Tanana Leader
Vol. II
TANANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1910
No. 25
MEN MISSING
ON BEAVER
Fairbanks, June 22.—“Two-Step”
Louis Schmidt and Charles Schick, of
Dome creek, this district, are believed
to have been drowned in Beaver river
May 15. It is believed they were car
ried under an ice ledge at a sharp bend
or crushed in the ice run. They are
known io have been using a top-heavy
canvas boat, headed for a creek between
Beaver river and Birch creek, flowing
north, where scliick found pay five years
ago when trapping.
Schick’s dog, almost dead from star
vation, returned to McGuire and Chap
man’s camp, on Beaver river, June 17.
NO LIVES LOST
IN SEATTLE FIRE
Seattle, Jund 14.—The fire of June 11
was the worst in Seattle since 1S89.
Contrary to earlier reports sent out no
lives were lost.'
The burned district is bounded on the
west by the water front, on the south by
Battery street, on the north by Vince,
and on the east by Second. It covers
eight blocks.
The following is a partial list of the
buildings burned:
Galbraith &. Bacon’s stable and ware
house.
Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works.
Chlopeck Cold Storage Ice Plant.
Frame Saloon building.
Vincent Brown’s hotel and two frame
residences.
Warde’s Cafe.
Union Lodging House.
J. Dofner, cigar store.
Crystal barbershop.
Wall Street hotel.
John Roger’s cigar store.
Carpenter shop.
Saloon and pool room.
Oregon hotel.
Boynton Hardware Co.
Puget Sound Marble Co.
Artificial Limb Co.
Pool hall.
Ten frame houses.
ARMY OFFICERS
VISITING IDITAROD
The transport Jacobs left yesterday
afternoon, having on board Brigadier
Gereral M. P. Maus, department com
mander, and Major Bell, inspector gen
eral. It is understood that their im-'
mediate destination is the Iditarod, and
from there they will proceed to St. Mi- j
chael.
It is reported in Tanana that General
Maus is going to the Iditarod with a
view to determine whether or not it is
advisable to establish a wireless station
in the new' district, or to extend the
government telegraph line into that
region. While it is firmly believed that
such is his business in the Iditarod, no
authority can be given for the report.
Go toNussbaum’s Barbershop for first
class work.
PEOPLE ON WHITE SEAL
SAY IDITAROD IS FAIR
The steamer White Seal arrived at i
Tanana late yesterday afternoon, four ;
days from the Iditarod.
She did not have many passengers.
Among these were Messrs. E. W. Griffin,
the Chena business man; Frank G.
Manley, the Hot Springs and Fairbanks
mining man, and H. C. Hamilton, of
Brumbaugh, Hamilton & Kellogg, Fair
banks. Allen Crane was a passenger for
Tanana. Xo lack of water was present
in the Iditarod when the Seal sailed,
she having followed the winter mail
trail over the tundra for a large part of
the way The boat brought no startfing
news from the new district.
The comers out said the knocks in
Fairbanks papers, which they read on
their arrival here, were utterly uncalled
for and statements therein absolutely
false. There has nothing occured to de
tract from the prospects of the camp.
While enough has not shown up to jus
tify a belief in a very large camp, a. good.
fair-sized one is assured, and there is
certainly nothing in the situation to
cause a less hopeful feeling than has
heretofore been entertained.
The only thing that can be named in
the way of a new find (which is not
really new) is on Dead wood creek, a
tributary of the Ditna river 35 or 40
miles across the divide from Otter creek.
John Larson and partners, of Fairbanks,
made a discovery there last March.
They then knew they had two or three
feet of 3-cent dirt, but on opening up
the ground three or four feet of 4-cent
dirt has been found and they are greatly
encouraged. The ground is shallow.
They are now shoveling in.
At Iditarod City, or Twilihgt, or what
ever the place may be known by, Man
ual Gularte, of Circle, is putting up a
frame buidling to cost perhaps four or
live thousand dollars; Rams Peterson
has a log building up (saloon), and the
Northern Commercial company has a
corrugated iron building of moderate size.
These are the only buildings, up and
under way, at the time the Seal sailed.
There were probably a thousand tents,
some of them floored, and an estimated
population of two thousand. Besides
the people in the other towns, pros
pectors are scattered all over the coun
try, so the total number in the whole
region can be guessed with no accuracy.
