HOT SPRINGS POST
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Vol 2 by GEO. M. ARBUCKLE no. I?
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“CLASSICAL” WORK
It is becoming more apparent each day that men in all
■walks of life in Alaska see the necessity of breaking the
power of the transportation trust which holds the people of
interior Alaska in a deadly and merciless grasp. It is real
ized on all sides that no real, lasting and widespread pros
perity can obtain in the North unless the prices for trans
porting the necessities of life and the necessary equipment
for developing the country are reduced at least 50 per cent.
Transportation is the real question of the hour!
It is a question that should be taken up and studied by
the various organizations of the country’s producers—the
mineworkers and operators. All the possible data obtain
able should be published and made familiar to all; it might
be well to secure from shippers copies of freight bills made
by the trust at St. Michael, the port of transhipment, and
study the wonderful and insidious classification of freight
made at that place for interior consignees. The Post has a
package of these interesting bills furnished by local ship
pers, and they certainly make interesting reading. Our
hat goes off in profound admiration for the genius respon
sible for the freight “classification”—he is the most learned
and “classical” chap we have read after for many years.
One would naturally infer by reading the trust’s “bill
of expense” for a shipment of merchandise into Alaska,
judging from the charges made, that some goods were
wrapped in tinfoil or packed in soft cotton by the trust, or
tenderly . resting in compartments fitted with delicate
springs to prevent any possible damage by concussion; or
that a gang of colored gentlemen with large fans were em
ployed to keep the shipment at a certain temperature. Butj
; such is not the case. It is generally piled in great heaps
; on the large barges and into the freight spaces of the steam
boats, and all classes of tonnage protected from the ele
ments by the same roof. It is hustled aboard and ashore
by means of the same trucks, and handled by the same gen
gle ’longshoremen. What duty is performed to offer even
a poor excuse for the ‘ ‘classification” is beyond the scope of
many observing men.
Twenty-five per cent., So per cent., and even 100 per
cent, is added to much of the ordinary goods shipped into
Alaska. Many articles come in at a quoted flat rate of say
$60 per ton (the lowest charge); other merchandise that is
just as easily handled, occupying comparatively as little
space, and requiring not a mite more care on the part of
the transportation people, is classed at $75 per ton.. In one
instance, goods in cases weighing not more than 75 pounds
were billed as 100-pound cases; and with the additional
“classification” rate, easily brings the freight charges on
such merchandise up to $90 per ton—$30 more than the flat
rate so boldly quoted by the octopus.
A shipper into Interior Alaska can with no certainty
estimate liis “bill of expense” for transportation until his
shipment has passed through the hands of the ‘ ‘classical”
man at St. Michael. That gentleman, in his special line,
is a gem of the purest ray serene, and needs never lack lu
crative employment so long as “trust transportation” is in
flower, _
Our population will soon be in the full enjoyment of
two of Alaska’s yearly plagues—the mosquitoes and'the
N. C. Co.’s summer mail service. To the mosquitoes’ credit
it may be said that it takes less frost to make them be good.
LIQUOR LAW
AS AMENDED
Following is the complete
amendment to the law regulating
the liquor traffic in Alaska:
Sec. 8. That sections 464, 465 and 468
of an act entitled "An act to define and
punish crimes in the District of Alaska,
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and to provide a code of criminal pi'o
cedure for said district,” approved
March 3, 1899, be, and the same are
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 464. That before any license is
granted, as provided in this act in rela
tion to intoxicating liquor, it Shall be
shown to the satisfaction of ’said court
that a majority of the white male and
female citizens over the ago of 21 years
within two miles of the place where
I intoxicating liquor is to bo manufac
I tured, barteredr sold and exchanged,
or bartered, sold and exchanged, have,
in good faith, consented to the manu
facture, barter, sale and exchange or
the barter, sale and exchange of the
same; and the burden shall be upon
the applicant or applicants to show to
the satisfaction of srid court that a ma
jority of tha white male and female
citizens of the age of 21 years or more
have consented thereto, and no license
shall be granted in the absence of such
evidence: provided, that no license
shall be granted for the manufacture,
barter, sale or exchange of intoxicating
liquors except within incorporated
towns, and such other towns, settle
ments or communities in which a duly
appointed United States commissioner
or deputy marshal shall reside, except
that the respective district judges may
in their discreation grant licenses to
the keepers of regularly established
roadhouses on main traveled post roads
and post trails in the district: and pro
vided, that when it is made to appear
that a majority of the said white male
and female citizens over the age of 21
years, of any one place, have consented
to the manufacture, barter, sale or ex
change of intoxicating liquor; no
further proof of the consent of the citi
zens of the place where such intoxicat
ing liquor is to be manufactured, sold
and exchanged, or bartered, sold and
exchanged, will be required for twelve
months thereafter
“Sec. 465. That every person apply
ing for a license to sell intovicating
liquors in said district shall file with
the clerk of the court a petition for
such license, verified by the applicant’s
oath, and such petition shall be con
sidered and acted upon by the court in
the order in which the same was filed
and numbered. Said petition shall con
tain:
“First—The name and residenpe of
the applicant, and how long said appli
cant has resided there.
