| HOT SPRINGS POST
Published Every Thursday at Hot Springs, Alaska,
r# .l BY MRBUCKLE A WARD No. 6
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THE ELECTION
Again the people of the United States have declared in
favor of the Republican party, and for the next four years
William Howard Taft will be the President of the United
States.
For the past four pears, with the exception of the
slight pafiic last winter, the people of the United States
have enjoyed an unequaled period of prosperity. Every
body has made money, values have increased, and the peo
ple are contented. As to the cause of this progress, the
two parties differ. The Republicans claim it as the result
of their benign rule, while the Democrats claim it is the
natural result of the country’s great progress.
Whatever the reason for our prosperity, the people
have decided that they will take no chances under a change
of administration, but will retain the Republicans in power
for another term.
As between the two presidential candidates—William
H. Taft and William J. Bryan—the latter is by far the
more popular with the masses, and on a vote of the coun
try on the two men, and not their parties, he would easily
be elected. Everybody, both Republicans and democrats,
have nothing but the greatest admiration for this man who
though twice, defeated for the office of President was again
nominated to head the ticket of a great party.
William H. Taft, our President elect, is well known to
the people as a man of great strength and diplomacy.
Withal a big, good-natured man, he is yet one of the
shrewdest and most far-sighted statesmen in public life
today. He is a born diplomat, and his trip around the
world last year did much to insure our peace with the dif
ferent nations of the world. Under his leadership, and
with his known policies, there is no doubt but that this
country is beginning at least four years more of the pros
perity to which the American people have become accus
tomed.
THE DELECTABLE MAIL SERVICE
The sending of the Dawson mail to this city and the
non-appearance of the Hot Springs mail last Monday is one
of those exasperating mistakes for which there can be little
or no excuse, and no possible immediate redress or remedy.
Such an error is not due entirely to negligence, but
shows an indifference to the proper performance of duty
that is only to be corrected by the summary dismissal of
the person responsible.
It does not require a vivid imagination to picture the
indignation that would immediately blaze forth if Fair
banks should be the sufferer by such a mistake, and while
we do not number quite so many inhabitants here as are in
the upper town, our mail is just as important and entitled
to the same consideration as that destined for a larger city.
For ^he present week the people of the Hot Springs
will sit and wonder what their correspondents said, and in
the meantime their mail is probably jogging along as rap
idly as possible toward Dawson. Such mistakes are unen
durable, and should not be allowed to happen a second time.
The suggestion from the postmaster at Rampart that
the miners along the mail route from that city to Hot
Springs place boxes for their mail along the trail, is a good
one and should prove a great convenience to the residents.
It is very little trouble to place such a box in a conspicuous
place where the mail carrier will not miss it, and the con
venience of lu-ving your mail delivered to your door is one
that should not be lightly disregarded.
A GOOD MOVE
The action of the citizens of Hot Springs in organizing
a volunteer fire department is one which cannot be too
highly commended. Thus far there has been no necessity
for any fire protection as this city has been very fortunate
in the matter of losses by fire, but that the necessity might
arise becomes more probable with each new building that
is erected. It is true that the methods and apparatus must
of necessity be crude at the beginning, but even with such
facilities as are at hand much good can be accomplished if
the firefighters wcrk systematically under the direction
of a man who understands the business of extinguishing fire.
In Mr. Heins the people have a good fireman, and al
though he refused the chieftainship of the new brigade on
account of ill health, his services in securing proper equip
ment are always available.
It is to be hoped that there will never be any necessity
for a call on our firemen, but if ever there is it can be de
pended upon that the Hot Springs Volunteer Fire Depart
ment will give a good account of itself.
STREET RESERVATIONS
In view of the large number of lots that are being
staked on the South side it is well to call the attention oi
the locators to the fact that at regular intervals street res
ervations have been made. Several of these reservations
have been staked and built upon by recent locators, and as
a result the street represents one long unbroken line of
cabins.
It is well to call the attention of both these later loca
tors and the public in general to the fact that a decision
has been handed down in an Alaskan court whereby it is
held that where a town has been laid out with streets at
regular intervals, no person can stake and hold such ground
as iB reserved for the street.
It is far better that this decision should be understood
and respected now as it will save a great deal of litigation
and loss in the near future.
If the time arrives when Second avenue is built up on
the South side it will be absolutely necessary that the cross
streets be left open, and no doubt suits will be entered to
compel squatters on the street reservations to vacate.
The trouble in the Balkan provinces is now engrossing the
attention of the world. Scattered parties of Turkish and Austrian
troops have already come to blows, and the whole country in that
section is in a state of unrest. The bulk of the population in these
provinces belongs to the Greek church, while Austria and Turkey,
the tw’o big powers at present embroiled, are Catholic and Moham
medan. The cause of the trouble arises from the determination .of
the Slavonian people to amalgamate and form one independent
country of their own. This causes a great deal of complication, as
Turkey holds sw^ay over several provinces peopled by them, as
does Austria, while Servia, Montenegro and Bulgaria are indepen
dent principalities with separate flags. Although the main trouble
appears to be with Austria, still some of the states appear to have
CANNED MUSIC
There’s a grumaphone next door,
’Cross the street are seven more,
And about the block I live in there
must be at least a score.
