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New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

is raised witness chair. The court re-
porter SITS at a table facing the witness.
The prisoner. the complainant, lawyers
and witnesses waiting 10 be called, sit or
stand before the table. There is plenty Of
room so all can be heard. Any one who
can be heard by the judge can be heard
ty everybody else.
And that is all .here Is 10 hear. There
are no complaint clerks in the courtroom
no lines Of people waiting, no papers to
rustic except the papers in the case In
hand. no conversation except that before
the magistrate. To .:dse by your ears,
you would never believe that this was still
the same kind Of court.
For complaints separate room has
been provided. For one thing. that means
more room In The court itself. For another
thing, it means that complaints as well rs
hearings in open court get pusinesslike and
dignifed attention. There are no more
long delays and there is no more tipping
Of attendants 10 have cases advanced. For
another thing. ii means privacy for cases
that do not come to hearing. After
great deal of opposition. the Board Of
Magistrates passed d rule requiring that
no persons shall be allowed in the com
plant room at any time except these
specified persons. complanants. defend
ants. counsel accompanying complainants
or defendants, ana counsel expressly sent
for by complanants or defendants.
THE 'shyster lawyers objected to that
rule. of course, for they get their living
by picking up cases around the courts and
leading people into trouble that they had
better keen out OF. The newspapers op-
rosed it. for they want all the chances
they can get TO learn the news. The phil
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THE OLD "BRIOGE.'

magistrates court with no magls-
trate IN sight-he was hidden behind th'
miscellaneous group on the bridge ''A'
prisoner who. i'm the picture has noNe(
10 the left of his proper place before th'
rail could neither hear nor sec Nhat WA
going On Clerks arc shown at thei
desks adjoining that Of the magistrate
The FIRST thing 10 do was TO abolish the /
bridge That was at the core Of the whole
rottenness. ANY person standing on the
bridge could speak to the magistrate. BY T.
leaning forward he could speak so that /
no one but the magistrate could hear him /
But the prisoner could not be heard un- I
less he was directly questioned. or course I
corruption nouTished. Nothing could he /
easier than to offer a bribe TO the m3gis- .
trate. and nothing could he much harder .
tnaa % expose the transaction. a lawyer I
with p pull could talk the case over con- /
rdenually with the Judge. in open court ,
and nobody would he the wiser.
ITO take one instance out Of many in the |
cases of unfortunate women who had been 1
arrested. scme magistrates, instead Of SEN
fencing them at once. would hold them over
night 10 give their friends an opportunity J.
TO settle with the magistrate through
these favored lawyers. In the morning, II
the blackmal had been paid, they. were
discharged; if not they were sentenced.
know that in one case magistrate who
owed $3.50 paid his note with a check for
$500, receiving so in change. The check
was that of a we'll known crook, and an
unusually large number of these women
had been held over the night before and
discharged in the morning by that magis-
trate.
Instead of the bridge, we have to-day the
setting OF any ordinary court of justice.
The judge sits alone behind the rail Where
the bridge used TO be there is big
rectangular table, wide an ordinary
desk is long, and it is screwed down 10 the
floor. so that it cannot be moved to make
a passage. Nobody gets nearer TO the
magistrate than the outer edge Of that
able If l had my way that would be
edged with broken glass like an orchard
wall; we'd put spikes on IT or teasers like a
that will keep the lawyers
away.
Directly in front of the rail, to one side.
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man or woman has case or not. III they
car save him the trouble and possible ex-
pense Of pushing a bad case, so much the
better, and there Is no need OF making the
trouble public. But. no matter what the
clerk says. every complainant has the rignl
to 20 before the magistrate and state MS
complaint to him in person. That is
part Of the court business which cannot be
omitted. At the beginning and at the emu
OF each daily session the magistrate Hius'
give all such complainants " hearing
"A third physical Improvement OF the
courts was a simple one, but 1t has dohe
wonders. We went to work and cleaneu
them. They needed it. Down in the oiu
Essex Market court. which Is now oeihs
rebuilt. / was ashamed TO have the car
penters take out those old boards anu
benches with their bare hands That art
was as cosmopolitan as anything this slde
Of Port Said. 1t was regular parliament
Of the worlds microbes. We had some
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who were reported TO us as eligible as 10
their character, antecedents, health and eX-
perience, and we have picked very
creditable body of men. Instead OF being
old and superannuated. they are particu-
larly intelligent ambitious young men,
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

