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Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-09
THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW

every indication that the people of Alaska have de cAed 2n overwhelming majority favor of the general eight hour day While the enactment Of such law would be waste involve useless expenditure of the will ot Alaska be interpreted by the incoming legislature favorng eight hour law which shall be general char possible under the terms and limitations of the constu on and it would be derec its duty if failed to enact eght- legislation covering mining both and placer quarry labor smee and reduction works and all occupations Of
 hazardous unhealthy nature for which there ample warrant recognized decisions Until the fundamental law has been radically changed which possibility within the few would be folly encroach further the right of p
 
 of Judge unne of the Fourth judicial division has been aroused by of his recent ruling in which he held the eight hour law the territory to be invalid Judge rightly held that the provisions of the law pressed the title He did into the merits of the law itself which there ample matter render lnvald The example of the loose work of the territorial la" so many have failed stand the test of judi decision Ii only loosely drawn but its language ambiguous and contradictory Ostenby passed m the of miners amended to include other classes labor the Second and the carelessne ignorance
 displayed its construction left many loophoes that there never has been a pretense of observing il.
 Judge Bunne instead of receiving criticism tor hls decision should be commended by the people He has rendered signal service territory that he has pointed out defects legis aon which wilt have tendency to make Sons more care m and painsaking in their Moreover may expect the passage of eight hour law which will what
 and be susceptible of but interpretation With the example of this satire legislation called the eshhour law be fore them they devote their attention to the enactment ot which will incorporate the wishes of the citizens of Alaska To anything conavenon of we'll known and recognized principles of law folly and while nfomed and demagogc giators for the of laws which cannot b. upheld these should be resisted and the interests of the people be conserved by the passage of only such laws will be upheld
 The general eight hour day bound day but m the the legislators should work for the securing o shorter hours of labor for those for whom possible Such law could include miners smeltermen mlmen quarrymen railroad tranmen and others engaged hazardous occupations There lines of business which, under present condl in the the eight hour day could not be enforced would It be desirable
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-09
IS IT A CONSPIRACY?

What looks like gigantic conspiracy the the necessities of life apparent from
 jobbers distributors and manufacturers the last mail from the Outside The of these conmunca
 such impossible that they could have been composed without cousion Invariably the increasing cost o labor given of the of the proposed increases ln prices the partial failure of last seasons
 cited contributing the alarming conditions Some jobber have notified their customers that certain lines of goods will not be pccrabe while others advise the holding of stocks and the raising of prices Quotations staples continually
 lsnging and Alaska merchants will be quandary whe1 time order seasons stocks
 Giving color the belief that there concerted effort on the part manufacturers and others prices they rushing print with kngly similar story sections and believed that the effort of the find the reasons living the big cities inspired by the belief that conspiracy of gigantic proportions in prog
 One of the coast gives publicity to the views of wholesaler follows which similar strain to the alarmlst
 It may said that practically every commodity consumed Alaska has materially increased in price within the last year This especially of all candies and conectons glassware shoes woons and gents furnishings silks ribbons and various other articles Many of the manufacturers in the East and the Coast not accepting orde others are receiving them on upon future deliveries Orders placed for candies three and four months ago have yet been delivered Shoe manufacturers have called many amen woolen houses not attempting fill orders it almost impossible get any silk underwear And any obtained listed greatly advanced prices One large manufacturer of blankets had order last month for 10000 It could not fled fact this the prospective purchaser that the combined stock of all the mills and agencies the country that time would total that number The scarcity of commodities and inability articles less than the increased prices quoted those that be obtained For instance large glass manuac only few days stated that his prices had materially advanced and the that the ingredients used III the
 manufacture glass had been advanced from 25 5S0 have increased from B S10 thousand and cande and confections from , to 50 per cent.
 this alarming condition attributed the scarcity of laborers the East and of the big cities Workngmen quitting the factories in the country which pro general commodities assocang themselves with the factories from whom they higher Many who prior the European domced in the United have returned the old country thus creating abore the United States It reported that during month September many thousands of workngmen stated high 250OO had left Portland for the East work Another assigned the great demand goods which demand greatly
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-09
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Arthur A. Everett and to his heirs an

