“UNCLE JOE” HAS .
LOTS OF TROUBLE
Washington,-April :g —The house last Wednesday again tackled
the railroad hill, and a stormy session ensued. The Insurgents took
advantage of the occasion to take another fall cut of Speaker Cannon,
and at the close of their skirmish prominent Insurgents gave an it lima
tion of something doing in their ranks by the warning that Speaket
Camion is "sitting upon a powder mill.”
In the senate, in a characteristic fiery speech. Senator La Follctte
flayed Attorney General Wickersham for abandoning the railroad pro
ecution, insinuating that the abandonment was inspired
Marse Henry Wants to Know
Louisville, Ky , April 19 —Colonel Henry Watterson in his
Courier Jouiier today again taker a crack at the Taft administration
He asks the Republican party if it will become necessaty for the partyls
life that Theodore Ruoseveit be returned to power, to title America with
an iron hand.
Coal Miners Died of Starvation
Cherry, 111., April 19.—The lowest level of the ill-fated Cherry
mine was reached yesterday by the excavators, and 31 bodies were re
covered. Many of the bodies showed unmistakably that death had
come as the result of starvation after a protracted struggle It is be
lieved that now all the bodies of the victims have been recovered
BILL BROKE BONE IN HIS FIST
Sydney, April 19 —Big Bill Lange, it now transpires, broke one ot
the bnnes in his right hand in one of the early rounds of his fight w ith
Tommy Burns. He is after a return match, and his friends are confi
dent that he can turn the tables on Tommv when next thev meet
“ONE TO TWENTY”
Fairbanks Daily Times, April 9.
Should terms of the district court be held in Tanana? That is
the query propounded by the chamber of commerce of the town at
the junction of our river with the Yukon. To the persons submit
ting the best ten reasons why Tanana is located advantageously
for such sittings, the chamber of commerce offers $20 in gold. The
Times does not propose to enter the contest, although it wou'd be
ungracious not to express sincere admiration of the energy and
ambition of the'‘Hub of the Interior.” We trust that good and
sufficient reasons have been discovered why terms of court should
be held at Tanana, or at least why the government should station
an assistant district attorney there.
The town of Tanana is more than a mining camp. Its central
location assures for it a permanence and a growth that may be
doubtful in the case of many other towns in the interior. Besides,
it will always be an important transfer point where tributary boats
will meet the Yukon packets, and it will always be an important
military post. At the present time, Tanana has a population of
about 200 souls. The town also boasts twenty retail liquor licenses,
or one to every twenty of the population.
Probably it is none of our business. The town of Tatiana is
provided with an excellent newspaper, edited by one of the most
capable editors in Alaska, and a competent custodian of the public
morals. It may be insolent meddling on our part to call attention
to the fact that a proportion of one license to twenty people is a
proportion that must inevitably result in lawlessness and crime.
Yet it is only the part of a conscientious neighbor to state the
great number of criminal cases that are coming to the Fairbanks
conrt from Tanana are bringing that community into a disrepute
which will require years to blot out. It is a fact that the high ratio
of saloons to population is the most forceful reason why terms of
the district court should be held in Tanana. and at the same time
it is a reason of which Tanana should be, and undoubtedly is,
ashamed.
The remedy is simple and at hand, if the people wish to apply
it. If a community is so oversupplied with saloons that they can
not be supported without resort to crime, it is entirely the fault of
the community. The law requires every applicant for a retail
liquor license to secure on his application for a license the signa
tures of a majority of the white male and female citizens in the
community who are over the age of 21. If a majority of the peo
pie refused to sign any licenses at all, there would be complete
prohibition. The community has the privilege of refusing a license
to any man, and there is thus no excuse for permitting any unfit
person to start up a saloon in the community. It is perfectly easy
for the people to limit the saloons to any number they choose, by
the simple process of refusing to sign more license applications
after they feel sure that they have enough saloons.
In fact, by virtue of the Hoggatt liquor act, Alaska possesses
local option in its purest form. If the Tannna Leader and the
Tanana chamber of commerce will conduct a campaign of education
on this subject, they may destroy one of the reasons for holding
terms of court there, but, by promoting a healthy growth of the
community, they will create new and legitimate reasons instead.
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BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
The coroner’s jury that investigated
the killing of the wife of Major Slocum
in an automobile accident at Washing
ton not long ago, in which Gen. J.
Franklin Bell was injured, found that
the accident was due to lack of proper
precautions on the part of General Bell
and his chaffeur. The automobile came
in collision with a street car.
M. J. Heney, the Copper River rail
royd contractor, was recently reported
very ill in a California sanitarium, ut
terly unable to attend to any business.
On the breaking out afresh of the
trouble between Delegate Wickersham
and ex-Governor Hoggatt, Representa
tive Lloyd, of the committee on terri
tories, informed the gentlemen that he
did not object to their fighting, but it
was becoming rather tiresome to ilie
committee.
