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IDITAROD, ALASKA
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COMMISSIONER RiGGS TELLS
ABOUT RAILROAD PLANS
At a banquet given in honor of Thomas
Riggs. ,lr., and his assistants of the Alaska
engineering commission, on the evening of
June lb, at Fairbanks, that gentleman
made the following address, which is inter
esting as giveng details of the plans of the
commission and information as to its per
sonnel. The speech is reported in the
News Miner:
"This is my first visit to Fairbanks, and
1 am deeply grateful for the cordial recep
tion which has been accorded myself and
party from your citizens. I am delighted to
see such pretty, comfortable homes, so
much good road in the surrounding coun
try and so many evidences of progress.
Formerly I was somewhat skeptical. I must
confess, as to the practical development of
agriculture in Alaska and in this interior,
but 1 can now say that I have seen with
my wn eyes enough to convince me that
you can have a permanent development
in here on the Tanana. This has been a
great relief to me, and I am glad to be
able to speak so frankly my present opinion.
"To President Wilson and Secretary Lane
all credit should be given for their foresight
and their determination to open Alaska by
building transportation lines. For without
a doubt transportation is the key which
will unlock the treasure house you have.
"We are not locating a railroad, but rail
reads. Remember that. Main people have
the idea that one solitary line is all that is
projected, but if you have this idea you
must dismiss it. Here in the interior in
my own division we shall locate about CUD
miles of railroads, from Broad pass down
toward the Yukon. We shall make these
surveys as have already been outlined in the
press, and this information is to go to the
President without recommendation from
the Alaska engineering commission. He
will make the final decision, not us, as to
the routes to be adopted.
"Many wonder why we are doing so
much work this season on the Susitna
Nenana route, but the reason is very clear
when explained. We already have good
data regarding the Cordova route, via Chit
ina, and in fact the heaviest and most
difficult portion of that route is already
constructed in the Copper river line. We
have a seventy-two-mile stretch of rail al
ready laid from Seward up to the head of
Cook inlet. By surveying the Susitna route
and one down the Nenana we shall have
sufficient information, we figure, to enable
the President and his advisers to make their
selection of the cross-country routes before
congress shall meet again. However, we
are prepared to work ail winter if necessary
to complete this data, for we have taken
the field to produce the information at the
earliest possible moment and shall do so.
It is hoped by the administration to start
construction next year.
“Regarding the personnel of the commis
sion you are already pretty well informed.
Commissioner Edes is the senior member
and a man of national authority in locat
ing railroads. We feel that in him we have
a final authority to whom we can go for
final judgment. He will have charge of the
surveys from Seward north around the head
of Knik arm, which is a very difficult piece
of work, and will also have charge of sur
veying all terminals.
“Lieutenant Mears was a railroad engi
neer before he enlisted in the army at the
outbreak of the Spanish war, and when
Colonel Goethals discovered his previous ex
perience he called him to Panama to re
locate the old Panama railroad. This wits
a difficult piece of work, and he did it ad
mirably, and placed the railroad in its pres
ent fine shape. And it is today a financial
success, I might add. Lieutenant Mears is
serving on the commission through a spe
cial enabling act of congress, and has charge
of the division between Knik arm, at the
head of Cook inlet, and Broad pass, having
three parties under him. Also he will sur
vey a line to the Matanuska coal fields.
“I was assigned the northern division,
with headquarters at Fairbanks. Besides
the three lines you know about, we also
expect to survey one down the south side
of the Tanana river to the Nenana and to
cover all practicable routes across the flats
from Fairbanks to a point on the Nenana a
considerable distance above its mouth.
“We shall be roasted even as we are now
being toasted, probably, when final deci
sions are made as to terminals; but remem
ber that we are trying to do our duty,
and our duty consists only in laying the
requested information before the President
for his decision.
“From the old boundary survey I turned
over five men to the commission before I
was named as a commissioner, namely, W.
