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and Thanking our customers and friends for their very
liberal patronage the past season, and wishing you a
M happy, healthy and prosperous New Year, we are
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HENRY TO JAIL
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(Fairbanks Times, November IS)
At the conclusion of the second trial of j
the case of the United States against George |
Hinton Henry, which was held yesterday,
in which the defendant was charged with
minimal libel and contempt of court, the
former Hot Springs editor was found guilty,
given a sentence of 30 days in jail, a fine
of $100, and placed under $1,000 bonds to
keep the peace for two years.
At the trial of the first case the only
charge against the defendant was that of
libel, and alter the jury had disagreed Com
missioner Coffer ordered a new trial for
yesterday. In the meantime another charge,
that of contempt of court, was lodged
against the defendant. It is not known here
whether the trial yesterday was by jury or
not, as the wire to Leroy Torier, the de
fendant’s attorney, did not give the de
tails.
According to the decision of the com
missioner, in placing the editor under bonds
to keep the peace, he must remain in jail
until such time as he can furnish the re
quired amount. From the wire received
yesterday tt is not known upon what count?
he was convicted and punished.
Fresh-killed reindeer meat—choice cuts—
cut prices. Crowley & Porter.
HOME RULE FOR ERIN
DESPITE OPPOSITION
British Premier Suggests Ireland May Be
Forced to Accept Local Self
Government
Leeds, England, Nov. 28.—In a speech
delivered here last night Premier Asquith
informed his hearers that whether she want
ed it or not, the government was deter
mined to force home rule upon Ireland.
The minister said that for 50 years Ire
land had been clamoring for the right to
govern herself, and that now the British
government was about to grant that right
and that the most remarkable feature of
the case was that Ireland, or a part of Ire
land, was so opposed to what they had
tried so long and so valiantly to get that
they were actually preparing to fight the
government if the home rule bill was
passed.
In conclusion the premier stated posi
tively that home rule would be given to
Ireland, and if she didn’t want it it might
have to be forced upon her.
FOR RENT
Flat City Greenhouse and Garden for
1914. This place, under proper handling,
will produce $5,000 a year. Also Snyder
House, Flat City. Will rent together or
separately to suit. Owner wishes to spend
the year on the Outside. Apply to J. G.
Barrett, Flat City.
Fresh celery for your Chrstmas dinner.
Crowley A Porter.
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DR. COOK TO “COME BACK” |
WITH MIGHTY FEATS
Explorer Villified as the Greatest of Liars
is Preparing to Climb Mount Everest
Two Jobs He Will Carry Out
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Louisville, Oct. 1.—A special dispatch to
the Herald from its Chicago correspondent
says:
Dr. Frederick A. Cook is determined to
“come back." <
I have just talked with the enigmatic ex
plorer pilloried as “the world's greatest
liar," who now appears to be regaining pub
lic confidence.
Simplv, quietly, this big, slow, patient
man with pleasant blue eyes and uncon
querable smile told me of his tremendous
ti^ht to justify himself in the eyes of man
kind, of the bold venture that is to be his
next step, and the vast enterprise which
he regards ns his real life work.
He will win vindication from the Ameri
can people; he will climb the highest moun
tain in the world; and then he will make
the immeasurable resources of the polar
regions available for the use of mankind.
That is his program.
Nerves Broke Under Strain
“When the campaign of defamation was
at its height,” he said, “and my nerves
I broke under the strain. I went away to
rest until the lies should wear themselves
j out. Then I came back to prove my case.
“The battle was harder than I expected.
| It has taken nearly three years of my life
But now it is almost won.
“I went to the people. Day after day,
I month after month, I have traveled back
and fortli and up and down the United
.-'tates, patiently telling my story. At first
my audiences were small. Now they pack
the Chautauqua halls. In the three years
I have spoken to 3.000,000 peolpe. Among
a 1 classes I have hosts of friends who be
! lieve in me.
1 “We are going to ask congress to name
a commission of inquiry to determine my
claims, for the honor of America. Let
them appoint scientists and explorers—no
matter whom. I will be satisfied.
“Then will come something worth while.
I am tired of lecturing. I must get into
the open again. I am in the prime of life,
mentally and physically stronger than ever,
and ready to grapple with the biggest ex
ploring job left in the world.
To Climb Everest
I “Mount Everest, at the apex of the Him
alayas, between India and Tibet, 29,000 feet
high, the highest of all mountains, has
never been climbed. Nobody has ever really
; tried to climb it. It towers fur above the
:all peaks scaled by Abruzzi and Graham
I and Mrs. Workman.
“They say it is inaccessible. Very w’ell—
I will climb it! It cannot be so hard as
the pole.
“And I will make no more mistakes. I
will take along men who cannot be bribed
to lie. For the final dash I will have three
scientists of world fame; a topographer, a
geologist and a biologist. I have picked one
already—a Swiss. And I will take their J
affidavits on the mountain top.
