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The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-09-01
FISH, COAL AND BEARS

It is exceedingly unfortunate for the
Alaskan Of, here and now, that Alaska
fish, rather than Alaska coal, or Alas
ka bear, is not the fad of the ultra
conservationist.
There is no proof that the Guggen-
helms ever got close enough to Alaska
coal to get dust ON their fingers, while
Alaska fish are swimming into Gug-
genheim traps, falling into Guggenheim
nets, and swallowing Guggenheim
hooks, every day in the week except
the Sabbath. The Alaskan is perfect
~ willing to have the fish conserved.
More than that, Alask ans as rule are
convinced that the fisheries Of Alaska
actually need conservation.
In spite Of the fact that many people
believ& that the supply of Alaska fish
is inexhaustable, many fishing banks
have been and are being abandoned be-
cause the grounds have been depleted,
and the salmon catch in Southeastern
Alaska has been smaller this year than
ever before. The question of whether
halibut, salmon and herring may not
be in danger Of extinction might very
well be looked into Certainly the op-
erations of the Guggenheim fish cor
porations are not contributing much
to the Development Of the country
but probably the ultraconservationist
would not be much interested in that
The fact that 50 Hoothsome fish as
the herring should be put to g pur-
pose which COW. manure would serve,
may or may not threaten the disap-
pearance Of that fish, but an effort on
the part Of the Observation-Disclosures to
ascertain just what effect the re
moval from this vicinity Of millions
upon millions Of herring for fertilizing
Haiwain plantations may have on the
future supply, would not be regarded
as mischievious by any Of US.
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-09-01
THE MAIL SERVICE

The Sourdough is informed that the
steamship companies contracts with
the United States government for the
carrying Of mail to and from this port
provide that ships on their way north
should stop at Douglas before they stop
at Juneau, leaving the mail, and that
after touching at juneau it must call
again at this port for mail for the
north. On their return from Skagway,
the contract provides that the vessel
shall stop to leave mail on its way to
Juneau, and then again on it's way out
to pick up the mail for the south.
The source Of this information is so
reliable as to leave no doubt but that
it is correct. Then if it is true, these
contracts have been violated all winter
and are being violated now. For every
one Of the thousands Of dollars which
the companies win receive "for faith
full performance Of it's duties' under
the contract. it viii be indebted to the
forbearance Of the people Of Douglas.
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The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-09-01
THE rREADwELL PRESIDENCY

Very few people on the. Gastineaux
Channel hoped for such good fortune
as the selection of E. w Bradley as
the new president Of the Treadwell
Mining Company. There was little
doubt but that the successor of Mr..
Taylor would be from among his asso-
ciates, and that there would be no
change from his policy, all Of which the
Gastineaux Channel communities were
glad to know, but few thought that
the choice would come so near to US.
Mr. Bradley is to US one Of our own
people. Aside from his interests here,
he has many friends and neighbors
who rejoice in the promotion Of per-
sonal friend to the first position in the
gift of the corporation owning the
largest gold mine in the world, and
with which the material prosperity OF
this community is 50 closely associated.
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-09-01

Not long since the Douglas Island
News editorially suggested that the
women Of Douglas organize and take
charge of the city cemetery. So far
as The Sourdough knows, this sugges-
ton has not been acted upon, but The
sourdough still hopes that It win be,
In nearly every city Of the United
States, organized bodies of women are
taking more or less active part in
civic affais, and 50 far no city is any
the worse for it. In Port Townsend
Wash, they have presented that little
town with most beautiful city park.
As Editor Hopp has said, the women Of
Douglas are eminently well fitted for
the task which he has assigned to them
The Douglas City Cemetery is owned
by the town of Douglas, andeis admira-
bly, situated, and could be made with
out the expenditure of much effort a
spot of beauty. A number Of lodges
own burial plots, and with a little en-
couragement, would beautify these
tracts which are intended to be the fin
al resting place Of their brothers who
may die here.
If the women would but take hold Of
the project, there is no doubt but that
the necessary funds could be raised a.
mong the men.
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-09-01
MODERN IMPROVEMENTS

