VALIDITY OF WATSON
COAL CLAIMS ATTACKED
C. B. Walker, register of the land
office at Juneau has just completed the
sending out of notices to A. C. Frost,
president of the Alaska Northern rail
road, and forty-eight others, associated
with him as coal land claimants in the
Matenuska district, informing them
that a special agent of the land de
partment has filed charges against all
the claims in the group. Although the
report of the agent was made last June,
the matter was not given out for pub
lication until this week when the serv
ing of the notices was completed. It
is the purpose of the government to
invalidate the claims on the ground of
fraud.
The special agent charges that the
location and filings were made in be
half of A. C. Frost and others and not
for the claimants.
The forty-nine claimants are nearly
all residents of Chicago and the claims
were filed by Frank Watson, as attor
ney in fact.
It is charged by the special agent
that the claims were not filed in good
faith, but that there was a conspiracy
by which the claims were to be locat
ed in the names of these parties, for
the benefit of A. C. Frost, Henry C.
Osborne, Gwin L. Francois, George A.
Ball, Frank Watson, Duncan M. Stew
art, O. G. Larabee, and some others
of whom the United States land office
is not informed, in pursuance of an
agreement and understanding to which
the claimants were parties and that it
was the intention of the other claim
ants to transfer their claims to these
as soon as patent should be procured.
The special agent charges that none
of the claimants have ever opened or
improved any mine or mines on their
claims an required by law.
The claimants are notified to answer
the charges within thirty days, and
apply for a hearing, or their claims
will be reported for cancilation.
Chief of the Field Division Christen
son, of the United States land office
arrived in Juneau on Tuesday, and is
in consultation with the register on
this and other matters connected with
the cancillation of coal claims.
CABRAL STILL IN WOODS
Somewhere in the wilds, C. K. Car
ral, charged with making and passing
bogus checks in Southeastern Alaska,
is a fugitive from' justice.
Carral had been living on the pro
ceeds from forged checks since early in
July, and though his paper was return
ed from Vancouver and San Francisco,
he made captivating talks to his vic
tims and still remained at Juneau until
August 16, when he walked out of town
to Yankee Basin. There a deputy mar
shal found him and placed him under
arrest. While waiting for the boat,
however, he eluded the officer and took
to the woods. Up to last night he was
still a fugitive. He had no provisions
with him, and is supposed to be “liv
ing off the country. ”
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA. NEWS
Mary James wife of Oscar, has
found her affinity in a little brown boy
from the flowery kingdom. She met
him at the cannery at Hawk Inlet
’round about the first of August, and
they Anally eolped together from the
same place on the steamer Delhi. Os
car has brought suit for a divorce.
About a half a dozen applications
for homestead have been filed with
Register Walker at the Juneau office
during the last year. Of these, one
was for a ranch in the vicinity of Ket
chikan, and three near Haines.
Dan Popovich has posted a notice
to the effect that he intends to leave
Douglas, and requests those who owe
him to pay thei bills, and that those he
owes to present them to him.
The Vermont Marble company have
applied for patent on their large tract
near Shakan.
Deputy United States Marshal Fels,
of Petersburg, was an official visitor
to Juneau this week. “Petersburg is
growing rapidly, he says: “a new
store building and two new hotels have
gone up this summer, and a half a
dozen substantial houses. The ten
dency at Petersburg is all in favor of
good houses and few shacks are being
erected. The growth of the town is
continuous, and more and more fisher
men are coming to make their homes
there. ’ ’
John Reck, Samuel Kohn, and Jules
Caro made application this week for
patent on the Red Jacket group of
claims in the Silver Bow basin.
Governor Clark is expected back from
the westward where he accompanied
Secretary Fisher, next Sunday.
Judge Cushman is expected to arrive
in Juneau about the eleventh, and will
take up matters in the district court
if requested by attorneys.
United States Marshal Faulkner is
on his way south to be married to Miss
Roma Jamison, sister of Earl Jamison
of the Juneau Dispatch. Miss Jami
son came to Juneau last spring to fill
a vacancy in the city schools, met Mr.
Faulkner, and the romance followed.
The will of John W. Woodside, of
Philadelphia, was filed in Probate
Judge Winn’s court this week. The
filing of the will would indicate that
he owns property here, but if he had
any, its location is not known about
the court house at Juneau.
About thirty men are at work in the
gypsum mine at Gypsum.
T. H. Brewster is prospecting on
Lemon creek.
The concrete building, which is to
house the Central hoisting plant at the
Treadwell mines is completed, but it
wrill be some months before the ma
chinery is installed and the plant is
in working order. When completed, all
the ore from all the Treadwell mines
will be taken out of the 700 shaft. It
will be the largest hoisting plant in
the world.
