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A Bargain Li Taxi Rides
By PESCY L. CROSBY
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A Bargain i.-. Taxi Rides
3y PERCY L. CFOSBY
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$18,275 Verdict
Given Goldstein
Jll> \ Ccllll ll- Sralrd \ Cl-lliot it! t'HM"
of I .IliNlitli' ill January,
■rtl.:*t for ■> 1 v - 7 5 damages
urned l>> a jury (his morning
cast* of Isadore Coldstien
i'.- Alaska Juneau Gold
Co.. growing out of the
!- .<!•• on January L'. If20. llold
■ :'or damages, cov
"Kitated cost of destruction
• r \ ^ >ods.
All Over Body. Itched and
Burned. Cuiicura Heals.
•' I suffered for fourteen years with
a severe tire cf ccienia which was
scatter d nearly alt over rr.y body.
Att.ist it seemed like pin.ples and
then turned to blisters and itched and
burred so badlv that I scratched and
irritated the atiected parts. I could
not sleep at r.iitht.
"A iriend t ' -1 me about Cuticura
Soar .:iw Oi* imrnt ar.d alter using
four cakes - f C iiieuia Soap and three
boxes of Cuticura Ointment I was
ccrr.pletelv healed, in two weeks."
■ S mi.. Mr. W. Rubbit's. R. 3.
IkWts-by. Wis.. July 12,1020.
Give Cuticura Soap. Ointment aad
Talcum the carc ct ycur skin.
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■J5" Luucura So«?iktTM without mui?.
| Tho case went to the jury :it !)
| o'clock last night, the jury return
ing a sealed verdict «il I! o'clock this
morning. The verdict was read in
the I'nited States District Court ihis
! morning liefore Judge Robert AW
j Jennings.
! In answering special findings, the
jury returned the following:
| "Was thi> water escaping from
(he ditch. Hume or penstock a prox
imate cause of the slide?"
! "Yes."
"Was the defendant negligent in j
any of the particulars set forth in
the complaint?"
| "Yes."
"If so. in what did that negli
gence consist?"
"Failure :o provide waste llume !
to carry overflow water from pen
stock and trommel screen to place I
of safety."
Following the reading of tlie ver
dict. S. Ilellenthal for the defendant
moved t':at the verdict diil not sub
stantiate the eviduuee and did not
consist of a crime.
The -?ase has been on for nearly j
two weeks, the jury having been se- .
cured on the morning of March 23 >
consisting of tin- following meni-j
hers: Charles K. Harland. John A. \
Krugness. Ed. Itoitzman. K. E. I
Smith. Sam Morris. Kouls Karstor.
(! Ferguson. Stephen Vukovicli. E.
J. Klligen. C. L. Cove. Ed. M. Kane, j
and Warren H. Wilson.
Henry lioden represented the j
p'.aiiiti.i and Kel'ontlial and llel
letithal the defendant. Many wit- .
nesses were oil the stand during tiic
trial of the case and elaborate ex
hibits were introduced.
This is the second case to be
tried as the result* of the landslid".
the first case, that of Mary Koski.
against the same defendant, goins
in favor of the latter. Several other
easses will shortly be tried growit:^
out of the landslide.
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Amendment Is
Being Planned
Codmtn Introduces Hill to Repeal
Requirement for AOidavit of La
bor.
Juneau. Alaska, April 10.—To
correct a defect in the exist
ing Territorial mining laws and
repeal a section which was declared
by the U. S. Circuit of Appeals for
the Ninth Circuit in a decision ren
dered a few months ago to be un
constitutional, Representative O. D.
Cochran, of Nome this morning In
troduced a bill providing for the
amendment of Chapter 10, Session
l.aws of 1915. It seeks to repeal
the clause declaring failure of own
ers of mining claims to record an
nual assessment work within 90
days after the close of the year
opens the claim to relocation and
also a clause crediting the cost of
survey to assessment work .
The first clause was the point at
issue in a case appealed from the
Nome District Court. Judge Coch
ran being attorney for Appellant.
Judge Gilbert, of the Court of Ap
peals stated the decision which was
unanimous and recited the main
facts in evidence as follows: "The
court below entered a decree quiet
ing the appellee's title to a certain
placer mining claim. The claim was
originally located on July 4. 1914,
and from that time'on until the re
location of the claim by appellees
<i.i April 1. 1917, the annual assess
incut work was duly performed. The
assessment work for 1916 had been
duly performed by the appellents,
liii! they had failed to file within
I'll days from the close of that year
the affidavit required by Section 7.
