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The Douglas Island News, Entered ?t Douplna Post-ofHce as Second Class Mail Matter. TERMS: -In Advance. Ono Year - Six Months - Three Months - Single Copies ----- 'PHONE NO. 12. Wednesday, Dbcember lit b, 1907. i CHARLES A. HOPP Editor and Proprietor. $3.00 1.50 7r> 10 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Concerns Which Flourish and Wax Fat off Food Fishes of Alaska and Operate Under Very Conven ient License Laws Through the generosity of the federal government, infant industries in the form of large salmon packing cauneries in Alaska are practically immuue from taxation. These coucerns are operat ing and yearly reaping agoldeu harvest in the waters of this territory, and yet through the machiuations of a law, manifestly conceived and passed at the behest of theso packing companies, they escape a legitimate tax for doing business in Alaska. In strikiug con travention to this state of affairs, every small business is required to pay a license tax iu order to operate in this ncrthern country. The man of mcderate meaus has no subterfuge to hide behind, no pliable law by which to escape the prescribed tax on his vocation. Section 2 of the Act, says that every private hatchery operated in Alaska shall be exempt from all licenses, fees and taxation of any nature, "at the ra!_ of * *n cases of canned salmon to every 1,000 salmon fry liberated." The tax on canned salmon is 4 cents per case. These caunery concerns operate hatcheries iu connection with their business, otherwise the fish supply would soon be depleted, at the enor mous rate the salmou are beiug cou sumad. A matter of self-preservation ; actuates them to do this ? not a desire to perform a great service. One of the concerns liberated several million sal mon fry in the First division. Conse quently, their canneries at Bristol bay, in the Third division 2,800 miles away, are allowed credit ou their salmon tax to the amount of ever $20,000. In other words, for every 1,000 salmou fry liberated, ten cases of canned salmou escape taxation. With the approval of the secretary of commerce and labor, a private hatchery at Karluk, owned by a pack- j ing company, released 24,842,812 salmon fry. it receives for every 1,000 fry, as i stated before a free tax ou ten cases of salmon. An elementery student of mathematics can thus readily deter mine how much revenue this coucern pays to Alaska for the privilege of fish ing within its coufiues. In whose fertile brain did such a law evolve? And what do these packing coucerus give to Alaska iu return for the privilege of practically supplying the world with salmon from its waters? They buy their supplies on the outside bring cheap labor from the states, and like birds of passage come in the spring and go in the fall. Au investigation of this salmou pack ing business reveals a coudition that should be corrected, and that without ! delay. Indeed, the vigorous objection to a territorial form of government on part of some prominent men of the north can easily be traced to the fish ing industry. Uuder a system of home government these companies would undoubtedly be made to pay an equit able tax to assist in maintaining the government. If the preseut system maintains, the government will soon be paying them a premium for doing business here. ? Valdez Prospector. The national republican convention is to be held at Chicago on June 16th, and the Alaska representation will be zlj two votes. There is some con- ; eolation in the fact that there is not as much to fight over. The republican party in Alaska has got itself in the position of the house told about in the scripture? divided against itself. DIRECTORY OF ALASKA District Government Governor, Wilford H. Hojriratt, Juneau. Secretary to the Governor, Wm. H. Loller, Juneau. Ex-otticio Secretary of Alaska, William L. Distln, J uueau. U. S. Surveyor General's Office j Junkalv- William L. Distin, surveyor-Ren- j eral; George Stowel?, chief clerk; Martin : George, chief draftsman; John J. Clark, stenographer and type writer; William F. Jeffreys, transcribing clerk; William Rugg, draftsman; Laurence Delmore, copying: clerk; Charles Hairy, messenger. t?