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CALENDAR
JANUARY
5 M T W T F 8
1 2 8 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
18 14 15 It) 17 IS 10
20 21 22 28 24 25 2(1
27 28 29 80 81
Moon’s Phases.—
Last quarter, 7th;
new moon. 18th;
first quarter, 20th;
full moon, 29th.
FEBRUARY
8 M T W T F 8
I 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 10
17 18 10 20 21 22 25
24 25 20 27 28
Moon’s Pm asks.
Last quarter, r»tli;
new moon, 12th;
first qua ret r, 19th ;
full moon. 27th.
Wkonksday, January 23, 1!H>7.
BALLOU FOR COMMISSIONER.
It now seems pretty certain that W.
15. Ballou w ill succeed J. Lindlev Green
as United States commissioner at Ham
part.
Judge Green's resignation was for
warded to Judge Wiekersham two weeks
ago. It is now known that Judge;
Green joined a number of other resi
dents in petitioning for Mr. Ballou's
appointment. Mr. Ballou’s name has
been mentioned quite generally in con
nection with the place, but until very
recently it was the general opinion that
he would not accept it. Now , however,
the movement in favor of his appoint
ment has gone so far that it is believed
he is cognizant of it and has intimated
that he will accept it if it is offered to
him. There can be but one possible
reason why Judge Wiekersham would
prefer some one else: Mr. Ballou is not
a lawyer. Were the office elective Mr.
Ballou could not be beaten for it. and
we would be greatly surprised if Judge
Wiekersham should fail to appoint him.
The place does not pay much; but it
is of great im]>ortanoe to the people of
the district under the conditions exist
ing here. _
Anukkw Caknkoik caused unite a stir
l,y saying what a great number of both
rich and j«x>r |«ople have long hecn
thinking about the laws nf inheritance.
Men with nothing like the intelligence
nf Carnegie—even very rich men—can
seethe injustice "f the present system;
hut it takes uncommon courage, as well
as honesty of purpise, in a rich man to
sjieak his thoughts alsutt it. A dozen
years ago Carnegie expres-ed the same
views ahniit the government ownership
..f railroad* lately advanced hy llryan.
lie has always shown himself a man
and a thinker, und the fact that he
“made" hi* millions out id corruption
instead ••( inheriting them from others
who had done the same thing, has not
Minded him to the truth that money
unearned huy* di*np|« influent.
Title race t|Uextin|k in the I lilted
plate* promises In furnish lit** i**ttes
and *lea*l ne|roes f**r some time yet.
Rkv. Mb. Wkrr, colored, of Seattle,
Ims passed the buck to Senator Tillman.
“It is not necessary for me to answer
Senator Tillman’s arraignment of the
black race,” said the preacher. “God
replies to him. Jesus Christ, the
savior of the human race, was a black
man; so was King Solomon, the wisest
man of the scriptures. The blacks laid
the foundation of civilization when Ham
established a kingdom near Egypt.
When Tillman says the black race has
done nothing for civilization he shows
his ignorance of the history of the
races.”
The right of miners to make their
own local laws applies to Alaska as well
as to any other 1'nitcd States territory
or state. The miners themselves have
fullv as much power in this respect as
territorial or state legislatures have,
and there is the additional advantage
that each locality can pass rules suita
ble to its own requirements. The im
pression seems to be pretty general that
this wholesome, democratic privilege is
denied to miners in Alaska, but it is
not and will not be until this territory
is placed under a special mining law.
It was thought before the November
elections that in case the republicans
kept a majority in the Colorado legisla
ture one of the (iuggenheims—perhaps
it was Simon—would get the United
States senatorship. The legislature is
republican all right enough and Mr.
Guggenheim has the price; therefore
there is no apparent reason why there
should not be business done.
Some authorities figure that the pro
tective policy of the United States im
poses a burden on those who buy equal
to a tax of 47 per cent. .Alaska buys
with money that protection has nothing
to do with producing.
The Yaqui Indians have again at
tacked tiit‘ American and Mexican
miners, now near (Juaymas, close to the
borders of New Mexico and Arizona.
The miners were victorious in quite a
big battle.
Sonik I'f the exjiert critics claim that
in case of war with Japan the United
States would fight at a disadvantage for
at least one year.
Backers of Peary
Are Enthusiastic
At a dinner given in New York to
Uoiiitnander Koliert ! .. Pearv and inein
hers of the Peary Arctic filth, f'om
mandcr Peary said that it he could get
the right - rt of a ship for another dash
for tie- north pole lie U lieved he collltl
accomplish his object in one year.
Assurance- were immediately given
that the kind of ship he wanted would
la proviiied whenever he was ready to
take it ami eoinionnd it.
It is generally tinder*h»»l outside the
rluh that IVtry believes himself in pos
session of additional facts uls.itt the
Chas. A. Traeger,
Hats, Clothing
and Furnishings.
Complete Line
New Ladies’ Goods,
Flannels, Blankets,
Gents’ Furnishings.
II. J. RODEN,
Attorney at Law,
Fairbanks, Alaska.
J. FINDLEY GREEN,
I sawyer.
Office at the Courthouse.
OFFICE OF
Commissioner and Recorder.
Rooms 1 and 2, Courthouse
Modern Dentistry
J A In all its Branches
CHARLES D. CARTER, D. D. S.,
Prices reasonable. Work guaranteed.
OFFICE BALLOU RESIDENCE.
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
b o’clock i>. in.
W. W. CROCKETT.
JULIUS RAHMSTORF, Arctic Chief
Arctic Recorder.
Highest
Cash Prices
Paid for ....
JULIUS RAHMSTORF.
JOSEPH TWAN,
Near
Smith &
McHugh’s
Barn
Cobbler
(inc vmionc ,*’ose Pcnpie **h®\
A ML I UU seldom write home? \
They will know you arc all right if you I
send them the YUKON VALLEY NEWS. 1
Mail yours or let us send onc weekly.^
drift over the north jmle which makes
success a certainty in any future at
tempt. So certain is the cluh that lie
has at last mastered the secrets of tin
passage that they asked him for his
ship plans at once, that the construction
of a craft after his s|Hi-ial design might
l>e commenced.
“Fie, I’m ashamed of you, Kthel.
What are you going to w hip your kitty
for?”
“ t 'os he’s dirty, lie spits on his feet
and w ipes them on his face.”—Kx.
An • tldo woman, a doctor's wile, is
suing for divorce on the grounds that
her hoslmitd makes her live on break
fast food* ami cereals to the exclusion
of a meat diet, and has thereto greatly
impaired her health.
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