FAIRBANKS’ ELECTION
Fa Thank?, April 6.—In the municipal election yester
day five of the Citizens' Independent ticket aud two of the
Business Men’s ticket were elected. The new board will
consist of Nordale, Callahan, Gardner, Gordon, Sabin,
Rappolt and Driscoll. Driscoll and Sabin ran on the Busi
ness Men’s ticket. Judge Henry Roden, running inde
pendent but indorsed bv the Business Men, was defeated.
MORGAN GETS THE LIMIT
Fairbanks, April 6.—0. C. Morgan was convicted of
attempted rape, the jury being out only 30 minutes. He
gets 15 years. Redfern, who attempted to establish an
alibi for Morgan, was arrested yesterday for perjury.
LOOKS LIKE A BUSY SEASON
Fairbanks, April 6.—M,tny old-timers are back from
the Outside and sluicing has started. It looks like the
camp is entering upon one of the greatest seasons in its
history.
INVESTORS FOR THE IDITAROD
Fairbanks, April 0.—Everything points to a gnat
rush of moneyed men seeking investments in the Iditaicd
this spring.
PASSED THROUGH WITH BODY
United States Deputy Marshal Ilansen, with the dead body oi
Gustafson, slain on Willow creek in the Iditarod last Novembe;
reached Tanana last Saturday night enroute. to Fairbanks, am
proceeded on his journey Sunday shortly after noon. The depot \
was only eight days from Iditarod, and covered 60 miles the da.
he reached Tanana. The body was wrapped in canvas and placet
in the bottom of the sled, from which it had not been removed dur
ing the long journey.
Gustafson was killed in a dispute over mining ground- Tin
body is wanted by the court in the trial of Felix Boucher, his
slayer.
COMING AND GOING
Fred Raining and Carlo Jacketr, of
Rampart, after a visit of severa’ da vs ,
in Tananu, returned home Tuesday.
J. S. Langford, of Kallund's Landing1,:
has been in town since Tuesday. ;
Jack Piukliatn is in from the Rosy
branch of Moreloek creek, where lie!
prospected all winter. He says the j
creek looks good to him, but is wet and |
will have to be open cut. Qe is away j
for the summer.
Cap Williams, long-time resident of I
Rampart district, was in town Monday
night and got an early start for the,
Iditarod next morning.
Cy Noble arrived from tlie Red!
Mountain fiasco last Thursday night ;
and with a couplo of dog teams left!
Saturday morning with a number of;
returning people for the Koyukuk
diggings. He reported Red Mountain
deserted. 1
Pete Coloumbe left last Sunday t.:
join his brother Charley on Mason!
creek. He was accompanied by Pete j
Werner ar.J another man on furlough j
from the post. Jack O'Brien succeeds;
him at the Tower House.
Eugene Swanson, accompanied by!
Mrs. Burns, left early Monday morning j
for Rampart. He expected to make!
the run by noon the next day.
Roy McLeod was hero a few days ago
on the way to the Hot Springs country,
where he will probably remain during
the summer. He and his father Kinney
McLeod went to the Iditarod last fall,
but followed a tip into the region be
Ijw Killian oa she ninth side of tin
Yukon and prospected several month?
to no inhumane. Kinney has gone inti
the lditarod agair.
Commissioner Urahr.. of the [ditatoi
district, arrived in town yesterday c:
his way to Fairbanks to attend court in
connection with the trial of 3 ucher,
churned with the killing of Gustafsoi
oa Willow creek last November.
WEEK’S WEATHER
Observations taken at Fort Gibbon
at 7 p. in. daily. M. C. Grissinger
observer.
Thursday, March 31, clear
Friday, April 1, clear
Saturday, April 2, cloudy
Sunday, April 3, cloudy
Monday, April 4, clear
Tuesday, April 5, clear
Wednesday, April 6, clear
Max. Min.
24.0 —27.0
24.1 0.0
28.8 13.5
24.8 15.0
23.0 —18.1
12.8 — 3.5
142. —19.8
Returning Koyukukers
Charles P. Chapman, I\ C Iid
wards, Ida Williams, and Carl, lid
and J. \V. Peterson, all old timers
of the Koyukuk coutitiy, who spent
tl-.e winter on the outside, passed
through Tatiana a few days ago on
their way home.
ST. JAMES’ CHAPEL
First Sunday in each month, Holy
Communion 11 a. ra. Other Sundays,
Evening Prayer, 7:30 p. in.
Winthrop Peabody,
Priest in Charge.
Tanana Restaurant
Under New Management
^EsFWEALS IN THE CAMP~
SHORT ORDERS AT ALL HOURS
Best of Everything on the Market Service Unexcelled in ths North
Fresh and Delicious Bread, Pies end Pastries Always on Hand
HEADQUARTERS FOR TRAVELING PUBLIC!
Pioneer* Tower Houses
Two First-Class Resorts
Stables for Horses and Dogs. Warm Bunkhouse where
you can dry your clothing and sox.