In othergdays, at every wreck,
The TRAVELLERS got it in the neck;
They had to grab leaky boat,
And take chance that it would float,
And as they all grew peaked and pale,
Scanning the waters for a sail,
Others were battered on the shore
It was no picnic, all hands found,
When those old liners went aground
It's different now; the smiling bunch
Provided with savory lunch,
Is placed aboard another ship,
Gaily to finish out their trip.
And 80 their wild adventure ends,
With snapshots they can show their
friends.
Nome Nugget.
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-09-01
THE SPELL OF THE YUKON
By Robert w. Service

I wanted the gold and I sought it;
/ scrabbled and mucked like slave.
Was it famine or scurvy-I fought it;
| hurled my youth into a grave,
| wanted the gold and I got it
Came out with fortune last fall, -
Yet somehow life's not what I thought
it,
And somehow the gold isn't all.
No! There's the land. (Have you
seen it?)
1t 8 the cussedest land that / know,
From the bid, dizzy mountains that
screen it
To the deep, deathlike valleys be-
low,
Some say God was tired when he made
it;
Some say it's fine land to shun;
Maybe; but there's some as would
trade it
For no land on earth-and IN one.
The summer-no sweeter was ever;
The snnshiny woods all athrill;
The grayling aleap in the river,
The bighorn asleep on the, hill.
The strong life that never knows har-
ness;
The wilds where the caribou call;
The freshness, the freedom, the far
o God! how / IN stuck on it all.
There's a land where the mountains
are nameless,
And the rivers all run God knows
where;
There are lives that are erring and
aimless,
And death that just hangs by hair;
There are hardshlps that nobody rec
kons;
There are valleys unpeopled and still,
THERE'S land---oh, it beckons and
beckons,
And / want to 60 back-and I will.
There's gold, and it's haunting and
haunting;
It's Turing me on as Of old;
Yet it ism It the gold that I'm wanting
So much as just finding the gold,
It Is the great, big, broad land way up
wonder, a@
It's the forests where silence has
lease;
It's the beauty that thrills me with
wonder,
It's the stiffness that fills me with
peace.
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-09-01
NEAR BY MOUNTAINS

The Odds mountain, back Of the Ju-
neau Basin, is the highets mountain in
this vicinity, being 445O feet high.
Next in height is the Sheep Creek
mountain, 1900 feet. The peak Of Mt.
Roberts, which is nearest Sheep Creel,
is $500 feet high. Mt. Juneau 5000,
Mt. Jumbo little over 5000 feet, and
McDonough mountain, above Ready
Bullion Creek, on the Island, is a lit
tie over $500 feet.
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-09-01
HoHz RULE

Alaskans want fthome rule and
there. is every reason why they should.
The population of Alaska is very
largely American, and the belief IN
government by the governed has been
inbred in their political conceptions
for generations. There forefathers
fought. and some Of them died, for
home rule.
The but partly civilized PHILIPPINES
have legislature, and the Hawaiians
who were but yesterday savages have
a state government. With hereditary
ideas Of his right to say as how he
shall be governed and who shall govern
him, the Alaskan is Inundated by the
knowledge that the half naked Kama
kee is represented in congress by con-
gressmen and senator's, and that the
Igorote in his gee string has more TO
say about the laws which Immediately
concern him. Yet Alaska has more
college graduates in proportion to the
population, and diversity Of education
that max es college education look like
thirty cents, than any other country
on the face Of the earth. To the aver
age Alaskan it is plain case. 1t is
wholly one sided proposition. He
has been told so. Politicians have been
elected to office by SIMPLY saying So.
and shouting it vociferously.
But for all the clustering there has
been done about it, there are many
practical obstacles which lie in the way
of home rule for Alaska, and the dele
gate who goes to Washington and
brings it back to US win take into con-
sideration those obstacles, and sensibly
overcome them. No territory was ever
confronted with the necessity Of 80
much expense as the home government
Of Alaska would entail. It is not alone
the extent Of the domain, nor the spar
city of population, nor the scarcity Of
taxable property which makes the arg
ument against home rule for Alaska 50
strong in Washington, but all. of these
things taken together. All the same,
Alaskans want home rule, and there is
eyery reason why they should.
It should not be forgotten either that
the powers of territorial legislatures
always have been and always will be
circumscribed. The restrictions on our
public lands, for instance, the hundred
and one things that prevent the devel-
opment Of the country, can only be re-
moved by congress, and even if admit
ted as state an Alaska legislature
could do little to break the chains with
which craze for ultra conservation
has fettered, us.
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-09-01

