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A movement has been launched at
Fairbanks to have tested the validity \
“of the clause in the Alaska game law
under which William Koroff some
<days ago was sentenced in the com- j
•missioner’s court to serve six months;
in jail and to pa ya fine of $500 for :
•owning a pistol, says the Fairbanks
-News-Miner. One citizen who does1
•not know Koroff personally is said to
have contributed $60 toward a fund
being raised for the payment of
•counsel, and a number of others have
•expressed a desire to aid in having the |
-law tested in the higher courts.
It is reported that Thomas B. Dray-1
'ton and Morton E. Stevens have been j
•determined upon as counsel in the1
iproposed litigation. Mr. Drayton, inj
•discussing the case, said:
Meitner ivir. tvoron s personality,
•citizenship nor status in any partic-:
lular figures largely in the matter. He
.just happens to be the individual who
'directly suffers from a miseonstruc
ition of a statuto ryenactment. And
'while the consequences are serious to
him, that phase #is of trivial conse
<quence in itself compared to the men
:ace to society involved in the judicial
interpretation of the law. If even the
llowliest human creature living under
■ our flag can be arrested upon a doubt
ful technicality charge admittedly in-j
voiving no moral guilt, and then be
imprisoned upon mere suspicion of
'other offenses with which he is not ju-i
•dicially charged, it is a matter of vast
'concern to every citizen who values
Ihis own reputatioft, liberty and prop
erty rights.
“The circumstance that Mr. Koroff
ipleaded guilty, that he frankly admit
Ted he owned a pistol which he kept
in a drawer in his cabin, cannot be ac
cepted as an act destructive of the
;game birds and animals the law is
solely designed to protect. The plea
■of guilty will present some technical
'difficulties, but I think they will not
Ibulk greatly as against the safety of
The community or what is known as
'.public policy. Anyway, we will have
:a construction of that clause of the
■'statute.”
The Columbia Hotel, Fairbanks,
'standing at the corner of First ave
'nue and Dunkle street, was practically
'destroyed by Are which broke out at
io o’clock a few mornings ago. Only
•The shell of the big log building re
imained when the blaze was extin
guished six hours later.
The origin of the fire is a mystery,
Ibut there was considerable evidence
^pointing to incendiarism. The hotel,
which was owned by William Murray,
i was unoccupied, but when those who
first noticed the fire reached the scene
' the rear end ond cellar doors were
: open. The blaze started either in a
rear room or the basement. Every
! thing in the building, including a con
| siderable amount o ffurniture, was de
; stroyed. Mr. Murray places the loss
I at the conservative figure of |5,00(L
j Insurance was carried in that amount.
There is no clue to the identity of
j the person or persons who started the
I fire, but it is recalled that a few weeks
ago the hotel was entered during the
night time and a Considerable .quantity
' of furniture stolen.
Charles M. Robinson, tn charge of
| the Indian reservation at Tyonek and,
, a resident of the Cook Islet district
■ during the last 15 years, passed away:
| at the Anchorage hospital a few days.
! His death was ^attributed to heart
j trouble.
A conscience which pricked ~a man
1 in New York made Ketchikan $200
richer a few days ago, with two 4100
postal orders enclosed in the following
j letter received by the -Ketchikan chief
! of police:
“In the fall of 1919 an outboard jno
I tor was stolen from a landing shore
in Ketchikan. Give the money to the;
owner if you can find him. Keep some'
I for your trouble. If you fail to find
the owner or relatives in due time,
give the- money to the poor. Motor is,
on bottom of landing.*’
The letter was signed D. L. Door.;
The city is holding the conscience
money.
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Repeal of all leasing laws relating:
to ooil and coal lands and the act of
Congress of 1912 relating to placer
ground was asked by the-Commercial
. Club of Ketchikan in a resolution
adopted at a -recent ^meeting.
The resolution, previously passed by;
the Cordova Chamber of Commerce,'
asked that the Territory of Alaska
1 again be placed under former laws;
relating to the acquisition ofjpublic
lands for mining use, under which the;
western part of the United States has:
been developed. i
It states that the effect of the with-!
drawal of oil lands and passage of the
■ leasing act as to oil and coal lands ■
i has been to drive capital out of the!
; Territory for the reason that, men and !