B Reaburn, who is with us tonight; the
three Guerins, who are natural surveyors,
.and Ryas, who is with Bacon on the head
of the Nenana. Owing to the shutting
clown of building operations by the Grand
Trunk Pacific railway, the Milwaukee rail
way and the companies in Mexico, we were
enabled to get our pick of men, and 1 want
to say to you in all earnestness that upon
the Alaska railway surveys this summer are
gathered the finest lot of engineers ever as
sembled for any railroad work.
| “My appointment came to me unexpect
edly. For a month previously I had been
requested as an official of the boundary
commission to explain various expenditures,
appointments and plans to the secretary of
the interior, until I was beginning to get
disgusted and dissatisfied. Then Delegate
Wickersham took me up one day to a meet
ing which Mears and Edes were holding
right after their appointments, and they
held me all of one day asking questions.
Finally Mears asked me to go to New York
with him and purchase some instruments
and outfits for the Alaska work. I told
him flatly that I hadn’t the authority. He
said he would get it, and an hour later Sec
retary Lane’s secretary phoned me to come
up. When I came in the room Secretary
Lane was standing by a window with his
hands folded behind him, looking out of
the window, lie merely said. ‘Riggs, I’ve
appointed you a member of the Alaska
engineering commission. Go to New York
tonight with Mears.’ That was all. I
thanked him and left the room, and haven’t
seen him but once since. The newspapers
of Fairbanks gave the news of my appoint
ment before I myself knew it; in fact,
everybody but myself seemed to know
it. Since then I have been very busy, and
now 1 am here. On the day the Yukon
came up the river, the 15th, one of my
parties went to work, and two of them will
begin work in the morning, which I believe
is a record in getting into action.
“In all this railroad discussion and guess
ing going on. remember this for a certainty:
Fairbanks will not be forgotten. I am sure,
in making these railway locations.
“Regarding myself, I came to Alaska first
in 1897, and had one of the two first
cabins built at Dyea. The other was a
saloon. At Skagway I had one of the first
two cabins on the beach; the other was a
saloon. So you see I am a sourdough. In
1898 I went inland and mined on Do
minion creek, where I worked for a while
for an old friend of Judge Erwin's. That
winter I freighted. My mining was not
successful ami I w'ent Outside. Finally I
was offered a job as assayer in Utah, studied
assaying while going out on the train, and
took the position as though I had been
born to it. The superintendent left about
that time and I was ordered to take charge
of the property, which I did, and am glad
to say was successful. Then the Alaska
fever caught me and I applied for and se
cured a position on the boundary survey,
first as axeman, then in charge of a party.
I met Reaburn then and we formed a last
ing tnendsnip. continuing to tins day. 1
couldn’t get along without him and hope
he couldn't without me. Later I had charge
of the Canadian Alaska boundary survey
from Mount St. Elias to the Arctic, and
remained with it until completed in 1912
and approved in 1913. 1 was still engaged
in boundary work when called to my pres
ent position.”
DANGER TO HORSES
WITHIN CITY LIMITS
Several weeks ago a horse belonging to
Paul LaPlant, which had been allowed to
run loose, disappeared, and no trace could
he found of it, although a thorough search
was made. A few days ago the ac
tions of a band of dogs attracted attention
to a quagmire near the old hospital, and
investigation revealed the body of the horse
imbedded in the muck. It had sunk com
pletely below the surface, and the dogs had
located it when decomposition had set in.
The carcass was removed, but the hole was
not filled up nor fenced.
Last Sunday a valuable horse belonging
to Mutchler Bros, became mired in the same
hole, and but for the prompt aid rendered
by passers-by would have met the same fate
as Lal’lant’s horse. There are said to be
many such places in the flats near the city,
and it is remarkable that more such acci
dents have not happened.
We always give quick service and cour
teous treatment to the people from the
creeks.
CROSBY BATHS
The Home of the Twentieth Century Bath.