pictures taken to show how bad things |
used to be, but they give a very poor idea
of the place. You can't photograph pri- /
meval slime in its real ugliness. And, even
in the interest OF history, l wouldn't want
to preserve the old smells. They will be
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anthropic societies opposed it, for they are
as keen ss the others about getting hold of
people who are in trouble. But l believe
that it is a good rule. for all that.
"In a great many cases the complaint
clerks are able to tell at once whether
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
HARD WORK.

"A mounted policeman must have h''H
time" I'D
How so?'' =. liam an I
horseback.
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the certain disgraceful charge. Stll. !
grant that volunteers generally bob up for
dangerous work, and these men are brave.
In the popular sense of the word"
You acknowledge. then" ] said. that
there Is such thing as bravery"
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

tai The fact that the same person Is
brave sometimes and at other times not
shows that bravery depends upon more
than natural intrepidity. Those OF gem
erous and sympathetic nature. Tor ex-
ample. are apt to display greater bravery
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

Turn about is fair enough
How now?' .t.n.
Several vaudeville PLAYERS are thtsssSSon USon
ing TO 20 into baseball. ."-Wasnins'S~
Herald.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

YES" said the commissioner medita-
lively. but only In the popular sense, and
even that kind is much rarer than Is sup
posed. My reasoning may seem little
cold blooded but I'm speaking now semi
scientifically. and science is not sentlmen-
New-York tribune., 1911-02-12

AyEW YORK CITY has had petty mag
M istrates for 2SS years. For 2s7 ZIP years
%, ,s,,,e o{tbar tho
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08
Cordova Celebrates First
 Shipment of Copper Ore

perity to each and every resident of this enterprising city. The audience gave three hearty cheers for MT. Ec- cles. General Manager K. c. Flaw
 kins and the Copper River & North
 western railroad. A silent tribute of
 respect was also paid to the memory
 of the late Contractor M. J. Heney.
 Tn addition to the speeches made the program consisted of three we'll rem dered songs by the school children, entitled, Alaska, My Alaska" Cor dova, Oh Cordova" and Old Glory" :"
 The Eagle band discoursed several
 selections which were much enjoyed and demonstrated that this organiz- ation is making rapid strides and
 will soon rank as one of the crack
 bands of the territory.
 Rev. M. E. Koonce. pastor of the
 Presbyterian church, was the orator
 Ol Iue udy anu uciSciSu oA dUiC ouu
 eloquent address, in which he paid glowing tribute to the men who
 furnished the capital for the con- struction of a railroad to interior Alaska, the builders of this magnifi- cent road and the pioneers of the northland.
 MT. E. c. Hawkins, General Man ager and Vice-president of the Cop per River & Northwestern railroad, responded to MT. Koonce's address, and in doing so he paid deserved tribute to the men back East who had financed this great enterprise and made it possible for the rich Bonanza mine to ship ore. He also spoke of the hardships endured by the prospectors in the early days and
 the part they played in the opening
 up of the resources of the country; to the workers on the railroad, whose
 manliness and hardihood counted for much, due credit was also given. To
 the absent friends, and particularly
 Mir. Heney, the speaker referred very eelingly.
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08
TRAVELLERS AT THE
 HOTEL CHITINl

The following travellers were reg istered this week at the Hotel Chit ina:
 Joe Askil, John Wild, Alex. Fow- Ter, A. Simpson l.. Levy, P. Hop kins, w. Young and wife, Miss Gross, Miss Sanderson, E. Bemis, J. Oliver, s. Bush, J. Fitzgerald, c. Klaussen Frank Berry and wife, R. Harris, G. w. Davison, Mrs. Wright, Miss Hyde, P. T. Cummings, c. L. Baker J. D. Stevenson, P. R. Dusenberry, E. T. Barnette, J. A. Jackson, L. E. Wing, M. s. Hutton, E. A. Hegg, s. Will mer and wife MT. and Mrs. Dan Jacobson, J. o. Pearson, Frank Ba- bau, G. Kennedy, Thos. Lynch, Geo. Pilz, P. Mckay, E. Lynn D. E. Dun- bar, H. D. Milan, E. F. Gray Barney Simon, E. Clayton, J. D. Cowie, J. Dougherty, G. w. Harp, J. L. Chur- chill A. Sanderson, w. Brot, H. R. Short. E. Specht and H. Koch.
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08
NEW BARBER SHOP
 AT TIERS BROS.

