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APPROPRIATIONS.
Seventy-five thousand dollars
for construction work and main
tenance of military roads.
Sixty thousand dollars to pur
chase a site for and begin the
construction of the custom
house and postoffice at Juneau.
Fort) thousand dollars for fur
nishing a library and museum
for the executive mansion at
Juneau.
Two hundred thousand dollars
for the protection of game in
Alaska
Seventy-five thousand dollars for
road building, and only two hun
dred thousand dollars for the pro
tection of black bears and ptar
migan! Such extravagance and wan
ton waste of money is criminal and
Walter should make all haste to
Washington to get the $75,000 at
least cut in two. He could so easily
use half of it for a buffet and wine
cellar for the executive mansion, or
it might profitably be used as a
fund for the defrayal of Juneau lob
byists' expenses in Washington.
It's such a waste, when one comes
to think of it. The idea of spend
ing as much as $75,000 on the roads
in Alaska, when there are prob
ably not more than a thousand miles
of road badly needed. Perish the
thought. Let half suffice, and if
anyone kicks there is always Wick
ersham to blame Jt to.
But we feel for Walter with the
Herculean task before him of pro
tecting the game of Alaska on a
measly $200,000 a year. Why, when
he was in Fairbanks he witnessed
such a wanton disregard of the law
that game was actually being serv
ed in a restaurant, and he was com
pelled to call Deputy Marshal
Charles’ attention to it. At that
time the heinousnes3 of the crime
bo impressed our dear governor that
he told the deputy if there was not
enough money to enforce this most
righteous game law, he had a fund
on hand himself which could be
drawn on. Perhaps this fund is
large enough to be sufficient to an
swer the purpose with the $200,000
now asked for, and Walter will be
able to get along. Anyway, if things
look too blue he can always seek
solace in his $40,000 library, from
the windows of which he can con
template his $60,000 customs house
and $250,000 government building,
and keep in mind the fact that his
two years in Juneau will not have
been fruitless.
SOME COMMON SENSE.
Some weeks ago when a local
game dealer was arrested for hav
ing more than twenty-five game
birds in his possession a defect in
the game law was discovered. It
was so apparently an oversight in
the framing of the law that It
scarcely clouded the intent, but the
law was there in black and white,
and the commissioner who tried the
case felt Impelled to administer it
as he found it on the statute books.
Such was, to a certain extent, his
duty, for he has not the prerogative
to read the intent of the lawmakers
as fully as have the Justices of
higher courts.
In scores of communities in the
United States, however, there are
laws on the statute books which are
Ignored, simply because It Is appar
ent that the intent of the lawmakers
has been misinterpreted and that if
the laws were enforced an injustice
would be worked upon the people,
for whose benefit, primarily, all
laws are made. It is in such cases as
this that the efficiency of the of
ficers whose place it is to enforce
the law is best demonstrated. The
peace officer or prosecuting attor
ney who knows his business uses
the common sense he has been en
dowed with, and does not consider
it his duty to hunt for trouble. Some
officers there are, however, who
make themselves perniciously offici
ous, either from a mistaken idea
of what constitutes their duty or to
establish a reputation. In the case
of this game dealer’s arrest, it is a
guess which was the actuating cause,
! but there Is no doubt that the hard
ship which was imposed on the i
community is attributable to the
deputy marshal who went out of his
way to hunt the trouble Mr Charles
informed the Citizen that he had
made the arrest on his own Ini
tiative. actuated to do so by the
fart that Governor Clark had stated.
| while here, that It appeared to him
j that the game law was not being en
| forced.
When the discovery of the defect
in the law was made the Citizen
j wired to the attorney-gi neral asking
, if he could afford any relief, and
received word bark that "under the
circumstances he could do nothing."
A message was then sent to our
correspondent in Seattle to at once
interview Congressman Humphrey,
' who was the father of the Alaska
1 Game Law, and get a statement from
him In regard to the defect. Our
! correspondent replied that he had
I seen the congressman, but Mr. Hum
i phrey was too busy electioneering.
| and did not have time to look into
j the matter, as he did not have
j a copy of the law with him. Similar
| wires have been received from time
i to time, all to the same effect, but
j yesterday Mr. Humphrey’s statement
l was received. This is printed on
j the front page of this Issue and
from it it will bo seen that, as we
have before stated, the Intent of the
law was simply misinterpreted.
With this example before them it
is devout'y to be hoped the local
officers will use a little more dis
cretion in the enforcement of ridi
culous law-s which are simply allow
ed to encumber the statute books
because congress has not the time ,
to intelligently legislate for Alaska.