Uruguay is building a deep-water port on
its Atlantic coast to serve as an outlet for
a vast section tapped by a railroad extend
ing across the republic.
Location Notices at Pioneer office.
[GRAND JURY REPORT
In the district court last Saturday after
noon the grand jury presented the follow
ing report to Judge Fuller:
"To the Honorable Frederick E. Fuller,
Presiding Judge of the District Court,
Fourth Judicial Division, Territory of
Alaska:
“Sir: We. the grand jury at the special
July. 1914. term of the district court, duly
convened at Iditarod, July 0, 1914, beg to
report as follows:
“After having examined seventy-seven
(77) witnesses, we have returned seven true
bills, and in six other cases investigated
no indictments were returned.
‘‘We have investigated the murder of
‘Japanese Mary,’ and it is the opinion of
the granad jury that if secret service offi
cers were detailed upon this case the mur
derer could be apprehended.
“We have also investigated the disap
pearance of L. C. Wait, John Craven and
Jack Connolly, and it is our conviction
the grand jury that if secret service ofti
to look into and work upon similar cases.
The whole of the Kuskokwim valley is
without a deputy marshal, and, as an in
cidence of where local officers are powerless
to do anything, we would cite the disap
pearance of the parties supposed to have
come down the Koyukuk river with the
‘Blueberry Kid.’ Absolutely, to our knowl
edge. no action has been taken in this case.
"The grand jury condemns the storage
of large quantities of high explosives in
proximity to where, in case of an accident,
lives would be lost or property destroyed,
and would recommend that the municipal
authorities take some action in regard to
the matter.
Public Offices
"The following federal and municipal of
iices have been investigated:
"Marshal’s office and jail.
“District attorney’s office.
“Commissioner’s office.
“Schools and municipality.
“Deputy Marshal's Office and Jail. We
find that the marshals' offices, both at Flat
and Iditarod, have been conducted in an
efficient manner. We would recommend
that the jail at Iditarod be provided with
a bath room for the use of the prisoners,
and that the ventilation be improved.
"District Attorney’s Office. We beg to
report that we find the business of this
office has been ably conducted.
"Commissioner’s Office.— We beg to re
port that at the office of the United States
commissioner we find the records well and
neatly kept and all clerical work well done. \
We commend the commissioner for the |
cleanly nad orderly appearance of his of
fice.
“Schools. A careful examination of the
Otter and Iditarod schools reveuls that while
everything is in a satisfactory condition
financially, the cost per pupil seems exces
sive at Otter, being about $600, making it
possibly the most expensive school in the
world.
“The Iditarod school we find in the most
flourishing condition, and the cost per pupil
$200. From a conversation with Mr. Smith
thi treasurer, we would infer that everyone
is very well satisfied, and that he knew of
no suggestion that could be made to im
prove the situation.
City Without Taxation
“Regarding municipal affairs, our inquiry
was made of Mr. Baker, the mayor, and
from him w'e obtained the facts that the
city was in splendid financial condition;
that the new fire apparatus of an improved
kind had been ordered, and that Iditarod
was the only incorporated city in Alaska
that lived without taxation. The city is to
be congratulated upon its efficient officers
and the manner in which they have, from
being deeply in debt, paid off their bills and
made the showing which we are led to be
lieve exists.
“We beg to submit two additional copies
of the report for delivery to such officers as
may be necessary.
“Respectfully subscribed this 25th day of
July, 1914.
“E. L. BYERS. Foreman.
“A. E. BAIN, Clerk.
“EARL E. HUNT.
“A. O. FIELD.
“SAM’L WILMER.
“ED ANDERSON.
“T. W. HOWELL.
"CHAS KNUTSEN.
“WM. FINGER.
“ALFRED BOAS.
“JOHN BEST.
“C. E. HANSEN.
“II. NAEHTER, Jr.
“ALBERT WILE.
“11. SCHLAP1K.
“R. M. HALL.
