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Bolcw you wi'.I find tlr o eitppi; . ■ • ne Irom thr Empire '.lie from the
IVspalch, and one Irom i e Capital. The all so --in 10 acco~d in one par
^.nilar, namely that the prohibition law in Uns'.a. and in Juneau in i<ar
t cular, !.as not b. • enforced. and i all a-ree thai, that law should be
itforieJ. A\ U« :i tourists, perfect strangers in Alaska, step into a sup
posedly -oft dr .. i arlor Juneau and . re asked whut kind of drink
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t. pet evidence against selling liquor.
1£ Juneau irerclimits are behind thi wolation for the sake of TRADE
then Junt in m- t lie worse off from :'ie business standpoirt than it has
been supposed to l» We voice tin ;.o;>.« of the Capital and Despatch that
li.e new oif;>:als v • ia!<e a Van up t; will put Juneau in right.
i igners. who are injt ♦ v i , ■ • ■>! . no :'i in our institutions to become
eirt - r in the community, including
iv.in> ot t : ti is, i. own upon the intention to make them
obey t ,i law. They. ; • v I as suir .ft • municipal authorities, contend
lrmt te ti v g>-:s ::it i ... . i". ;lat:on and that strict observance of
the i. w will re> ;Lt in uri lie aw.n .. > fishermen and others who like
their boo?.- TV i is 1 ' moonshine," hi d is the old story that has been
exploded tin o and au.,. :v is to he i general houseeleaning, partic
ularl. in tl*.i~ division. > ie < r Hone ! - so declared. District Attorney
::-es a * <»i. - pro-seen! • the new Marshil, Major Hean
oft: ■ : J... . V. .'.son , i: .1 f. r t' f ■ at d when Judge Reed presides
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day's delay."—Capita],
and gambler, will be welcome
voted in 191 ti There is not the
t r« .til Ii is said that we now
:o'd at retail in various
i is worse than that against
than »oe w . i vus hi ens d and i id Its goods in the open subject to the
itispe> ion of the public at.d officers of the law."—Empire
\Ml ..It \N IM'l.MMTIKS
World.
it t! . rolitical Institute in
t (•:< iti*i■■ - that while they-were bawd
, what will he Germany's abil
i .. - equal indemnities in the
ail: tinistraiinn is so little disturbed
• tth iif'tit of all the Far Kastern
wiul" the Germans are paying
- will hi- paying $33,000,000.
ihp i; rman reparation expetidi
.iri: :i:aent expenditures. Ger
ont of her tabor, and that in a
doii:c. for the general demand for the
f ! i taxation that the government is
•at a to the question of disarm
to government finance. This
< ;in he no adequate relief to
1:1. aliMird than that the Am
■uiirs should be spending more
for future wars that the pen
lra::uit'f as Germany's. Econo
my ratine the Inahllity of the
will a to the industry of the world
the harsh terms that have been im
r! ; \:i:eri.-ans by Congress. In fact, no
a* . 1. a I they dn not deserve any sym
i h to slave for the militarists and the mu
ihody to biame but themselves.
d is t rd. and armament is costing the
0:i.> of t! tf-.-r Alaska is coming into her own is the
advent of :• A complete program is being given at
>> We hail
this is a most hopeful s-.n of the times.
skkk> moki: > \riT.\L in
JJKtMlKKi: IMH'STKV
Jud^* Lueman. eonfirvi.d as
judge of the Second Judicial district,
ditionul capital for t' •• Loeman
Reindeer company. Ho will return
to Seattle in time to sail »m the Vic
toria on its rip\t trip to Nome. fie.
expects to secure t u needed capital
and will place the reindeer company
in the hands of a competent man
ager.
The Alaska-Dano Mines Company. ]
operating at Fnnter ba>. Admiralty,
island, lias struck one of its ore bod-]
ies in a tunnel on which work has j
been under way for nearly a year. It ,
is now planned to extend this tuu-j
neJ to cross-cut other ore bodies.
itKivrni. i;.\v pack
TWO-THIRDS NORM A I.
