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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, '12.
ALASKA INDIANS AND REIN
DEER.
If the Indians of Alaska be rap7
idly fading away, il is evident that
tho reindeer, imported from Si
beria for the express purpose of
aiding the native tribes, are stead
ily increasing.
While Bishop Peter T. Rowe,
who lias been in Alaska for six
teen years, testifies I hat drunk
enness, debauchery and disease
are doing deadly work among the
Alaskans, the report of the Bu
reau «»f Eduealion shows encour
aging conditions among the nor
thern tribes.
The reason for the eonelusions
reached by Bishop Howe is that
the sources of the food supply
of the natives along the eoast
have been r.pproprialed by the
eanncries and other industries.
The story of (lie reindeer be
gins with 1892, when a herd of
171 of those animals was brought
from Siberia. The importations
continued for ten years, and in
1902 bad reached a total of 1,280.
In. June, 1911, there were 33,
029 reindeer, distributed among
forty-six herds, and of that num
ber 20,071 or 00 per cent., were
owned by 100 natives.
Distribution of reindeer is a
part of Uncle Sam's educational
system for that part of Alaska
along Bering sea and the Arctic
ocean.
At each station, natives are
chosen as "apprentices" for a
term of four years, and at the
end of the interval each appren
tice receives an apportionment of
reindeer, as absolute owner, con-1
•ditioned 011 the rules of the ser-;
vice.
The Bureau of Education, af-,
ter experiments continuing for,
twenty years, announces that "the
reindeer industry has become Ihej
most efficient instrument in ele
vating I he native raees of north-,
ern and western Alaska," and that
"its civilizing effect on the Eski-.
ino especially has been remark-i
able," ;
It i-3 rcg»»ottable, in view of the,
disclosures made by Bishop Rowe,,
I tint the government is not able,
to cope with the problem of lhc(
native tribes in other parts of,
Alaska so effectively as along the
coasts of Bering sea and the Arc-!
lie ocean.—Seattle Times.
CURING THE LAW'S DELAYS.!
Tin* Justices of ||k> Supreme,
Court of IIm* t'niled Stales are)
planning l«r revolutionize lli<* 1
handling of equity caves before
llie federal courts of llie country.!
A comuiiIIre of Hirer, Chief Jus-I
lire While niul Justices Lurton
and Vnndevenler. is al work on (
a sel of rules |o govern practice
before I lie Supreme Court and.
lesser federal tribunal*. The
rules in force at present have
been unchanged during genera
lions. If is admitted even by I he
justices Ihemselven that Hie pro-,
cedure tends to promote needless
delay and expense. II. is expect
ed lhal a set of rules will be ready
and may be promulgated al I ho
next lerm which will simplify the
handling of litigation and will re
sult in. saving time and money
for litigants.
The Supreme Court of the roun
lry is the proper body to lako
•Ihe lead in a reform such as is
proposed. Thr bar associations
of the country and thr laymrn
bavr been urging cTTfingcs 4hat
would do away with Ihr unneces
sary rrd tape involved in Iho
present rules of practice. Thero
is a disposition on Ihe pari of Iho
stale supreme courts and inferior
tribunals to place a high valua
tion on precedent and to be chary
about getting away from doing
things the way our forefathers
did them. Tt will be much easier
to effect reform from the top
downward in this caao than it
would from the bottom upward.
There will bo less cause and
less agitation for the recall of
Sdg03 and judicial decisions if
e courts and the law officers of
the country take up in earnest
'the reforms proposed by the Su
Jpreme Courts for limiting the
law's delays, the most fruitful
source of protest against the
courts.
PLOW FOR WHITE8LAVERS.
<HUer several months f»f in
vestigation officials of a number
of important cities in the United
Slates havo ascertained that
"while slavery" is being carried
on to an alarming degree and
steps are now being taken lo
.(-lamp out this traffic. The most
stunning blow which agents of
the league have received of late
was the sentencing recently of a
New York bartender to a term of
thirty-three years al hard labor
in Sing Sing prison.
A few sentences of this kind
will do more towards stamping
out white slavery than all the ser
mons and leelures on the subject
which can be delivered. This
practice is revolting in the ex
treme and for months the auth
orities were loth to believe I hat
trafficking in human beings was
being carried on, but now that
definite proof has been brought
forward the elimination of a
crime against I ho morals of a na
tion will undoubtedly he brought
about.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
11 was «.n Kettle hill. The hem
ic llmigh Riders wore in a jam.