"A WO6A Ax A0A . $500
The Alaska Sourdough explains it.
self, and hopes for the patronage OF
the residents Of Alaska, and especially
the residents OF Southeastern Alask q,
on its merits.
The time was, perhaps, whom the
function Of newspaper was to teach
its readers what to think, and how to
think it. The American people have
acquired . habit Of doing their own
thinking in their own way, and Alas
kans ere probably more addicted to
this habit than any other people on
earth.
The Sonrdoueb eoneeives that the
purpose Of newspaper j. not to mould
public opinion, but furnish the news
in its particular field. II the Sour
dough can furnish better news SER
vice to its readers than any other
newspaper in its field, it expects to
succeed better than its competitors. It
hopes to succeed, therefore, as q pur-
veyor Of news rather than a. q foun-
tain Of wisdom.
The Sourdough has no axe to grind,
and no special interest to serve. It
carries the name of its owner at the
mast head, and there are no stock
holders in ambush It is not subsidix-
ed. It's capital is small but there is
no mystery about it. 1t may be some
time before it owns it's own plant, but
in the meantime it is printed 81 ".job
printing and has no connection
with any other paper.
Fully realizing that the people Of
Alaska do their own thinking, and
without pretense that it is moulder
of public opinion, The Sourdough will
have opinions to express from time to
time The Sourdough may be often
wrong, but what it may have to say
will be sincerely said, without malice,
and we hope, also, without fear Also,
The Sourdough will always be open
to the opinions of others, and will al
ways welcome, on timely subjects,
contributions that are reasonably brief
and to the point.
Especially does The Sourdough want
the assistance Of it's readers in the
matter of news. Contrary to what
seems to be the universal impression,
newspapermen are not gifted with
second sight, but depend upon their
friends for their stock in trade. Ger
tainly, in the last analysis, newspapers
are published for the money there is
in it, but this Newspaper will regard
as its best friend, not its heaviest ad-
vertiser, but the man who is it, best
"news center.'' The Sourdough be-
ieves that the best asset Of any news
paper il its subscription list, and ex-
poets to survive, not through ''<civic
pride'' but as . vender Of live and
Nn~sYahlo ;ufoyv, otiou
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-09-01


he was tried for murder at Juneau. He
might be described as Sassy il
that adjective was not 50 frivloua
"Their statements are loosely
made" he says, referring to us AL
askans, "and many Of them are to my
mind not convincing, because Of a
mental disqualification in disposition
to accept rumors and form hasty and
unsound conclusions.
Well, now, maybe its true.
There is one thing about us Alas
kans, even if it is true that we have
a disposition to accept mere rumors,
and to form hasty and unsound con-
illusions, and that is that we will
stand little more criticism, just or
unjust, than any people on earth. Per-
haps, in this instance, little self ex-
animation would not do US any harm.
And perhaps, also, in the matter Of
forming hasty and unsound conclus-
ions on rumors, we may be no worse
than communities in other parts Of
the land.
It IS an interesting fact, however, in
connection with the charge Of bribery
of the jury in the irst Hasey case, that
the jury was composed Of men who
had the confidence Of the communities
in which they live, and despite all
that has been said abont them as jur-
ors in the Hasey case, they still pos
sess the confidence, as individuals, of
the communities in which they live,
today.
Another interesting fact is that the
jurors never were banqueted, either
before or after the trial. It is also
an interesting fact that the jurors were
confined in the court house during the
trial, and always under guard.
1t may be an interesting fact, too,
that Morrisey, whom everybody agrees
was such a scoundrel, was all to the
y"good' in the sum which he got from
the Guggenheims for the :" entertain
ment Of the jury
It is also interesting to note the
"lead" which that enterprising paper,
the Dispatch, printed over the portion
of Mcnamara g report which it pub
lished. The report of Mcnamara
scores Boyle, the Guggenheim lawyer
who 30. x. d" Morrisey's bill, and
scored Morrisey, but recounts how his
efforts to find any evidence Of corrup-
ton Of the jury ended in failure and
leaves the impression that 50 far as
he could find, Hasey was honestly
tried by an honest jury in an honest
court in an honest way. In its lead,
the Dispatch says:
"The report Of Stuart Mcnamara,
the assistant attorney general who con-
Quoted the Alaska investigation Of the
first trial Of Edward Hasey, acquitted
of deadly assault, is scathing ar
raingment Of the methods resorted to
before the Alaska federal court to
clear the hired assasins of the Gug-
genheims.
Well, perhaps, as Mcnamara says,
our statements are loosely made, and
we have disposition to accept ru-
mors, and form hasty and unsound
conclusions.
The Alaska sourdough. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1911-1911, 1911-09-01
THE HAsEY CASE AGAIN

