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Douglas Island news., 1908-03-04
Notice to Creditors.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Frank Oja was, by an order dated January 20, 1908, duly appointed Administrator of the estate of Arvid Fl. Luoto, deceased which order was duly made in the Probate Court for Juneau Precinct, Alaska.
 All persons, therefore, having claims against said estate are hereby required to present them to the undersigned AdminiS- trotor at Treadwen City, Alaska, or at the office of Malony & Cobb, his attorneys, in Juneau, Alaska. within six months from the date hereof, with proper vouchers. \ February 18th, 1908.
 FRANK OLA,
 Administrator of the Estate
 of ArVid Fl. LuOtO. First pub. Feby. 26, 1908. Last Mar. 25, 1908.
Douglas Island news., 1908-03-04

Fresh fat Turkeys, Spring Chickens and Hens, Crauberries, Celery Hothouse Lettuce, P ars ley, green Onions, Gu cumberS, Cabbage, Car rots. Squas s h, Pumpkins, Turnips, green and red Pep perS, Tomatoes, ,Beets Garlic, Onions, Par snips, Sweet Potato s Scotch Kale, Red Cabbage, Fresh Fish Shrimp, Ranch Eggs and Eastern Eggs, Star and Premium Hams and Bacon Fresh and Pickled Tongues, Bologna and Summer Sau- sage, Fresh Smoked and Salt Herring Smoked Beef sliced, Boiled Ham sliced, Sour pickles and Dill Pickles, Pickled Olives, Beets and Saur Kraut. Ooligan Spiced Russian Cav far and Sardihes, An chovies Cod Fish and Salmon Bellies, Cheese of all kinds, Imported Swiss, Ro- chefort, Edam, Inn perial, Br @ akfast Cream, Limburger, Honey in glass jars, Fresh Apple Cider and Vinegar, Fresh Meats and Game at Wholesale and Re tail.
Douglas Island news., 1908-03-04
Summons.

U. z. Commjssioner'S eN-OfiiciO Justices Court iu aud for the District of Alaska Diyisiom SumbcrI, Juneau Precinct. Jul Ks JENSEN Ys C. ;. WELLS.
 C.S Wells. defendant aforesaid, the name or this comr' + the U. s. COmmiNSiOuers eN- ofiiciO Justices Conrt in and for the District of Alasllu Division NUmhcr l. Juneuu Pre- Ciy,ct: fhe vi:le of fhe cause jS Jules Jensen VS C.. <. Wells. a SRCciuct statement Of the rehef ,icRrau6cd is: ThP plaintiff demands tudg- mcut agni;st yDn in rhe sum of SjI.6i tOgeth- CT with his costs and disbursements herein for goods wares and merchandise sold and delivered you at the Dist. of Alaska at your special instance and request, the order Tor service of publication is dated January IA, 1908, this summons will be published once q week for six weeks the date of the first and last publication appears below and you are required to appear and answer within thirty days after the completion of such perl0d ot publication.
 Dated January IA, 1908.
 H. II. FOLSOM,
 U. S. Commissioner and e%-
 officiO Justice of the Peace. s. M. BARNES,
 Attorney for Plaintiff.
 First publication January l5th 1905, Last Publication February 26, 1905.
Douglas Island news., 1908-03-04
Notice of Marsha1's Sale.
UNITED STATES OF AMERGCA,}
DISTRICT OF ALASKA

DISTRICT OF ALASKA
 Public notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias, dated Feb ruary ith A. D. 1908, issued out of the Dis trict Court, of the United States for Division No. l. District of Alaska on q Judgment rendered in said Court, on the First day of February, 4. D. 1908, in favor of P. H. Fox and against George Huffman and in which said judgment was ordered to sell Lot No. in block No IS, situated in the City of Doug las, Alaska, on the corner of Third and c streets, in said City of Douglas, and being 50 feet by 200 feet in area, the property of said George Huffman, heretofore at- tached in the cause wherein said judg- ment was rendered and entered, and % satisfy the said judgment ont ot the said property together with costs and accru- iug costs and that I will accordingly offer said lot or real estate for sale, at pub lie veudue tu the highest and best bidder, for cash, oU the 9th day or March, A. D. 1908, at , o'clock D. m.. in the said Clty Of Douglas, Alaska, at the front door ot the puStoffce in said City of DonGlas.
 Dated Feb'y. ith, A. D. l9OS-
 JAMES M. SHOUP.
 U. s. Marshal, BRzD E LOyE. Div. No. l, District Of Plaintiffs Attorney. Alaska.
 By H. l.. FAULKNER,
 Deputy. Pirs1 Pub. a-5. Last Pub. S4.
Douglas Island news., 1908-03-04
Notice of Final Settlement