To Arthur A. Everett, and to his heirs and
 assigns:
 You are hereby notified that the under signed having expended in each of the years 1909, 1910, 1911, t9t2, 1913, 1914, 1915 and 1916 the sum of one hundred dol '2rS in labor and improvements upon each If the quartz mining claims known and de rribCd as follows. t0 vii The Parks No. lode mining claim. the Parks No lode nining claim. he Parks No. lode mining .f@iW. the na"E> No f lvdr mining claim, he Banner ldt mining claim, situated on rtnnahar lode. on the right limit Of the ruSknkWim river, about fifteen miles below the mouth of the Oitna river, in the kuS k~kWim mining district, territory of Alaska, n order to hold sad claims under the pro- isj uS Of See. 2324 of the Revised Statutes f the United states, and the amendment thereto approved January p, 1880, con corning annual labor upon mining claims, being the amount required to hold said mining claims for the period herein men toned.
 And if within ninety days from the per sonaI service of this notice, or within ninety days after the publication thereof, you fail or refuse to contribute your pro- portion cr such expenditure as co-OWner, your interest in said i've lode mining claims will become the property of the subscriber. your cO-owncr, who has made the required expenditures by the terms of said section. E. W. PARKS.
 First publication, Dec. ?, 1916.
 Last publication, March 3, 1917.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-09
RAILROAD TO BROAD PASS
 TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR

Plans now being completed for next year s work on the Alaska government railroad call for the completion of 287 of the APO sliles of the Seward Fairbanks railroad by the close of 1917. This will leave only l33 miles of line to be finished before the sea son of 1919, which is the date fixed by Chairman Edes of the Alaska engineering commission for the start of through trathc, according to the Seward Post of October 20.
 Including the Alaska Northern l37 miles of road will be in operation at the lose of this season and 150 miles are to be built next year, which will complete the l,ne to Bread pass
 In discussing the work of the commis- ion before leaving Seward for Washington, where he will submit his report to the de partment of the interior, Mir Edes stated hat while large mileage of grade had been built and right Away cleared this season tbe actual number of miles of track laid is not nearly so great as will be laid in 1917,
 "Only twenty miles of track were laid he first year, as we had a late start" said lie chairman. By December l of this ear sixty-six miles of new steel will be laid, which includes work done between Anchorage and Turnagain arm, work on he main line and the line to the coal fields
 Extensive clearing has been done north along the main line both ways from Tal- keetna and south from Nenana, along all of which track will be laid next year. Our clans for 1917 provide for the laying of about 150 miles of steel during the coming 2ascA
 'Gf this track, 100 miles will be on the aain line north from Matanuska Junction, beyond the track now laid, and the rest will be along Turnaea.n arm and south from Nenana"
 Chairman Edes expects to return north much earlier next season than was possible this year, owing to the delay by congress in acting on bills. The coming congress ends in March and more rapid action is expected on all bills.
 It is probable that Seward will see little of the chairman next year, as all of the construction work will be in the Interior except that along Turnagain arm, and his duties will keep him somewhere near the front" that ver-mOvng section on new reilrcad where the questions to be decided are most numerous
 Considerable of the funds for this year s work on the railroad are tied up in supplies md construction material which will be ,sed during the winter or early next spring.
 The report now being drawn up by the commission will show clearly just how much of the money received so far has gone nto equipment which will be used in build ;ng the entire line and how much has been rsed in clearing. ersding and track work already accomplished.
 All of the money expended in the town If Anchorage for municipal improvements is to be collected from the property owners by assessments covering not only street i'm movements, but the cost of the water liant When the government gives deeds to the lots at the expiration of five years qnd turns the municipal control over to a council the city will then own its water rlant
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-09
VIII the delegate or of his adherents please explain?

