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STRONG AS “CAMOUFLAGE” EXPERT
In a recent, editorial the Fairbanks'
News-Miner, in its usual cheerful style, ]
speaks of the political eclipse of J. A. j
Strong: I
Some time since we published a tele- j
gram sent us by the Juneau Empire in j
which it was stated that the Empire j
on that date had published an expose j
of Gov. Strong, showing that he is not j
and never has been an American citi- (
zen, although he had held the office of |
governor of Alaska for live years and !
voted regularly in Alaska. On the last j
mail the Empire containing the story j
arrived at this office. The article is |
too long to print, but it proves conclu- |
sively hy documents, photographic pro-1
ductions and affidavits that its charges
are true—that Alaska for more than
live years was governed by an alien
who never even made application for
naturalization after he reached the
United States. To all of these facts i
uov. Strong matte no uemai; me ju
neau Dispatch, owned by Ed Russell,
the Wickersham agent in Alaska, and
which has been the Strong “organ" in
in Alaska since Strong started in to j
disrupt the Democratic party in Alaska i
and work for the success of Wicker-;
sham, defends Strong in no way on the
facts of the case, but appeals to Alas
kans for forgiveness and forgetfulness
for a man “who may have done
wrong." As Strong, upon the arrival
of Governor Riggs, left Juneau quietly
and sought seclusion somewhere in the
States; as he didn’t attempt to reply to
the charges against him, it is obvious
that the charges are true. One of
Secretary Lane’s special agents inves
tigated the charges in Canada and tlie
United States and substantiated them.
A Thiel detective did the same. Firms
of lawyers also verified all the main
facts in the case. Aiaskans who knew
Strong when he arrived from Canada j
and worked with him gave affidavits in
the case. Beyond question, Strong was
never a citizen of the United States.
The witnesses against Strong, all of
of whom furnish affidarits, are:
E. E. Paine, special agent of the
Interior Department.
E. E, Dession, assistant general man
ager, Thiel Detective Service Co., New
York.
Elliott Stewart, Valdez and West
Newton, P. A.
S. E. Mullin, Bellingham, Wash.,
former partner of Strong.
J. A. Snow, Seattle,
Harvey Combee, registrar of voters
at Victoria, B. C.
Irvin Thomson, Cody’s Station, New
Brunswick.
T. P. Hetherington, Cody’s Station,
N. B.
Charles D. Strong, (his brother) St.
Johns, N. B.
Mrs. J. A. Strong, Frederickton, N.
B. (Strong’s wife.)
Gregory & Winslow, attorneys,
Frederickton, N. B.
Fred C. Cleveland, clerk curcuit
court, Lancaster, New Hampshire.
G. H. YVatrous. postmaster, Belling
ham, Washington.
Edwards, former editor Bellingham,
(Wash). Herald.
Take it by and large, the News
Miner is unable to obtain from the
whole thing nothing but the amusing
side of the question—the joke is on the
people of Alaska. Strong simply
slipped one over on the entire North,
and got away with it for many long
years. We cannot entertain sympathy
for the dear people or the Democratic
party in Alaska, for it is evident they
have known the facts for some time
and didn’t “holler.” The Empire ex
plains that it didn’t “start after”
StroDg until it. was seen that Strong
was organizing a personal machine in
Alaskaand would attempt to divide the
plums of the territory between biinseif
and Judge Wickersham. Stewart, of
Valdez, who affidavited to Strong's
Canadian ism. has known the fact for a
generation of years, having read one of
Strong’s letters from his wife more
than 20 years ago, in which the wife
stated that, she and tiie children were
destitute and asked for help which
Strong didn't send. Others who affi
davited knew the same thing and kept
still about it. The only man who
seems to have acted upon the informa
tion the minute it reached him was
Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the
Interior. He was a friend of Strong,
and Strong worked for Lane & Roed
iger in Tacoma on the Tacoma News.