In the United States Commissioners Court, for Juneau Precinct, Division No. 1, Dis tTict of Alaska.
 In the matter of the Estate of FREDERICK SCHUBER, deceased Il" FE"""'e' Notice is hereby given that Charles Rudy. the administrator of the estate of Frederick Schuler, deceased, has rendered and pre- Seuted for settlement, and filed iR said court. his final account and report of his UdminiS- tratiou of said estate; and that on Saturday the 18th day of March, 1908, at eleven o'clock, a. m. at the court room of said Court, at the Court House, in the city of Juneau. Alaska, has been duly appointed by the said Court, for the settlement of the said account, at which time and place any person interested in the estate may appear and file eNceptl onS in writing to the said account, and contest the same.
 Dated January 18th, 1908.
 CHARLES E. RUDY,
 Administrator of the above entitled estate. First publication January 22 1908.
Douglas Island news., 1908-03-04

"This morning an Italian came into my store and asked for something for toothache," remarked the druggist. q inquired if the tooth had a hollow" "Hollerw he exclaimed; "sure, all lasta night l holler like hell."-EX.
Douglas Island news., 1908-03-04

There was an Irish undertaken down tat the yards" some years ago who had an unidentified body brought to his rooms. During the day awell dressed man came in and identified the remains as those of his father, and ordered an expensive casket and first class funeral, but just as he was leaving, the lower jaw of the corpse dropped, and observing set of false teeth, the stranger said, Why, that is not my father after all" and of course counter handed the order for the funeral. After he had gone the undertaken roughly yanked the corpse off the ex- pensive bier and said, "TheTe ye dom- med fool, if yes had kipt yer mout shut yes would hev he'd foine funeral, ond now yes will go to the morgue."- Ex.
Douglas Island news., 1908-03-04
About Grand JurieS.

Judge Reid in his address discharg- ing the grand jury at the present Val deg term of court argued fOrcibly in favor of the merits of the grand jury, saying about all that can be said in it's favor, says the Valdez ProspectoT. All that he said has been argued before eX- cept that portion setting forth the peculiar advantages of the system in the sparceIy settled territory of Alaska in bringing together representative men from all parts of judicial divis- ion to voice the needs of their section.
 That the grand jury is of some ad- vantage in Alaska in bringing to official attention local requirements in this neglected territory is obvious, but the alleged merits of the criminal side of the grand jury are fallen into such disrepute that many new states have practically wiped out the system. The objection to it is the star cham Der feature, the secrecy, which permits every kuocker in the land to SOW pois on against his neighbor with protec- tion to himself-that is, constructively. Really the secrecy of the grand jury is a solemn joke. As a rule the newspa- pers publish every day the secret" proceedings of a grand jury.
 Star chambers became unpopular in England nearly three centuries ago and antipathy to them has been grow ing in Great Britain and America ever since The grand jury is star cham Der proceeding and has been the instru- ment of more injustice and persecu- ton than it has ever been of good.
 Secrecy is nearly always bad in mat ters of public interest. So thoroughly is this becoming inculcated in popular belief that the movement to compel public service corporations to keep open books is growing almost irresist- ible. Why should criminal inVestiga- tIons be secret? There Is no argument for it except precedent.
 Secrecy in weighty matters is always demoralizing. A sane, sensible man after sitting on a grand jury few weeks often swells nearly to bursting with the weight of his importance. He believes that the load he is carrying would break the vertabrB of old Atlas.
 In truth the grand jury system is a relic of barbarism. It belongs to the days of the Inquisition and sooner or later it will follow the heathen gods into the museum of antiquities. In the words of Carlyle:
 "Tyrannous star chambers, chimeri- cal kings, and surplices at All Hallow- tide, they are gone, or with immense velocity going"
Douglas Island news., 1908-03-04
Attorney All for Plaintiff.
Notice of Hearing Final Ac-
 count

IN THE CONIMISSIONER'S COURT FOR JUNEAU PRECINCT, DIV. No, 1, DISTRICT OF ALASKA, In the matter of the Estate of John Dwyer, deceased.
 NOTICE is hereby given that the umdcr- signed administrator of the above entitled estate has rendered and presented his final account of his administration of said estate and that Saturday the 10th day of February, 1908, at ten o'clock a. m., in the forenoon of said day, at the court-rOOm of said Court; at Juneau, Alaska, has been duly appointed by said Court, for the settlement of said account and the distribution of the residue of said estate, at which time and place any person interested in said estate may appear and file his objections to said final account and the settlement thereof.
 Dated this 9Oth day of November, 1907.
 P. NJ. MULLEN,
 As administrator of the lO-t above entitled estate. Date of first publication, December 1, 1907.
Douglas Island news., 1908-03-04
Home RnIe Compromise.