Joe Anlcich, Prop. Tanana, Alaska
WILL PUBLICLY
INSTALL OFFICERS
At a largely-attended meeting of
Camp Gibbon No. 25, A. B., on
last Monday evening the following
roster of officers were elected for
the present six-months term:
Past Arctic Chief— Phil Gallalier.
Arctic Chief—F. L. Fullthorp.
Vice Arctic Chief—G. M. Ar
buckle.
Arctic Chaplain—W. I,. Tobin.
Arctic Recorder—J. P. Mulligan.
Keeper of Nuggets—G. H. Tif
fany.
Board of Trustees—C A. Munro,
Oscar Luudine, Ed M. Woods, G.
H. Tiffany, Jos. Anicicli.
On next Monday evening the
new officers will be publicly in
stalled at the camp’s hall at 8:30
o’clock. • The entertainment com
mittee lias arranged for a compli
mentary social dance immediately
after the installation ceremony'
Good music has been engaged.
WAS CERTAINLY
A CLOSE CALL
An incident that might have resulted
in the sudden ending of a valuable hu
man life occurred in the commissioner's
room during the inquiry yesterday fore
noon into the death of Charles F. Boyd.
Capt. Grissinger, the post surgeon, was
explaining how it were possible the
wound that caused the man's death
may have been self inflicted. With
the pistol supposed to have been used
in the fatal shooting—a .41—he illus
trated how the weapon could have been
held in the right hand with the thumb
on the trigger and the work of self
murder accomplished. The witness
poisecLthe pistol carefully and snapped
j it twice at the spot in his own breast
corresponding to the wound in Boyd's.
He continued his testimony with the
pistol in his hand to better explain the
movements of the muscles of the arm
and chest in case the weapon had been
held at various elevations and angles.
Suddenly Juror William Corning
reached forward, took the pistol,
| “broke” it, and extracted a loaded
shell from one of the chambers. In
watching the doctor's gestures the
juror had caught a glimpse of the rim
of the cartridge. Proceedings contin
ued as if nothing out of the ordinary
had happened; but there was none
present who did not feel that a most
deplorable accident was narrowly
missed.
It was thought the shells had been
extracted. One had been overlooked.
No charge for examining the eyes at
Bemis’. _________
QUEER FIND REPORED
FROM GRANT GREEK
A report has come up from Grant
creek that Shaw Bros., on the bench
off!» below, struck water at lfio feet.
Not only did they strike water, but, if
somebody has not spoken with a crooked
tongue, they tappet a subterranean
lake into which some of their mining
appliances were last and from which
blind fishes were taken. It is told
around town that at last accounts the
men were fashioning tackle suitable
for fishing their claim on a larger
scale.
It is not hicurabent upon The Leader
to give an opinion as to the truth or
falsity of the report. As it did in the
case of Dr. Cook, it is willing to have
the data sent to Copenhagen or some
other court of competent jurisdiction
and accept the verdict. However, if
the story is merely intended fora place
along with up-to-date Northern fiction
it is open to criticism in two important
particulars—the fish are undersized,
not exceeding two inches in length,
and are not alleged to be goldfish,
which would have added local color to
the matter._
Cache Creek Miners Hurt
Hot Springs Echo, April 2: Pete
McKenzie yhet with a painful gccidem
coming up out of his shaft on Cache
creek last Sunday. The windlass rope
broke and he fell a distance of 40 feet,
badly dislocatiog his ankle. He was
brought to town and is under the care
of Dr. Conley.
Hilly Midgeley was badly burred on
Cache creek this week. He was placing
a point when he ran into a pocket of
gas which exploded, wrecking the
windlass. A sling was lowered and he
managed to get into it and was drawn
to the surface, his clothes being still
on fire. He was brought to town and
is under the care of Dr. Conley.
Have your eyes tested, you may need
glasses—Bemis.
LITIGATION OVER RICH MINE
Of the fabulous wealth ot a mine
in which a number of Alaskans are
interested the Seattle Times has
the following:
“Guarding more than $2,000,000
worth of gold, owned by Seattle
and Alaska capitalists, three crews
of six armed tnen,each on the look
out that the otlier party shall not
get away with anv of the precious
inetal while the owner-hip is in
doubt, are changing shifts each
eight hours in a forty foot drift, 300
feet below tbe surface, in the West
Virginia claim at Winnemucca.
Nev , the scene of the latest great
gold excitement.
“A half interest in the claim was
purchased by Sam Gunkaker, of
Nome, and Jerry Sheehan, cashier
of the First National Bank of Win
nemucca, for $500 from R. E. Gay
nor anil L. O. Donaldson, who, in
conjunction with the Stall brothers,
w’ere prospecting the ground Gun
daker interested Joe T. Sullivan, a
brother of United Slates Marsh al
Sullivan at Valdez, and Jake A.
Berger, both formerly of Nome, in
this and other Nevada mining
property. Among the others who
got in on the ground floor are
George A. Shea, formerly chief de:
puty under'Marshal Love. John L.
Gaien, who has mining interests in
the Nebesua country, and a num
her of Noineites.
“After sinkingten feet Gundaki-r
and his associates struck what they
claim is one of the richest and larg
est bodies of high-grade ore in Ne
vada.
