The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-04

YUKON valley which Is their natural hahi-
.se zvH where they would at least fetch
the price Of dogs ard do better work ~
would take considerable time ard expense
20 eaten a sufficient number % reindeer
for as Es cal than caribou in the Yukon
valley and rarvse and acrneSrfcate them. so
thai the importation Ct them from ST.
IBERIA. already tanned. would Be more feas-
fhle-
The god people OF Circle City donated
q block % 1he rowusits for school par
poses. built Z school house. and sent word
70 che superintendent OF public instruction
for Alaska OF their action and asking rim
20 send 'schoel--narm' without delay.
He did 50 by return Of post ard we are
<tiI supporting national school D..
Jackson showed unusual aIacritv In this
case. and there may be some hope OF his
doing something for Us in the reindeer
matter. II rot. we must wait for some
other erterprtSfng individual 20 see the
force OF the suggestion offered
Sociology.
The community in Circle City Is Pc
culiar one They believe IN absolute free
dom which never degererateS into license
excepting 81 miners meetings. which
are held very frequently 70 decide petty
disputes principally win regard 10 agree
merits or contracts. These TneetiSEs so
called. but for the holding OF which the
miners are in reality not responsible and
seldom take an interest In. are a su5sti-
tute for the laws Of the land which are
not put IN force In this part OF the United
States: There Is no civil magistrate or
district court: there IS no consta bic. sher-
III or marshal or any other representative
OF the government excepting deputy
collector OF revenue and so far as visible
the revenue he collects would not pay his
salary. his only chance being 10 seize
Struggled goods from Canada as Canada
stll supplies northern Alaska with whisky
as she does southeastern Alaska. thereby
shutting out American importers and
z4s Of to --st szf
States government. Protection and pro
fibifion.' like the sword of Damocies. IL
the curse hanging over US at the Arctic
circle. as IL is throu gfout the nation. We
held mock election in November and
went democratic 20 a man. Bryan being
the only known nominee. was elected.
Up 10 the present time only one great
crime has been committed, that OF killing.
and the accused was honora bly, acquitted.
The decisions which may be rendered AT
the meetings are very uncertain. for IL
one OF the contestants happens TO have
anybody down on him as II Is called.
then he will surely be booted down and
get the worst Of II. but so far only in one
or two instances has any great Injustice
been done However. IL fs quite time the
government established the law here. as
very soon there will be questions Of title
as 20 property, even II there are no crimes
committed
There are quite large number OF the
fair sex here and consequently they exert
somewhat civiliZing influence over the
younger pDIlipN VI our D9flE society.
though the old men hold aloof. Circle
City is a first-rate place for a maid or
widow TO get married IL she is satisfied
with the signing of a contract for there
is no clergyman nor justice Of the peace
20 perform the ceremony. There are
plenty. also of those who are neither
maid wife nor widow and they TO
some extent supplant the native women
in the affections of the men. The 1egiti-
mate drama has been entirely superseded
by the music hall, where variety special
ties negro minstrelsy and other like
charming entertainments have been given
by some clever people managed by the
versatile Carey Moran formerly of Seat
tle).
Notwithstanding the shortage of the
necessaries of life and the ofttines pots-
onous quality of some OF the food there
is very little sickness. There Is no neces-
sity for drug store, as there Is useless
surplus of patent medicines which, II the
people took them. would produce worse
consequences than Swollen-headed canned
meats.
1--WE hear that some cattle have been
brought into the klondike. so Johnny Bull
has had the laugh on his cousin across the
border. who has not even had a moose
Believing in the future development and
looking forward TO better conditions,
have no hesitancy In prophesying the
coming greatness IF The Yukon country"
Wife-Why do you persist in boring US
all by talking about the tariff?
Husband-Simply because il is a duty
Detroit Free Press.