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The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29

WANTED -Antimony mine; state location, character and quantity of ores, and full particulars Address. Manufacturer, Station C, New York
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
STATEHOOD AND POLITICS.

The platform adopted by the Sew ard convention demands statehood for Alaska
 There are many obstacles in the way of getting statehood for Alaska. and there is small chance of Alaska becoming a state until some time in the dim distant future.
 One of these obstacles is that same Seward convention
 So long as one man or ole little clique is able to absolutely dominate and control the actions of he con, vention supposedly representative of one of the two principal political parties, the less such conventions have 10 do the better it will be for the people of Alaska
 Next month a Democratic conveu- tion will be held in Juneau. AnG there is no indication that this con vention will come any neare: repre- senting Alaska Democrats than did the Seward convention to represent ing Alaska Republicans
 With statehood it would deyolve
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
Attempt Is Made
 To Delay Mails

Evidently with malicious intent. somebody either sawed or chiseled through the SpOkes on the two hind wheels of Vance Harris tuckboarl before he left Olnes on his last trip to Brooks For the spokes of the wheels, which were sent to town by young Harris, show unmistakable evidence of having been tempered with with sharp tools of some kind
 Harris is carrying the mail between Olnes and Brooks for his father. !. M Harris, who has the mail con tract And t is supposed that the cutting oT the wheels was done with intent to delay the mails. Conse quently MT Harris has reported the matter to the postal authorities at Washington, .. C., and the perDr trator of the crime, if caught, ma. be halshly dealt with.
 The spokes of the wheels were cut in such manner that the act would not be noticed until after the driver of the rig was on the trail. Therefore it was not until after he had left Olnes and the weight oi his load, combined with the rough condition of the trail, had brokca down his rig, that younp Harris noticed anything wrong. And even then no suspicion was attached to the incident until after the wheels had been sent to town and were eX- amined by a wheelwright. Then it was discovered that eleven spokes had been sawed or chiseled nearly halfway through.
 After his rig broke down young Harris secured another wagon anI carried the mail through as usual making the trip both ways on sched- ule time.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29

upon these party conventions co name the candidates for numerous state. congressional. and county of fees The 'nen elected woat hay. practically complete control On al fairs Of the state legislative eNrcr tive judicial.
 l. appears. therefore. unlikely 'n the extreme that th- pcorl of Al aska can be worked up 10 any great show Of enthusiasm for statehood so long as the entire political inter ests of the territory are retained h' a few individuals and used ny them solely for the advancement O. raci' ,wu selfish ends
 One of the ui-t requisites tnr "A larger dcGroo of eolf so1o---r~ut .0 Alaska would seem to ha an iHr- Iieout u~e for the benefit ol .he pra pie and interests of the torr.aory of the present limited power granted 10 the Legislature and territorial o' fiylai>
 Without clean party ani2atiou it i, u-eles. 10 hope for such re.
 alts
 rnrcr present political conditions n the territory. Alaska d. a stat" would be rotten horoueh. with her public anG private interests sub. .ect to exploration by interruptions 'rirksrers Petersburg Report
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
Local News Items

SlO0 To the lon. The operators on the property are Joe Henderson. Chris Foss and Louis Farycin The cleanup was brought in hv MT. and Mrs. Henderson.
 l.. J. McCarty is now mining anti mony on his ground at the head of Fairbanks creek according 10 word brought to own He first found float containing antimony which leo to a kidney Of rock out of which 20 tons of ore were taken \ led so of the ore has now been found, and MT. McCarty is mining il
 Morton F. Stevens has traded hrs home. the former Arthur Williars residence, on Fourth avenue. to Bert Johnson for ais big house. the Bar bour place. )r Cushman street.
 Grover Gideon, who was a visi tor in town the latter part of the week from Dome creek, reports that he and his partner. Tommy Quirk. gre now preuaring to put orew of men on the ground where they recently made their strike No h below They are now engaged ln sloughng down their prospect sraft and timbering 1t. They have & 4E horsepower plant on the ground
 N. F.. Black, travelling auditor 0, the American-Yukon Navigation Co. was an arriving passenger on the steamer Schwatka yesterday
 Charlie Ingersoll arrived in town during the week from the kantish na country with his winter catch of fur. He is reported to have dis posed of it for s1 100 He had 92 mink skins, which brought good price and one silver grey fox hide. which he sold for s45O Frank Fay Tor came in with lngersoll.
 T. J. Martel and A l. Rosworth, Outside travelling men. were arrv als in town on the Schwatka yea- terday.
 Duncan Michie, the well known mining man, arrived in town yester- day from Dawson. where he spent the winter
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
NOTICE OF DIVISIONAL CON
 VENTION AND PRIMARIES.

