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The following from he San l-Yan
oisco bulletin tolls a h«-a’letting ta •'
of life in the far north, and how i
lonely woman battled against tiemen
dou> odds to save her bit of propeit\
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from the lawless pioneers. The hero
ine of the tale is Mrs. Isabelle Barn
ette who. with her husband , K. ]\
Barnette, founded the town of Fair
banks. Alaska. The narrative was un
folded before Judge J. M. Troutt .and
tin* case came up on the application of
■hi' i' bo in it sued by Mrs. Barnette for
<.VJ.t)O0 damages for a change of juris
diction to the Federal courts.
Fnc defendants include the Wells
Farg** Nevada National Bank and F.
li. Noyes, receiver of the defunct
\V:v>hington Alaska Bank at Fair
banks.
Mrs. Barnette in her complaint al
• ge> that she was compelled to par*
w *b h *r pioperty when the Washii g
t*m \ ’u ka hank of which her hus
band was the president and director,
failed.
To satisfy the creditors all the pin.
pc ly of the Barnettes was taken over
b the receiver and her ow n property
w ’ ich ho claims was not of a com
>1 MMONS No. S_ 122
IN Till: DISTRICT COCRT FOR
I HF. I'FRKITORY OF ALASKA
THIRD DIVISION
L. .1. M’HAdK, Plaintiff,
VS.
Ci. II. Whitehead. (1. S. Whitehead,
V C. Partnership doing business un
der the firm name and style of
u HITKHEAD REA I TY & INVEST
MENT COMPANY and JOHN SHER
MAN HAYNES.
Defendai*' s.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE
i \ i ES >1 AMERI( A,
1NUS ro THE ABOVE
\AJIKD DEFENDANTS.
YOl* ARK HEREBY REQUIRED
* a;>p«*a »*• tin* District Court for il'e
I *‘■ 11* • *y of Alaska. I bird Divis * i,
within ihir*y days vt *r the day of
■•ervice oi ti.»> summons upon you. end
l* imr thirty (20) lays after the c*cn
!"' -ion ot per iod o'* p ihlieation. and
• m>\v.' th • complaint of the above
•an •* i plaintiff: and unless you so
app**a and answer, the plaintiff w.’l
• ppl> to the Couit for the relief de
manded in >aid complaint, to-wit: for
a judgment against the defendants
h ■• ui in the sum of eight thousand
"'*‘lais i$N,0()0.) together with intcr
• 1 “;eon at ten t 10 per cent) p-*’*
um per annum from July 1, 101.',,
. e sum of three hundred thirteen
and foi t\ cents. ($212.47) with
at.*iest thereon from November 22.
' 7 i s per cent per annum, and on •
‘ uou and dollars ($1,000.) attorney*.**
♦*s. and costs of suit, and for a do
ve of this Court fordosing the morr.
"age of G. B. Whitehead and G. S.
A hiteheud on certain lands situated in
Kenai l’rocinct, Third Judicial Divi
sion. Ferritory of Alaska, described as
follows:
l.ot> one (l) and two (2) in Hloek
ten (10) of the town of Seward Terri
tory of Alaska, according to the ie
• plat thereof filed in the District
K «o ders office at Seward, Alaska,
and recorded June 7th, 1905, in Hook
- of Deeds pages 4-5 and t>.
This summons by order of Honor
dde ( . K. Hunnell, Judge of the above
• ntitled court made and entered the
4tli day of September, 1918, directing
publication hereof at least once a we-*k
(or ix consecutive weeks in the Sew
ard Gateway, a newspaper published
in the Town of Seward at Seward.
Alaska.
Id st Publication April 28th, 1919.
Publication June 9th, 1919
WITNESS, the Hon. Fred M.
Drown. Judge of said Court, this 25th,
day of April, in the year of our Lord,
ono thousand nine hundred and nine
teen, and of our Independence the one
hundred and forty-third.
ARTHUR LANG. Clerk,
Hy Wm. H. Whittlesey,
Deputy Clerk.
(Seal) ,
S. 0. Morford,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Seward, Alaska.
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niunity interest was coni iscated and
taken away from her under threats of
her life. The value of this property
she seeks to recover.