“As is usual in such cases, liti
gating began at once, and Attorneys
W.“ H Met.son and Albert Fink,
representing the Pioneer Mining
Company of Nome, went from S r it
Francisco a few weeks ago to do
legal battle for the big prize An
injunction was granted and each
side was allowed by the court to
appoint nine watchmen. Gundaker
and the Stall brothers, of Nevad 1.
represent one side of the fight,
while Ray Pelton and Tom Work
man, the original discoverer of the '
property, represent the other.
“A drift was run along the vein
for a t is ance of 40 feet, and the
ore taken out yielded more than
$i,oco to the cubic foot, the inter
ested parties say. A ton of the ore
shipped to the Selby Smelting Com
pany gave a return ot $167,000.
More than $46,000 worth ol gold
was blasted out iit one day by one
man, it is alleged and all of it, after
being sorted, could have been
packed away in a small steamer
trunk. When the rich ore was
struck $12,000 was taken out as
the result of the firing of the first
shot Had • he Stall brothers quit
two d lys before Fun laker bought
into the property, the latest bonanza
might have remained undiscovered
for many years They **.ere on the
point of abandoning the piospect as
worthless, when (lun laker injected
new energy into the development
work ”
Additional Entry
Under Section 2300 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States.
APPLICATION.
United States Land Office,
Fairbanks, Alaska. March 30. 1910.
Northern Commercial Company, a
corporation incorporated under* the
laws of the State of New Jersey, as
signee of John R. Allen, William R.
Hess, Zachariah Johnston Jr.. Joseph
B. Deatou and Morris P. Jolley, being
entitled to the benefits of Section 2300
of the Revised Statutes of the United
States, grunting additional lands to sol
diers and sailors who served in the Re
bellion, does hereby apply to enter U.
S. Survey No. 739, si’uute on the north
side of the Yukon river, near the town
of r.tnana, about one-halt mile east of
Weare (Tatiana) postoffice. Alaska,
more particularly described as follows,
to-wit:
Beginning at copper Np. I on the
north bank of the Yukon river, whence
witness corner No. 1 a stone 20x12x7
inches, set. tlush with the ground,
marked “S-739,” bears north 40 links,
from which witness corner United
States location monument No. 739,
bears south HO deg. 27 min. east 32 1H
chains distant: thence north 74 deg. 53
min. we;St 10.09 chains to corner No. 2,
1 whence corner No. 2 of survey No. 250
j hears north 79 deg. 19 min. west 20
I chains distant, and witness corner No.
j 2 bears north 40 links; thence north
13-92 chains to corner No. 3 whence wit
ness c treer No. 3 bears east 05 links;
thence ei*t 10.35 chains to corner No. 4;
thence soutli 0.71 chains to corner No.
1, the place of beginning, containing
5.49 acres. Magnetic variation 28 .deg.
30 min. east.—
as additional to their original home
steads, respectively:
John R. Allen, as additional to orig
inal homestead entry No. 0903, at
Booneville. Mo., dated October 21, 1869,
containing 38.10 acres.
Win. R. Hess, as additional to original
homestead entry on the west one-half
of the southwest quarter of section 1, in
township 20 north, range 5 west, en
tered April 3, 1872, per homestead No.
4028, and final proof No. 1157, at the
Ironton, Mo.. United States land office.
Zachariah Johnston. Jr., as additional
to original homestead entry No. 43 at
North Platte, Nebraska, dated July 7,
1873, containing 139.90 acres.
Joseph B. Deaton, as additional to
original homestead entry No. 3(58, at
Ironton, Mo., dated June 1(5, 186(5, con
taining 135.38 acres.
Morris P. Jolley, as additional to
original homestead No. 5412, at Junc
tion City, Kansas, dated February 10,
1870.
Notice is hereby given that any and
all persons claiming any portion of the
above-described land are required to
file a protest, during the period of pub
lication or thirty days thereafter, in ac
cordance with law, with the Register
and Receiver of the U. S. land office at
Juneau. Alaska.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COM
PANY, by Geo. J. Mii.ler,
Attorney-in-fact.
Notice of the above will be published
in the Tanana Leader, printed at Tan
ana, Alaska, which I hereby designate
as the newspaper published nearest the
land described in said application.
E. H. MACK,
Register U. S. Land Office, Fairbanks.
Date of first publication, April 7,1910.
Date of last publication, June 2, 1910.
WOULDN'T LET
SCOTTY “RUN”
Iii Commissioner Gallaher’s court
Tuesday morning Scotiy Dixon
pleaded guilty to a charge of using
prof me aim abusive language in a
public place, and was fined $50 and
costs.
He pleaded for a chance to
“run,” but the justice was obdu
rate. There are ten cords of un
saved wood at the federal jail in
the maiiu‘acture of which Scotty
will perhaps have no competition.
The offense was committed in
front of the Kentucky restaurant,
where in ili-chosen words Scotty
told Mrs. Cooper he didn’t like her
way of running an eating house.
He had onlv been out of jail a few
d.n c.
Never forget a friend—especially
if he owes you anything.
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