“It will take a year. It will cost $25,000. ,
l have half the money myself and can get
the rest.
“Then will come work less spectacular,
but more worth while.
“The results of polar exploration have
not yet been put to practical use. If I
can show the way I will have done my i
work.
“The vast Arctic regions are swarming |
with life to within 500 miles of the pole, j
Land and sea have almost infinite capacity 1
for supplying man with fur, food, oil and !
leather.
Foster Animals for Use
“The seals, whales, bears, musk oxen,
walruses and narwhals, the fishes and the
birds should be fostered for our use. Spe
cies nearly extinct should be replenished.
“Northern islands offer boundless oppor
tunities for the cultivation of this wild
life under human control. Polar bears may
be reared almost as easily as cattle are.
The musk ox may provide food, leather
and oil w'hen our western herds have dis
appeared.
“The Antarctic lacks bears, musk oxen
and other northern species. I would ttans
plant them there and they would flourish.
I would bring the penguin of the Arctic
to furnish food and oil as the seal does.
“A general interchange of life would pop
ulate icy waters and create limitless wealth.
That would be conservation on a world
scale.
“A sort of Noah's ark would be needed to
transfer polar animals across the equator.
\ ou smile. Very well! Let us build a
Noah’s ark!”
Assessment Work Blanks at Pioneer.
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DILL OF SALE BLANKS—For me correct
** transfer of articles of value, have re
cently been printed at the office of The
Klllarod Pioneer, and contain several cau
tionary and explanatory notes for the guid
ance of interested parties. The blanks are
on sale by Ansley at Iditarod, Harry Don
nelley at Dls. Otter, and the Pioneer Brug
i Store .at Flat €ity.
JILASKAj
That some fears for the safety of Captain
Raoul Stefansson and his party of Arctic
explorers are being felt by the officials of
the Canadian Arctic Exploration Company,
now located at Collinson point, is the report
brought to Fairbanks by Olaf Swenson and
Captain C. T. Pederson, who arrived there
recently. Captain Stefansson's boat, the
Karluk, was last sighted off Flaxman island
on August 14, and was headed east.
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The man who hoisted the Stars and
Stripes over the Territory of Alaska for the
first time, in the then capital, Sitka, on
October 18, 1867, is now at Juneau. Ed
Ledecke, the man who has this distinguished
honor, is an old pioneer of the territory, both
in point of residence in the territory and in
years. He is now 79 years of age. and ap
parently hale and hearty, but has a longing
for the old town, and will therefore live in
the Pioneers’ home hereafter. He is ac
companied on his journey by John Beard
sell, another well known old pioneer of
Wrangell, who came to the territory in
1874. John Beardsell is an old Cassiar
miner and has made Wrangell his head
quarters for years. He is 76 years of age.
They have joined Peter Hughes and Neal
Barker, the pioneers from Fairbanks, at the
Occidental hotel, and will remain there until
the Georgia leaves for Sitka, when they
will take passage for the Pioneers’ home.
On the charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses, W. R. (Happy) Moore was
sentenced by Judge Fuller at Fairbanks to
serve one year at hard labor in the federal
penitentiary at McNeils island. He had
been previously indicted by the grand jury
on two counts, and pleaded guilty to both,
but on account of his former good record
was given the minimum of one year on each
count by Judge Fuller, who stated, how
ever, that the sentences may be served con
currently.
United States Marshal Brcnneman. at Val
dez, has issued notices offering a reward of
$300 for information which will leaf! to the
arrest and conviction of the perpetrators of
j the murder of 01* Nelson and Herman An
1 derson cn the Valdez trail near Willow
; creek some time in August.
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As a result of burns sustained in scalding
water at the bottom of a shaft on No. S be
low, Fairbanks creek, late Saturday after
noon. November 22. Thomas Overland, a
! miner, died two hours after the accident
happened, shortly before 6 o’clock. The
body was taken to Fairbanks for burial.
Overland was about 27 years of age and a
native of Norway.
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That F. L. Pitman, formerly of Spokane,
ance once chief engineer of the North Coast
railroad, will be in charge of the construc
tion of a system of government railroads in
Alaska in the event that congress passes
the bill for this work, is reported from
Washington, D. C. Pitman is reported to
have some remarkable indorsements for the
I lace, including strong letteres from big
men in and out of congress, and his engi
neering ability is vouched for by Julius
Krutschnitt of the Harriman system. Since
Pitman’s appointment as assistant chief
engineer to the boaard in charge of the
physical valuation of the railroads of the
Uenited States he has been in Washington
aiding the civil service commission in ex
amining applicants for positions under the
board on physical valuations.
Efforts are being made to have the Cor
dova Chamber of Commerce take some ac
tion that will asssit in calling the attention
of the government to the necessity of pro
tecting and conserving the ocean fisheries
adjacent to the coast. It is desired that the
use and benefit of the waters in Alaska be
enjoyed by the fishing population of the
Northland.
