FEEDING PRISONERS
UNDER NEW SYSTEM
Some three weeks ago it became
definitely known at Fairbanks that
there would be a change in the sys
tem of providing for the subsistance
of prisoners at the federal jail in
that city. At that time it had not
been made public whether or not
the change will be effective in the
less important district. From the
following telegram it appears that
it will:
“Cordova, Sept. 9 — Inspector
Brewster, who is examining the
condition of. the management of the
federal jails in Alaska, makes the
announcement in Cordova that the
new ruling, by which the govern
ment will take charge of the feed
ing of prisoners, will go into effect
on October 1.”
Details of the new system to be
inaugurated are lacking. In Fair
banks it was said tiecessaries for
the jail would be sent in from Out
side by the government, and that
the system would be put 011 a cost
basis.
The change appears to be the
outcome of a recent investigation
into the official affairs of Marshal
H. K. Dove, of this division, by the
Department of Justice at Washing
ton. The investigation was pre
cipitated by certain letters furnished
the department by D D- Bowers, a
former deputy United States mar
shal under Mr. Dove at Kodiak,
who now resides at Eugene, Ore.
These letters, written by Mr. Dove
and with side complaints from Bow
ers, were forwarded to Delegate
Wickersham at Washington some
months ago, were delivered to the
proper authorities. The allega
tions of Bowers, among other
things, are said to represent that
Marshal Dove has made an illegiti
mate profit in feeding federal pris
oners. A few weeks ago R. J. W.
Brewster, United States inspector
of prisons, paid Fairbanks a visit
and the change was inaugurated.
Althongh it was not known at
first that Brewster was sent there
in the main because of the com
plaints against Marshal Dove, it is
now known that he left prepared to
make a report on the management
of affairs under the marshal’s juris
diction. It is understood, further,
that locally, at least, the matter
was placed in the hands of Mr.
Crossley, United States district at
torney.
Aside from the prisoners’ feed
proposition, the full import of the
complaints lodged is not accessible.
Considering the profit made iu
feeding the prisoners a perquisite of
the office, it appears Love did not
hesitate to mention it when called
upon, in writing to his deputies
officially.
When Love came into office he
reappointed Bowers deputy at Ko
diak. The arrangement made be
tween Love and Bowers in dividing
the profit on feeding prisoners at
Kodiak was a hall and half agree
ment.
Bowers got behind in his account
and, Mr. Love says, owed the gov
ernment $280, and still owes it. '
Love wrote Bovvers one letter re
lating to the half and hall agree
ment. He got do satisfaction and
held up Bowers’ account. Love
then wrote a second letter and
asked Bowers for $100 in full set
tlement of what Love calls a per
sonal account, and which, under
the represented agreement, was
about one-third what was due Mr.
Love.
Subsequently, Mr. Love says he
was asked by District Attorney
Crossley, at the instance of the
grand jury, to remove Bowers from
his deputyship, for reasons that
have not been revealed. Bowers
iater resigned. Then, after he was
out of the service, Mr. Love says
Bowers forwarded his letters to
Bowers to Washington as a basis of
a complaint against Love; and, in
30 far as Mr. Love knows, this is
the foundation of the investigation.
For Selling Liquor to Indians
James McGregor, Michael sHar
vey and Charles O. K '.gar were re
cently bound over to the grand
jury by Commissioner Odell of
Haines for selling liquor to natives
in that vicinity. Harvey is a pro
fessional hobo well known to the
ruthorilies along Lynn canal.
Edgar is a private soldier at Fort
Seward; lie did not seem at all
eager to make any defense, there
fore it is thought he had broken
:he law' in order to secure his dis
charge from the arn y.
Job Printing—Leader office.
Erroneous
Impression
An erroneous impression has
been caused by a story which
came from the Innoko regarding
Lewis Shequin, a well-known
mining man, not long ago.
Mr. Shequin passed by Tanana
in a small boat headed for Innoko
in June. Going up the Innoko
he became lost in the jungle, and
his friends got a version of the
affair that led them to fear his
experience had left Kim perma
nently demented. His many ac
quaintances will be glad to know
such is not the case.
A distance below7 Mud river
Mr. Shequin went into the brush
to look for a pole for his boat.
He discovered a patch of berries,
and having returned for- a pail,
he proceeded to pick the fruit
and failed to mind well his bear
ings. He became lost and wan
dered for eight days, finally
reaching Mud river and following
it to safety. He had but two
matches when he became lost,
and the mosquitoes were relent
less. As an evidence of the man’s
perfect sanity, he made a smudge
and kept it going in the berry
pail the entire time, and also re
tained the ax. His experience
was very trying, but it will prob
ably not permanently affect him
in any way.
Special Sunday Dinner at the Ken
tucky restaurant from 6 to 8 p.tn.—
Mrs. M. E. Cooper, proprietor.
Will Locate
in Tanana
It is with more than ordinary
pleasure that The Leader learns
that S. E. Heeter, the old-time
freighter and general hustler of
Rampart, will become a resident
of Tanana. He will arrive about
thre first of October,
j Mr. Heeter’s energy and busi
| ness sagacity cannot fail to be of
j benefit to any community in
which they may be employed.
The history of Rampart camp
from the opening paragraph of
the first chapter has been punctu
ated by his numerous activities.
His daughter, Miss Nellie, an ac
j complislied and estimaole young
j woman, will preside over his
household.
