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DISCUSSES ALASKAN PROBLEM
, Continued from our test issue.)
W? depkve the delay Ui?i has o(*r
?o rooch to our disadvantage,
vawod fln&acM kw? to many honest
men and w??i who tnv<w<?1 often
*U they had In money. labor, health
s.nd enterprise. and gave severai of
the best year* o f tlteir livs, relying
o* this contract *1Qj the United
Starts. We refer not only to the
honest coal claimants, but still more
especially to the far more numerous
hand of hardy, enterprising peofdo
that, went into Alaska without any
direct interest in the coal fields, Iwt
npafred In various other lines of bus*
k*s, relying on the opening of these
co?l fields, and upon the hoiVfcng of
railroads and smelters, to which the
use of this coal te an absolute essen
tial. It is tn this way that the groat
loss to Alaska and Alaskan* has re*
aUy V-en softened. Our appeal Is for
?wL>ce, not merely to the hone*
coal claimants, howewr few ther may
be. bat also. and more espe?aUy, to
that body of Alaskan pioneers
who invested aU of their time, money
labor and .<*orifloe. enterprise and en
ergy, In trwCng confidence that the
law of 15HH would be fairly executed
Those pioneers are indeed, of the
same type as the honest, rugged,
sturdy men and wooer, who conquer
?d the tVe?*v who opened the coal
fields and iron mines o< Pennsylvania
and Ohio who converted the prairies
of the Mississippi valley into bloom
ing caidet*. who have conquered the
plains and tunneled the mountains.
tt,?>V the er<?t Northwest yield
up *f tww** (V mine and field.
These same men have son Into Al
aska and endured the hardships and
privations of the Northland In an ef
fort to open up that country hi whose
resources they have such abundant
coe^denoe. Some of them found thei
last restnir place beneath the North
era Lights Many of them have left
VUskA disappointed and disheartened,
broken In health and spirit, while oth
ers still remain In the desperate ?*n*
cte. many of then simply because
they are unable to pet away. It is
dcfltcnk to picture the condition of
these disappointed people aions the
Alaskan Ooas*. and we shall not at
tempt R beoaase we cannot do the
suhjort Justice in the first place, and
o?t picture mould be deemed over
drawn tf we cocTecCy protmyed H
These men have seen p^bl*- officials,
-t>uators conffessipen. and cabinet of
ficers visit tlask* and depart much
impressed, without any visible reouKa
following the+r vWts Consequently,
it is not stranpe that many of those
who welcomed Secretary Fisher to
Mask* on his recent trip express?l
?Vmbt as to whether results would
follow it
Tour oiwnmtttee however. has full
confidence in the ear rest n ess and sin
cerity of the able secretary of the
interior. His work is of the construc
tive type, and we feel that roswlts wi
folkrw hU vMt. H? made it olear to
the people, however, that the AWlu
ooaj fields will not be opened under
the extotio^ itn, because the Amer
ican people have ertdentlr become J
convinced that the existing law are
inadequate and that some other 1
????t be adopted for Alaska. Naturally
we feel that Alaska should not be made
an experiment station for new ideas.
At leasts not upon thia ooaJ question,
which te so important to the people
of Alaska, and yet so trifling an Ita
relation to the groat public question
as to the future disposition Of eoal
lands upon our puMk domain.
We say coal is important to Alaska
because k to necessary to transporta
tion, whVh, after all, is the RTraft
need of Alaska Stop to think at
< There baa never be*u a produc
ing metal mine at tidewater on the
faoe of U>o earth except in Alaska,
while nearly all the the producing
mines of Alaska are located at tide
water. where a ship may load ore
from the bunkers Alaska has yielded
some two hundred million dollars in
precious metals. practically ail of
which has been taken from places
within sight of the smoke of a steam
boat. including, of courbe, the placers
along the Yukon river and Ks tribu
taries We know of mftierai deposits
of f&buloos wealth in the interior. Im
mense areas of low-grade placers,
rich gold quartz and mines of native
copper, but today they are as useless
to us as if hidden to the chasms of
the moon Transportation is required
railroads most be built, but this can
not be done without Alaska coal On
the other hand. It Is doubtful tf there
t * market for much Alaska coal
outside of Alaska. Eastern people
and those of the west do no*
appreciate that there is plenty of coai
on the PacifV Coast, much ro ore ac
cessibly located than that of Alaska,
besides fuel oil In abundance, and the
Tto? marvelous hydrcveleotric power
In the world.- Even In Alaska the
Treadwell mines and the Copper Rivet
Railroad are being operated by OH
forma fuel oil. and tt Vo evident that
Alaska steaming coal hap little de
mand upon the rsoiftc Coast of the
l*nit?l Statee In the face of such com
petition A market will ultimately be
made for some Alaska anthracite,
and the Alaska coking coal will he of
great importance, especially In the
'reatment of teh low grade copper ore
along the Alaskan coast The United
States Navy, whVh is no* Importing
<wal from West Virginia. might save
the price of a 'battleship in a few
years by using Alaska coal, hut the
\Jaska field* really have lttle bearin
upon the groat Question as to the
future pottcy for the disposition of
coal lands upon the public domain
of the United Statss
We accept the notice, however,
that some new system must be adopt
ed in Alaska, and consequently your
committee has given thte subject ma
ture consideration. Two method* harf
been suggested. ? one a leasing sys
tem. and the other gen-srnment oper
ation of the coal mines.
