Tanana Leader
Vol. II
TANANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1910
No. 29
“THE FRIEND
OfALASKA”
Finds a Way to Do Something for
the Territory, and
“Does’* It.
Beverley, Mass., July 15.—President
Taft today gave his assent to an order
withdrawing from entry all lands in
Alaska, in Alaska, including coal lands,
until the government surveys are com
pleted
Parties of government surveyors are
now on tlieir way to Alaska to survey
the public lands there. Twelve survey
ing parties are already in Alaska or on
there way there. However, it will be a
matter of years before the surveys are
completed, and the entry to public lands
in Alaska must wait on surveys.
[ The foregoing, barring the headlines,
is reprintsd from the Fairbanks News
Miner. Taking literally it means that
placer locations- are estopped, for a
placer claim is just as certainly entered
as a coal claim is. Given the most lib
eral interpretation it is a death blow to
Alaska unless . the president’s despotic
action can be overcome: an eventuality
little to be expected before his term of
office expires.]
See Jack Cavanaug-h for well water and
light express. Scavenger work a specialty.
DEAD MAN
IDENTIFIED
Fairbanks, July 20.—The corpse re
cently found floating in the river eight
miles below Chena was identified as the
body of Pierre Bennice, who worked for
Jim Lemieux on Engineer creek prior
to leaving on the Koyukuk July 1 for
the outside. His mind was somewhat
unbalanced at the time of his departure
from this place. On his person were
found a bank check for $1 ,500, $100 in
gold, $65 in currency and various arti
cles of minor value.
Jack Cavanaugh buys and sells Second
hand Goods of all kinds.
STAMP MILL STARTS
RUNNING AGAIN
Fairbanks, July 21.— The business
men’s stamp mill started up again yes
terdaj', with new and heavier stamps,
and with ore enough in sight to keep
the mill running continuously.
WICKERSHAM
SHACKLEFORD
FAIRBANKS, July 19.-Wickersham ac
cepted a challenge from Louis P. Shack
leford for a joint debate here Thursday
night on the issues of the campaign:
Shackleford one hour, Wickersham one
hour and a half, Shackleford half an hour.
Interest intense. TIMES.
V/Iiare is Orr? He, figurehead that he is, occu
pies a back seat, ready to bob up or lie down,
according to the sign given by his masters. Elected
or defeated, henceforth he will fill that pitiful gap
in tho- rank of manhood, the dark, half-hidden but
wholly understood space that affords a passageway
from private worth to public dishonor.
SUDDEN DEATH
OF FRANK M’GRAW
Frank McGraw, of Tanana, died at ]
Nulato early last Sunday morning. He I
had left Tanana for the Iditarod in com
pany with H. Hickey the preceding
Monday. That was the last heard of;
him till a telegram to Commissioner j
Gallaher from Deputy Marshal F. W. \
Wright announced his death. The tele
gram was as follows:
‘‘Nulato, July 17.—Frank McGraw, of
Tanana, died here suddenly this morn
ing at 2 o’clock in the government
schoolhouse. Dr. Rosin, Fred Clark, 1
Dan Kennedy and myself examined the
body and found $201 and a gold ring.
He has a boat and a lot of provisions.
No commissioner here. Wire instruc
tions. F. W. Wright, '
“Deputy Marshal.”
Commissioner Gallaher sent a mes
sage inquiring if the body could be kept
till an opportunity was afforded to ship
it to Tanana, and received the following
reply:
“Body will not keep. No boat here
in three or four days. No suspicious
circumstances. He was attended by
1 Dr. Rosin, whose bill is $25. Shall I
pay bills here out of money in my
hands?”
The commissioner then instructed
Deputy Marshal Wright to bury the
hotly and pay all bills.
McGraw left Tanana in company with
H. Hickey. They each had boats con
taining outfits for prospecting and were
merely traveling companions—not part
ners. At the time of their departure
McGraw was slightly unwell. Last
March he had a severe attack of stom
ach ailment. The attacks in milder
form have recurred from time to time,
and his death is probably due to one of
them.
He belonged to an old New England
family near Lynn, Mass., and came
north with the early rush to the Klon
dike. From JDawson| he followed the
stampede to Nome, and, returning, has
lived in Tanana five or six years. A
brother of his is a medical officer in the
United States Navy, and he leaves a
daughter living with his mother in
Massachusetts.
Commissioner Gallaher wired Scotty
Brown, a former partner of McGraw’s
now on Sullivan creek, to communicate
with his kinspeople in Massachusetts.
CAMPAIGN IS
A-HUMMING
* ‘
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Tozier on His Warhorse Hits the
Trail and Wickersham Faces
“the Barrel Tonight.”
Fairbanks, July 21.—Wickersham has
been addressing meetings at Ester, Fox
and Chatanika, while Oit was making a
! personal canvass of the creeks.
At the joint debate tonight between
i W ickersham and Shackleford each of
| the speakers will endeavor to show who
; is responsible for blocking legislation at
| Washington. Louis K. Pratt will be
chairman.
Leroy Tozier is leaving on horseback
over the trail to canvass Seward, Valdez,
Cordova and Juneau for Orr. Orr will
I go to Nome; he cannot get back to
| Valdez in time for the election,
j The Democrats have decided to put
! no candidate in the field. The Alaska
' Citizen, the local Democratic paper, has
j thrown its support to Wickersham, but
| it is claimed a majority of Democrats
j will vote for Orr.
Go to Nussbaum’s Barbershop for iirst
class work.
JUDGE OVERFIELD
COMING UP RIVER
St. Michael, July 21.—Judge Over
field left here on the Sarah last night en
route to Fairbanks.
WELL-KNOWN
MAN KILLED
Dawson, July 13.—Stewart Menzies,
I master mechanic of the Yukon Gold
: Company’s large dredge works at Ogil
I vie bridge, near here, lost his life today
I when a three-ton dredge shaft fell
' across his body.
He was a cousin of the man of the
same name who is auditor of the North
ern Commercial Company.
A. B.’S FIGURE ON
BUILDING A HALL
At the meeting of Camp Gibbon No.
25, A.B., held Monday night, the direct
ors were instructed to ascertain the cost
of a lot and the probable cost of building
a suitable hall.
Sooner or later the camp is sure to
own its own building, and when it does
so another important step will be regis
tered in the advancement of the town.