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HOT SPRINGS POST
One Dollar Per Month.
HOT SPRINGS, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1909.
Two Bits a Throw
“HUB” MAY INCORPORATE
Tanana, April 2.—The people of this city
—in view of the big improvements to be made at
the Gibbon military post this season and also the
unusually large number of store buildings to be
erected this summer feel a pardonable pride in
the town—are now seriously considering the ad
visibility of taking steps to incorporate the camp
for a city form of government. The place has '
made remarkable strides during the past three <
years, and the fact that the residents have not <
heretofore taken to the incorporation idea is not s
due to a lack of population. The city, situated
as it is at tho mouth of the big Tanana river, is
justly entitled to its appropriate title of “The
ETub of Alaska.” All the water commerce of the
entire interior Northland does business with this
uty, rfnd it is the natural distributing point for
ill the out-lying districts throughout the year*
During the coming summer more men will be em
ployed in construction work in this city than at
my point on the Yukon river.
DRUBBING FOR FORESTR Y BUREAU
Washington, March 31.—The forest reserve |
has received its annual drubbing in the House.
Mr. Mondell, of Wyoming, charged wanton ex
travagance under the administration of Forester
•Gifford Pinchot. Bitter denunciation was heaped
upon the service by Mr. Smith of California.
“The effort of the bureau is to grind every dollar
it can get out of the people of the West.” There
was, he declared, no kind of activity carried on
in any part of the national forest that the people
were not made to yield “money, money, money”
all the time to the federal government. He
charged that the forest service had illegally ex
torted fees from miners, stockmen, farmers and
others. Mr. Smith told of a California man who
owned some beehives near a forest reserve. The
bees got into the reserve and partook of honey
from the blossoms. When this depredation be- ;
came known a tax of 10 cents a hive on bees near '
forest reserves was levied. Unless a halt was
called “in the grinding of the people,” he said, a <
reaction would ocpur and the forest system would
be destroyed. Mr. Cook, of Colorado, expressed <
his approval of all that Congressman Smith had j
uttered, and said that Mr. Pinehot’s sole purpose j.
was “to get Secretary Wilson’s place in the cab-1 i
[net. ” Mr. Weeks, of. Massachusetts, said that in
the past the constituents of Mr. Pinchot's critics
liad been in the habit of going on forest reserva
tions and removing timber without paying for it,
md the same was true regarding the raising of
herds on public • grazing lands. Mr. Mann, of
[llinois, said that for many years it had “so be
come the custom to loot the public domain that
when the government endeavors to come into its
:>wn it looks like a robber” to the people of the
West. The appropriation of $4,656,000 for the
Forestry Bureau was voted by the House by a
mi all majority.
DID NTT KNOW HIS OWN “HANDLE”
Danville, 111., April 1.—After living fiftv
years under the impression that he was John 0.
Buckalew, a resident of Catlin, near here, hear
ing that name, has suddenly found out that he is
John Fremont De Ford. De Ford’s mother died
at his birth and his father, being unable to care
for liim, had given him to a family residing near
Covington, Inch, by the name of Buckalew. For
some reason he was never made acquainted with
his identity. He left the Buckalew family when
young, and when he returned a few days ago
found his foster-parents both dead. A chance
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conversation with a friend, who later proved to
be a near relative, was the cause of his learning
his parentage. The pension department at
Washington has paid De Ford $1200 as pension
due him as the son of William De Ford, who was
killed in the civil war.
Los Ahgeles, April 1.—M. B. Bowman, who!
arrived from his home in Danville, 111., strolled;
into police headquarters about midnight and j
asked the police to find his belongings. He said
two men greeted him as he got off the train at
tile River station, and one of them took his suit
case, and the other a small grip and a bundle:
and walked off wit.li them. . Ad he stood some
what bewildered by the swiftness and coolness
with which the trick was done, another man
walked up to him and calmly, appropriated a dia
mond stick pin which lie wore in his tie, and
then picked his pocket of $50 in cash while he
was remonstrating. Bowman is unable to describe
any of ther obbers.
