half, aud at the special request of some
of them, a definite recognition on the
part of this court, of their civic rights,
a recognition which I think they are
under the law clearly entitled to, and
for which I feel sure they will be most
grateful, and ambitious to show them
selves worthy of the boon thus grant
ed.
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR JAIL
The United States government may
assist the city of Douglas in the build
ing of a new aud first class jail. The
city jail at Douglas is now used by the
federal athorities in cases of arrests
made at night after the ferry has
•ceased to run. The government has
jails at Sitka, Skagway, Ketchikan,
Juneau and Wrangell. Douglas is
therefore practically the only town of
any consequence in Southeastern Alas
ka in which the government does not
maintain a jail except Haines.
U. S. Marshal Faulkner said yester
day that if the request was made by
the Douglas authorities to have the
government go in with them in the
erection of a jail, he would take the
mater up with the attorney-general.
Long, has completed his season’s work.
THE WORE OF THE DOG CATCHER
The Douglas Dog Catcher, Lowis
While the dog tax does not bring the
city a very large financial return, the
dog catcher—or more properly perhaps,
the dog killer—is an exceedingly use
ful institution.
During the time he was employed
Long killed about 60 dogs. For the
most part, the wrere beach dogs, and
practically all of them without owners.
An Indian never kills a dog, not even
to relieve suffering. There is a pre
vailing superstition against it. A
large number of the dogs killed by
Long were homeless and most of them
had the mange. The owner of every
good dog who pays his tax gets his
money’s worth in the dog catcher’s
work.
COURT TO CONVENE SEPT. 20
Judge Lyons is expected to return to
Juneau on September 15th, and to con
vene court on September 20th. His
first attention will be directed to the
examinations of applications for saloon
licenses, none of which have been
granted. It is reasonably probable
that these applications will occupy the
attention of the court until October,
when the grand jury will meet.
About twenty-five men are in jail at
Juneau charge with selling liquor to
the Indians. With the exception of
three or four none of them have ever
been charged with this olfense before,
and when convicted will probably re
ceive jail sentences. At least it has
heretofore been the custom of the court
to impose jail sentences after first con
viction on this charge.
Besides the whiskey cases, there are
three other cases awaiting action by
the grand jury. These are Duncan
Cameron, charged with obtaining money
under false pretenses; Nick Uzalick,
who made a cowardly attack on Dan
Popovich; and another Slavonian who
is charged with assaulting a woman of
his own race with a revolver.
A BITEN FINGER CASE
Police Judge Heison, acting as ar
bitrator in a civil suit, decided last
week that a bitten finger is worth a
hundred to the man who has it.
Some time last month, two Belgians
indulged in what was supposed to be
a friendly scuffle in the Opera House
salonn in Douglas. One Belgian play
fully choked the other until he was al
most black in the face and the latter
succeeded in getting hold of the cho
ker’s finger, and humorously bit until
he was allowed to breathe.
From time to time the choker met
the biter, and under threats of charg
ing mayhem, secured money from the
biter. At last the choker received
from the biter the sum of $40 which
the biting Belgian understood to be a
balance in full of account. And then
the choker again met the biter, and
the choker informed the Belgian that
he would have to have some more money
and denied that the $40 was intended
as a settlement in full. It was finally
agreed that the matter should be sub
mitted to the Douglas police judge as
arbitrator, and the contestants, accom
panied by Doctor Weyerhorst, who is
also a Belgian appeared at the magis
trate’s office. Dr. Weyerhorst said
that if the biting Belgian would pay
his little fee of $60 he thought the bit
ten Belgian would be satisfied, and the
bitten Belgian denied that he had re
ceived over $40.
The police judge decided that $100
was reasonable enough for the privil
edge of chewing the finger on another
man’s hand, and the case was settled
at that figure.
FOR KAMCHATKA AGRICULTURE
Serge A. Gruener, an official of the
Russian government, who has been
spending several weeks in Sitka, in con
sultation with Special Agent Geo»ge
son, of the U. S. Agricultural Depart
ment, was in Juneau a few days ago
on his way to Nome, from whence he
will cross to Kamchatka.
To arepresentative «rf the Sourdough,
Mr. Gruener said that the Russian
government intended to introduce ag
riculture in Kamchatka, and that he
had been sent here to learn what he
could which might be valuable there.
He was enthusiastic in praise of the
work of Mr. Georgeson, and said that
he believed his work wouuld inevita
bly be of great value in the develop
ment of the farming possibilities of
this country.
BEAR SKINS SEIZED
Deputy Colector of Customs George
Simpson last week seized nineteen bear
skins consigned by H. Moses, a well
known fur buyer known by the Indians
as “Nuk-She-Onish, ” which had been
shipped to himself from Dundas to be
sent out of the country. They were
seized as brown bear skins and turned
over to IT. S. Marshal Faulkner.
Moses claims that the skins are not
brown bear skins, but grisley bear skins
—that there are no brown bear skins
on the islands of Southeastern Alaska,
where these were kiled. On learning
that the skins had ben seized, he re
ported at once to the district atorney’s
office and announced that he would be
at Hoonah when wanted for trial. A
criminal case will be presented to the
next grand jury, and Moses says that
he intends to find out whether an Alas
ka jury can be found which is in favor
of protecting Congressman Humphreys ’
pets, the Alaska bears.
OFFICE IMPROVEMENTS
Clerk of the district court Pettit has
adopted an improvement in the care of
papers filed in that court, which will
be appreciated by litagants. What is
known as the vertical system has been
adopted, and when a paper is filed in a
case it is bound to the other papers in
such a manner that its removal cannot
result from carelessness. Heretofore
the papers were inserted loosely in a
jacket. The new way is strictly up to
date.
THE PORCUPINE BOOM
With $50,000,000, $40,000,000 and
$12,000,000 worth of free gold in sight
in three different quartz mines, the
Porcupine Quartz Field in eastern Can
ada is enjoying one* of the greatest
mining booms in modern times, ob
serves the Nome N\igget.
“It is the first time in history/’
says the Nugget, “that a mining field
has not been covered by westerners.”
Only two western mining men got in
on the ground floor of the strike, the
first being F. A. Heinze, the former
copper king of Montana, and the sec
ond the Flynn family of Colorado.
Heinze picked th» ripest peach in the
basket, and having, erected a mill is
well started on the way to retrieve his
fallen fortune. Hundreds of likely
looking prospects have been uncovered,
says the Nugget.
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