Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-01-20
ALASKAADESERT
COMPARED T0U.S
Former Kenmare Man De-
clares Vets of Alaska
Would Welcome Federal
Prohibition as Enforced in
the United States.

People in the United States who
protest against the strict terms OF
the Nolstead acct should take IL trip
to Alaska and they would return with
the opinion that the federal prohi-
bition laws are laE, according to J.
c. Murphy OF Juneau, attorney gen.
cral OF Alaska, who stopped off in
Minot recently en- route from Alas
ka to Washington
Our territorial legislature in
1914 enacted a bone dry law that
sounded the death knell of intoxicat-
who like drink Of whiskey would
be perfectly content to have the ter
ritorial law removed from the sta
tutes and be prosecuted under the
Volstead act" Mr.. Murphy said.
One or two fellows in the territory
attempted to operate stills but one
appearance in court was enough. A
man could carry all the whiskey to
be found in Alaska in u suit case, he
reports.
Former Kcnmarc Man
Mr.. Murphy, who has been in
Alaska for 1G years. is a brother OF
Mrs. NJ. e. Dwire Of Minot and was
her guest during his visit in that
city He was one time located at
Kenmare, being a partner Atty. l..
J. Palda in kenmare 20 years ago.
He has been attorney general Of
Alaska for several years and is 60
ing to Washington to represent that
territory in "a tax case before the U.
S. supreme court. The territory COL
1oo {ox fha 4 Ia clS a
Fish Sailing and By-Products Co. OF
Kilisnoo, Alaska, for 1917 and 1918
and the company is endeavcring to
recover the amount paid, approx
mating $4,000. The appeal from
decision in the federal court at .Ju-
neau, Alaska. comes before the su-
preme court Jan. Is. Attorneys for
the company are also en- route to
Washington from Alaska. Mr.. Muir
ply spent seven days making the
trip from Juneau to Minot and eX-
poets to be back in Alaska again
Feb. !. ~
He retires from Office March j..
having heen defeated for reelection
Nov. 9. He and Congressman George
p. Grisby of Alaska We're defeated
by John Rustgard and Daniel Srth-
erland respectively. Murphy and
Grigsby are democrats and went
down to defeat as result of the re-
publican landslide which extended
to Alaska There are no other terri
torial officers elected with the ex-
ception of members of the lcgisla-
t,,re. 16 in the lower house and
eight in the senate. The governor
and other officers are appointed as
was the case in territorial days in
Dakota.
Want Railroad Finished
Alaska residents, Mr. Murphy re-
ports. are keenly interested in the
request before congress for 81 4,0Oo.-
900 to complete the Alaskan rail-
road. The road runs from Seward
on Resurrection Bay to Fairbanks,
40 miles inland. All but 81 miles
of the road has been completed at
cost of 52,O00,000. 4
The completion of this railroad
means a great deal to Alaska, he de-
clares. The territory is rapidly de-
veloping and the indications are that
the next few years will see Alaska
come rapidly to the fore. One pulp
mill is now being built and others
will follow. These mills will tap
new source OF wealth in Alaska. and
with the prevalent high price Of pa
per, the demand for pulp will not
fall Off in the very near future.
Conditions are very favorable in
the territory this winter, Mr.Mur-
ply reports. There are some idle
men but that is the case every Win
ter. There is less of hard time in
Alaska than anywhere else in the
world at nresent he declared.