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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1905.
Farming hi the interior of Alas-1
ka is looking up. A large quantity |
of photographs of our unsurpassed 1
products of the soil have already i
been exported, and more cameras
will l>e in operation next summer
than ever l>efore in the history ot,
the deestrict. I.et the good work |
goon.
The news of the Alaska talk in
Washington is pretty old when it
reaches these diggings, but some |
of it has a humorous twang that]
time does not deaden. For in
stance, the reason the eastern sena-1
tors assign for opposing the delegate
bill show s an amount of cautious i
forethought that is reallv amusing.
They are opposed to any outhiug
district ever being taken in as a
slate of the union, aid, the infer-;
erne runs, they understand the
\merican brand of human nature
>0 well that they intend to com
mence in time. They wink the
other eye and say. ‘‘Why, grant
them fellows a delegate no.v and
the next thing they’d want would
t>e territorial government; and in
the natural course of things state
hood, and seats in this honored
chamber. Not much !*’ Senator
Platt, of Connecticut, recognized as
the leader of the oj position to the
delegate bill, has tulormed the
president that he is in tavor of ap
pointing an agent to look after the
interests of Alaska. "It is proba
Me some such arrangement will lie
made." say* the dispatch, "as it is
realized that the district deserves
better consideration at the hands ot
the national government than has
Kelt given in the past "
Section 4 of the Dietrich bill to
provide a government board for
Alaska ends with the proviso “that
Alaska shall not be deemed an or
ganized Terri ory ol the United
States.” To some who read the
bill these words might appear to be
superfluous, inasmuch as nothing
in it signifies that Alaska is intend
ed to be so considered; blit perhaps
they are inserted for future reference
by those enthusiasts who think they
discern self government in prospect.
Defective wording of the re
cently passed Alaska road law has
rendered the measure inoperative.
It is raid the matter will he reme
died so that the purposes of the law
may be carried out, but further ac
tion by congress is necessary to
accomplish this end. In this con
neclh u, one is led to wonder why
it is that so many laws passed by
congress are capable of such wide
difference in the interpretation of
their meaning. For most part the
men who draft tlnse laws are law
yers, and ought to be able to make
their meaning clear to other mem
bers of ike profession. The fact
that they often tail to do so is a
riddle ordinary mortals are rot able
to solve.
A RECENT arrival from Karsh
ner's hot springs said that quick
silver in paying quantities is 1 eing
collected from the both in of the
bath tubs. A peninsular i v.-hange,
in describing the wondets of these
noted fountains of y< nth, says:
“The water in the hot sj tings con
tains many medicinal pioperties,
and is a sovereign remedy for rheu
matism and many other ailments.
Mixed with a little lemon juice, it
tastes like a Scotch high ball and it
ts casibly possible to drink a gallon
at one time.’’ There tire all sorts of
magical powers attributed to the
noted waters of the earth: thus,
water from the Jordan is supposed
to impart divine favor, that from
the Yukon to beget a spirit of tin
rest w hich never forsakes one who
drinks from the river and then de
serts its icy slopes, etc.; and now
the horrible suspicion is gaining
currency that whoever drinks from
Karshnet's springs will never more
be able to speak the truth, but lie
doomed to wander up and down
the earth, detected, scorned and
unabsolved, tdl welcome death
shall end his misery.
Senate bill 51*3. relating to min
ing affairs in Alaska, has passed
the Senate and ts now 1-efore the
house Thi' measure provides that
a prosj>ector shall vnk a shaft or
quart* claims ten feet deep befo»<
recording, and also that twenlt
days' annual asses-mrnt work mus
he done on each claim. This is 1
N. V. HENDRICKS
ESTABLISHED 1904
Alaska Commission Buying Agency
SKATTLE, WASH.
We Buy and Ship for you, Only on Commission
Call on our Agent or write to us
most drastic measure and will have
a tendency to curtail the develop
ment of the country. No prospec
tor, unless backed by capital, can
transport supplies and tools to do
this amount of work before record
ing, and as tor twenty days assess
ment, men who have secured claims
at the sacrifice of the best years of
their lite will have to let some of
them lapse for lack of capital to
keep up the work. The bill will
work a hardship on all but the rich
man, and if the Valdez chamber of
commerce is alive to the best inter
ests of tire country it will take
measures to block this attempt to
stop the development of our mineral
resources.—Valdez Prospector.
Ketchikan Mining Journal: Bye
and bye it will dawn upon those
who are insisting upon Alaskans
for Alaskan offices, that the only
1 Alaskans who are likely to get
l Alaskan offices are Alaskans whom
! Alaskans themselves do not want.
i Some Famous Cases
of Impeachment
The most famous impeachment
[case in the history of the United
States was that of President An
drew Johnson. He was accused of
! high crimes and misdemeanors
cited in seven articles, and the
| house voted impeachment by a
' great majority. The trial in the
senate lasted three weeks and con
viction failed by only one vote.
Another impeachment famous in
its day was that of Justice Samuel
Chase of the United States supreme
court, in 1804. From it sprang a
national scandal. In 1800 the fed
eralists passed a law creating dis
trict judgeships and proceeded to
fill them with stanch federalists.
President Jefferson, on coming into
office, found all the judgeships
filled with federalists for life. He
resorted to impeachment Picker
ing was impeached. Chace was at
tacked and many others were mark
ed for slaughter. Hut an obstacle
was encountered in Vice President
Aaron Burr, who presided at the
Chace trial with the imt>artiality <M
an angel and the rigor of a devil
Political feeling was titled out o
the eviitence and the charges tailed
1 In i#jd judge Peek of the Unites
C. H. GIBBONS, M. I>.
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HEETER
TANANA, ALASKA
S. E. HEETER. ED FERGUSON,
PROPRIETOR MANAGER
FIRST-Cl. ASS
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Leaves for Glen Every
Five Days.
Freighting and Packing
To and Krom All
the CreeUs*.
j Good Teams. Good Service
Rampart Alaska. March 71. ioe<
NOTICE TO CREDITOR*.
In the matter of the Estate 1
nf [
CAR* SVEN DSON. Deceased >
N OTICE ti hereby given to the creditor-* <-f Ihe
estate of the Mkt Uf* SrenHf*nn to file their
claim* with the undermined. with the proper
voucher* and affidavit* attached, at my < flrr in
the Northern Commercial Co 'a Store in Ram
part. in the territory of Alaska, within aia
month* of the date of the ftrut publication ot
tht* notice *aid flrut publication being March
r». kjoa G II WANI»
A«lmini*tralor of «aid E«tatv
Stales district coort for Missouri
was tried by the senate charged
with arbitrary and improper con
duct in punishing for contempt of
court an attorney who had pub
f fished a ctiticism of one of Peck's
de-inoo*. A major it* of the senate
i voted to aeqnit.