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The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30
WAR WILL ADD WOES.

Despite the great and growing
popular sentiment for the arbitration
Il international differences. another
war is about to lay a bnghting
hand on the people of two nations
II Europe. A quarrel over conflicting
claims to the wealth OF Tripoli caus-
ed Italy to make demands that Tur-
key declined II concede. Immediate
~ on the expiration OF the time
specified in her ultimatum Italy as
sumed the offensive by sending her
fleet against two important ports il
the territory that is the bone Of
con'entio8
Possibly only few lives will he
lost in battle; possibly only a few
will be manned by bullets and shells
or die OF diseases i'll fever camps;
but even though the toll of life and
limb. and health be small. a great
burden of debt will be inflicted On
the already heavily laden people of
Italy and Turkey No matter how
the war comes out. neither nation
will be benefited War is no longer
profitable Italy now pays $9o.0oo.-
600 annually to maintain her army
and navy. She can bear no more.
Turkey also labors under mountain
of debt And yet millions of people
in Italy and Turkey will acclaim
victories and bewail defeats. not
knowing that their cheers and tears
encourage their masters in a folly
which will hasten the ruin OF the ma
lions which they profess to serve
San Francisco Bulletin
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30
A EN7OUS UTTERANCE

We can get along without COM
petition. Such was a mOmentous de-
claration by President Taft in an
address at Detroit.
His statement was: We can get
along without competitions; we can
get along without monopoly and the
businessmen of this country must
square themselves with that neces-
Sity. Either that or we must pro-
coed to state Socialism and invest
the government with power TO run
eve.y business
1t is proclamation that is moth
ing. if not striking 1t is insis1ence
that we must turn our backs on the
hope Of competition. In effect. it
is open and frank confession that
the huge industrial combine which
manages by a reasonable" manip-
ulation to eliminate competition is
a legitimate and tO-be-expected way
of doing business. and that the bus
mess men of the country must not
look for anything else.
Meantime. almost every business
establishment in Portland is in the
midst of a keen and constant COM
petition. Almost every business man
in Oregon has competitor whose
prices and whose efforts in push
ing his business must be met
Every farmer in Oregon and every
farmer in America is in the midst
Of constant competition, compe-
tition not only in his own country,
but in the case of his wheat, corn
and cotton in competition with every
farmer in the world. for the price
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30
BELGIANS RALLY.

Belgium is greatly excited over
the strained relations between France
and Germany. Belgium hasn't many
troops. but she is feverishly pre-
of Belgium must be preserved
Hence the great military activity
mentioned in the dispatches from
l.iege. Large supplies of shells for
the frontier forts and rifle ammuni-
ti,n for the men in the ranks have
been hurried to the front" Soon a
Belgian army will be gathered on
the border. This army will be we'll
equipped. Besides its usual quota
of death-dealing guns it will have adj
ditional batteries of artillery and
rapid-fire guns now being shipped
TO reinforce the posts on all roads
leading to the German frontier"
And what will it all amount to?
Ii war should come there might or
might not be an invasion of Belgian
territory. Ii man of the type of the
first NapOlian headed the French
army he would laugh at boundaries.
If a man Of the type of Frederick
the Great headed the German army
~ row of stone or imaginary line
would stay his advance. And if a
second Napoleon the Great or a sec
ond Frederick the Great sought to
cross the Belgian frontier not even
the greatest Belgian army known to
Belgian history could save Belgium
from invasion. Therefore, why this
worry and why this preparation to
repel possible invaders? Belgium
might better save her war money
and divert it TO a fund for the pro-
motion of the movement to bring
all nations into an international arbi-
tration agreement.-Sa Francisco
Bulletin.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30

tnority: which if il does exist can
be pregnant only with evil to the
protection + both the individual and
h" officer
Again | challenge Mr. Driscoll to
sci forth his reason to the public
Tor stating as he did during the
my tigalion that the officer has the
rIghr to lie to one making an hon
'Si inquiry 10 determine the truth in
any matter in which he has beer
expressly given such authority.
h"lirv" that every honest citizen
viii agree with me that truth is a
requisite in the performance of a
public as well as a private duty and
| appeal to the good sense of the
people OF this community and shall
st"ud or fan by that judgment. with
all ia" facts as | have stated them
teing trua. and having brought out
10y the investigation, whether | am
justified in saying that all the
frouhl" that was given to the coun-
Ill and all the publicity of the mat
Ct which has been made. is not
directly laid to the door of Mr..
ChoNin who deliberately lied to me
md who admitted the lie in the in
vest cation. Truth. what a jewel
NJ DONNEIIY
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30

