Tanana
Leader
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TANANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1909.
Two Bits a Throw
SLUICING SEASON
NEARING ITS END
Fairbanks, Oct. 7.—The sluic
ing season is fast drawing to a
close, only a few claims in the
district now being able to work.
The close is earlier by two weeks
than was last season. It is esti
mated that the output for the
year will reach $10,000,000.
DAVE YARNELL
GETS THE DUST
Fairbanks, Oct. 7.—Dave Yar
nell on Monday last cleaned up
2804 ounces of gold on No. 1
below, Dome creek, after a run
of ten days. The gold is worth
about $49,000.
“CHIPPY” CLARK
GETS ONE YEAR
Fairbanks, Oct. 7.—On Satur
day last Judge Lyons sentenced
‘'Chippy” Clark to one year’s im
Xorisonment for giving liquor to
an Indian at Circle.
RIVERNEWS
Not since 1933 has the ice come in
anything like such suddenness and
such unexpected quantity. Just a week
ago this morning the first thin sheets
began floating in the Yukon at this
place; for three days now the river
has been thick, and there is no per
ceptible evidence of its clearing. It
was reported today that the Tanana
iiad closed at the mouth, but this was
obviously an error.
Snow storms up the Tanana and the
Yukon have evidently had much to do
with the rapid formation of ice. At
Rampart, following several lighter
flurries, a fall of a foot occurred a week
ago.
Reports yesterday said the river was
clearing at Eagle and Dawson and had
the appearance of being ready to close
at Nulato.
This morning it was reported from
Fairbanks that the Martha Clow would
leave that place for Kaltag at noon.
The Seattle No. 3 was at Tolovana.
The Monarch and the Healey were
«till on a bar below Nenana.
The Delta, returning from Iditarod,
<was reported frozen in five miles above
The Birches Tuesday night. This
morning she was still fast.
The mail launch Carrier is laid up
lor the winter at Nulato.
The Tana arrived from Initarod
Monday evening and reported the
lower end of that river frozen over the
last day of September. The Tana in
tended to proceed to Whitehorse, but
is detained at Tanana by running ice.
The N. C. Co.’s last up-Yukon boat,
the St. Michael, left this port last Fri
day at 8 a. m. during a snow storm.
The vessel will winter in Dawson.
The Herman arrived from Dawson at
about noon last Saturday with a num
ber of passengers. During the after
noon an attempt was made to go up the
Tanana, but returned here after going
about five miles. On Sunday night it
pulled out for winter quarters at St.
Michael.
The Seattle No. 3 reached port Sun
day afternoon about 6 o'clock—28 hours
from Hot Springs. During the night
ahe started up the Tanana with pas
sengers from the Herman.
Peter Vachon, after spending
the spring and summer on the
Outside, returned last Saturday
on the Herman, and departed for
Fairbanks on the Seattle No. 3
on Sunday evening.
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keep you posted on the mining
news of the district.
LOOKS BAD FOR KUHN
Prosecution Produces Testimony in Kantishna Case to Prove That
Rhinehart Made No Attempt to Injure Defendant
Fairbanks, Oct. 7.—The trial of William Kulm for the
killing of William Rhinehart on Eldorado creek, in the Kan
tishna country, on April 22 last, was begun in the district
court last Monday. It required all of the first day to secure
the jury, and the government’s testimony was all submitted
by yesterday noon. The defendant, on the witness stand,
stated that he and Rhinehart had quarreled over the divi
sion of their grub; lie claims he acted in self-defense.
Rhinehart’s body, when found by witnesses, was lying on
the floor of his cabin pierced by two bullet holes, and his
rifle was in its accustomed place on the rafters six feet
above his head. This will prove a bad feature for the de
fense to overcome. The case will last throughout the week.
Judge L. K. Pratt is conducting the defense.
Made the Ruffian Beat Retreat
Fairbanks, Oct. 7.—E. E. Kelly was sentenced by Com
missioner Frame yesterday to 90 days in the federal jail for
assaulting Miss Laura McDonald, a sister of Mrs. Oscar
Tackstrom. The young girl was alone in the home of her
sister when the assailant entered and began to throw the
girl roughly about. She bravely fought him off, and, get
ting out of his grasp, succeeded in securing a gun with
which she made the fellow beat a hasty getaway. At the
trial Kelly tried to prove an alibi, but the girl positively
identified him. The motive of the assault is uncertain,
many persons contending that the fellow was either drunk
or crazy.
