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SEWARD. ALASKA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 22. 1915.
Since yesterda>’s editorial about the charges against Governor Strong
was written more facts have come to light about the complaints of Wade and
it is clear that Fhorthill, the governor’s secretary, is the man aimed at and not
the governor himself except as the employer of Shorthill. Some correspond
ence connected w ith the matter was shown to the Gateway yeserday. One
was a copy of the actual letter of Wade to the president making the charges.
Another was a copy of a letter by Shorthill to the Elks Club of Juneau and
another was a copy of a letter by Wade to Attorney Winn, of Juneau, a
well known democrat.
In yesterday's editorial Mr. Wade was possibly spoken of too harshly.
This may be said without in the least departing from the position of protest
against any charges against the governor. It may be that Mr. Shorthill did
treat Wade in a manner that made it impossible to hold his place as steno
grapher in thrt governor’s office and it may be that Mr. Shorthill is taking
advantage of h.> portion to engage in activities outside his province. If the
copy of the letter of Mr. Shorthill to the Elks is correct it certainly shows that
he spoke to that order in a manner which left very much to be desired. The
copy of the letter seen by the Gateway is a lecture and sermon to the Juneau
Elks about selling liquor in their club and it goes so far as to suggest that
some of the Elks show marks of “booze" and are really illegal liquor sellers.
The organization of Elks is one of the finest of fraternal orders and its mem
bership cornea from the best of people so that it was hardly the place of
Mr. Shorthill tc act as its accuser. He is taking a leading part in the prohibi
tion movement in Juneau and whether one agrees with his stand on that mat
ter or not no (r.e can sa> that his lecture to the Elks was called for.
This is all said so that the real truth about the whole thing can be seen.
Mr. Shorthill may have been wrong and it seems to be evident that Mr. Wade
is well known to leading democrats in congress and the cabinet. He even
claims a close personal acquaintance with the president himself, but, after
all, such things as those mentioned ought not to be sufficient grounds on
which to base and have published to the world charges against Governor
Strong. The charges are trivial ami would probably not have been mentioned
so much were it not for some hidden reason, which might have been some
influential polit’cal standing of Wade or unpopularity of Shorthill.
After thinking the whole matter over it is apparent that there is no
charge worth/ of the name against the governor, and Alaskans generally
would be slow to believe them anyhow. Indeed they know that no real charge
against the governor would be possible.
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NEWS NOTES
I 0. Klepstein, the New Y'ork hunter,
brought in a sheep horn the other day
that is quite u specimen. From tip to
tip of the horn is nine feet.
Two cars left for the front this
morning, a freight car leaving about
19:30 while the passenger car left
between 10:30 and 11 o’clock.
Charles Bern and family returned
this morning on the car to their home
1 at Mile Three after spending a day
or so here.
John Lean came in on the car yes
(1 terday afternoon from Mile 34 and
I returned again this morning.
| Mrs. H. E. Bevell came in yester
day afternoon from Mile 34 roadhouse
in a serious condition. She was taken
up to Mrs. McDonald’s for care.
R. B. Grimm and Walter Danielson
| went out this morning to join the
telephone force at Mile 45.
E. E. Corn!ray left for the Moose
Pass country this morning to spend
six or seven weeks doing assessment
work on some property.
E. R. Weaver came in town yester
day after spending the summer at the
Kenai Alaska Gold mines near Mile
26. He will leave for the Moose Pass
in a day or so to spend the winter at
his ranch.
A. I). Gray, who has been on a
prospecting trip in the Moose Pass
for the past month or two, returned
to that place this morning after a
stay of a few days in Seward.
The regular weekly dance given by
the Seward Entertainment Club will
take place tomorrow cvenng in the A.
B. hall.
Elmer Ayres and Frank Whitney
left on the car this morning for a
moose hunting trip out to Kenai lake.
J. C. Gilpatrick, C. A. Myers and
John Slater returned yesterday after
noon from a moose hunting trip up
the Resurrection River around Rus
sian lake ami Dubreuil’s cabin, 18
miles up the river. They did not see
one moose track, although there was
j 4 couple inches of freshly fallen snow.
