BAD JOB
Alaska Judicial Bill
Stabbed in Back
(Seward Gateway)}
The bill for a fourth judicial divlson
io A'aska was ?tabbed ia the house of
its frieuds or those who ought to hare
been its friends. At the beginning of
the last session of congress there wa<)
no opp'<sitioa to the measure. The
presideot ?nd Attorny-General Moody
recommended it, Gov. Hoggatt
iudorsed 'Strongly, the Washington
members of congress were understood
to be filling to exert all thier influence
in Us favor. Attorney General Moody
urged it as necessary to the proper
administration of justice in Alaska.
The chairman of the house judiciary
comm*ttce introduced the bill, whicn
made it appear the measure was
agreed upon in administrating cir
cles and that it would pajs without
- jpposition.
Us introduction was tbe last that
was heard of ihe judicial division bill.
It mysteriously disappeared, like a
mac w no has been elected vice
p residual.
Frank Waskey, Alaska's delegate ai
tbe short session, says the bill went to
tbe sub committee of tbe house judio- j
iary committee of which Alexander of
New Voi-K was chairman, and thai i
person explained to each inquirer after
the measure that he had not aad time
to study it He never did get time.
Lie did not need to study it for ii
was drafted to meet the views
or Attorney General Moody who knew
mure about it than Mr. Alexander could I
e\^r learn. Mr. Alexander evidently
was seen.
Attorney General Bonaparte, who
succeeded Moody in Dtcembr. took ;no j
interest in the bill for he knew nothing ,
about AlasKa and knows nothing yet. j
Gov. Hoggatt turned against it, under >
somebody's order: then a senator fiom
Seattle, in the exuberance of the!
Sear.e spirit, decided that it would be
a good thing to give Alaska's'
fourth judge to Seattle, and let hied j
come North once in a while on |a junk- 1
eting trip.
The bill was crucified between ignor- j
ance and self-iutere*'.
SKAUWAVM RtILR\S
AfTfRlOW ABSENCE
J, i'ojks, a Skasjwuv pioneer who
was employed by the Alaska Transfer
Company in 1901 and 1932, has returned
to this city. He spent some time in
the various towns of Nevada, but
having had typhoid fever twice within
a single year, he quit that country and
went to Los Angeles. From the .latter
plac? he came '>?ck to Alaska.
Mr. Tucks think* Nevada a good
country for a man to stav away from if
he b .s regard for good healm and long
life.
bimjCr mwm
IS ACQUIT I tD
BlDger Hermann, former commission
er of the United States land office, was
acquitted by a jury at Wa hington,
D. C., on tbe charge of fraud and de
stroying public r cords to conceal it.
Hermann was formerly a congressman
from Oregon. Other c -ses are pend'ng
against Hermann. |
Henry la Sor?
San Franc sco, April 30? Heney is so
sore at the acquittal of Binger Hermau
that he is considering going to Portland
to prosecute the fraud case against I
Him. He says he is anxious to!
see Hermann convict^
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to the busy man ? workman or business
man i- a wa'cb that will correctly
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We sell all the leading makes o
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RIGHT, at priors a* low as those which
obtain in New York, Chicago or any of
the other great metropolitan centers. '
We sell gold watches, silver watches,
nickel watches, and all kinds of wa'ches
of ail the standard makes.
l^scarry the most comp'ete and
raos'-'ip-to-date stock of jewelry, China
war.- and cut glassware i". Alaska.
Our repair department is the most mod -
era in ail its appointments and the
mflit thorough in the work turns out.
We examine the eyes free of cost and
fit them with the kind of glasses that
scientific tests demonstrate that they
require.
J. ikuta. Optician and Jeweler.
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: A Deep Laid Scheme ?
[Original.]
Since this story hinJJes on a name, I
may as well begin by saying thai the
uaiiu* It hijges ou is Frauds Kaudolph
Forbes. Now, the letter F written Is
sliupl.v au incomplete H, auil I have of
ten hail my letters go to some IX. It.
Forbes or IL K. llorbos or some such
uauie, ami I have received such per
sons' letters myself.
One evening upon calling for my
mail at uiy club 1 was handed a note
addressed in a woman's familiar hauil.
Five years before Maud Twining hail
le'used me. au?Cl was sure this was to
reopen the case. I tore open the envel
ope ami pulled out the couteuts with a
trembling hauil.
Not hint hut a blank sheet of note
paper.
'I his was cruel. Mnud was not the
girl to treat me thus. But, wait a bit.