Bristol hay's earned salmon pack
will total about l.OTB.OOO cases,
two-thirds of normal pack, accord
ing to advices brought by the full
. • .1 -iliip Benjamin F. Parkar.i ot
the Northwestern Fisheries Com
pany. which is discharging at :he
Bell Si reel pier of the Port Cotrmis
sion. The Pack of th<: plants at
Ni. k. Koggiung. N'aknek. Igi
gik and Ugashil will total ahriu
9 jO.tuio . cases. Port Mo'ler pro
duced -OAIOO cases arc Herendeer.
bay 4it.OUO or a total of 126.000
cases, which is the largest pack in
six years for that part of tl:c North,
according to ;dvices received in Se
attle.
The Mystery of
mJ
Hartley House
By
CLIFFORD S. RAYMOND
Illustrated by IRWIN MYERS
Copyright by Georpe H. Doran Co.
"The night I urn reminding yon of
he met Richard Pohson at the po-"11
and recopnlred him. The poor old fool.
Pick, had walked out of the peniten
tiary. He had every opportunity to
do so. The warden would have let
htm out If he had asked to po. Re
was helpless outside. Re did not have
n place to pet a rap or a crust. But
he wanted to escape.
"There must have boon something
In his mind ahont this nipht and this
place. Arthur Dobson found his broth
er standlnp by the pool. I w-as SO
feet away, hidden by the bndies. I
could see the two old men In the moon
light. and when Arthur Pohson bo:mt>
to spenk. I could bear distinctly.
"•Well. Richard,'" said Mr. Sidney,
*we are here npaln.'
"Richard Pohson quavered tn a
weak, senile tone, almost a falsetto:
'Who are you?"
" Tin your brother Arthur.' said Mr
Sidney. 'What are you doing hero*'
"lUctinrd Dobson must have felt
that ho was confronted by a gho^i
He made a shrill little sound, as nn
old woman might. 1 was palsied. Tin
situation was tremendous. 1 didn't
know what would hnppen, and I didn't
know what to do, Mr. Sidney was
culm as an oyster.
•"1 am your brother Arthur, Kich
ard.' he said, 'and 1 am not dead. I
haven't been dead. Yon didu't kill
me. I have been living In the old
place comfortably while you have
been In prtoon. No one would be
lieve you If yon told that. You are
old and half crazy. If you were opt
of prison, you would die of sta.va
tlon and exposure in 24 hours. 1 .nu
not a ghost, Kb l ard; 1 am your liv
ing brother.'
"There w as a lot of malernlencp In
Mr. Sidney's tone, a trem • dons
amount of hate, ltlchard Pobson ut
tered the quivering, quavering little
cry again and started to run. As he
got under way. he shrieko4. It sooni)
ed like an old woman's shriek.
"Mr. Sidney started aft< r him H«
had that cane you saw him take out
of this room. That was the one he
was beaten down with.
"I think for a moment tip wat 'w to
kill Richard. Hp flourished the *"rick
and yelled. Richard. belnc in a frvn
ry of fricht. was stroncer on 1 - •»
than his brother. Hp was off
hush. Mr. Sidney stumbled
He ROt up rather slowly. a« If h «(-v
either hurt or as If his sTreiisr* wt-rp
leavlnR him. I could hear li 'trrf
shrtekinp farther off In the lm>!
"When Mr. Sidney pot up. he tuner
toward the house, anil 1 ran o '-est
hltn here and found you."
Jed nicked a while, and 1 did w».
say anything.
"1 nm decidedly shaken." hp said
after a while. "I was very f«na ot
him. and 1 am a useless old mm. an
alcoholic of ro account except t» h.ra.
and lie Is dead."
"There Is only one ihlm: to do." I
said. "lllchard Pobson i-. -t !>e on
his way to freedom tomorrow We
shall have to see to tint."
Jed aroused himself for an Instant.
"You copy-book moralist he said.
"You would Interfere with a genial,
lovable man's mapniflcent hate Just
because he Is dead and your - tuples
have become Important. You ourht
to choke. Let the brute Pick Pobson
rot In prison. It's his desert."
'It can't be done, Jed." 1 said. "To
morrow we'll po to Alwick jTi.s. n and
explain."
For me to act without tellinc Mrs.
Sidney was Impossible, and it was al
most Impossible for me to take the
subject up with her. 1 saw her only
for n moment, told her tha*., heins ac
Mr. Sidney Started Afttr Him.
quainted with the facts. I thought I
knew what the conscience of the house
would require.