of his product is fixed in foreign
markets
Every working man in Oregon and
every working man in the country
mas to stake his wage and his toll
against the competition OF almost
every other workingman in the cauu-
try. for every employer is select.
ing his help in the open marker and
buying ii al the lowest figures oh
tainable. quality always considered
Every telephone operative. every
bank clerk, every elevator opera.
tive. every blacksmith. every farm
iaborsr. every cab driver. every log
ger. every miner. every mill opera
tive. every mercantile clerk. every
stockman. every artisan of every
Kind and every teller of every kind
is in open and keen competition with
all others OF his kind.
Yet, each and all of these sepa-
rately and collectively are buyiug
most OF their life necessities in a
market in which the processes and
implements of original manufacture
are non-compettive, and the price
fixed by gentlemen's agreement or
actual combine
Mr.. Taft made the blunder when
he started out on his 1909 tour in
first indorSing Aldrich and then de
claring the Payne-Aldrich traiff HE
best ever enacted" Is il not his in
sistence that We must expect that
Big Business must be allowed to
get along without competition" a
more serious blunder than any he
has yet made?
He has declared for a Socialism in
which the captains of Big business
instead of the state are to be
guardians Of the multitude Oregon
Journal
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30
TRIBUTE TO PACIFIC STATES

When resident Roosevelt made
his tour OF the West he told the
]. ople of the Pacific coast that he
thought this one of the most won
dcrful regions of the earth. that
here republican government was des-
tined 10 achieve great triumphs. 9th
,r prominet men had said much
the same thing but most of them
forgot us as soon as they passed
the mountains on the return trip 1t
was different with Theodore Roose-
Welt. Although he has ceased to
be president and cannot be accused
OF bidding Ter our political support.
he Is still boosting the Pacific
coast. In recent editorial in the
Outlook he said
Il wish all Americans who travel
anywhere would travel to the Pacific
coast. | doubt if there are
any communities now growing to
maturity anywhere in the world
III re interesting than the three
states of California. Oregon and
Washington. Those flourish
ing communities. growing with such
abounding vigor. are typically and in
tensely American. and yet they have
a quality OF their own. There is
nothing quite like the coast. either in
America or anywhere else. Nature
is different from what il is else
where
From that cur friend Roosevelt
goes on to a glowing description
of the soil and climate of the
Pacific coast. and then fills the meas
cure OF appreciation with this whole
souled tribute to the region and its
people.
To me it was both delightful and
impressive to see in the great com
munities OF the Pacific slope not
only an Astounding. achieving mater
ial success. not only public con
science awakening to the needs of
righteousness in government and in
business and domestic relations. but
also in natural and enforced de
vel .pment of the JOY in things beau
tiful in science or in nature which
is so much needed in our American
life "
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30
COLD CRAYE[S
Of CALIFORNIA

The sold-bearing gravels Of the
Trinity river basin California. fc3m
the subject of a brief report by
J. S. Diller, of the United States
geological survey. The basin Is es-
pecially noted for its placer mines
which have been worked since the
early fifties, and it contains the
La Grange mine, the largest hydrau-
lie mine now in operation. In tracing
the early geologic transformations
of the region Mr.. Diller states that
there We're many advances and re-
treats OF the glacial ice through a
long period, and shows that the
movements of the glaciers were
closely related to the development
of the valley terraces during the
last cycle of erosion. when the
modern streams were uenching their
present valleys deeply below the
general level of the plateau. Cha
ciers. says Mr.. Diler. are gravel
mills" and the gravels and bowld-
ers of the till OF the earlier glaciers,
having thoroughly decomposed, lib
Grated all the gold for concentra-
ton by stream action in the gravels
streams. In thus initiating the CON
centration of the gold glaciers have
distinct economic aspect
Mr. Diller discusses three distinct
cycles of erosion and the resulting
concentration of gold in the differ
ent types Of gravels of the area
and past and present development
of mining Certain of the deposits,
he believes, are worthy of careful
prospecting, especially the beds of
gravel on the bars and benches of
the upper part of Trinity river. If
the dredges already started at Trim
ity Center and Poker Bar prove as
successful as they promise. he says,
new impetus will be given to
placer mining in the basin. A copy
of this report contained in Bulletin
470-B) may be obtained by applica-
ton to the Director. United States
geological survey. Washington. d. c.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30