MANY bASLn tUUT.
On Wednesday last Mrs. A. R
Heilig. the first reader of the1
Christian Scientist church, received |
an official announcement of the
death of Mary Baker Eddy, found |
or of Christian Science. The message I
from the committee at Boston, dupli- '
cated to every Christian Science !
church in the world, was brief, sim
ply stating “Mrs. Eddy passed away i
Saturday.”
But it Is doubtful if any message. '
couched in so few words, ever oc
casioned more widespread grief.
For, all over the world, are homes
which have been brightened by the
doctrine taught by this truly great !
woman Through her works a new
religion has been established, and
has taken root wherever Christian
ity is practiced. While by no means
universally accepted as all-embrac ■
ing, even its opponents are com
pelled to admit that it achieves !
with thousands that uplift they have
vainly sought through other teach- ,
ings. And there is little doubt that !
this new relfglon is sufficiently !
well founded to insure of its en
during for all time.
In the earlier period of the ;
era of Christian Science Mrs.
Eddy found her task a heavy
one; for, like the Savior, she
was reviled and discredited by
the scoffers. It was then her Chris
tian fortitude was evidenced to a
marked degree and her calm re
fusal to be goaded into reprisals
undoubtedly won many thousands
to her cause.
In the death of Mrs. Eddy the
world has lost a teacher whose doc
trines have become, in two decades,
more widespread, and have been
j adopted to a greater degree, than
| - hose of any man or woman who
' has lived in the past hundred years.
That those teachings have been
for the world’s betterment will be
most eagerly acknowledged by the
many followers all over the world
who today mourn her death.
CONSERVATION.
In spite of its many sins of omis
sion and commission there is yet
real reason to regret that the Re
publican party is to lose control of
congress Just at this time. For
the past couple of years the admin
istration has been engaged in its
great work of conservation and,
it is reasonable to believe, had it
been given one more session of
control, that work, so far as it in
terests Alaskans, might have been
completed. It has conserved our
coal, thereby conserving our cop
per, and it has conserved our oil.
Our trees have been conserved, par
tially, and our fish have been giv
en away. At this session an ap
propriation of $200,000 is to be ask
ed for to conserve the game. There
is still the gold, however, and to
this extent the administration has
been remiss. It should not spoil its
excellent record in Alaska by fur
ther neglect and remedial legisla
tion should be enacted at this ses
sion before the party Is relegated to
oblivion. Conserve the gold, by all
means, and thereby conserve the
whole country, for then white men
will leave and there is no danger
that the corporations will go to the
expense of doing the pioneering and
prospecting. Theirs is an easier
graft.
SOMEBODY NEGLIGENT.
A week ago this paper called at
tention to the fact that snow had
been dumped from the Fairbanks
block on to the side of Cushman
street, and that the street was ren
dered unsafe thereby. No action has
been taken during the week, and so
the matter is called to the attention
of the council and the chief of po
Ike again. Unless the owner of the
building is compelled to level off
the snow In the roadway there are
many \ ho will arrive nt the con
elusion that favoritism is being !
shown, fer the ordinance regarding
obstructions is being very strictly
enforced in oth r cases.
THE MESSAGE.
"Such a government worked
well in the Philippines, and
would work well in Alaska, and
these who arc really interest
oil in the proper development of
that territory for the benefit of
the people who live in it, and
the benefit of the people of the
United States who own it,
should support the institution
of such a government.”
The above are the exact words
used in his annual message to con
gress b> President taft to Inform
the people of Alaska that they have
no interest in the country which ex
tends beyond the privilege of living
in it, and that he rates them with
the Filipinos, placing them on about
the same plane of intelligence.
It was a similar stand adopted
by George IV. that emancipated the
original thirteen states, and such
a course, if persisted in at Wash
ington, would forever preclude the
possibility of Alaska biing repre
sented with a star on Old Glory,
were it not for the fact that Alas
kans are the best American citi
zens on earth.
"Such a government would work
well in Alaska ... for the ben
efit of the people of the United
States who own it." Certainly here
country which should make their,
breasts swell with pride! Surely:
they will be nerved to greater ef- '
fort to develop its resources for—
the benefit of the people of the
United States who own It. This 1
assurance that what is good enough
for a poor devil of a nigger, rob
bed of his birthright, is good enough
for them, will be just the thing
to stimulate the old-timer prospec
tor and the men who came North
in the early days of the country !
with precisely the same Ideas as
those entertained by the pioneers
who extended the domain cf the \
I nited States to the westward.
