Tanana
Leader
One Dollar Per Month.
TANANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1909.
Two Bits a Throw
CLEARED S3000
FOR THE HOSPITAL
Fairbanks, Oct. 14 — The fair for
the benefit of St. Joseph's hospital
last week was the most successful
ever held in this citv, $3,000 having
been realized, which was applied
to liquidating old debts. The hear
ing of the application for an in
junction restraining the Independ
ent Lumber Company from erecting
and operating a saw mill on the
«ite near St. Joseph’s hospital will
be heard by Judge Lyons next
Saturday._
ADMIRAL RODGERS’
SON IS MISSING
Valdez, Oct. 14.--A. C. Rodgers,
a son of Rear Admiral Frederick
Rodgers, United States navy, is re
ported missing. He started from
Valdez for Fairbanks last July, and
was last seen at the Rapids on the
26th of that mouth. It is believed
that he was drowued in one of the
glacial streams.
SEVERAL BOATS
IN BIG DANGER
Fairbanks, Oct. 14.—At least
one thousand tons of freight has
betn caught on the Tanana river
by the sudden closing of naviga
tion. The steamer Minneapolis,
with a large barge, is stuck in the
middle channel at Twelvemile bar,
and the John J. Healy is also in a
dangerous place near Nenana. All
the boats here are in winter quar
ters, and the various crews are pre
paring to mush to Valdez.
BREAKING IN NEW TEAM
Fairbanks, Oct 14 —The new
team of horses recently purchased
by the city council for the chemical
■engine are now in training for the
work, and will be ready in a week’s
time.
INNOKO VALLEY
MAIL SERVICE
The contract let for carrying the
mail to points in the Innoko valley
this winter specifies that Kaltag
will be the Yukon river terminus.
That is all the information that
lias been received by Postmaster
Tiffany at Tanana concerning the
new route. If any piovisiou has
been made for serving the Iditarod
the fact is not known here. It is
learned that A. E. Bain has re
moved the postoffice from Innoko
City to Diskaket; and in the ab
sence of other arrangements by the
postoffice department Diskaket will
probably be the office to supply the
Iditarod. The call for bids named
a service through to Ophir City.
New Blacksmith Shop
“Slim” (H. L.) Hedrick, who
has been employed during the
past summer on one of the mail
launches, has rented Charley
Smith’s large log barn, in the
rear of the Yukon saloon, and
now has himself established in a
well-equipped blacksmith shop.
Mr. Hedrick is also a machinist,
and his shop is capable of turn
ing out a variety of work.
ffTUFRF is swETHwe y°°
incnt want and you do
not know where to look for
it, a Tanana Leader classified ad.
will find it for you. Try it.
WICKER8HAM OBJECTS
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Our Delegate Wires Census Commissioner Protesting Against Plan
of Counting Noses in the Good Old Wintertime
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Washington, Oct. 14.—Delegate James Wickersham, of
Alaska, has wired the census commissioner a vigorous pro
test against the taking of i the territory’s census at this sea
son of the year, and wants the work to be postponed until
next summer on account of several thousand residents of
Alaska being on the Outside at this time. His protest is
indorsed by many of the territory’s prominent institutions,
mining and professional men.
Fire Damages Fairbanks Hofei
Fairbanks, Oct. 14.—Fire was discovert! in the Golden
Gate hotel, corner Lacey street and Fourth avenue, at 4
o’clock last Monday morning, and many hurried and nar
row escapes were made by guests from windows in bpth
stories. Nobody was hurt or scorched. The fire depart
ment was slow in getting water on the flames—ten minutes’
valuable time was lost, meanwhile much damage was done.
The first hose burst, and the second became clogged with
sticks from the hydrant. When the firemen repaired the
defects to the apparatus, fast and effective work was done,
and the flames were extinguished in time to save the shell
of the structure. The origin of the fire is unknown.
Misses Nelson and Sampson, the proprietors, sustained a
loss of about $3,000 in housefurnishings.
