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Entered a« secona-ciass matter Au>-*
jifet 29th> 1923, at the postoflice at
.’okotna, Al sska, under the Act of [
Mlkh 3, 1-879.
Takotn.i. Alaska, February 9, 1929.
MICHIGAN PROSECl/tOR RH
FUESES tG PROSECUTE 4TH
OFFENDER OP LIQUTJ* LAW
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.MUSKEGON, Mich:**-Folio wing his;
-efusal Friday to issu*- a warrant1
•hargi'hg .1 -fourth -offense liquor law j
viblation against Alex Zac.k, 35 years
ild, at: whose home state police found;
1 *pint 'of moonshine whisky Thursday j
nik'ht, Prosecuting Attorney Harold •
II. Smedley has become overnight the
m'ost-talked-of personage in: Mus
ic ^goir. m j
For two days telegraph wires have
ixfen carrying' scores of messages
from police officials* judges and prose
•rtiors, and from newspapers in the
ftfr corners of the country anis coun- j
try and Canada, asking for additional'
•stulmadntK and pictures.- Some chal-l
leiige -his action;, many applaud it.
Smedley has. t&thurizcd no addition I
to* his first statement that he believe<i |
mi man could become an habitual 1
criminals o* his fourth conviction for
iblating the dry law, except one
iibite la*t night, when he said:
“Undep the new crime code a man
•Ould be sent to prison for life for
taking four drinks of any intoxicating
licfuor, since it is possible to prose
cute any drinker -under the- prohibi
tion Taking a drink is a viola
tion of-the law, just the same as man
ufacturing- or selling or transporting
liquor.
"If a man were arrested and con
rihtedian four. separate occasions for
taking-a .drink, he could be sent to .
prison, for the rest of his life. That
wAuld be ridiculous.”
An interesting sidelight to the Zack
cahe is that- former Prosecuting At
torney H. Glen Dunn, who appointed
while in
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Smedley his assistant 18 months ago
and who was instrumental in the con
viction of Zaek on the first three oc
casions for violations the ury laws,
made an offer last night to defend
him gratis on the fourth occasion, as
a gesture against that section of the
crime code classifying liquor law vio
lations with other felonies and mak
ing it possible to senda respondent to
jail for life on liquor law charges.
Dunn has advocated for several
month sa change in the crime code
that instead of naming the previous
victions on felony charges in an in
formation charging a respondent with
beisg a habitual criminal, that it read
as follows:
“The respondent has heen convicted
on three, or more, previous occasions
of crimes carrying a. minimum pen
alty of one or more.'years in a penal,
institution.”
Such a change e would eliminate
liquor law violation charges as well
as many more from consideration in a
habitual.criminal warrant. Dunn and
Smedley have both pointed out that a
Butcher convicted four times of mix
ing too. much cereal in sausage could
he sent to prison for life under the
crime code. Such an offense is a fel
ony with a minimum jail- sentence of
four months. Violations of various
pure food, optometry, drug and other
laws carry minimum penalties of less
than a year.
BUFFALO ADAPT THEM
SELVES. TO ALASKA RANGE !
^ Fairbanks News-Miner.)
The nerd of buffalo which was im-1
porrcu from Montana and placed on !
range in the Delta district last sum- j
met- is readidldyd dadapting itself to
the new environment, according to re
cent observation.
Louis Grinsmnre is. said to have
seen the buffalo on January 27, when
he counted 17 head. He observed a
large hull, evidently the leader, about. .
50 yards in advance of the herd. When i
the hull spotted him he ran back into j
the herd. The animals, immediately j
formed a semi-circle, with their heads ;
lowered, facing the. intruder. ■ Grins
more states that wolves or . bears !
would have no show with these an
mals when they present such a forma- '
tion for protection. He states that
they- have developed a long, shaggy !
coat of hair and appear to be. in . ex
cellent condition.
A later observer is Game Warden :
Sam O. White, who on January 10 and
11 traveled over the buffalo range. I
He was accompanied by Operator
Mitchell at Big Delta.
The buffalo range from a few miles
below Jarvis creek on the Delta to i
several miles, above, Warden White
reports. On both dates a storm was
in progress and the animals were in
refuge in the thickets, which made ob- i
servation of them impossible. Hej
found, that they are feeding, on lupine
and grass, of which there seems to be;
an inexhaustible supply. “Judging
from, signs where they have bedded
down,” he says, “they are in excellent!
condition and are getting plenty of
nourishing food. The»e is not over:,
six or eight inches-of snow in the tim- j
ber and non**. on the exposed bars,;
where they feed- -1 think they will'
pull through the. winter without the'
necessity of feeding 'hay* .unless aj
heavy sitowfall should .buFy their1
range."--’
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! SOUTHEAST ALASKA TO BE
STATE SOON, OLDTIMER SAYS
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(Anchorage TimesvT
i Statehood for Alaska is approach
' ing rapidly, in the opinion of George
j Anderson, pioneer piano man of Alas
| ka, who arrived in Anchorage yester
day from his Juneau headquarters.
. Southeastern Alaska, he s»yB, is forg
f ihg ahead at a rapid rate and the cre
ation of a state in that section: of the
' Territory cannot be long deferred.!
1 When the division comes, 'it is the'
| belief of Mr. Anderson that Anchor-1
age will be made the capital of the ]
remaining territory.. The. geograph*
ical condition of Anchorage, climatic
, conditions and ideal townsite combine
| to make the city the logical place for
the capital, in his opinion.
The development of Southeastern.
i Alaska is of a most substantial char
acter, Mr. Anderson says, and it is
widely distributed, nearly all of the
I communities participating in the gen
eral foreward movement. The out
look is particularly bright at Juneau,
where the big Alaska Juneau gold
quartz mine is making a splendid
showing. This stock i^cently rose to
$1U a share.
-Vir. Anderson also, is sure that the
establishment of a pulp paper plant
is that section of. Alaska is sure to
come at an eariy-date, notwithstand
ing the seeming overproduction of
newsprint at the present time.. The
first development of the. pulp timher
resources, he thinks, will, take place
in the Ketchikan district, where condi
tions are ideal. The large amount of
money expended in investigation and
acquisition of timber is regarded as.
conclusive proof that the. companies
interested really mean business.
Further stability of the, stability of
Southeastern Alaska is seen in the es
tablishment of chain grocery stores
at Ketchikan and Juneau, the Piggly
Wiggly company now- having branches
in both cities. The Juneau store
opened quite recently and further ex
pansion is planned. A representative
j of tiie company recently visited Pe
tersburg to look over the field tbe»\
and Mr, Anderson heard that f lie
i company also planned' i > establish
| branches at Anchorage.. (*rd l air-,
i banks.
Dodfeer.
A politician, accused of graft,, had
dodged a. certain- question, and Sen
ator Borah said at a dinner in Wash
ington:
“He reminds me of that grand war
' horse, De Lancey Locust. Qe Lancey
Locust, you know., held down a peril
t ous position at the Rite.in Paris dur
ing the. World War, and he never de
serted his post of danger except, to
t sally fearlotssdy. in his, governmental
limousine to the Riviera-and Biarritz
in the season. Hence he ctiitabed up
fast and. high:
“ ‘Father* his little son said to him
the other day, ‘what did you di*1 iir
the World War?*
“ ‘Don't "ask such silty questions,’
said De. Lanoey in ,«t stem voice. ‘Just
keep on cleaning my medals and be
quiet.’“
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McGrath, Alaska
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