The Fairbanks Citizen is authority
for the statement that Harry E. Pratt,
the young Fairbanks attorney now on
the Outside, will marry Miss Mabel
McDonald in Kansas City. The young
couple were childhood friends in Den
ver.
Herman Anderson, of Fairbanks, is
building an aeroplane. That’s the only
way he can get far away from home in
the summertime without coming to
Tanana.
The price of tin, rising steadily, has
reached 33 cents a pound.
It is rumored in Tunana that Com
missioner Bevington. of Hot Springs
district, wants to resign his office and
go to the Iditarod. It is said Deputy
Marshal Quiner would do that way
himself, only lie feels that it would not
be fair to Marshal Love to quit while
the latter is Outside.
The new officers of Camp Fairbanks,
A. B., are: Arctic Chief George
Hutchinson, Vice Arctic Chief George
W. Pennington, Arctic Chaplain Jos.
G. Morrow, Arctic Recorder Henry T.
Ray, Keeper of Nuggets A. F. Herpick,
and Trustees G. A. Beraud. Theo. Ket
tleson, George Markus, J. A. Suther
land and George W. Fenwick.
The refusal of the house to appro
priate money to buy Speaker Cannon
an automobile made him pretty mad,
and in a speech April 13 he roasted the
insurgents and progressives and said
he would remain in office until the end
of his regular terra in spite of all they
could do.
Fairbanks News-Miner, April 13: The
50 men who hold stock in the Fair
banks Banking Company are today
each wearing a satisfied look, for the
board of directors in their meeting of
last night declared a 20 per cent, divi
dend. A large amount of the earnings
was also voted to be placed to the
credit of the surplus account.
Five thousand women suffragists from
all over the world met- in convention in
Washington city April 14.
Boatswain Tliurber, of ihe revenue
cutter Bear, has been presented with a
medal of honor by President Taft. The
distinction was conferred from the fact
that ho raised orphan seals on the
revenue cutter, and the boatswain has
been assigned to duty on the Pribilof
islands, where he will put his knowl
edge to practical use in restoring the
rookeries. _
It is reported that. Pete Claveau is
confined to his bed by sickness at his
cabin on Mission road.
Try Williams’ new barber shop for
an easy shavo or a stylish haircut.
Fishing Through Ice
Fishing through the ice in front
of town became a popular pastime
quite suddenly last Saturday when
it was learned that one fi-hermau
had succeeded in hooking a couple
of fish about a foot long ear
lier iti the day The fishing hole
is located in front of the federal
“skookutn house,” and all day
long Irom one to half dozen men
and boys may be seen flat on the
stomach patiently wailing for the
nibble that seldom came.
Bishops Don’t Do So
A friend of the late Father Tabb
said in Ellicott City:
“This fine poet and good man
thought that class hatred was due
to ignorance —that the rich knew
too little of the poor and vice versa.
“He once illustrated this igno
rance with the story of a Methodist
bishop’s wife who addressed a meet
ing of slum housewives on their
home duties. The address made
the home life seem all very fine and
ideal, but one housewife voiced the
opinion of the rest, perhaps, when
she said to her neighbors, with a
sniff:
“ ‘She’s all right as far as she
goes, but what I’d like to ask her
is this: What does sbe do when her
old bishop comes home on pay
night with his envelope empty and
a fightin’ jag on?’ ”
DOMESTIC TROUBLES
AIRED IN COURT
The domestic troubles of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas O'Leary were aired in
Justice Gallaher's court yesterday af
ternoon.
The husband was arrested on the
wife’s complaint, charged with bavin"
assaulted her on April IS. Mr. O'Leary ]
claimed that his wife scratched hisj
face and threatened him with a pair of!
■shears, and that he only used force;
enongh to protect himself, beinsr care- j
ful not to do her any serious injury. 1
She said he slapped her face and by
rout'll handling hurt her side. She
exhibited torn garments which she
said he rent in scuffling with her.
The justice lectured Mr. O'Leary
roundly, saying he kneiv what kind of
woman his wife was when he married
her and that his conduct was not justi
fiable any way it could be looked at.
A tine of $2d and costs was imposed,
aggregating 85J.40.
The couple have been married about
ten months and there lias been iroub'e
between them before. The w iman's
maiden name was Reynolds. She lias
native blood in her veins and from a
tender age has been familiar with ilie
darker side of life.
Before leaving the courtroom the
couple declared they will not live to
gether again.
Local Judge Loses a Pet
Last week one of Judge Gallaher*?
pair of handsome yuller cats met an
untimely end.
Pussy was enjoying the bright-spring
sunshine in front of the judge’s office,
unmindful of the stealthy movements
of a pack of malamule dogs that
loitered near and finally maneuvered
so that she was “all surrounded.”
There • was a sudden onslaught and
when the judge rushed out of the dour
all that was left of his favorite pet was
two or three fluffs of blood-stained fur.
