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? OonCwaed from our test isai*)
ft> regard us iwrocwhat signiticMj*
, Uc advoMrr of Ac leasing system
by Oorpe W. P?*kfaw. who says he
Natw* hie tnfccmaOon. opoti invegtiga
lions matte <turuig his vis to Alaska
m 1SW, wfctte he was a partner in
the houfe of ^ P Morgan & Co.. and
weait to Alaska to inspect the proper
i>#s o f the Alaska Syndicate. Your
.xwnmfttee has crnly at com
meDdatkxi for the enterprise at the
Alaska Syndicate, and" beJie\es i'- j
should he affurvied every opportunity
to r*alire bandsoiiKly on the Invest
ment of its millions for *he develop
ment of the territory of Alaska, but
these remarks are addressed to the
poipaSarty expre^ed ftar that this
syndicate *ill control Alaska We
do not charge it with such designs,
hot we do believe that it wfll be
moch easer for the creation of a
monopoly Hi the Alaska ooal fieMs
under a leasing systom than upon a
sy*st*? of private ownership with the
opportunities of the latter fcr coan
petitior. and iatdlvidwal initiation. The
<*ag?e conditions appJy iars- y to the
Matanueka field A raifr. - has al
ready beer. buih. 6eventy-ooe miles
in that direction ftvm. Seward. hot
.-?onstructtm has beef. &usr r. it-d ever
ssnce the withdrawal of the Alaska
(V?J lands. The Matanut^a ooai field
is the ob}t*ciiv* point of that raiJ
road. If we aesume tha: it ts buik
to ihe Matanusfca fiekl. tin re to st*rv
the lessees of ooal Janus. it wffl not
retire awh <-ffort of irnag. nation to
PK-tune the poecs:U..l\ o? favori. >tu
ax?d the creaUoji of a monojxrfj m
those Ileitis It is true that the gov
ernment aiil regulate railroad ratoi,
but mill competing lessee be satis
fied that necessary branches or .^;>urs
?iii be built to cotuae* i their u. _?*
and that cars will be provided a.. .a
oeoeaaary "
We are ah*> opposed to making Jf
Alaska the experiment station for
new ideaa. We are enable to find
wher* the lea?i:.j; system has been
suoewssful in the operatjor. of r<?l
f--?ids under any government. Leas
ing is perhaps successful to some
extort in the ooai fields of Pennsyl
vania. where the n>arkt< s r.ear at
hand and tr*nsp."rtation is ?eil pro
vided. fce^peotiy by competing lines,
and the leases are from adh MuaJs
It is not a po* eminent l-?s-;nc sys
tem.
I* has beer, said that the leaaing
system works well in British Colum
bia. Yukon T?rrKory and in Australia
and New Zealand. We can only re
peat the ?t*ft<>ment that a half truth
te freownUy the iw? daagwow Mid
nwleading falsehood The sy^em !n
Prittsh Columbia is net a leasing sys
tetn in the *e>nse propowd In the Unit
ed Stat-ee Tbe lessee in British Co
'"Thin may obtain a lease o< sixty,
four hundred acres for five years,
with a renewal for three y.>?rs, but
is privileged at any ^me during the
or a*thla tbr*? moDtha there
sfUr. to purctoaaa th? lands at twenty
iKvLlara tu acr*. It Is a algnif**nt
Ff? ct too, that ao vote** are operated
in British Columbia uodcr the k>sfi
iag system Ail are operating upoi
?-r*nt*d fcnda Th?r? is a law for
leasing the coal lands In tiie Yukon
Territory. The oniy attempts ever
made to operate under that law re
salted In fat hires, TO?r? la not a sin
-le coal mine operated In the Yukon
Territory upon a lease from the gov
ernment. In a similar manner the
taws o f Australia and New Zealand
provide for private ownership at the
>ptian of the leasee It is reported
?.i**t much coal Is mined there under
;he leasing system, but that is be
cause the operators do not find it ne
cessary to exercise the option given i
them to purchase the tand They are
riven that option, homier, and are
thus afforded the security of private
ownership whenever they see fK to
exercise the privilege. No such system
has been proposed for Masks.. None
?f the leasing bilk introduced in Con
gress permit the lessee ever to ac
?'?-lire t*Je to the land. The Robinson
bill now pending before Congress cirj
nro^ ides for only a portion of the I
rovaRr upon coal mines In Alaska to
be expended In the territory, and thv
balance Is to be turnd fcato the Cress '
?ry of the United States. R is t'
rank injustice to compel the reside*** I
of A laska to pay a royalty into the i
Lreasuty of the United States upon
the coal they consume Why not a
similar royalty from the consumers of
?oal elsewhere? The consumers of j
Pennsylvania coal wooJd object to I
n&ylnc soch a royalty to the Federal
*>>verrvirent, and the consumers of
Vtaskan coal are entitled to urge 'he
-ftme ob lections.
