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WEDNESDAY, JAN’. l8, 1905.
The we; t'rer and Washington
rre two sources of occasional disap
pointment to ag ol many Alaska
people. They "ill both be good
bye and bye.
One of the peculiarities of the
situation in the interior is that
criticis n of proposed Alaskan tneas
utes is always either premature, or
else too late.
Gov. Brady’s principal duties,
thev say, are to draw his salary and
look cheerful. Now let him show
his opponents how nicely he can
till the requirement-.
The Skagway Alaskan is in the
hardest kind of earnest in advo-;
eating self-government for Alaska.
The esteemed paper's principles are
correct and its arguments well put. <
hut there is another thing to con
sider, and that is the logic of
events. All argument is confuted
!>v that.
The most impoitaut news the
interior of Alaska has had in a l"iig
time is that relating to the Alaska
Central railroad if it is true. It
the new concern will build the road
the people will do the rest.
Jt'tx.K I>ay, it seems, reconi
mended a system ol mounted | o
Itcc for Alaska. He is said to have
admitted that the people would
object, but says It would la? good
lor them and ought to be inaugu
rated There is no need for any
such system, ami a force of this
kind, w.th its base of rrs|Niiislhllity
five or six thousand miles away,
in its very existence would I* a
denial of civil lil>erty However,
the pilht have not mine yet When
they do it will he lime to stand in
Thkrk may, after all, tie no con
nection between Judge Day’s report
and the fact that the new judge for
the First division is a specialist on
the subject ot bankruptcy.
It is just a little nauseating, all
this citing of precedents and draw
ing of parallels by the advocates of
territorial government. They know
the United States has created new
precedents, which they are careful
not to cite: and they know there
are not lacking plenty of proofs
that in the management of Alaska
there is nothing un-American—
now. The effort to secure self
government is praiseworthy, and is
none too soon, for the people are
likely to be good and “ready” be
fore they get it: but it would be as
well to leave precedent out of the
argument, touch lightly on the
equity of the case, and bring the
principal fo ce to bear < n the im
mense advantage to be derived by
the United States by shedd ng part
of her responsibility.
i
Gol 1 Digger, Dec. 14: Of the
small army of Nomeites now in
Fairbanks the only ones who have
become prominent enough to re-!
ceive mention in the newspaper are
a preacher and a prizefighter.
Nome Gold Digger, Pec. 14: A |
jury in the case of Connolly vs.
Tremper & Price, an action to re
cover damages f >r a gunshot wound
received in the famous Glacier
creek riot, failed to agree, and after
being out Saturday night the court
discharged them on Sunday after
noon. 'I'lie first trial of the case
lesi 1 ed in a disagreement.
Skagwav Alaskan: The Mount
Tabor Sanitarium is after the con
tract to cate for the Alaskan insane
tor another year. The secretary of
the interior is advertising in the
Daily Alaskan and other Alaskan
papers for bids for their care during
the year 1905. The government
jays $y> per month each at the
present time. It is thought a bid
will be made by some Alaskan offi
cials for a sanitarium to be estab
lished in Alaska.
Skagwav Alaskan: The mani
festation of the determination by
the city authorities to rnfoire the
payment of the dog taxes by the
application of the ordinance wl ich
makes it a misdemeanor to own «>r
harbor a dog upon which taxes
have not been paid has caused a
rush t«• the city treastmi's office lor
license tags The penalty tinder
the misdemeanor ordinance for keep
ing the dog without the tag signify
tng that taxes line lieen | aid is
and the costs would hriug the
charges up t< jiij or ftp Then
the taxes would have to I* pakt in
addition.
N. V. HENDRICKS
ESTABLISHED 1904 f
Alaska Commission Buying Agency
SEATTLE, WASH.
We Buy and Ship for you, Only on Commission
Cull on our Agent or write to us
Nome Hold Digger, Dec. 14: A
telegram has been forwarded to At
torney General Moody containing a
recommendation to the dej artment
of justice that a law lie enacted
making the crime of selling liquor
to Indians a felony and punishable
by imprisonment in the peniten
tiary. Three more peddlers were
convicted during the week, among
tiiem being Ch tries Burr, an old
offender.
9 lot to Srr Would JSc Inhuman.
A well-known Yukon pioneer re
cently ai rived in Rampart after a
long run over the river trail. He
leant back in comfortable proximity
to a barroom stove and dissipated
the Alaskan winter chill by repeated
hot whisky punches in which all
present were invited to share: all
but one.
The good hearted pioneer had
had a companion on the journey
who, a companion no longer, sat
back against the wall and shut
his soul within his tawny skin.
Ilis black, bead-like eyes told no
tale of wants unsatisfied and wishes
unfulfilled. lie was the white
man’s friend out in the cold: within
the kindly warmth man's interpre
tation of the law of Clod said, The
white man’s solace is not for such
as you.
The white visitor grew jolly.
He cracked jokes with his old ac
quaintances and was a good fellow
with his new. Presently he seemed
to remember something. He got
uj) and sjM.ke to*he barkeeper, who
handed him a package from behind
the bar, and as he started for the
door there might have been a slight
telepathic current between him and
the silent figure against the wall
but if so none else knew.
Perhaps the white man anti the
Indian, together in the darkness,
were friends again. Man’s inter
pretation of the law may have been
forgot.
It may have lieen sinful. Per
haps the bare thought was almost
revolutionary. Hut it was none the
less human for those w ho still lits
gvred ne«r the stove to wonder i
the white man hud matte himself .
criminal, ami to lerv rally hope th.u
he hatl'
A good many Nome people ml
go to l airlunks, not withstanding
the tundra strike
O. H. GIBBONS, M. I>.
Physician and Surgeon.
Office Hours: i to 3 p. m. and wheu not other
wise engaged.
Office and Residence. Second avenue.
GKOKGK A. SALISBURY,
Attorney and Counsellor,
Rampart, Alaska
LOUIS K. PRATT,
Attorney at Law,
Fairbanks, Alaska
J. LINDI.KY GKKKN,
Lawyer,
Office at the Courthouse.
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THE
HEETER
TANANA, ALASKA
S. E. HEETER. ED FERGUSON,
PROPRIETOR MANAGER
FIRST-CLASS
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Lravrs for (ilon Every
Five I toys.
Freighting and Packing i
T'«> mid Krom A II
tlie Creeks.
(iOod Teams Good Service
Ifowie. the head of the Zionites,
is budding an airship to go to
heaven in
If the sexes were to dance *epa
rateljr, as some reformers advocate,
fiodling would soon f>ecome a lost
art Sank Center Herald
The reason a man marries his
sweetheart is because she is not
I like other girls. The reason he di
voices her is because she is Hit
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