Her world had been destroyed; her
light had gone out. She had no pride
for herself; she shrank from the pos
sibility of a hurt to Isobel, but I had
Judged the conscience of the house
correctly. She would have protected
Mr. Mdupy against all the equities anfl
justice in the world—that was her j
sin in har awn esteem. Bat now be j
was dead : Justice could be done.
I did not want to «rt without Iso
bel's knowinc what 1 was doinc. I
hoped she would approve of *h«t I
intended to do. thouch I Intended to
do It whether she did or not. I had
to tell the story.
"Ton are ripht. John," she said.
"Rat how roncmlftoont father was!
He was star* Nemesis, the cleanest,
purest Justice there Is!"
She was a hit ecstatic. They teach
, younc ladies too many penerallratlons.
. I thought. Then- was no rhapsody In
this; it wns nply.
Jed had one. more flash of spirit •>
. he started for the penitentiary.
"Yon poor old copy-hook fool of a
moralisthe said. "Why cant your
•nsipnifieant conscience he satisfied
w Ithont dolnc a lot of damnee to no
pioil our"? Hanc < on moralists' Ton
wreck life. Richard Onltson cant live
outs'de the penitentiary. He has no
money, no way of mnktnc any. no
place to co, no friends. Tor. are co
ins to throw him out of his home.
Yon are coinp to torture him with
th< knowledge thnt hW life was wasted
In prison when he was a free man In
law. You are poinp to destroy the Sid
ney family."
"Kiohard Iiol'Srtn saw ni>. oroinor.
J «nM. "that nicht at tno
"Tic ssw n ?ho«t." «issortod ,Tod. "Or
If ho . soo a eh>st. bo must want
lo stay In tho potiitonriarr. If he
kr>ow it was hi* hroiljor, whv didn't
he demand An Inqnirr and his free
dom? Kilhor tioeni:«o he saw a fhost
or ho dors not want his froodotn. Ton
<nn havp it oithor way yon want. Yon
htv coins to foroo him out of tho only
place h<< ha« to llw. and yon aro po
!r»B to civo him -he tracody of Jrnow
ini. that his life was trrwkrt."
"Ho Is a rloh man." J «aid. "naif
tho oli! r>oh«on ostato is hi*. All of tt
is his. H':« hroiv -r was locally and Is
now actn.illy do.-ui."
"Vor .irv a w •-*> nr>n rhan 1 was"
(fid .Toil "1 novi r interfered with Mr
p !l?oy's sol of"" o' prrr-hment. Ton
aro trvnp t - 11 s homo was inst."
"What's tho n«i nf this debate?" 1
ovrlnimod "Tun aro winHy inoapa
f
pions axioms." said .lod.
p
et»tranoe. we encwmiered Morgan of
the Metropolitan agency. He stopped
1 "'1" be ^
reii' lj '
"1 Old not know " 7 said.
"' he c\ l:nmod "T.'C
arc hero to see TSirhsrd T^obson. I fol
lowed tny hunch I have the answer
to tlio Iti ng. 1 knon vh\ this man
-
You aiv here to see Richard
l>emn«e you are repn-sentlnc
Arthur IV>l«soi
"Arthur Pohsrtn Is dead."
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> li\e as Sidney."
"Mr. Slifriey Is dead." I ssld. TTe
here fn toll Richard Dob
son that ho ran go free. T did not
know who Artl.nr Polwon was until
As Morgnt sti-od befo-e ti« on the
penitent arj stops. 1 thonght hotv mw
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the inevitable. Mr. Sidney had out
played f.-re, but It was hy using the
mini' card death.
Mur;-.-.: - fuix showed sonic uupleas
ant lines.
; do yon mean. that Sidney Is
dead." hi* asked.
"Hi- <r I Christmas night. 1 read
his diarj last night. Jed gave It t«
me. It Is the one Pravada tried to
steal. \\ came here at once to tell
Richard l>ohson."
"Let Ms brother Anhur ten him.
u'n the steps. "But 1 am not
ti pou:!i with yon people. Publicity Is
Jnsi .in p»od now as It was before."
He tt>t into an automobile, and was
drhiu away.
