With about 35 cases already on the docket waiting for trial, and
with a number more assuied, to be tiled within a few weeks, Judge
Overfield will have his hands full of court business in the Iditarod when
he arrives next spring, as he surely will according to the latest infor
mation. The time cf his arrival lias not been definitely decided upon,
but the first teim of the district court in the Iditarod will probably be
called in June.
According to request a list has been forwarded to Fairbanks show
ing the eases alieady on the docket, and containing information about
cases that will soon he filed. Some of the former had their origin in
Georgetown, all of them being criminal. There are also two cases from
Ophir which have not yet been filed here.
It is safe to estimate that there will be forty cases on the docket
awaiting the consideration of the district judge, and in the ordinary
course of judicial procedure with its inevitable delays, these cases will
require all of three months for their proper disposal.
I11 a letter written to J. C Moody of this city, Judge Heavey of
Georgetown, says that he has received orders from the clerk ot the
court to transfer all appeal and other cases for the district court to this
city. In addition, the papers which he had forwarded to Fairbanks in
certain appeal cases were returned to him with directions to send them
here. These have already been received by Judge Maltby. This indi
cates beyond a doubt, that Judge Overfield will hold a term of court
here this summer.
The following is practically a complete list of the cases of original
jurisdiction and on appeal, now ready for the district court :
Criminal Cases
United States vs. Grant. Laiceny.
'• “ Jack Sheedy. Assault with deadly weapon.
“ “ Smith brothers. Assault and battery.
“ “ Hemiuger, et al. Larceny.
“ “ Stewart & McDowell. Destruction of property.
“ “ George Smith. Assault and battery.
“ “ Parks. Assault with intent to kill (Georgetown.)
“ “ John Doe. Ci imiual trespass (Georgetown.)
•' “ Perras. Selling liquor without license (Geo ge
town )
“ “ C. Artel. Assault.
“ " George Tisdale. Murder (Georgetown).
“ Redfern. Perjury (Fairbanks, change of venue.)
Civn. Cases
Spink vs Sequin, et al. Pack mule case.
Oro Mining Co. vs. Downing, et al. Involving lay on Flat.
Stewart & McDowell vs. Ansley. Forcible entry.
“ “ Roscoe. Forcible entry.
Heavey vs. Heavey. Divorce.
Nee vs. Nee. Divorce.
Clifton vs Myiick.
Johnstone vs McGibr.ey. Forcible entry.
Worden et al. vs. Barrett &. Lewiti. Nuisance ; blocking street.
Karl Hunt vs. Sheppard Replevin of dogs.
Taylor vs. Buckley et al. Forcible entry; Flat lot jumping.
Slippern vs. Krutsinger. Lien.
Rosalind Tiffany vs. Craig. Accounting on grubstake.
Nestor & Ross vs. Nyholtn. Lien.
Sanderson et al vs. Swartz. For inteiest in 5 b Flat.
W. B. Thomas vs. Win. Wise.
George Johnson vs. Larson & Smeaton. Accounting on giubstake.
F.«A. Maitin & W. B. Koon vs. E J. Carssow.
Two cases fiom 0} hir.
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Dawson Wants Wireless
Dawson, March 1.'! There is a roove
nnut on foot here to request the gov
ernment to install wireless stations
here and in vicinity. Considerable
agitatioa has been worked up in favor
of the movement and it is believed
that the government will take some
action.
War Scare Fading
Washington. March 13 — The war
scare has ceased to develope into any
thing like_ real hostilities, and about
all that is left is the yellow journal
accounts of imaginary battles between
Mexican insurrectos and American
troops along the Texas border.
Marshal Powell Weds
On th afternoon of March 14 United
States Marshal Thomas Cader Powell
of Nome was joined in marriage to
Miss Mildred Johannah Thorsk. The
ceremony took placo at St Mary’s
church, with Rev. G. D. Christian
officiating. Fred Hanks and Miss
Sundback were the only witnesses.
NEWS FROM NOME
On March 11 the telephone exchange
building at Nome was gutted by fire.
The loss was not heavy and the lines
were operating in four days.