Might she uol with maidenly modesty
iuteud to simply commence a reopening
of a matter which she herself had clos
ed? Might nut this blank paper con
tain a message from her if I could And
it out? I scrutinized it. held It before a
strong light, put a magnifying glass to
it, hut could see no evidence of a com
munication. While holding it very close
to a gas jet 1 noticed pale browu marks
coming out oa it. Holding it still clos
er. they deepened, aud 1 read in letters
apparently written with a match or a
toothpick prjbablv in leuiou juice:
.April li B? Square lVuntaln 10:06 1<- m.
HESTER.
I was bitterly disappointed. Ilester
was not the uaiue of the lady I had In
mind. 1 examined the superscription
? in the envelope aud decided that It
..light Ik1 either F. II. For' es or F. II.
(possibly F. B.i Harker. I look the
?note the next day to the po-t office ami
was Informed that F. B. Harker had
askid for a letter aud on being in
tormed there was nothing for him
made a great ailo about the deliniiu.'u
cles of the >iHce. The clerk looked In
the directory for F. It. Harker, but no
such name was given there, t'onse
quenily- there was no way of finding
him.
After thinking the matter over I coa
cluded that 1 would go to the rendez
vous and inform the lady that her let
ter of appointment lmd miscarried. Oa
April ti at lo o'clock in the evening I
was in the park and soon after saw a
veiled lady approach the fouutiin. 1.
too. went to the fountain an 1 after v
few moments of dally asked her if sho
was ilester. She started, but did not
reply. Then 1 told her the story of the
miscarriage of her note.
Women are naturally confiding, and
there was somethiug perhaps in my
manner that induced this one to give
me her eoutldence. She told me*thnt
she was a widow, ller husband's
brother was trying to defraud her of
the estate her husband had left her.
On? who was In league with the broth
er-in-law had agreed to play false to
bitu and for a consideration turn over
to her certain papers that "would make
valid her claim on the inheritance. The
transfer must be made without tho
knowledge of the brother-in-law, and
she had designated the place for tb?
pun>ose.
"May 1 not act for you, madam?" 1
Bald
"I only wish you would," she replied.
"I will give you au order for the papers
if you will consent to bring them to
me."
?That 1 dkl u 't moan. I would not
permit you to thus place your Interests
lu the hnnii? of a strauger. Give me
the name and address of the person
von were to meet here, and I ?will
make a new appointment for you."
This only strengthened her confi
dence in me. She invited me to aceom
pauv her home. :n:d 1 did so. Ad-800D
as we entered she unveiled and reveal
id the f entires >f a woman of forty
two or forty-thn.'. While explaining
how I came to c m-dder her note as in
tended for uie I referred to the similar
ity of her 1. :nl writ ill ; to that of tl for
rner aci|U.t '-.itanoe of mine. Slje told
me that the address was not hers; that
the whole plan of receiving the papers
Claude tinely had t>een cone >cted by
hor niece, who had addressed' the mis
sive.
"And your niece is"? 1 asked.
"Maud Twining."
I junipe ! as If 1 had been shot.
"Maud Twin in;,-: I was sure I saw
again her familiar handwriting, though
she evidently tried to disguise It.
Where Is she?"
"l>o you kuow her':"
"Yes."
"She is living In-re with me. I'll call
aer. I'll uot tell her whom she Is to
aieet."
She went out of the room and re
turned with the only girl I had ever
loved. Something t >ld me when I saw
her start on seeing me that her sur
prise was feigned. Had her aunt told
her whom she was to meet? She came
forward with <->ti fusion in every line
of her countenance. There was none
of that honest, kindly bearing she had
shown when we parted. Indeed, she
looked shauiefai-ed.
The affair thus reopened came to a
j rapid conclusion. I forgot the aunt's
affair in uiy own happiness aud alto
gether lost track of It. For years I told
the story to intimate friends how an
accident had united me with the girl I
had married. SuiWeuly I stopped tell
ing It. My wife had coufessed.
While addressing her aunt's note she
had noticed how she might make the
name appear to be mine. With a faint
hope In her heart that her message of
love would go to me she made the
changes. I believe there was some ne
cessity fir a clandestine transfer of
the papers, but I have surmised that a
reopening uf our love afTalr was at the
bottom of the whole scheme.