In consequence of the authority vested in me, as chairman of the Democratic Divisional committee of the Fourth Judicial Division, Terri tory of Alaska, l hereby cal upon the Democrats of the Fourth divi- sion to hold primaries or mass meetings for the purpose of electinG delegates to the divisional Convcn- tion to be held at Fairbanks on We'd nesday, August l6. at ? P NJ, said convention to be for the purpose O nominating two candidates for rep. resentatives and one candidate for senator. to tte Alaska legislature from the Fourth Division.
 Jn the town of Fairbanks the pri mary election will be held on the Fifteenth day of July. 1916. between the hours of and ' P. M.
 In all other voting precincts ot the Fourth division the primary elections will be held on the Third day of July, 1916, between the hours of and 9 p. M.
 The apportionment of delegates to the convention from the various precincts will be as follows:
 Circle Recording District: Circle, 7; Deadwood, 1; Miller House, l; Woodchopper, l.
 Eagle Recording District: Eagle, i.
 Fairbanks Recording District: Town of Fairbanks. 24; Ester, ]; Gilmore, ?; Upper Cleary, ?; Lower Cleary, ?; Upper Dome, 9; Lower Dome, l; Upper Goldstream, , Lower Goldstream, l; Little Eldora- do, ?; Upper Fairbanks, Lower Fairbanks, l; Fish creek, Pedro, l; Vault Greek, l; Cinema, 8 Graehl l; Nenana. l.
 Tolovana Recording District: ] iv- engood s.
 Fort Gbbon Recording District: Fort Gibbon 1: Panama 3.
 Fortymile Recording District Chicken creek, I; Franklin, ]; Jack Wade. l. Steel Creek, I
 Hot Springs Recording District; Hot Springs. 2; Woodchorper , Patterson, l.
 Koyukuk Recording District: Ro'- ties. 1. Coldfoot, l. Wiseman, i.
 Rampant Recording District: Ram part, l.
 Nulato Recording District. Ruby, 4; Long Creek. 3; Poormai:, l; Mt lato, l.
 Otter Recording District: Dike- man, l; Flat City, 5; Iditarod, 9 Otter Discovery. 1.
 Tanana Recording distric.: Rich ardson, l: Washburn, I; Salcha l. Innoko Recording District, OphIl. |
 J. H. CASkEY.
 Chairman.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29

rractionary srnat5rs In the la paragraph of that book h. quore- r.e following from Woodrow WilSou
 \1 country can afford 70 ra.o
 ifs prosperity origiratcd hy
 small controlling clas- The
 treasury of America does rat lie
 in the brains of the small body
 of men nov in control ff the
 great enterprises It depends
 upon the inventions of ulknown
 men. upon the originat'ons of
 unknown men. upon tho ambi-
 tions of unknown men. Every
 country is renewed out of the
 ranks of the unknown not out
 c: the ranks of the already fla
 trous and powerful ir control
 The small controlling class" men ji-nea by President " san is IT. u4 to defeat the confirmation oi 'raud,-s D,rause hc stys tle cour try should not be coru.olled by r. ,lass. because he believes that the common. unpriyileecd classes hay, tights because he would have lb solute honesty in the management of railroads and other great corpo raticns and because he believes tls r.ghtz and power that have beer stolen from the people should b, restored to them.
 Then, too, Fiandeis comes of a rac' that has never been represented or the Supreme Bench of the United States He is Jew Should th, senate confirm him it would breaa precedent, and some senators are ,ticklois for precedent. Honor tC President W ilsou for having thC courage to smash all preccdents b: appointing not only a Jew but . radical" Jew like Louis D Bran deis Again We ask, with but g slight variation in the question What harm can one radical Jew Io against eight conservative" Chris tians 2-S. F. Star.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
Steamer Julia B.
 Will Sail Tonight