Falcon Jon quoted by the Juneau Dispatch saying tha
 he only way to navigate the Kuskokwim with railroad his suggestion that the government building the Aask railway system build line from Seward the Yenna branch e sna thence that and the divide into th Kkom and that the then take the Copper River Northwestern and build it Fairbanks The Pioneer would be oath discourage the building of railroad to th kukokwm would of the best sections of lnero Alaska and be great boon the adjacent territory But ethc MT Josn has been mSuoted he is lamenta5y unfamiliar with the kuskokwim No in Alaska easily nav gated as the Kuskokwm immense vslley waered by which blocked mouth by ba and which ocesn gong steamships navigate for hundreds of miles, the c2c being accessible boats of large capacity has little need the assistance raoad the feeder to the ocean vessels Aakas second largest day will be tn main artery trade for both the kuskokwm and Yukon valley in the estimation of men who familiar with its
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-09
COMPARE ITALIANS WORK WITH HISTORIC FEATS
(Rome Dispatch to Associated Press)

Rone Dispatch Associated Press
 An Italian general explaining the fighting in the mountains said
 For one thing be remembered that today operate hundreds of thousands of these whereas Tn e i'd the armies whose exploits have become famous were but few thousand perhaps twenty thirty thousand at most Fur her they merely crossed the Alps whereas live upon them month and month Again, operate attitudes ot three thousand five hundred compared to the eighteen hundred of Hannbals army the twenyor hundred of Ma oeon army which crossed Great St. Bernard in the year loOo General MaEmons which the same year crossed the Spurga hundred meters high it must be remen bered had it's disposition the solid roads built by the Romans and preserved their We have to build own roads before advance Along th road to Adameo where we are now riding before the there hardly path and no tried except in summer
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-09

augmented the of from the United States Cgarmkers make cigars less than BPS and $30 thousand whereas the earning capecy of garmaker heretofore from S20 SPA thousand and unless they the former they quit and work in munitions factories
 How will all end be oreseen but it likely that the merchants citizens generally in this part of the world will with great deal of interest the progress of the govern ment'
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-09

That manly prediction statement issued by Luther L. Hess the successful candidates for representative the Fourth Giviscn and fitting to the question as to the from Tn cSe the uor Said Mir Hess: I do voter to vote for doesn't know where stand and will stand
 elected this question other question: am aganS the quor traffic and hope live the manufacture ant
 sale of all kinds of intoxicating liquors abolished in this territory realize the importance of the accrng to ks and other Alaska municipalities from liquor licenses and realize at special might be allow an crease taxation such losses but think woui of the long to direct taxes than to de
 rive revenue indirectly the weaknesses cf fellow
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-09

The Seward Gateway publishes the story of the drugglng robbpg of E. Banker the Marshall mining man. Seattle centv follows Tt is hardly likely that man coming Marshall would have S1OO00" Which ndS show thGt the Gateway does not keep we'll posted on nng
 matters in Interior Alaska Two arrived Iltarod few days ago with several times thousand dollars vrgn g'l taken from the of Willow creek and the probabilities that there such consgnmen received here The estimated output the Marshall dggng for the S21O000 and years output will be much larger Should other creeks the Marshall district develop pay as Is ex trenev likely of from Marshall having Sl0O0U in his possession will be sufficient create much comment
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-09

The Pioneer frequently receives newspaper clippings anony mo,y through the mails which duly apprecaed but the roesy contributors should them from attach ing their names Last week received mpeecty coed eX tract Seward newspaper which already had been printed and commented on in these columns.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-09
HOW THE ROW STARTED

Do you suppose that horse that threw King George was a horse de combat?" asked the editor of Punch.
 "No," said the witty Beef Eater at the Tower "E was h'only the power be'ind the thrown"-Ex
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-09
WHAT DOES HE MEAN?