Chapter 10 of the 1915 Session
Laws of the Territory of Alaska,
which requires in substance that in
order to hold a claim after the an
nual assessment work has been
done, an affidavit containing cer
tain specified statements must be
til d with the recorder of the dis
trict not later than 90 days after
t lie close of the calendar year, and
further provides that failure to file
the same 'shall be deemed an aband
onment of the location and the
claim shall he subject to reloaction
by any other person: provided, that
a compliance with the provisions of
this section before any relocation
shall operate to save the rights of
the original locator.' "
The Circuit Court held "The Act
of the Territorial Legislature of
1915 is in conflict with the general
luw of the United States which
gives the owner of a located mining
claim the right to hold and occupy
the same so long as he shall perform
the requisite annual assessment
work threon." adding that Con
gress reaffirmed that law as ap
plicable to Alaska by the act of
1 T adding provisions for filing
affidavits as prima facie evidence
of the performance of the assess
ment work but making provision
for forfeiture only upon failure to
perform the work.
The Court concluded: "The Act
of the Alaskan Legislature set that
provision aside and declared that j
performance of the work shall not I
lie sufficient, that forfeiture shall
follow the failure to file an affida
vit. To legislate thus was to tran
scend the authority conferred by
the Enabling Act. was to interfere
with the right of Congress to dis
pose of the public domain, was to
destroy an estate which Congress
grants in public lands, and was to
exercise *a power which Congress
never intended to delegate, the
power to declare the forfeiture of
mining claims."
TRACTORS WILL SOLVE
FREIGHTING PROBLEM |
A solution of the transportation
problems to points removed from the
United States railroad will he found
in the Ave and ten-ton tractor, thinks
Colonel J. C. Gotwals, of the Alaska
Road Commission, who besides
mushing dogs all over the hard plac
es in Interior Alaska to ascertain
winter conditions! is also making a
study of the question of transporta
tion after roads are built.
"In the Interior wifli the light
snowfall and continued cold winter
weather." says Colonel Gotwals, "the
five and ten-ton tractor of the army
type would be of great use, especial
ly where the freight haul is large.
Assuming that the five-ton army trac
tor with five four-ton trailers is used
the entire cost would be about $10,
000. The train would be capable of
transporting twenty tons at not less
than three miles and perhaps at as
high a speed as six miles per hour.
This, ill addition to the fact that the
tractor standing idle consumes no
gasoline or oil, ns the horse consum
es hay and grain.
"There are places where such
shipments are needed, and a real
economy over horse Or dog freight
ing is possible. The use of the trac
tors over Broad l'ass by the A. E. C.
Is illuminating in illustrating the
possibility of the tractor. Indeed,
:he hauling of only twenty tons at
certain places in Alaska would make
\ saving in one trip almost equal to
he cost of the outfit."
Duties Taken
by Col.T.G. Steese
Members of Board of Howl Com
missioner .Vow Al l inn «s Engineer
Officers.
That Alaska is now a separate
Rivers and Harbors Engineering dis
trict and has started to function as
such is the news issued today from
the office of the Alaska Road Com
mission. In the future fish trap
matters, pertaining to the issuance
jf licenses for traps in navigable wa
ters. and engineering projects will
be handled from Juneau, under the
supervision of Col. J. G. Steese. des
ignated as Engineer in Charge.
Maj. J. C.Gotwals. engineering of
ficer of the Alaska Road Commission
said today: "Col. J. G. Steese is
now district engineer of the Rivers
>nd Harbors district and with the
two other officers under him, Capt.
C. S. Ward and myself, is now per
forming the duties of tlu> office as
they may effect Alaska.
"All of the functions formerly per
formed by the Seattle Disctrict office
in connection with the work in Al
aska have been transferred to Ju
neau.
The work involves issuance or nsn
trap licenses in so far as the traps
iffect the navigable waters of Alas
ka and work on Rivers and Harbor
improvement projects in progress at
this time.
"The construction of the break
water at Nome is the only work now
in progress in the Territory but a
number of investigations and surveys
have been made and reports will be
made and maps drawn from the Ju
neau office.—Empire.
Oakland. Cal.. April 11.—Califor
nia beat Washington on'the estuary
jn Saturday in the annual three mile
race for the international rowing
jhampionship of the Pacific coast.
