The price of wild oats
is never quoted on the
board of trade.
Tanana
Leader
Because a man is afraid
of his wife is no sign
she’s a fright.
One Dollar Per Month.
TANANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1909.
Two Bits a Throw
GENERAL BELL
TO ARRIVE HERE
ABOUT AUG. 2
A telegram was received by
Colonel Cooke, of Fort Gibbon,
on Tuesday from Major Wilds P.
Richardson, chairman of the
Alaska road commission, stating
that Maj.-Gen. J. Franklin Bell,
chief of staff of the U. S. army
and president of the board of
ordnance and fortification, and
party would depart from Dawson
on the 28th or 29th of the pres
ent month on their trip down the
Yukon river. This would date
the party’s arrival at this post
about the 1st or 2d of August.
The new army transport, the
Gen. J. W. Jacobs, which left
this city la^t Saturday evening
for Dawson, will carry the party.
Maj.-Gen. Bell is accompanied
on his Alaskan tour by Mrs. Bell,
Major .Richardson, Capt. Sla
den, Gen. Bell’s military secre
tary, and several others.
Authorities Close
Hot Springs Saloon
A late arrival from Hot Springs is
The Leader’s authority for the state
ment that an order was received by the
deputy marshal of that place last Sat
urday to close the Eagle saloon, a re
sort conducted by Tom Rockwell and
Roy Moseley. The order was made, it
is said, on the complaint of Commis
sioner Bevington. The reason for such
summary proceeding was not learned
by our informant.
Harry E. Pratt, son of Judge L. K.
Pratt, the pioneer Alaska attorney,
was a visitor in Tanana last Friday en
route to Fairbanks to visit his father.
The young man recently graduated
from college, and this is his first trip
to interior Alaska.
DELEGATE WELCOMED
Judge WSckersham’s Home Coming Was Occasion of Rejoicing in Fair
banks—'Thousands to Hear Him Speak
Fairbanks, July 22.—Jame3 Wickersham, the Alaskan j
congressional delegate in congress, addressed a crowd that'
packed the Auditorium theatre to the doors on Monday!
evening last, and gave the audience an account of liis(
stewardship at the national capital. A large percentage'
of his hearers were miners from the surrounding creeks,1
! who listened and cheered the speaker most enthusiastic- '
ally. i
The delegate explained in detail his bills to create a
legislative assembly in the territory and confer legislative
powers thereon, the bill to protect the lives of miners in the
territories, and the bill to enforce a miner’s labor lien in
Alaska, all of which lie introduced during the special ses
sion of congress. Mr. Wickersham also introduced bills
providing “for the purchase of a site and the erection of a
public building thereon at Juneau,” and a very important
one having for its purpose the annihilation of the “group”
and “association” evils so prevalent in Alaska.
During his visit in Alaska this summer he will make a
tour of all the creeks for the purpose of meeting and ad
dressing the miners, and invites discussion with them as to
the merits of the bills introduced by him.
Has Big Flock of “Soiled Doves”
Fairbanks, July 22.—Immigration Inspector Kazis
Krauczunas, who lias been in this city for the past three
weeks investigating affairs for the Department of Commerce
and Labor, -left for Seattle on Tuesday, and with him goes
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15 girls and macques whom he has cause to believe are in
the country in violation of the laws. The deportation of
seme of these people is a surprise to many, as they have
been in the North for as much as 10 years.
Fairbanks, July 22.—W. L. Russell, formerly of Ester
creek, where lie was at one time accused of having rolled a
roadhouse proprietor, was arrested in this city last Sunday
night charged with stealing a case of whisky from the Pi
oneer dock. When he was brought before Commissioner
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Frame yesterday for trial he confessed the crime and was
sentenced to serve one year in the federal jail. In the bed j
he had been occupying at tlie Central lodging house sev- i
real bottles of the whisky were found snugly cached under
the mattress.
Fairbanks, July 22.—The committee consisting of R. L.
Vining, Oscar Taekstrom and Arthur Williams to raise the
necessary funds to defray the expenses of the Dawson base
ball club while in the city, succeeded in raisin" §1300. The
Dawson players are expected to be here in time to play their
first game on Sunday evening.
"EVERYBODY
GOES OUTSIDE
BUT FATHER”
Tho entire Vautier family, with the
exception of Mr. Vautier, departed on
tho steamer Hannah today for the out
side. Mrs. Vautier is making the trip
at this time to place four of tho chil
dren—George, Joe, Margaret and Eddie
—in school. Percy, tho youngest, will
return with his mother later in the
summer. Joe is at present on the
steamer Jeff Davis at St. Michael,
where he will join the party.
it was late last night when Mrs.
Vautier decided to start, and the homo
place was a scene of much activity*
during tho rest of the night and today.
Chief Clerk Oft
Receives Promotion
The many friends of William
C. Ott, chief clerk at large in
Alaska for the postoffice depart
ment, will regret to learn that he
has been transferred from this
division, but will be pleased to
know that the change means pro
motion in the service.
Mr. Ott's new headquarters
will bo in the “spirit” city of Se
attle, where he will fill the posi
tion of chief clerk of the railway
mail service in that postal divi
sion. Alaska has five clerk
ships similar to that held by Mr.
Ott, and as he is the youngest in
point of service of the five, his
selection for the Seattle position
was, to himself, certainly a sur
prise. Mr. Ott has seen six
years’ service in Alaska, the last
three of which he has been sta
tioned at Tanana, where he has
a very pleasant home. He ex
pects to leave during the Gist
week of August.
A. li. Randels, who has been
appointed to succeed Mr. Ott, is
expected here at any time.