! corporations desiring to develop such;
i properties refuse to do so unless title j
' can be obtained,.and that prospectors;
for placer grund have disappeared;
from the hills because, by reason of;
the act of 1912, there is not sufficient I
incentive to .warrant prospecting.
| Captain William Schnabel, a farmer
Fairbanksan, but recently located on
the Outside, has been appointed dep
uty marshal at Sitka.
HORTICULTURIST SEES TER
RITORY AS LAND OF PLENTY
SEATTLE.—Ernest A. Eggers
gluess, United States horticulturist at
Sitka, arrived here today from the
North. He 'is aman of accomplish
ments and ambitions.
Among his accomplishments, with
the rest of the horticultural staff in
j Alaska, are crossing at a domestic
strawberry with the Alaska wild
berry, making a hardy, flourishing
hybrid; development of hard types of
oats, wheat, barley and rye, which
thrive in the North, and breeding of
Galloway cattle with the yak, creating
a heavy type of bovine which is im
mune to cold.
His ambitions are'that Alaska some
day will be exporting eggs, cheese and
other dairy products to the outside
world; that colonization will proceed
Tapidly enough to provide a home
market for the fast growing farm in
dustry; that the moist regions of
Southern Alaska will become a bower
of fruits and vegetables, and that" the
plains near the Arctic circle will be an
expanse of waving grain, with the
hinterland providing- millions of acres
of grazing land. ,
WHO KNOWS HENRY WILL FORD
A request has been received for in-1
formation of the - whereabouts of
Henry WiHford. He is supposed to be
in Alaska, and was in Juneau at one
time. Any information'should be sent
tq the Governor's Office, Juneau.
A Different Game.
Two 'friends went to see'- a billiard i
match' between well-known profes- j
sionals. After the match had been in !
progress for a while Joe turned toTis
friend and said:
“What do you -call this game,:
Fred?
“Billiards,” Fred replied.
Joe watched a few more strokes and
then said:
”WeIl, what do they call the game
we play at home?”
Are you a subscriber •tb~Th«‘'Kilsko
Times? "Why not?
In Hie Probate Court for the" Terri
tory of Alaska, Fourth Division,
Nu’ato Precinct, at Ruby, before,
William N. Growdcn, 'Unitfed States
Commissioner and ex-officio Pro- j
bate Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of
Thomas Byrne, deceased.
Notice of Settlement of Final Account.
Notice is hereby given that James!
Byrne, administrator of the estate of
; Thomas Byrne, deceased, has rendered
i and presented for settlement and filed
I in this court the'final account of his
administration of said estate, and that
Wednesday,'the'26th day of June,
1929, at 2 o’clock p. m., in the"Court
Room of the United States Commis
sioner's Office, in the town of Rnby,
Nulato Precinct, Fourth Division, T%r- i
ritory of Alaska, has been duly ap-;
pointed by said court, as the time'siid
plaee, for the hearing of said final
| account, at which time and place any
: person interested in said estate may
appear and file exceptions in writing
, to said account and contest the same.
JAMES BYRNE,
Administrator.
; JOHN W. DUNN,
| Attorney lor Estate,
i Date of first publication Feb. 9, 1929.
j Date of last publication Mar; 9,1929
Frank J. Guskey
Notary [Public
McGrath, Alaska
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Crffemid
sFlat City
Appreciative.
“I fear, dear, that you don’t love
me any nmre; not .as you used tor at
least.”
“Whyr” |
“Well, now you always let merget
up in the cold mornings to start, the
fire.”
"Ah, my dear; your gfettingptme to
do that makes me love you iall 'the
more.”
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Roadhous^‘
TnkotBa.v Alaska
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Dick T?KodeS‘ (Wattrond Dick) ,
' may now be fonnd fn his new
qnarters
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" Former McLean' Roadhouse, £ !
where hr wiff be pleaded 'to
meet all d’d Friends a’hd to
■ ffat aeqiia'fifed with new ones
* ' Good' Do:; KenneLs •
I In Cintreethm
j Time Wasted.
' “Have ye a watch?” “I have.” .
“Dees it keep time?” “It does.” “If
| ye looked at it could ye tell me what
! time it is?” “I could.” “Well, will
ye take a look ? ” "I wilk”* “Have ye .
looked?” “I have.” 41 Well^then, what
| is it?” “It is two minutes fk£ter one.”
“Thanks; I’ve missed me train by th’
itime it took t’ find out what time it
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