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FAIRBANKS THE “MAGNO
LIOUS”
Id ii annl. < )ct. (1, Hill),
lditarod Pioneer:
We noie wiili interest 11 la t an esti
mate of i he production of gold for 1919
in Interior Alaska has been published
in the Dawson newspaper in which
Fairbanks aireudv leads wit bout mak
ing use of I he output of i be surround
ing camps, although attention is called
ru the fact i hai they are entitled to in
clude all camps within a radius of tit)
miles. We are reconciled to the fact
i bat no matter what our production, we
could not be first, but what occasions
surprise is the fact that, such an arti
cle could be published in which we are
given credit for our production without
a denial from Fairbanks papers. Surely
’hey do not realize that for once they
stand alone, and their neighbors are
actually credited with their outputs?
The actual production of the lditarod
district will be over $S'.|.),00i) this sea
son. hut even then we cannot head the
list, while Fairbanks reserves and
claims the right, to reach out GO miles
lor* their totals It seems that the
smaller they grow in population the
wider their* limits extend in producing
territory.
It. was once our fond conceit that an
inland empire was growing here
amongst the moss and niggerheads, but
we must in all fairness admit that as
empire builders we are a lizzie We
have used the wrong tactics. VVe have
endeavored to let tire showing we have
made speak for us, while Fairbanks
has taken both her own production and
that of her neighbors to use for herself,
and in calling attention to her great
ness, modesty lias not been the cardi
nal virtue of the “Metropolis or the
1 uteri or. *
VVe have attempted to follow the old
axiom that actions speak louder than
words, but we are thoroughly con
vinced that there is something wrong
•somewhere. We have produced over*
one-thir l as much gold us Fairbanks,
and still when an appropi hit ion is to he
divided we are not invited to attend.
Fairbanks gets it. They advertise
they have the largest number of auto
mobiles in Alaska, which is sure proof
Front St., Flat
Regular Meals, Short Orders
Fresh Bread, Pies and Cakes
Aiwa vs on Hand
I* MICHELS, PROP.
Big Stocks ot Fresh Goods
Everything for the Miner and
Prospector
MAX SIMEL S
Store at Mouth of Tolstoi
of good roads, while we still buy hoots I
when we attempt to get over our little ■
seven-mile stretch of road.
We received letters and telegrams
from Fairbanks asking us to report to|
them promptly all our Red Cross col-I
lections. They telegraphed here and;
appointed speakers for our Liberty j
Loan campaigns.
Our mail is now routed through Fair-j
hanks. Our m til route was one of the
last, and only things that belonged to
Us. Surely they didn’t need even t hut
loadd to their greatness. They boast
now in their latest papers that all the
mail for the Interior now comes!
through Fairbanks. Onr Seward route
-hundreds of miles shorter-kept, the
country open between here and the
L >ast. and caused some travel.
We were successful in getting a sep
arate chapter for ourselves in the Red!
Cross, and also in being able to remit
direct and obtain credit for t in* $300,000
in Liberty bonds which were sold here, j
Now the mail route is no more, the I
Liberty Loans are of the past, and we I
have only our ReU Ctoss chapter left.
Take it, Fairbanks, it is all we have,
hut we give it, to you freely; make
what use of ii you will.
When the next appropriation is an
nounced tell them of your greatness,
and show them that Alaska is Fair
banks.
We ftvely admit your supei iority.
Vou ARK great. K. Z
TELLS GERMANY TO STUDY
HER OWN CASE THOROUGHLY
Berlin. Bruf. K. \V. Foerster, Bava
rian • minister to Switzerland, recom
mends an “honest national self-indict
ment" for the Germans. Writing in
the i'ageblalt on the question* of war
guilt and the condvct of ilie war, he
sa\ s:
“We mu*t investigate our own part
in this world-brutalizing process quite!
as much as we would our opponents j
abroad. Not until then are we able tot
understand the Baris decision as the j
tragic result of our own national guilt, i
The ruthless cruelty with which we!
were treated as we ourselve* practiced
in the occupied territory.
“Whoever has the slightest concep
tion of the rigorous measures we
adopted in t lie treat merit of prisoners
and the systematic dostruct ion of indus
trial plants and the depuration of thou
sand* of young girls will readily under
stand the resentment of the French
people.