Jack Woods Drowns in Ecy River
Chena, Oct. 14.—News of the drowning of Jack Wo^tls,
a well-known prospector, has reached this city. The acci
dent occurred on October 5 on the Nenana river, near the
Eighteen-Mile roadhouse, aB Woods and his partner (Tom
Shaughnessy) were descending that stream in a small l)oat.
The river was running thick with heavy ice, which swamped
the craft in a jam. The men were unable to reach shore
with the damaged boat, and Shaughnessy swam under the
ice for a distance of nearly 100 yards before he could make
a landing in a fearfully used-up condition. Woods’ body
has not been recovered, and little hope is entertained that
it ever will be.
Judge Pratt Saved Kuhn’s Skin
Fairbanks, Out. 11.—William Kuhn, the young Kaii
tishna miner who was on trial all of last week in the dis
trict court for the murder of his partner, William Rhine
hart, on Eldorado creek, April 22 last, was acquitted last
Sunday morning at 3 o’clock, after the jury had been out
five hours. This case has been one of the most expensive
"ever heard, in interior Alaska, on account of the inaccessi*
bility of the country where the tragedy occurred. Judge
Louis K. Pratt, the defendant’s attorney, succeeded in es
tablishing a strong case of self-defense for his youthful cli
ent. Young Kuhn will, shortly after the freeze-up, return
to the Kantishna to resume mining.
IT WAS MR. KELLY’S TIME FOR DISAPPEARING
Fairbanks, Oct. 14.—E. E. Kelly, who was reported in
these dispatches as serving a sentence of 90 days in the city
jail for an assault on Miss Flora McDonald in this city on
the evening of October 3, made his escape from that strong
hold early this week. Kelly was employed about the jail
yard with a No. 2 doing a snow-shoveling stunt. While
the guard was temporarily absent, Kelly thought the right
moment had arrived for making his absence permanent, so
he vamoosed without so much as leaving his address. He
has not been recaptured.
TWO CLEARY CREEK CLAIMS TO BE EXTENSIVELY WORKED
Fairbanks, Oct. 14.—Claims Nos. 4 and 5, below,
Cleary creek, which have been in litigation for the past fiv»
years by the Manley and Boone interests, and which were
recently settled out of court by dividing the property, will
be worked on an extensive scale daring this winter. At
least 200 men will be employed by the several outfits on teh
ground, and it is expected that $1,000,000 will be realized
from the“spring cleanups.
RAFT HUNG UP
WILL UNLOAD
S. E. Hceter and C. R. Peck,
whose big raft was hung up near
Scheiffelin creek on account of
running ice, returned to the raft
Tuesday, after viewing the river
and sizing up the situation all the
way to Tanana. They left under
the impression that it will continue
impracticable to come on through.
It was their intention to unload
the movables and allow the raft to
f.eeze in. Included in the cargo
is 200 liens, which will be killed
and dressed. The hay, lumber,
household effects and such things
as are needed will be hauled down
over the ice. The logs may be
hauled out next spring and re
rafted after the river opens.
Coldest Morning
A thermometer at Fort Gibbon
on Wednesday morning regis
tered 8 degrees below zero—the
coldest of the fall season.
George and Jake Mutchler, with two
companions, were belated Iditarod
stampeders who left Tanana in a mo
tor boat last Sunday.
Coloumbe Brothers
Lose Boat and Outfit
Messrs. Charley and Pete Coloumbe, who left Tanana Wednes
day of last week for Mason creek, twelve miles below Grant creek
in the Gold Mountain district, sustained a loss of their winter’s out
fit of provisions in the wrecking of a small boat in the Yukon near
the mouth of Mason.
Charley and Pete were in separate boats. Charley’s contained
the bedding, clothing, camp equipage,etc. and Pete’s the provisions.
Along the bluff above Grant’s fish camp the ice crowded them to
the shore and they attempted to make a landing. Charley got out
and hauled his boat into a safe place. Pete also got out with a
line, but the boat was at once caught and crushed between two
pieces of ice, and he neven saw the boat or any of its contents
again. It was dark at the time. The men were both wet, but had
dry matches and succeeded in kindling a fire. Fifteen gallons of
whisky included in the outfit was lost, and they did not even have
the comfort of a drink. In an experience of fifteen years under
all sorts of conditions in this country this is the first accident of
this nature that has ever happened to these men.