(I have counted twenty-four).
And they varble and they sing,
And they do most everything,
Ragtime, jagtime, band tunes, grand
tunes,
Banjo tunes and highland fling;
And they cackle and they hoot,
And they whistle and they toot,
“Cavalleria Rusticana,”
“Miserere,” “Carmen,” “Hannah,”
Everything that you can think of played
in every sort of “mannah.”
Sleep’s entirely out of question;
It has spoiled my good digestion;
Edison be cursed forever. How can.
anybody praise
One who made that screechy business
with its sleep-disturbing ways?
—Butte Inter-Mountain.
“Holler Loud and Sell ’Em High”
Up in the mining region of New On
tario is where the town of Haileybury
and the Weekly Haileyburian flourish.
In a recent issue appears this interest
ing advertisement:
To Whom It May Concern,
ISAAC WILSON,
The Liveryman, is an
AUCTIONEER FOR TEMISK AMING.
Plenty of mouth and lots of tongue,
Will sell to either old or young,
No way shy or hard of hearing,
Can’t be beat for auctioneering,
Now it doesn’t matter, wet or dry,
He will holler loud and sell ’em high.
J. Wilson, Haileybury.
Sheet and Pillow
Slip Social Dance
Saturday being Halloween night the
ladies of the city arranged for a sheet
and pillow slip dance, which was a huge
success.
Nearly all the ladies and a great
many gentlemen were present in cos
tume, and the ghostly raiment seemed
to add to the enjoyment of those who
were impersonating the shades.
At 12 o’clock a lunch was served in
the hall, which was enjoyed by all,
after which the thoroughly satisfied
people wended their way homeward.
A young Hot Springs bride is stuffing
her cosy-corner pillows with love let
ters. They ought to make very soft
cushions.
a leaning .toward that empire, notably Montenegro, which has a
feud of long standing with Turkey, dating back hundreds of years.
This country although comparitively small in numbers has been
able to withstand the inroads of Turkey for centuries. This has
been rendered possible owing to the nature of the country, which
is very mountainous and resembles Switzerland in this respect.
Although it is not generally known, Montenegro enjoys the dis
tinction of having more victories to its credit when compared to
the number of battles fought than any of the larger countries of
Europe. It has consistently withstood the inroads of Turkish
armies numbering in many instances nearly a hundred thousand
men. Although the population is Slav, still the old standing feud
with Turkey would make it a moral certainity that it would side
with Austria in the coming struggle.
The dependencies of Austria which are liable to be involved in
the struggle are Bosnia. Herzegovina, Dalmatia, Horwaska, Istria,
Oraisse, Srein, Banat and Batchka. All these have a Slav popula
tion, as have Macedonia and Albania, dependencies of Turkey.
Bosnia and Herzegovina are now in open revolt against Austria,
and are receiving the moral and financial support of Servia. These
two provinces were under the Turkish yoke for 520 years, but
were annexed by Austria after the disastrous Russo-Turkish war
of 1877-8. Austria gained by this war a considerable amount of
territory and nearly five million souls. Altogether there are
twenty million Slav people under the Austrian flag. The whole
country under dispute is traversed from the Adriatic to the Black
sea by the Balkan mountains and in its valleys is found some of
the best soil in Europe, so that the prize being fought for is a big
one, and the war is very liable to be a long, costly and bitter one.
Both Turkey and Austria have long thrown covetous eyes on these
different states. The Slavs themselves wish to sever connection
with both of these powerful nations, but as those on the Turkish
side of the line are embittered by a long series of Turkish atroci
ties they would undoubtedly prefer Austria to their present rule,
and this, coupled with the well-known hostiliy of Montenegro to
Turkey, would lead to the assumption that before the close of the
war there would be many new developments, especially when the
fact is taken into consideration that Russia has designs on some of
the territory in order to get closer to the Mediterranean, and Eng
land is equally determined on checkmaking her. When the well
known jealousies between all the European nations and their ob
jection to any of their number acquiring more European territory
is considered, the prospects of an all-around European war are not
very remote. This is one of the reasons why the powers take an
active interest in the Balkan affairs. And it is yet possible that
they may step in and by concerted action stop further bloodshed.
Dr. Chas. D. Carter, who is building
In Tofty, was in the city Tuesday and
reported that he had been forced to!
cease work on his store on account of
the strong wind that had been blowing
for several days. It was almost impos- j
sible to handle lumber, and a whole j
roll of tar paper was torn to pieces by
the wind while the workmen were at
tempting to put it on the walls. How
ever, If the conditions are favorable,
Dr. Carter expects to be in his building
within a few days, after which be will
be ready for business.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Calderhead and
their two little sons, Wallace and Si,
came up from Kemperville last Satur
day evening to attend the sheet and
pillowcase ball, and returned home on
Sunday. __
Sometimes the reason father and
mother object so seriously to their
daughter’s marriage is because they’re
married themselves.
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