country before returning in the
spring.
Jack Lindsay. is cOnvalescing al
ter several days suffering from grip
Mrs. John Zug was able to leave
st. Joseph's hospital for her home
the latter part of last week.
Miss Clara Walker. of Chatanika.
who has been very i'll for the past
month is nearing recovery
Pat Helmick wharfinger fer the
\. y. Co, went out hunting Thursday
and returned Friday night with
bag of birds.
Charles Thrift and Morris New
man were out for a hunt on the
flats of lower Goldstream returning
Friday but have nothing to say OF
the result
Martin Nash has returned t. the
city after spending some time ca
Cleary
Frank Fisher, of Dimes. was in
town last week
Antoine Christopher. of Chatanika
was in Fairbanks early last week
Mrs. Goodfellow paid visit to
Ester last week
Nick Larsen, of Little Eldorado
was a Fairbanks visitor early in the
past week
On Tuesday night Bob sheldon
took a party of skaters out to NOyes
slough. The ice is getting in good
condition.
Captain and Mrs. Morgan have
moved to the Fallgn residence on
Third and State streets, where they
will make their home for the winter
Charley Walker on Monday last
had the misfortune TO lose the index
finger of his left hand while at
. tending to his duties at the hoist
for Hamilton en- Little Eldorado.
W A. Coghill is using his new
auto.
c. X Snow special agent for the
land office left town again last
week going out on the VALDEZ trail
on one of his trips CT inspection.
Mrs William Wagner. OF Gold
stream. who has been visiting in
Fairbanks has returned to her home
c. r Glascock is a recent arrival
in Fairbanks from the Beaver coun
try where he has been hunting sue
cessfully.
Tom Roberts. the Hot Springs
stage driver is still laid up with
rheumatism.
c. Mcpherson. of Chatanika, is in
town.
John McGinn is planning a trip to
the Outside and will probably leave
on Thursdays stage.
J. J. Mutually of Fox is reported
as suffering from a severe cold.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30
"SECESA" TALK IN ALASKA.

l'nder The above caption the San
Diego IniOr holds forth to some
extent commenting quite freely on a
statement by Congressman Sulzer
about us. II is Alaska $ misfortune
thai circumstances make il possible
tor a few peanul-headed statesmen
to 90 ranting around the country
with all sorts OF eXtravagant stories.
Il Is still more unfortunate that a
tie continue TO furnish material for
that type OF publicity seeker, and
for Tie furtheranca of fraudulent
schemes.
The Union says:
"Sensati nal reports about seCes-
sion talk by the inhabitants of Alas
ka have been current from time to
time recently. but have not been
taken very seriously by most per
sons. In fact, Alaska's population
is so small thai threats of resisting
United States authority are likely
to pr revoke a smile That region. ac-
cording TO the census of 1910. has
only 64.356 population. which repre-
SCENTS a gain of only ga in the pre-
ceding decade But. however few
the Alaskans may be, there is no
doubt that they are terribly wrought
up over the halt in the development
# the terIitory's resources. and
Representative William SulZer, of
New York. who has recently return
ed from Alaska. is authority for the
statement that the people there are
ever talking OF revolution.
according to the New York CON
gresham. rifle clubs at Fairbanks
and other settlements may be de
veloped into an army which will OPP
y s federal authority. and allow
Alaskans t. make for themselves the
laws which congress has failed to
make The plan. il is said does not
contemplate permanent separation,
but only the forcing of the congress
ioral hand.
Very possibly the entire agitation
will go no further than the stage
of threatening talk. Still, it would
be fortunate if congress could be
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30
ASKS $4,000 FOR
AN inch OF TONGUE