“JOE HANNIGAN.
“HARRY HARMON.”
Judge Fuller Thanks Jury
After the report had been read by District
Court Clerk McBride. Judge Fuller ex
pressed the thanks of the court to the jury,
saying that he was aware that many of
the members had served at great personal
inconvenience and personal loss, and com
mended them for the work done. He then
dismissed them.
COURT TAKES ANACONDA-FRACTION
CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT
(Concluded from Page One)
plaintiff is the owner of or in possession of
said property; deny that their interest and
claim to the property is invalid or that it
is inferior to the alleged ownership of the
plaintiff. They set up as an affirmative
defense that since April 10. 1909. defend
ants have and now are owners in fee, sub
ject to the paramount possession of the
United States, in sole and exclusive posses
sion of the claim known as the Prospector
association claim; that said Prospector
claim contains within its boundaries that
land described by plaintiffs as the Anaconda
Fraction and Anaconda No. 2; that plaintiff
has no right, title or estate in or to said
Prospector association claim, or any part
thereof. They pray judgment that plaintiff
is not entitled to the property described in
the complaint or any part thereof; that
defendants are the owners in possession and
entitled to possession of the premises de
scribed in their answer, and that they re
cover costs and disbursements of the ac
tion.
Plaintiff’s Reply
Plaintiff in reply to defendants’ answer
denies each and every allegation in para- 1
graphs 1. 2 and 3 of defendants’ "further
answer” and "affirmative defense,” and fur 1
ther alleges that the Prospector claim re
ferred to in said affirmative answer con
tains more than 100 acres, to wit. 187 acres, j
more or less, and that defendants, with full
knowledge of said excess, neglected and re
fused to cast off said excess, and that as to j
said excess any claim that defendants may ;
have had as to ground within said Pros- j
pec tor location was null and void, and that j
ufter waiting a considerable time for de- J
fendants to cast off said excess, plaintiff
located fifteen acres, more or less, of said
excess in the locations alleged in plaintiffs’ ,
complaint; further, that the Prospector was
fraudulently located by the original owners,
for the reason that there was an under
standing between certain of the persons
whose names were used as locators that in
consideration of their being named as lo
cators in said claim they would deed to i
defendants Beaton and Dikeman an undi- 1
vided half of each of their interests in said |
claim, and that thereafter they did so deed
an undivided one-half of their interests, and ;
that Dikeman and Beaton each received j
more than an undivided one-eighth interest
in said claim.
The Testimony
Sam C. Adams, the plaintiff, was the first |
witness called. He testified to the location j
by himself on May 23, 1911, of the Ana
conda fraction, and as to the various acts i
in connection with such location. He told
of work he had done, and of letting a lay
on the ground, and of the recording of as
sessment work. He related that later he
received notice from the Yukon Gold Com
pany that he was a trespasser on the prem
ises.
On cross-examination by Henry Roden,
he was asked in regard to the stakes of the 1
Prospector association, to which objection
was made by counsel for the plaintiff.
At the conclusion of Adams’ testimony
Mr. McGinn, for the defense, moved dis
missal of the action, with prejudice against
plaintiff, on the ground that the allegations
contained in the complaint had not been
proven, and that witness had testified to i
seeing A. A. Chittick at work on the ground,
which tended to show possession of the
property by the owrners of the Prospector
claim. The motion was denied.
The defense then called John Beaton to
the stand. He said he was on the ground ,
in question in September, 1908, and testi
fied to staking the Prospector claim in 1909
with William Dikeman, and as to the par
ties interested with them. Various ques
tions in regard to location of stakes and
adjoining properties were answered by him.
Location notice, notices of annual assess
ment work, deeds and other instruments
tending to prove ownership in the Yukon
Gold Company of the Prospector association
were submitted in evidence.
Adams was recalled and stated that C. C.
