SURPRISE
FOR DAVY
A purprise party, in which the
surprise was genuine, was given
in honor of C. A. (Papa) David
son by the ladies of Hot Springs
on Wednesday evening last.
The party, which consisted of
some thirty couples, met at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Drake,
whence from there they pro
ceeded in a body to the quarters
of the surprised. At about the
time the party was to break in on
the genial host, he had taken his
hat and was about to leave to
spend the evening at the home
of a neighbor, but by the inge
nuity of Lynn Smith, and Mr.
Johnson who, under pretense of
buying a suit of clothes, kept
him busy till the happy party ar
rived.
When the leading couple en
tered the store D?vy looked up—
and with that look we all know so
well—said “oh, my soul!” and
went on with his work, but when
the procession kept tiling in—in
the words of the German: “One
by one, and two by themselves,
also side by each” — it soon
dawned upon Dad that he had
beea jobbed, and he sputtered
out “Darn ye!” And for the next
20 minutes there was such a
cleaning up and dusting and
moving of boxes as the A. B.
hall had not seen for months.
The party laden with good
things to eat then proceeded to
the well-groomed quarters above
where a general good time was
indulged in.
The opening was a duet by
Mrs. Hall and Mr. Tyler, who
gave that delightful western
song, “Down Where the Silvery
Colorado Wends Its Way. ”
Frank Brennan then gave a re
citation which was well received.
Mrs. Hall followed, reading
that truly western story, “The
Prospector,” in a manner most
pleasing.
The party then sat down to a
long table which was laden with
delicious refreshments, and after
listening to a toast given by Mr.
J. F. Nellany, all proceeded to
enjoy the good things.
After lunch the first diversion
in order was a game in which all
| participated. A caricature of
Hot Springs’ famous mule Maud
was drawn on a square of canvas
by our local sign writer, Mr.
Dewey, and was conspicuous by
being minus her “fly sliooer.’
! Each player was given a fac sim
ile of Maud’s missing appendage,
j and as their names were called
I wore blindfolded and told to
j place the missing member as near
| that mule’s southern extremity as
the law of gravitation would per
mit. The game caused no end of
fan, and the honors fell to Capt.
Sellendar, who placed the miss
ing tail about 3 deg. N. E. of the
proper place. Mr. Nellany car
ried away the consolation prize
by placing his mule tail two
points above the left ear.
The next diversion, equally as
amusing, consisted of a game in
which each player drew the name
of some animal and then wras to
draw the same upon sheets of
paper mounted for the occasion,
and of all the freak menageries
that ever saw light, this bunch
would carry away the palm.
However, there were a few mas
terpieces which showed that Mrs.
Carvelson, Mrs. Hall, Mr. Black
and Mr. Davidson knew what an
animal looked like when it was
absent.
Mrs. Bevington, assisted by the
ladies, are to be given much
| credit for this enjoyable affair.
! Mr. Davidson showed himself
to be a royal entertainer and kept
the cigars and sweets circulating.
The party kept possession of
the hall till the small hours of
the morning, and those who were
not present missed an enjoyable
time. ________
Cameron Visits Hot Springs
John A. Camerson, the widely-known
inspector of internal revenue, arrived
in Hot Springs last Saturday, remained
over Sunday, took Monday morning’s
stage for Tanana, where lie will attend
to official business, and return here to
morrow.
The Post, taking a “tip” from a tele
gram posted in the local signal office
making inquiry as to the whereabouts
of Mrw Cameron late last fall, almost
had him lost in the wilds for fair. But
after hearing at first hand of the trav
eling he did and the remote settle
ments ho visited during the period he
was out of telegraphic communication,
it is surprising he got back as soon as
he did.
There is not a man in tho whole of
Alaska who is more familiar with the
hundreds of highways, byways, trails
and unbroken forests than is Mr. Cam
eron.
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Warm Horse and Dog Stables
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PLEASANT
EVENINGS
During the past few weeks, on
Friday evenings, quite a number
of residents have been meeting
at the home of Commissioner and
Mrs. Bevington and have enjoyed
several hours by having different
gentlemen read aloud from the
writings of selected authors upon
timely subjects, while the ladies
sewed or knitted, after which a
general discussion followed.