The steamers Julia B. and Min neapolis, of the Western TranspOr- tation company. were launched from the ways at Cinema the forepart cf the week, and the Julia B. ;s sched- uled to sail from Cinema 'or St. Michael at g o'clock tonight. The Minneapolis has already made one trip to port here.
 The transportation company is ad vessels at St. Michael for passen gers taking passage for the Out side on the Julia B., through tickets to Seattle being sold.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
COAST PEOPLE
 WOULD CURTA|L
 COMMISSIONERS
ANCHORAGE SENDS 4 PROTEST AGAINST PASSAGE OF
 POLICE MEASURE,

ANCHORAGE, May 25.-At a mass meeting held here today it Was re solved that protest be entered by the people of this community against the Pittman-Houston police measure bill introduced recently in congress and a copy of the resolutions wa; sent to Delegate Wickersham, Secrn tary Lane, Representative Houston, Senator Pittman and President Vii son. The proposed law was strong. ly denounced by the residents ol this vicinity generally after it's con. tents had been published, which vas the reason for the calling of the mass meeting. It is understood that the residents of Seward and other towns are sending like protests to Washington.
 It is understood that the bill above referred to was introduced in congress at the request of Secretary Lane and that it was prepared in Il office Its effect will be 10 give tho Alaskan Railroad commissioners aLtocratic power over those sections Of coun- try included in the railroad surve@s The bill is as follows:
 A BILL.
 To confer additional authority upon
 the President of the United States
 in the construction and operation
 of the Alaskan railroad, and for
 other purposes.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of thc United States of America in Con gress assembled, That in connection with and during the construction and operation of the Alaskan rail road, under the provisions of the Act O. Congress approved March twelfth. nineteen hundred and four. teen, entitled An Act to authorize the President of the United States to locate, construct. and operate railroads In the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes" the Presi dent is hereby authorized and en-. powered to lake and promulgato such police, quarantine. and sari ,ary -ules and regulations as shah be necessary to preserve order and to preserve the public health along and in the vicinity of said railroad CT railroads constructed. being con structed. or located by survey. and within town sites established, or 70 be established. under and pursuant to said Act of March twelfth. nine- teen hundred and fourteen.
 Sec. 2 That such rules and regu- lations shall become effective on a date 10 be named in proclamation of the President promulgating same and any person violating such rules or regulations. or any of them, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and shall. upon conviction thereof in the court of Alaska, be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned not less than ten days nor more than one year, or both.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
Phone 26z Phone
l DECLINING STAR.

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 Iat.~t teIa-rspuir adyic,~ iron e.r :ae-aaa .t Jans 4u tell Us thsr -~uh-@ Erwin uHo was the e7ly GI.ar, t5 r.. convention repre- sruru. sEr Fourth division. t~ ab .I,tCs dswr.dted and that t." ,py r0frrl ho Is given is that vested H. him by virtue of fnH ro>l.- from tue Fourth That .Ha ,r'y demands made by rhr Fonr'n
 i.- ur avIza ion. >rd t=at rnrougA the dislike of the repre- -,u.arse in rhe person of "Stnbs" Erwin esen that request vonld De denied
 The result, of the primaries throughaur tba Fourth division Were rcany in favor of Erwn and h." i. sad [. naso zone down with .aiuy ptoNi-. Judge Bunnen wa< favored with twcnty-siN. while tha balance of tho seyentytiv" accorded this division went to Tom Deal Judge Hunueu sent those assigned ID him to Jennings and Jennings worked Hand in glove with Erwin. Deal could met make it convenient to he in attendance. SO he also rranelarrcd his powers to Erwin thus aIIoWjn- the entire control of The Fourth division
 Now that the smoke of the battle has cleared away the intellie Tt voters who took part at the pr mario- may see themselves as oth- CTS see them and realize just what their aot~ have cost the Fourth di- vision The First has no doubt se- cured tine nomination of one of its native sons for delegate to congress while tHe Second Was also favored in the choice Of attorney general. With he Fourth asking for the or ganizauon and every other division fighting il on account of their dis ike for Erwin il is altogether likely that what the Democrats of this di vision hoped and asked for will go to the Third. and that will leave the Fourth holding inc sack. as she has always done.
 IL will serve her right, and wi be well deserved rebuke directed to these who have been so anxious 10 curry favor with Erwin They have no more use for him as a general proposition, than has The Citizen and many others of the com munity but their desire to gain a seat in the bandwagon ran away with their best iudgment when they were inveigled into turning their proxies over 10 him or to anyone else for that matter, who would not give a pledge that they would not be voted in his interests or behalf
 The Citizen made the oniy fight which was made against Erwin. as well as against anyone else w4o would use the proxies assigned to them for the purpose of turtherins Erwin politically, and the fight made on the floor of the convention back us up in our every conteution If the Democrats of the territory want to survive as a party, and from the action taken that was the desire of those attending the convention the Erwin element must be elimi- mated altogether, and as long as the Democrats of the Fourth will stici. by him there is absolutely no hope for the party. The other three di visions will have none of him, and il is to the discredit of those who claim to be Democrats that they will insist upon sending him where he is not wanted.
 The Erwin political star is on the decline and is due to an early eclipse
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29