Chittick (one of the original owners, since
deceased), had told him that if the Pros-(
pector claim was in excess of 160 acres he j
could stake the fraction from either end of ,
the claim he chose. He testified to a con- !
versation had with E. A. Austin, resident
manager of the Yukon Gold Company, in
regard to the Anaconda and Great Falls
fractions in the latter part of 1912, in
which Austin asked him what price he
placed on the claims, and on being told,
Austin said the price was too high. The
object of the questions was calculated to
prove that Austin admitted the existence
of the fraction and also Adams’ claim
thereto.
John Beaton was called as a witness for
the plaintiff and testified as to stakes of
different claims, and as to the admission
by the original owners that the Prospector
was in excess of legal measurements.
Charles Krutsinger testified to a conver
sation between Adams and Chittick, in
which Chittick gave permission to Adams
to stake the fraction. On cross-examina
tion by Mr. Roden he said he had never
spoken with anyone about the conversa
tion.
Ira Van Orsdal, one of the original own
ers. said his name was used by Dikeman in
staking the Prospector association, and that
he afterwards deeded a half interest in his
share to Dikeman. There was no consid
eration. He would not admit that there
was a prior agreement to this effect.
For the defense, A. A. Chittick testified
as to certain acts of his brother, C. C. Chit
tick, in September. 1911. He was asked
about a conversation with C. C. Chittick.
which brought forth an objection by coun
sel for the plaintiff, and provoked a pro
longed and most interesting argument by
counsel. Mr. McGinn, for the defense, cited
numerous cases as to what constituted “best
evidence,” and Mr. Chittick was allowed to
answer the question. He detailed the con
versation with his brother, which contra
dicted Adams’ testimony.
Mr. Beaton was recalled and testified to
a conversation with Jimmy Muckier, another
of the original owners, as to location of
stakes.
J. E. Riley testified to a conversation r
with Adams, in which he flatly contra
dicted Adams’ testimony as to the presence
of Beaton on that occasion.
E. A. Austin, manager for the Yukon
Gold Company, the defendant, detailed
a conversation to which Adams had testi
fied, in regard to a proffer of the claims
in question to the company. Mr. Austin
said the Anaconda was not particularly
specified; that Adams had spoken of seven
or eight fractions. He identified a map
which he had shown to Adams. On cross
examination he contradicted Adams in re
gard to the conversation with him. He
said that after Adams had offered to sell
him the alleged fractions he had told him
that he (Adams) had nothing to sell. Asked
if he ever saw Adams’ stakes on the ground
claimed by the Prospector association, he
said he he had seen Adams’ stakes on many
claims.
Charles Estmere was called and identified
maps.
Argument was begun in behalf of
plaintiff by E. Coke Hill at the conclusion
of Rivers’ testimony, and at 10 p. m. the
court adjourned until Wednesday morning,
when John L. McGinn and Henry Roden
spoke in behalf of the defense.
Judge Fuller announced that as the case
involved some points which require much
research, and as the cases cited are numer
uos, he would require some time to arrive
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at a decision, and that he would not be
able to hand down an opinion until after
he had left Iditarod. The decision will
therefore be forwarded from either Ruby or
Fairbanks.
Great Falls Fraction Case
The case of Sam C. Adams vs. the Yukon
Gold Company and Harold Seddon, to quiet
title in the Great Falls Fraction, was taken
up by Judge Fuller on Thursday morning. !
This was an action brought to quiet title j
to a fraction called the Great Falls, staked
by hiui within the lines of the Mohawk as- j
sociation. on Flat creek. The case turned
on the one point of whether at the time
Adams located his claim the Mohawk ex
ceeded 1 GO acres in area. The Homestake
or Mohawk was located on July 1909.
On July 9. and in September. 1909. the
balance of the excess was taken up by the
Myrtle. As the Eaton fraction and the
Myrtle had both been assented to and rec
ognized by the owner- of the Homestake
or Mohawk, it was alleged there was no
ground within the latter which could under
any condition have been located by Adams
at the time he staked the Great Falls, on
May 30, 1911.
