralgned, a* pravldei
by mud etalphn.
Bated at Nome. Alnhn, this
2nd day af Wbrualfc 1M4.
Publish Feb. 2. 9. 19, 29, March 1. t.
1*. 22. 29. April 6. 12, IP. 29. tg«d
IS. 22. 29. April 5. 12. >19. 2d. Itf4
Co-Owner
By A. A. Chignon. Agent
FORFwrrra*? vonci
r© J. R. SILVA. yeur helm. legal
reprewn lat it aad a»i*as:
Yon ir« hereby notified that the
nnderslgsed. as co-owner therein.
expended the sum of one hund
*ed dollars for the years 1901, 1902,'
1903. 1904. 1905. 1900. 1907, 1901,
1909. 19iu. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914,:
1915. 1916. 1917, 1918. 1919, 1920,
1921. 1922. 1923. In labor and im
provements on and for the benefit
[>f CLAIM NO. TWO ABOVE on
Candle Creek, in Falrhaven Record
ing Precinct, Territory of Alaska,
notice of Location whereof la record
pd in Vol. 11. Page 258. of the re
jords of the Fairhaven Precinct, in
the performance of the annual
labor required by section 2324 Re
vised Statutes of the United States
»nd Supplemental legislation, in
order to hold said claim.
And you are hereby required to
contribute your proportion of such
expenditure accordlpg to your in
terest in said claim to the under
signed co-owner with you therein,
within ninety days after the service
of this notice on yon by publication
thereof, or your interest in said
claim will become forfeited and
vested in the undersigned as pro
vided by tbo said statute.
M. E. THOMAS.
Co-Owner
By Fred Tlepleman. hie agent.
Publish Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, Id, 28,
March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, April 6, 13,
SO, ftj'l. " ' '
xonci or witfiTtmu.
To P. A. KornslT. V. A. Julian. C. U.
ftyberg, Jeff Oodtn. L. Will fa as,
C. Pelletier and J. Dubois, your
and each of your heirs, adminis
trators. successors and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that -the undenftgMl. no
co-owner therein, has expended the
sum of One Hundred ($100.09- dol
lars during each of the years 1014.
1915. 191$, 1920. 1921. 1022 and
1923. for labor and improvements
upon and for the benefit of the
placer mining claim known and
being OSBORN13 NO. 3 ASSOCIA
TION placer mining claim, situated
on Osborne Creek a tributary of
the Nome River, in the Cape Nome
Recording District and Precinct.
Territory of Atoeka. The original
location of which claim is recorded
in Vol. 190. at Page 174, of the
records of locations in the office of
i the recorder of said precinct.
■ That said work was performed as
; provided by Sec. 2324. of the Re
j vised Statutes of the United States
1 and supplemental legislation, for
[ the purpose of holding said claim.
! And you are severally required to
l contribute your proportion of such
| expenditure according to your sev
eral Interests pi said claim, to the
undersigned, co-owner with you
1 therein, within ninety days after the
,«ervtcn of this notice on you hv pub
lication ther«f, or your Interest In
sarfd claim wffll become forfeited
and vent M the undersigned, m pro
vided hr «dd sffUute*.
Doted at Nome. Alaska, this
[ 2nd day of February. 1524.
Jfif bottrgbt.
Co-Owner
; By A. A. Chagnon, Agent
l«*wte nk.u.u.«. »•*.
16, 22, 22. A*rtl 6. 12. 12. 2«. 1924