“Second—The particular place for
which license is desired, designating
the same by reference to street, local
ity or settlement in such manner that
the exact location of which suehsale of
liquor is proposed may be clearly and
definitely'determined from the descrip
tion £iven.
“Third—The statement that said ap
plicant is a citizen of the United States
or has deelared his intention to become
such; that said applicant is not less
than 21 years of age, and that such ap- (!
plicant has not been, since the passage
of this act, adjudged guilty of violating
the laws conerning the sale of intoxi
cating liquors, or laws for the preven
tion of crime in the district.
“Fourth—That said applicant in
tends to, and if so licenced will, carry
on such business for himself and not as
agent for any other person. .
“Fifth—That said applicant intends
to, and if so licensed will, superintend
in person the management of the busi
ness licensed.
“Sixth—That said applicant will not
conduct, maintain or permit the main
tenance of any gambling, dance hall or
bawdy house on or in connection with
the premises, nor permit any female or
minor in or about the rooms where
liquor is sold or served.
“That if any false material statement
is made in any part of such petition or
affidavit the petitioner of petitioners
shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and
upon conviction thereof said license
shall be revoked and said licensee shall
be subject to the penalties provided by
law' for the crime of perjury.
“That should it appear to the district
judge that any of the statements above
renumerated, required to be made in
the petition, are untrue at the time of
application for such license, such appli
cation shall be denied.
“That should it appear to the district
judge, after the granting of apy such
license, that any of the statements
above ^enumerated, required to be
made in the petition, are untrue, or
that the applicant is permitting any of
the things to be done or exist on the
premises contrary to the statements re
quired in the petition, it shall be the
duty of such judge to forthwith enter
an order revoking said license, and all
license moneys deposited by the appli
cant shall be thereby forfeited, and it
shall be the duty of the United States
marshals and their deputies and the
United States attorneys and theirdepu
ties in said district to investigate and
report to the district judge any viola
tion of any of the provisions of this sec
tion: Provided, that this act shall net
be so construed as to prevent any inn
keeper or any person operating a hotel
in good faith from receiving as guests
women and minors.
“Sec. 468. That the liquor licenses
authorized and provided for by this act
shall be of two classes, namely, whole
sale and barroom. Every applicant for
a license shall deposit the amount of
the license fee with the clerk of the
court at the time of filing his applica
tion therefor; and if upon consideration
of such application by the court, as pro
vided for in this act, the court shall
determine to grant the license prayed
for, it shall notify the clerk of the
court and the applicant in writing, and
tho applicant shall thereupon receive
his license.
“That the fee for a wholesale license
shall be $2000 per annum, and fora bar
room or retail license $1000 per annum:
Provided, that the fee for a retail li
cense for roadhouses on regular post
ioad9 or trails where the population
within two miles of the place where
the business is to be conducted does not
exceed fifty persons, or for a steamboat
or steamer operating on the inland
rivers of Alaska during the season of
open navigation shall be $500 per an
num: Provided, that said steamboat or
steamer shall not be authorized to sell
intoxicating liquor while in port or
dock: And provided, that the words
towns, camps or settlements, as used in
this act shall be construed to embrace
the population within a radius of two
miles of the place wherein the business
is to be conducted,under the license.
“That a retail or barroom license
shall be required for every hotel, tav
ern, boat, barroom or other place in
which intoxicating liquors are sold at
retail,
“That a wholesale license shall only
authorize the licensee to sell distilled,
malt or fermented liquors, wines and
cordials in quantities not less than four
gallons; not to be drunk on the prem
ises where sold; and no such license
shall be granted until it is satisfactor
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