"S - ; always happens to mow
mnr;i 1 cunscU :ioes." said ,1<h1 savace
lv. "you'll ii-ara life wrap day, yonnp
fellow. X.»v keep your mouth shut .
li.sidi* here "
Tin* warden told u? that RicharC i
D..|ison had died the rich! hoforv. Ho i
hail sustained a treat shock the nlpht |
he walked out of the penitentiary and !
«ns found «n Mr. Sidney- erounds.
The aihenrure not only overtaxed hlrr
phys!.-; \. tmi it had affected his Im
agination. When the jraards found
hitn. a: "r the message from Hartley
house. he wa< incoherent and In a fe
ver.
lie never regained strength or ra
tionale • He had been quiet at times,
tut at other times was in delirium. 1
tvhen delirious, he suffered chiefly
from the delnsion that he had seen
his brother's phost.
He died slowly and in great misery,
the warden said.
"Now keep yonr mouth sht\t, you
fool." Jed ordered—by merely prod- .
rtlnp to a ,!n tSp rSU«
(Continued on Toesaay)
Ketchikan and Southeastern Al
aska towns are assured a better ca-!
ble service in the future. Tnder the
new arrangement the westward ca- j
hie to Valdez and Seward «ui he
thrown in parallel with the south
eastern cable and eVery station can j
pet the press news at the same time. |
Several stations may also use tbe
cable at tbe same tine.
MTKVSK OK AMV.RICW RKUEF
The Soviet authorities profcs? 'o
he fearful that the relief acencie*
of the Inlted Slates will )*> utilized
to foment * conntet revo'atinr.
There is reason, on our hand. to
l>el!e\-e that Soviet control of rol^f
will be lined for the hetiefit of ihe
Soviet arm? and Soviet partisans at
jthe expense of the more needy
The Soviet army and party have
;had the best obtainable ever sinre
ithe Bolsbevjki took cfcante or Rns
Isian affairs and determined to dis
pose of all opposition by the simple
device of starving or murdering all
their opponents The Red army has
been kept loyal by being well fed
and clothed. The Communist offic
ials, high and low, have lived as
well as their tastes and revolntion
ary eonditions permitted The faith
11 til proletarians of the Rolshevik
party haw had the best of the rat
ioning and whatever perquisites and
[privileges were available To main
tain the minority, the minority musi
t.e taken care ®f. and it is proliabli
if not » erta.n. that if the Soviet can
get hands on relief it will be used
for the purpose of buttressing iomlf
But American relief is offered for
the suffering regardless of part?.
and whatever the Soviet m v be jns
tified in suspecting bs to t! e inter,
lions of European Coveriuneuts
there ts little excuse for the chargr
that Amer can relief workers art'
plotting to set up a counter revolu
lion. We have a right to demand
ihat the Soviet shail not uw our re
lief for its own political purposes
and if we cannot have conditions
which will enable our agencies to
prevent such misuse their- will be no
disposition on the part of tin in •
c.tn people lo contribute
The Russian situation is tragi■
and we would not withhold tnri or
Hut we certainly cannot permit our
r«*ources to be diverted fmr- n
nisn-tarinn objects to add to the i'.
justice and crueli> of Soviet poll* >
or to forlifv its destructive oontr
Russian affairs—Oh ■.
one.
H«'\ 1 \ M i i I I ns M«»I NT
Olymjiia. Sop; S —rse?;er K
, apnt of Eitenhnrt.
k ix» ni. pi it>»«
Ordinance Xnn t»'r J s-.' -n T
I of SkuRwsy. . .ijt - f>:
if'WP
Kqtii|im»*ni f«>c \ clitrlt ^ «n,|
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order. and « ' ii^br- a
which lichts. as well as ■
liphts thai may lw t»1«> -1 to il >
dimmed when driven
main streets of the said Trvn >f
attached so the rear.
require only one liclit att
to the from, which Ufrlii* sh*
he kept barninc as above spm
fied dunnp all hour* from twi
light to day break in wlii. 'i said
vehicles are used in the street* o!
said Town of Skapwj
Any person or persons vmlatfnc
Ihe above section is liable to fine
of Fifty dollars i$3»0i
ontnent in the Cit> Jnil of Tw»*t
five Days < 25 <.
TVM. M. SIMP..
S-S-S-10
IN THK PROPATE Col KT FOK
HAINES PRECINCT, FIRST Jl
DICIAL DIVISION. TERRITORY
OF ALASKA.