Lane secured the appointment of
Strong and upheld him. When tHe
charges were filed against Strong
Lane woudn’t believe them, but be
sent a special agent of his to Canada
and verified the charges, whereupon
he immediately saw to it that Tom
Riggs’ name went to the Senate for
confirmation as Strong's successor.
The committee on confirmation was for
Strong, but when the proof that he is
an alien was laid before them they
hastened to get from under and con
firmed Riggs’ appointment. Had
Strong been willing to “ride.” without
attempting to “drive” all the time he
might have remained governor of
Alaska for four more years—ambition
killed him.
The trouble is ali over now. Strong
is going into seclusion and Alarka still
lives. About all the harm that seems
to have been done in the matter was
suffered by Strong. He may have and
undoubtedly did make appointments
which were not for the good of the
party if even for the good of Alaska,
but that is a matter which can be cor
rected in a day. In the North Strong
played tlie part of a meek and lowiv
country editor, and the Northerners,
appreciating the rare quality of meek
ness and lowliness in a Northerner^
made him ruler over many and exalted
him hugely. Strong’s sudden elevation
affected his head, as the ascent to
higher planes will affect one,s head at
times. Being elevated he sought to
s6'ar, but his “stabilizer” wasn’t work
ing and the (hidden) tail of his kite
upset his apple cart.
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Blamed if we can see any moral or
! morals in the case, unless it is the
adage ef Harry Lauder: .
“What’s the use o’ a pair o’ Kilts,
if you’re a window cleaner?”
Strong’s sin was that he didn’t pro
tect his rear when he started fighting
upwards. _,
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FRESH RANCH EGGS FOR SALE at
G. Wada’s residence. _
NOTIONS,
Ladies’ Furnishings
—AT—
Mrs. Chittick’s, Flat
Red Gross Campaign Commit-;
tee Went “Over tire Top,"
District Fund Will Go
to $10,800 Mark
At tiie close of ten busy days the!
“hustling” committee for the Second !
War-Fund Drive to raise funds j
for tho Red Cross (Messrs. Dr. J. Wil
son Reed, Thus. McMahon, A. D. Cur
rie and T. N. Turner), met on the
evening of Monday, May 10, and pre
pared a report of their labors for tiie
good cause.
The report shows contributions from
388 individuals, companies and corpora
tions to a total of $8,255—which is $255 j
over the district’s quota, and there are j
several important settlements to be j
heard from. j
This is a showing to be proud of !
The following note from the commit
tee explains matters quite fully and:
clearly:
Flat, Alaska, June 10, 1018. !
Iditarod Pioneer:
We are enciosinga list of subscribers i
in the Red Cross drive of June 1 to 10
inclusive, which you will please publish
us space permits.
Tabulations up to night of June It) j
show a grand total of $8,255,00 with :
Ophir, Takotna. McGrath, Candle j
creek, a part of Discovery, and out- j
lying places not heard from. Conserv- j
alive estimates place the drive around j
the $10,000 mark.
The campaign committee wishes to
express special thanks to each and j
every helper in the drive, many of whose
i names are known only to the com
mittee by their earnest and conscien
tious work accomplished, making the j
campaign quite a credit to this district. |
We furthermore thank each and j
every man for his generous contribu- j
tion to a cause in which we are all |
deeply interested.
The campaign treasurer’s report will
be published as soon as the returns are |
in, and will include the amount each
person has paid..
P. S.—It has been suggested that the
i 1st should be headed "Who’s Who and I
Whv.”
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if
It is with no small amount ot regret
that The Pioneer is forced by the
1 limited amount of "body type” avail
able in our little shop to forego the
pleasure of pub'ishing the names of
all contributors to the great cause. In
order to do the best possible in the
matter, below is printed a statement
giving the locality and number of per
sons who potlached with the boys "over j
there”- - i
Yukon Gold Co. 64
I David Stvandberg's employes. 90
Riley Investment Co. . 38
Beaton & Donnelley. 41
Discovery Red Cards 4
Summit Association . 19
Flat City Red Card pledges. 00
Iditarod Red Card pledges. 24
Matheson & Co..10
Deeming & Co. 8
Manard, Bowman & Borenger 0 j
Y. G. Co. Power Plant.18 |
j Following were out-os-district suo- j
scriptions:
[ Charles Ross. Seattle .$100
I Nor. Com. Co., San Francisco 50
White Pass, Seattle. 25
Alaska Steamship Co., Seattle. 100
Pocific Steamship Co., Seattle. 25
Mrs. E. B. Hunt and Mrs. Harry
Leland, of Flat City, were in Iditarod
last Monday doing good work for the
Red Cross drive.
