Iditarod pioneer., 1911-04-22
THAT COURT QUESTION

The latest reports from Fairbanks very disqueting in the direct assertions that made the effect that there will be term of the district court held here this Some arrivals say court will be held here, others say won't As consequence up in the air. all spradded out.
 We informed that report has gone from Iditarod to Judge Overed assuring him that there is not enough legal business to justify his coming It's ard to believe it. but have it good authority We also learned that list of the calendar here sent to the court and the first comment made thereon Well there two divorce and they will take about half hour if the going is good The fact that there thirty other seems to have been overlooked.
 Now it may be that Judge Overied has intended all the time and still intends to however, he may not wherefore rise in place to make few timely marks
 There is burning wish in bosom that had large megaphone and could shout directly into the judicial chamberwe very anxious that Judge Overfeld learn just how we feel about this proposition.
 Adopting for moment the Jeffersonan attitude, we wish to remind gentle reader that courts made to the people, and that God created His Own image just to have somebody to the courts Roll that little morsel between your horny palms. place it carefully in your dudeen and then smoke it.
 Continuing along that line of reflection for moment we mt ght also strain out this dbt of to- wit Judges apponted administer the law as eco- nomicay may be- and supposed to do their admins terng right the spot where the people There has never yet been devised successful wireless administration of justice.
 This brings directly to the meat of our discourse fact that looms up like smokehouse in fog namely There are two important centers of population in the fourth judicial district One Fairbanks the other Iditarod They nearly equal in the number of inhabantsthey are fast becoming equal in industrial importance If should sit in one of them, why not the other?
 Many times since the stampede of 1910 peoped the ldarod with more than 5000 souls have had occasion to refer to fact that is perfectly we'll known and which other than the remarkable consistency with which have been getting it in the neck far the administration of justice is concerned. The law that may sell
 liquor the people of the vcnage and he puts up thousand dollars for his cense but for the privilege ot drinking its angefoot the Iditarod compelled to expend and still expendng many hundreds of dollars ill telegraph tolls and travelling expenses just get the of the court.
 Since the reezeup last fall there has been continuous stream of travel up the Yukon with trail we'll by unwilling witnesses and ltgans This has been of nous expense to the government but do not pretend be viruousy indignant about this In it rather ckes us to the government paying out something in this country. We gnant however when we reflect that it all being accomplished at the great private pense and inconvenience of citizens.
 We cannot conceive that judge imbued with the spirit of fair play could further subject injustice of this sort We know that Fairbanks moved by spirit ot ggrandizement is making every effort to hold the court there but we confident Judge Overed is not influenced by such considerations
 By spring there will be forty the Idtarod calendar Among these there number of important mining the final disposition of which will materially add to the output of next Matters of extreme portance in the settlement of town property and public timber grabbing also need consideration besides number of grave criminal charges including murder and assault It inconcevable that all this army of de- tendans tgants and witnesses shall be dragged away from their field of endeavor take roundrip water