HOT SPRINGS POST
Vol 2
PuTiLiSHED Every Saturday at Hot Springs, Alaska,
BY CEO. AT. A Ft BUCKLE
No. 9
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TAX ON BACHELORS
Every now and then some industrious lawmaker gets
busy in an effort to invade the ever-increasing ranks of
bachelordom. Invariably it is one of those who have chosen
to forego the joys of single blessedness that is at the head
of any movement to put bachelors on the restricted list.
One of the latest reformers along this line is a member
of the Wisconsin legislature, and he has introduced a bill
tending to place an effective and lasting ban on bachelors.
The matrimonial plan as outlined by this modern solon is to
place a tax on all males who fail to assume the bonds of
matrimony before they reach the tender age of 30 years.
The idea so far is not new. But attached thereto and
made a part of the proposed enactment is a provision for
the securing of wives for those who, as an excuse, or truth
fully, might offer the plea that they cannot find anyone
who will consent to become a partner in the matrimonial
business. A state bureau is to be created with the sole
purpose of locating wives for bachelors who through timid
ity or general unattractiveness are unable to cast a spell of
sufficient duration over the members of the fair sex to get
them within sight of the altar
The author of the bill declares that there are a great
many people who want to get married, but do not know
how to go about it. It is largely for the protection and as
sistance of such as these that the new bill is framed. While
a state bureau would be all that is desirable in the way of
match making, it would have no resemblance to a private
matrimonial agency, because of the fact that it is under
state supervision. Thus it would have all the effective
features without the disagreeable publicity and uncertainty
which accompanies the conduct of private bureaus.
The proposed law carries also a provision tending to
put a limit on the rapidly-increasing divorce evil. Another
feature is the requirement that all those contemplating
matrimony shall inscribe their names in a public book 30
days before the date of their marriage, thus placing a bar
rier on elopements and other runaway marriages, which
usually precede divorces. The marked increase in the ac
tivity of our divorce courts is apparent, and if the Wiscon
sin measure of relief is enacted into law it may furnish a
valuable precedent for other states to follow.
3UILDING RAILROADS
President 'Con Joslin, of the Tanana Valley railway, in
an article published in the Alaska-Yukon Magazine entitled
'‘Railroad Building in Alaska, says:
‘ There should be government aid for at least 2000
miles of railroad in Alaska. It is a very reasonable amount.
Additional construction would follow without assistance.
The government has recently provided for 1000 miles of
railroad in the Philippines. Alaska is five times the area
of the Philippines and its trade, with only a handful of
people, is three times as great. It is domestic territory,
peopled with our own race, and capable of being made prac
tically contiguous and built into the states. The construc
tion of 2000 miles of railroad would multiply its population
many times, and its trade of now forty million dollars the
year would rise to probably two or three hundred millions.
It would be better than making treaties for foreign trade,
for it would be our own exclusively. The gold production,
which is now twenty millions the year, would probably rise
to one hundred millions, and the entire nation would feel
the stimulus and be profited.” •
With two good strikes on Cache creek within five days,
the pay being lined up on Sullivan more extensively each
week, outfits on Killarney preparing for extensive summer
work, and very encouraging reports from the Rampart side
of the diggings, the Springtime will find a very busy and
prosperous-looking country hereabouts.
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SAM’S NEGLECT
Tanana, Feb. 24. —The dead ones between Kaltag and Lowden
(among whom the marshal at St. Michael may be included), have
attracted more attention along the Yukon during the past two or
three "weeks than have the live ones of the same section.
During the holidays, Gus Thornburg, living alone in a cabin
about 16 miles below Nulato, became tiivd of life, so he shot him
self through the head with a 44-calibre revolver, and the result was
quite satisfactory as far as can be learned.
The body was left in the cabin, and the cabin locked. When
the officials at St. Michael were notified they said they could do
nothing, and the Nome officials were no better. About two weeks
ago Mr. Hyde, manager for the N. C. Go. at Nulato, and Fred
Clark, the mail carrier, went to the cabin to investigate, and found
that rats and mice had disfigured the remains beyond recognition.
The people of Nulato have asked permission of the authorities at
St. Michael to bury the body, but have received no reply. Noth
ing is known of his relatives nor where he is from, as he made no
intimate friends and left no papers.
Two mushers while on their way up river, about two miles
below Bishop mountain, noticed a well-beaten fox trail running
across the river, and about 20 feet from the sled trail, on the point
of a bar. The foxes had evidently been digging at something.