There has as yet not been a
regularly organized literary soci
ity formed along the lines indi
cated, but in a probability there
will be in a short time, as much
interest has been manifested in
the discussions. As a means of
familiarizing grown people with
topics and questions of the times
this sort of pleasant exchange of
ideas can hardly be improved
upon. ____________
Tanana Citizens
to Visit Fairbanks
Two well-known citizens of
Tanana—Joe Anicich, proprietor
of the Pioneer bar, and Ernest
Nicholf, for a long time connected
with Ed Lee’s Golden North res
taurant -were guests at the Hot
Springs hotel last Wednesday
night, and resumed their journey
for Fairbanks the following day.
They are enjoying the trip be
hind a good horse, and will arrive
in the upper town Saturday even
ing. Mr. Anicich expects to be
absent from his business only
two weeks, but Ernest will re
main until the later part of
March.
Mr. Anicich has been a resi
dent of interior Alaska for over
20 years, and is one of Tanana
town’s most energetic boosters.
He informed The Post that their
new commissioner, Judge Phil
Gallaher, is proving himself a
most capable official.
Hayden & Snyder’s workings
were slightly short handed last
week on account of sickness
among the crew, but everything
is running along as usual at the
present time. Mr. Hayden, who
has been having a long siege of
serious illness, is now recovering
his health, and will soon be able
to be about the claim.
Alex. Gregan and Ed Richards
early this week reached bedrock
on Cache creek, and found pros
pects good enough to cause them
to plan a lot more work on the
ground. Their claim is within a
mile of Tofty City.
Called to Eureka
Tom Smith, the blacksmith,,
made a trip to Eureka last Thurs
day to do some repair work on
Chute & Sinclair’s big drill.
May Move Shop to Tofty
Joe Twan, the pioneer shoemaker,
who has been spending a few weeks on
Sullivan creek, returned to the city
last Sunday evening.
Mr. Twan will probably move his
shoe shop to Tofty City about April 1st.
That’s Easy
An Irishman who had started photo
graphy went into a drug store to pur
chase a small bottle to mix one of his
solutions in. Seeing one about the size
desired, he asked how much it would
be.
“Well,” said the druggist, “it will
be five cents as it is, but if you want
anything put in it, I won’t charge you
for the bottle.”
“Faith, sor,” said Pat, “then put a
cork in it.”
Hungarian peasants use candles made
from wav obtained by boiling crude
ozocerite, taken from the bituminous
shales of central Poland and Hungary.
Be Eagle Bar
The Popular Resort tor Miners While In Hot Springs
Gibson Rye
RorMoseley & Rockwell™*
MISSOURI “SHOWED’
THE OIL COMPANIES
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 23.—De
claring that the Standard Oil Company
of Indiana, the Republic Oil Company
! of Ohio and the Waters-Pierce Oil
Company of Missouri bad conspired and
combined to monopolize the oil business
in Missouri, the state supreme court
has issued a decree ousting all three
concerns from the commonwealth and
fining them $50,000 each.
The decree against the Waters
Pierce Company is tempered by the
proviso that it may continue in business
it it can show to the court that It has
taken steps to operate as an independ
ent concern and has satisfied the judg
; ment against it. The other companies
’ are given until March 1 to wind up
their affairs in the state.
The decision, which was unanimous
on the part of the seven judges, is so
sweeping that Attorney-General Had
ley and Gov. Folk regard it as endir g
illegal commercial combinations in
Missouri, und the former asserts that,
in conjinaction with the decision of the
supreme court of the United States in
the Tobacco Trust case, it may affect
similar suits in other states.
It is a big victory for Attorney-Gen
eral Hadley, wbo has prosecuted the
Missouri case since its inception in
March, 1905. He was inaugurated as
governor this month, and is charged
with the enforcement of the decree.
In a recent interview Gov. Hadley said:
‘*At least three efforts have been
made by attorneys for the oil companies
to get me to compromise the cases. I
invariably refused their offers. It was
intimated to me that the oil companies
were willing to accept a good large
fine and concede a victory to the state.