Allen Crane, who arrived from the Gold Mountain country last
Monday, and Bill Cbeeseman, who arrived Tuesday, both said the
men had a narrow escape, and that Pete’s remarkable strength and
activity was all that saved him, for the water was deep and swift.
Visit From the Stork
A fine son arrived at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Carl on Tues
day of last week. The stork was so
quiet on this its latest visit to town
that the reporter did not hear of it till
after last week’s paper was printed.
The Leader is on sale at the Tanana
postoffice lobby.
DOCTOR RETURNS
FROM RAMPART
Dr. D. IY. McGinnis, Jr., the
post dental surgeon, returned last
night from a two-weeks visit in
Rampart. He came down in small
boat, piloted by Timothy Pitka.
They sailed at 9 o’clock Tuesday
morning and the shades of night
had settled over the waters when,
surrounded by huriying icebergs,
they tumbled merrily through the
picturesque Rapids and lauded on
the shore opposite the signal sta
tion, where they camped for the
night.
Dr. McGinnis says Rampart is
nearly deserted, the miners all be
ing on the creeks. The town, how
ever, he pronounces the most hos
pitable and jolly little camp in the
world. The ground has been cov
ered with snow there for about a
month. _
Charley Surridge was despatched
last Sunday morning with three
pack horses to the place the steamer
Delta is laid up—a tew miles above
Birches. His errand is to fetch up
the boat’s officers and books.
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RULED AGAINST
GOAL LOCATIONS
Fairbanks, Oct. 14.—A ruling
lias been filed in the land office
invalidating eighteen Netiana coal
locations made by Fairbanks peo
ple. The coal lands were located
in 1907, dming the time an execu
tive order by President Roosevelt
was in lorce withdrawing from en
try all coal lands in Alaska.
Thirty days are allowed in which
to make an appeal from the land
office ruling, and the locators are
now preparing their protest.
STAMPEDERS ARE
HALTEO BY ICE
Cliena, Oct. 14.—Thirty-three
Iditarod stnmpeders left this place
last Thursday on the steamers
Martha Clow and Luella, but the
boats got only 15 miles below this
city and were frozen in. Many of
the passengers will proceed over
the ice; the others have been mak
ing back to Fairbanks this week.
The boats cairied 78 tons of freight.
“DER CAP'N” WAS
A GOOD MUSHER
Fairbanks, Oct. 14.—U. S. Dep
uty Marshal John J. Donovan, of
Koyukuk district, mushed from
Tatiana to this city in four davs
amvtng nere last Monday evening.
He reports the trail in good condi
tion, the only dangerous place be
ing around a summer lake about
45 miles below this city.
WILL WINTER OUTSIDE
Fairbanks, Oct. 14.—Capt. K. T.
Barnette was one of the first pas
sengers to leave lor the Outside
over the Valdez trail this season.
He will join his: family in Seattle,
and together they will spend the
winter on the captain’s estates in
Kentucky and Mexico.
River and Mail
With all the suddenness and persist
ency with which the ice appeared and
continued accumulating in the Yukon,
the early-closing record is not likely to
he broken this year. The earliest date
on which the river closed since a record *
was kept was Oct. 21, l!l(>3.
The low temperature which, follow
ing a heavy fall of snow, set in Monday
and has continued since, however, de
notes that the ico will not continue to
run very long. The llow was noticea
bly thinner yesterday, probably due to
the closing of tributaries which had
been sending out ice.
Ed Biederman started for Rampart
on the first two-weekly mail run last
Saturday.
Harry Stockman started down river
with mail Monday.
Hob Buchan will start on his first
regular bi-monthly Koyukuk run to
morrow.
The first mail to start overland for
Hot Springs and Fairbanks is due to
depart next Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rockwell moved
into their new home on Second street
this week.
William Cheeseman, of Grant creek,
mushed into town yesterday.
The Leader is on sale at the post
office lobby.
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