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ALASKA-CANADA BOUNDARY
SURVEY.
Since I ho summer of 190!) I he
joint commission appointed by
I he United Stales and the Cana
dian governments lo locate and
mark the boundary line separating
British territory from Alaska has
been actively engaged in this
work, pushing the lino northward
from Yukon lo Porcupine river
by |ho end of the 1010 season.
I.ast summer I lie Hold operations
were advanced farther along I hat
part of I he one hundred and
forly-lirst meridian which ex
lends from I ho Porcupine river
l<> the Arctic ocean, and il is be
lieved that I be present year will
witness the cnmplolion of Ibis
part of the survey.
Realizing lhal. ils well-equip
ped Held organi/.alion afforded
iinusual facilities in this r^mole
and rather inaccessible region for
gathering much information not
directly connected with the par
ticular work of locating and
inarking the boundary line, the
jninl commission extended an in
vitation, which was readily ac-j
copied, lo the Geological Survey
"f Canada and the United States
ecological Survey lo send geolo
gists to accompany the Held par
lies during 1911 and 1912, and to
examine the geology along Ihe
boundary from I ho Yukon to Ihe
Arctic
The most satisfactory arrange
ment for making such a geologic
examination in the two summers
appeared to be to assign one of
the two sections of the line to
each government, as otherwise
there would have heeu much du
plication of work and the observ
ers would he required to traverse
the whole length of both sections.
I'lidfr I ho arrangement adopted
the Canadian genlolgists under
took to examine the southern or
Yukon-Porcupine section and the
United Slates geologists the nor
thern or Porcupine-Arctic, ser
t ion.
The United Slates geologists
last year commenced field exami
nations in June and carried their
work northward approximately
10ft miles, to the headwaters of
Firlli river, which flows into the
Arctic ocean.-Bullet in of United
States fieological Survey.
WILL PROTECT CONSUMERS.
Tliu. recent congress enacted a
measure lhal can iiot fail to prove
<>l Im'iwIU (<» ultimate consumers
and Id strengthen tin; hands of
l huso charged with the duly of
enforcing I he pure food laws. The
hill, falhered by Congressman
Shirley, of Keiilucky, i* an anioiid
j11e111 lo the pure food law and
provides lhal the label on a pack
age or boiile must slate truth
fully wlial may be expected by
users of lhe contents. If a con
cod ion is offered as a •'cure" for
any ailmenl il musl be capable of
proof in al least a majority of
cases to have actually effected a
cure or the maker may be pun
ished for fraud.
Under the Shirley law it will not
be enough to state accurately Ilia
contents and weight of a bolileor
package. The product not only
must he as represented, lint no
false claim* can be mad • in rc
specl to its usefulness. The last
provision is a long step toward
insuring protection to the pub
lic.
The pure food laws requiring
plain statement as lo weight and
eonlenls were valuable aids in
-afeguai'ding u.»er* against im
position. but they did iio| go far
enough. II is some satisfaction
lo n purchaser to know, for cx
ample, lhal a remedy he is buy
ing contains proportion* of rain
water and some other ingredienls
and to be assured lhal ho is gel
ling full measure. Hut it is im
portant If) him lf> know, when he
, buys rain water a8 a "cure" foi
hay fever, for example, that i
actually will do as he expects
The Shirley law should give t<
, the government officials the au
thority that is needod to protec
the unwary against a species o
cruel deception against whict
they have been practically help
less, unless, of course, Secretarj
Wilson can llnd some way of nul
lifying the provisions of the
amendment as he has found foi
obstructing the enforcement of
the provisions of the original law
WHY DENY IT?
There is a rule «>f court pro
cedure which Mr. Roosevelt evi
dently has overlooked in his an
alysis of the Penrose charges.
The dispatches of I lie last few
hours show that the Colonel lias
accepted as a fact the statement
<>f Penrose that lie, Penrose, act
ually did receive from the Stand
aril Oil company $25,000 This,
Roosevelt says, is sufficient to
warrant the impeachment of Sen
ator Penrose.
But, according to the rule of
evidence above referred to, Roose
velt must, if he accepts the Pen
rose statement regarding that
$25,000, likewise accept the Pen
rose statement that the Roose
velt campaign fund benefited to
the extent of $100,000 in 1001
'from the same Standard Oil
source. If lie accepts the one as
true, he must accept both; or, if
lie rejects one he must reject the
'other. It is true, of course, that
Mr. Roosevelt does not deny that.