; They have been out since last Monday
! morning.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Stone intend to
; return to Seward on the next trip of
the Evans which is scheduled to leave
■ Seattle about the 25th. They expected
! to spend about ten days in San Fran
cisco.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 22.—The Arling
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WICK POLITICS NOT GIVEN
The Gateway has received a Con
gressional Directory through the
courtesy of Delegate Wickersham,
and it is found that in it the dele
gate’s politics are not given. Others
have the word “republican" or “dem
ocrat" after their respective names.
_
The Standard Oil company has an
nounced that tank stations are soon
to be established at Wrangell and
Petersburg. The Petersburg tanks
will have a capacity of 100,000 gal
: Ions. The big oil company recog
‘ nizes the growing business offered by
the fishing fleets of Southeastern Al
aska and has determined to secure
the trade.
_
August Tobin, a miner who has
spent eighteen years in the Koyukuk
district without ever having made the
trip to the outside recently viewed
the great Yukon river for the first
time. He went into the Koyukuk by
way of Kotzebue Sound and later
crossed over the divide into the
watershed of the Koyukuk. It was
only on very rare occasions that Tob
in journeyed down the river far
enough to see a steamer.—Ex.
The New York Evening Sun recent
ly had a big writeup about Senator
' Frank Aldrich of Nome. The re
doubtable Frank told the paper that
a two thousand mile dog team journey
to attend the legislature in Alaska is
nothing but he couldn’t understand
the crazy commuters in outside cities
who travel twenty or thirty miles to
work every day.
Mangus Lindquist, a miner who
was crushed in a cave-in while work
ing on his claims on Mayo creek, near
the head of Stewart river, has been
sent to the states for expert surgi
cal attention. He was helpless and
partially paralyzed for thirty days
without medical attention before
reaching Dawson. He has been in
Yukon for fifteen years, and in the
Mayo district for eight years.—Ex.
George A. Shea, formerly of Fair
j banks and well known in the coast
towns of Alaska, is reported to have
struck it rich in his quartz mine near
Kingman, Arizona. The vein is re
ported to be composed of stringers
of a highly oxidized quartz which
gives values of from $170 to $184
I
• per ton. Several former Alaskans
j now residing in Seattle are interested
; with Shea in the property.—Ex.
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IN PROBATE COURT FOR KENAI
j PRECINCT OF THE THIRD DIVI
SION OF THE TERRITORY OF
, ALASKA.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF No-....
JOHN A. MATHISON,
DECEASED.
NOTICE OF HEARING FOR PROOF
OF WILL AND ISSUANCE OF
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY.
Notice is hereby given that Tues
day, the ninth day of November, 1915,
at two o'clock P. M. of said day, and
the court room of the above Court in
the office of the U. S. Commissioner
*
for the Kenai Precinct, Third Division
of the Territory of Alaska, at Seward,
Alaska, have been appointed as the
I time and place for proving the will of
the said John A. Mathison, deceased,
and for hearing the application of
j Chark s S. Mathison for the issuance
to him of Letters Testamentary with
i the will annexed, heretofore filed and
made in this court.
J IN WITNESS WHEREOF, M. J.
Ooivoy, United States Commissioner |
for the Kenai Precinct of the Third
Division of the Territory of Aiaska
and Ex officio Probate Judge for said
Precinct, has hereunto set his hand
and affixed the 9eal of said court at
Seward, Alaska, within said precinct,
this 1st day of October, A. D., 1915.
(Seal) M. J. CONROY,
United States Commissioner and
Ex officio Probate Judge.
The All-Alaska Review
Features in October Number:
4
Richardson-Wickersham Controversy
Stories of Discoveries in Alaska
The Discovery of Chisana
The Discovery of Nelchina
The Discovery of Nome
Alaska Gold Mines
By Eminent Engineers
Rise and Fall of Alaska’s Home Railroad
Alaska at the Panama Exposition
Personal News from Every District
MANY OTHER FEATURES
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