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George Frederick, Fritice of
Wales, took the oath of royal office
at 4 o’clock on the afternoon of
May 7, and was formally pro
claimed King George V. The cere
mony took place quietly, and with
little show of rejoicing. The entire
British nation i* wrapped in gloom
All business was suspended imme
diately after the announcement ot
the death of King Edward, and the
sorrow of the people is genuine and
profound. English statesman eulo
gize the deceased king in a way
that hints at lack of confidence in
fhe ability of King George to dis
play the ability of bis father. The
prospect of his holding the govern
ment together is believed to be
poor. Edward’s death is ascribed
to pneumonia and the bronchial
trouble or cancer, with which the
king was supposed to have been af
Aided are not mentioned in the cer
tificate of death. The funeral of
the dead king took place May 17.
Tom L Johnson, many times
mayor of Cleveland, O., on his re
turn home from a trip to Europe
laughed at the idea that he has
given up politics because he was
defeated at the last election. He
declares that he will remain in pol
itics until the day of his death.
According to an amended report
of the cen-us agent in charge in
Seattle, the total population of the
city now stands at 230,000.
Many members of the Illinois
legislature have confessed that they
received bribes in return for their
votes for William Lorimer when
the latter was elected to the United
States senate about a year ago
The grand jury which is investi
gating the affair has returned ten
indictments implicating as many
legislators.
Found Somebody's Foot
Up at Fairbanks the other flay a
human foot vras found in a garbage
heap. An investigation showed that
the foot had been amputated above the
ankle and it is supposed to have been
done by a surgeon in the regular
course of his husiness during the win
ter. What disposition has now been
made of the foot was not told by the
Fairbanks papers. If anybody else
finds it they should bury it, burn it or
cook it up in the dog feed, so that it
will remain out of sight. Such objects
are calculated to shock sensitive peo
ple’s nerves.
Should Have Kicked Him Out;
Lewis P. Shackleford, of Juneau,
who as attorney for the Treadwell j
Company appeared before the house i
committee on territories iu opposition
to Delegate Wickershatn’s Alaska mine
inspection bill, said he thought it would
be very well to require the companies
Notice to Creditors.
The estate of MARY E, COOPER,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given by J. C. Dehn
and J. Russell Willie, executors and ad
ministrators of the estate of Mary E.
Cooper, deceased, to the creditors of
and all persons having claims against j
said deceased, to exhibit them, with t he j
necessary vouchers, within six months]
after the first publication of this notice,
to said executors and administrators at
their office at the Tanana Commercial
Co.’s store, in the town of Tanana, Fort
Gibbon precinct, Territory oi Alaska,
the same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said estate.
Dated this 17th dav of Muv, 1010.
J RUSSELL VALLE,;
J. C. DEHN,
Executors and Administrators.
Date of first publication May 10, 1910.
Date of last publication June 23, 1910.
COMMISSION PLAN
BECOMING POPULAR
.
The American people are begin
ning to learn that a municipality
can be run as business-like and eco
nomically as a corporation, free
from ward politics, graft, corrup
tion and incompetent employes.
The April number of Everybody’s
Magizinc- has an aiticie on the sub
ject by Charles Edward Russell.
As a preface, the editor says.
“Commission government is be
coming a national issue. Already
sume sixty cities, representing over
3,coo,coo people, have adopted its
essential featurees. The success of
this plan threatens death to organ
ized corruption.”
He says in Texas 15 cities use
the Galveston commission plan. In
Kansas nine have the Des Moines
plan. In all, 147 cities want it.
Among those mentioned as having
adopted it, all citiesj'over 100,000
population, are Boston, Buffalo,
Tacoma, St. Joseph and Memphis.
It should be added that Seattle will
adopt the plau next year.
Galveston adopted the plan after
the flood of 1900. The old council
proved too slow and cumbersome
and was mixed with too much pol
itics and graft to put into execution
the citizens’ plan for a new and
much better town. They secured
from the legislature a charter by
which five commissioners should
attend to the city’s business. - The
plan worked to perfection.
Des Moines, however, improved
on this plan by having the commis
sioners elected through-direct pri
maries. Each commissioner is the
head of an important department,
and is paid a good salary to look
after the city’s business. The
mayor is the main executive head.
In every instance where the com
mission plan has been tried, it has
worked wonders for tbe municipal
jty. The aim is to make each city
self supporting, the same as any
other large business. This has
been done in many instances and
better service given the public and
more public improvements carried
forward. We quote the following
from Everybody’s:
“These experiments are young
and possibly may be deemed not
conclusive, but the following
achievements of the new plan seem
to be fairly well established:
“First—It abolishes party poli
tics from local affairs.
“Second—It eliminates the boss,
the grafter, and the political ma
chine.