Poor oM .Alaska has aurely had j
quite enouch of the leasinc ays- (
tern, It was leased by Russia from j
to 1M? to the Russian- American
"ompany. That company was the ab
-ohrte lord and roaster, and its lease
bold sorrel tmity ahsoMWy prevented
development. Fortunately nobody wa? I
-red there under false pretenses On !
ty those went there that dad so for the I
R i js^ar- American Company A leas
?'* system was not inflicted upon
est. trusting pioneers as is now
? noposed by the American eovfenmen
Fortunately for the United States
\fc?!ska was not cojonired or settled
*>v the Russians. Their leasing sys
tem prevented it Otherwise the Rw
5 :*n people would have so well de
relopcd Alaska by "lfff* that the Unit j
-d State# could not have bought M
for two cent* an acre, with Ks won
^erful fisheries and a fur-seal erd of j
five roflHer. thr??wn into the bareain.
The first thing we dW. however, was
to lease that seal herd to a com
w-.y that in forty yearn made a net I
profit ef five minion seven hundred
***1 thTrty-e*wht thousand dollars and I
depleted the seal to about seventy- |
five thousand In the mean time the
United States Government spent morel
money in ratroINng the seal islands
it obtained froim PoyaRins on the
lease, and Alaska sot absolutely noth. j
inc. not a cent hi taxation, not a Wirh
house . not a school house, not so j
wn oh as a Was poV?. Vow, the UMt ;
el state* pw wnnwnt has cone into
?he sealing business Use*, and ha< j
*?ready bemn to make a profit Ttu' j
"bis kind of talk may lead ns to ad i
ideate the bulMing of railroads In A! I
aska and the operation of coal miner: j
^bwe by the sovfmment
1 C ootlnrsd in our naxt issie l
rvr th T? Ml ts a wholesome
b??aa ?ooka4 a>sal at ths New Horn'
^wtauraai Ith Ave, Jm* off of
Broadway.
Nona bettar ant purer than Oibson
?ye. Rainier and Olympia beer. Or
a?* by *phon? promptly delivered.
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W. W. Routfclon haa taken tke
Mpency for tba )uaUy f*mw?
EL IHTONITO CLEAR
HAVANA CIGARS.
5.000 Juat r?calv*d from the T?c
tory *' Tunpa. Fla. If you want the
don't tall to fir# the*e good*
a trial.
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Sold at a bom: Halt Rdnlw. 20
tfents per bottle. Especially prepared
for sick peopla and invalid*, and ex
cellent for nurain it math era. Only
t WO bV7*k left. After that price wU
be 35 c*nfc P?r bottJa.
pack Train Bar
All tt?? lata tri^rmph 9?rm% in tha
Dally AJaaka&
OUT OF THE
SAVAGE STATE
Br DAVID WALTER CHURCH
Copvrlitht by Am?rti!*n PrtM A*o
edition. 1*11.