Standard Oil gave money |o his
100i fund, but. he says, if it did,
the acceptance was contrary to
his orders as expressed in a
couple of letters written a few
days before the election, ami. it
is said, after the money had been
received and spent.
Mr. Roosevelt's posit ion would
have been more compatible with
frankness and sincerity had he
admitted from the beginning the
truth of the matter which is that
money was received. His shifty
position leaves him in a pickle
from which extrication is going
to b'o very difficult. It is a per
fectly well known fact that many
large corporations contributed to
his 190 4 fund, just as they are
now contributing and as they have
contributed for inanv years. Why
deny it ?
THE POLITICAL QOAT.
<Sov. Marshall's introduction of
tin? goat inlo lour politics was
happy and timely. No doubt mil
linns of his fellow-goafs will be
thankful for the recognition I hat
they have recevied.
The polilieal goal is much more
numerous I hail most people sup
pose. The man who pays taxes
for the benefit of another man is
a goal. The man who thinks that
tariffs were devised solely for the
purpose of raising wages is a
goat. The man not. on I he ground
Hoop who approveg Mr. Tafl's ve
toes of the bills reducing the cost
of living is a goat. The man who
believes that Mr. Roosevelt's wing
of the Mark Hanna parly is any
belter than the other wing is a
goal. The man who imagines thai
the corporations and trusts did
not get what they paid for in
I HOG, 1900, 190 ', and 1908 is a
goal.
To recognize one's self as a
goal is the beginning of political
wisdom.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Tin* Texan who shot and killed
Jiis wife's paramour, wasted good
powder and made himself a lot of
unnecessary (rouble.
And now it's the last of the
Virginia outlaws who hps fallen
a victim to woman's charms.
When will the game cease?
If the privilege of taxing the
people *2,000,0000,000 in I lie in
terest of a class were put. up at
auction we believe that even the
Standard Oil would increase its
hid.
Peoples differ very materially
in their concept ions »>f every day
nets. What in this country would
he termed murder and suicide is
called mamiineent patriotism in
Japan.
It i* not worth the while ot
Seattle business men considering
whether Alaska business is worth
reaching out for. They had bet
ter pav attention f>i keeping what
they have.
If the privilege of suspending
the Anti-Trust law so that il
might absorb its rival, Tennessee
Coal and Iron, were put up at auc
tiou we believe that the Stee
Trust would show even greatei
liberality.
It might not be inappropriate
to say that the administration in
Washington has Gibsonized Alas
ka. A I. least our industries ap
pear to have been pretty well
strangled since the advent of
Pinchotism.
ORDER TO SHOW CAU8E ON PE
TITION TO SELL LAND.
11 the United Stales Commission
er's Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Valdez Precinct.—— In
Probate.
In the matter of the guardian
hin cif the estate of Nelg Oscar
all, a mentally incompetent per
on.-Order to Show Cause on Pe
tition to sell Land.
The United States of America
o Nels Oscar Sail, Charles G. Sail,
,cwis Sail, Albert Sail and Marie
Watson, and to all persons in
erested in the above-named es
ale or in the sale of lands be
onging to said estate:
The petition of Charles (i.
all, as guardian of the estate of
he above-named Nels Oscar Sail,
mentally incompetent person,
eing duly filed in this court, r?p
esenting that it would be for the
icncfit of the estate of said in
ompetent person and of all per
on« interested therein that eer
ain lands and mining property of
aid menially incompetent person
'escribed, therein be sold, ana
raying that license be granted
to the said Charley G. Sail, asi
uardian, to sell the same;
Now, therefore, you and each
of you are hereby cited, ordered
and required to show cause, if
any you have, before this court,!
j i the United States Commission
er's court room in the court house j
in the town of Valdez, in the almvei
rained precinct in the Territoryi
of Alaska, on the TIli day of Oc
tober, 1912, at 2 o'clock p. in.,
why the prayer ( f said petition
hould not he granted.
Done in'open court at Valdez,,
Alaska, this 2Gth day of August, |
4912. v
THOMAS R. SHEPAllD.
Judge of the United States Gom
missioner's Court in and for the
Valdez Precinct, Territory of
Alaska.-In Probate.
Charles Loring and E. E. Ritchie.
Attorneys for Petitioner.
First pub. September 7, 1912.
j Last pub. October 5, 1912.
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men Appreciate My Service*.
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Corns Removed, Without Pain, $1.00
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MINING ENGINEER
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VALDEZ, ALASKA
Rkpoktb on Mines
Patbnt Surveys
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Phone No. ioa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
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