Iditarod pioneer., 1912-02-10
4 TOP-HEAYY SYSTEM

Mr. N. Neson brother of Gus and John Nelson, the believed to have been murdered in the kuskokwlm region early summer lis highly ncensed the dila- tory methods of the authorities in the district where the murder committed and complains grevousy that the officials took notice of the information conveyed to them by the Indians" says the Nome Industrial Worker. Mir. Nelson was talking the Nome newspaper just previous to starting a visit his sister Mrs Dawson at Flat City, whence he will probably continue to the Kuskokwm in order to make such personal inquiries into the crcum connected with his brothers fate is within his power He is entitled to the sympathy of every right minded person. and could be found to deny that the complaint he makes Is natural and deep rooted i'll the pn- cipes of common justice
 But the practical question now is What is to be done prevent such neglect in the future. The knskokwim the only region that has long been left without tent authority to maintain the law Long stretches of the Yukon river between the international boundary line St. Michael without commissioner marshal any body empowered to maintain order. Without appearing t. be too critical it is safely within the truth to that tn good that might accomplished is great nu- fled by the dictatoal in which such lesser officials provided for the ouy ying districts treated b! their superOrs in position at court eadquarter It is surprising that commissioner whose acts too closely questioned should often hesitate to do the very things ha needed at the time they needed The lesser ocaj in this country should possess ability and character their performance of duty should not be crcmscrbed by the mere whinlsicaltes somebody higher up. In thi connection the case of Boucher who killed Gusafson may be recalled The commissioner ill his capacity of coronr summoned jury of inquest and Boucher justified From headquarters repmand the body of the dea dug up and sledded six hundred miles from t Idtarod to Farbanksthe final result being that which first obtained by the commissioners plus great exprl the government loss of time and money to wit and loss of confidence in and respect for the chnery of the law The Guise connected with the death of Boyd at Panama somewhat similar and very costly, witnesses being brought far from Texas establish what had already been established far could be done at the coroners inquest. To what purpo the hauling of Clarks body from far up the Chanda to Fairbanks and the subseque inquest and other costly fimammery at the headquarters of the court There rules in the law books for solving mystery like ha surrounding the death of Clark. If anything could have done it would have been intelligent personal nvestiga tion made long way off from Fairbanks courthouse
 These casesOut of or less notewOrthy-a cited evidence that the fault lies ill topheayy system rather than ill wanon neglect the part of individuals Parsmony cannot be justly charged to the government fo the department of justice in this division costs apenty maintain it in great efficiency.
 A correspondent in Ruby paper advocates police system which will include the most practical features of tn
 Texas Rangers and the Canadian Northwest Mounted Po- lice. Great difficulties the way of such thing. At achmen to the soil and state pride have been the strength of the Rangers every of whom in degree law unto himself, but nicely the higher authority ad used to the needs of the occasion that serious abuse o power his part practically unknown. No organza ton of that kind will likely be known where again, and is absolutely impossible in Alaska Neither the Cana dian Police be coped they nseparabe from Canadian so where constituted authority accepted without