At the popular pool and billiard resort of Tibbs Bros, a first-class three-chair barber shop has been in- stalled, and from now on patrons can step inside the shop and await their turn. The chairs are all of the lat est hydraulic pattern and a neat rail- ing encloses the shop from the main room. A sanitary basin and hot wa ter arrangements are an important part of the shop fixtures and as the location and barbers are everything that is to be desired, the shop will undoubtedly enjoy a good business from the start.
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08
PREPARING
 FOR SEASONS WORK

Quite number of prospectors who have wintered at their cabins on Chitina Heights are now preparing to get ready for the hills and there promises to be lively race among a number who were out last season, for the many ''plumbs" that are known to exist in the section of country surrounding the already fa- nous mines at the Kennecott. Dur ing the past week, several prospect ing outfits have already made their way up the Chitina as far as the headwaters of this promising river, where placer gold on the many creeks tributary to it were found in paying quantities last fall There is no question but what all the riv- CTS and creeks within 200 miles of Chitina will be fairly we'll prospect ed this coming season, and it is be- lieved that gold quartz, as well as placer and copper, will be found.
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08
K. F. GRAY RETURNS
 TO COPPER MOUNTAIN

E. F. Gray, who is largely interest ed in copper properties near Copper Mountain returned on Thursday nights train from a six weeks bus mess trip to the eastern states. When seen by the Leader representative. Mir. Gray stated that he was glad to get back again as he was anxious to do all the development work pos sible this year. He said he had nothing out of the ordinary for publication, outside of the fact that copper look ed better than ever, and that he expected to have in the neighborhood of 200 men at work this season do- ing assessment and development work on the several properties held by his company. He expects soon to have shipment of several tons of copper ore for test at outside smelters.
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08
DIR. WHITING FALLS
 Hl.iR TO HOSPITAL

Dr. F. B. Whiting, the we'll known physician and surgeon, who has been with the Heney contracting forces from the days of the White Pass & Yukon. has been retained by the Ka- talla Company, now that his work with the construction forces is about at an end and will have charge of the hospital work from Tiekel to the Bonanza. The doctor left for Cor dova on Fridays train, and during a chat with the Leader man laughingly stated that he believed he was the first medico in the north to fall heir" to hospital. He stated that the Heney Company had given him all the medicines and hospital equip ment along the line of construction, and that the hospital at mile 146 would be the headquarters for time at least.
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08

, Donald Follis, the "two-story" na- tive son, is back in Chitina after an absence of few weeks on a sec tion between here and Cordova. l.. B. Erickson and H. s. Dean are busy these days taking supplies to their Gifferent caches between here and Deans basin.
 Supt. Murchison and Paymaster Lester were down this week to bid goodbye to Supt. Simpson and at- tend to business matters.
 Judge Ferguson, who has been on a business trip to Cordova. return ed on Saturday.
 Cloninger & St. Clair are to be congratulated on their neat back bar. which is finished in mission style. and filled with all the standard brand of case goods. Their new pool and billiard hall is now in opera tion and the rooms upstairs will be finished in the near future, which will make the Log Cabin Bar one Of the first-class places in Alaska.
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08
HARVESTING ICE
 ON TROUT LAKE

This past week a number of men are at work on Trout Lake cutting ice for the summer. Geo. Blouen has built an ice house and is putting up many tons of the clear crystal blocks, averaging over two and three feet in thickness. Cloninger & St. Clair will put up supply for their own consumption and other business men expect to put up a supply. so there is no fear of an ice famine in Chitina this year. The lake is grad ually beginning to overflow, so it's case of make ice while the frost holds.'
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08
Local News

