HOT SPRINGS POST
Published Every Saturday at Pot Springs, Alaska,
Vo) l BY OEO. M ARBUCKLE No. 4
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THE REID CHARGE8
From lust week’s dispatches it appears there is a deter
mined and well-organized fight being made against Silas H.
Reid, the presiding judge of the Third judicial division.
The specific act of Judge Reid’s which Jiis opponents
have seized as a basis upon which to base their charges is
. the appointment of his brother-in-law, J. A. Goodwin, as
receiver of the Alaska Central railway at the enormous sal
ary of $1500 per month.
Even to the disinterested this sum appears to be an
enormous salary for a man to draw, and the matter is one
which requires investigation. It is very probable that
Judge Reid will be able to easily explain away any and
all charges of graft that are being pressed by his oppo
nents and emerge from the deal with a clear record, which
is the hope of all his friends.
MORE STRENUOSITY
. For the past few years President Roosevelt has l>een
riding rough-shod over all precedent and taking liberties
with the legislative branch of the government which con
gress has been slow to resent, giving him as far as possible
his own way, and crediting his vagaries to his natural
“strenuosity.”
In his latest special message to congress, however,
when he asked for an appropriation from that body for the
maintainence of a special secret service corps with which he
could investigate the actions of congressmen, this long-suf
fering body decided that he had passed the bounds of de
corum, and defeated the bill which was introduced by the
enormous majority of 3 to 1.
This was in reality a vote of censure on the President,
and was the strongest ever voted against an executive of the
United States. It should show even this man with the
strenuous nature that there are limits of endurance even to
men who are so strongly bound by party lines as congress
men.
It is true that during the past several years a number
of members of both houses have deviated from the straight
and narrow path, but to ask congress to establish a bureau
of secret service men whose sole duty would be to investi
gate the actions of its members, is to place every congress
men on the level with the known and recognized crooks who
are under constant surveillance of the metropolitan police.
Roosevelt has said that he will not cease insisting on
the establishment of this force, and will, if necessary, sub
mit all papers in connection wdth his reasons for asking its
establishment before congress. It is also very probable
that both the senate and house will continue to refuse to
consider the matter, and an interesting controversy will
probably result. _
A MISERABLE SCOUNDREL
Last week J. K. Riggs, an escaped prisoner from the
federal jail in Fairbanks made a determined effort to blow
up the schoolhouse iii that city with a can of gasoline while
the school was in session, and the fact that the attempt
failed must be laid to the intervention of a Divine Provi
dence.
That such a fiend should live in this enlightened age
passes all understanding, and even granting that the man
was insane, which must certainly have been the case, it is
almost unbelievable to think that even a disordered mind
i >TT
could entertain a crime so horrible.
It is sucli men as these who are responsible for the
American people still retaining the lynch law in cases of
emergency, and had this person not been killed by the
bullet from an officer’s revolver, it is safe to say there could
be found hundreds of men in that city willing and anxious
to put a noose around his neck, and help hang him to the
nearest telegraph pole. If such a course had been taken
there would have been found few who would copdemn the
action.
As it is the people of the upper city are to be congrat
ulated upon the marvelous escape of the children as well as
the speedy death of the would-be murderer.
SHOULD BE REMEDIED
Arrangements have been made with Manager Richmond, of the
N. C. Co., whereby the surplus lower-river mail„jnay be stored in
one of the warehouses adjoining the postoffice until such time as it
may be sent to its destination. In the meantime Major Clnm is
working to get through some provisions for the transportation of
all the accumulated Nome mails, in the same manner as* the de
‘ partment is now moving the mails accumulated at Valdez.—T&nana
Tribune.
From the above it is evident that Fairbanks is enjoying
the privilege of having all second-class mail matter brought,
to that city by means of* freight teams or in some manner
other than under the regular mail contract, as fast as it ac-i
cumulated at Valdez. IF also is made plain that as there
are no provisions made ‘for carrying the Hot Springs and
lower-river matter farther, it must remain there until the
opening of navigation.
It would cost but very little more if the government
would extend this privilege to the residents of Hot Springs,
Tanana and Rampart—all these points being within 150
miles of Fairbanks, and it is very likely that the small
amount of matter which is destined for Nome could be car
ried over the ice at a very moderate cost, instead of letting
it lay in the warehouse at Fairbanks until spring.
It is the earnest wish of The Post that the efforts Maj.
Clum is putting forth to have the mail-forwarded will meet
with the success it deserves, and thus give the people of
this section the rights to which they are entitled.