I1OIIlS NDlS SOlllS O441SS"
 The substitute measure which Dele gate Gale has introduced in congress, providing territorial form of govern ment for Alaska, and which is brought
 forward now to overcome opposition to the pending measure, will not give the northern country the kind of govern ment it ought to have, but it will be better than no government at all.
 ! The important change, according to advices from the national capital, will be in the character and com position of the upper branch of the legislature. It will be composed of the secretary of the territory, the attorney general, the treasurer, the commissioner of educa- ton, one of the district court judges, and two other persons of good repute, and actual residents of Alaska. These mem bers, who will compose the eXecu- tive council, are to be appointed by the president, and, except in the case of the last two members, confirmation by the senate will be required.
 Of course this kind of home rule IS not exactly the kind Alaska demands and ought to have, but the opposition to home rule in any form seems to have become SO strong that Delegate Gale abandoned all hope of passing "ny but compromise measure.-P.,I.
 The protest made by the Valdez pa per against the placing of expensive government buildings at Juneau has called forth protest from the Juneau Daily Record, as we'll it might. The mission of that paper is surely to pro tect the Capital City from just such attacks. However, the Juneau paper uses poor taste in making this an ex- cuse for thrust at all papers in the territory that are in favor of home rule for Alaska. The motive that impelled the Valdez paper to take a slap at Ju- neau was purely the result of location, and had nothing to do with the ques- tion of territorial government. We have no doubt but if Valdez, Fairbanks, Nome or any other city in Alaska, ex- cept Juneau, had paper opposed to home rule, it, if the interest of location should so dictate, would as quickly take up the cudgel against the present capital. The theory that Juneau, whether it be for or against home rule, has anything to do with the attitude of Congress on the subject is also errOn cons. When our national lawmakers get ready to give to Alaska some form of home rule they will do it whether Juneau and all the rest of the people in Alaska like it or not. In the mean time and as a partial recognition of the wonderful stream of wealth that Alas ka is pouring into the lap of the mother country, we hope to see permanent and expensive government buildings placed not only at Juneau, but at every other place in the territory where they will protect those records which are valu able not only to this but to succeeding generations.
Douglas Island news., 1908-03-04

Because the disorder quieted down the troops were not sent to the Panama. No country or town enjoys the pres ence of soldiers, sent there to preserve the peace. Their presence seems a standing censure on the quality of citizenship, and law-abidng people re- sent the imputation. The law has no terrors for any but the law breaker and peacably inclined persons have nothing to fear But, when men, labor ing under excitement, and urged on by those terrible passions that contests arouse, commit deeds of violence, it is just and right that the presence of a manifestation of the strength of gov ernment should restrain them and direct their attention to their duty to their country and fellow han. How much better, how much more sane and sensible it is that the people of com munity should learn to settle their diff ferences without recourse to law-defy- ing force, but in a manner which their better judgment will ever after applaud.
Douglas Island news., 1908-03-04

Victor StefansSon. professional ethnologist, who has been among the Eskimos for the past two years, study ing their habits, has returned to civil ization and tells some strange tales of these little people. He says that they are a very genial and cheerful people, and live entirely on diet of fish, which they eat raw and sometimes rotten. A peculiarity not hitherto made public in connection with the Eskimos is the system of trial marriages in vogue. Conventional canons are entirely dis regarded, the only preliminaries to a marriage being the securing of an option on the heart and hand of an Eskimo belle by the suitor who believes she would make him an ideal wife. If after few weeks or months the couple finds that the trial marriage is not con- genial, the girl returns to her father. It is not unusual for young girl to be married five or six times before finally finding her affinity. After two years companionship, tribal divorces are un- known. In middle life married couples become more strongly attached to each other than at any previous stage in their history. Although children are not weaned until nearly years of age, they learn to chew tobacco before reaching their first birthday. The men and women inside sit naked to the waist, while children under twelve wear no clothes at all
, 1908-05-16
DEMOCRATIC