Had President taft said instead
that "such a government would work
well in Alaska for the benefit of the
corporations of the United States
who wish to steal it," he would j
have said something that nearly
everybody with average intelligence
believes. If he does not believe
this himself it must be because he
has not given the subject sufficient
thought, or that he is taking for
gospel iruth every word that the
agents of these corporations tell
him.
The greatest opponent of terri
torial government for Alaska has
been Governor Hoggatt, faithfully
serving the corporations he was al
lied with. When Hoggatt was so
discredited with the people of Alas
ka that he had to be removed,
taft allowed him to name his suc
cessor, and Clark was appointed.
Every newspaper in Alaska, wdth j
the exception of those subsidized
by the corporations, opposed this j
appointment, asserting that it |
meant simply a perpetuation of the
Hoggatt regime. The unseemly
haste with which the appointment
was put through at Washington was
indicative of nothing else than that a
storm of protest from the people of
Alaska was expected.
aiute ms appointment uarK 8 '
slightest wish in regard to Alaska
has been granted by the president, !
who, on the other hand, has stead- [
lastly refused to pay heed to the
duly elected representative of the
people of the country. Xo candidate
for election as delegate has dared
do otherwise than embody in his
platform a plank calling for terri
torial government, and the vast
majority of the people have signi
fied in many ways that they are
desirous of obtaining it. But the
president, depending entirely on
what he is told by the very agents
of these corporations, says: "The
suggestion that the appointment of
a commission will lead to the con
trol of the government by corporate
or selfish and exploiting interests
has not the slightest foundation in
fact."
A contemporary has stated there
is no hope for Alaska contained
in the president’s message. We, on
the other hand, see one big ray
of sunshine. We believe that these
un-American principles enunciated
by the presidtnt will so disgust the
Democrats and Progressive Republi
cans of the house that further rec
ommendations from the chief exe
cutive, as long as the office is
held by taft, will be completely Ig
nored, and that taft’s only chance of
interfering with Alaskan legislation
will be limited to the temporary
veto ho can impose on any bill
passed. We believe red-blooded
Americans will condemn indignantly
the assertion that because a sys
tem of government is good enough
for the Filipinos It is good enough
for American citizens in Alaska, :
and we expect to see many of the
best papers in the country taking up 1
the cudgels in Alaska’s behalf and
vigorously condemning the senti
ments contained in the message.
Polish is something we get by
rubbing up against people.
> THE FORTY-NINTH STAR.
If Alaska's population and area,
her resoup es. development, and ad
vancement be compared with these
Df earlier Territories and with
many of the states, it will he dis
covered that this great territory is
now ready for statehood. She has
a greater relative density of popula
tion than fifte n territories which
have preceded her. Alaska now has
110 persons resident within her
borders to each 1,000 square miles
of area When cn ated a territory.
Mi nlgar had hut 12 persons to
each 1.000 square miles; Ohio ter
ritory and Dakota but 15; Indiana
hut 20; Missouri hut 23; and Utah
hut 31. Nine territories were organ
ized having less than 50 persons to
the 1,000 square miles, and six oth
ers having less than loo to that
area. Alaska has now more school
children in actual attendance in
public schools within her borders
than Mississippi, Indiana. Michigan.
Dakota or the great territory north
west of the Ohio river had white
settlers when they were each organ- j
ized Into a territory and given an
elective legislative assembly.
Alaska has a greater population
than nine states In the union had
when they were admitted to adopt
a constitution and their star was
placed upon the flag. Notice, too.
from the attached table that as
early as 1790 and as late as 1890
seven states In the union had less
population than Alaska now has.
Missouri bping practically equal to
Alaska.
In 1850 California was a state
without ever having been organized
as a territory. Her population was
of the same character as that of
Alaska, and but little greater in
number. She had the placer mines
as her sole element of wealth; her
greatness today demonstrates the
wisdom of her organization as a
state. In every element of mater
ial wealth. In minerals, fish, agri
cultural capacitv, and in opportun
ity for the laboring man and home
builder. Alaska Is further advanced
than was California upon the date
of her admission as a state.
It is my purpose to offer a bill
at the next Deecmber meeting of
Congress to organize the state of
Alaska.—Delegate Wlckersham, In
Collier’s.
THE PEOPLE STILL RULE.