During the campaign Congressman Johnson ot Wash incton the of Alaska and attempted to do work behalf of Delegate Wkerhams fight election In the of interview he said that Aasa should delegates and favored igreonal that would Southeastern Alaska sentation Editor Russell of the Juneau Dispatch wired Wicker who Valdez asking expression from the delegate subject and he replied to the effect that he heartily proved Johnson suggestion and stated that his bill providing statehood drawn similar lines protecting each natural division of Alaska and said that he would introduce support such bill that suggested by Congressman Johnson
 will be remembered that the bill conferng statehood
 Alaska introduced congress by Delegate Wickershm provided from the proposed state from each division has been explanation of this provision and has all the appearance of buncombe the delegates part course be ignorant of the constitutional with reference apportionmen of members of congress
 The ratio of congressional representation mem Der each S77 of population Delegate Wckershams bill representation of member for approximately each 15,000 of population
 Will the delegate of his adherents please explain?
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-09

One of the astonishing developments of the great the increase caber and destructive of ordnance The surprise engendered early the by the Krupp 42entmee guns But that the Brit h government building baeshps carrying l8lnch These will inches larger than for vessel atoa and inches greater than the largest projected tor the ne" American battlesbp Naval believe that there must be some new method preparing steel withstand such shock as would be caused by the larger
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-09

Andrew Carnegie has given more than S400,000,000 in public benefactions.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-25
News Of Fifty Years Ago

;, Philip r Howard d, was YESTERDAY appoin,ea by
meud ana re%rSo County p WE m nr have
enough noaries by and by. In spite of the
officers before they can qualify and act.
T. Wehs,sr ;, form ,ns, Of Rishmond but
in Savannah Ga died in that city Yesterday
Ills remains will be brought to this city for
Information has reached New York that the
steamship Ephesus. plying in the direct trade
stranded on Sable Island The vessel is break
ing hut much of the cargo has been saved.
hs BY N the onr Of Rev
ay settle e s I betwse to the ]
the Senate on the question of adjournment and
"ems to have Congress adjourn subjee. "n to the
cali of; the officers Of the two houses instead OF
insisting upon his absurd proposition is to Of
fend and antaeonize President Johnson. whom
The STATE Of rsn. .;s has named =
rs for a ns m
n rnsk 5 Se n 1r's s,Sr al" H.
Cholera has broken out among the United
States ,,oog :, sa,iomed on Tybss Island,
seven dsaths 50 far. Among the dead is Lieu
tenant }: 7 May, who was at one time sta
of cholera yet in Savannah.
There were 1850 deaths. in New York last
health departmen, of that city. The report also
shows that cholera is increasing in New York
from Wankesan. ILL., asking il it Vas true Gset ma,
Horace had volunteered to go the bond Of
jefferson Davis. and. If why he did not also
in;ercede for Captain Wirz. whom the radical
writer claims was no more guilty than MIR.
Davis Nj. Greeley replied as follows: Yes. sir:
would bail Mr.. Davis. you, any culprit
that the government would shamcfully keep in
Jail more than Il year. resisting and DENYING
his lust and legal demand that he he arraigucd
and tried. or let GO"
The United states Senate yesterday passed
the House btll admitting the Representatives
from tho state OF Tennessee
MIR, Sohcnck offered in the House YESTERDAY
a resolution calling the President to inform
the House If an application had been made for
the pardon of Major-tieneral George Il. Pickett,
lat" of the Confederate army. and If steps have
been taken for his trial on the charge of exc
cutting Union soldiers. The resolution was
passed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-25