RAMPART
BUDGET
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Rampart, Jan. 18.—John Dun
can has returned from Fairbanks
where he was summoned as a
witness in the Gibson case. He
reports that Rampart is to soon
have a commissioner, and the
cause of the delay is that the
court has not yet had time to-de
fine the boundaries of a precinct
for Rampart.
Reports from Little Minook
creelf show that the good pay
dirt on 8-a. still holds out;
That Chadwick and partners,
on G-a., have out a good sized
dump of about 8000 buckets that
is estimated to go $1 per bucket;
That Frank & Graham,on l a.,
have struck 25 cent in their drift
and will do all they can to get
out a good-sized dump before
spring;
That Wildhaver has gone to
work with Tom Burns on 2-a.,
and they have fairly good pay;
That Cronk, who is out again,
is at work with, his partner
(Woods, sr.) on 3 a. have started
a new hole and expects to get *£e
same pay Sondborg has;
Lindeboom, on the upper end
of 4 a., is reported doing well, as
he ts saying nothing but taking
out lots of dirt;
Nelson, Climie and partner, on
8-a., are also saying nothing, but
from reports their dump is grow
ing daily, and they are not in the
habit of piling up dirt for exer
cise.
Eddie Powers and F. G. Smith
left Tuesday last for lower
Troublesome creek. Powers
claims that he has a hunch where
he can use his lead pencil, and
Smith goes along to help Eddie
do some prospecting.
Everything looks well on Hun
ter creek all along the line. Cle
mens and Campbell, on 3 a., are
adding to their dump daily.
Powell is taking out a dump,
and as he came to town a day or
two ago and only stayed long
enough to get some bacon and
beans, it looks ns though he had
pretty good pay; can’t account
for his hurry otherwise, for it is
nofrhis usual custom.
Bevier, on 16-a., has finally run
into pay in his tunnel and says
that he has lots of time yet to
make up for lost time, and that
when spring comes he will show
some of the boys a good-sized
poke for his time.
Swanson & Strum, on the up
per end of the creek, or 23 and
31a., have not been in town all
winter, not even for the holidays,
and when asked about it they
claimed they had no time, but if
one goes up the creek and sees
their dumps they will readily un
derstand why they have no time,,
and rumor says the dirt in the
dump is the best ever.
R. Lynn Smithy the Hot
Springs jeweler, was in town for
a day or so last week on his way
to Tanana. Cavanaugh, the tel
ephone magnate of Hot Springs,
came along with Smith to pro
tect him—
Robert Schraber left for Fair
banks last Saturday with two and
a half tons of sugar to relieve the
shortage in that commodity.
This is one of several trips that
he intends to make before spring.
CREEK NOTES
A big glacier is being formed on
Rock creek where the cut-off used by
mushers crosses that stream. In many
places 'it is very wet, and anybody I
crossing it in the dark must exercise «
considerable caution to avoid getting
wet.
The new building being put up by
O’Hara & Hunnewell, of the Northern
saloon at Tofty, is now nearing comple
tion, and will be occupied by that firm
within a short time.
James Blodget, the freighter, this
week delivered Egler & Wallick’s big
boiler and hoist on their ground at I
Toft v. This boiler is the largest at j
present on Sullivan, and will be set up
Glacier at
Kemperville
A small slough in front of the
Howard house at Kemperville
has recently been filled up with
a glacier which has caused Fred
Howard considerable uneasiness.
The ice is now almost level with
the house, and if it grows much
larger is liable to do considerable
damage. A small ditch has been
cut- along the top of the glacier
which confines the running
water, and if- this ditch can be
kept open, it is probable that no
damage will result.
W. L. Preston, who. was .formerly
proprietor of a roadhouse on Dome
creek in the Fairbanks district, arrived
in Hot Springs Sunday.
-V. ’ I* - '
in the spring1. The plant had been on
the Tanana river bank up to the time
it was moved.
Jim Drummond’s new building1 is now
nearly completed, and is the largest
log building on the creek.
M. S. Johnson, the proprietor of the
Half-way house on the government
trail, is erecting a barn for the con
venience of his patrons.
John the Rustler has another cabin
almost completed and is already negoti
ating its sale, he having several pros
chasers in sight.
F. J. Farnara, of Sullivan, was in Hot
Springs Monday.
Tofty City’s
First Dance
The first social dance in the history
of the city was held at Tofty Saturday
night in- Ben Allen’s new cabin, and
was the source of much pleasure to the
residents of the Sullivan creek town.