Pete Bernard, the famous musher of
Nome, ran into a blizzard near Solomon
in the early part of March, which was
so fierce that one of his dogs froze in
the harness. The account does not
state that anything happened to Pete.
Judge Murane, Coke Hill, C. P.
Gogin and Capt. Critnmins of Nome
spent the early part of March vacation
ing at the hot springs near that city.
Deputy - Marshal Darrah and Bert
Brown left Nome March 12 for Seward
to bring back George Prendergrast,
who is wanted on two charges.
Lloyd Scott was the hero of the tele
phone exchange fire at Nome. He did
the “Sappho act” by carrying out one
of the frightened operators through
“the dazzling walls of smoke and
flame.”
B. B. Dobbs of Nome is making a
hit outside with his moving pictures of
Northern scenes. He showed in San
Francisco and will take his films east.
John J. Meyer, ex-councilman of
Nome, arrived at his old home at St.
Gallen, Switzerland, last month, after
an absence of 19 years.
Fairbanks Knocking Us
In a desperate attempt to hold people
there to feed on her own lean resources,
Fairbanks is now presenting the sorry
spectacle of misrepresenting tiie facts
concerning the Iditarod, and is doing
ail in her power to stay the stampede
that will be on next summer to this
the liveliest camp in Alaska.
They call it a good small camp, for
getting the fact, that besides having
one of the richest creeks ever dis
covered in the North, the prospectors
are opening up new creeks every few
weeks, and that the output for this
season will approximate five million.
They say up there that those of us
who are not starving to death are going
crazy, all of which we can treat indul
gently as we have the best of the argu
ment, to-wit—the goods.
!n Memoriam
RESOLUTION
Whereas God in His infinite wis
dom has seen fit to remove from this
world of care and strife our esteemed
friend and brother Mark L. Sullivan,
and lias taken him to the place of
eternal peace and rest;
And Whereas Mark L. Sullivan
was the father and founder of the Idit
arod dub. and, by his unceasing and
untiring efforts, was instrumental in
giving to his fellow members a source
of pleasure that was vastly appreciated
by all those who were fortunate
enough to enjoy it, and who otherwise
would have experienced a long and
dreary winter in the northland of
Alaska.
He was a prince of good fellows, and
by his personality won and enjoyed the
utmost and highest respect, confidence
and esteem of all witli whom he as
sociated.
Therefore be it Resolved: That
in the demise of our friend and fe'low
citizen, Mark L. Sullivan, the Iditarod
club has lost a true friend and advisor:
the community of Iditarod a loyal and
public spirited citizen; and his family,
a most devoted husband and father.
That we shall miss him and hold him
in fond remembrance.
Be it further Resolved that the
most, sincere and heartfelt sympathy
of tire Iditarod club and every member
thereof be and hereby is extended to
the immediate family and relatives of
our deceased friend in this their sad
hour of bereavement.
Be it further Resolved that this
resolution be spread upon the minutes
of the club and printed in the papers
of Iditarod, and that a copy thereof be
forwarded to the widow of our late
friend, Mark L. Sullivan.
Dated at Iditarod, Alaska, April 1,
1911. Adopted and passed this April
1, 1911.
THEODORE JOHNSON,
Attest: Acting President.
Charles E. Taylor, Secretary.
Bail Furnished, He
Is Hew At Liberty
After two weeks incarceration in the
local bastile, George Smith, recently
convicted of assault and battery upon
the person of bis brother Jack, was
released from custody last Monday by
order of Judge Maltby, upon the ac
ceptance of the $2,000 bond fixed at the
time the defendant was sentenced to
six months in jail and fined $500 and
costs.
Through the efforts of his attorney
and friends four bondsmen were secured
who qualified in the requisite amount.
These were Jack Sheedy, Jim Fuller
ton, Joe Burris and Ike Loomis. The
appeal in Smith’s case will probably
not be heard until the district court
convenes here next summer.
If you want your clothing cleaned or pressed
ring up Wile the Tailor—Phone 68
LATE NORTHLAND
ITEMS OF INTEREST
_
Capt. Brown anrl associates expect to
spend a quarter of a million dollars in
developing their Hawk inlet mining
property in Southeastern Alaska.