Those were harsh words Of Staurt
Mcnamara, the assistant attorney
general who investigated the charges
Of Jury bribery in the acquital Of Ed
ward Hasey in the first case in which
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-18
TOG. Ar. ENCAMPMENT
Farsoans Will Attend National Annual
Enoampment of Grand Army at
Rochester, NJ. Y.

The name of Fargo ought to be
deeply impressed on the minds of the
citizens or Rochester, N. Y, for after
the great convention of the Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine Of North America
held there last month. when J. Frank
Treat of this city was made imperial
potentate of that order, several more
Fargoans viii now take a prominent
part in the proceedings Of the Grand
Army convention TO be held in the
flower city next week.
Those going from this city to the
annual national encampment of the
Grand Army Of the Republic are DR..
and Mrs. S. j. Hill, John Petit and
son, and s. c. Roberts. Mrs. s. ].
Hill will represent the Fargo Women's
Relief corps, which will hold its con-
vention in Rochester at the same time
of the encampment.
The above named win take q prom
inent part in the proceedings, so that
their attendance will be another ex-
cellent feature in the matter Of an ad-
vertisement for the city and state as
well. They win visit Niagara and
other points of interest to the tourist,
and will make the return trip to Fargo
in a month.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-18
WILL MEET NEXT WEEK
State Executive Committee Of NJ. ..
Progressive League Will Be Held
at Gardner Hotel Thursday.

The state executive committee Of
the North Dakota Progressive Repub-
lican league viii be held at the Gard
ner hotel next Thursday morning at 10
o'clock, Aug. "a. In the advance rum
ors current preliminary to this meet
ing it is promised beforehand there
viii be no star chamber sessions Of
this committee.
An invitation has been extended to
all progressives in the state and It
is expected there will be good repre-
sentation OF the committee present. 1t
has been declared by the officials OF
the league and state committee that
the purpose Of this meeting is not to
endorse any presidential or guber-
material candidates, but for the pur-
pose of furthering the interests OF the
league and getting better organiza-
ton perfected.
The sessions of the league promise
to offer much interest to those who
will attend and representatives are
looked for from all sections Of North
Dakota and the proceedings at the
Gardner hotel will be awaited with
considerable interest.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-18
Has HORSES FOR ALL
Emmett Mark to Hold Big Horse Sale
Here, Saturday, Monday and
Tuesday, Aug. 10, a, %.

Emmett Mark, the extensive horse
dealer, has shipped 200 head Of choice
western horses and mares from Miles
City and will have them on sale at
the sale yards of the Mark Western
Horse Co, Fargo, commencing Satur-
day, Aug. 10 and ending Tuesday,
Aug. 20.
These horses are extra good ones and
In the lot are nifty fine draft mares
with colts. There are also a number of
good mules in the lot besides several
choice driving and saddle horses. Most
OF these animals are broke and ready
for fall work and will be found sound
young and in good condition Buyers
should remember the dates OF this
sale and be sure to take it in, IL they
are looking for fine stock at reason
able figures.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-18
RESULTS OF
PAINT TESTS
ISSUED UNDER HEAD OF PAINTS
THEIR SERVICE CONDITION
BY PROF. E. r. LADD AND PROF.
E. :. WARE OF THE NORTH DA-
KoTA EXPERIMENT STATION.