IX THK MATTER OF TH EST \TE
OF
S. J. WE1TSMAN. deceased.
\wioc of Hoarinc on linnl \i
ooirai
M
did on the 5th day of September.
his final acconnt and report of hi»
administration o( sa:d estate, and
the hearing of the same has been
set by said conrt for the 5th day of
'
o'clock p. jr. at the courtroom of
said court at Haines, Alaska. *'
rhich time *nd place all persons
ire required to file any objections
they may have to said account and
report, and to show »caus«" If anv
they have, why said accomt and re
|>ort shor.ld not be allow-.*} and set
tled
Dated this 5th day of September.
1921.
JOS H CHISEL,
Administrator
First Insertion—Sept. S. 1921.
rinal Insertion—Nov. 10, 1921.
THK SK.UiWAV
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. SU M * N. l*rofv
iHt SAN UBY MILK Rtttr
TSf larfro and tw«« con
dotted rtuli J In Alwli*. .
Hail) chlpmriio of purr
milk >g<1 rrmin to all
p»int» <>n Whltr P»<«« A
VaV nt Houlr.
Bi£ Game Guide
Sport croc* w ho nrr inioro«t
o<l In finmine Ms fi»mr in thf
1/mrrr VnUn m#nir) arr In
riled to mil on mo. I hmvr
lived f«»r nrnnv \rjirv in fhr .%«•
i»n roan try, mn giiirnniw
Ittintins purtlf- lim- ♦iWM itwn*-.
1 h«Tf I* £1**1 pOWOI Imfit
for Inko hnnifnc xnil fiwhlnu.
1'or information r»Il or mf
Torrf Williams
T^*r*, j* mnr* c*
of thr country ;>
"Wit infrrxhrr nm?
poi^ to bf» incur
*Traily lnftu*r
tkt»aJ trwitmrr
n>mi^T, :» ml*
of th«? 9y*f —
fr*rd is rffrjtM •
Sol<i bv l%:
Htin Ffct,
!r. ft?!* «*/-TTnfi
* AftiaMB
; *■** nj|»
-«• -.r-«rrib^J
•• *as
•itnn*! ron
Back and Shoulders. CouM
Not Sleep. C/cura Heals.
"Mr face. beck. and
wrrr covered mnth p: Triple*. Thev
vrrrr very fMyr* and ! rooW
hard It ftan<3 the weight
of rrrv dothff on ttrr
• *ht*ukJer*. The itching
wbf no nrvrrrthet lomik'
not aleepat nifht. and my
"The ttoable ltvmi
•boat three month*. I hecan uattif
Cut»cu:a So*f and I >er: and
•hn cake* >f •- .!*« » S^«f
? «•;« completely ht*ie«i. Stoned*
V.'« The. Danteiao®. Jackmro.
Call'*.. Jtih 2?. 1920.
WCoticcri for aV tctfe-. purpose®.
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o'»nr» V*p witfwtt m«r
Order
Your
Printing
Now
l'itxl clnw Job Print *nc «l«n<* *»n
I »ibi»rl t»ofi<*c, anH our fniitv. art' vrtj
i jf.iMm.iWr. Tnko of y«»n» *i«
|t»t*nnr> and oilier form*. ami *rmf
i in j*(mr nHrr I«n1a).
Just as a
Reminder
The mnntMt snWrifi'lflfi ratr of
Tbr Alaskan i* onh «cvonty-*ivr
cont« per m«>nih by mail, or «1rllrrr
o»l io yonr homr in Ska*r*a> fm on!.*
$1 a Month
A storekeeper at TakutM fcw
started a wwklv rw»\>-pap* r J"
,s composed of lo«i of *r»p
runs paper, "><;4 tfte priKiinr is dw
»":h a tyjfc'brilrr. CcrSin cri"'
an- made an i dhtrlIn. let! V »« 01
tin* world as il tr-mi t"t* put:
prrr wtrrfw4. 31 *1*11 as tow*, f.rt* -
sip. is printed When the edttnr
was asked w>ir h" (W not dsi' his
paper he replied tft. 1 acme nrtr
micht come al-vu m«t *n7 tiwe
with a Jnc of ho<M~h ind editor
would take a vacation