/ HENRY BAXTER, MERCHANT
AND COAL OPERATOR, TALKS
OF CONDITIONS HERE.
FUEL READY FOR DELIVERY.
Transportation Facilities Are Requir
ed to Ship Output of Mines to Pa
cific Coast State at Rate to Justify
Business.
Conditions in regard to the coal
mining industry here and brief refer
ences to progress of construction on
the government road are contained in
an interview given recently to the San
Francisco Bulletin by Henry Baxter,
of this city, proprietor of Baxters’
News Stand and a pioneer coal mine
operator. The San Francisco Bulletin
says:
"Henry Baxter, of Anchorage, Alas
ka. a member of the Matanuska Coal
company, who is at the Palace hotel.
j| informed the officers of the chamber
of commerce that he is ready to make
the first shipment of Alaskan coal to
San Francisco. He has 3,000 tons
which is able to deliver on a vessel
at. Anchorage at a cost of $4 a ton.
What he wants is a vessel to bring it
down.
“The cost of water transportation
#tjs something he is ignorant of. That
■ cost will affect, of course, the price
'# per ton for delivery in San Francisco.
Leased from Uncle Sam.
"Mr. Baxter has leased from Sec
retary of the Interior Franklin K.
Lane two coal mines, known as units
2 and 3. Unit. 1 is hold by other peo
ple. They are fifty miles from An
1 chorage, on Uncle Sam’s new railway.
“ ‘From present prospects,’ said
Mr. Baxter, ‘I do not see how we can
get any bottoms until the' government
vessels arrive next April from Pana
ma with cars and other equipment
from the Canal Zone for use on the
Alaskan railroad. We are promised
the first vessel to carry coal south to
San Francisco.
“Mr. Baxter also said that, when
labor and boat costs return to normal
condition, the coal miners can deliver
the article f. o. b. on ships at An
chorage at §3 per ton. When the la
bor supply is normal he will be able
to deliver quite easily 1,000 tons a
day. Under his lease from Secretary
Lane he is paying a royalty on every
* ton to the government. He has a
twelve-foot vein of pure coal, and it
can be used by householders and also
for commercial purposes. The coal
a so, can be converted into a fine coke.
uanroaa orK rrogresses.
“According to the Palace hotel visi
tor, work on the new government
railroad is progressing very favora
bly. Over 21)0 miles out from An
chorage are already completed. The
113 miles from Anchorage to Seward
which is also a terminal, will be com
pleted by next July. The total dis
tance, surveyed clear to Fairbanks, is
420 miles. The building of the Fair
banks end is also making good prog
ress.”
TOrt'HY PEOPLE.
!;> wai • • to :chy people. There an
always some about l udy to pester you
!n sonn- way. Hurry on past so you
cannot hear them and abnv all refuse
1
to deny vhat they say. Just keep
sweet and go ahead and let their un
kind words swelter in the gloaming.
How much time and patience are
wasted on touchy people! And yet
such people think they are the salt of
the earth and everybody else dirty
water. It is a real wickedness to be
touchy. It is as bad as lying and
cheating. It does the world as much
harm. We knew a touchy person one
time whose touchiness struck in on
him and he died. We hope all our gen
tle readers will escape so sorry a fate,
—Ohio State Journal.
BLESS YOU, MY CHILDREN'.
Arthur Drinkwater and Genevieve
Apple ena, both of Crocksvme, Ohio,
were married at Newport, Ky., the
k other day.
ELIZABETH HARDK RADER ES
| TABLISHES HERSELF AS LE
! GITIMATE CHILD OF PARENTS
j GETS CONSIDERABLE PROPERTY
! Young Woman Will Now Obtain Two
and Half Lots and House in Juneau,
and^Large Interests in Two Mining
Properties.
Common law marriages were given
judicial recognition in a ease the oth
er day in the United States district
j court at Juneau, says the Juneau Dis
' patch.
The case was that of Elizabeth
I Harkrader against Cunningham R.
Reed and his wife, Julia Reed.
Elizabeth Harkrader averred that
she was the daughter of J. Harkrader
and Lilv Harkrader, and that she was
entitled as their heir to the property
left by them.
Mr. and Mrs. Reed, who held half
a lot claimed by Miss Harkrader. al
leged that J. Harkrader and the
woman known as Lily Harkrader were
never legally married.
The court held that the evidence
established that J. Harkrader and Lily
Harkrader had lived together for
years as husband and wife; that he
had held her out as his wife, and that
as a consequence, even if a formal
marriage ceremony was never cele
brated they were under the common
law husband and wife.
While the suit was for recovery of
a half interest in a lot, Elizabeth
Harkrader, by establishing herself as
the legitimate daughter of her par
ents. will fall heir to considerable
property. Not only will two other
lots and a house located in Juneau
became hers, but she will become the
owner of a half interest in a coal mine
near Killisnoo and will hold a consid
erable interest in the Nevada creek
mine, located at the southern end of
Douglas island.