They had left their horses at
l'alni Beach, and most of 'em
couldn't run very fasl. The blood
thirsty Spaniards gained upon
llicm. All seemed Inst. Sudden
ly from out of llie jungle appear
ed the IS"inIli cavalry. With drawn
feabrcs they charged the enemy.
' Slop!" shouted Col. B. M. Moose
velt, "I cannot permit myself to
be saved until I learn whether any
of you negroes are from the
South." Chagrined, the cavalry
men fe'l back. They were all from
Dixie. An so the heroic Rough
Riders fell there on the far-flung
battle line. The whole valiant
regiment was annihilated.-Brook
lyn Eagle.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Talk about the benelt of ad
vertising. Down in Florida not
long ago a family lost a child
which they supposed had -trayed
away from the house and got lost.
After searching in vain for three
day* the frantic parents placed
an advertisement in the nearest
newspaper. Imagine the sur
prise of the parents upon going
to the door n«ixt morning to see
n monster alligator upon the;
doorstep, where lie had disgorged
tin* child alive and then had died
himself, The "ad" cost but 25
rents, and it gaVC 'hem back their
darling child; they sold the 5*Hi— ]
gator hide for $5, and the par-)
ents are showing the child in all,
dime museuins of the land at S50
per week. Does advertising pay?
The press announces thai Maj.
Ballainc made his Washington
canvass for I ho Bull Moose nom
ination to congress on an Alaskan
platform. Probably the Major
overlooked his geography, and,
besides, wo are already loaded
strong on Bull Moose.
The Seal lie Posl-lntolligencor
licads oik? <>r its market columns.
''The I'ncerlainly in Eggs." We
rjnile agree with thai distinguish
ed papier, judging from I he hen
fruit, shipped us from I ho sound
met ropolis.
of course when Seward, Cor
dova, Knik and Copper Mountain
have taken all they want in I he
way of legislators, Valdez will he
satisfied with what is left. Maybe
sometimes not.
Dispatches indicate that a great
many of the city councils will
have to hold their regular meet
ings in the county jails, if they
meet al all.
Appnronlh some m?n can make
more money in jail Ihnn others
in freedom. It Is evident the dif
ference is one of conscience prin
cipally.
New York is fortunate in "hav
ing outgrown her most seriou*
Ir ubles. In 1670 tho site of the
present metropolis was Just full
of Bull Moosea.
Our two neighboring commun
ities remind ur of the tail wagging
the dog.
If Talt id as Lad as Roosevelt
say* it would not be safe to trust
the Colonel to pick out any more
officials for us.
Col. Roosevelt defines a Pro
gressive as "a man who works
with his face towards tho light."
Move to omit the last three words.
After nil is over it will ho al
most like a vacation for Hillies,
McCofobs and Dixon lo be able to
toll the" (ruth again.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON PE
TITION TO SELL LAND.
11 I lie United Slates Commission
er's Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Valdez Precinct. In
Probate.
In (lie matter of the guardian
hin of the estate of N0I3 Oscar
all, a mentally incompetent per
on.-Order to Show Cause on Pe
tition lo sell Land.
The United States of America
o N«ds Oscar Sail, Charles G. Sail,
,ewis Sail, Albert Sail and Marie
Watson, and to all persons in
eresled in the above-named es
ate or in the sale of lands be
onpring to said estate:
The petition of Charles (!.
all, as guardian of the estate of
he above-named Nels Oscar Sail,
mentally incompetent person,
eing duly tiled in this court, r?p
esentinp that it would be for the
»enetlt of the estate of said in
ompetent person and of all per
ons interested therein that cor
am lands and mining property of
aid mentally incompetent person
ufBtniJtu iiurrtMii ue soiu, ann
raying lhat licensc be granted
to the said Charles G. Sail, as
guardian, to sell llic same;
Now, therefore, you and each
of you are hereby eitod, ordered
und required In show cause, if
Einy you have, before this court,1
I Ibe United Stales Commission-1
pr's court room in tho court bouse I
in tbe town of Valdez, in Ibe above!
named precinct in Ibe Territory
of Alaska, on the 7lh day of Oe
loiier, J 912, at 2 o'clock p. ni.,
why the prayer of said petition
hould not be granted.
Done in open court at Valdez,
\laska, this 2C>th day of August,
1912.
THOMAS R. SHEPARD.
judge 01 tne united stales uoni
inissionor's Court in and for (he
Valdez Precinct, Territory of
Alaska.-In Probate.
Charles Loring and E. E. Ritchie,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
First pub. September 7. 1912.
Last pub. October 5, 1912.
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men Appreciate My Services.
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Corns Removed, Without Pain, $1.00
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