\ S. Customs Collector, Clarence L. Hohart, Juneau. U. S. COURT'S Division No. 1.? Royal A. Gunnison, judge; C. C. Puge, clerk of court; Harold Lull, court stenographer; John J. Boyce, U.S. district attorney; James M. Shoup, U. S. Marshal, Division No. 2.? Alfred S. Moore, judge; John H. Dunn, clerk of court; Henry M. Hoyt, U. S. district attorney; Thomas Cader Powell, U. S. marshal. Division No. 8.? James Wickershum, judge; Edward J. Stier, clerk of court; George A. Jeffries, court stenographer; N. V. Harlau, U. S. tlist riot attorney; George C. Perry, U. S. marshal. U. S. Land Office, (Juneau) John W. Dudley, register; P. M. Mullen, receiver; H. K. Love, special agent. Department of Agriculture C. C. Georgeson, Sitka, special agent iu charge of Alaska investigations. Bureau of Education Wilford B. Hoggatt, ex-officio superintend ent of ]>uhlic instruction, Juneau; Harlau L'pdegraff, agent, Washington, I). C. Internal Revenue John Cameron, deputy collector. Fair hanks; D. H. Terwilliger, deputy collector, Juneau. Immigration Inspector Kazis Krauczunas, Ketchikan. The Juneau Dispatch brags about its great age. We remember its birth, although ? like many others of that kind ? there was not much said about it at the time. A peculiar incident varied the monotony of the court at Skagway. A jury, having a case under advise ment, accepted a box of cigars tendsr ed through the bailiff, and smoked them. When the judge heard of it, he fired the jury and also the bailiff, fined the latter 85.00, and roasted the man who furnished the smokes. Those) Alaska juries are peculiar. Something has stirred up the Doug las politicians, and town politics is be ! ing talked on every hand. The report has got about that the "leaders" of the , miners uniou have set out to capture the town government next spring, body aud breeches. They realize that to do ! , this they must manufacture some votes. They have as "raw material" a number of Slavonians, who are being sent over . to Juneau iu bunches for "first i papers." An effort is being made in Skagway to have Judge Gunnison dissolve the Haines precinct and have ail cases in Haiues tried at Skagway. The people of Haines are bitterly opposed to this proceeding, as it will work against the iuterests of the towu and take business away that should stay at home. We have the "Home Rule" fever right here in Haiues and feel that wo can take care of our little difficulties without i any assistance from our over-zealous and accommodating sister, Skagway. Why not appoint a commissioner and marshal for Haines aud make a start towards "home rule?" ? The Musher. The other night a little lad came into a barber shop to get his hair cut. After the man had been cutting his hair about half an hour the lad asked: "How much more have you got to do?" "Only the front," replied the barber. "Well, you had better be sharp, or else it will be growing at the back again." ? Tit-Bits. I 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights <Stc. Anvono sending a sketch and description may fjtilckl v ascertain our opinion freo whether an" invention is probably patentable. Communica tions strictly confidential. HANDBOOK onPatonta sent tree. Oldest ajrency for securing patents. Patents taken tnroufb Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge. In the Sclettlific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Larcest clr oolatlon of any scientific journal. Terms, |3 a venr: fourmonths.fi. Sold by all newsdealers. PNN&Co.36'3?^ New York lirancb Office, 625 P St., Washington. D. C. I Mineral Application No. 151 tJ S LAND OFFICE AT JUNEAU, ALASKA, October 22, 1907. Notice ih hereby given; That in Pur" on behalf of himself ami of his co-owner, the Cincinnatti- Alaska Mining Company, a cor poration organized ami existing '"idei ami !