The platform of our friends, the
enemy, is remarkable o for what
was left out than for what was put in.
The editor of the Cheyenne Leader
had been working tooth and nail to
secure a plank In opposition to the
leasing OF the public range, but there
were enough sane men in the conven-
ton and upon the committee on res.
olutions to say him nay. He Is not
taken very seriously by the democrats
of Wyoming at best. There were many
other things that needed elimination
and pruning and The Republican zeal.
ly feels like congratulating the excel
lent resolutions committee for the
adeptness with which 1t was enabled
to evade the quicksands of the fad
dists and theorists. In spite of this
careful pruning n opposition there
was much that they could not pass
up and there is sufficient reason for
the people to stand in opposition to it.
The demand for an immediate re-
moval of the tariff from all trust-made
goods is something not only imprac-
ticable. but entirely impolitic from any
standpoint. There are few articles of
general Use that are not made by
combinations of capital or socalled
trusts and to take the tariff from all
these articles would cause such con
fusion in this country that the panic
OF last fall and the n of 1898 would
be as a summer zephyr. The handling
of the trusts through juggling the tar
riff Is something entirely beyond Amer
lean legislation. The statement that
the American people get the worst Of
1t because Of the sale of American
goods in foreign markets for a less
price than at hons is very largely the
varoring Of democratic Imagination.
While the demand for non.partisan
appointments is In strict accord with
republican policy in the recent past,
it Is not In accord with democratic
practice In this state. When that par
ty has been in power it simply went
the limit"
We do not believe the plank favor
ing the amendment of the Sherman an
thrust law so that it shall not be ap.
plicable to labor organizations Is a
sincere presentation of the actual SEN
timents of the leading democrats of
this state. 1t is i~nconceivable that any
considerable number of our people
favor a statute that would not be gen.
eral in its application, working alike
upon all the people without class dis.
tinction. The Republican does not be-
lieve that the organized laborers of
America desire a law that would give
them exemption from the operation
of a statute that they would have ap-
piled to others. They love equal and
exact justice.
For the greater part the platform
follows the lead of the Nebraska
platform, which is presumed to voice
the Bryan sentiment as TO %expediency.
and that is the kind of a campaign the
gentleman from Lincoln is running
this year. Anything to get the office,
ever to swallowing Tammany and
Judge Sullivan and keeping in the
background all reference to his pet
scheme of state ownership of rail
roads.
, 1908-05-16
!. BETTER NEXT NJ
folns Reporter In Trouble On His
First Assignment.

Reporters are not born, as some
people seem to think, but made. and
sometimes the making Is a series of
mishaps. A young man just put On
the staff Of a Philadelphia paper was
handed his police card and assigned
to a tour of the hospitals and police
stations of a certain district. Full of
Importance in the possession Of the
much-coveted police card, the young
man fastened to a hospital. Arrived
there he found a side door and, not
knowing just how to proceed, he
hunted about until he spied an cleo
trio push button. He didn't stop to
read the sign over 1t. but gave 1t q
good shove and stood back awaiting
results. They anne In a moment the
door was thrown violently open and
two men came rushing out with a
stretcher, while behind them followed
two nurses and a doctor. The, doctor
At once accosted the young man.
What is it," he demanded. What
do you want?' The young man drew
himself up. I'm q reporter" he said,
"and / want a list of accidents" The
physician took the young man by the
arm and marched him over to the but
tom. He pointed to the sign, which
read: In case of accidents, push
Now l want to tell you" he said sol.
EMMY, IF you try that trick again
you'll be in an accident"
, 1908-05-16
A FAR,sEEING STATESMAN.

America has eve produced a more
discreet, ~far-seeing statesman than
the gentleman who is now at the head
OF the state department. He believes
the states should cooperate more and
more with each other for the common
good and that the nation as a whole
should encourage the peoples of the
western hemisphere to stand together
in development and in all commercial
matters, thus upbuilding the interests
, 1908-05-16

Wyoming democrats favor govern
posits; that is, one of the brightest
men on the committee upon resolu-
lions favored this method of protect
ing the peoples rights and succeeded
in securing the adoption Of such a
plank. 1t is not probable, however,
low his lead, as they did not stand
by Senator Nelson's amendment to the
Aldrich bill providing for this very
thing. There will be lively times down
in Denver
, 1908-05-16
NOT ALLOWED ON
UNFtNCEO LANDS
UNITED STATES COURTS RULE
ON TREsPAss UPON FOREST
RESERVES IN MONTANA.
Important Decision In the Shannon
Case Decided BY United States
Circuit Court Of Appeals-Re-
serves Not Under Control Of the
States In Which They Are Located


