Tanana Leader
Vol. II
TANANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY*7. 1910
No. ‘27
CLOSE
ECONOMY
And Slight Starvation for
Postal Employes.
Fairbanks, July 6.— No
special appropriation has
been made to meet the unu- j
sual postal conditions in
Alaska, and beginning July
1 clerk hire in the Fairbanks
office is the same as outside,
varying from $600 to $1,200
per year. Citizens are rais
ing money to make up the
clerks’ wages and keep the
office open another week
pending action by the de
partment. Heads of the de
partment are talking about
sending in fiftv-dollar clerks
from Seattle.
MARATHON
WAS TAME
But Sourdoughs Enjoyed Seeing
Horses Race on Endless Track.
Fairbanks, July 6.—Arthur Hyde won j
a tame Marathon race Sunday night in |
3 hours and 6 minutes; Jack Norman j
second, Roy Mund third. A cold breeze j
caused the runners’ legs to cramp. At
tendance 700.
The first horse races ever run here on
a circular track were witnessed yester
day at Model Park. They aroused
much interest and created a demand for
further sport of that kind.
McKinley Climbers Accept Honor.
Fairbanks, July 6.—Lloyd, Taylor,
McGonigle and Anderson have accepted
honorary membership in the Peary Club
of New York, composed of men who j
have done something out of the -ordi
nary in the way of exploration.
Incendiary Fire at Fairbanks.
Fairbanks July 6.—An incendiary fire
on the row took Fanny Hall’s cabin.
It was the third attempt within twenty
four hours.
Try the new barber at the Gibbon shop.
SCHOOL BOARD TROUBLE
After Some Months of Inactivity Breaks Out Again
This Time Worse Than Ever.
The Xanana school board troubles
have broken out in a new place The
ominous calm that ensued after the
strenuous election day that brought by
a very narrow margin victory to W. B.
Rodman (treasurer), A. J. Campbell
(clerk) and Joseph Anieich (director)
presaged the coming of another storm.
In considering the present situation it
is well to remember that in the election
Campbell and Anieich were backed by
one faction and Rodman by another.
The climax came yesterday when
Matt Agenten presented an older for
$750 to Treasurer Rodman for payment
for a lot and building on Second street
to be used for school purposes. The
order was signed by Clerk Campbell and
Director Anieich. Treasurer Rodman
declined to honor the order, being ad
vised, it is alleged, by Commissioner
Gallaher.
It seems that Campbell and Anieich
had previously talked with Rodman in
reference to the purchase of the Agen
ten property, and Rodman advised them
to go ahead and see what it could he
had for. Meantime Rodman went off
fishing. Anicich was summoned to
Skagway, but before leaving he and
Campbell got together and completed
the deal.
The property is on Second street, a
short distance west of the former school
building. The lot is f>7’» by 170 feet.
The building is 14 by 20 inside, with a
10-foot ceiling.
The opposing faction claim the price
is excessive and the building inadequate
and intimate that friendship for Agen
ten dictated the purchase.
Campbell-Anicich partisans assert the
property is worth the price and tlrnt the
building is but a foot shorter and 0
inches narrower than the actual school
room heretofore used. They say with
an addition built for teacher’s living
room, cloak room, etc., accommodation
would be ample, and point out that the
rented building cost the board $570 lflst
year.
New Precinct
Established
for Kuskokwim
Fairbanks, July 6.—Dr. Green, of In
noko, appointed commissioner for the
new Mt. McKinley precinct on the Kus
kokwim, has gone to the hospital to
undergo an operation. Harry Siebe lias
been appointed deputy marshal for the
same precinct.
See Jack Cavanaugh for well water and
light express. Scavenger work a specialty.
Ellegood Resigns and
O’Day Will Settle
Myers Estate
The resignation of J. S. Ellegood as
administrator of the estate of Charles
YV. Myers, deceased, was accepted by
the probate court July 2 and James
O’Day was appointed to the position.
Mr. O’Day claims a partnership in the
estate. He is on a trip to Fairbanks at
present, but on his return he will engage
actively in straightening out and settling
up the affairs of the estate.
Yachon Brothers
To Go in Business
At Tolovano
A. G. Vaclion returned on the steamer
Koyukuk from Tolovano where he clo-*ed
a deal on behalf of himself and associ
ates for the purchase of the roadhouse,
store, garden, etc., from J. C. Riley.
The newr owners of the Tolovana station
will take possession August 6. In future
the business will be conducted under
the name of the Tolovano Trading Com
pany consisting of Peter Vachon, A. G.
Vaehon, and W. J. Vachon.
It will be under the management of
W. J. Vachon, a brother of A. G. and
Peter Vachon. W. J. Vachon was con
nected with the fire department at
Dawson for the past eleven years. He
is expected down from the Canadian
city soon.
It is given out that five tons of the
finest, freshest stock procurable will at
once be put into the Tolovana post and
the place will be conducted on liberal
and progressive principles.
The Jeff Davis will leave in about a
week with Companies C and D, a de
tachment of the hospital corps and a
detachment of the signal corps to St.
Michael, there to meet the transport
Buford.
ITHE GAME
OF POLITICS
_
As She Is Played Away Up
the Tanana River.
Fairbanks, July 0.— The
! Times has created a sensa
tion by the publication of
Wickershain’s letter to Ste
phen Birch, in .1908, stating
he sighed for the flesh pots of
the outside and asking for a
three years’ contract at $15,
000 per annum as attorney
for the Guggenheims with
office at Seattle.
Wilbur Ward today issued
the first edition of the Tan
,ana Daily Star, a Wicker
sham paper, five columns,
gotten out on Garden Island.
EX-GOV. M’CRAW
DIES OF FEVER
! Requested That His Body Be Dis
posed of by Cremation.
Seattle, June 24.—Ex-Governor Mc
j Graw died here last night of an attack
I of typhoid fever. He had made a long
1 and apparently successful fight for life,
■ hut a sudden turn for the worse carried
| him off. The funeral will take place
tomorrow from the family residence,
l The former head of the stite will be cre
mated in accordance with his expressed
desire.
[Ex-Governor McGraw was at one
time a resident of the Rampart district,
having lived there from the summer of
1898 to the summer of 1899. He was
the owner of No. 8, Little Minook,
which was purchased by John W. Dun
can and associates about three years
ago and is still a very considerable
producer.]
Go toNussbaum’s Barbershop for first
lass work.
The Jacobs arrived from St. Michael
■■ yesterday and after a few hours departed
up the Tanana with a detachment of the
signal corps, to relieve men on the tele
graph line who are ordered to the
States.