Dtning the past week wotktuen
have been employed on the tr: il
launch Cat tier getting her in readi
ness for use during the open sea
son
Capt Jack Green, who is over
seeing the spring preparations on
the sleatiter Tana, was a visitor in
town last Sunday
A magnificent silver fox skin was
sold to a St. Paul buyer in Edmonton,
Alberta, Feb. 25, for $1,075. It was
brought in from Grand P'-airie.
What Jarred Ole Thorsen
Yesterday morning when Ole Thor
sen went out to his woodshed to saw ;
wood he found that somebody had
taken the liaudle off his saw and car
ried it away. It jarred him some, for!
lie can’t figure out why the guilty
person didn’t take the blade along with
the handle._
Two Hot Springs Men Pass
Charles Hutchinson and William
Riekert, of Hot Springs, left Tanana
yesterday morning for the Idilarod. .
Mr. Hutchinson has been on the Man-!
ley farm at Hot Springs for several
years and is known as one of the most!
expert gardeners in the North.
Men Will Be In Demand !
It is pretty certain the Idilarod stam
pede will leave no surplus men in the
Hot Springs district. Moshers say mm
are in demand now. The outlook on
the creeks was never so good, Cache,
especially, being named as a creek of
great promise.
Capt. Langley Will Come
Captain Wallace Langley, of the
steamer Tansi, who went out over the
ice last tall, is now at Lake LeBarge
building a barge which will be brought
down the Vulion in low of a launch
with the first Ottside perishables of
the season.
I ’ s ffi t! fora n n to s t llow
his ituli vtt t'.i >ti after being coin,
pellei 'o • a* hi • \> on!
ST. JAIV2ES’ CHAFEL
Fitst Sunday in each month. Holy
Communion 11 a. m. O her Sundays.
Evening Prayer, 7:3<» p. iu.
Winthrop Peabody.
Priest in Charge.
Estate of Charles J. Smith, Deceased.
Notire is hereby seven by the under
sisrned, Oscar Luodio, administrator of
the estate of t ha ties J. Stniih, de
ceased, to 1 tie* creditors of. and till tier
sons bavins' claims against stiid de
ceased, to exhibit them, with the nec
essary vouchers, within six months
after the fit si publication of this notice,
at his office aod residence on Third
avenue, in the town of Tnnnna. Fort
Gibbon precinct, territory of Alaska,
the same being ihe place for the trans
action of i he business of t he said estate,
in the said town of Tatiana, Alaska.
OSCAR I.UNDIN. Administrati r.
First publication April 14, 1910.
Last publication May 19. 1910.
CAMP GiBBON KG. 25. Arctic Brother
hood, meets every Monday night
in A. B. Hall, corner Second st.
and Campbell ave. at 8:li0 o'clock.
Visiting Arctics cordially invited to at
tend I lie meetings of the Camp.
F. L Fullthokp, Arctic Chief.
Jas. P. Mulligan, Arctic Rec.
GOLD MOUNTAIN
DISTRICT NOTES
Indications arc not lacking that the
Gold Mountain district, where pros
pecting lias been going on to some ex
tent since the summer of 1907, is about
to enter into the producing stage, at
least m a moderate scale.
Very recently Julius Martin on 1
abuvc. Lynx creek, has found gold that
assuredly amounts to fair pay if it
proves to be continuous; acjd the quality
of the gold and every circumstance
surrounding it indicate that it will.
The creek is wide there, and Mr. Mar
lin was crosscutting. In working from
the creek toward the left-limit bench,
an increased amount of gold was found
in eacli hole, till in the fourth and last
he lias some three feet of dirt that will
go about ;i cents to the pan. The
ground is only about 17 or 18 feet deep
amt can be worked economically. It is
believed ibis liud will cause considera
ble activity on Lynx.
William Bauers, who was in Tanana
a few tti.ys ago, has ground adjoining
Martin’s on Lynx creek, and will go to
work there.
Conklin & Jones and associates are
netting ready to commence mining on
3 above, Grant creek, where it is be
lieved they will raako better than
wages.
People lately up from the district
be.ieve others will take out some gold
tins summer.
On 4 aixjve Grant creek, where the
gold has been pretty well located, no
detinue arrangements have been made
for the summer. George Vautier, in
terested in that claim, returned from
Giant creek the first of the week, and
intimated tiiat he may go down and
begin work as soon as his affairs at
Xanana will permit.
Shaw Bros. have crossed over the
div.de from Gram creek and will pros
per on Golden. It is said that Hudson
and associates will open up their ex
tensive holdings on that side of the
divide this summer.
Coloumbe Bros, are reported to be
leaving Mason creek. Charley received
[ a telegraphic message forwarded from
[The Birches, and suddenly got a move
i in . it is beiieved lie was bit by some
i kind of an Idiiarod proposition. John
! Manouk look a lay on the Mason creek
! ground.
Notwithstanding the Iditarod staiu
I pede, the district will be by no means
! deserted this summer.
| A \vi man is proud of her xved
I cling ring even if her mat tinge is a
j failure.
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