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MEXICO CITY, Aug. 25—The mono
tony of bread and corn lines which
have been prevalent In all wards of
the city for weeks past was broken the
other day when a money line was in
augurated by the new Constitutlonlfst
government. Notice of its intention
■was published the night before and
before dawn immense crowds had
gathered at the places designated.
Here police agents doled out new* one
and five dollar bills of the issue of
the Carranza government. This was
done in order to relieve the distress
caused by the decree pronouncing of
no value the entire present circula
ting medium of the capital which con
sisted of some fifty millions of pesos
in Villa and Zapata bills. In ordinary
times the Mexican peso was worth
fifty cents United States currency but
at the present writing it is valued at
less than ten cents.
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LARGEST
PETSOGRAD, Aug. 25—The largest
hoard of gold in the world is that held
in the vaults of the Russian state
bank, amounting now to about $850,
000,000. Yc?t a visitor may travel
from one end of the Russian Empire
to the other and not see enough gold
coin to buy a pair of shoes. Paper
currency is used universally.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS.
The Alameda took out 1850 tons of
copper ore from here for the Tacoma
smelter.
Chas. Cochran and wife are coming
back to Cordova on the Mariposa, after
having spent several months in the
states.
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Mrs. Thomas S. Scott, who spent the
past couple of months with Seattle
friends, is a returning passenger on
the Maripjosa
Miss Celia Burroughs, of San Lean
der, left Seattle last night on the
steamer Mariposa for Cordova, where
ghe will accept a position as teacher
in the primary department of our pub
lic schools.
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LOST—A bunch of keys, enclosed
in black leather holder. Finder please
rejurn to this office.
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All the Real News in the Times.
TOKIO. Aug. 25—The retaliatory
boycott In China against the Japanese
because of Japan's demands on China
has caused profound concern through
out the empire and extensive plans
are being formulated to overcome the
movement. Japanese merchants are
beginning to complain at heavy losses
in trade, and thoughtful leaders in
various walks of Japanese life are
worried over where the Chinese hostil
ity will end and over how it will effect
futrue relations of the two countries.
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Groceries
Good goods, good service, right
prices at Cordova's Co-Operative
Store. Phone 21.
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For plumbing and heating see Ben
Elliott. Phone 101.
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TEXT OF DECISION
ON FOREST
—
Judge Jennings upheld the action
of the Territorial Legislature in distri
buting the money from the Forest
Service throughout the four divisions
of Alaska when he refused to issue an
order enjoining the Territorial Treas
perer from paying over the money
, to any but the First Division.
Decision Read.
The decision was read recently by
Judge Jennings to an audience w’hich
filled the court room. A notice of
the filing of an appeal was given by
John G. Heid, attorney for the plain
tiffs in the suit and he was granted six
ty days to file his exceptions to the de
cision.
The suit was entered and a tempor
ayr restraining order was issued some
time ago. Later a demmurrer was
filed by John H. Cobb, acting as at
torney for the territory, and the ar
guments were presented. The matter
was taken under advisement by thei
court.
No Counties.
The decision as rendered follows, In
part:
"In support of the demurrer it is
urged that there are no counties in
Alaska or rather that all of Alaska
must be taken as a county, and there
fore that the disposal of the fund was
entirely in the discretion of the legis
lature; in support it is urged, that al
though there are no subdivisions in
Alaska by the name counties, yet the
judicial divisions of Alaska are to all
intents and purposes the same as
counties and that inasmuch as the
Congress aforesaid provides that the
money shall be turned over to the
Territorial Treasurer to be expended
as the legislature may prescribe, for
the benefit of the public schools and
public road of the county or counties
in which the Forest Service is situat
ed.” The legislature had no power
to divert this fund to any other pur
pose than to that expressed in the act.
It is said that for the legislature to
appropriate for the benefit of roads
and schools in the territory at large
that money which congress evidently
meant to be appropriated for local
benefit is to betray and flout the trust
Which Congress reposed in the legis
lature and that the court ought to in
tercede to prevent what is avowed to
be a palpable diversion of public
funds.
“Of course there is no magic in the
word county. If there ars subdivi
sions of the territory of A&ska pos
sesing the substantial attributes of
what are called counties, the name of
the subdivision would not be impera
tive.
Are Analogus.
“The judicial divisions of Alaska
are in a great measure analogous to
counties—they are subdivisions of
Alaska both for judicial ins<?tnuch as
each division elects members to the
members to the legislature. It is
true that the divisions have no fiscal
entity, no county commissioners, no
county government, no county insti
tutions and neither raise nor expend
funds provided by local taxation, but,
for all that they more nearly analo
gous to counties than anything else we
have. It cannot be gainsaid success
fully that Congress meant the money
to be appropriated to the needs of
roads and schools in that part of the
state or territory where the forest re
serves are situated.
Reasons Given.
“It seems, however, to the court
that whether or not the Judicial Divi
-.
•Ion should be held to be a county, ^
(and the court expresses no opinion
on this subject), there are three very
substantial reasons why this action
cannot be sustained, to-wit:
"a. Even conceding that this divi
sion should be considered a county,
yet a county is only a quasi corpora
tion, which exists only for public pur
poses connected with the administra
tion of the state government and Its
revenues are not the property of the
county In the sense in which the rev
enue of a private person or corpora
tion is regarded.
“The whole state has an interest in
the revenues of a county and for the
public good the legislature must have
the power to direct Its application.
The power conferred upon a county to
raise a revenue by taxation, for in
stance, Is a political power and its ap
plication, when collected, must neces
sarily be within the control of the leg
islature for political purposes.
"b. The trust expressed in the act
of Congress Is a trust personal to the
United States, and this suit is not
brought by the United States
“When Congress directed this money
to be turned over to the Terrtorial
Treasurer to be expended in such a
way as the Legislature of Alaska
might prescribe for the benefit of roads
and schools In the counties where the
Forest reserve was situate, it created
only a personal trust. The money
was derived from the sale of forest
lands belonging to the United States,
and the United States had the power
to give it to whomsoever it pleased,
and to make any person or body, its
agent to distribute the funds. The
United States in considering the Legis
lature of the Territory as its disburs
ing agent, invested it with a large
amount of discretion. The Territorial
Treasurer is but the safe in which the
money is deposited. Congress said to
the Legislature, 'we grant this money
to the Territory for the benefit of
roads and schools In that part of the
Territory which produced the money,
and we trust you to supply it, no one
can complain but the donor, 1. e. the
United States.
"c. The plaintiffs have shown no
equity in themselves for injury—the
court is asked to hold this action of
the legislature to be in violation of the
Organic Act—i. e_, unconstitutionally
(and it is asked to do this at the suit
of individuals who show no injury to
themselves That this cannot be
done, I do not think admits of a doubt
‘‘The demurrer is sutsained.”
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