The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-16
COOK INLET JUSTICE
How the Miners Settle Their
Questions Of Law.
THE ELECTION OF A RECORDER.
The Beede Claim Jumping Case Decla'
Cd In His Favor The Entire Pop
ulasion Make Up the Jury.

r~-szen1ence. The annual meeting o. TIE
miners n S1a~sse mining 94strfct was H~ii
a. tie forks. twelve rasles ~ from >1hI. ~
C1sy. Oh 1ly -, The order of business D"
ing the election y a dtstr4c. rscofcer ans.
the settlement % disputes over mining
claims. or tae evening o. the @cn zen
packing their camp oatats upon Iae'r
os - began - arrive. and ~ noon D. tAs
2sta a large ara motley crowd had assem-
ble5 there. Among these Anasr1>sr-= ana
foreigners were the typical miners ADD
lawmakers. hoPp.-xsrs. sailors ant men
representing al branches Of Industry.
TIE meeting was called 80 order a. ?. m.
By Sanford J. Mills. the district recorder.
O. A Carpenter was elsStea c5zlFTLA al
First am most important On the order eE
TIE Meeting AS the slection OF dStr'cE
recorder FOR TIE ensuing year for Sunrise
mining district, which scope OF county
embraces six-Hsle creek aid al It's trio-
ut2r1es- Nominations being n order ne
names Of SANFORD j. Mills and ". NJ Viii
fans. men representing txo factions II
me aght we're piace3 before the meeting
a. tie asDirauts for that rather fat Office
MIS-. who Is The di@coverer OF the Dis
t-ict EaS elected recorder last year, and
Williams was a new arrival in IN. field
Il was known % ell that . hot fight for
the recor 8ezSh*p wzs 20 be made. as the
newcomers we're determined by force 0f
numbers 10 wipe the old-tirners out by
first putting one OF their Own men In the
only Office IN the district. The oid-timsrs
gers supporting Nils. ard the newcomers
were backing W Williams. Each faction
Raj their He3tenaa;s 81 me aelc, who
worked hard and treated freely az the
bars and lunch counters that were spread
out ir tents by entsrprtsing business men
Of Sunrise CITY. Considering the fast thai
good fighting whisky vas al hand and
that crop Of bitterness had sprung up
IL he early spring between the tao fac
tons which was then ripe and ready 20
burst. Il was remarkable that rot a single
hght can be chronicle3 during the day.
However. many on both sides were
heaied'' FOR just such a happening In
tie crowd we noticed quite a number WHO
wore long ralacoats ID hide from sight
six-sh hooters and knives that were strapped
aTound their waists underneath the con-
tour Of which was displayed only -
close observer. In truth. the bursting O.
bat ore Ht,le bubble would have exploded
the shell that would have hurt many.
The question arose TO the require
meuts necessary 10 enIitle a person 10
vote. Some argued that only the owning
81 prOYsFrf~ or residence tn the district for
- certain leDsth og sine y 2tll gve a per
svp tnat privilege. The matter Vas de-
cided by a vote and * was carried b a
The polls closed Et T. IN. The count
resulted in 81 woes being east. Mills re-
ceiying a majority Of nineteen. ana Chair
man Carpenter pronounced Sanford J.
Mills the rewly-elected recorder OF Sunrise
mining district. 10 hold that Office for
term ~ one year. Following the an
nouncement the old timers shook hands.
and altar yelling themselves dry al
Guenched their thirst over the bars IN the
sars Nv MI sf~ss-
The cases Oh the decker before rae rnin-
ers' meeting were ali civil actions TO set
rs .sputes over Mining clairns-orixinal
lorators vs.. jumpers Each Etgant and
thttr witnesses mounted % The tOa q
huge boulder ard told their little story 70
the asssnblage. which III whole made up
the jury The chairman acted ss jhige.
ara yelled himself has-ee with lo-H agel
Cft-upca,e3 calls tor order deciding
line was drawn from the boulder MY feet
out "a front 20 a prominent spruce tree
ana those ~ favor ~ he alsfntlT Rere 10
stand in 3}ue upon Tire richt ard those FOR
the defendant uDon the left. The absence
- law~e~s. eho turn the law INSIDE down
AMI wta close questions set wiz
nesses al agog ans stretch Oh, case %
All Indefinite length % time characterized
this "a The eocene OF frontier court. o, fis-
tie. TIE try wanted TO law books 20
govern hem. bar what they dia want anon
which - hase Their tuagmea, a. to title
and ownership was The little story OF the
witnesses but once told
In th~ first case VI for hearing s,ter the
plaintiff had stepped down from the wit
ness stand : lawyer mounted ne boulder
sni announced hat Re hat been --np,ov-s
IS an attorney Or beha,f - no defendant
lie op~Ne1 Copp's Handbook ana eo-r-
uencei 70 Inform the tGrv hat the law
ves.ef ~ ~'Eht - any psrson - locate A
mining claim hy power % attorney. and
s. ar'ed n 20 quote "a u7o0 the subject
1se lawyer was Immediately hcotei or
hs ~ecR ard rs client lost his case by an
eg9ty space u7o7 his SIDE a. ne decisive
lre y other lawyers were IN she aels
Vice r3Se~ % f~'ert they either wea tsa-1aa
ur4e~ ne f~~t '.a-rAa = rent or their
clients concl .1s1ssi thas shstr cases stool q
Barter chance 81 winning without their
services
TIE Re~i- os-. va. the most important
o79 81 re Socket II th'. case % claim
tiHoiog the outcome was ;hat one ~ rne
runners got oa1et planted
warning rad heen given ~ ne nr.o- To-
Gator - ~ I'm oars - move ~ sr1 thew
hss 49, seer A. - 20 - The shooting
NsVt - - s~at- us not h~o1iah. u, he.
49, 80 miners meeting ~ ss-nolv ne
question IS 20 who was s~-'t1e5 70 re
-s'~se ss'o7 = 80 oiz'n Thi- was also
49, .as- n 'hs. vsa - .s-ste ~ feel
trrs - -Na Far19 elt~a- - - syaf-e, - .
r'5--i~r down - ,,sir1~ s-t Emitting +fe-r
'n number - 0ne tosnfrs'vf saaI In form
trr - tst~-~' - vps~ Neso-s re miners
0et rot f1afe any locsl --3fes ~, ~ee-ifa-
tto~s governing - f-@a.sor - r~trs-w
~'at~s * -e~' "a 's.t t-s-r "a - f-~tfet
~-@fas statistics an3 tEen.y-a 80 cairns
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