The United States marshal’s office
captured a deserter from Fort Lis
com on his way south on the Admiral
Sampson on Tuesday. He was taken to
Haines and turned over to the army
officers on Wednesday.
SOME ALASKA LAWS
Alaskans of neither sex attain their
majority until they have reached the
age of 21 years.
Mayhem does not consist of merely
biting, but must be done with malicious
intent to disfigure or maim. Mayhem
consists of cutting, biting or slitting the
nose, cutting or disabling the tongue or
lips, putting out or distroving an eye,
or cutting off or disabling any member
of another person with intent to maim
or disfigure. Anyone accomplishing
the same purpose with vitrol or hot wa
ter is guilty of mayhem.
An Alaska Woman hap the same right
to control and sell or transfer her own
property, whether acquired before or
after marriage, that her husband? has
to handle, his.
When any person in Alaska dies
without heirs, the property reverts to
the United States government
A community must have three hun
dred inhabitants in order to incorpor
ate.
Eight per cent, is the legal rate of
interest.
If two teams meet on a public high
way, and either teamster fails to turn
to the right he is subject to a fine of
five dollars.' This applies "to all kinds
of vehicles.
Burial lots are exempt from taxation.
Dueling is prohibited, and challeng
ing for a duel and posting anyone who
refuses to fight a duel as a coward are
penal offenses.
CIRCUMSCRIBED
Secretary Eisher said this in refer
ence to the opening of the coal lands
at Seattle, and he has probably said
nothing more significant on his whole
trip:
“What I can do as secretary of the
interior remains entirely problematical.
In my own opinion the solution of the
proposition rests not alone on the secre
tary, but upon congress. In the brief
period while I have occupied the office
which I hold, I have found that the
opportunity is not before me to deal
with this question as I would like to
deal with it. I must deal with it under
the law. We will need affirmative leg
islation in congress to work the problem
out right.
“I think we can better the proposi
tion if we will stop discussing what
has happened and get down to discus
sing what should happen. After all,
the institution of private property is
justified upon the theory that in that
way the interests of the community as
a whole are best advanced. If we fail
to take into consideration that the pur
pose shall be the welfare of the com
munity as a whole, we are going to fail,
and we ought to fail.
“The question we have to determine
is that nice adjustment between the
private interest on the one hand and the
public interest on the other.”
Wireless stations have beeninstalled
at Iditarod City and at Flat Creek.
BY CAREFULLY BUYING
a small stock I can sell better Shoes
for less money than other stores
DENNY ORFANUS
St. Ann’s Road
Don’t Forget the
ANDERSON TOBACORY
Near the Saw Mill, Douglas
We Offer Tastier Pateras at Far
More Seasonable Prices in
MADE TO OEDEE SUITS
JACK MCDONALD
Tailoring for Men and Women
Front St., Between D and Bradley
THE ECONOMY
of hand work show:, in the life of
the linen.
DOUGLAS HAND LAUNDKY
Front Street
JUNEAU FESEY ft NAVIGA
TION COMPANY
TIME CARD
Leaves Jonean for Douglas and
Treadwell.
*8:00 a. m. 1:00 p. m. 8:00 p. m.
•:©• a. m. 3:00 p. in. 9:30 p. m.
11:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m.
8:30 p. m. 1:00 a. a.
Leaves Treadwell for Douglas and
Janean
*9:M a. at. 1:40 p. m. 8:26 p. m.
If .-<3 a. m. 8:28 p. m. 10:00 p. m.
If aeon 4:88 p. m. 11:30 p. m.
8:01 p. m. 1:25 a. m.
Leaves Douglas for Jaaean
^8:00 a. m. 3:30 p. m. 10:08 p m.
14M8 a. m. 8:05 p. ra. 11:35 p. m.
10:88 pm. 7:05 p. m. 1:30 a. m.
1:48 p. m. 8:88 p. a.
V« Sundays this trip is emitted.
| Hugh D
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BILLIABDS AND POOL
CIGARS AND TOBACCO
Good Plumbing
THE LITTLE SHOP
DOWN THE STREET
GAS FITTING AND TIN WORK
Front St., Between D And E
J. MINKOVE
muzz*
n Olord
to the wise is sufficient—save money
while the sun shines
To leave a building unpainted, to
neglect a building when it needs paint,
is not essentially different from thorw
ing good money away. And this is
truer in this climate than any other.
This has been a splendid season for
PAINTING
and there is still plenty of time left to
paint that house of yours.
By the way, there is a whole lot of
difference in the quality of Paint—come
here for the best.
HARDWARE,HOUSE FURNISHINGS
TOOLS, TIN WORK, PAINTS, ETC.
Corner of Second and D Streets