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Tl'KSI >AY, NOYKMIiKIt I-\ I l> 1 -
UP AGAINST IT.
Tin' cily council of Fairbanks
is up against j|. It lias tackled
lli«* social problem of the cily.
ami its days ami nitrlits wiill In*
full of trouble until Hi*' council
drops Hit* discussion.
Some time since, politicians
bulled jnlo I lie social problem in
Fairbanks and allcmpled to ad
just. it to .suit all classes. Tlie
I own was running along upon I lie
lines of oilier cities ami towns
in the I'nitcd Stales, lining peo
ple "who ki-pl disorderly bouses
ami using the tines Id pay the
cost of policing the cily. The
politicians made a grandstand
play an,i elected a council pledg
ed to remove the tines from the
inhabitants of the restricted dis
trict. saving I hem a certain ex
pense which did uol read nice
in the (own papers, ami at the
same time attempting to even
things up by restricting I lie bad
girls from selling liquor. There
is nothing in the Decameron of
the Sisters of the Scarlet Letter
which provides for any restric
tions along the pathway of sin —
iliev have always paid the line
imposed upon them by society
and the city administration, but
they have always (and always
.will) furnished to their visitors
the joy water which imikcs I lie
red lights and the barbershop
music seem the best there is, and
they know no olher way and have
no desire to learn other ways
which are contrary to the rules
of the game. At the request of
tln« city council they tpiil pay
ing tines, bill they did not quit
selling booze at the city coun
cil's request, and they never will.
The council ordered tin* |»<»1 i«-«»
to prah one of the hunch ami
make aa example of her. and I lie
police grabbed Miss Peggy. There
was nothing in Peggy's book
which made excuses for Iut be
ing made llie fall guy of the
Scarlet Sisterhood, and Peggy
rebelled. There was no reason in
Peggy's mind why she should pay j
a line or law\er's fees for doing j
something that her sisterhood
has always done and always will
do. so the Sisterhood put il up
to the 'saloonkeepers ami the
business men and made them pay
the cost of the lawyer to tight
the case, ('.mifronted with a de
fense and a lawyer to tight the
case, the city council iuimediale
lv began to fear for the validity
of its new little ordinance and
proceeded to change the charge
on which they had Peggy pegged.
All charpcs look alike l«» iVKK.v j
wlifii llii'v art* mil according I«>}
f III* l ull's llf lll'l* HJIIIII'. mi -iIII* j
is si ill • Ml I III' liulll ilip I jilt*. Iml 1
lln' cmnicil i- • Ii\ i<I«mI against it
sfll fiiiil lli«* all it mil* 111 llif cimn- {
ril is I h;il 1111 •> a I'm iii »w rijilil {
back where Ili/*> -I;irI«*i 1 — I r> in*r
;i wmiian fur keeping a bawdy
lnnist»--l In* refnilal ion nlTriisp fur
which all keepers nf such houses I
used in walk inlu I lie rily clerk's j
office every month, plead tfuilly |
ami pay a line Ihercfor, without!
any cITnrl «»r expense mi I lie pari
nf I lie cily council. They sought
In linker with a subject thai is
as nhl as Time ilself, and al the
finish I hey lin«| Iheinselves riKhl
hack al I lie pnjnl frmn which they
started.
There can he m> dmibl Iml I hat
Ihe sale nf liipim* in disreputable
houses interferes with Ihe busi
ness uf Ihe "respectable" saloons
of this or any other town or cily
in Ihe world. Every saloon man
in Fairbanks knew lliis when he
sin lied his saloon. It is a fea
ture of the distribution of trade,
and the old principle Ibal no
man cares In spend all bis money
in one house. If Ihe snloons can
not compete with Ihe Fourth ave
nue liquor traffic, It Is up to the
snloons In quit--tho illicit snle
of liquor in palaces of pleasure
is one of the oldest institutions
of the world, and one that is be
yon,] the power of the city coun
cil of Fairbanks to eliminate. In
one way or another, the Fourth
avenue resorts will get around
the p *oblem, and every man who
visits those houses will help in
the work.
It is no disgrace too bark up
when you cannot go ahead, and
what the brainiest councils of
the brainiest cities on earth have
fai 1«m1 to be able to do there is
no call for the city council of
Fairbanks to undertake t<> do.—
News-Miner.
WONDERFUL GAME LAW.
Tin' Alaska panic law is fear
fully and wonderfully mailt*. In
llii- Bering sea country ami in
Ihe interior wild fowl can not he
kil|e,| until nearly every migrat
ing iiird has plumed its wings
and taken its (1 i^lit southward.
My the time lln> lords return in
tin* spring the season is closed.