From the time America was dlacor
ered to. ray. half a century there
were repealed cases Of while chlldreti
being carried away by Indium and
brought op Id the rr'.be Those that
were raised bf red irrre lmy*. At
any rate, I never read; of a girl tiering
received wh tmnonent. Doubtless
any girl falllnic toto their hand* w
kilted. Savages are not overburden*!
wltb respect for the value of wonten
Some forty year* ::g:o I *m a yon tit
lieutenant In tbe ? tlta 0. S. cavalry,
and tey principal business a I <ont th.it
time was flphtlng Indians. In one o'
our aklrtntehes with tile Slom we cap j
tnred one of tbe wlni* !r?j* who hid ]
been brought up as hii Indian. He
was a handsome Hide fellow, tall an'l
straight. about (WjllM year* old. and
hi* ortjrlnally white ?t. n frMk hav.nc
been exposed bad tvrarri brown. I lt
con Id speak only the Sikhs la?iroajre: |
could not renieu.b" i *my life lint that j
of an Indian, any fatlKT or mother or
other relative. When ?-aptni?1 he wn?
fighting like a little devil
Tbe colonel turned hlni over to nie I
to see If 1 could disc ver his Ideality
I questioned tbe Indiana who had been
captured wltb tbe boy, but tbey knew
nothing of his antecedents, since they
had captured hltn from another trll>e
when be was about four years old. I
then questioned tbe bay hlmself
tbrougli an Interpreter -and found that
he hnd once been shorn the clot lies In
which he hnd been captured nnd some
trinket": that were taken from those
to whom he had l>elonircd. These were
a pockrtbook. u gold natch and chain
and various other thine* 'he boy coold
not remeuilier They had been kept
by an old squaw, who received them |
at the Iwiy v gceond enptiire from au
other sqnr.w. to whom they had been
{riven by the chief of the tribe who had
taken the baby from Ills parent*.
Havlnir rc{>orted this to the colonel,
he directed me to ride nnder a flat; of
truce to the main body of the Sioux,
secure the articles and bring them
back if |>o*sible He authorized me to j
pay f.Y* for them. If ne.pes.sary I went j
to the Slonx camp, ptmhased the at
deles for a song and brought them
back with ino.
Resides i hp watch ?ind the pocket
hook w<\? a tintype of a baby, and a
rwmWjBT (MM be traced between
It and the boy. There were also some
lace and a hunch of keys on a silver
ring. I examined tbe contents of the
pocket book. It was a long leather one
such ?s is need to carry unfolded bills
If there h.nd been any bills In It they ]
wore n<>t there when 1 looked Into It. :
There weir papers the use of which ;
trere very plain to tne. trot would
mean nothing to an Indian For In
stance, there was a d.?ed to a lot In
the county of t ook, silate of Illinois
There were ?i draft on a bank In Sea
Francisco and two little books that I ;
recognized as savings tank books
I reported tbe tind to tbe colonel,
and he forwarded my report to Wash i
Ington. After a long period, dnring |
wh|i h we kept tbe boy? nwcfc sgalist I
bis will - at Fort O . ti> which we re- j
turned after the campaign, 'be col? !
not received aw order to detail some
one to take the boy to Ibe places tntlt
rated by the deed and ChesavlnCT bank !
book*. with s view to hmrntng who he
wns. The eoWH>el gave me the job.
l?ooktng on tbe map of Illinois, I
discovered that Ow>k county was the |
site of l"hl -ago. One of ?he bank |
books indented ?Ji account In ? bank j
at Peoria nod another lb Qnlncy. both
In tbe same state.