At present Mr. Heeter i3 hay
ing in the Yukon flats. When he
comes down he will bring with
him CO tons of baled hay and 50,
000 feet of lumber of his own
manufacture.
Case Dismissed
Robert Conklin was hailed into
court last Monday morning for
assaulting “Fisherman John”
Dejus the night previous. After
hearing considerable testimony,
the eoinmissionev dismissed the
complaint against Conky, but not
until he had delivered a whole
some “little sp«sil” regretting his
inability to fine both the defend
ant and complainant for the mis
cellaneous use of fearfully foul
language.
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While in Tanana for Good ATeals
ancl Best Service
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GO TO THE
YUKON SALOON
For Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Fool Tables, Hunks
C. J. Smith, Prop.
Horse Stables and Dog Kennels
LEONARD M. DAVIS
VISITS OLD SCENES
Leonard M. Davis, an old-timer
of Rampart district, came in from
Fail banks last Saturday, and pro
ceedcd on the Hannah Sunday
morning, intending to inspect his
property on Hunter creek. Besides
being an artist arid lecturer of con
siderable note, Hr- Davis occasion
ally contributes Alaska articles to
Outside mining journals. The fol
lowing regarding the man and hisi
accomplishments, taken from the
Fairbanks Times, will be read with
interest:
Some it years ago a combination
ot circumstances started Mr. Davis
from Brooklyn, N. Y., to Alaska,
and in company with eight other
pilgrims from the East he came
North via. St. Michael and was
landed unceremoniously in the fall
at Anvik, on the lower Yukon. As
soon as the walking was good, he
struck out tor the then much-heard
of Rampart diggings, 600 miles
away, which lie negotiated entirely
on foot. Arriving at that district,
he established himself there, and
has made Hunter creek his head
quarters ever since. The artist re
mained there for six years, before
leaving at all, the wondrous colo.
ings of Alaska appealing to him
and holding him fascinated. I11
1903, Mr. Davis returned to New
York and organized a company to
operating hydraulicking on a large
scale, choosing Ingersoll the “dol
lar-watch man” as the president.
Mr. Davis proudly sports a “dollar
watch” which was presented to
him by that magnate.
During all these years of mining,
the artist has never lost sight of the
artistic side of our wonderful coun
try, and operates a large new-stvle
Reflex camera on all occasions.
The new camera has a button on
one side,which when pressed causes
the camera to flyr open in all its
parts, ready to catch the most fleet
ing picture permanently. The shut
ter works with a rapidity calculated
to 1-2000th past of a second, and
practically annihilates time. With
this camera Mr, Davis has procured
over a thousand perfect views of
this northern country, and when
outside he is much in demand as a
lecturer. He makes lantern slides
from these views and uses no slides
that are not absolutely all his own
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work. He claims that the scenes
he has depicted are so incredible to
Eastern eyes that unless lie can
certify that they were taken by
him, he is discredited.
Mr. Davis has just returned to
the North from the East and the
exposition, and for the first time
has brought in a stock of oils. With
the natural colors, unmixed, and a
simple pallette knife, he has made
57 oil sketches on library board of
views which he encountered on the
trip into the interior this time.
These are confined to a size about
8x12, and are primari.y for larger
canvases, or for copying the lantern
slides. Notable among them are
the picturesque entrance to the
Tanaua valley, comprising the
mouth of the Tatiana river; a view
at a bend in the Tanaua showing
the magnificent mountains to be
seen in the south; a sunset that is
unparalleled, and a copy of the glo
rious moon of last Sunday evening,
with its lefiectiou in the waters of
the Tatiana Mr. Davis, as above
said, uses the natural colors, utt
mixed, and feels tnat even they are
inadequate to express Alaska’s nat
ural coloring, and his pictures are
such that one feels the nature of
the day by atmospheric vibration,
rather than senses it through the
eyes. Mr. Davis claims that by
working with the natural colors
and the knife he is able to copy,
sometimes within 20 minutes, a
sight that, were he to stop to mix
colors and prepare brushes, would
be lost to him forever.
One of the lectures prepared by
him lias for its subject the “Home
Life of Alaska,” and for this the
artist has made photographs of all
degrees of local life from the Indian
camp in the virgin woods, up to
and including the exterior and in
terior of Government house at Daw
son, the home of its highest officer.
It is intention to photogtaph some
of the interior of Fairbanks homes,
if opportunity offers.
Another lecture is entitled
“Alaska, the Beautiful,” and this,
which is comprised of actual views
of many scenes, colored trom life,
made a great hit wherever it was
shown in the East.
The marvelous camera with
which Mr. Davis has provided him
self can be adjusted to retain the
impression of any distance that the
eye can see, or will copy an object
two feet from the lens just as faith
fully, usiqg firms or plates.
His lecturing tours, which have been
nw uia uiuci iiiivi
ests, were brought about by reason of
his possession of so many interesting
pictures, and the desire of the Eastern
ers to be better informed about a coun
try which they have learned of only by
the geographical pictures of polar
bears climbing up on icebergs from
congealing water*. Mr. Davis claims
that it is a wellnigh impossible task to
annihilate these old-time and youthful
impressions. These lectures have been
the means, however, of placing Mr.
Davis in the membership of the lecture
corps of the Department of Education
of New York city.
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Matt Stewart’s barber shop.
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CHAS. B. ALLEN,
Attorney at Law
Rampart, Aka.
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