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CALENDAR
DECEMBER
s M T W T F S
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 H
0 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 IS ID 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 20
30 31
Moos’s Phasks.
Last quarter, Nth;
new moon, 15t h;
Hrst quarter. 226:
full moon, 80th.
JANUARY
8 M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 S 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 10 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 20
27 28 29 2»0 Ml
Moon’s Phases.—
Lust quarter, 7th;
new moon, 13th;
first quarter, 20th;
full moon, 29th.
Wednesday, December •'>, 11HM).
APOLOGETIC.
Tin* Yukon Volley News iliil a sertoiis
injustice l>y printing the follow in'; words
in its issue of Nov. 21 :
“A story was heard today to the effect
that Special Mail Carrier .1. S. llunue
well, w ho told of the stampede [ to Kish
creek] on his arrival from Tatiana a
week ago, returned to that town with
unite a lot to say about the way people
w ere stampeding from llampart.”
Mr. Hunnewell not having returned
to Tatiana at that time, hut actually
being off on a run in an opposite direc
tion. there can be no question of the
error of the statement. While the mis
statement was unintentional oh the
paper’s part, it was still very unjust to
Mr. Hunnewell, to whom apology is
hereby tendered.
THE WAY THE SIGNS POINT.
In a placer mining region—wherever
it may be—the best law is the one w hich
comes nearest permitting any individ
ual to go onto any unoccupied ground
and dig, unmolested, until he quits
of his own accord. The sole principle
involved in the matter is that if, in ex
ploring the wilderness, a man finds un
appropriated treasure he has a l ight to
appropriate it—presup|>osing, of course,
the right to go into the wilderness and
search.
Hut a* in nearly every instance the
treasures4 lie at varying depths beneath
the surface of tin* earth ami their pres
ence can only In* determined hy digging,
the explorer is, or should In*, allowed to
mark off a space of twenty acres upon
which to prosecute his search, unmo
lested, as long as lie desires. If he suc
ceed* in limling tin* treasure it is his,
and In* has only to go and lal*>r at tak
ing it out, or pr* paring to take it out,
at stated Intervals— to do hi* “repre
sentation work —to show that he lias
not tthgnd**tu d it. in order to itold and
exercise proprietorship over it indett
uitely. II** acquire* ownership -imply
hy taking mid Using that which belongs
to iioIhmI% else, ami owe* no thanks to
any one except t M«l
That is the spirit of the I nited Mates
mining law in a nut*hrll. 1‘mler cer
tain ruling* and decisions it seems that
the explorer is now privileged to mark
off 1110 acres—20 acres for himself and
for seven other people the same each—
and to hold the same indefinitely with
out a pretext of taking gold from any
except one 20-acre plat.
In Alaska and in the United States
this last-named scheme is today the
custom, lmt it is not the statute.
Congress now having commenced its
winter sessions, it is hoped prosectors
will take note of the "attempted changes
in the mining law and see if- they are
not aimed at turning it further away
from its original purposes and the prin
ciples of right and justice. If it turns
out that they are not, no one will be
more pleased than those who honestly
liolieve the signs point that way.
At this season of the year Rampart
ilistriet is perhaps worse situated with
regard to mail than any other inhahi
ited portion of Alaska—with the possible
exception of the Koyukuk and what is
designated as the Nome country. The
overland system from Valdez reaches
the Yukon at Tanana, seventy-five miles
below here, and this is the last settle
ment on the big river to be reached
which is wholly dependent on the Can
adian service for its outside mail.
What the Governor
of North Carolina
Said to the Governor
of South Carolina
It was so long ago that the* exact origin of
the incident is lost to tradition; lmt it is
generally believed certain residents of North
Carolina depredated on citizens of South
Carolina stole horses or niggers, or possi
bly daughters and eluded capture. Re that
as it may, the governor of South Carolina
addressed a sharp letter to the governor of
North Carolina, demanding apology and
satisfaction for the misdeeds of his people.