Convict Noble on Assault Charge
Fairbanks, Oct. 7.—Jesse Noble, the Dome City banker,
has been convicted of committing an assault on Joe Rich
ardson with a hammer on Little Eldorado creek during the
summer of 1908. Noble went to where Richardson was
working a lay to make a collection; they became engaged
in a quarrel, and during the mixup Noble “swatted” Rich
ardson on the head with a liammer. Noble was tried in the
district court about a year ago on a similar charge, but was
acquitted. Sentence for the Richardson assault will not be
imposed until the motion for a new trial is disposed of.
Another Gun-Play Trial Coming Up
Fairbanks, Oct. 7.—Mert Mavston and Billy Jaines will
be tried in the district court next week for an assault al
leged to have been committed on Mike Stepovich last spring
on Fairbanks creek. Stepovich claims that he was sur
prised by the defendants in his cabin at midnight, and that
they took a shot at him: he returned the fire, whereupon
the intruders fled. Luckily, nobody was hurt in the ex
change of shots. Marston is said to be the owner of the
richest claim on Otter creek, in the Iditarod country, which
he believes will make him wealthy.
MANY BELATED STAMPEDERS MAY GET LEFT
Chena, Oct. 7.—The steamers Martha Clow and Lu
ella, scheduled to leave for Kaltag last Monday with Idita
rod stampeders, may not get away at all this fall as the ice
is forming in the river at an unprecedented rate. Many
people are more than anxious to go to the new district, as
the latest reports are of the rosiest hue. A shortage of the
food supply is expected in that camp before the breakup
next spring.
BANKER GONVIGT
DOES GOOD TURN
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 21.—Henry
Reiber, former teller of the Farm
ers’ National bank, who on convic
tion last fall of aiding in the em
bezzlement of $1,200,000 from the
bank was sent to Western peniten
tentiary to serve a ten-year term,
did the state a good turn recently
as bookkeeper of the prison, when
he turned up a deficit of $82,000 in
the prison funds that the prison
board members are trying to get in
touch with a former warden to
summon him back to explain what
he knows of the facts, but they can
not learn bis whereabouts.
TRIED TO POISON
WHOLE FAMILY
Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 21.—A
near murder mystery, in which the
lives of Henry Remmerman, his
wife and four children were in
volved, was brought to light at
Casey, 111., today by a chemical
analysis of the sugar used by the
family. Arsenic was found in large
quantities.
This was the second attempt
upon the lives of the family, the
first having been made three weeks
ago, when the milk from the fain
In the justice’s court this afternoon ,
John Kehoe was tried on a charge of
wantonly and maliciously breaking
down and destroying a fence belong- i
ing to Matt Agenter and enclosing!
land not the accused’s own. Judge ‘
Gallaher reserved his decision.
It appears that some time ago Mr.
Kehoe acquired by purchase a certain \
parcel of land formerly held by Bob
Conklin, said land being environed by
the Campbell homestead, John Sam
ler’s lot, Harry Stockman’s lot, Matt
Agenter’s lot, George Vautier’s lot
and probably other city and suburban
real estate. The Kehoe property was
so hedged about that ingress and egress
had to ho made under stealth or suffer
ance. Kehoe consulted several parties
at interest, with more or less satis
factory results; but Agenter was ab
sent. So Kehoo proceeded to recon
struct the city map. He tore away 87
feet of fence from the Samler, Agen
ter and Stockman properties, joined
the fence onto his own, opened a street
30 feet wide, with a net gain of 57 feet
to the length of his own property. No
kick was heard till Agenter* came
home, and then the new town plat
was protested.
The Leader is delivered by carrier to
all parts of the city—$1 per month.
ily cow was mysteriously poisoned.
At that time the entire family be
cause so deathly sick that it was
only by the united efforts of two
physicians that their lives were
saved. It was then given out that
their sickness was due to ptomaine
poison, though the physicians sus
picioned otherwise.
Commendable Spirit
With commendable enterprise the
management of the Kentucky Restaur
ant has placed one of those lately im
ported new - fangl ed alcohol - burning
lights in front of its Front street door
that sheds a bright and penetrating
ray for a long distance these dark
nights. Mrs. Cooper certainly deserves
the thanks of many belated wayfarers.