Mr. Manley secured a lease of ground
on Flat creek, said by others to be the
most promising propertv in the district.
Either he or Mr. Aitkin, his associate
at Hot Springs, will at once take in an
outfit to begin work.
In speaking of the country Mr. Man
ley was very conservative. He said the
country could by no means truthfully
be called a frost. However, he was em
phatic in the statement that there is no
opportunity for wageworkers, and they
should be warned to stay away. Meals
are from $1.50 to $2 and bunks of any
old kind $2, so that ii is a costly region
to linger in.
Allen Crane, formerly of Tanana, said
before the snow melted men on skees
were out staking the summit of the
mountains in associations and there is
no vacant ground for a hundred miles
around.
He came back to prospect in the coun
try north of Tanana where he thinks his
chances are better.
It was the verdict of all that trans
portation men are not trying to mis
represent things, and they, like every
body else, must sift a great deal of evi
dence to get to the real facts at the
present time.
Big Welcome
to Roosevelt
New York, June 17.—The eitv is en ;
fete for the welcoming of Mr. Roosevelt j
tomorrow. There are a million visitors j
in the city. Six thousand detectives and j
troops will be on guard.
Fairbanks Miner
Badly Injured
Fairbanks, June 22.—Martin Hansen i
pointinan on 1 above, Cleary, was caught:
by a falling slab last Friday night and
his hip dislocated. He crawled to the
shaft, but the signal rope broke, and he
lay eleven hours before discovered.
See Jack Cavanaugh for well water.
The Leader on sale at Postoffice Lobby.
Upper Yukon Boat
Goes to Bottom
Dawson, June 15.—The steamer Casea,
en route to Dawson, struck a rock in
Thirtymile river eight miles from Hoot
alinqua at 5 o’clock this morning and
sank. The passengers and the 159 sacks
of mail were saved.
Athletes to Enter
Marathon Race
Fairbanks, June 22.—Jack Norman
and Louis Heidinger have arrived from
the outside for the Fourth of July Mar
athon race. Both made places in Los
Angeles and Frisco Marathons.
Married at Fairbanks.
Fairbanks, June 22.—Henry Wagner,
of Goldstream, was married to Miss
Ina S. Isaacson last Saturday night.
PRISONERS
FOR OUTSIDE
Fairbanks, June 22.—Prisoners James
Kyan, Frank O’Leary and Kd Lord, con
victed of attempted robbery; C. C. Mor
gan, attempted rape; Bob McCullough,
larceny; John Simpson, assault with a
dangerous weapon, and Charles Benson,
A. II. Chute, John Hawkinson, insane,
will be transported next Saturday via
i St. Michael. Chief Deputy Percy O.
Charles will be in charge.
25 Iditaroders on the Tana.
Fairbanks, June 22.—The steamer
! Tana, departing this morning, carried
twenty-five passengers for Iditarod.
BIG PRIZEFIGHT
OFF IN GALIFORNI
San Francisco, June 17.—Governor
Gillete has issued orders to the Attorney
General of California to prevent the
Jeffries-Johnson fight announced for
July 4th, and Attorney-General Webb
! and his entire office force are busy today
taking action to prevent the fight.
i Every uecessary legal paper is being
drawn today, and there is no apparent
possibility of the fight being held in this
| state. In fact the Attorney-General will
today file a permanent injunction to
prevent further prizefights from being
held within the borders of the state of
California. It was given out last night
at Sacramento that the cause of Gov
ernor Gillette’s action is the receipt of
advices from \\ ashington -to the effect
that no appropriations can tie put
through congress for a Panama Canal
Exposition in San Francisco unless
prizefighting is stopped in this state.
FIGHT AGAINST
GANNON SUCCESSFUL
Washington, June 18.—The rules for
the government of the house formulated
by Champ Clark, Democrat, of Mis
souri, were last night adopted and the
fight against Cannon was made victori
ous. This ends the insurgent-standpat
j fight for the session. The political sit
| uation has become more complicated by
I the overthrow of Cannon, and there is
trouble ahead for the Republicans.
Found White Channel.
Fairbanks, June 22.—White channel
wash a mile wide and pay four feet
deep in spots has been located by Jack
Taylor on dry creek.
—
Mrs. Burns, who has been very dan
gerously ill at the Swanson laundry for
several days, is now thought to be out
of danger.