For the Democrats “it never rains,
but it pours." This is only another
way of repeating Mr. Tilden's oft
quoted paying that it retulres a
revolution to unseat the party in
power and to bring in the opposi-!
tion. Nevertheless, whilst exhilarat-J
ing to Democrats, out in the cold j
so long and so used to defeat that !
they can scarcely realize the actual- i
ity and the meaning of victory, j
the vote of Tuesday should strength
en the faith of all thoughtful Amer
icans in the virtues and intelligence
of the people, and therefore in the
stability of free institutions under
the representative form of govern
ment.
We have survived most of the his
toric dangers which through ihe
ages have assailed systems and dy
nasties. We seemed to he face
to face with a new menace. This
election secures us against the peril
alike of the one party oligarchy and j
the one-man power.
111 nit* mat piai t* 11 fcivfs nsaur
ance of the survival of wise and
genuine Democratic leadership. It
tells the country that after years
cf inglorious speculation on the pop
ular credulity, marked by one after
the other of disappointing para
mount issues as with disheartening j
rainbow chasing, the Democratic
leaders have seen the light. It is j
distinctly turning out of the nar- j
row paths of vague and visionary i
theorizing into the broad, open high
ways of Democracy unterrified and i
Lindefiled, of Democracy sound and
?afe, and sane, of Democracy seek
ing the good of the many through J
policies straightfonvard and above
imard that he who runs may read
ind that he who reads may know.
The single hope of the Republi
cans rests upon the belief that this
will not prove to be true, but that. ;
is of o'd, the Democrats, given the
jpportunity, may be relied on at
he critical moment to perpetuate
;ome fatal mistake.
Taking a long look backward, and
ireking to shape the future by the
nstructicn of our various mislead- 1
ng in the past, the way ahead ought
o be tolerably plain. We shall
tot have the majorities In the two
louses of congress to control—we
’an only in the lower house fore- 1
shadow and formulate—legislation.
>Viih the lower house of the new
’ongress. therefore, an extraordinary
•esponsitdlity will rest. Upon its
wisdom or folly will depend the elec
ion of a Democratic president in
1912.
The one great question which has ;
iroved a stumbling block to all par
ies is the tariff. If we go to pieces
m any rock we shall go to pieces ,
here. But with a firm, clear-sighted
nan in the speakership—such as we '
lelieve Champ Clark will show him
self to he — and a sure-footed, cour ,
igeous and conscientious ways and 1
neans committee, a measure of rev
enue reform may be constructed on |
which we may go to the country ]
mited and confident. 1
The true democratic gospel as to '
he tariff is laid in the basic prin- '
:iple that the government has no (
•ight in equity, or In law, to levy ,
anil collect a dollar taxation except
tor its own support. This is an ex
act contradiction of the doctrine that
tax-s may be levied for the benefit
or protection of favored industries
an 1 preferred classes. The Republi
can party stands for the latter. The
Domoeratic party stands for the
former. Thus the issue between a
protective tariff and a revenue tar
iff is absolute and Incisive.
But we have had nearly 50 years
of a protective tariff Hundreds of
millions of money have been In
vest- d anil are yet embarked upon
the ft.th of this. Hundreds of
thousands of people look to It for
their prosperity and support. It
cannot be precipitately withdrawn.
If we ere to change our policy from
a profi t five system to a revenue
system, it must tie done so grad
ually and with such regard for the
business of the country, which stands
greatly in need of rest, as that the
final transition shall he as th" pass
ing from one season to another,
every interest warned befor-hand
and fully prepared.
There ran be and there must be a
tariif bill prepared by the coming
xvavs ar.d means committee which
shail scale the process of reductions
through a term of years, str pping
the present tariif, complicated for
the purpose of confusion, of Its sur
plusage and eliminating both the
mystifications, and the local features,
which the cowardly and the weak
have hitherto relied on to stand be
tween themselves and their ac
countability at home.
Advised by the misadventures of
the Cleveland administration, brought
in by an overwhelming vote after
an educational campaign of 20 years
to carry cut a drastic revision, for
which the country was then ripe
and ready, the Democratic party
cannot now wisely go beyond the
lines here specified: but it can plant
itself in the doctrine of: “A tariff
for revenue only” — it ran show
that nroteetion is little other than I
robbery under the forms cf law.
and that the protective tariff is the
king-pin of graft in public life as
well as the high cost of living —
government expenditures Included—
and compel recalcitrant Democrats
either in tha pay of the Interests,
or aD-ald of the Interests, to too the
real Iln ^ of reform as distinguished
from souri'-us professions of reform,
su’h as those outlined by he time
servers who call themselves pro-i
gresslve Republicans.