The jury allowed Elizabeth Hark
rader $20. as damages for the use of
the half lot while it was in the pos
session of Mr. and Mrs. Reed.
Other states and territories have
nearly all upheld common-law marri
ages, but this is the first time it has
1 received judicial recognition in Alas
ka.
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RESPECT YOl’R PROMISES.
Keep your promises, so don’t make
any you can’t fill.
Don’t make any in conflict with
agreements.
Neglecting the exact terms of a
definite promise is often a very seri
ous thing.
The keeping of promises in business
transactions, is the “sheet anchor” in
the establishing of credit among one’s
business associates.
The world of business places great
value on promises.
Not only in all business transac
tions but in every day life, the keep
ing of promises should be looked after
with care.
Whatever you do, keep your word,
for the man who breaks his promises
even in little things, is sure to break
them in more important ones.
It is a good plan when making a
promise as to appointments to jot
down in a memorandum book the
man’s name, so that no mistakes can
be made.
It is a question of obligation that is
not canceled until it is paid.
The man whose promise or word
can be relied upon is the one whose
influence is farreaching in any com
munity or in any business.
Keep your promised, so don’t make
any you can’t fill.—New York Mail.
MERCY!
A girl can’t throw a stone, that’s so
At least so I have read;
But she can cast a glance, 1 know,
And she can toss her head.
—Luke McLuke.
; A girl can cast a glance, I know,
j And toss her head real high;
| But she can also “throw” her beau
‘ And also drop her eye.
REINDEER TO
SHIP TO SHIES
CARCASSES OF ANIMALS ARE
HELD IN COLD STORAGE
AWAITING FIRST BOATS.
NONE TO GO TO PACIFIC COAST.
Practically All of Meat Will Be Sent
to Minneapolis Territory Which Has
Many Scandinavians Who Are Ac
quainted With it.
The work of slaughtering at Nome
the desired portion of the big reindeet
herd which lately arrived there from
Kotzebue and Golovin is completer
and a total of nearly 450 deer carcass
es have been placed in cold storage at
Nome to await the arrival this spring
of the first steamships which will con
vey them to the states, says the Nome
N ugget.
The remainder of the herd will now
be divided, one portion going to Pori
Clarence, the other to Golovin. The
herd destined for Golovin will be ir
charge of Hans Samuelson. William
Marx will have charge of the Pori
Clarence held until it reaches its des
tination.
A member of the owning syndicate
states that practically all of 450 car
casses now in storage will be shippet
to Minneapolis, to be placed on tin
market in that section.
According to the same authority
the demand for reindeer in the Pacifi<
coast states is very light, owing
doubtless to the public being as yei
unacquainted with the meat.
The great demand in the Minneap
olis section is attributed to the pres
ence of large numbers of Scandinav
ians, nearly all of whom are acquaint
ed with the savoiy and extremely ten
der flesh of reindeer.
HOW TO WIN Si t CESS.
Have Confidence in Yourself and I)<
Not Lean I'pon Others.
Power is the goal of every worthj
ambition, and only weakness come:
from imitation or dependence on oth
ers. Power is self-developed, self
generated. We cannot increase th<
strength of our muscles by setting ir
a gymnasium and letting another ex
ercise for us.
Nothing else so destroys the powei
to stand alone as the habit of lean
ing upon others. If you lean yoi
never will be strong or original
Stand alone or bury your ambition ti
be somebody in the world.
The man who tries to give his chil
dren a start in the world so that the}
will not have so hard a time as h<
had is unknowingly bringing disastei
upon them. What he calls giving
them a start will probably give then
a setback in the world. Young peo
pie need all the motive power the\
can get. They are naturally leaners
imitators, copiers, and it is easy foi
them to develop into echoes or limi
tations. They will not walk alont
while you furnish crutches; they wil
lean upon you just as long as you wil
let them.
One of the great delusions that c
human being could ever have is tha'
. he is permanently benefited by con
tinned assistance from others.—Ori
'son Swett Maiden.
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SHEARING SHEEP IN SYRIA.
_
The manner of shearing sheep ii
Syria and all Asiatic Turkey does no'
: differ materially from the ancien'
methods of the people as applied tc
practically every other vocation
While the sheep industry is one of ths
oldest in the country, having existec
for centuries in the same pasture:
; where the ancestors of the preseni
herders also tended flocks, there does
not apear to have been any improve
ment in the manner of shearing 01
breeding the sheep. Shearing is stil
accomplished in the crudest way, the
workers always leaving a considerable
amount of wool on the animal, while
the fleece removed is cut most uneven
ly. The shearers frequently cut greai
holes in the skins of the sheep, whicf
by the use of modern shearing ma
chines could easily be avoided.
ON DECREE BN
EIGHT il UK
TERRITORIAL ACT IS HELD TO
BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL ON
SEVERAL GROUNDS.
VIOLATES RIGHT TO CONTRACT.
Judge of District Court at Fairbanks
Declares Wording of Enactment Is
Ambiguous and Legislature Acted
Irregularly.