THE net which the United States troops has been drawing around Villa has ill each case turned out to be nit.
 EVERY day the editor of the News Miner is prov ng himself rlore anG more human loss with absolutely no insurance.
 THE News Miner is worried a great deal because it cannot con trol the handling of news in The Citizen All Ct which accounts for the popularity of The Citizen.
 ROOSEVELT made no mistake when he advanced Pershing over s62 ranking officers Of the army to make him Brigadier-General. It caused a storm in army circles at the time, but his actions in the Mexican trouble are all to the good.
 THE Alaskan shipping records for the month of April show that fifty nine boats cleared for Alaskan ports, every one carrying nearly capacity loads This breaks the record or all previous years. and shows that the territory is coming to tte front with leaps and bounds.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29

WANTED Anthony ores state price. percentages, analysis, quanti ty can be delivered monthly. and points of delivery. Address Manu- facturer, Station C. New York
 FOR SALE.-SiN GoOse-neCk Furniture Wagons, Length of body II feet, Width Az feet. Height % feet inside. Three ton Maximum carrying capacity. Original cost $5o000 each and now in excellent condition. Also One Team Horses Age years, Weight about l 500 pounds. Will sell very cheap. If interested write Lambert Transfer X, Storage Co.,, 307 Pine St, Seattle, Washington
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29

Why are souses good men?
 Because the wicked stand on slip pery ground. and souse cannot
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
SAVAGE BOUND OVER.

Tom Savage was bound over to the grand Jury by Commissioner John K Brown Saturday afternoon on the charge of selling liquor to Indians. He was arrested early 1T the week at Nenana but was rr- leased on bonds Immediately after his arrival here. His new bonds which he is required to furnish to. day are in the sum of slO0O
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29

another bit of news
 It knew quickly that it's sour had come
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-17
GO THROUGH QUEER ANTICS
Group Of Peneuins, Seen at Distance,
Appear to Ape Assemblage Of
Human Beings.

The strangest inhabitants of the
antarctic continent are the birds
called penguins company of them,
seen at distance on the polar SHOWS,
bear so striking a resemblance to an
assemblage of human beings that ex-
plorers unaccustomed to their appear
ance have often been startled by the
momentary belief that they had come
upon a tribe of short. stout men,
dressed in black, or blue and white.
and greeting their visitors with the
most extraordinary gesticulations.
There is one species of these re-
markable birds, known as the EN-
peror penguin, because 1t seems to
mimic the well-known figure Of Ma
poleon, in his white vest and trousers
and gray coat, which sometimes at.
tains a height of between three and
four feet and weight of eighty or
ninety pounds Walking erect on his
short legs, the emperor makes a sa-
Lutte by lowering his long beak on his
round breast. and then begins long
discourse in his strange, raucous Ian
guage. and if there is no response he
repeats the performance again and
again. expecting each time an an
swer
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-17
"lm Bound to Pay Them of for Rob.
bling My Brother"