Upon investigating, to their great surprise, they found it to'be the
body of a human being. They reported it at Lowden. Jack La
mont, with several natives, went down and found it to be the body
of a native boy (Chief George’s son) who was drown at Kokrine in
the summer of 1907 while rafting wood. The body was.recognized
by the clothing. , __
As the Rio Grande fast mail was approaching Denver early on
the morning of Feb. 13 it was held up by masked bandits who se
cured $50,000 and the registered mail pouch and escaped. They
are being searched for by officers, but as there is no trace to their
identity it is believed their chances for escape are excellent. Tin
train robbers lay on the track as the train was approaching, and
the engineer, brought the train to a stop. As he did so the bandi1>
arose and commenced a fusillade of shots. The engineer and train
crew were cowed into submission and the two hundred passengers
were kept in the coaches until the loot had been secured. It was
thought at first that there were but two concerned in the holdup,
but from what can be gathered from the excited passengers it ap
pears certain that there were at least four.
Prof. Jack Johnson, the champion heavyweight pugilist, jus
>efore leaving Melbourne for Canada said that he would give Jin
Jeffries the first chance to meet him, and he hoped that the former
champion would get into the ring with him and let the public judg<
who was the better man. But, added Johnson, the purse must
oe one of considerable magnitude as he has accepted a theatrical
engagement in England that is a very profitable one. and he woule
not care to leave'this unless he sees enough in sight to make it
worth while.
Edna Wallace Hopper, the actress, and A. O. Brown, head o!
a defunct, brokerage firm of New York, arrived in New Orleans re
cently, and the announcement was made that the couple have been
married since November 25 last, at which time Brown was -unde
arrest in connection with the failure of the brokerage concern. A
that time Miss Hopper attained much publicity by declaring tha
she would stand by Brown no matter what the outcome of the trial.
It was also stated as testimony that Brown had insured his life fot
$25,000, his fiancee being the beneficiary.
Richard Ballinger has resigned as vice-president of theAlaska
Yukon-Pacilic exposition and has left Seattle for Washington to
take up his duties as secretary of the interior in President Taft’s
cabinet. Mr. Ballinger stated that while he was in the cabinet he
wanted to be considered the friend of Alaska, and he said that he
intended to do all in his power to promote any legislation intro
duced that he considered was good for the Northland.
John Morgan, a former tax collector of Pittsburg, has been
! sentenced to 16 years in the penitentiary and fined $20,000 for for
j gery and embezzlement. Morgan pleaded guilty to the charge
and it was expected that he would get off with a much lighter sen
tence.
J. E. Causten has resigned his position as collector of customs
at San Juan, Porto Rico, and says that he is going to take up his
residence on Puget sound. Mr. Causten became known in the
North through his famous grubstake case against Capt. Barnette.
A warrant has been issued at St. Petersburg for the arrest of
Maxim Gorky, the author and ardent spirit of the revolutionists.
While the charge is kept secret by the police it is believed to be of
a political nature. Gorky is at present in Italy.
Alderman Kohout, one of the most prominent members of the
Chicago city council, committed suicide recently by blowing out
his brains. Kohout was an enthusiastic worker on the council and
when he was informed that he could not be renominated he became
very much depressed, and his suicide is ascribed entirely to this
cause.
Harry Radford, the writer and explorer, left New York last
week in an attempt to reach the North Pole. He proposes to pro
ceed to Edmonton and from there journey north bydogteam, going
down the Athabasca river to Great Slave lake, and thenbe down
the Mackenzie to its mouth. His scheme is laughed at by persons
who are acquainted with the difficulties that he will meet starting
at this time of the year, and no one is taking his enterprise very
seriously.
Little Boulder
May be Good
.Tohn Vik, the widely-known miner,
registered at the Hot Springs hotel
last Sunday and on Monday took the
stage for Fairbanks on a short business
trip, and will return about the middle
of March.
Mr. Vik and his partner have been
spending the winter prospeeting on
Little Boulder, a pup of Boulder creek,
a tributary of Sullivan. The fact that
these miners have spent five months on
the creek, and Mr. Vik’s saying that it
looks all right to him, leads many to
believe that Little Bfc aider will bo
heard from shortly.
Statements neatly printed—The Post
REWARD
will be
paid by the
proprietor
of the Stanley House for
the arrest and conviction
of the miscreant guilty of
mutilating and removing the largo
cloth signs of the above-named hotel on
highways in vicinity of Hot Springs,
Alaska.* Frank B. Stanley.
CHAS. B. ALLEN,
Attorney at Law
Rampart, Aka.
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Hot Springs No. 24 meets every Mon
i day evening at 8 o’clock in hall over
Traeger’s store. Visiting brothers
always welcome.
j C. A. Meyers, C. A. Davidson,
Recorder. Arctic Chief.
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