“Third—It views a municipality
as a great business enterprise, and
provides accordingly for its effective
management.
“Fourth—It recognizes definitely
the failure of representative govern
ment and substitutes therefor a sys- j
tem of democracy; it recognizes the
foct that there is no wisdom but
collective wisdom.
“Fifth —It establishes direct re
sponsibility for every act,
“Sixth—It seems to be swift,
economical, and adapted to a ra
tional community in the twentieth
Cintury,
“Seventh—It abolishes a raft of
useless offices, sinecures, jobs and
political rewards, and substitutes
organization, method and work.”
SAW LOG AWARDS
WILL BE SPLIT UP
Proposals were opened May 15 for
supplying Fort Gibbon military post
with 100,000 feet of saw logs. The bids
were: Feet. Per ft.
J. Droulette . 60,000 $24.50
Fred Stolk.22,000 25.00
Smith, Sipp & Davis.100,000 28.00
Burnyeat & Dehn mono 30.no
to notify the immediate relatives of j
any one dead, but thought it unneces
sary to place in the hards of any per
son whatever the list of those injured, .
because the company should have an!
opportunity to reach a settlement di»;
rectly with the parties in interest.
Is it contrary to the rules of good
citizenship to express a belief that Mr.
Shackleford should have been kicked
out of the committee poomV
NO HIGH JINKS
AT THE BREAKUP
The breakup was tame. Sunday,
May 15. at 7:3d in the morning there
was a movement at each side of the
river in front of town, but the middle
held firm and the side ice soon stopped.
At the upper end of town the flood
from the Tanana gradually forced an
opening further toward the north shore
and further down. At 12 o'clock the
mass began to move from shore to
shore. It jammed at the island, but
the ice crowded down and left the river
clear from above the mission to the
lower end of town. In the evening the
steamer Tana ran over from the
Tanana river and picked up the barge
Innoko from the little cove known as
the N. C, slough.
The jam at the island, having no
material to build with,- wore away.
Occasionally ice cakes broke away and
floated down from above the mission,
and at 9 o'clock Tuesday evening a run
started and kept up all night. From
the broad, firm slabs it was apparent
that it had its origin below The Rap
ids. The river ran clear again, and it.
was nQt till 9 o'clock last night, May
1*, that a run set in that bears evi
dence of being uninterrupted and final.
Stoddard &, Kay's Shipping Record
gives the following opening dates:
1900.Mav 8
1001.May 24
1902 .Mav 12
1902 Mav 22
1904 .May 7
1905 .May 12
1990 .Mav 8
1907*.May 6
1998*.Mav 11
1909 .Mav 15
1910 .Mav 15
In ISO) the lee moved May 0 and
went out May 9; in 1908 it moved May
11 and went out May 10.
DESCRIPTION OF MONORAIL
Following is part ot the account
given in the Seattle Times of the
pr-j-ct ol William H. Boyes t<>
build a monorail line from Valdez
to the interior of Alaska:
“Boyes’ plan is not far different
from the Bremen monorail. The
cars run on one electi ifi d rail ) i
inches wide and 32 inches high
E'chcir is built in five different
sections and built in such a maimer
that the joints between the sections
are movable and a much shorter
curve can he made.
“The inventor states that he can
tiui d his road at $30,000 a mile in
tiie ci'y and in the country such as
the road would go througli from
Valdez to Fairbanks, the cost
would not be mote than $10,000 a
mile at t ie most, and probably less.
Tiie nil n ay be either of wood or
steel as the wheel is soft-face i and
there is 110 wear. The estimated
weight of the car is about one
twentieth of that of an elevated car
that would c.nry the sam number
of persons. E tch car has five doors
on each side, aiong the plan of the
English railroads.
“Boyes is heralded by New York
newspapers as an associate of Thos.
A. Edison in the famous Roadtowu
plan, one of the principal features
of which is the moving sidewalk.
During the past few months he has
gained considerable fame in the
eastern metropolis through his ef
forts to install a tronorail line to
relieve the congestion of the Brook
lyn bridge traffic. At the present
time a demonstration line is in use
at Coney island and several eastern
roads are viewing the plan with in
terest
I “The inventor claims to have
pictures and plans of every railtoad
j system that was ever introduced
and has several hundred with liim.
He assorts that the monorail plan
is far from new, originating in tSfii,
i hut that it has not heretofore been
■ developed to a scientific basis. He
| states that on account of much less
i weight, the monorail road can be
i operated for less than one-twelfth
the cost of the old two-rail system.
Tlie sijee and shape of the rail, ho
says, will make accidents less fre
quent or done away with alto
! gether, as in order to jump the rail
j the train would have to jump 22
1 inches, where, on the common
1 steam railroad tracks it has to jump
about one inch to escape the rail."
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