Paints-Their Service Condition, IL
the title of bulletin No. 81, issued by
the North Dakota experiment station
and written by Prof. e. F. Ladd
and E. e. Ware. 1t is a report on the
paint fences and houses used in test
ing the wearing qualities Of different
paint mixtures. The object being to
find out the value of white lead, cor
roded and sublimed, of zinc oxide, OF
inert materials as barytes, calcium car
Donate and silica, Of oil, turpentine,
benzine and Of water as paint mater
ials. There is an illustration to show
each combination. The value Of white
lead and Iinseed oil are forcibly dem
onstrated.
The first part of the bulletin gives
an explanation of such terms as check
ing, cracking, scaling. taking and al
ligatoring Each definition is accom-
panied with an illustration. The bull
letin can be had by sending request
to the experiment station, agricultural
college, North Dakota.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-18
HUGH CHALMERS
COME TO Fish
GREAT AUTOMOBILE MANuFAc-
TuRER NAY COME TO DETROIT
LAKE ON FISHING TRIP NEXT
MONTH WILL VISIT JOE
FIELDS.

Hugh Chalmers, the great auto
mobile manufacturer of the Chalmers
car at Detroit. Mich, may be a visitor
in the city of Fargo sometime during
next month when he comes to the
northwest on fishing trip. 1t is
rumored that Mr.. Chalmers is expect
ing to come to Detroit lake in Min
nesota next month on a fishing trip,
and that at that time he will come
on to Fargo to look after his interests
here and pay visit to Joe Fields,
the branch manager of the Chalmers
car, in this territory.
Mr.. Chalmers and Mr.. Fields are
close friends and have been for some
time. Their friendship dates back to
the time when both were connected
with the National Cash Register Co.
of Dayton. and Mr.. Fields was at the
head of the local offices Of the Pat
terson concern.
1t was thought Mr. Chalmers would
come to Fargo last June during the
United Commercial Travellers conven-
ton, when he was invited to speak
mere, but previous engagement In
New York city on the same night
prevented his coming here. The city
OF Fargo has long looked for a visit
from the distinguished automobile
manufacturer and publicity man and
hope that this time their expectations
will not meet with disappointment
1t happens that Mr.. Chalmers comes
to Detroit lake to fish about the same
time that the proposed booster ban
quet of the commercial club may be
nT
members of the men actively behind
that project including Sidney r.
Adams and others, have conceived the
splendid idea of arranging the banquet
for certain night during Mr.. Chal-
mer's visit with Mr.. Fields in this city.
These plans are purely in embryo
thus far. and steps will be taken at
once by the active members of the
Town Criers' club, who are in reality
behind that project, to make the pro-
posed booster banquet one that will
awaken great interest in Fargo and
make it city of which everyone may
well be proud
This will be Mr.. Chambers first fish,
ing trip among the Minnesota lakes
and his friends here trust that his
success will be so great that he will
return here every year and not care
to go anywhere else. In that way
Fargo win get frequent glimpses of
him, which will be of great benefit to
the city. as Mr.. Chambers Is one of
the great boomers and enthusiastic
speakers and publicity promoters that
have ever been known In American
business circles. His recent appear
ance in Cincinnati stirred up the COM
mercial GLIB to such al extent that
Immediately 500 new members were
added to the organization, and the slo-
gun of Cincinnati. 100000 in 1920"
was adopted. If Mr.. Chambers has
such an effect in a metropolis like
Cincinnati, he ought to work wonders
in Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-18
, cleansed Of all bad fruits.

ly cleansed Of all bad fruits.
There is a city ordinance covering
the case where there are impure and
rotted fruits. DR.. Durham intends
to haul the offenders into court and
prosecute them under the terms Of the
ordinance.
Sections and 6 of the provisions
ordinance Of the city read as follows:
Sec. 5. No meat, fish, oysters, birds
or fowls, vegetables, fruit or other
provisions of any kind. not being then
healthy, fresh, sound, wholesome and
safe for human food, nor any part
of any animal, or fish that died by
accident or from disease, shall be
brought into the city of Fargo. or
offered or held for sale at any public
or private market, store, stall, store
house, or in any other place in said
city by any person.
Sec. 6. Every person keeping, main
tanning or being in charge of any pub
lie or private market, bakery, stall,
shop, store, warehouse, storehouse,
cart, wagon, sleigh or other vehicle.
in, on or about which any meat, fish,
oysters, birds or fowls, vegetables,
fruit or other provisions are held, kept,
stored or offered for sale or other
disposition, shall keep such public or
private market, bakery, stall, shop,
warehouse, storehouse, cart, wagon,
sleigh or other vehicle in a clean, pure
and wholesome condition. and If any
such person shall allow or permit the
same to be, become or remain unclean.
impure or unwholesome. ne shall be
guilty of a violation Of this ordinance
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