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Secretary of Labor Wilson, in discussing
the Alaska situation in Seattlo on Novem
ber 11, declared: ‘‘The government either
must build railroads itself or make conces
sions to private enterprises to do so. The
Alaska coal fields ought to be immediately
developed, not aloone for the use of the
navy, but for the use of the Pacific coast
industries and commerce.” Secretary Wil
son is strongly of the opinion that remedial
legislation for Alaska will be enacted at this
session of congress. He believes that the
support of the administration will be suffi
cient to assure favorable action.
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Oldtime miners at Nome who have had
years of experience in the North are of the
opinion that the storm which wrought such
havoc there a few weeks ago swept enough
gold-bearing sand upon the beach to more
I than pay for the damage done by the ele
J rnents. The loss was estimated at mere
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than $1,000,000. After every storm there
the miners are said to pan the new sand
cast up and find it highly profitable. Al- ■
though the bottom of the sea in the vicin- ‘
ity of Nome is rich in gold, no method has \
ever been devised by which it could be ;
brought to the surface.
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A nugget valued at $800 was recently
displayed at Juneau which was mined on
Spruce creek, in the Atlin district. It was
found at a depth of 450 feet.
A telegram was received at Flat last j
Thursday morning from Ed Anderson, who
was in Seattle. He says he is having a
glorious time, and was leaving that day ,
for the East, and wishes all a merry Christ
mas.
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The proprietors of hte Summit roadhouse j
have begun work again on the ledge of coal ,
they discovered last summer. They have (
moved a boiler to the ground and are build- j
ing a boiler house. They will first clean
out the shaft and make it much larger, then ;
a ditch will be dug around it to keep out
surface water. They will sink 25 or 30 feet
with the boiler, and then dynamite will be
used. Mr. McGrogen is doing the work.
Basil Clemons received another letter on ,
the last mail from Mr. Johnson, organizer ;
;f the Moose order. The letter was written
November 24. and stated that he had been
unavoidably detained at Nome, but was
leaving there December 1, and expected to ■
reach Iditarod about Christmas.
James Gunning made a trip to George
town last week, and purchased a horse from
Johnnie McDonald of that place. He now
has a team.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Deming of Flat enter- -
tained the bachelors of the creek at a '
Christmas dinner. 1
No. 11 above, Slate creek, belonging to •
Louis Roy, was sold to Mr. Seymour last '
week. <
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Bob Kemp, who has been cutting wood ;
on Slate creek, spent Christmas at Flat. 1
A1 Walsh, Billy Bevans and Bob Hart '
left for Donlan creek the first of the week .
to do representation work.
H. N. Onyett, while cutting rivets on the
dredge last week, was struck ^jn the face
with the head of one, and has been laid up
all week with a badly bruised cheek and
eye. j
James Ballantine of Donlan creek is:
spending the holidays at Flat.
Mrs. Swanson of the Grand hotel gave
an excellent Christmas tree dinner Christ
mas night to her manay friends, and all of
the teamsters of the camp. The tree was
beautifully decorated and lit with many tiny
candles. In the midst of the dinner Mrs.
Swanson took the part of Santa Claus and
presented each of the skinners with some
appropriate present.
Each woodpecker in the United States is
worth $20 in cash when the value is esti
mated on the value of the good that this
bird does to trees.
New, warm dog house, large enough to
accommodate 50 dogs. McDonald Hotel,
Iditarod.
For cafe noir use Porter’s Quality.
Crowley <fc Porter
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CHAS. E. MILLER, PROP.
HOWDY, PAP!
The Loyal Order of Moose is now in all the principal camp# of Alaska nail Y«£**
territories, and Iditarod Li to enjoy the same distinction shortly.
The Moose is acknowledged to be the fastest-growing and most popular order i*
the world—700,000 members in over 1.500 lodges scattered from Nome to Panama km4
from Berlin to Manila—and only 25 years old.
AH the members enjoy all the privileges of every Moose club house anywhere, and
the International Home University, where indigent Moose widows and orphan* are oared
for, and Moose children given a college education absolutely free.
The lodge provides free medical attention for each member and his family, weekly
sick benefits when unable to work, funeral benefit in case of death, etc.
Charter initiation fee is $10, and covers all cost of joining. Dues are only $18 a
year, and no assessments.
All interested should send their names and addresses to Basil Clemons, district
director Loyal Order of Moose, at Clemons & Koon’s studio, corner Wickershaxn and Front
street*. Flat City.
Basil .Clemons, the deputy organizer for this district, is daily expecting the arrival
of Mr. Johnson, the regular organizer, from Seward peninsula, where he has been very
successful in ogranizing and instituting lodges of the popular order.
Mr. Clemons experienced little difficulty in securing far more than the requisite
number of charter members, and it is almost a certainty that the new lodge of Moos*
to be organized in this district will be one of the largest in the North.
Gold St., Flat City
Mrs. Swanson, Prop.
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