Nearly every- lady iq the town was
there, and although the number of
gentlemen was much larger, all suc
ceeded in having a good time, and ev
erybody is anxiously awaiting the next
event of the kind.
Los Angeles, Jan. 19.--Flynn
and Papke have signed papers
for a go to take piece in this city
some time in February. The
date has not yet been definitely
fixed -but will be announced later:.
Jack Gray, f rotn Patterson creek,
was registered at the Stanley house on
Sunday.
JOHN HUNTER JACK O’HARA
The Northern
SULLIVAN CITY
Has Reopened lr» Jim Drummond’s Discovery Roadhouse
Entire New Stock of Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Deep Hole on
Dome Creek ]
Jack (Dempsey) Desmond, who, with !
his partners, is prospecting on Dome
creek, near Moose mountain, was in
the city this week after additional sup
plies.
Jack says they are working on a hole
which they have already sun!: to a
depth of 135 feet, and as yet do not
know how much farther they must go
to reach bedrock. The work is at a
standstill now until he can get back
with more pipe as they have not enough
to sink any deeper. He is taking along
70-feet and thinks that ought to be
enough, but says that if it is not he
will get more, as they are determined
to get to bedrock before they quit.
They went through about 60 feet of
muck to start with, and then encoun
| tered a large body of gravel. When
[ the shaft was driven through this more
! muck was encountered and then have
now gone through that, and are again
i in gravel. Jack says he does not ex
pect much from the present showing,
but they are going to bedrock more for
a matter of satisfaction than anything
j lse. _
News From
the Koyukuk
An old-time Dawsonite, writing i
from Coldfoot, Koykuk, says that
the summer in that camp during
the summer were highly satisfac
tory. Everyone had money, and
plenty of it. Nuggets which had
been taken out weighed as much
$140 to $180 each, and looked as
though they had come from a
ledge. The country has made a
good showing with scarcely more
than 100 men scattered over the
field. They have struck it rich j
on several parts of Nolan creek, j
A man picked up nearly $2000. j
It had been walked over for;
years. , Still no real prospect
work has been done.
The real need here is men of
staying qualities and machinery.
A boiler one must have. Lays
can be had here near good pay-1
ing ground. Everyone is loaded !
down with ground, trying to hold
it together. There is a dome at
the head of 10 or 12 creeks from
which the gold has come. All
the gold is very coarse, and much j
of it is quartz. If a new lot of
men who will work will come
here there will be a stir.--Tan
ana Miner.
There are 413 species of trees found
within the limits of the United States,
the woods of 16, when seasoned, are so
heavy as to sink in water.
See us for Cloth Posters.
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD — Camp
i Hot Springs No. 24 meets every Mon
day evening at 8 o’clock in hall over
Traegers store. Visiting brothers
. always welcome.
B. A. Meyers, C. A. Davidson,
Recorder. Arctic Chief.
mail schedule
\rrives from Fairbanks Saturday p. rn.
\rrives from Tanana Sunday p. m.
departs for Fairbanks Monday a. m.
>eparts for Tanana Monday a. jiw
HENRY ROBEN,
Attorney at Law
Fairbanks, Aka.
Office: First Ave. and Gushman St.
JAS. BLODGET,
AND
General Teaming
Prises Reasonable,
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Leave Orders at Morrison's
> CHAS. A.
TRAEGER
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Underwear, Sox, Mitts, Hats, Caps,
Boots, Shoes, Gold Seal and
Eureka Hip Boots and Shoes,
Blankets, Quilts, Moccasins, Axes,
Picks, Shovels, Drugs, Station
ery, Cigars and Tobaccos
NEW MEN'S SUITS
JUST RECEIVED
Latest Styles in Everything.
Fits Guaranteed
HOT SPRINGS, ALASKA
The
Sign
That gladdens
the eye of the
trail-weary pil
grim on his ar
rival in Fair
banks is that of
the
FRACTION
Sideboard—wheie only the best and
most recuperative T<iquors are di
spensed by skilled mr.;o,r*gists.
LOUIS SPITZ, PROP; FAIRBaaiIS, AfcA.
JOE KELLY L. E. ANDERSON
Central Roadhouse
SULLIVAN CITY
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars Meals at All Hours
Good Stables Dog Feed for Sale
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There is nothing, however small, which goes from this house but-wbat
carries our stamp of satisfaction with it—not only representing our guaran
tee for the rjghtness of the goods, but for the uniform fairness of our prices.
We count this guarantee of absolute satisfaction, nnd the confidence it
begets, as the basis of our success.
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Pioneer Hotel
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