Uncle Samuel Is Unbusinesslike and
Needs a National Budget S/oIem
By G. B. CORTELYOU, Former Secretary of tbe Treasury
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The government of the United States for more
than one hundred years has been conducted upon finan
cial principles which would have bankrupted a private
corporation within a few months.
No public officer has been directly responsible for
the adjustment of expenditures to receipts. No public
officer has direct Ppiltfol over the estimates of the dif
ferent departments. V
A distinguished gentleman in 1909 was credited
with the statement that 30 per cent of the government’s
entire revenue*'—a sum totaling $300,000,000—was
wasted annually. I cannot attempt) with any degree of accuracy to name
the exact amount of money spent needlessly during any one fiscal year.
It is no exaggeration, however, to say that the figures will run into mil
lions of dollars. This same condition holds today.
I desire to point out that the disf|(ibution of immense sums raised
mainly by taxation should be subjected to the closest scrutiny, classificar
tion and co-ordination. The present method of dealing with money mat
ters is entirely lacking in system.
There is probably no other civilized government—certainly no gov
ernment which is truly representative—where there has been such a com
plete lack of supervision of the budget as in the United States.
With a war debt of $25,000,000,000 hanging over us it is no longer
practicable to meet an annual deficit by an assessment upon the nation’s
stockholders—its citizens.
Even the United States, with a total estimated wealth of more than
two hundred billion dollars, is not so rich or so powerful that it can afford
to disregard the principles of business efficiency or fail to provide itself
with a carefully mapped out budgetary plan.
HID ON MOUNTAIN
TO ESCAPE DRAFT
Slacker Endured Semi-Starvation
Rather Than Endure Perils of
Army Service.
St. Jolinsbury, Vt.—Arrested ns a
slacker a year ago at his home here,
after he hid for several days in the
mountainous regions about the city,
placed in the service at Camp Devens
through the selective draft operation,
only to desert from there after two
weeks, and since that time living a
hermit's life on Victory mountain, is
the history of Elmer H. Cox, who has
given himself up to the authorities and
is now in a hospital under observation
as to his sanity.
Cox says he ate bark, berries, leaves,
nuts and anything that he could get
his hands on. He slept in high trees,
Looking Half-Starved.
¥,
for fear somebody would capture him
while he was sleeping, and walked in
his bare feet so as not to leave any
tracks.
From the first Cox took a great dis
like to the war and had queer ideas
concerning the army and the draft.
His number was called for examina
tion by the draft board and he did not
appear, nor could he be found. Sev
eral days later he was seen in the
town and an officer trailed him to a
rudely constructed shelter on Victory
mountain overlooking a swamp near
the city, and lie was arrested. He
passed the physical examination and
was sent with several other rookies
to Camp Devens early in June, 1918,
and was accepted and placed in the
infantry. About two weeks after he
arrived there he was reported as miss
ing at roll call and, as time drew on
and nothing was heard of his where
' abouts, he was listed as a deserter and
tll<* government offered a reward of
$100 for him dead or alive.
While driving along on a highway
that leads to about the foot of Victory
mountain, Charles H. Howe of St.
Johnsbury noticed a man, wrecked
physically, covered with dirt and look
ing half-starved; half-walking and
lialf-cravvling along through the woods.
He Investigated, discovered the iden
tity of the man and took him to town,
where he was placed in the county jail
and later taken to a hospital.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SUMMONS
No. C—180
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third division. Carl N.
Anderson, Victor Swanson and Jus
tus Johnson, plaintiffs, vs. North
Midas Copper Company, a corpora
tion, and Frank A. Ball, trustee,
defendants.
The President of the United States of
FORM THE
HABIT
ATTEND CHURCH
Why? is the question asked by the
non-churchgoer. He who neglects his
church is charging his life with an
irreparable loss and is robbing his
community of a noble example, and Is
acting contrary to the principles and
commands of God’s word. The
church member who refuses to attend
church because of some selfish whim
is committing moral and spiritual sui
cide, and must answer for this crime
at the judgment bar of God, as well
as in his life. John Wanamaker an:
swered this question by saying: “I
would be very miserable without this
spiritual uplift that comes from at
tending Divine worship and obeying
the Divine ordinances. It is a privi
lege to touch Boldiers with earnest
Christian men who are interested in
promoting Christ’s kingdom on earth.”
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
America, greeting to the above
named defendant, Frank A. Ball,
trustee:
You are hereby required to appear in
the district court for the territory of
Alaska, Third division, within thirty j
days after the completion of the pe
riod of publication of this summons,
to-wit: within thirty days after the
13th day of November, 1919, and
answer the complaint of the above
named plaintiffs in the above-entitled
action in which said plaintiffs demand
the following relief, to-wit: A per
sonal judgment against defendant,
North Midas Copper Company for the
sum of twenty-five hundred fifty-two
and .82-100 dollars ($2,552.82), the
further sum of seventy-five dollars
($75) for preparing and recording
plaintiffs’ claims of liens, the further
sum of four hundred fifty dollars
($450) as plaintiffs’ attorney’s fees
in this action, and for such other
costs and disbursements as plaintiffs
may incur in this action, and that
such sums and all of them be ad
judged first, prior and superior Hens
upon and against that certain mine
and mining property, situated on the
east side of Kuskalina river, in the
Chitina recording precinct, territory
of Alaska, and consisting of the lode
claims called Morning, Hercules, Cen
tury, Evening Sunrise No. 1, Sunrise
No. 2, Sunrise No. 3, Sunrise No. 4,
Golconda, Minnehaha, DuPont, Camp
Bird, Boston, New York, May Day,
Black Jack, North Midas No. 1, North
Midas No. 2, North Midas Millsite,
and the placer claims called North
Midas No. 1, North Midas No. 2, North
Midas No. 3, North Midas No. 4, to
gether with all buildings, tools, ma
chinery, equipment, trams, cyanide
plant, mill, and all other tools, ma
chinery, buildings and equipment sit
uated upon or in any manner connect
ed with said mining claims; and that
plaintiffs' said liens on said property,
mine and premises be foreclosed in
this action, and that any interest,
lien or claim that you, the said de
fendant. Frank A. Ball, trustee, have
or claim in or to any of said mine,
premises or property, be adjudged to
be inferior and subordinate to plain
tiffs’ said liens, and that as against
plaintiffs you be adjudged to have no
valid right, claim or lien to, upon or
against any of said premises, mine or
property.
