HOT SPRINGS POST
Vol 2
Published Every Saturday at Hot Springs, Alaska,
BY GEO. M. ARBUCKLE No. 12
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TANANA MINERS’ ASSOCIATION
The Tanana Miners’ Association of Fairbanks district,
although only about three weeks old, now has large subor
dinate organizations on every producing creek in the camp.
It is the kind of an organization needed—one composed of
both mine operators and mine workers. Many vexed ques
tions can be amicably adjusted through its good offices, and
much expensive litigation avoided.
The Post believes that the mine owners and mine work
ers of Hot Springs district would be materially benefited by
affiliating with the Tanana Miners’ Association, and the
quicker the movement is inaugurated hereabouts the better,
for there is much work to be done—work on which the fu
ture prosperity of the valley entirely depends.
TEXAS AS A TRUST BUSTER
The United States Supreme Court lias affirmed the val
idity of the action of the Texas courts in withdrawing the
permit of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company in that state, be
cause of its violating the anti-trust laws, thus also confirm
ing fines aggregating $1,623,500. This is the second time
the company has been put out of Texas, the renewal of the
permit having been made in 1900 largely through the influ
ence of Senator Bailey. H. Clay Pierce, president of the
company, is still under indictment in Texas, charged with
swearing falsely that his company was not controlled by the
Standard Oil Company, and was not party to any agree
ment with that company to control the price of the oil out
put. The Texas courts had taken a new and drastic method
of collecting the fines imposed by placing the property of
the company in the hands of a receiver. It is on this point
that the Supreme Court was called upon to decide, the
unanimous opinion being that so long as the Texas courts
did not take actual physical possession of the property,
they had jurisdiction over it, and the federal courts had no
power to interfere. Attorneys who prosecuted the case will
divide 60 per cent, of the fines; none, however, going to
the state attorney general. The record shows that the
property of the Waters-Pierce Company in Texas wras worth
§40,000,000. _ ~
SHOWING THEIR HAND
Now that the American occupation is at an end, the
Cubans are beginning to show their real feeling toward the
country which has saved them from chaos. Very little at
tention was paid to Gov. Magoon during the last few days
of the American occupancy. The smallest Cuban politician
received more applause at a gathering in Havana than the
head of the American provisional government called out.
The restrictions in the interest of order and morality which
Americans imposed in the island are being removed by the
congress which recently convened. It is understood, too,
that Cubans who received offices from the Americans will
r.ot be appointed to any posts by the present administra
tion.
It is natural that- the Cubans should want to make a
new start at independence as early as possible, but it is easy
to see that gratitude is not one of their strong traits. The
United States spent thousands of lives and hundreds of mil
lions of dollars in freeing Cuba. We gave it peace and
-order while it was framing a government of its own, and
then left the. island when that government started in oper
ation. When that government broke down, and when civil
war threatened the island, the United States, on the call of
Cuba’s president, stepped in again and saved life and prop
erty. By standing sponsor for her the United States has
given Cuba a standing among the countries of the world,
and has enabled her to attract settlers and capital.
But the Cubans esteem these favors very, lightly. They
rejoiced when the Americans got out. But what will be
the consequences of the next intervention \ The business
element of the island, native and foreign, regrets the ad
vent of a Cuban administration. It believes that the col
lapse which was fjostponed over four years during Palma’s
days will come quicker under the Gomez regime. The next
time it comes, however, the intervention will be final. This
was pretty plainly intimated by President Roosevelt a year
-or two ago, Mr. Taft, as secretary of war at the time,
shared in the Roosevelt view that two failures in self-gov
ernment ought to be enough, if there should be two. Thus,
when President Gomez was inaugurated on January 28th,
and when the wheels of government at Havana started in
operation, self-sway in Cuba entered on its final experiment.
The next time the stars and stripes goes up over Cuba it
will stay up. _
Harry E. Gorst, the English writer 01} political affairs,
who is in America for a year to study educational systems,
said at a New York dinner in his honor that “ignorance is
a stimulus to the imagination, while cramming the mind
with theoretical or book knowledge destroys its normal
Junctions of observation, reflection, and of givingout in an
original form a creation of its own. Books are therefore
dangerous things, unless handled with discrimination.'’ He
says the aim of schools and colleges should be to pay
more regard to individual powers of mental digestion, and
that no one can expect in a single lifetime to read a tenth
of the books constantly referred to as “indispensable to a
cultured mind.” In that case one’s mind would no longer
be one’s own, but a pale and cosmopolitan reflection of
standard authors. _
In the Maryland Court of Appeals the United Garment
Workers of America have won a notable victory in the af
firming of the illegality of blacklisting by employers. The
case arose from the act of a Baltimore employer who, not
content with discharging a man who urged another to ask
higher wages, had written to other clothing manufacturers
of the city asking them to bar the dismissed one from em
ployment. The latter sued for damages, lost in the first
court, and now the Court of Appeals has ordered a new
trial, holding that the defendant had maliciously injured
the complainant. _
The transportation trust never put a single penny
weight of gold in any creek of Alaska, but the extortionate
freight rates make it much more costly to extract that de
posited by generous Nature.
