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MfjGRATH, ALASKA. JULY 16, 1922
Repeal Primary Laws,
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Seward Gateway
The nesti Legislature will undoubt
edly be asked to repeal the present
primary laws, or at least amend them :
so that candidates will not be compelled !
So go to the expense of two elections, i
As tbe law now 6tamls, the primaries J
are held in-the last Tuesday in April, j
at » time when spring work is starting |
and when meet ef the men tiling for
office can least afford the expense. The
distances to be traveled U, canvass the :
many towns are no great that the can j
didate has time -to visit -but a few of
the most important,'and the expense is -
greater than his official salary in case ;
he is elected. To tour one ef the divi- j
sions ia Alaska, a candidate is com-j
jjelled to travel a greater distance than
'rodi Maine to Florida, or from St.
Louis to New Yock. Transportation
facilities are inadequate and expenses
are excessive. By eliminating the
costly primaries, but one election will
he held, and this at a time when the
season:s work- is over.
The fallacy of expecting to secure a
party vote at the primary is shown by
the vote at the election just passed. In
towns and districts notoriously Demo
eratic, but two or throe votes were cast
"or the Democratic candidate, a heavy
TOte for tbe Republican nominee re
sulting, This frustrates the intent of
the lav/, inasmuch as those voting a
Le publican ticket in the primaries will ■
vote Democratic in the November elec-!
iTom despite the oath taken that they
vwM support the party for which they
vote in the primaries,
Tbe eost of the primary is excessive,
and the money* might better be used
for schools, or roads and trails, or for a
pension for the pioneers of the Terri
tory. Ev all means abolish tbe pri
maries-, and. let us returb to the old
convention system, where one was sure j
that the man next to him was a party :
naan _
Iceland Exempts Wine
With ‘Kick1 d£<21 Pet.
Washington—The Icelandic congress
has adopted a bill authorizing the gov
ernment of Iceland to exempt wines
containing no more than 21 per cent
alcohol from the prohibition law, ac
cording to a cablegram received Tues
day bj the Danish legation.
PROFESSION AI^
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Alaska News-Notes
T1 Government experimental sta
tion at I lam part lias been closed down
temporarily on account of lack of
funds.
P. J. Hayes, Joe White aud H. W.
Achison, of Cordowa, are the incor
porators of ' e Cordova Packing Com
pany, capitalized at 316o,000.
Discouraged by the recent, ruling of
the Alaska Fngineoring Commission
that none but citizens will be employed
on the railroad, a number of foreigners
are leaving Anchorage and places
along tho railroad. >
Fred Anderson, an old-timer in the
North, was found recently m a gasboat
tied up at Pennock island. A gunshot
wound in the head and a rusty shotgun
beside the bedy indicated that he had
committed suicide.
The Jewel Gold Mining Company, i
near Gird wood, has recent!* received a
20- ton and 50 ton stamp mills and will
install them on its property on Crow
creek. The company already has a 25
ton mill up ready for operation.
Operators of the naval radio station
; at Seward complain that the amateur
I opera lor.-, of that city are seriously in
j terfering with the work of the station.
! Steps will he taken to guard against
! any further interference.
Jake Williams, a Juneau Indian, has
been indicted on a charge of uiau
| slaughter in connection with the death
! of his wife Mary. Williams gave his
; wife a drink of moonshine whisky,
I from the effects of which she died.
Captain A. H. Bond, who has suc
| ceeded C. S. Ward as disbursing officer
of the Alaska Road Commission, ar
rived at Juneau recently with his wife
and little daughter. Ctiptain Ward has
been transferred to Seward as engineer
for the Commission.
Anchorage’s city government finished
the year with a total of more than $3,
000. The total receipts during the
year were $118,223.45, and the expendi
tures were $115,044.37. The accumu
lated resources of the cit^ are valued
at nearly $30,000.
The Kenai Star Mining Company has
tiled its articles of incorporation, with
a capital stock of $150,000. The incor
porators are Frank R. Short, D. L*.
McGinnis, D. £1. Williams, William
Murray, and former Senator Thomas
C. Price, of Anchorage.
After three years of trouble and liti
gation, Peter/Vachon has recovered all
of the furs seized by the marshal as
contraband goods. The case against
Vachon wa9 started>by former Distriot
Attorney Roth, the furs being oeized
at the Tolovana postoffice.
D. L. Colbert, representing a large
asbestos manufacturing concern of San
Francisco* was a recent visitor at An
chorage. He is looking for a commer
cial deposit of asbestos, and is anxious
to get in touch with prospectors or
others who have knowledge of such a
deposit.
Peter Kripovich, who prospected all
winter on his property near Hope, re
ports the finding of excellent prospects.
He is having a survey party examine
the ground and lay out ditch lines, and
when this is completed he will organize
a company to operate the property on a
large scale.
Col. Steese, of the Alaska Hoad Com
mission, is authority for the statement
that Mrs. Mary Roberts Rhinehart,
the noted writer, will visit Alaska this
summer. She will take a trip over the
Alaska railroad and then by pack train
to Wonder Lake, in the Mt. McKinley
national park.
H. C. Strong, of STetchikau, and
Charles Black, president of the Seattle
Hardware Company, have taken an
i
option on the Riverside group of min
ing claims, on the main road leading 1
out of Hyder, upon which development !
work will soon begin. The group is j
known as the Seven-Mile property, and
owned by Dan and Andy Lindebdrg 1
and II. D. Ickis. It was one of the first ■
locations to be made on the American '
side of the line.
Arrivals at Dawson from Mayo and
Keno Hill bring the most glowing ao-j
counts of tho richness of the country,
as disclosed by late developments. One
who recently arrived at Dawson, speak
ing of the developments on the Croesus'
claim, owned by Joe Walsh, says the
first assay after getting a fetv iefct
below the surface ran as high as 2,003
ounces of silver to the ton. Later, as
says as high as 4,000 and 5,000 were
made, and still later one or more assays
ran as nigh as 6,000 ounces.
A solid gold cigarette case, present
I ed by the czar of Russia to Charles D.
Garfield, has been on display in the
Nugget Shop in Juneau. The case is
of 18 carat gold and is finished in a
sunburst effect. The clasp is a sapphire
carbuncle. On the top of the case is
the royal Russian coat of arma done in
fine gold and studded with 23 kiia
inonds. The case is valued at $1,000.
and was presented to Mr. Garfield in
1909 by the emperor of Russia in ap
: qreciation of the courtesies shown the •
i Russian government by Mr. Garfield i
[during the Russo-Japanese war, when
; he wbb deputy collector of customs at
Romei At'one time during the war a
i Russian ship was stranded near the
' Alaskan coast. Mr. Garfield extended*
f the aid o^hisoffioe to1 the ship, and in
so doing rendered the Russian govern
ment a real service.'
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