A sufficient time having elapsed and no reply
being vouchsafed, a second letter, more
pointed thuu the first, was dispatched, and
likewise brought forth no reply.
Exusperuted at this contemptuous treat
ment, the governor of South Carolina, with
a hundred trusted followers, set out for the
offender’s capital, resolved to exact such
reparation as. first, the crime against his
people, a ltd, second, the slight to his own
personal dignity required.
The way was long and fatiguing, hut at
length the injured ruler arrived ut the af
fronting one’s mansion. As the formidable
force lined up under the trees, the governor
of North Carolina quickly divined the sig
nificance of the invasion. He was taken
completely unawares and was at the mercy
of his proud and punctilious visitor: hut
with only his aid he went forth and faced
the irate ealler.
"I a in the governor of South Carolina.”
said the lutter. “come to”
Rut he was unable to finish. With expres
sions of surprise ami delight at receiving so
distinguished a visitor, the governor of
North Carolina assisted the governor of
South Carolina from his horse ami in a mo
ment was leading him toward the open door.
The nid summoned servants to take care of
the horse* and himself looked after the
comfort of the men. Just as the two gover
nors reached i he steps the governor of Soiith
Carolina hesitated and said
Uo%er»*or. I In*** to”
lint hr «*o»»UI ifri no further. Th* Kntrr
n*»r of North tutrolin.i <lr<-Utr».| h«» mmlil
IUtott to » «.»*;# wortlof rx|»l inntion
or hu«of an* km.I until th#* tfotrrnor
• f Smith Carolina h*«l hrrn |»ro|*>rly re*
frohol. Switnl ImU», vIcmm w«rr Hll#*.l
«l«k nt»IUi» i.:a North I «Mlinii o.ru
• Irani* ♦ ! rtmial ami .train#**! nir iln At lint
• hr f •*rtiinf nl Smith! arolina la*tf*n again:
iimrrimr I hat# niiur"
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Ami thus, for more thuu an hour the gov
ernor of North Carolina sat trying to make
his mission know n, only to l.e turned from
his purpose at each recurring effort hv the
words. **It *s a long time bets pen drinks.” At
length he felt the last hit of malice depart
ing from his heart, and he wondered what
his men wool I think when they learned that
he had not demanded the satisfaction for
w hich the journey was undertaken. Impa
tient to eurn how they would receive
him. he indicated to the governor of North
Carolln » a w ish to go out to them. With
uncertain ste|*s. one supporting the other,
they made their way to the door and when
they reached the outside a hundred pairs of
wobbly legs struggled to liear their own
ers in an upright position, w hile a hundred
well-oiled throats shouted:
Hi «»*r-a-Y for the jtm*ninr of North
Carolina!"
Now. from one eml of the ro un try to the
other the new* had spread th it the govermir
of* uth Carolina hoi gone with an »rmel
force tw demand apoloir> from the (overto r
of North Carolina. nod people everywhere
were in a Mate of eV|-e«'twni‘.v a* to the out*
erne. Therefore, when the former hw«l re*
turned to hi* eapital «ml it hml hern *h
nottnred th»*i the latter won hi moo pay him
w friemll.v ihit there it wm hut natural to
a*h. What did the govermir of North fane
lina *a> to the governor of *h>uth C'aroiina **
AmI the reptv we then even ae it ha* I een
no to thin very day It ‘i a hag time he*
tween drin^a."
•T. LINDLEY GREEN,
Lawyer.
Office at the Courthouse.
OFFICE OF
Commissioner and Recorder.
Rooms 1 and 2, Courthouse
A. B. NOTICE.
Regular meetings of the Arctic Brother
hood Lodge are held at their hall on the
second and fourth Fridays of each month at
j 8 o’clock p. m.
W. W. CROCKETT.
•JULIUS RAHMSTORF. Arctic Chief
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