Gene Allen, formerly connected with
the Dawson Nugget in the early days, is
now running a bunkhouse at Valdez.
Jackpot bay, on Prince William sound,
is the scene of the latest quartz strike
Both s lver- and gold-bearing ores have
been found there.
Crude petroleum from the Katalla oil
fields is being sold there for $2 a barrel.
It is being used in place of coal as fuel.
Capt. Frank Turner, Hie Yukon steam
boatman, is reported to have made a
fortune in Vancouver real estate.
The steamer Lindsay, operating on
the Southeastern Alaska route, is offer
ing to carry freight at $S a ton to Cor
dova.
Bishop Rowe will skortlv establish a
mission at Tanana Crossing for the ben
efit of the Nebesna Indians.
One hundred thousand dollars will be
expended by the United States govern
ment in the construction of a lighthouse
at the entrance to Resurrection bav,
Kenai peninsular.
W. D. Ladd, an oldtimer in the Daw
son country, was found dead in bed at
an hotel in Dawson recently. Death
was due to heart failure.
Abe Levy, formerly a banker at Val
dez, is now manufacturing moving pic
ture films at Portland, Ore., and is doing
well.
The Dawson aerie of Eagles celebrated
their eleventh birthday February 9 by a
grand ball.
John Westburg, formerly in the em
ploy of the Guggenheim railroad out of
Cordova, is suing the company for $48,
000 damages on account of injuries re
ceived through an explosion.
Skagway has a boosters’ club which
is scattering literature broadcast relating
to the vast resources of Alaska.
Dug Edwards, assistant postmaster at
Dawson for several years, has resigned
his post and will leave for the Outside at
an early date. He will locate in the
Canadian Northwest.
Joe Burke, the Dawson mill man, has
made a large fortune in oil speculation
in California. He is associated with
Clarence Berry.
Residents of Beaver City have a 1
dressed a communication to the delegate
asking him to use his influence to ob
tain increased postal facilities for that
part of the Yukon.
Capt. Larson, who is representing J. H.
Roth, the Fairbanks attorney, in the
Indian river country, says that there is
no doubt that section will make a good
camp some day. The captain says that
he has himself panned coarse gold on
the rim. but not 20 cents' worth of work
has yet been done iu the country. He
is at present in the Koyukuk.
Alex. Prudhomme, the old Dawsonite,
is having a peck of trouble at Prince
Rupert. The authorities have refused to
renew his liquor license, which action
he charges to political influences. He
has filed cahrges against the officials ac
cordingly.
Witnesses Allowances
To 8e increased
According to the “New Rules and
Regulations'' issued by the department
of justice witnesses in attendance upon
Alaskan courts will receive more favor
able treatment than they have been
accustomed to in the past.
The new ruling, however, only ap
plies to witnesses who are compelled
to travel more than 100 miles to give
testimony. At the present time such
witnesses not only have to stand the
inconvenience and loss attendant upon
their absence from their accustomed
business, but they also have to pay the
greater part of their expenses while
traveling to and from the court. After
July 1 this will all be changed. Wit
nesses will then be allowed to choose
between two alternatives. They may
either take mileage at the rate of loe
a mile and attendance at the rate of $4
a day from the time they leave their
homes until they return thereto, or
they may lake their actual expenses
for subsistence white traveling instead
of the mileage, together with the al
lowance of $4 per day from the time
they start out until they again reach
their homes. This is a distinct advance
upon the method hitherto followed, by
which witnesses, whatever their finan
cial condition, were compelled to pay
all of the travelling expenses, receiving
only allowances while actually attend
ing court.
This new rule does not. apply to
Southeastern Alaska where the allow
ances are smaller, nor does the rule be
come effective before Julv 1 next.
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Old Alaskan Tries
The Suicide Route
Seattle, March 15—George Kirn, an
old Alaskan, committed suicide here
today in a cheap lodging house, cutting
his throat from ear to ear with a
razor. Destitution is thought to be
the cause of the desperate act.