Mrs. liainette graphically told of
her flight from Fairbanks in the dark
ness of the night, bundled up on a dog
sled and carried out of town as mer
chandise to escape her alleged perse
cutors. She endured intense suffering
during the trip down the Tanana riv
er to the Yukon and down that frozen
stream to St. Michael’s island, when*
she was able to secure passage for the
states.
She claims to have been the first
white woman in Fairbanks. She was
tin* first woman to traverse the 400
miles of wilderness between Valdez
anil Fairbanks, and in so doing per
formed a feat many men refused to
undertake. Then underwent the hard
ships of true pioneer life in the* wild
trip in the dead of the winter. Isabelle
Pass , at the summit of the trail he
i
twoen Fairbanks and Valdez is named
for her. She was the first woman to
cross that pass. Then there was no
trail. She ami her husband guessed
tin* way and broke trail for the 400
miles, sjeeping in the open, or “siwasri
-ing,” as the northern pioneer terms '
it.
After Barnette became prosperous
lie was involved in litigation over
rich placer mines on Dome Creek. Th *
fight was a hitter one, the population
of the then sparsely settled country ’
dividing into fractions. Litigation fol
lowed that set the community afire
with fuedalism and jealousy.
Out of it all came a shooting affray
in which John Kidenous, one of the
business associates of Barrnette win
so badly injured that he is a cripple
for life. The shooting is said by Mrs.
Barnette to have been uncalled for and
a cowardly attack on an unarmed man.
William Detering, known in th**
:
north as “Caribou Bill”, was indict*
ed for the shooting and-promptly ac
quir'd. and the Times, a Fairbanks
paper, sided entirely with the opposi
tion to th«* Barnette faction, it is a!- *
leged.
Barnette grew rich despite the fact
that his litigation cost him nearly haC
a million dollars and in 1!H0 he with
drew from the bank $200,000, resigned
as president and left with his wife for
California.
That winter, Mr. Barnette, the
story goes, received anonymous letters
from Fairbanks to the effect that the
bank had failed and that unless he re
turned to Fairbanks and settled with
the depositors he would be killed. Ho
returned and, despite the fact th.it
Mrs. Barnette was an invalid follow
ing the birth of a child she insisted,
upon accompanying her husband.
Arriving in Fairbanks the matter
of the failure of the bank was unde*
prol>e. Barnette was charged wi*!i
responsiblity and under threats was
compelled to turn over to the receive.*
all the property held by the couple, tt
is for the recovery of this money sh *
now brings suit.
Other letters threatening their
lives were received while in Fairbanks,
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and it was then that the couple decid
ed to escape. Wrapped up in funs an*
thrown into a dog sled as merchan
dise the woman was * carried awa.
from the town and made her escape to
the outside world."
The unfortunate aftermath of the
story of the devotion of husband and
wife while danger pressed on all siile.
came in the divorce of the couple
short time ago. Barnette is now be
lieved to be in South America and!
>
Mrs. Barnette is stopping at the Sr.:
Francis hotel. # ,
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FAIRBANKS ATTORNEY j
HAS PASSED BEYONDj
Judge Dillon of Fairbanks has par
sed away after a brief illness. The de
ceased was weil known in Alaska, both
on the coast and in the interior, had
had a number of. friends who will
mourn his demise. He came to the,
North during the early days. In 180S1
he was practicing law in Skagway.j
and later, went to the Interior. For
some years he acted as United Stat*>.
commissioner for. the Fairbanks pre
cinct. resigning the position to take a
trip outside for the benefit of hi* I
health. On his return ho engaged in
the mining game in the Tolovana and j
was largely interested.
John Francis Dillon was born in
Waukesha, Waukesha county, Wis.,
about 57 years ago. But little is known
of his relatives. He was a charte.*
member of Igloo No. 4, Pioneers of
Alaska.
forty YEARS IN EGYPT,
WINGATE RIVALS ARAL
LONDON, April 28— Forty yea -s
in Egypt is the record of General Sir
Reginald Wingate, high commissioner
for Egypt. Wingate has a knowledge
of Arabis dialects that rivals that of
even the Arabs and the greatest col
lection in the world of Dervish arms
and curios.
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PARIS. April 28— Cardinal Mer
rier of Belgium will visit’ the United
States, next October accoi’ding to an
announcement made here t ©day.
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