In smilliern Alaska the law re
gards the hear, hlack or hrown
or gri/.zly. with a solicitude that,
demands I hat it shall he given
full and ample protcclion, when,
as a matter of fact. I lie hinder
is in more need of protection
from one species of hear lhan is
the animal itself. We opine that,
the Kudiak hear, for instance,
was included in I he game e«m
scrvaliou policy hecause il is a
royal animal -and occasionally
furnislics line hiinliug for con
grt'ssini'ii. lords, dukes, ini11i«»—
aires and others of that ilk, with
a retinue of ^'uu-hearers, healers,
valets ami helpers.
Thai certain provisions of
such ;i ^stiiic law are violated need
nol l)i' wondered ill. Not long
ago an interior preacher. who is
fond of hunting, win it oul afler
dueks ami geese during tIn* clos
ed season. TIh» fowl wore there
hy I hi* Ions of thousands, fn 11 —
fledged and milling around pre
vious lo migrating south. The
dominie secured a good hag and
started on his return I<> his
home. A friendly soul gave him
the information that a brace of
deputy marshals and a game war
den or two were lying in wait
for him on his way up I he river.
The minister transferred his fowl
lo anotoher steamer, while he
himself stopped off at a river
town until the officers tired of
their watch. He was nol appre
hended. Hut he complaincd thai
his game was entirely loo "high"
f o |* his palale, hy I lie lime thai it
reached I he cook.
The game of Alaska should be
carefully prolcded. 1ml the pro
tect ion afforded should be rea
sonable and not foolish.—• luncau
Knipir*'.
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SANITY IN POLITICS.
No more sensiblo comment on
the shooting of Colonel Roose
velt by a maniac was made by
anybody than by William J. Bry
an, when he said in a speech two
days later:
"I would rather occupy the
lime in denunciation of the deed
and in expression of sympathy
for him and hopes for his recov
ery, but the issues of the cam
paign should not be determined
by the aet of a madman. They
must be settled by the sane
rather than the insane. A man
iac, however cowardly and das
tardly his deed, is not I lie arbi
ter to whom to submit a presi
dential contest."
Hermit Iloosevell observed a
few months ago I hat "when dad
goes to a funeral he wants In he
t In' corpse." Dad's wish was
gralilled last week.
Ten si airs now haw wnnifin
Mi.Trage ami object ors in llie «»tti -
i-r ftales might as writ give np
When women pet lo going like
lhat mere men*ean't slop Iheni.
It's lough on llie Harvester
This! lo discover that iIs cash
ier ...wiped S8i,000 while ilsmag
nal.-s were squandering wads o'
ma/nma in llie Bull M«mse cam ■
pa'gn.
Soheuule for Launch Donaldson.
Fort Liscuni Alaokd, Aug. 2,
1912.—Ollice of the Quartermas-1
iter: )
The following schedule for the
launch Lieut. C. V. Donaldson will
Lake effect Monday, Aug. 5, 1912.
All orders in conflict herewith arc
revoked:
Leave Leave
Days— Ft. Liscuni Valdez
Mondays ...8:15a.m. 10:45am.
1 :15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
Tuesdays ..8:15 a.m. 10:45 a.m.
2:00 p. m. 2:30 p. m.
5:00 p. m. 5:30 p. m.
Wednesdays8:15 a. m. 10:45 a.m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
Thursday ..8:15a.m. 10:45a.m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
Fridays ...8:15a.m. 10:45a.m.
1 :15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
Saturdays .2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
Sundays, such trips as may be or.
dered.
There will be no trips for the
launch on the second and fourth
Fridays each month, these days
being used to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of
above will be made without no
tice, only to meet the emergen
cies of the service.
By order of Lieut.-Col. O'Neil.
L. A. KUNZIG,
1st Lieut. 301 h Infantry, Quar
mastcr."
^he T' nte
To advertise. If busfness Is quiet
invigorate it by bringing your
wares before the buyer. No mer
chant ever succeeded by cutting
down his advertising Just because
money tightened up a little. On
the other hand the merohant who
gets the money Is the one who
oreates a demand for his wares
through the advertising columns
of the newspaper.
If you have something for sale
write up *n advertisement telling
lis merits. We will bring It be
fore the people snd are oonfldent
It will bring results. Try It.
Prospector
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Large Lines of
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The most progressive
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Because
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It is cleanly.
It glvos less trouble.
It does not pollute t ho air.
It lends Itself readily to
any special decorative
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It shows up colors to
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Phono for our export to
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Steam Heat
Electric Lig&ts
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Room*
All Modern Conveniences
Good
Goods
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Goods
Copper River Lumber -Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and
Pugel Sound
LUMBER
and Building
Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right
W. M. FINICAL, Mgr.
Patronize a Home Industry
Phone 18
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited
Free Delivery
Ingram & Bush
Exclusive Cigar
Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
1NTEGRIDAD, Rex, Regal.
EL SIDELO, Senator*, Millionaires
SMOKECRAFT, Rein* Victoria, Delmonico
BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENTA, Medio, Full Value, Madrid
Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade
We do a
general
Banking
Business
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— INCORPORATED —
BANKERS
CAPITAL $ 200.000.°?
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificates of Deposit