Mail advices from Fairbanks bring
copies of the gist of the decision of
Judge Charles E. Bunnell, of the
United States district court there, in
holding the territorial eight-hour law
unconstitutional.
The judgment was rendered in the
case of the United States against the
; Northern Commercial company. In the
j lower court, the company had admit
j ted it had worked one of its employes
' more than eight hours in one day, and
1 was fined $250.
A demurrer on the findings of the
lower court was presented to the dis
trict court, and the decision of the
! district court was on this demurrer.
After making citation of the de
i murrer and act, the court quotes the
basis of the defendant’s demurrer,
which was on the following grounds:
“1. That the matters and things
set forth in said complaint or infor
! mation do not constitute a crime or
■ public offense.
“2. That the act of the Alaska leg
islature under which said complaint
or information is laid and upon which
it is based, to-wit, Chapter 55 of the
session laws of Alaska for the year
li»l 7 is unconstitutional and void,
and is contrary to and in violation
(of) the provisions of the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution of the
United States and of section 10 or ar
ticle 1 of the said constitution of the
United States, and the act of con
gress of March 4th, 1007, relating to
interstate commerce.
“3. That said purported act of the
Alaska legislature, under which the
above prosecution is had, to-wit, chap
ter 55 of the session laws of Alaska
for the year 1017, was not passed in
accordance with the provisions of sec
tion 13 of the organic act, under and
by virtue of which said Alaska legis
lature was created and performs its
functions; all of which is shown by
the journals of said legislature, to
which reference is hereby specifically
made, the said particulars in which
said section 13 of said organic act
was violated being as follows, to-wit:
i Not Head Second Time.
“(a) That in the senate the said
bill was not read a second time, and
; after it had been amended by a con
. ference committee was not passed in
the manger prescribed by law.
“(b) That in the house of repre
sentatives said act was only read
, j once, was never given a second or
I : third reading, and was never passed
I bv said house of representatives.”
The court, after quoting these par
agraphs in the company demurrer,
. | further stated that judicial notice
! might be taken of the session la\vs of
1915 in which the attempt was made
| to authorize or direct the enactment
of chapter 55 of the session laws of
I 1917 at “the next general election
| held for the purpose of electing the
i members of the next legislature,” in
i which the enactment of such law was
i left to the wish of the people.
No Provision for Initiative.
“The organic act for the territory
of Alaska, approved August 24, 1912,”
declared Judge Bunnell, “contains no
provisions, through the initiative for
obtaining an expression of the elect
ors of the territory concerning pro
posed legislation, so it is apparent
that a wholly unauthorized act of the
territorial legislature of 1915 to as
certain by ballot the views of the elec
tors was not binding upon the next
succeeding legislature and should not
be presumed to bind the courts. When
a legislature thus attempts to act en
tirely-beyond the scope of the organic
act or constitution which gives it life,
there is at least a suspicion that it
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Much was contained in the decision
on the ambiguous wording of the law
j as passed, the court stating:
j “Although ably assisted by counsel
! in this case, I confess myself unable
j to lind, and counsel are unable to
| produce, any act of any legislative
; body in the United States which, from
I the standpoint of word use and word
I construction, belongs in a class with
| this act. It is fairly entitled to the
I unique distinction of being alone
J though in a multitude.”
j In passing of the penal section of
the act. which says “Any person, per
sons, association o? corporation who
shall violate or cause to be violated
any of the provisions of this act, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor,” the
court makes the observation that the
words “agent.” “manager,” or “em
ployer” are omitted, and states:
‘This is indeed significant and com
pels the belief as heretofore indicated
that the legislature deliberately in
tended to exclude the employer.”
In making his citations the court
of the United States in which deter
mined :
“First, labor is property; second
the general right to make a contract
in relation to any business is part of
the rights protected by the fourteenth
amendment, and this included the
right to purchase and sell labor ex
cept as controlled by the state in the
legitimate exercise of its police pow
er.”
Many other citations of the same
| tenor were given. Judge Bunnell, in
conclusion, states:
“Some other questions have been
raised by the demurrer, but I do not
consider it necessary to pass upon
them at this time. An examination
of the journals of both the house and
senate discloses the fact that the pro
cedure leading up to the approval of
the act was, to say the least, irregu
lar.
“I am satisfied beyond all doubt
that chapter 55 of the session laws of
^917 is plainly and palpably beyond
all question in violation of the four
teenth amendment to the constitution
of the United States. I am also of
the opinion that it is class legislation
and prohibited by the constitution.
“"The demurrer is therefore sus
tained.^
TAR AND FEATHERS
GIVEN L W. W. LEADER
MOB AT MIDNIGHT TAKES AC
| TION AGAINST SECRETARY
OF YAKIMA ORGANIZATION.
—
YAKIMA, Wash., March 20.—Tar
and feathers were applied here at
midnight last night to James Myers,
secretary of the Yakima branch of the
Industrial Workers of the World.
Meyers, after the mob got through
! with him, is believed to have left the
; city.
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