Jack Eilbeck, of Dawson, known to thousands of Northerners
as ‘‘Dad’s Boy,” arrived on the steamer Hannah today headed for
Fairbanks. He is not traveling alone, either. No, sir-e-e, not
Dad’s Boy ! Jack has under his care and management a party of
14, including the members of the Dawson baseball team, and he is
taking them to Fairbanks for a series of games to be played with
the clubs of the Fairbanks city league. The Dawsou club has a
number of good players, but they will have to “play ball” all the
time if they expect to win while in the Alaska town.
Mr. Eilbeck has, for the past nine years, been a leading spirit
in all sporting events in and about Dawson, and every summer
during his residence in the North he has been the manager and
“booster extraordinaire” of a baseball team. Jack is certainly a
disciple of “Something Doing.” He has been for years the “work
ing” member of the D. A. A. A., and by his efforts many pugilists
of world-wide reputation have contested for big purses in Dawson.
He is the only son of Sheriff R. J. Eilbeck, of Yukon, who played
professional baseball over 35 years ago with such noted players as
A. G. Spaulding and others, and Jack inherits his father’s love for
the international game.
The Dawson party consists of: Jack Eilbeck, manager; Splo
tus, mascot; Walsh, pitcher; Champagne, Freddie Reichert, Hayes,
Wright, Luscombe, McNally, Bill Smith, Bower, Fowler and Rau
chert.
Under the coaching of Lieut. McCammon the soldier boys of
Fort Gibbon are getting in fine shape to play the Dawson boys a
game while,they are awaiting their boat’s departure for Fairbanks.
They have had several hours’ practice daily during the past week,
and although some of the boys have been out of the game for sev
eral years, they are fast getting in good shape.
Considerable labor was put in last Tuesday evening repairing
the baseball diamond on the barracks pai-ade ground.
Owing to the fact that the Schwatka was in port awaiting the
arrival of the Hannah from Dawson, it was impossible to pull off
a game of baseball today on the barracks diamond. Mr. Murphy,
the N. N. Co.’s transportation manager, says he believes there
will be no difficulty in arranging steamboat matters so that we may
all enjoy a good game of ball when the Dawson boys come through
town on their way home.
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THE visit of Major Wilds P. Richardson, chairman of the
Alaska Read Commission, who is accompanying tho
party of Maj.-General Bell through the interior, and
who will bo here next week, affords our citizens an ex
cellent opportunity--one that should not be overlooked—to
present, at first hand, our needs and expectations from the
road commission. In Major Richardson they will find a gen
tleman ever ready to listen and learn, and the committee
should make its presentations so concise and clear that there
will not be an item thereof misunderstood by the Major and
his associates on the road commission.
Now is the proper time, Mr. Committeemen, to formulate
your pians for road construction from the Hub of Alaska and
place them in the hands of Major Richardson—the place where
they will, The Leader believes, do tho most good.
The road commission’s splendid idea of spending nearly the
bulk of the pi’esent year’s appropriation on the Valdez-Fair
banks trunk line is indorsed by a vast majority of Alaskans.
The needs of an all-year-’round thoroughfare from the sea
coast far into the interior of Alaska—such as is Major Rich
ardson’s ambition to construct along the selected route—are at
present almost incomprehensible, as it will greatly aid in open
ing to prospectors and homeseekers vast regions as yet un
heard of.
But there are other years coming, and other roads to be
constructed, and future appropriations to be expended thereon
—those are the things with which our citizens want to keep in
touch, and the best place to begin is when Major Richardson
visits our city next week.
Get together, boosters, and get busy !
POSTPONE RACE
TILL LABOR DAY
Fairbanks, July 22.—Managers Capewell and Phinn, of
Marathon park, have decided to postpone the proposed
Marathon race until Saturday, September 4, when it will
be featured as a drawing card for the big celebration to be
held in this city on Labor day. This will give local run
ners more time to condition themselves.
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Ulysses, Neb., June 30.— Incited over the attempt of
Bishop Bonaeuni, of the Lincoln diocese, to oust Father
Murphy from his parish and to replace him with Father
i Kline, the citizens of Ulysses rose up in mob force and
drove the bishop and Father Kline along with Father
: O’Brien, who was in attendance on the bishop, from the
city. The papal court at Rome and the supreme court of
Nebraska lately decided in favoV of the bishop in his suit
brought against Father Murphy for the recovery of the par
ish property. The trouble between the bishop and Father
Murphy commenced 20 years ago when the bishop asked
Father Murphy and several other pastors in southeastern
Nebraska to raise funds for the building of his cathedral at
Lincoln. The parishioners in that part of the state were
not in good financial circumstances at the time, and Father
Murphy along with several other parish priests refused to
| ask the people for contributions for the cathedral. The
priests who took the stand against the bishop were immedi
| ately ordered to remove from their parishes. The other
i priests oboyed the order of the bishop but Father Murphy
I refused to go, and his parishioners encouraged him to re
main. The bishop then took from him his faculties as
priest, but Father Murphy continued to administer to his
congregation.
Bishop Bonacum then started suit to recover the church
property and the supreme court decided in favor of the
bishop. The bishop left Lincoln recently to take over the
church and adjoining buildings and brought Father Kline
with him, Whom he intended to install as pastor. But the
people, who revere and love Father Murphy, refused to see
his ousted, and, banding together, drove the bishop from
the city. There has for years been a strong feeling here
against the bishop, and this event comes as no surprise.
New Manager at N. C.
The local post of the N. C. Co. now
has a new manager in the person of
C. A. Munro, who arrived hero a
couple of weeks ago from Dawson,
where he has been employed by the
same concern for several years. .1. C?
Miller, the retiring manager, has been
transferred to San Francisco, and with
his family will leave this city at an
early date.
W. H. Fairbanks, of the N. C. Co.,
arrived on tho steamer Tanana last
Monday from Fairbanks,