Washington, ID. c., May 16.-Gihorj
Pinchos, chief forester of forestry ser
vice of department OF agriculture, has
issued the following bulletin on Graz
ing Trespass by Drifting Stock-Na-
tional Forests Not Subject to State
Fence Laws" together with the full
text of the opinion of Judges Gilbert,
Ross and Morrow:
Far-Reaching Decision.
On February 3, 1908, at San Fran
cisco the United States circuit court
of appeals for the Ninth judicial cir
cult rendered a decision Of far-reach-
ing importance to the national forests
and to the stockmen of the west.
History Of Case.
In December, 1904, n Thomas
Shannon allowed his cattle to drift
upon the Little Belt national forest in
Montana. To put a stop to this, suit
was brought by the United States and
on March Is, 1917. Judge Hunt. in the
United States circuit court for that
state, rendered a decision in favor of
the government, and issued an injunc-
ton perpetually restraining Shannon
from allowing his cattle to drift upon
the forest. Montana has a fence law
by which landowners must fence their
lands before they can obtain redress
from stockmen whose cattle, feeding
upon the open public domain, range
upon and injure the private lands.
Argued for state Law.
Shannon's counsel argued that this
state law should apply as against the
United States, but Judge Hunt held
that the power of congress owe the
public lands, including the national
forests, is complete; that congress has
lawfully delegated to the secretary Of
agriculture the authority to make reg
ulations to protect the forests; that
the secretary had properly made q
regulation that cattle must not Craze
upon the forests without permit, and
that consequently Shannon vas a tres
passer when he allowed his cattle te
drift upon the Little Belt forest, al
though it was unfenced.
Shannon Appeals.
Shannon appealed from this decis
ion, and as Montana is in the Ninth
federal judicial court, his appeal was
heard by the United States circuit
court Of appeals for that circuit, sit
ting at San Francisco. The court ha;
now affirmed Judge Hunts decision
and this judgment is binding upon all
, 1908-05-16
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

A million dollar rain at the right
time is just right.
Daily receipts from the strawberry
belt give optimists their joy and pessi
mists their groans.
Wonders multiply as the world
humps along. Coney Island nailed
down the lid last Sunday and $4,000
visitors contendei themselves by lis
tening to what the wild waves were
saying.
A Chicago editor, in extolling the
inward charms Of hash three times
a day" displays the cleverest pen
work in prose and poetry every inspir
ed by a mysterious subject. His pic
ture is not printed, but it's a ten-to
one shot he looks 1t.
Wyoming trout are taking the bait
g~reedily. A fool dog which wagged its
tail on the edge of a ripping stream
had several inches OF the %appendage
nipped off by a hungry fish. Wyoming
dogs, usually built for bear, should
receive piscatorial training.
The weather bureaus start on its
prediction of a weeks weather by as
sorting During this week typical May
conditions will prevail seems to par
take of the discretion Of the almanac
maker of a pevious century, who used
to print a line running up and down
The April calendar with the j~udicious
warning about this time look GU for
showers,"
Miss Annie s. Hall OF Cincinnati,
daughter OF the Attic explorer. lost
the case which she argued beforethe
supreme court as her own attorney
last week The case was that Of Annie
S. Hill against Attorney T. B. Paxton.
growing out Of a controversy over a
contract by which Paxton represented
her as counsel in the a arising in
the administration Of her fathers es-
tate.
, 1908-05-16

Ex-Governor osborne remembered
the press in his convention speech
and paid his compliments to the edi-
tors OF the Wyoming Tribune n the
Laramie Republican. Thanks, Cover
nor. 1t is well enough to say what
you have to say when you have the
opportunity. The papers in question
will doubtless not forget you nor your
record in this state Notwithstanding
the fact that you are attempting to
run Wyoming politics from your home
in Denver.
, 1908-05-16

That was a rather smooth way In
which the editor of the Buffalo Voice
raised his campaign expenses and he
got quite a wad, TOO. Two thousand
dollars ought to get him over the
state and enable him to prove to the
people Just how necessary 1t Is for
them to retain Hon. Frank w. Mon
deli in the congress of the United
States. No one has anything in par
%ticular against Mr., White, only that
for this position he Is impossible.