I set off In coinpsoy with the boy, !
who by this time hat! Iwirned a little
English, nnd on re*i"Wog ChV-Sgo
found the lot In qnestlos ?? be In the
heart of the city. Tbe deei was In
the name of Edcor Kyle. This also
wn? the name on the savings bank
bonks and tbe draft on Ran Fraodseo
Tbe draft wns for IS/KM. the aecoOnts
In the ss vines banks mtnonnted to an
aggrecate of $rt.74T and tbe lot In CM
raco had within a few yt*? become
worth at?ont JIUOXWV
Pufoiinc my Investigation*. I dlseor
ered that Fdgar Kyle some twelve or
thirteen year* before bad emlgraled or
?tarted In a plains ?rhooner for Cs'l
fornla with his wife nnd baby, bnt had
never been beard from after leaving
the Missouri river.
1 felt very sure that they had been
murdered by Indiana, fbetr baby eat
rled off. that 1 now had him nnder mj
on re. and he was doubtiors heir to a
very c*od property R^t 1 saw very
little hope of his possessing It
On hta baby clothing were the tnlltal
letters "B. K ." and on this evidence
I collected the draft and the amounts
In the waving* bunk* for him With
thl? as n starter I *neee>fded In havlnit
tbe conrt of chancery appoint a guard
Ian for him. and proceedings were be
run to secure tbe lot. which bad been
Wmght In under n foi*closure of a
i mortgage for f2,IW \ flaw In the
foreclosure was discovered which en
a bled ronng Kyle's gnsrdlan to recover
the property for him by paying the
mortgage with Interest
Meanwhile Kyle was l*lng educated
and Is now a prominent resident of a
western city. Tie still holds the Chi
| cftjro lot. which is worth three-quarters
of a million. n? say? his boyhood.
: passed with the Indians, now seems
to him like a weird dresrn. though for
several years after becoming civilised
he often had longing* to return to a
savage life. But realltlOg th?t ? hot
ter life was before him ti* resisted sod
now rejoices that be did
Many A!??kan Xudtn H?v? Heard
It tnd Profited Ttierrty.
"Good news travel faat," And the
tfeoueafida of bad back autferara fai
\Uu*k* are ?M to l?*rn that prompt
relief In wWhin thetr tmcii. Many a
iteie, weak and achir* fe bad a
awcr, thank* to Horn's KMtwy Ptila ;
Th<***nd? upon thousand* of jmoplei
are tnUkiK the (tond new* of thetr ex
perience with the Old Quaker Remedy!
Hero is an example worth reading:
Mr*. J. H. CU*M*r, m PUt "B" I
FVwrteenth St , San FVanriwoo, CaL.i
says: "1 derived bwUn* boneftt from
Doan's Kidney PI J to and consequently
! am ft* a'-on* in my prafee of them
? I waa n 1W7, whoa 1 pwMlcly an
doraed th<*rt. I first uoed Doan'a KM
ney Pifla when Bring In Canada, and
they reHeved me of a doll, heaTy
pain (n tie small of my back. Other
symptoms o* kidney trouble thai bad
bothered me wvre also tttapoaed of
and my entire aywtefn wft* toned op
Since then I hare had nt> further need
of a kidney medfHne. I conaider K j
a duty as wHI as a ph>as*?re <0 reoot
mend Doan'a KWwsy PHk."
Tor *ale by all dealer*. Price RA
rent?. Foater-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo
Vew Tork. tole acenta for the Unit
m1 State*.
Remember the name-Doan't ? and
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PROPESS'ONAL CARDt..
Attorney*
ROYAL A. GUNNISON
Attorney- fULew
P. O. Boa B Juneau. Alaekft
H. ?. L* PKVPE
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CommlaalOBer F\>r T alt on Territory
to Take Affidavit*
ItarW, AJlmH*
Dindaifc
ON. L. 8. KELLER
DENTIST
Ua*t Modern Methode
Open K7#nln**_
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H. P. M. BIRKLVBINf
ENGINEER
U. 8. Deputy Land artf Miner*.
? : Surveyor : ?
Polity BkLg. Hauw* AJaf
Mveie Teec^'rr*.
MISS M. G. HINOSHAW
TwAw of
P I A N ? FORTE
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Juneau, - Alaska
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