REOPENING OF
Tanana Restaurant
Under New Management
Big Opening Dinner Served at 4 p.m. Saturday
SHORT ORDERS AT ALL HOURS
Best of Everything on the Market Service Unexcelled in the North
HELD SUCCESSFUL
FAIR FOR HOSPITAL
Fairbanks, Oct. 7.— A church
fair for the benefit of St. Joseph’s
hospital was held at Auditorium
theatre two nights this week, and
$1000 was realized by that insti
tution the first night. The hos
pital is badly in debt, owing to
its care for indigents during the
past year.
FINE PIANO RUINED
BY FIRE AT GIBBON
Fire at the post headquarters at 7
o’clock Sunday morning destroyed
Hospital Sergeant Kinzer’s fine piano
and did considerable damage in the
sergeant-major’s room. It started from
a defective flue.
Reopening Saturday
The Tanana Restaurant will re
open its doors next Saturday at 4
o’clock when a splendid dinner will
be served. The place has been
thoroughly renovated and is now
under the management of Charles
E, Wing, known far and wide as a
first class chef, which in itself as a
guarantee of splendid service.
Miss Nellie Heeter arrived in the
city from Rampart on the Herman last
Saturday, and is the charming guest of
Mrs. A. G. Vachon pending the arrival
of her father.
SEVERAL CARGOES
NOT YET LANDED
Clielia, Oct. 7.—Strenuous ef
forts are being made to land
delayed freight in this city be
fore the freezeup. The ice is
blocking solidly, and at present
it looks as though it would be im
possible to move it further up
the river.
NEW LINE WILL
SOON RE WORKING
Fairbanks, Oct. 7.—The new
through telegraph wire between
Valdez and Fairbanks will be in
working order next week. The
instruments are now being in
stalled in this city.
WINTER MAIL SERVICE
STARTED LAST MONDAY
Fairbanks, Oct. 7.—The first
mail of the winter schedule was
despatched over the Valdez trail
by one of Orr’s stages last Mon
day morning._
COMING AHD GOfNG
Sam G. Sutherland, one of Sullivan
creek’s thrifty miners, who has been
spending the summer on the Outside,
returned on the Herman via Dawson
last Saturday looking in the pink of
condition and ready for another season
of activity on his mining property.
Roy Moseley, of Hot Springs, arrived
on the Seattle No. 3 last Sunday after
noon and departed on the Herman fox'
Nulato, from which place he will go
overland to the Iditarod country.
J. C. Nelson, the well-known Tanana
Restaurant man, departed on his regu
lar fall flight to the States when tho
Herman steamed down the river last
Sunday night. He will go about a
right smart during the winter, but his
postofflce address will bo Rockbridge,
ill.
Allen Jordan, a new member of Su
perintendent Jules Marion’s winter
mail force, who arrived from Forty
mile with his family Monday night,
reports having had a rough passage,
the running ice and cold weather ma
king it extremely uncomfortable navi
gation in small boats. Mr. Jordan is
to cover the Tanana-Rampart run.
T. L. Murphy, local agent of the N.
N. Co., L.ynn Smith and J. E. Nuss
bautn are among those who expect to
embark for the Outside if the Tana
concludes to undertake the trip to
Whitehorse.
Kinney McLeod, Ins son Roy, and
Jim Orr, prospectors from Hot Springs
district, were on the Herman last Mon
day, bound for Kaltag, whence they
will go over the trail to Iditarod. The
McLeods are old-timers of Rampart
district, to whom distance and discom
forts count little when the exploration
fever is on. Kinney came over th&
Edmonton trail in ’98 and has tanked
as far away as the Arctic slope in his
forays since that time.
Captain John J. Donovan, Koyukuk
deputy marshal, crossed the river last
night purposing to hit the trail this
morning, where he has business at
court headquarters. He hopes to com
plete the trip in a week.
Miss Adeline Galbraith, a trained
uurse who has resided in Fairbanks,
district for the past five years, went to
the Iditarod on the last trip of the
Tana and returned on the boat to this
place Monday evening. Conditions at
present are too unsettled in the new
camp to appeal to Miss Galbraith; so
she decided to return to Fairbanks.
In the absence of any other up-Tanana
boat she will be compelled to remain
here till stage travel is inaugurated.
Attorney Tom McGowan was
a visitor in Tanana early this
week. _
The Leader is on sale at the Tanana
postofflce lobby.
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not know where to look for
it, a Tanana Leader classified ad.
will find it for you, T>’y it.