New York, April 11.—Ex-Attor
ney General Colby in a speech at the
Jefferson annual dinner on Saturday
said that organized peace and justice
trill heal wounds and inflictions,
ft'oodrow Wilson wired the Jeffer
son banquet that he conceived it to
lie the mission and destiny of the
L'nited States to make it easier for
,o retain liberty and the bless
ngs of self government and to ren
ler justice imperative in dealing
with nations and peoples and with
jne another.
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Asks That New
Cable Be Laid
St'nnlo Memorial Presented Address
ed i<i War and Xavy Departments.
Juneau, April 7.—Request that I
u new cable be laid between Seattle
and Alaska points was contained in
Senate Joint Memorial No. S intro
duced this forenoon by Senator
Frawlev. The memorial addressed
to the Secretary of War, Secretary
of I he Navy, Congress of the United
States, and ihe Delegate from Alas
ka.
The memorial cites that the pres-j
ent cubic was laid 18 years ago and
now requires much Vepair, often be-I
ing out of commission for weeks and 1
mouths at a time. As much depiends
upon the telegraphic service for the
growth of Alaska, and as the present
cable is giving only about 50 per
rent of the needed efficiency, it is
urged that a cable be laid which j
will lie sufficient to provide for the
present a«d future.
Senate Rill No. 42 was introduced
by Senator Collins. By request,
amending Section 8, Chapter 37, of
the 1 SI3 Session Laws, regulating
the practice of Pharmacy in Alaska.
This amendment provides that the
Hoard of Pharmacy make annual re
ports of receipts and expenditures to
the Territory, turn over all money
received, provided the Territory
makes an appropriation for the
Hoard. This bill was referred to the
education committee.
House Concurrent Resolution No.
S. passed the House, was presented
lo the Senate and passed unanimous
ly. This resolution extends an invi
tation to Secretary of the Interior
Albert B. Fall to visit the Territory
of Alaska.
Amendments reported to S. B. Nos.
14 and 15 were adopted, as pro
posed by the House.
Chamberlain Says Whore At
Senate Joint Memorial No. 4, rela
tive to "leasing of 300 odd islands
along the coast of Alaska, came in
for some discussion on the Second
reading. Objections were made to
the wording, for instance the lack of
the customary "and jour memorial
ists do pray." Senator Chamberfain
said that as lie introduced the reso- |
lution, he could speak with authority
on it.
"1 feel that we do not need to get
down on our knees, and wear out
our trousers, beseeching Congress to
give us what is rightfully ours. There
should he no pleadings in our me
morials and I have eliminated them.
Memorials adopted previously by the
Territorial Legislature have gained
little if nothing. It Is time that we,
as Alaskans, should get up and ask
outright for the rights that are ours.
What is the use of begging and im
ploring, why not demand?"
After considerable discussion, the
motion that it be up for final pas
sage was withdrawn by Senator
Chamberlain and referred back to
the Judiciary committee for inser
tion of the usual phrase.
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Portland. April 5.The third inter
national mining congress opened this
afternoon with a large attendance.
Alaska is represented by Falcon
Joslyn.
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B. P. O. ELKS
Skagwaj* Lodge
Xo. 431, B. P. O.
Klks meets every
| Thursday at H:()0
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Visitln({ brothers cordially welcome.
JOHN GRASHAL, E. H.
F. J. VAXDF.WALL, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge F. & A.
A. M. Xo. 113, meets 2nd
( and 4th Saturday evenings
of each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wrl
conic.
JOHN X. HANSEN, W. M.
T. J. Sfnmlisli, Secretary
Fraternal Order of
Kaglcs
Skagway Aerie, Xo. 2.»,
Fraternal Order of
Kaglcs, meet the first
and third Wednesday night of each
month at their hall on Fifth Ave
nue. Visiting broihers cordially in
vited to attend.
M. E. ROGERS, W. 1'.
J. M. Griesbach, Sec'y.
Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo Xo. 12,
meet in A. R. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting brothers cordially wel
come. J. C. 1'IIELPS, Sec y.
Naomi Chapter Xo. 9, O. E. S.
meets in Masonic hall, first and third
Friday, of each month, at # o'clock.
Visiting members welcome.
Charlie Mario Sparks,
Worthy Matron.
Leila E. Crow, Secretary.
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