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In a letter received by United
States Attorney R, F. Rotb of Fair
banks from the attorney general, he
is informed that the department con
curs in his opinion that the legislature
of Alaska had no authority to pass
a law' regulating the sale of liquor
in the territory. The act referred
to is more familiarly called the
"hootch peddling law," in which the
legislature attempted to reduce the
crime of selling liquor to natives from
a felony to a misdemeanor, and mak
ing it n misdemeanor for natives to
receive or purchase intoxicants.
Some months ago. Mr. Roth had
occasion to prosecute a man on the
lower river for the illegal sale of
liquor to natives. He proceeded un
der the old law passed by congress.
It bo happened that the offense was
committed prior to the time that the
territorial law was passed, but the
case did not come up until after the
new act went into effect. The defen
dant demurred on the ground that the
law under which the prosecution was
started did not exist any longer, and
therefore the accused could not be
held. The demurrer wTas overruled,
but the court did not fell called upon
to pass upon the validity of the act at
that time.
Then Mr. Roth took the matter up
with the department and offered the
opinion that the legislature had gone
farther than was permissible under
the enabling act. The letter received
w'as in answer to that communication,
and stated that the department con
curred in the opinion.
It is probable, however, that the
matter will not be settled definitely
until the courts have an opportunity 1
to pass upon the matter, as the at
torney-general's opinion Is not binding
upon the Judges. The district at
torney is simply instructed to prose
cute all cases according to the old law.
One well-known attorney, when
consulted regarding the matter, said
that the enabling act specifically
states that the legislature has not
the authority to regulate the "sale"
of liquor. The act does not state,
however, that it cannot regulate tHe
receiving or giving of liquor, and in
this way the territoral lawmakers
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could paHR an act making It a mis
demanor for the natives to receive in
toxicants or to give them away to
another. In this way. any native vl
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olating the liquor law could be pun
ished.—Fairbanks Times.
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HELP WANTED
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Woman, all round laundry worker.
Must be good ironer. To begin work
about October 12.
INDEPENDENT STEAM LAUNDRY '
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APPLES.
An apple a day, keeps the doctor
away. Buy them by the box, and ’
save money. The Blum. O'Neill Co. '
CHANGES IN STAFF AT
CHITINA RAILROAD STATION
L. C. Gelser, station agent, and his
<on, C. H. Oeiser. relay operator, at
he Chltina depot, of the Copper River
fc Northwestern railway, have re
dgned their positions and will return
0 the states. Henry J. Brandt, pay
naster for the company, will succeed
he station agent as soon as .7. V.
jydiok returns from his trip to the
dates. In the meantime G. A. Strat
nan, who has been employed at the
'’ordova dock, will be in charge at
^hitina H. W. Sheridan. Jr. has been
ippointed relay operator.
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Alameda Here Tomorrow.
The steamer Alameda is due from j
he westward tomorrow morning at ]
1 o'clock. She will be in port all day
oading copper ore.
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Moose Meeting Tonight.
There will be a meeting of Cordova
odge. Order of Moose, tonight and all
nembers are requested to attend.
J. E. WAY, Secretary.
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WANTED—A girl for general house
work. Apply to Lakeview hotel, Old
'own. j
NATHANIEL R. USHER.
Rear Admiral, Commandant
of Brooklyn Navy Yard.
© by American Press Association.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 28—As a fore
runner of what ia expected to be the
most Important gathering in the his
tory of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States, comes the an
nouncement that the Fourth Annual
Meeting will be held in Washington,
D. ('.. Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs
day, February 8. 9, 10. Owing to the
fact that because of the war this is a
critical period in world business, it is
predicted that there will be an un
usually large attendance.
Consider Commercial Legislation
Busness men all over the country,
it is said, find it next to impossible to
forecast from month to month—
scarcely even from day to day—the
the changes which effect business.
Under those circumstances, Secretary
Goodwin of the National Chamber
believes every business man in the
country who is able to do so. will want
to attend this great business conven
tion, if only for the reason that Con
gress which has so much important
business legislation ahead of it, will
then be in session.