AitTHLU D. USB WICK.
imnii
: Found His Anchor \
[Original]
A young man trudged with a spright
ly step along a dusty road. A fanner
passed him and looked back. The
stranger was not of the cut that was.
usually seen walking in those parts,
luch persons preferring an automobile
or a carriage. Not that his clothe*
were especially fine; It was something
in the general appearance of the youug
man blmsiilf.
Climbing a stone wall, he entered a
wood, mounted a slight rise In the
ground, then descended to a small ar
tificial lake and crossed a rustic bridge.
While leaning over a guard rail looking
at some water lilies he heard a worn
au's voice coming from behind him:
"Strangers are not admitted to these
grounds, sir." >
The man turned and saw a very pret
ty girl shading her eyes with a ml
parasol from the autumn sun. liais
ing his hat, be replied:
"I saw no prohibition notice as I
entered."
"if you had entered by the gateway,
you would have seen one."
"But I didn't enter by the gate."
"For- that reason I have spoken to
you. Fcrsons coming in here socially
br on business don't climb the wall."
"I'm sorry to have trespassed. By
your speech"" I judge that you own the
place."
"My father rents It."
"That makes him and his family
owners so far as occupying It exclu
sively for themselves Is concerned.
Dou't you think it a bit selfish In yau
to begcudg.? a poor traveler the pleas
tire of resting in the coo! shade?"
"Should we do so we would be over
run. Besides, they pull things to
pieces. We are especially anxious to
keep it iu good order just now, for
our lease is about -to expire, u^i wo
wish to turn it over to the owner In
first class shape." "
"A very exacting person, I presume?"
"Oh, no; Jt is we who are particular.
Mr. Chichester concerns himself very
little about it."
"Chichester? What Chichester?"
"Robert, I believe."
"You dou't mean it? Bob Chichester!
1 know him well."
The girl cast a suspicious glance at
the stranger.
"You think I am Imposing on you. 1
will describe Chichester and prove to
you that I really know him."
"That wouldn't avail anything, toi
1 never saw him myself."
"You know that he has been a stu
dent at Oxford, England)^
"Yes, I kuow that."
"Well, we both, being Americans,
knew each other. But I didn't fancy
him."
The girl's eyes flashed.
"Unluckily he is not here to return
the compliment."
"Oh. I can do that for him. His opin
Ion of me is my opinion of him."
"Superior persons are usually dislik
ed by their inferiors."
"Bob Chichester isn't my superior,'
be said, with remarkably good nature.
"We're two of a kind ? a pair of
knaves."
"Knaves always consider other per
sous knaves. 1'erhaps that's the rea
son of your opinion of Mr. Chichester."
"Ami the reason of his opinion of
me."
?'I have only your word for that, and
sluce you confess yourself a kuave I
give that for i! " She snapped her fin
gers viciously.
"May I ask a reason for th's defense
of a man you have never seen';"
The girl hesitated. She knew the
folly of ch-ittlug thus confidentially
with a stranger, but being Interested In
defending the landlord she threw cau
tion to the winds.
"Since railing this place my father
has had nothing but mlsfortuue and is
unable to pay the whole of a year's
rent due. He wrote, or, rather. I wrote
for him. a full statement of the mat
ter to Mr. Chichester, who replied with
uubounded generosity, Inclosing a re
ceipt for the amount."
"Oh, you were'the writer of that let
ter?"
"Mr. Chichester must be a confiding
person to have shown it to" ?
"A knave. Certainly. Didn't I tell
you we were t>oth knaves? You see,
Chichester and I are a sort of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. IT.vde. It was I who
prompted him to write thafletter."
"Well, I declare!"
"Fact Bob declared he wouldn't do
It; vowed he'd sue the account, al
though you said such a course would'
bring down a multitude of creditors on
your father. 1 shook my fist at him
and told him"?
"Stop!" She stood looking at blm
like a fury. "Leave these grounds."
"I decline to be ordered ofT my own
property.?^
"Your own property?"
"Yes, I own this place, and when 1
received that letter I resolved that I
would come home and do my best "to
become the owner of the woman who
could write such a letter."
She stood staring at him in a sort of
dazed wonder. Tie advanced *nd put
out his hand. She^made no move, and
he went 011. rapidly feeling for hers at
the same time:
"You see that I have given you a
correct picture of myself; mean Incli
nations and noble aspirations; bad one
day, good the next. All I need is a
sheet auchor to hold me to the good.
When I read your letter I knew I had
found tl:e anchor. It only remains for
n>e to secure it." F. A. MITCHEIi.
? wm aam
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Each " additional (except wash basins, free) 25
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