(Continued in our next issue >
RED TAPE IN PRAGUE.
Whits th? Official* Wrangled tS? Mat
ter Settled
A delightful story of circumlocution
comes from Prague Out of the least
imposing of tbe bridges In the city,
the Ltebner Km eke. connects two
suburbs. Some time ago tbe toil col
lector discovered that some rnbblfs
had Invaded the district and concluded
that their burrowing* might threaten
the stability of the bridge, so he call
ed tbe burgomaster's attention to the
! matter. Tbe burgomaster decided tbst
j it did not come within his province,
i but be sent tbe representation to the
committee managing tbe public siaugh
ter houses. Tbe committee examined
! tbe rabbit* and found they wet* wild,
no the? conld do nothing, and as It was
a close time tbe aid of tbe (sportsman
conld not be impressed. Still, they did
not relieve tbem of tbelr moral respon
sibiiity.
Tbe Prague slaughter bouse commit
tee in turn informed tbe Stadtratproe
aid torn, bnt the matter was not within
Its Jurisdiction. Yet tbe stability of
tbe bridge was beyond all things nec
essnry, so tbe dossier waa sent to the
central authority for building*. This
body went into tbe matter and con
eluded that tbe water authority should
j deal with tbe subject But no; tbe
water board opined that It waa for tbe
conservators of rivers, and this body
decided that rabbits could not be
brought within tbe domain of thing*
fluvial and that tbe burgomaster waa
the right party to take action. Tbe
dossier having completed tbe circle of
possible departmental travels, tbe bur
gomaster decided to act He appoint
ed a committee of Investigation. The
committee went to tbe bridge In four
carriages, and then they learned tbat
tbe rabbits had taken their departure
fbr some months -Munchner Nach
ricbten
All tbe las* ts**r*jm m?i In tt*
Dally ihitei.
STATE LOTTERIES.
Rile and Fall of a Tremendous
Gamble In England.
STARTED UNDER QUEEN BESS
Ths First On# Was "Without Any
Blancks. Contacting Good Pmc??, ??
Wal of Rody Monsy at of Plat* and
Certains Sort* i?f Maretaundiaea."
Though U la certain thai the custom
of holding lotteries was practiced In
European countries as far hack a* tbe
middle of !be fifteenth century. W
seems that thla particular idea was
unknown In England until more than
100 year* Inter. The lottery. In fact,
appears to hare been Included amone
those mnnj othtr Important things
both r<od and had. that wore Intro
doped to public wrtl' e during the roim
of Queen Ellcabe'th. It l>etng her maj
esty's express coiMir.iml thnt (W?
ready means for "ra l*!aa the wind
on behalf of the state fin::ti:-e? *a?
adopted.
The first English lottery mu*t have
taken a goo.1 deal of arranging. owltyj.
no doubt, to the fact that the |*<>ple
of that day required a certain amount
of education In tills form of gambling,
for although the Idea was first brought
forward In the year 1.VW1 (In Mary's
rel#m?. the actu.il drawing did not
take place until three .ream later.
One of the original bUls of Queen
Elizabeth's lottery ha* fortunately
been preserved, printed In black letter
and measuring Are feet In length and ,
one and one half feet wide. It begins
by announcing "A very rich Lotterle
OtiwtiH without atiy blanckk. con
taynlng a number of rood prfees fsfc),
as wel of redy money as of plate and
cert at no sorts of marchanndta*. tim
ing lien rained atid priced by the com ;
maundement of the Qneene'a moat ex
cellent m.ijeatle. by men expert and
skilful." and goo* on to say that "the
same b>tierlo Is erected by ber majes
ties ohltT to the Intent that such com
rmwTttie as may chaunce to arl*e there
of. after the chitrgcs borne, may be
converted towardes the reparation of
the havens and strenrth of the Realme
and toward suck other puhllqne good
workes." There wer r something tike
*>,000 prises In this gigantic ventnre.
of which the first was of the valne of
?5,000, while tbe entrance fee was
only "two shilling* and six pens."