After the taking of testimony and argu
ment for the plaintiff by E. Coke Hill,
j Judge Fuller upheld the contention of the
, defendants and dismissed the case.
The plaintiff was represented by E. Coke
Hill and the defense by E. M. Stanton, J. L.
McGinn and Henry’ Roden.
Clean-Up in the Chisana
Fairbanks people will remember when a
Chisana prospector named Johnson was
lost on White river last fall by death in a
snowslide, says the Fairbanks News Miner.
At that time he was accompanied by a part
ner named Taylor. Taylor went on into
Chisana and then decided to go out over
the Canadian line and down the White river.
This was January 1. He went over the
Russell glacier and Andy Harkeson says
that he has never been heard from, and it
is supposed he was lost on the trip out. A
part of his provisions were found on the
glacier this spring by mushers over the
trail, apparently left behind by the old man
because he could not pack so much.
Another Victim of the Stampede
The Cordova Alaskan says: Late reports
indicate that the summer clean-up in the
Chisana will be a surprise even to Alaskans.
Half a million by one combination is pre
dicted.
Volney Richmond's Forecast
Volney Richmond, superintendent of the
Northern Commercial Company, in an in
terview with the Dawson News, made the
following predictions as to the ouptput this
year of the various Alaskan gold camps:
“Fairbanks will produce about $3,000,000
this year. Hot Springs will yield possibly
$600,000; Ruby, $750,000 to $1,000,000;
Iditarod, $2,500,000; Koyokuk. possibly
$200,000, which was the figure of last year;
Innoko, $150,000 to $200,000; Marshall
City, a few thousand; Circle, don't know;
Rampart, forget it." The chances are that
Mr. Richmond’s figures regarding Iditarod
will need revising, as the abundant water
supply this summer promises a yield greater
than early estimates.
Trading With Siberia
Captain John W. Thompson of the gaso
line schooner Trader sailed June 20 from
Nome for Providence bay, on the Siberian
coast, says the Nome Industrial Worker.
The captain arrived at Nome a few days
prior with a boatload of skins, furs, whale
bone, etc., from Siberia, and is now return
ing with supplies and merchandise for his
trading post which he is conducting at
Providence bay. He has spent six years at
this trading post, and makes several trips
during the summer to Nome to dispose of
the skins, etc., which he has accumulated
during the winter, and lay in his yearly
stock of trading goods. The captain re
ports that the trading this year was largely
in sealskins, of which the number brought
in by the natives was largely in excess of
former years, owing to the fact, as he says,
that last year the natives secured only one
whale, their main reliance for food, fuel and
money, and were compelled to hunt the
seal to supply their needs. If the natives
are successful in catching from six to nine
whales, as is usually the case, he says they
will do no more work for the winter, having
an abundance of food in the form of whale
meat and tea, sugar, etc., which they are
enabled to purchase by the sale of whale
bone. There was, the last winter, there
fore, a larger catch of all kinds of fur
bearing animals than for many years.
News From Nome
The Nome Industrial Worker speaks of a
strike on the Takotna, “which has excited
the whole Kuskokwim, and where the dirt
is running from 3 to 7 cents to the pan,
with everyone working pay on the entire
length of Channel (Candle?) creek.”
Fairbanks Needs No Outside Spuds
A Fairbanks dispatch of June 29 in the j1
Juneau Empire fays: Recent rains give
assurance that the potato crop in the Tan
ana valley will be large enough to supply
the local demand, and make shipment from
the Outside unnecessary this fall. The local
production will supply hte demand for
many other vegetables also.
Archdeacon Stuck Glad to Be Back
“I'm glad to get back to Alaska and to
work,” said Archdeacon Hudson Stuck of
Mount McKinley fame, when he stepped off
the Northwestern on June 30, says the Ju
neau Empire. Hardly as brown and tanned
as a year ago, when the climbing party
came off Mount McKinley victorious. Arch
deacon Stuck is just as active as ever.