The proposals were entirely legitimate.
“At the time this suit was begnn
there was not a suit pending against
the Standard Oil trust, state or federal.
The facts as to its plan of organization
were entitely unknown. I saw’ Miss
Ida Turbell and the best-informed per
sons of Wall street, and they could give
me no information upon this question.
“I subpoenaed the officers ot these
companies here in Missouri, and they
either said they did not have the in
formation desired or else they declined
to answer. I then went to New York
i and subpoenaed H. H Rogers, John D.
Archbold and other leading officers of
the Standard Oil trust.
“It has again been demonstrated that
the law is equal to any problem that
our complicated commercial system can
produce, and that no combination of
money and power is above the law or
would be permitted to violate it with
impunity.”
The court found that the companies
conspired—
To regulate and fix prices to retail
dealers.
To control and limit trade in the re
fined products of petroleum.
To control*and limit and prevent com
petition to the buying and selling of
these products.
To deceive and mislead the public
into the belief that they were separate
and distinct corporation pursuing inde
pendently their business as legitimate
competitors.
In coming to its decision the court
says:
“If such abuses as those complained
of were permitted to continue untram
raeled it would only be a question of
time until they would sap the strength
and patriotism from the very founda
; tions of our government, overturn the
republic, destroy free institutions, and
substitute in lieu thereof some other
form of government.
“This record abounds in instances
where this unlawful combination haa
withered the energies of competitors,
blighted individual investments in legit
imate business, driven small and hon
est dealers out of business for them
selves and have made them ‘hewers of
wood and drawers of water’ for the
trust; and has reduced the price of pe
troleum and at the same time has
raised the cast of the various finished
products thereof to the great detriment
of the producers of the raw material,
and to the consumer of the manufac
tured products thereof.”
The court finds that whenovor an in
dependent company reduced prices
below those fixed by the trust, or wher
over their aggregate sales exceeded 15
percent, of all sales in the state, a vig
orous warfare was waged against them
' by means of an elaborate system of es
pionage in their business, and cutting
prices, or giving rebates, until the in
dependents were glad to throw up their
! hands.
| “As a result of this method,” says the
I opinion, “the Waters-Pierce Company
| fixes the prices for which all such oils
j are sold in the state by all dealers, in
! eluding the independent companies, and
at the same time and by the same
means it controls and monopolizes for
; itself and the Indiana and the Republic
j Oil companies from 85 to 95 per cent, of
; the entire oil business of the state.
“The direct effect of those facts,
which are not seriously disputed, was
to create by indirection, a pool, trust,
and combination in restraint of trade,
and to fix and maintain prices at which
respondents sold the products of petro
leum in this state.”
The suit was instituted almost four
years ago. The evidence was taken in
St. Louis and New York, in tho latter
instance John D. Rockefeller remained
in New Jersey and avoided Hadley’s
subpoona—it being Hadley’s wish to
| place him on the witness stand.
Old Shipmates
Enjoy Reunion
Ed Keogh, arrived in Hot Springs
last Friday w eek and w as ready to re
sume his long journey to Innoko on tho
following day. Just as ho was starling
to hitch up his big dogteara Frank
Stevens blowed in town from Eureka
creek on a double-ender behind a fleet
footed cayuse. Keogh and Slovens
are old-times shipmates, and many
parts of the wrorld they have together
visited. This was their second meet
ing in nearly 25 years—the first being'
in Rampart about 10 years ago. Well,
Ed didn’t “mush on” that day; it was
the next when Frank with his horse
gave him and his heavily-loaded sleds a
lift over the divide, and sent him on
his lonesome way rejoicing. Mr. Stev
ens returned to Eureka on Monday.
During the last ten years the number
of physicians in France has nearly
doubled. They now number 20,000 and
2000 more are being turned out annu
ally. Because of this competition and
improved hygienic conditions, fees have
been greatly reduced, in some districts
in Paris doctors charging only 20 cents
for a visit.
JACK O'HARA HURHfWtU.
The Northern
SULLIVAN CITY
Has Reopened in Jim Drummond’s Discovery Roadhouse
EntirTNeiTstociroriwiiies, Liquors and Cigars