KANSAS CITY, Oct. Is. - Mrs. J.
l.. Long. of Independence, Mo-,
mother of Miss Inez Long, who re-
Gently bit her tongue almost off in
motor car accident announced TO-
day that she receives on an average
CT so letters and tele grams daily in
responce to her announcement that
handsome reward would be paid
for an inch of someone's tongue to
be used as a cure for the girl.
The writer of one of the letters
said that he thought 100000 would
be reasonable price for an inch
of his tongue.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30
PURELY PERSONAL MENTION

Dave Petree, Of the Pioneer hotel,
is getting ready for the winter
business. He is having the Pioneer
dock il front of his establishment
fused up with kennels for the ac-
eommgdation # the dogs of mush-
egs when they arrive
Mr.. and Mrs. Lennon and ID. Clark
left for The Outside on Mondays
stage
Il. J. Clark and Charles Schuck,
Of Fairbanks creek. We're in town
last week.
John defender. Of Dome was in
town last Monday.
MIR. and NJ f. r. Johnson, of Chat
aujka. were in town early last week
i. :. Whitman and wife, Of Gold
stream were in Fairbanks. the first
the week
John Holgrem left on Mondays
stagc Ter lie Outside
+ IA Cullen has gone out en- Vault
&hc he will ma charge Of Il
.zci-I
,um Gibson came into town apoGt
.,...och ago with 4 wagon lead t
-. Bits and birds lie ana another
''N -'' 'H'lIl III 'H' lIt'Sd''t liooN'
~jA'. ehmlle house.
Mt ana Mrs. Lewis Ashwaken
ara FANNY OF Engineer We're Ill
1H"auhS during the middle 81 the
week.
\. j. Maiden, who has bec1 doing
rOnr Work Tor Friend d Lawson.
on Dome creek, mas returned TO the
civ.
MtN1 StepoNrh, q 'leaiy. is a re
cent |rI.Eai in town.
DE H&i ana nulnher OF meHDeEs
81 tA' dhaha klfle Gao were OUT
ON 'f range practclpS last wed
h"r'tA'.
H.jo 'eidrick has purchased the
resi- 'f2hj al FOX rom Cecil j. IT
ron. Inc latter IS CONS OUTSIDE Tor
Il FINH at ms nome III 'hlcaSo'
oi Hoid5iF'ahl' were raltpaihS Nlsl-
Is uuiihS the past "eeh
S'"HI Hess OF Gllii'ore inade me
mp 10 falfpahhS On Wednesday
tram.
.lr. ana Mrs. Johh blSel"w, OF
"UIuN'Ttdin are III to"h on WISH.
Mr.. ana MIS-. Mark burns ana
.HtF son are falrpaakS NlSltorS.
Harry Badger OF the Howell Dltch
company arrived IN me city from
'aj"hlha last week.
fl rarhhey went cut - Done on
lEuiodaH morning.
"F ana MIS-. W. IL Leedy ana son
t+'er we're late week VISITORS III
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30

serVators" who lock it up and play
policies with it. OF course it is
foolish TO form rifle clubs and drill
and make threats. But who can
blame LhOse people thus heset?"
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30

The American Mining congress in
session al Chicago has recommends
ed against government leasing Of the
coal lands-also in favor of govern
ment aid 10 railroad construction in
Alaska
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30

\ deaf mute in Missouri has been
fined tor swearing which is another
instance whe,e it is only neres-
sary to show" in that state
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30

The Fairbanks Times must be in
pretty bad straits. 1t has resorted
to the obsolete practice of writing
illiterate letters to itself, such as
that in last Tuesdays issue. which
purported to eminate from Eat-em-
Up Franks Fish camp. The Times
assumes that its readers are SO sim
ple-minded as to be misled by so
palpable a fraud also that it was
necessary in order to spread this
batch of transformation before its
public, to use this sort of language,
that the idea sought to be conveyed
might be understood by it's clientage.
Truely very flattering opinion of
its readers.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30

Not long ago man in Los Angeles
was indicted for stealing a wireless
message; mere ripple or wavelet,
about as tangible as a sneeze. It's
the next thing TO taking a man into
custody for burglarizing an unspok-
en- thought This fellow was taken
with the goods on him too. which
argues that enc must exercise due
care. Our small boys here in Fair
their own little talkfestS from the
conversations carried on by our
great wireless system else they may
get into difficulty.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30
Phone 262 Phone