Assistant Chief Engineer L. Wer- necke left on Fridays train for a trip to Cordova after spending a busy week at the front and around Chitina.
 A small attendance was at the Wednesday night card club of this week. Owing to the coming long days, the club has decided to hold one more meeting on next Wednes- day night, which will be the last during the summer season. Suit able prizes have been purchased and a full attendance is desired at the last meeting.
 Work is progressing rapidly at the crossing of the Copper near Chit ina for the reinforcement of the tenn porary bridge.
 Messrs. Healey and Weber left on Mondays train to spend a few days at the front. On their return from Bonanza they stopped off at the homestead of P. D. Burke, at mile 177, on Long Lake, where the Alas ka School of Mines is to be located.
 Gust Wilson was given 22 days at Hotel de Brown on Tuesday for helping himself to tent which be- longed to someone else.
 Mrs. Norman Rice who was with us last fall, returned to Chitina on Thursday nights train after spending the winter in Cordova.
 Mesdames. Cloninger and St. Clair were the guests of Dr. Whiting on Thursday afternoon, taking a run out to camp 146 for dinner and returning the same evening.
 Supt. Samuel Murchison made a trip to Cordova on Fridays train to observe Copper Day. He expects his wife and daughters on the next steamer from Seattle.
 Supt. H. R. Simpson, who left re- gently for Seattle being summoned to appear on the coal cases, did not arrive in time for the hearing, but will remain outside about two months, after which he expects to re- turn and look after his mining in- terests near Mckinley Lake.
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08

After the federal court session at Seward, which convenes April 10, it is possible that Judge Cushman will go to Fairbanks this spring to re- lieve Judge Overfield, who will leave for the Iditarod to hold court there this spring. Next July the court will make another trip to the Aleu- tian islands and coast towns holding court at various points to dispose of cases. Court will not be held in Valdez again until next October.
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08
Local News

Guy Kennedy, blacksmith, who has been with E. R. Gray at Cop per Mountain for several seasons. was a passenger on Fridays train for a few weeks vacation in Cordova.
 Jack Quiring, who has been up the line for the past month cooking at the various construction camps was a passenger on Fridays train for Cor dova. the celebration committee for Copper Day having secured his re- lease for a few days to help out in the Eagle band on Saturday.
 In another column is a poem from the pen of Mrs. Ora L. Burrows, who in a letter to the Leader, sends re- gards to all her friends and states that she expects soon to be back here.
 Frank Townsend, one of the oldest locomotive engineers on the Copper River & Northwestern railway, made a trip to the front this week to dis tribute a few shares of the we'll known mining stock at Mckinley Lake, owned by Dan Rice, H. R. Simpson, James Barclay and others. He returned to Cordova on Friday morpipo'. train
 Harvey McDaniels, of McDaniels Bros. roadhouse on the new cutoff trail, left yesterday with horse and double ender and about a ton of supplies and tools necessary for as- sessment work at Tazlina. MT. Nc Daniels recently returned from a trip to Martin Glacier, near where he has been doing some prospect work on some quartz ledges.
 o. E. Bennett made business trip to Cordova this week, leaving on Friday mornings train and returning Monday.
 Geo. MacMurray, who has wintered in Chitina, left Friday morning for Cordova where he expects to spend a few days on business.
 Tommy Richmond. who has been "chief adviser" to Oscar Freedman all fall and winter, left on Fridays train for Cordova. He left no word as to whether he'd return or order Oscar back to this end.
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08
BONANZA FOREMAN
 GOES OUTSIDE

Frank c. Wilcox who has been employed as foreman under Supt. Mcclellan at the Bonanza mine for the past year, was an arrival in Chitina on Thursday nights train and left Friday morning en route to California, where he expects to spend a couple of months and then leave for Montana. Mir. Wilcox states that there are only ten min- CTS at present taking out ore, under the foremanship of Jos Carson, who recently arrived from the Couer d'Alene country. Supt. Mcclellan. who left for the outside last fall. has been succeeded by Manager Emery
 who is expected here this month.
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08
MUST PAY THE PENALTY
 H

Fairbanks, April S.-Accused o, having criminal relations with Vio let Meyers, aged 15, Wm. Reagan the Second avenue tailor, was indict ed by the grand jury.
 The girl is the daughter of Mrs Gussie Meyers, who was at one time in the employ of Reagan.
 He was arraigned recently and pleaded not guilty. No bail was al- lowed.
 Reagan has hitherto enjoyed an excellent reputation in the camp and his friends were bumbfounded when they heard of the charge preferred against him.
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08