“We must be perfectly clear in our
own minds in respect of our own guilt
if we are to be horn again nationally.
| We must always remember that while
I the whole world is practicing the poli
tics of might, we on the other hand
; have systematized the politics of might
1 and elevated it tu a new political phil
1 ncnnln- •'
•Joe I bach, the Middleton island fox
| magnate, has taken up Glacier island, a
I lew miles west of the narrows, and will
| stock it with foxes in the near future,
| it is stated. Mr. I bach lias large farms
• on Middleton island and Wooded island
J below t ordova, and has made a fortune
tout of his vent tire.—Valdez Miner.
VISITOR FOR WILHELM
Amerongen, Holland, Oct. 4.— Former
Grown Prince Wilhelm of Germany ar
rived here yesterday to visit his father.
The visit, it is said, was not announced
and scarcely even the former kaiser's
friends saw the prince’s auto arrive at
! the castle grounds. The burgomaster
I of Weiringen accompanied Frederick
I Wilhelm, who will remain until Mon
May. The visit marks the first meeting
' the former emperor has had with his
' son since he fled from Germany.
"YOUNG DAN" KILLED
From the Fairbanks Citizen of Sep
tember 22 the following article relative
to the shooting of “Young Dan’* Mc
('art by is taken:
Because Dan McCarthy refused to
to take her to a picture show, Anna
McCarthy, his wife, shot him with a
.’id-calibre rille, indicting wounds which
caused his death, and she is today in
the hands of the federal ollicials
charged with murder. She will be
given a preliminary hearing this morn
ing before l \ S. Commissioner Atwell,
of Brooks, where the crime was com
mit t ed.
From information received in town
vesterdax it is apparent that the shoot
ing occurred about (> o'clock Sunday
evening. Dan died about 12 hours later,
retaining unconsciousness until the end
came. An inquest was held yesterday
at which some of the details of the
crime were brought to light. He was
shot while reclining in heal, the shoot
ing being deliberate, it is understood.
The bullet struck him in t lie stomach
The woman then ran from the house
screaming, her cries drawing Mike
Keroff, the mine foreman, to the scene.
He entered the house and found Dan
bleeding badly, apparently dangerously
wounded. The injured mail seemed to
realize his condition as he remarked to
Keroff when lie entered, “You can’t
help me -I’m shot through the guts.”
Later Keroff is said to have questioned
the woman, who admitted that she shot
her husband, and said that, she threw
the rifle back of the house. To him
she is said to have stated, “1 am sorry
now; 1 wish it didn’t happen ’’
In statements made to several per.
sons prior to hi> death. McCarthy is
>aid to have told the same lale of the
shooting. He said. “She shot me. hut
she made a hum job of it. like al]
women do.’’ He a.so said,“I was lying
in bod o ’ my sub and awake, when she
fired. We had a few words because [
didn’t take her to the movie show.”
A telegram received yesterday by
U. S Marshal L. T. Erwin regarding
the inque.-u follows:
Brooks. Sept. 15. 1919.
Erwin, Marshal. Fairbanks.
Anna McCarthy taken in charge
under warrant for murder this
morning. Inquest complete, ver
dict of jury delivered at 9:35 p. m
Professiona 1
ALBRECHT and TAYLOR,
Attorneys«dCounselors at Law
Id it a rcxl. Seattle,
Alaska Washington
DR. MOORE
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
DR.H.BEHLA
Flat
chargiug crime of murder against
Anna McCarthy. Hearing set to
morrow at 10 a. m. Heavily guarded
as fear attempt suicide.
(Signed) M ILLFIL.
Hate yesterday evening a message
received from Deputy Marshal Miller
of Brooks to Marshal Erwin slated that
the preliminary hearing was held yes
terday afternoon by (’ommissioner At
well. The wuman was held to answer
to the federal grand jury and is being
brought to Fairbanks on the next boat
for confinement in the. local federal jail,
CLEARING UP MYSTERY
Spokane. Wash., Oct.. 4. The body
j of YY. H. McNutt, the Spokane broket
i who mysteriously disappeared in July.
| was found buried on a ranch which he
owned in I’end d’Oreille county. The
hands and feet, were tied, and a shotgun
wound was found in his side.
Two Women Held for Murder
Los Angeles. Calif, Oct. 4. -Mrs.
May YY’ilkinson and Miss .Jewel McDon
ald were taken into custody on tele*
' graphic warrants from Spokane charg
| mg them with murdering YY. LI. Me
N u 11. __
Reached Camp Lewis in Auto
Tacoma, Oct. 4.—Lieut.-Col. flartz.
Lieut. Uarmoiid and two master elec
tricians, forming the crew of the Mar
tin bomber which has started on a
flight around the •‘rim*' of the United
Slates, reached Camp Lewis today in
an auto.
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