Happily the situation is derisive.
The vote of Tuesday was national
and pervasive. It shows no geo
graphic limitation. It is a universal
protest of the masses against par
tisan intolerance, extortion and brok
en promises. It is a vote of een
sure upon a most well-intentioned ad
mmistration and a patriotic presi
dent, who were belter chief justice
than chief magistrate. It is some
thing more than a threat of dismis
sal of iho party oligarchy which has
grown -eeklcss of power, its leaders
thinking they held the world in a
sling. It shows that after all, when
fairly aroused, the people do rule,
that God still reigns, and that the
government of our fathers—of the
constitution and the law, the es
tablished order of the congress, the
court and the executive, yet lives,
and is to continue to live, at Wash
ington — Louisville Courier-Journal.
SHOULD NOW ORGANIZE.
The Democrats and Progressive
Republicans of Alaska should at
once begin the circulation of a re
monstrance against Taft’s commis
sion form of government, for the
henchmen of the corporations are
all heading for Washington to ha
rass, and defeat if possible, the
efforts of Delegate Wiekersham
for home government, either state
or territory. The amount involved
In the wealth of all the coal, the
oil, the gold and copper of Alaska.
It means the turning over to the
‘special privileges” all the trans
portation laws governing freight
•ates in Alaska, for this commission
mggested by Taft will be for the
'orporat tons, and of the corpora
ions. The battle Is not yet won.
’or ‘‘Slippery Dick Ballinger” Is al
ready trving to put through a s"heme
oy which he hopes to steal all the
■oal at Katalla. The trial of the
'onspirators at Tacoma and Spo
tane will no douht be a farce, fram
'd up for the special purpo=e of
vhite-washing the charges of fraud,
rhe peon'e of Alaska should not ex
iect Delegate Wiekersham to stand ,
iff all the=e conspirators. Thev
hould Pnd him everv aid possible.
't Is OUR fight, not his. — Cordova ]
("ruth.
DIX’S PLURALITY.
Q. Will vou please state through .
he columns of your naner what
<as the plurality hv wh'ch C.eneral
Dix won cut in New York sta*e.
A. General Dlx’s plurality was
ixtv-nlne thousand.
SUFFRAGPTtpa HIPS
BECAUSE OF FREEDOM
LONDON. Nov. 19. — To their
■hagrin. the 116 suffragettes who
vere arrested yesterday during
heir a’temnt to force an audpnoe
dth Premier Asouith, were dis
charged in the Bow street police
■ourt todav. The defendants had
fen released on bail last night.
Vhen thev were arraigned today
he attorney for the crown announc
■d that Home Secretary Churchill
lad decided on the ground cf public
loliey. that no benefit would be
rained by proceeding with the pros
icution.
The willing martyrs of the cause
if woman suffrage received this
tatement with hisses and hoots. j
STOCK BULLETIN NO. 1
| The best buy on the market today is
Rexall Cherry Bark. We honestly
believe that there is no better Cough Med
icine made at any price than Rexall
Cherry Cough Syrup.
To the boy or girl who brings to us,
between now and April 1, 1911, the
greatest number of Cherry Bark bottles,
we will give $ 10 in gold The boy or j
girl who brings the next largest number !
will receive $5 in gold. A 4-oz. bottle
counts as one and an 8-oz. bottle counts as
three
Any person presenting a copy of this
“ad” during this week at the REXALL STORE
will receive one 50c. bottle of
CHERR Y BARK COUCH
ABSOLUTELY FREE
REO CROSS 0R00 STORE
LOIS IF COLORS
PROSPECTOR WRITES AN INTER
ESTING LETTER FROM
TACOTNA RIVER.
A letter received by J. A. McIn
tosh, the druggist, from a friend j
who has been located in the In-j
noko, Iditarod and Kuskokwim ]
country for the past couple of years,
gives some interesting details re
garding the lower country. Excerpts
from it follow:
"I have just got back from one
of the greatest quartz countries 1
have seen in this ni ck of the woods,
and while you can get gold all over
i he country, and I don’t think I was
skunked in one pan, 1 never got
a good prospect.
"We did a lot of work while there,
but it was the same thing all over,
colors, but that is all,
“Taking it all in all the trip
was nut a bad one, we had lots
of rain and fi r a long while the
mosquitoes were simply h—1, but
ilw living was good, grayling, chiek
ns and ptarmigan until I was sick
of them. We saw lots of bear, but
got none; we were not looking for
them; kept as far away as possible;
we saw six one afternoon, I was
glad when we got away from that
section.