I.orimer and Stephenson, the Two
tainted senators. are still subjects
II Investigation
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30

has set her seal of approval on
the get-together -cOnvention-for-Al Alaska
down at "GoOgy" town. The Seattle
spirit seems TO be bobbing up quite
frequently CT late on Alaskan af-
fairs. The commercial organizations
eau of information that We may
find out in Seattle just what we
want; also a lobby in Washington to
see that We get ii.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30

Ii the city government cf Fair
banks would adopt some regulations
providing for witnesses to the search
OF prisoners when arrested and for
the keeping of a record OF personal
effects taken from prisoners at the
time Of placing them in Jail. the
cause leading to Investigations on
account of the claims Of discharged
prisoners. that they had been rob
bed. would in large measure be
Obviated
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30

According to last weeks press
dispatches the Arapahoe Indians on
the Wind river reservation of WyO-
ming have signed a recall petition
for the removal of the agent. who
has allowed them to starVe. The
signatures to the petition were made
with thumb marks stamped in their
own blood. Another instance that
blood will tell.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30

President bern. of the American
Mining congress now in session at
Chicago. wants another congressional
committee sent on an investigating
Jaunt in Alaska-well. if they don't
learn any more than other official
pilgrims. the knowledge obtained
will be of little value to Alaska.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30

President Taft is having a jolly
20 d time throughout the West in
his campaign OF promising and deny
ing. His latest denial is tn the eli
feet that he did not appoint members
10 the supreme bench with the idea
of defeating the antitrust law.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-10-30

The Marquis OF Queensbury says
America needs an aristocracy it
does-it needs an aristocracy e in
rersct and honesty. OF high princi-
pie and morality. And. because it
needs it. it has it But patented
families and titles are quite another
hing
, 1911-09-23

necessary for the person concerned to take out a bur8her-DrleI
or license before the grant can be issued.
&.or .a a 55ee 4fs. " u& STon too to oP PF0T rab l2 Taao4s 5 for et Se@y'l Rn5 " e1l
cept rum and liquors containing rum, and to furnish all and
everyone with meals and to supply them with liquors Of every
on the spot in connection with the meal
To serve the guests at a table exclusively for them and to
send prepared food out OF the house are regarded as 4e oeoI-
pa1ons Likewise it is free to all to have lodgers. N to supply
such dodgers with eatables and liquors, pot, however, including
:. The working of sugar factories.
3. Hmdcnfts, when the assistance If others than the workers
T. such occupations as according Q a decision taken by the Co.
lonial Council and the Governor Jointly, are declared not to be
free occupations
In order to obtain a b]urs6er-brt or license it is required:
l that the person concerned should have attained his majority,
masters Of vessels are however entitled to obtain bugherbnefs
, that his estate is not under dealing as bankrupt
3 that he has not by a Judgment been found guilty Of anything
dshonoming in public opinion without having been reinSt"ted
for the two previous Years he has resided in the Danish West
India islands and has ionourabIy supported himself.
This last rule. however is not applicable where the provisions
access to establish themselves and to carry on business as belongs
Where militia fre-corps n the like are organized, the person
concerned must show that in this regard he has fulfilled the duties
It S = matte matter ro Of course. that the special legal provisions in force
for certain occupations must be followed on the srantingof a burgher-
The person who wishes to take out a burgher-brief for any Of
the regulated occupations, has to send IN an apPhco6l9n &c ina 'nfG nee
information concerning his nationality. age and place OF birth. Inc
PoHcemastr viii have then to send in the application accompanied
w." Before the burgber-rief is issued the tax fixed for the same
No one who possesses the legal qualifications and has fulfilled the
prescribed conditions can be refused bu!gherbref or license
Concerning bugheri5rjefs issued the Goye5nment t, gives g.i i4 m ed
ce@ry entry may be made in the Police registers
arr Gom 5ci i" in St " croi x S' Ther bylaw" "%s should be laid before the
Government for approval at the time the burgherbref is requested.
If a trade under regulation is carried on by several persons in
partnership each of the partners shall take out a burgher-brief
only Of the Joint owners shall take out a bugher-brief
The b-ugher-bict taken out entities the person concerned to car
Nv on his business or occupation only from one place of sale Should
1n iDtml1 To parv on his business from more than OG place OF sale