Business Delegates from Every State
John H Fahey, of Boston, president
of the organization, will preside. Every
commercial body affiliated with the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States—and there are now nearly 700
of them representing not only every
state in the Union, but Alaska, Porto
Kico, Hawaii and the Philippines—is
urged in connection with the meeting
to provide for the attendance not only
of a full number of the delegates to
w'hich it is entitled but of a like
number of alternates as well. There
will be representatives present from
the American Chamber of Commrce in
Paris, Rome, Milan, and even as far
away as Constantinople. Already ex
tensive plans are under way to make
the convention memorable and there
are early indications of a strong pro
gram. As usual, the National Coun
cil will assemble a day in advance,
which falls this year on Monday after
noon, February 7.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS.
Mrs. Maude Rice is spending a few
days in town.
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O. E. Jones, of Mile 89, is spending
a few days in town.
Tomorrow's train from Chitina is
expected to arrive shortly after noon.
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Mrs. K- G. Robinson yeft on this
morning's train for McCarthy, where
she has accepted a position as teacjter
of the schools there, which open on
November 1.
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Furnished House to let, 6 rooms and
bath. Apply at Bank.
The Blum, O’Neill Co. received a
car load of apple on the last boat
!direct from the orchard.
TIE TIL
The auto stage line between Chitina
and Fairbanks Is making better time.
since the recent cold snap set in, and
the trail is now in good condition for
driving the Jeffrey-Quad trurks and
the five passenger Dodge cars. Horses
have also been stationed at regular
intervals, so that In case of accident
the passengers will lose no time. The
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horese, however, will be used only fn
case of emergency.
Volney T- Richmond, sumrinten
dent of the Northern Commercial Com
pany, which has the mail contract,
believes that this new mode of trans
portation will enable bis concern to
handle an increased service, over the
trail, at all seasons of the year. By
routing the mail via Cordova during
| the summer months its delivery in
Fairbanks would mean a saving of
from ten to twelve days. Mr. Rich
mond says:
"There is no reason In the world
why we couldn't handle all the mall
all the time if the government would
I only authorize the shipments and
.offer adequate compensation. We
certainly are willing to do all we can
to induce the government to ship all
the mail all the time, and would like
to see the people of the Interior do
everything possible.
“Not only are w’e prepared to h^n
die all the mail all the time In Ac
winter, but in the summer as well.
It would mean that the people of
Ihe Interior could get their mail in
about half the time now consumed In
getting ft to Fairbanks.
“As last year, R. I). Menzie will be
manager, with C. E. Lake acting as
superintendent in charge of the aetuat
! operation of the horse stagps betire^P
Fhitina and Tanana. The horse stage
end of the business will be conducted
along similar lines to those of last
year.’’
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All the Real News in the Times.
Empress Theatre
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1915.
PATHE WEEKLY NEWS No. 54
THE EVERLASTING TRIANGLE—
An Edison Drama.
THE TRAP—
A Kalem Drama.
MIKE THE AVENGER—
A Selig Comedy.
Admission 25 Cents First Show Starts at 8 p. m. Sharp
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Hj|e» I s'lSISl". Style and
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for
> r\0 you realize what $17
_L/can be accomplished 11 ——1
when a great clothing
organization turns to special
izing on one suit?
That is the reason for the
new kind of values in
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Styleplusfti 7
Clothes,,,jrl(.
“The same price the world over.®
Just as skilfully styled as higher-priced clothes.
Carefully selected all-wool fabrics, hand
tailoring to complete the high-grade appear
ance. A suit of the better kind. Why? Be
cause the maker’s plan of specializing on one
suit makes for economy and higher quality.
No other store in town sells STYLEPLUS.
Come in. Styles for all. Sjiecials for young
men.
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WOOLEN SHIRTS, ALL KINDS—RUBBER BOOTS
AND SHOE PACS
UNDERWEAR, ALL WEIGHTS
GLOVES AND MITTS
SLICKERS, OVERALLS AND KHAKI CLOTHING,
SOXS, ALL WEIGHTS—RED RUBBER BOOTS
Special attention given mail orders
Send Your Order in To-day.
Satisfaction Guranteed.
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| ment of Rubber Goods of
the best known brands
| and quality.
Just received a large ship- f
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I Chippewa Shoes and Hip
i ress Packs
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