Tne date ol tne oraer ior me imun
cation of this summons and the serv
ice thereof by such publication is
September 30, 1919.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is the 2d day of October,
1919, and the date of its last publica
tion is the 13th day of November,
1919.
Witness, the Honorable Charles E.
Bunnell, Judge of said court, and the
seal thereof, on this 30th day of Sep
tember, 1919.
(Court Seal) ARTHUR LANG.
Clerk of the district court for the
territory of Alaska, Third division.
' By JOHN B. MILLER,
Deputy Clerk.
Donohoe & Dimond, attorneys for
plaintiffs.
First publication, Oct. 2, 1919.
Last publication, Nov. 13, 1919.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF AD
MINISTRATOR’S ACCOUNT
In the Probate Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third division Cordova
precinct of Cordova.
Ir, the matter of the estate of C. L.
C. L. Hale, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Fred
Tracy, administrator with the will an
nexed of the above entitled estate, has
rendered and presented for settlement
and tiled in said court his final ac
count of his administration of said
estate, and that Wednesday, the 10th
day of December, 1919, at 10 o’clock
a. m., at the office of said court in Cor
dova, has been duly appointed by the
judge of said court for the settlement
of said final account, at which time all
objections to said final account and
the settlement thereof will be heard
and determined.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this Gth
day of October, 1919.
FRED TRACY, Administrator.
First publication, Oct. 7, 1919.
Last publication, Nov. 5, 1919.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, Cordova
Precinct, at Cordova.—In the matter
of the Estate of James D. MacCor
mac, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, as executor of the estate of
James D. MacCormac, deceased, to
the creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said decedent, to
present them, with the proper vouch
ers, within six months from the date
of this notice to the undersigned exec
utor, at the office of his attorney, Ed
ward F. Medley, in the Adams build
ing, in Cordova, Alaska.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska. October
15, 1919. 11. I. O'NEILL,
Executor.
First publication, Oct. 15, 1919.
Last publication, Nov. 14, 1919.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To C. M. Gage, Peter Conaton, Will
iam Farrell, Jack Ryan, Morriss
O’Donnell, Eli McQuade and George
Dempsey:
You and each of you are hereby no
tified that I have performed the an
nual assessment labor required
by law for the years 1912, 1913, 1914,
1915 and 1916, upon the following
described placer claims on \oung
creek, a tributary to Nizina river, sit
uated in the Chitina mining and re
cording district, Territory of Alaska,
United States of America, to-wit:
(1) Boston Association Placer
Claim, recorded in 1911, and
(2) The New York Association
Placer Claim, recorded in 1911,
and that unless within the time
prescribed by law you pay your pro
portionate amount of said expendi
ture. your interest in said claims and
each of them will be forfeited to me
under the provisions of the statutes
The Style S: :< ip
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
of the United States relating to in
terest in mining claims for failure
to contribute their proportionate
share of the expenditures required
by law for such annual work.
DEXTER CAYOUETTE.
City .of Seattle, State of Washington.
United States of America—ss.
Personally appeared before me, a
Notary Public in and for the State
of Washington, Dexter Cayouette, of
Dan creek, Alaska, who deposes and
says that the statements in the above
notice are true, and that the said par
ties have not contributed any money
as labor towards the assessment work
on the mentioned claims for the
period stated.
DEXTER CAYOUETTE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this twenty-fifth day of September,
1919.
(Seal) FORD O. ELVEDGE,
Notary Public for the State of Wash
ington.
My commission expires July 29, 1923.
Date of first publication Oct. 1, 1919.
Date of last publication Dec. 31, 1919.
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division. Torger
Asbjorson plaintiff vs. Caroline j
Asbjornson, defendant. No. C-176.
The President of the United States of
America, Greeting to the above
named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of
the publication of this summons, to
wit, within thirty days after the 25th
day of October, 1919, and answer the
complaint of the above-named plain
tiff in the above-entitled action,
wherein said plaintiff prays that he
be given an absolute decree of di
vorce from you forever dissolving
the bonds of matrimony heretofore
existing between you and said plain
tiff.
,t And unless you so appear and
answer the plaintiff will take judg
ment against you for want thereof
and will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in his said complaint
as hereinabove set out.
The date of the order for service by
publication herein is September 3,
1919, and such order was duly made
and entered and filed herein o i said
date.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is September 13, 1919,
and the date of its last publication is
October 26, 1919.
WITNESS, The- Honorable Charles
E. Bunnell, Judge of said court, and
the seal of said court, on this 3rd
day of September, 1919.
(Court Seal) ARTHUR DANG,
Clerk of thg District Couit for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
By JOHN B. MILLER,
Deputy.
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