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ALASKA SOURDOUGH
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the Chechako as well, by A. B. Calla
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THE OTHER TERRITORIES
The Alaska Home Rule Bill, intro
duced by Delegate Wickersham and now
pending in Congress, provides:
That all laws of the United States
establishing a civil government in Al
aska, and extending the laws of the Un
ited States thereto, shall continue in
full force and effect until altered, am
ended or repealed by or with the con
sent of Congress.
It has been stated that bills creat
ing other territories have been similar
to this, but this is not true. The Fair
banks Times quotes as follows from
other territorial bills:
Louisiana and Orleans—The laws in
force in said terirtory “shall continue
in force until altered, modified or re
pealed by the legislature. ’ ’
Missouri—That the laws and regula
tions in force in the territory of Louis
iana at the commencement of this act
“shall continue in force until altered,
modified or repealed by the general as
sembly. ’ ’
Alabama—That the laws then in torse
“shall continue to exist and be in force
until otherwise provided by law.’’
Arkansas—That all the laws of the
territory of Missouri in force on July
4, 1819, “Shall be and continue in
force in Arkansas until modified or re
pealed by the legislative authority
thereof. ’ ’
Florida—That the laws in force in
said territory “Shall continue in force
until altered, modified or repealed by
the legislature.”
Iowa—And the existing laws of the
territory of Wisconsin “shall be ex
tended to IowTa, subject, nevertheless,
to be altered, modified or repealed by
the governor and the legislative assem
bly of said territory of Iowa. ”
. Oregon—The existing laws now in
force in the territory of Oregon under
the authority of the provisional gov
ernment established by the people
thereof “shall continue to be valid and
operative therein, subject, nevertheless,
to be altered, modifid or repealed by the
legislative assembly of said territory of
Oregon.”
Minnesota—The laws in force in the
territory of Wisconsin at the date of
the admission of the state of Wiscon
sin “shall continue in force, subject,
nevertheless, to be altered, modified or
repealed by the governor and the ieg
ilative assembly of the territory of
Minnesota. ’ ’
Washington—Same as Oregon.
Colorado—Although Colorado is re
ferred to by the delegate as authority
for the wordings of his bill, the act pro
viding for a territorial government for
Colorado contained no provision con
tinuing certain laws in force in the
territory.
Wyoming—All the general territorial
laws of the territory of Dakota “shall
continue in force until .repealed by the
legislative authority of that territory.”
Oklahoma—These laws “^re hereby
extended to and put in force in the ter
ritory of Oklahoma until after the ad
journment of the first session of the
legislative assembly. ’ ’
Hawaii—The laws of Hawaii “shall
continue in force subject to repeal or
amendment by the legislature of Ha
waii or the congress of the ‘United
States. ’ ’
Porto Rice—That the laws and or
dinances of Porto Rico now in force
“shall continue in full force and ef
fect until altered, amended, or repeal
ed by the legislative authority herein
provided for Porto Rico, or by act of
■congress of the United States.”
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BIGGEST CRIMINAL DOCKET
The biggest criminal docket in the
history of Juneau will be tried in the
Alaska capital this winter and spring.
Already there are over fifty cases
awaiting the action of the grand jury
which will meet early in next month.
While by far the greater number are
for violations of the law against selling
liquor to Indians, nearly all the crimes
on the calendar are represented. The
largest number of cases on the docket
at one time before was twnty-five, in
1909. Court officials say that the term
will run into May, when it will be
necessary for the court to adjourn, in
order to go to Ketchikan to open a les
sion of the court there.
PURSE FOR NURSE
With a generosity for which the men
of the North are noted, the many friends
of Miss Mary Mills, matron of the
White Pass hospital for many years,
who is leaving for the South today on
the Dolphin, presented her with a purse
of gold, as an appreciation of her ser
vices and friendship while she has been
in Skagway.
Being unable to tender her thanks
personally, Miss Mills desires through
the medium of this paper to express
her warm gratitude to those friends
who have so kindly remembered her
with the handsome present and much
valued letter of appreciation received
by her through the hospital committee.
She will never forget the generosity
and kindly feeling which prompted both
gift and letter.—Skagway Alaskan.
POOR HUBBY—RICH BROTHER
Thomas S. Lippy. who owned and op
erated No. 10 Eldorado, the richest
claim ever staked in Klondike, from
which he took more than a million dol
lars, is mentioned in a case just heard
before the Seattle divorce court. He
came to Dawson broke, and with the
gold he got here has invested and great
ly increased his wealth. The Post-In
telligencer says:
Prosperity that came to his wife’s
brother caused B. D. Rose’s $85 per mo.
salary to look like poverty to his wife
and five children. That is what Rose
told Judge A. W. Prater yesterday.
This property, he said, resulted in do
mestic quarrels to the extent that he
left home.
Lucy E. Rose, his wife, as plaintiff
in divorce proceedings, charged her hus
band with non-support since last Feb
ruary, when the couple separated, and
with desertion. Mrs. Rose is a sister
of T. S. Lippy, a local capitalist. The
evidence as to support was to the effect
that Rose had turned $50 of his learn
ings over to his wife monFhly until
last February. Rose is foreman of
electricians in the employ of the city.
The couple were married in 1887.
Rose testified that his family life
would have been untroubled if Uncle
had not “butted in’’ so often with his
generous gifts. At Christmas, said
Rose, when he handed in a few pairs of
stockings and small gifts to his family,
there was much talk of hove Uncle had
given each of the family a $TT and $10
bill, and disparaging remarks about
father’s small gifts.
T. S. Lippy was a witness for Mrs.
Rose. He told the court that 4ie had
contributed a matter of $2500 to the
family in the past eight or nine years.
Judge Frater held that Mrs. Rose had
not made out a case, and refused to
grant a divorce.
MOULTON BRINGS INNOVATION
IN SHOTGUN SAMPLES
J. E. Moulton, salesman for the Se
attle Hardware Co., arriyed up from
Ketchikan on the Dolphin last night
and will remain in town a few days.
Mr. Moulton is introducing to South
eastern Alaska huntsmen a newr ham
merless shotgun of the Eox make, the
weapon that his received the endorse
ment of Puget Sound and California
hunters. The indications are that ma
ny of the guns will find their way into
the leathern cases of Juneau nimrods.
The Fox hammerless is featured by a
lack of intricacies that make other
shotguns a menace to hunters and is a
masterpiece in armament. \
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