“Am I My Brother's Keeper"
Last Sunday Night.
Mr. Cliilsoi) last Sunday night,
under the title ul ‘Am 1 My Broth
er's Keeper?” deliv-ied a sermon
on the Indian question. His sym
pathy is evidently with the natives,
and his remarks indicate that he
has taken exception to some criti
cism—lay whom passed and at
whom directed this paper can only
guess.
T ie remarks were prefaced by
a quotation from Lout Salisbury,
“A man who lists halt measures
is no man.”
“If people would condemn faults,
let them first free themselves from
the same faults,” said Mr. Chilson
in connection with the whisky
habit.
“A woman who is good enough
to live with is good enough to
marry.” This was said in connec
tion with those known as “squaw
men.”
Alluding to the native dances,
Mr. Chilson sai'l: “The idea is
preposterous that because a wo
man’s skin is a little darker than
another's it is infamous and causes
people to raise their hands in holy
horror for her to dance.
“If one has no better way of
handling a question he should not
critici e. Honest criticism is wel
comed by any man, but criticism
that condemns without showing a
better way is only meddlesome
fault finding and a hindrance to
any progtess toward the better
ment of a race, a community or a
nation; and those who indulge
such can thank themselves for re
tarding the growth slow at best
of the betterment of a community’s
morals.
“Co-operation is essential to suc
cess in any line, and those who
cannot co operate had much bettei
mind their own business.
“As there are but four licensee
liquor houses in town it would tak«
but little co-o|>eration to stop tlx
selling ot liquor to natives; bu<
still better will it be when the na
tlves understand that the whili
man's habits and vices only eat ou
the life of their trilw and degradi
their whole existence.”
.1 ii |»a n •*'•*• i.'Mii.
San Francisco, Nov. 14 Om
hour after the nubacription fur th<
new Japanese loan ope»e«l totlai
ha>l been su Inscribed I"
people of San fnarmn, the large*
tntlivitlu.il Mibarription being |iuo.
vea.
ITEMS
Chapman is in from Quail creek.
H. S. Tliumtn came in from
Doric creek Sunday.
Thanksgiving turkey dinner al
the Reception restaurant.
W 1 Oslin came in from Glen
i Monday. The coid weather will
i stimulate winter work on Glen.
Mrs. I.uudquist’s two cows were
butchered last week. They were
well fattened and the meat is said
to be prime.
Heeter with his four-horse teams
I is moving five tons a day on his
I big contract for freighting the hy
draulic material.
S A. Cutting arid W. B. Ballou
have gone out to Ruby. Mrs. Ballou
also went and will stay on the creek
| most of the winter.
Oliver Goss is in from across the
divide. He and Mike Sullivan
I have been trapping and have taken
130 marten so far. Some of the
pelts are very fine.
Sealed bids are to be opened
Nov. 5 for the delivery of thirty
cords of 12-foot dr/ spruce wood to
the local federal officials—delivery
| to be not later than Jan. 1.
The A. B.'s will hold the first
rehearsal of the farce-comedy‘‘A
j Quiet Family” next Saturday night.
1 The piece will be given during the
j holidays under the direction of I)r.
j Gibbons.
Heeter sent out two four-hcrse
teams Monday. They go as far as
Slate creek with Drake, Thror.son
land Gill’s outfit. They were the
first four-horse teams ever sent
fiom Rampart.
Sergeant Kettle has transferred
the business office of the local sig
nal corps into the living quarters,
where everything is snug and warm.
The office building had become too
intimate with llie Alaska climate.
James O’Day is up from Tanana
on a business trip. Since his ar
rival he has learned of an attempt
to burn the cabin occupied by
Charley Myers and himself. A re
ward of fjoo is offered for the
guilty party.
Henry brothers sent another con
sigmnent of brook trout to Julius
Kalintstorf from tloollanana lasl
week When the frost is properl)
drawn out by cold water the trou
are said to lose none of their cleli
. cacy of flavor.
Postmaster Flcischmau last week
' in answer to an inquiry, received i
message from Chief Clerk J. S
Rolierts at Kagle stating that afte
Dec i all classes of oat houw
mail w id lie receive*) wit boot tits
! crimination if the sum total doe
not eacres) the week / allowance n
( ps) pounds. Therefore mail to th
. outside will Iw unrestiicted thi
winter
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THE
COUNT. COUNTESS,
AND HIE CAPTAIN
Nome, Oct. 5.—(From the ('.old
Digger.)—Capt. William Galpiti has
been indicted by the grand jury on
a charge of obtaining goods under
false pretenses The captain’s trou
b'e arose through taking possession
of some manuscript which he al
leges rightfully belong’s to him,
but which is also claimed by a
noble couple named Morajeski.
LI. S. Commissioner McDonnell
gave C.alpin an order to secure the
manuscript and as a result he also
is under indictment
It is learned from an authentic
source that the Countess Moiajeski
and her noble spouse sent a num
ber of letters to Washington last
winter and the result of these mis
sives was the investigation made by
the grain! jury.
Nome, (Jet. 12. At noon today
j a jury had been secured and evi
1 deuce was being taken in the (lal
| pin trial.
No Fairbanks Mail.
According to Janies O’Day, no
Fairluitiks mail had arrived it
Tatiana from the close of the Tati
ana river tip till last Friday. No
mail lias been received in Rampart
( from Fairbanks since the tirst part
of Octolier, it having left Fairtuink*
in Septepiber.
I Itenver, Nov. 14 Notice* have
- tic. n posted in the mills of five tug
« mine* in the Telhirtde region that
t the etght-hout day wilt prevail,
r The demand for this concession
* Mill cause a Utter strike in th«
Telturidc ’ferk region.
Seward Gateway.
The fourth number of the Seward
Gateway, dated Sept. 9, was re
ceived in Rampart by Herman
Schweitzer last week. The paper
is principally devoted to description
of the country and resources to be
developed by building the Alaska
Central railroad.
“A serious drawback heretofore
to practical work both on railway
construction and other improve
ments,” says the Gateway, "has
been the high price of feed for
teams, amounting to nearly $1.25
per day for hay and oats.” This
statement is calculated to provoke
a smile on the Yukon, where such
a price would be considered almost
‘‘finding it.”
As a matter of recoid, the paptr
sa>s, the thermometer there has
never gone as low as zero any win
ter since rSgS.
G. Fagerson. formerly of Ram
part, has a laundry in Seward, and
Windy Jim is prospecting on Lake
Keuai.
Masquerade.
There will he a masquerade party
,;iven by the Rampart Social Club,
(native women), to which every
une is invited. Thursday evening.
Admission will lie charged to those
who look on the same as those who
dance Masks will he removed at
12 o'clock.
Vienna, Nov. 14 In an inter
view lietween Ambassador Store
and Count C.eoluchviski the latter
said his government would gtadlv
discuss the jwopoettten of an arbi
(ration tierty between the 1'uilctl
Stairs and Austria.