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The steamer Washburn left Tanana
last Tuesday at noon for Fairbanks,
and will, in all probability, be the ves
sel employed to transport Judge C. E.
Bunnell and other officials and em
ployes to this camp for the term of
court called for Monday. June 24.
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! The Red Cross needs your “bit ”
C. R, PECK, FLA T
Me t tie ton
and Cutter
SHOES
Are Always Worth What You Pay lor Them
A. J. WEISS
The Home of Hart, Schaffner & tVSarx Good Clothes
| Ladies’ Furnishings
Mrs. L. C. Thornton, Flat
FROM THE KUSKOKWIM
|
Frank Cooper arrived at Discovery |
from Nixon Fork last Wednesday. He |
reports that “Smiling Albert” has
found pay that goes $G to the foot, i
and Whelan’s ground on No. 6 Pup, a{
tributary of Hidden creea, went $1.40 to j
the foot. Cooper says there is no grub ]
in the country, and many have been ^
forced to leave on that account.
Mr. Cooper also reports that Mail j
Carriers Nichols and Marteila arrived
I
at McGrath on May 20 with a batch of 1
second-class mail, after a hazardous \
trip. They had traveled without eat- |
ing for three days, had not fed their'
dogs for live days, and had five of the '
animals drowned. For long stretches i
they were compelled to wade in water i
to their waists. A few days laterj
“White Dog” Smith arrived at Me-j
Grath, who stated that he could not
come with the mail, hut had left 800 j
pounds of first-class matter at Roan :
river. Smith sent two men to that i
place with equipment to build a boat |
and bring the consignment by water.
The mail is not expected at Takotna
before June 20.
High water did considerable damage
at MeGrath. Doth masts of the wire
less station are down, and some of
the houses of the town had theee feet
of water on the lower floors. Fora
time the whole population lived on
boats and rafts.
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PLEASED WITH ECLIPSE CONDUCT
Last Saturday between 12:13 and 1:23
past meridian the partial eclipse of the
sun was observed by many of our citi
zens. The shadow passed over tho
lower half of the sun from west to east
at an angle of 27J- degrees. One al
ways-conservati ve resident of Iditarcd
gave a sigh of relief as the last particle
of shadow passed from the sun’s surface,
and expressed his humble satisfaction
that the “whole affair passed off so or
derly and quietlike.”
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The future of Andreofsky seems now
assured: Jesse “Jolly” Rogers, who
left here last week on tho launch M. T.
Crosby, telegraphed his Iditarod busi
ness agent last Tuesday from Fortuna
Ledge to send a 15-ball pool table to
the new cannerv site.
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The launch Alice left for Holy Cross
last Sunday evening. There were two
passengers on board: Mrs. Jacobsgaard,
bound for Tolstoi, and Danny Shea,
who is going into the Good News Bay
country.
GetReadyJij^^
Whichjjtart^
Goal Is to Raise $100,000,000 Alaska Is Allotted $40,000
Iditarod Figures Her Quota at $8,000
Four months from start of drive to raise the amount.
Means of raising this money is by signing Pledge Cards for $o tier month
for four months.
A lively committee will be around in a short time to take care of this end.
Committees in charge of this work at McGrath, Takotna
and Ophir: H. E. Carter, McGrath; Mrs. J. H.
McLean, Takotna; W. A. Vinal, Ophir.
Note; Lincoln Club members are exempted from pledge
cards.
SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY
Northern Commercial Co.