With the shriek of whistles, clang- ing of bells and the laundering noises of exploding dynamite Cor dova today greeted the arrival of the first shipment of ore from the fa- nous Bonanza mine, over the recent ly completed Copper River X North western railroad to Kennecott. The event was the occasion of big cele- bration and April 8 will hereafter be known in this part of Alaska as Cop per Day.
 The entire town is in holiday at tire. practically every building being decorated with the national colors, while the stars and stripes float from every flagstaff. A particularly attract i've electrical display has been ar ranged in front of the Cordova Pow CT Company's building, while appro- priate banners are stretched across First street. At the dock there is a streamer bearing the information that Cordova is the gateway to in- terior Alaska.
 This morning at o'clock spec ial train, appropriately decorated, and bearing the Eagle band and hun dreds of our residents left for Flag Point, where the ore train was met and escorted to the dock. It was long train of flat cars. containing a cargo of valuable mineral and as it passed through town it received a big ovation. The shipment of ore consisted of about 1900 tons of 7U per cent or better copper glance, which has a value of $250, ,000.
 Mayor Chase presided at the exer- cises at the dock and after few in troductory remarks read a telegram from President Eccles, of the Copper River & Northwestern railroad, con graduating the people of Cordova up- on the completion of the road to the Bonanza and the first train of orc and expressing the hope that open ing up the interior would bring pros
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08
TELEPHONE CREW
 SUSPENDS WORK

The telephone crew at the front who have had strenuous job all winter wrestling with snow and frog. en gravel, are now enjoying few days vacation.
 There were fifteen in all of the crew and they just managed 10 get connections with the end of the line by the time the copper spike was driven. Foreman Casey and Assist ant Foreman Connors smiled bland ly when relay sang out 70 K" as far as Bonanza. Head Lineman Nels. Swanson and Assistant Jimmy Hus- sey say they don't want to see a telegraph pole for month or two now.
 The boys report the line and poles in good shape as far as mile 160. and from there on to mile 191 only every other pole is set, but from 191 to 196 the work is quite thor ough. There is a private line from Bonanza mine proper to the ore crushers, a distance of four miles. so it is now possible to talk to tide water from the mine, away above timber line.
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08
Katalla Co. Takes Over
 Railroad Next Saturday

Now that the road is finished to the Bonanza mine, the contracting or construction company will turn over the road to the Katalla Com pany, which assumes charge on Ap- Til 18th.
 Superintendent Samuel Murchison, who made trip on Fridays train to Cordova. was seen by a Leader representative and stated that the constructing company would have everything in readiness by April 18th for the katalla Company to take charge. There is, of course. consid- erable ballasting and track work to do before the frost leaves, and the Katalia Company will have a large force of men working all summer in making improvements. The steam shovel began operations yesterday a, mile 1858. and MT. Murchison states that this is now the busiest camp along the line. there being over one hundred men employed there. The ground is only frozen to a depth oi about two feet and when blasted the steam shovel has no difficulty in scooping up the necessary gravel which is rapidly loaded into dumr cars and taken along the low places in the line for surfacing the road bed
 The Katalla Company will take over the remaining supplies in the commissary line left at the different camps, as they will have need of them and more, as Mir. Murchison states that nearly everything was pretty we'll cleaned up. The horses are all disposed of with the excep- tion of his two head. and the con struction co pany regrets that they did not retain the large shipment of horses sent outside in the fall, as there was demand for all and more than they had. A large number of the men who have been in the en- ploy of the Heney company will transfer after the 18th to the Katalla
The Chitina leader., 1911-04-08
DEPUTY MARSHAL MUST
 DO COURT GREER WORK

The time honored office of court crier has been abolished in the fed eral courts in Alaska and the famil- far cry of Hear ye, hear ye," will be heard no more.
 Judge Cushman recently received word from Attorney General Wicker sham at Washington stating that the office would be abolished April l in the territory.
 In future the United States mar shal or one of his deputies will have to open and close court.