>v virtue of tho laws of the State of Ariromi, has made application for a patent f<>i nln teen hundred and th i rty-seven and f ourp tenths (1987.4) ljnear f?;et upon the RLAL 1 BULLION No. 4 and RLA1)\ BULLION ino. ? lode claims, together with surface ground as hereinafter described, the same being valua ble for the lodes, veins and deposits of ores and rock in place bearing the precious met als, situate in the Juneau Recording Disti it t. District of Alaska, at or near the town of Treadwell, and described by the official plat of survey thereof herewith posted, and by the held notes on file in the office of the Register of the Juneau Land Disti let at Jn neau, Alaska, as follows, to-\Mt. READY BULLION No. 4. Beginning at Cor. No. 1 at mean high tide line of Gastiueau Channel, a stone marked USS768-1, from which corner J L . J ;"( l * Monument No. 4 hears N. >?il ?>* J4t)"feet feet distant, and discovery shaft lx<>.\4 deep bears S. 5 o 10' K. 108.4 feet : %\emis.48=?rE. (Var. 32 0 30' high tide line of Gastineau Channel .>08.7 feet to Cor. No. 2. a stone in place, shownij. *x3x2 f?-et above ground, marked U i S ? with a f at point of interseetMin. fiom which point the center 8x5x7 feet deep bears N. I ? - 10 " ? ?'?-u >,(l Thence S. 29 0 42' E. (Var. 32 - CO E> alonjL mean high tide line of Gastineau Chanue 343.2 feet to Cor. Nt>. 3, a granite bouldei in ?lace n how i ug 8x2x1 feet above ground, marked U8SW8-3 with a t at point of in teT?re?nee 45 0 89' E. (Var . 33 0 0(1' K.) along menu high tide line of Gastineau CJ.anuel, ?>44 T? feet to Cor. No. 4. a granite stoiu showing 3x2x1 feet above gro'imL uiarketl U SS 788-4 with a f at point of in teThet-u<eS. 52 0 27' E. (Var. 83 0 tK.' E.) along the mean high tide line of Gastineau Ch a n - n??I 1S7 5 feet to Cor No. R, a granite siom in place showing 4x3x2 feet above ground, marked U SS768-R with a t at the point of intersection: )3 Thence S. 420 20' E. (Var. M - 3(1 h. J the mean high ti?le line of Gastineau Chan nel 308.00 feet to Cor. No. 0, a stone market 0 V W. (Var. *0 ? fr,To M if the Go Chariot N Thm.'oe '""?="(?? Vnr SSJ OH' E.) alonB Cor No. 8, identical with Cor. No. 4 Omt ?a Lode Sur. 10R-A, and Cor. No. b Golden Chai iot Lode Sur. No. 10*. corner not in place, set a spruce post marked U SS708-8, from. which Cor. No. 4 Golden Chariot Lode Sur. No. 04. identical with Cor. No. 6 Omega Lode Sin . No 10R- \ bears S. 48 c 12' W. 449.2 feet, given ill that survey as N\ 4R *?<* ^ Thence N. 37 0 37' W . 0 nr. .5.5 - ?? L.J along line 4-3 Omega Lode Sur. No. 10fr A $ve?! said s.irvev No. llR-A us S. 12 0 2b h., 431.1 fi'et to Cor. No. 9. ident ical ? itli Cor. No. . Ome-'u Loile?Mir. No. 10.?-A and Cor. No. Omega Mill-site Sur. No. UOt place: set a stone marked I >S <>>;. ? Ttiniice N. 8s = W ? [? ur. .51 3 ??? '-J n,,?.nr line 1-r. Omega Mill-die Sur. No. 10..-B, which e is given ?s S. 43 0 ?u' h. in Sur. No. 105-B, iiS ff. to house 1^* It., 2W.S feet to Jijujc | 10x12 ft.: 278? feet to house 1 'xl- ft . 4-1.4 . to Cor. No. 10, a spruce post scribed USS 7<Thence N. 41? 58' E. [Var. 32? 00' E*] 5.8 ft. j lode line 23.00 ft. to center of railroad tios tle: BR.R ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of begin " Containing an area <?f 2.161 A. READY BULLION No. 3. Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical with Cor *No. 7 of the Ready Bullion No. 4 lode of this survey, from which J'ojner U. . N Lt?e. Monument No. 4 bears N. 4i? " ? ~,^i |.;i distant : t heuce N. 41 - L. [>ai. * > . ji r, 8 ft. to lode lit.e: 25 ft. to center "J railroad trestle, R1 .8 ft. to. Cor. No. 2, identical v . t h Cor. No. 0 Ready Bullion No. 4 lode of this S,Thence S. 87 0 R7' E. [Var. 32 o ??' E.l along mean high tide line of Gastineau Channel 170.4 ft. to Cor. No. 3, a Stone ma: Ued I ? - '^Thence S. 51= r.4" B. [Var. ?4 c W E.l nl?..^ moan hiirh tule lino of Gns,l,,c,,.. Uu.,,,,e l.vu ft. to center of 12-inch pipe. 4.J4.I. ft. to Cor. No. 4. a stone marwed I S S ;4. fi om which S. 1?. Cor. of pump-house, 19x-0 It., hears N . 50 = 5MV W. 271.7 ft. distant; Thence s 41 o 53' W. 10.00 ft. to center of rai?road trestle, 44.7 ft to the edge of discov ery shaft 0x6x5 ft. deep and 4H ?>0 ft. to_ lock line R^.7 ft. leave shaft. 01.2 ft. to ( oi . N >. ? . identical with Cor. No. 7 Got1(!ttiihed U SS lode Sur. No. l'!4.a hemlock post st i i1>k1 L . . 7?>vR, from which corner center of open cut 4 ft. wide 3 ft. deep bears S. >7-00 L. 1 < n., Cor. No. 8 Golden Chariot bears S. ob - 4- ?