aud paper, neither OF which thing.
stand salt water we'll.
Methods OF salvage have improved
Immensely during the last few years.
ana with the seabottom strewn with
valuable wrecks the next few years
win doubtless see sim further prog
rcsS. one OF the most ingenious de-
vices that has been built recently Ia
the invention OF William q Slsson. OF
Los Angeles. Cal. 1t consists essen
TALLY OF a system ~ magnets and air
tight pontoons. by which the shin /,
iloatcd to the surface.
The outnt includes a tender shin.
a number of pon,uons and a diving
bell, which is equipped with propel.
iers SearchliGhts. telephone. four
great magnets, and steel drlll with
4 motor 10 run IL.
This bell Is a sphere eight feet in
diameter, which carries two men. De-
sc.ndlne into the water on the end
OF a long cable, it * able 10 travel
about in wide circles. rs means OF It's
pr"peHers. To rise and descend. and 10
search the depths over wide radius
with IT, CLAN, scarchl!eh,s
When The wreck has been accurately
located the bell returns TO tho surface
Tor one OF the pontoons. This is a
metal cylinder. ten feet by thirty.
equipped with a pump and two mag
nets, The cylinder il filled with water
50 that il viii sink. and is carried
down y" the bell 10 the side OF the
ship, whcr" 1t clings by means Of liz
great electro magnets like a great
haraacle Tn" bell then returns 10 The
surface tor another pontoon. and con-
tinucs 70 bring thoiu until cuoush
nave been attached u tho ship 10 lift
II.
Holes arc now drilled through til.
steel plates OF the ship by tho electric
drill in tho boil, great hooks are IN
serted IN its sides. aud these are
chained 10 tho poutoous. Now the
water is pumped out of them, tho
power TO operate tho pumps coming
from III" tender ships 10y means OF
cable. Being thus an approximate
vacuum. each pontoon becomes very
light. and Tho united upward lift car
RIGS the snip 10 tho surface.
1t IS believed that with this an-
paratus chips viii 10 successfully
raised from very deep watcrs It ia
probable that fcw valuable hulls viii
escape the army If $alvors that will
sail tho seas after tho war.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-25
Transatlantic .AIrships.

The great hydro-aeroplan ordered
D. fodman Wanana k"r for A flight
across tho Atluntic Ocean Is almost
completed and the details Of the great
est flight YET attempted in, tho world
arc now being arranged. The ma
chino is tho largest yct built. n con-
iainS six iwelvc-cytinder motors Of
ZOO horse power each IT can attain
speed Of 100 miles an hour aud carry
six passengers. Its design includes
number of patents, not found In any
other machine, and ii is confidently
believed hv those who are familiar
with IL that unless some unforeseen
condition dcvclopes. this hydroacro-
plane is fully capable Of completing
the passage in thirty hours.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-25

perhaps. tho most powerful and most feared
writer on the Continent, and he Is certainly
the most dreaded thorn in the flesh OF Ger
man autocracy Now he attacks German
censorship Of tho news and holds up to ridi-
culo some OF the stories spread broadcast
among the people. And at the very end OF
his article, he makes u statement Of fur more
significance to the outside world than his
complaint Of the censorship. He says:
Right and left the foe is listening,
but nowhere can he detect the voice
OF the German people. Could he but
hear it, should be to peace,
which is possible to-day, which only
miracle could make better.
If German censorship is strict as to
prohibit the dissemination Of German mass
thought. then it must prevent the knowledge
of real conditions from reaching the mass Of
Germans That voice which Harden says Is
now for peace must. then, be raised because
of the state of affairs within the empire But
no censorship can prevent forever the spread
of knowledge, and SO the German censorship
will fail, eventually. Then the German peo-
pie will learn the true situation, and their
voice will make itself heard-even by the
Kaiser and Prussian kultur.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-25
SEEN ON THE SIDE
Some Dre.,uer..


! have read OF lotus-satera
And of folks who hit the nine
Heard that dreamers are world heaters
VINO depend on hemp that's ripe;
Those who like morphine to handle
Those who daily with the coke
But not one can hold candle
TO those lads down at Norfolk and Newnor,
News. who can tell you to the fraction of :,
minute when the Deutschland is going out ana
the Bremen is coming in
They are wizards with the smoke,
Ihey nave conned the stad newspapers
with their airy. fairy tales
WITH their funny verbal capers
Tor invention never, falls
they can beat the world at guessing
Fact to them is just a yoke
That Is really too DISTRESSING.
So they never bother with II ,,u.I, ~.
fancy 'ra'ei where 1t listeth they cook IN varns
'he pubic ought to be able to behave go
If ii can't e'ch
es' 'heS would much rather smoke