marry sweet little girl this fall. Well,
they busted and his money went along
with the rest The rascals!"
"Why do you stay working for ras
cals?" inquired the doctor.
For two reasons" replied Bonnie
grimly.
What are they?"
First, revenge I'm bound to pay
them off for robbing my brother"
"H'm!"
Next, I'm going to get back that
four hundred dollars. See il don't!
They don't come here very often, as
YOU know, and this store was started
to nut I'D some new swindling scheme
I don't know what it is, but I'm going
to find out and nip it in the bud"
At that very hour, in retired cor
ner Of a cheap restaurant, Slews and
Wykoff we're engaged in confidential
converse. Said the former
We'll, Wykoff, I've put the deal
through"
You mean you have secured the
goois?" ~
Exactly that" gloated Slews. I've
induced two big wholesale hrms 10
start us in the jewelry business with
a five thousand-dollar stock.
But the pay how did you manage
it?"
ION thirty. sixty and ninety days
time" grinned Slews. We won even
onen the store. You and will go there
this evening, get rid of Bonnie ana put
all the jewelry in a big burial DoA'
shin il to Canada and-our creditors
will hold the bag.
That afternoon Bonnie was consul
erablv surprised as some yaiuaDie ue-
Iiveries were made at the store. he
neared into some of the parcels-]eW-
olrv and valuable at that! Later a
great long burial box was delivered
lust at dusk Slews and Wykon ap-
peared. ,,,;,o
"Rennie spoke the former puiilne
down the street shades, you nave
been very diligent Wen give you an
evening off. Here is dollar 90 y
tha movies and enjoy yourself
,sTbank YOU, sir. bowed Bonnie anu
sned away as if on wings of delight
Pr. !. was only to go around the
b,ocl and. returning by way Oh a
$50 ,ot he stationed himself near
> rear window through which ne coula
Soot IN directly upon the operations OF
the schemers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-17
PENNIES REVENGE
BY VICTOR REDcLIFFE


CO. tney called him. Bonnie
u I bright, keen,eyed, good .naturad
49, nau come from city not a hun.
ured miles from Detroit with sIaws
anu Wykoff. They had started ave-
anu ten-cent store in an unbeard 90
ou'-oi the-way district and Rann,a
was placed in charge
People wondered why slews and
"yKoh came only occasionally 70 Tho
store, which had few customers D..
hennie kept his own counsel whom
curious people tried to fathom tho
mystery. Only to one person was ba
cohhdential. This was old doctor
urimm. The latter had retired from
"oli'e practice. He had time 10 loaf
anu nennie encouraged him, for Ben.
me was lonesome. The good doctor
sot 50 nnaily that he would tend the
store while Bonnie went three b,ocks
away for lunch.
say, Bennie" he observed ono
DAY isn't this a queer crowd you're
with"
You mean Slews and Wykon9"
queried Bonnie Say. doctor lilo
you and | know you're true blue 7
iieeu frlend-advice Yes. sir. to tell
you the truth Slews and Wykoff are a
rum lot. They re-skeesickses"
You mean?" insinuated Doctor
Grimm.
The kind of fellows who, when they
nave a fire. lay it to friction, see-the
sort where fellow rubs a six thou.
sand-dollar policy on three thousand.
dollar house. On the dead quiet. doc.
tor, they burned out in business twice
before they came here and busted half
a dozen times"
why. then gasped the astounded
doctor. they're fire bugs!"
And bankruptcy sharks-you'ye
hit it exactly, doctor"
And you work for them"
That's the nugget of what | want
to explain to yC1.' said Bonnie. You
see, they gave me- job in their store
before we came here thought they
were all right and let them wheedls
my brother into investing four hun
dred dollars in their business. 1t was
all the poor fellow had. put by to
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-17
Result of Genius and Training.

1t is said that, one day, Michael An
cello. the great Italian artist, went to
call upon a friend, and finding him
away from home, took a piece OF
chalk and drew a circle on the door.
When the owner OF the house re-
turned and saw what had been done,
he said Michael Angelo has been
here; no other man In Florence could
have drawn such a perfect circle as
that" Genius and long-life training
we're proclaimed by that simple chalk
mark on the door It required but
a moment to draw the circle, yet
there was such character, such per-
lection. such reflected personality in
the sign, that the artists friend
could not for a moment question
whose hand had drawn it.