ALASKA FORUM
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SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1906.
JUDGE WICKERSHAM
Judge Wickersham. triumphant ov
er all opposition through the “big stick
/policy” of the president has passed
“down the Yukon” to again mount the
bench at Fairbanks. He does this in
face of the refusal of the senate to con
firm his appointment for the third
time, and against the desires of a large
majority of the people of this division.
Furthermore, the judge says that he is
a fixture oh the Alaskan bench as long
as the president is in office, “if it plea
ses me to be. ” Truly that henchman
knew what he was talking about when
he declared the judge to be ‘ ‘as strong
as Mark Hanna.” The judge’s strength
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A commission will be appointed by
the federal government to investigate
all claims for loss thru the stealings in
the Seattle assay office. This commis
sion will sit in Seattle. The property
siezed by the government belonging to
ex-Cashier Adams is valued at nearly
$160,000. Should this amount be insuf
ficient to make good all proved losses,
congress will appropriate the balance.
The fact of the republicans having
nominated C. D. Murane of Nome as
their candidate for delegate, may have
a tendency to weaken the chances of
Cale in that section. Should, however,
the Nome miners stand by their en
dorsement the friends of Cale need not
fear. This election will test the ability
of the Alaskan miners to stand together.
Walter clark, the Washington cor
r spoident for the Seattle P-I, left the
coast July 11 for a three months’ tour
thru Alaska. It has been claimed that
Clark is in the employ of Judge Wick
ersham as press agent.
Alaskan Road Surveys
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SKAGWAY, July 6.-The quantity
of work he found to do here compelled
Major Richardson to remain over a day
longer and prevented him from getting
away this morning as he expected to do.
Mr. McPherson, civil engineer in charge
of the big survey—Fairbanks to Nome,
got away however, and Major Richard
son will fqllow in the morning.
There are four survey parties under
the immediate direction of McPherson.
One, in charge of Walter Brown, will
work from Fairbanks towards Rampart.
The second under Mr. Blakely, will
work both ways from Rampart towards
Fairbanks and the Koyukuk river; No.
three under Mr. Wright, from the
Koyukuk towards Rampart, while the
fourth under Mr. Jones, which went up
by steamer to Nome, will work from
■ Council City to the Koyukuk. A feas
ible crossing of the Yukon, it is ex
pected will be found near Rampart.
The operations of the four parties, it
is believed, will enable Major Richard
son to report upon a practicable route
for a railroad—which will first be dev
eloped by a trail—from Valdez to Coun
cil City. Major Richardson goes direct
to Fairbanks where he will inspect the
winter work of Engineer Zug, and di
rect-the advancement of the summer’s
work. He will then go to Nome for a
similar purpose, after which he will re
turn to Fairbanks, and in the fall he
will come out over the trail to Valdez.
The great work of the road commis
sion this year is of course, the trail be
tween Fairbanks and Valdez. This is
to be made into a practical thorough
fare for summer as well as winter tra
vel. The trail last winter is described
as being a "fright”—a constant succes
sion of chuck holes—difficult in winter
and impossible in summer. This road,
which last winter accommodated only
single horse sleds, is to be prepared
for double teams and the speedy trans
portation of freight and mails.
How it is Done at Tanana
The soldier Hardin who was senten
ced a couple of weeks ago to six months
imprisonment was released last night
on payment of a sum of money. We
have no comments to make.—Press.
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Minnesota's Great Wrestler
The state of Minnesota now claims
the champion wrestler in the United
States. Her man got a “Nelson” on
Wickersham and stood him on his head.
—Juneau Transcript.
Editor .Press Mies Himself
We are of the opinion that as far as t
some of Judge Wickersham’s decisions
are concerned they could not be beaten
for liberal interpretation of very com
plicated mining law, invariably in favor
of the miner and honest prospector.
But the judge has certainly been un
fortunate in some of his appointments:
though of course he has had to go large
ly on the representations of others and
necessarily could not go deeply into the
matter of fitness of persons he was ask
ed to appoint. The result being in some
cases, we are confronted by failures—
not only failures but mixtures of uned
ucated arrogance and incompetence. It
is to be hoped the judge will alter all
this; we believe he will.—Yukon Press.