"I have had no news of the Idit
crod since I got back, but under
stand that Moore creek is showing
up better, Dave McGregor is still
working on Yankee creek, or I
bould say was working three weeks
ago.
"The N’. C. Co. have established
a post on the Kuskokwim and I’ll
t< 11 you Mack it makes all the boys J
smile inwardly when they see the I
idles of grub stacked up on the
banks of the river, for this is the
first year it looks like plenty with
i he prices somewhat reduced, they
are established in a poor place,
and are liable to be flooded out
next spring. Anyway, it is a good
thing for the country, it means
more prospecting, and if this river
loes not show' up anything in the
aext year it is all off with it.
"I fully expect something to show
ip this winter, but I will try and
<eep you posted, I am going up to
Lincoln and Gladstone creeks for
he early part of the winter and :
n tting toward spring will move up
:o Moore creek.”
WORLD'S FEDERATION FOR
MAINTENANCE OF PEACE '
_ i
The bill, which by an act of con
fess became law in June, 1910, pro- !
,ided for the appointment of a
commission of five members to
Iraft articles of international feder
ition with three problems to con
sider: (1) The limitations of arra
iment by international agreement.
(2) The possibility of combining
he navies of the world for peace.
3) Any other methods to bring
ibout peace. These problems are
liscussed each in turn by Hamilton
Iolt, who concludes:
It will probably be found that any
.eague cf Peace likely to be es
ablished at the present time will
tave to be based upon these three
iropositions:
(1) Each nation in the league to
respect the sovereignty and terri
torial integrity of the others.
(3) The armies and navies of the
members of the league to be at the
service to enforce the decrees cf the
Internation Tribunal in all ques
tions that the members of the league
previously agree to refer to arbi
tration.
(3) The armies and navies of the
league to sustain any member of
the league In a dispute with any
outside nation which refuses to ar
bitrate.—From "The United States
Peace Ci mmlssion," in the North
American Review.
Turkey stuffings at Peoples' gro
cery.
WILSON-ATKIASON NUPTIASL
On Wednesday night Albert Wil
son and Miss Margaret Atkinson
were united in matrimony by Rev.
Louis Rtiixeh at the Marshal resi
lience on Front street. The wedding
was the culmination of a romance
of several years standing. Mr Wil
son was recently taken sick and the
nurse chosen at the hospital to
minister to his wants chanced to be
Miss Atchison, who turned out to be
an eld sweetheart of his boyhood
days in England.
Highspire Rye ?1 per bottle at the
Fraction.
NO COUNCIL MEETING.
There was no meeting of the city
council on Friday night on account .
of a lack of a quorum. Dan Calla
han was on deck ready fur business
having recently returned from the
Outside and Councilman Gordon and
Mayor Nordale were also present.
PROSPECTORS PERISH.
Wreck of Boat Resembling Theirs
Found in Alaskan Waters.
VALDEZ, Nov. 22. — Edward
Evans, aged 40, of Oregon, and Port
Cooper, aged 20. of Lynn. Mass.,
prospectors, believed to have per
shed on Prince William Sound
luring one of the violent storms
hat prevailed there early last we k.
The men left Valdez October 1
>n the powerboat Rambler carrying
mining equlpmi nt and provisions,
ind intended to prospect on Min
er's river, and Glacier Island. Per
sons arriving from Ellamar today
■eport the finding of a sunken boat
mswering the description of the
Rambler in Finsky Ray.
No Gossip.
“I don’t like these women who gos
iip about others. Do you?”
"I should sav not. Now, there'3
drs. Gri en. She’s always telling
nean things about be'- n''!"'v,''~--.
Vnd Mrs. Hunter talks perfeet'y
l readful about her friends. Thank
toodness, I never say an; ing
ibout anvbodv.”
Ed, S. Orr Stage Co, Inc,
Fairbanks-Chitina
STAGES LEAVE:
Monday, 2 p. m.
Thursdays, 10 a. m.
Saturday, 7 a. m.
Passenger Mail Express
Office in N. N. Co.’s Dock.
Only (,ook) a Banker’s promise,
Only(bL) an unpaid check
Tells tbo story wby I aw still selling
Overholt Rye
AT CUSHMAN AND FOURTHI
Drop In and I will tell you all about It
JOHN MOE,
Proprietor of GLOBE BAR