The Voltaire, the first of six battleships of the Dread
naught type planned by the French government, was^ re
cently launched at Toulon. The cost of the Voltaire will
be $10,800,000.
BILL HAS “HEAPS OF
MONEY TO SPEND"
Seattle, March 15.—Swiftwater Bill Gates arrived in this city a few days
ago with his new wife whom he married in Spokane a few months ago. He
says that he has a fortune to invest somewhere, and in all probability it will be
invested in the Tanana. The rumor is current here that Gates has acquired
control of the Cleary creek property which has been in litigation for years be
tween Frank Manlev and the Boones.
WILMER WHITEWASHES
JUDGE SILAS REID
Fairbanks, March 15.—General Wihrer’s report to, the Department of Jus
tice exonerates Judge Silas Reid of intentional wrongdoing, but hasn’t any
words of commendaaion for his honor’s unerring judgment. It is believed in
this city that the new administration will order another and more thorough in
vestigation. . *
E. H. Mack has been appointed by Judge Reid to succeed O. A. Wells as
clerk of the court of the Third division.
Court Stenographer Parks, who recently resigned, has been succeeded by
J. J. Hamilton. Mr. Parks, in a recent issue of the Tanana Tribune, makes
some very serious insinuations regarding Judge Reid.
MRS. MADDOCKS
MAY LOSE OUT
Washington, March 15.—It is learned from the best authority obtainable
that Mrs. Maddocks, who was appointed by President Roosevelt to be postmas
ter at Fairbanks, and whose confirmation was “held up” in the senate, will not
be re-appointed by President Taft.
It is believed that either L. S. Robe, the surveyor and mining engineer, or
Si Pepper, the. assistant postmaster of Fairbanks, will receive the appoint
ment.
Bathurst Returns
From the Keyukuk
Judge John Bathurst returned last
Sunday from the Koyukuk. He says
he had a fine trip, and that the Koyu
kuk will in time be the banner country
of Alaska. There is a great deal of
work going on there, and the country
will produce about $500,000 for ilie win
ter’s cleanup. Nolan creek is the larg
est producer at the present time. There
are about 250 men in the country.
Harry Owens, Charley Goodwin, Wm.
Kendall and Torn O’Leary, all of Tan
ana, are into the pay and doing well.
The judge says that it is the best coun
try he has ever seen, and that he will
go back after the breakup. He reports
that the Koyukuk Indians are destitute
and starving. Mr. Boulter, the school
superintendent, is ■ trying to get help
from the government for them.—Tan
ana (Gibbon) Leader..
Capt. Cunningham, of the signal
corps, who has been inspecting offices
on the Upper Tanana during the past
month, returned to town Sunday, re
mained a few days, and passed on to
his headquarters at Gibbon.
Traveling
All Alone
Bion A. Dodge, the Fairbanks
attorney, arrived in Hot Springs
last Saturday and remained until
Tuesday thorning, when he re
sumed his journey for the Innoko
camp, where he has good mining
property. He is driving a team
of live dogs and traveling alone,
and, consequently, will not “fall
out” with anybody’s company.
Mr. Dodge spent a couple of
months in that'* camp last sum
mer, and while not busy at min
ing he showed the boys how to
catch fish. He estimates, from
late information, that the Innoko
Will have a spring cleanup of at
least $250,000._
J. H. Saul was called to town from
Kempei'ville last Tuesday to take
charge of his firm's local store during
the illness of Mr. Morrison.
CHAS. B. ALLEN,
Attorney at Law
Rampart, Aka.
Legal Papers Carefully Drawn.
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD — Camp
Hot Springs No. 24 meets every Mon
day evening at 8 o’clock in hall over
Traeger’s store. Visiting brothers
always welcome.
B. A. Meyers, C. A. Davidson,
Recorder. Arctic Chief.
MAIL SCHEDULE
Arrives from Fairbanks Saturday p. m.
Arrives from Rampart, Sunday p. m.
Arrives from Tanana Sunday p. m.
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Departs for Rampart, Monday a. m.
Departs for Tanana Monday a. m.
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