WAS LIVING JUST
A BANKER
Pittsburg, Pa., April 1.—After eighteen!
months of luxurious living at Charleston, S. C.,
Thomas Gordon, a negro, formerly employed as
janitor of the First National Bahk of Turtle
Creek, was brought to Pittsburg last night, and
is a prisoner at Central police station. Nearly
two years ago Gordon was arrested because of the
disappearance of 84700 from the Turtle Creek
bank, but no evidence Was then discovered
against him, and he was released. Gordon left
Turtle Creek and located in Charleston, where liis
expensive habits of living soon caused suspicion.
He is said to have bought a store, a residence and
a butcher shop at Charleston, and was living in
ease when arrested.
POPE
Rome, April 1,—It is stated on what is con
sidered reliable authority that the Pope has de
* termined not to appoint any cardinals before the
end of the year, hence there will be no consistory
at Easter. The Pope is reported to have said
that the condition of the Vatican finances would
not allow the creation of any new cardinals. Be
sides, he considers that 54 cardinals will suffice
for the government of the church.
Richards Takes
Boiler to Cache
Ed Richards was in the city a couple
of days this week looking after the
hauling of his boiler and hoist from
Noble’s landing, on the Tanana river,
to his ground on Cache creek, where
he has good pay.
Nels Johnson, an old-timer of the
Rampart camp, who has been spending
the winter on the outside, reached Hot
Springs last Saturday. Mr. Johnson
formerly conducted a store on Eureka
creek for a Rampart house.
Why waste money and time by send
ing to Fairbanks for drugs? Dr. Car
ter's drug store in Sullivan City has
a fresh and complete line of fresh
drugs. Telephone if in a hurry.
Billy Barrett, the Innoko trader,
passed through town Sunday afternoon.
He is hiking for his trading post, and
expeets to return to Fairbanks over the
ice. __
Tom Woodson, one of the most widely
known miners of the North, who has
been working on Sullivan during the
past winter, has been taking a few
days’ rest in town this week.
John the Rustler, The Post’s fleet
footed and reliable circulator on Sulli
van and adjoining creeks, was a visitor
in town yesterday.
If you can’t find what you want at
home, call up Dr. Carter’s drug store,
Sullivan City. He’ll have it in stock.
Marshal Drake is getting ready for
the heated term by filling his ice
house. __
Cheer up, good people! The snow’s
going, and the mosquitoes a-coming.
WARmHQ
The Hired Hand of
this great religio
philosophical journal
contemplates “taking
in” Jim Drummond’^
house-warming party
on Sullivan creek on
next Monday night: therefore, if the
readers of this “household gem” do not
receive next week’s paper on time
they’ll have to blame Jim.
COMINQ AND GOINS
Jack Hunnewell and Jim Drummond,
of Sullivan, were visitors in the city
Monday.
Dr. Carter, the dentist-druggist of
Sullivan City, made a short business
visit to Hot Springs this week, return
ing home on Thursday. Since his re
turn from Koyukuk, Dr. Carter has
made several noticeable improvements
about his place of busines, and the
stock he carries is the most miscellane
ous in c amp. In fact, he has most
everything.
G. W. Spicer reached Hot Springs
last Sunday and on Monday finished his
home journey to Eureka creek from
the outside where he spent the winter.
While in Chicago he successfully un
derwent a trying surgical operation,
and is again enjoying good health. Mr.
Spicer is an old pioneer of this district.
! -Revenue Inspector J. A. Cameron
! returned Thursday from a short down
river trip, and is now making titanic
efforts to catch even with his corre
spondence.
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Thorns left Hot
Springs for Fairbanks, where Mr.
Thorns will establish an assay office,
and will also have charge of the quartz
test mill now operating in that town.
Pure drugs and toilet articles at Dr.
Carter’s drug store, Sullivan City.
ADVERTISED LETTER LIST
Hot Springs, Aka., April 1,1909.
Brown, Silas A.
Conklin, B. B. 2
Cooke, J. H.
Diepolder, Alex.
Eban, Paul
Ferry, Michael
If the above are
Huckfeld, J.
Kelly, Geo.
Miller, A.
Paden, John
Sten, Epward
West, Henry
not called for in 30
days they will be forwarded to the dead
letter office, Washington, D. C.
REGISTERED LETTERS
Danielson, Martin 2 Ogli, Joseph
Hamilton, C. A. Hoe, Leith
Haynes, P. S. Stowe, E. D.
Johnson, Peter Wauraann, Bruno
Williamson, Donald S.
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