James I. lent Ikls "speclall faroure"
to a lottery whose object was "the
present plantation of English colonies
In Virginia." the prises consisting of
?5.000 in money, "tiesldes rewardes of
casnalitie," the tickets being drawn
"In a new built house at the west end
of Paul's the liSth of June. 1012,"
TbW lottery does not, however, appear
to have been rt?ry popular, although
we are assured by the historian that
It was "plainely carried and honestly
performed." for owing to the want of \
"filllnc nppe the number of lots there
were taken out and throwne away
threescore thousand Wanckes without
ahating any one prixe." certainly a
very generons proceeding on the part
of the promoter*. The lucky roan on
this occasion wiis Thomas Sbarpllffe,
"a Taylor of London." who won the
first prise of "fonre thousand Crownes
In fayre plate, which was dent to hi*
bouse hi a very stately manner."
Th??ngh to *ome extent poorly patron
ixed. this lottery appears to have j
evoked a good deal of Interest among .
the important personages of tbe day. j
for we are told that "during tbe whole j
tyroe of the drawing there were al- j
waies present diuera worshlpfull
Knight* and Esquires, accompanied
with sundry gr*we dlhcrfret tlrlxena."
As time weot on lotteries for every
conceivable purpose were be id in I -on
don and other important towns, with
tbe inevitable n?ult that trouble con
stantly arose between the pro mot era
and tho*e of tbe ticket holders who
happened to bo unlncky or thought
tb?y had been unfairly treated, as no
doubt many of them were. We find,
therefore, that periodical orders were
issued for the suppression of this form
of gambling, though tbe law does not
seem to have had any great effect.
At last, however, any one proposing
to bold a lottery was obliged to send
In a |>etltion to the king, and In
Charles U.'a reign we find mention of
several such applications. One of
tbese was for "tbe ransom of English
slaves In Tunis, Algiers or tbe Turkish
galleys or for any other charitable
nse," tbe promoter making It a bar- j
gain that after be bad paid In ? third
or tbe profits he should reserve tbe
rest for his own expenses and "tbe re
pair of hie fortunes, mined by loyal
ty."
Lottery offlcea for the aale of tletiHs
were established all over the country
as lime went tro. but aoa? was more
famous than tbe agency of one Bisb.
who flourished at the beginning of the
nineteen tb centurr This enterprising j
Individual, whose chief offices were lo
Cornhill and ait Charing Cross, must
bave made a considerable fortune out
ef the much sufer business of selling
tickets than taking them. But his
pn?speroo* cirirer. as also that of hts
fellows, came l:o an abrupt eod when
tbe Mte*y art was p**s?d (d by
whlrti It was provided that after ibe
drawing of tbe state lottery for that
year there were to be no more of
them - LonAoa Glol<#.
Pa" I Weakness,
Little Xclt-ltatt got ? food papa,
Willie- UT!le-~Pa aim so bad. but I
wish he wasn't so much In love with
mamma Why, be believes everything
she says about me "
A word spoken, an army of < harlots
cat? not overtake It
Many Alufean M?v? Heard
It *.nd Profited Thereby.
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"Oood n?w? travvfc faa <r and the
thousands of bad ba^k sufferers to
Oa<?ka are glad to learn that promt*
Nlcf 4? within their r*?cft. .Many a1
l*nx\ woMt and aohirv !*vk M bad a
more, Uianks io Roan's KMrwy PI IV j
j TlxKieAnds wpon thousands of people
are toUta* the *ood news of their ex
p?*<ence with the OM Quaker Remedy
Htrp la mi wnrth re*Mng;
Mr*. J. H. CVithW, 4?6 Had 'B
Fourteenth St., San FYwnclaoo. OaL,'
says: "I dertred tasting benefit ftrom
IV*n'? Kldnev Mils and ronnoQwerttiy
I am as a'-onjr ki my piaiae of them
as I was n 1W7, I puMtrly en
don**] (hem. I finst iwnd Dona's KW
ney Pflla whes> *vh* to Canada. and
they relieved me of a MB, hoary j
pato In the Ntnafi of my bark. Other i
symptom* o* kidney tronble that had j
bothered me were atoo dtepoaed of
and my enttno ?j*t?n tw V>w?d wp j
Stoce Uion I hare had no farther need
of a Jrfdnry mod trine I consider *t j
a doty aa well w a pN?w?, to wo*
mend noon'* Kidney PIUs."
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