“There is much work to be done in the in
terior.” he said, “and interest in Alaska mis
sionary work has become much keener on
the Outside since the passage of the Alaska
railroad bill.” While in Juneau Archdeacon
Stuck was the guest of Surveyor General
and Mrs. Charles E. Davidson.
Newspaper Man Touring Alaska
E. E. Hurja, who has been in Juneau
for some time in the interest of the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, the San Francisco Sci
entific and Mining Press, the Denver Out
door Life, the Seattle Motor Boat and other
publications, left on the Northwestern for j
Cordova, Valdez and Seward, says the Ju- j
neau Empire. He will return from there j
and make the trip down the Yukon, leav- |
ing Nome for Seattle about September 1. \
He will rejoin the Post-Intelligencer’s staff
when he reaches Seattle. He was formerly
connected with the Fairbanks Times, but
last year he matriculated at the University
of Washington. He will continue his course
at the university next year in addition to
his newspaper work.
MONSTER BLACK SNAKE
WAS A NATURE FAKER
Wilmington, Del., June 23.—Curtis E.
Spicer of Laurel, Del., a well-known busi
ness man. had the surprise of his life re
cently. While walking through a swamp
with several sportsmen as companions, he
heard a sound that strangely resembled the
rattling of a rattlesnake.
As this species of poisonous reptile is un
known in Delaware. Spicer and his friends |
were all the more startled. They were
armed with Hubs and guns, and, going into
he undergrowth, they finally unearthed a
tlack snake measuring exactly six feet nine
inches in length. It was coiled and ready
to spring.
With difficulty the snake was killed. An
examination failed to reveal any rattles.
I'he reptile was thereupon cut open, and, to
he sun rise of the sportsmen, they discov
ered two sleigh bells and a metal harness
mckle. It was the actual jingling of the |
■leigh bells against the buckle that sounded |
ike the deadly warning of a rattler.
The snake had swallowed the articles. In
irder to prove the truth of their find to a
tredulous public, the men took the re
gains of the snake and the sleigh bells and
:he buckle to Laurel, where they were
shown to a large number of persons.
Has One Good Feature
“We admit that drunkenness is a bad
hing,” wrote the editor of the Plunkville
Palladium, “but plenty of men come in
when they’re that way and pay for the
taper.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.
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JOHN FLAMAND, DEMENTED,
COMMITTED TO ASYLUM
On Tuesday afternoon, before Commis
sioner Albrecht. John Flam ami was on trial
charged with insanity. Several witnesses
testified to action.' of the defendant tending
to show that he was in an irresponsible
condition of mind, and the jury, after being
out but a short time, brought in the f<!
lowing verdict:
“We. the jury impaneled and sworn to
try the issue in the above entitled matter,
do unanimously render this our verdict in
writing, and find that said John Flamaml,
the person charged with being insane, i.
really and truly insane, and that he ought
to be committed to the asylum or sana
tarium provided for the care and keeping of
the insane for the district of Alaska.”
The jury was composed of Earl Byers,
G. G. Geraghty, C. C. Hurst. J. A. Nelson,
J. II. Rogers and U. G. Norton.
MOOSE MAY LOCATE
SANITORIUM AT DENVER
Denver, Colo.. July 11.—That Denver will
be chosen as the site for the $2,000,000
sanitorium proposed by the Loyal Order
of Moose was the prediction made when
the supreme council of that order began
its session here. Delegates from all the
mountain states are in attendance, the prin
cipal business being the selection of the
site. The members of the supreme council
and the special committee which traveled
over the country looking at various sites
submitted have been offered thirty-three
sites in the immediate vicinity of Denver.
Danny Beaton, who left here prior to the
break-up for the Kuskokwim, and joined
Captain John Worth in a cruise on the
steamer Alice to St. Michael, returned to the
city last Saturday.
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