>? 1 'mm ;VsV 07' W I Var. 85 0 oo' E.J along line'?-) Golden Chariot Lode Sur, No.^Jyj, given in said surve> as S. .?3 - 4 L., -? f, Ken.l.v ll.ililo" Mill. I-.VS ft, 1.-..VO 11. > Bullion Mill. RR3.9 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning. Sta?ur"S 'of^ Ready Bullion No. 4 an.l K"!Hoin!;!ltU>ol?i'.ns,"":r'1Vh;. On.eRa Lode, Sm No l(i.VA, and Golden Chariot Lode, Si r. No. *1 OR? and Omega Millsite Sur. 10R-B on the S(()ngTnal notice of location of Ready Bul lion No 4 Lode appears of record in the office of *he Recorder of Juneau Recording j District, in Book 1? of Lodes at page 1 thereof; amended location in Book U of . I odes at page 114 of the records of said ot tire Rendv Bullion No. S. the original loca tion notice appears of record in the , of Juneau Recording District, in 1 odes pu,rel9; amended location in Book j. of LodJs at page U4 of the records of said , 0<Datetl at Juneau, Alaska, this 22nd day of October, 1907. JOHN JOHNSTON, For himself and his co-owner the Cincinnatti- Alaska Mining Company. ORDERED that the foregoing uotice of auidicatioii for patent be published in tht^ I)o u "las Island News, a weekly uewspnpei print ?tl:it Douglas. Alaslta. whieh is hereby desi":i.\t\id t.hr newspaper published neatest the land sough; to be patented, for the stat utory period. jqhn w DUDLEY, Register. 1st pub. Oct. 23, 1907. Last pub. Jan. 1, 1908. Notice of Hearing Final Ac count In the Commissioner's Court for Juneau Pkecinct, Div. No, 1, District of Alaska, In the matter of the list ite of John Dwyer, aeceased. Notice is hereby given that the under siirned administrator of the above entitled estate hus rendered and presented his iinal account of his administration of said estate for settlement in the above entitled Court, and that Saturday the 15th day of February, 1908, at ten o'clock a. m., in the forenoon of said day, at the court-room of said Court, at Juneau, Alaska, has been duly appointed by said Court, for the settlement of said account, and the distribution of the residue of said estate, at which time and place any person interested in said estlite may appear and file his objections to said final account and the settlement thereof. Dated this 30th day of November, 1907. P. M. MULLEN, As administrator of the 10-t above entitled estate. Date of lirst publication, December 4, 1907. Ladies: ? Call and see tbe new Dress Goods and Underwear at the Tread well Store. A Fine Line of Christmas Goods GENTLEMEN'S Suspenders 25c to 61.50 Arm Bauds & Garters 10 to 25c Mufflers 75c to 82.50 TIES, A BIG LINE SHIRTS OF ALL KINDS UNDERWEAR & HOSIERY UMBRELLAS LADIES' Hand Bags & Purses 25c to SG.00 Haudercbiefs 10c to $1.50 Neckwear 25c to $1.50 RIBBONS, A JUG LINE GLOVES & MITTS WAISTS? THE LATEST SKIRTS & UNDERWEAR LADIES' & GENTLEHEN'S HOUSE SLIPPERS i Wm. Stubbins t Treadwell Market j I Is a Market for all i of these things Fresh fat Turkeys, Spring Chickens and Hens, Cranberries, Celery Hothouse Lettuce, Parsley, green Onions. Cu cumbers, Cnbbut;e, Cur r o t s. S i| u u s h, Pumpkins, Turnips, green un?l red Pep pers, Toinntoes,Beeta Garlic, Onions, Par snips, Sweet Potato s ^ Scotch Kale, lied Cabbage, Fresh Fish Shrimp, Ranch Eyrgs and Eastern Efrgs, Star and Premium Mams and Bacon Fresh and Pickled Tongues, Bologna and Summer Sun sage, Fresh Smoked and Salt Herring, Smoked Beef sliced, Boiled Ham sliced, Sour pickles and Dill Pickles, Pickled Olives, Beets and Saur Kraut. Ooligan Spiced Russian Cav iar and Sardines, An ehovies Cod Fish and Saimon Bellies, Cheese of all kinds, Imported Swiss, Ro chefort, Edam, Im* perial, B r e a k fast Cream, Limburger, Honey in fjlass jacs, Fresh Apple Cider and Vinegar, Fresh Meats and Game at Wholesale and Re tail, ?> Douglas City Heat Market eats of FISH AND GAME IN SEASON & D STREET DOUGLAS, ALASKA ?? i ^ Petek Gilovich, Proprietor 4 Dealers in Wines, Liquors and Cigars Special Attention Given to Family Trade i i FRONT STREET 'PHONE 3-9 DOUGLAS J* T. C. PRICE PLUMBER | AND SHEET METAL WORKER f\di (y/r\ He&daches are caused y 1/ /{J ^ ?ye strain. caI1 be cur ed permanently by proper fitted glasses I. J. SHARICK, optician JUNEAU