Show A FLOATING COURT In the forties it was the habit of some theatric theatrical theat theat- in inthe inthe high on the Mississippi ippi ric neal l companies to go th the spring rig build or buy a flatboat fix up temporary temporary temporary tempo- tempo living quarters and float down the river stopping at the towns along the banks and giving performances at night and then when reaching New New Orleans to sell their boats for fuel established a It seems the United States has similar custom for the Alaskan c courts Walter E. E I Clarke of Alaska has made an au arrangement with federal court to have the tJi the treasury department of or Alaska set afloat this summer It will cruise shore shoreline line a along 2000 miles on the Alaska on revenue cutter cutter stop t to td administer justice where the occasion demands trying and nd sei sentencing prison pris prisoners pris pris- on on rs as needs be and storing them in the hold u until til the end of the cruise will extend from Seward westward The ThC jour journey ey to to thence up the shore of Bering sea to the mouth of the Yukon The dispatch explains i that the coast line is dotted with salmon canneries I inhabited only in summer and that acts of lawlessness lawlessness law law- are frequent Under this arrangement I the Ithe the pla plan 1 is is to carry the law to them and those found guilty will go with the law back to civilization civilization I tion and ana jail It i is expected that Judge E. E E E. I Cushman one of the four judges of Alaska will be sele selected for the d duty tty and he will wili carry with h him himon himon m mon on the cutter a deputy marshal a deputy United States attorney and a grand and petit jury |