Kirn spent five years in Alaska,
roaming from one end of the territory
to the other in the search for gold.
Since his return Kirn had done
nothing, nor had he sought employ
ment.
This morning he secured a room in
a lodging house without paying for it,
and thirty minutes later was discovered
dead. __
List of Checks at Courthouse
H. F. Hoerler, Fred Crouch, R. G.
Shaw, Carl T. Carlsen, E. L. Muir, L.
Howell, Ed Kesterson.
These checks are for juror fees and
may be had by calling for them at
Commissioner Maltbv’s office.
Northern
Commercial Co.
THE ONLY PLACE IN TOWN TO GET
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NEWS OF FAIRBANKS
The Chena stamp mill crushed 26 tens
of rich ore from the McCarty ledge the
first week in March.
Miss Fanny Hall is suffering from
neryous breakdown. She was bitten by
a dog, and is at present at St. Joseph
hospital
Judge H. J. Miller has undergone an
operation fo. appendicitis. He is doing
nicely.
Dick Thorne staged “Little Lord
Faunlleroy” in the Tanana inetroplis.
Young George Hering was in the title
role, while Richard was himself again as
the “Earl of Dorincourt.”
H. M. Henning has moved his plant
over to Fairbanks creek, where he will
operate this summer.
Hooley & White have located pay on
5-b. Ester creek, and have installed ma
chinery for their summer work.
Overstead & Rich are reported to be
in rich pay on 7 Coldstream.
Casper Fischer is on his way to Fair
banks over the trail. He is reported to
be bringing several new theatrical ideas
with him, which he will present during
the summer.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Miller on March 4. The birth
took place at the Miller home on Gar
den island. Dr. Sutherland was in at
tendance.
Travelers along the Seward trail who
are beginning to arrive in the Iditarod
in increasing numbers, are loud in
their praises of Smith's roadhouse on
the Tokotna, near the mouth of Nixon’s
Fork. So famous a meal does Mrs.
Smith prepare for the weary wayfarers
that her name is cheered all along the
line, and they do say that inushers will
travel many an extra mile for the
privilege of si retelling tired legs under
her table._
Iditarod Post Cards. Red Cross Drug
Store, Firsit aye.
FOR SALE CHEAP — One large
Worthington pump, 1-4-h.p. engine,
drill press, saw and arbor, blacksmith
outfit. Morgan & Litsey, Iditarod.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court In and For the Ter
ritory of Alaska, Otter Precinct, before
A. E Maltbv, Kscj., Commissioner and
Ex-Officio Probate Judge.
In the Matter of the Estate of T. B.
Craig, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, administrator of the estate of said
T, li. Craig, deceased, to the creditors of,
and all persons having claims against,
the said deceased to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within six
months after tiie date of this notice, to
the said administrator, at his residence
and place of business, southeast corner of
First avenue and Willow street, in the
town of Iditarod, Otter precinct and Ter
ritory of Alaska.
Dated March 22, 1911. A. D.
V. M. DUNHAM,
Administrator of the Estate
of T. B. Craig, Deceased.
CAP S PLACE
Imperial Cigar Store
Just received large stock Peterson
and Calabash Pipes
NEWLY BUILT PRIVATE CARO ROOMS
To enjoy an evening call and see us.
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Liquors and Cigats
Tel: “Summit Roadhouse.”
President Diaz Now
Yearns For Pease
New York, March IS—Judging from
the text of recent dispa'ohes received
from the firing lUse. the dove of peace
will soon be hovering over Mexico and
all signs of revolutionary strife will
have disappeared. Current dispatches
from Mexico and Texas indicate that
the Mexican government is desirous of
healing the breach with the insurrec
tos.
Comes word that President Diaz has
assured the riotous insut rectos that
should they conic back into the fold
with the intention of remaining peace
ful, the government will assure them
that the old regime will be reformed
somewhat, and that in the future all
would work together for the good of
the country. It is believed that the
revolutionists will listen to his appeal,
as all are willing to closo hostilities.
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WEEK-DAY
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Leaves Flat City 9 a, m, Leaves iditarod 4 p. m.
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