18 BACK AT THE OLD STAND
Tanana Editor Has Uncovered the Cache
Where the Hatchet Was Hid.
G. II. Henry is back in livnamv alter
his tussle with the district court and is
sending out the Citizen again. The pa
per is full of advertisements—some of
which, at least, may he traceable to the
advertising the sheet itself got through
the editor’s arrest, reported harsh treat
ment and arraignment before the dis
trict court on a charge of criminal libel.
The extracts from the Citizen of June
211, printed below, indicate that the
editor has not yet entirely repented of
his sins:
In connection with the trouble that
Commissioner Bathurst had with the
soldier in the post on Saturday evening
last we were unable to get a statement
from the judge, but below is the state
ment of the soldier, which is pretty well
corroborated.
About 10:50 p. m. on last Saturday
eve in the village of Tanana, Alaska, a
member of the post—an enlisted man—
was talking to various civilians, finally
saying it was time for him to make
check, 11 p. m. inspection, whereupon
he proceeded toward the post. Some
one made the remark that he (the sol
dier) could not overtake the judge, who
was to be seen walking towards the post,
whereupon said soldier started to run
and w hen within about 40 yards of the
judge, who was then within the limits
of the reservation, the judge picked up a
couple of stones weighing from 1 to 2
pounds and faced about as the soldier
came up, saying, “Get out of the way
judge I am going to make check.’’
Judge says “I’ll check you.” The sol
dier advanced to within a few feet of the
judge, who proceeded to use the stones
to advantage, striking the soldier on the
top and back of the head, inflicting two
gashes about three-fourths inch in
length, the other over two inches long.
Then the judge threw away one stone
and proceeded towards the guard house
at his best speed, yelling at the top of
his voice, “Help! murder! Turn out
the guard! They have assaulted me
and I can't stand it.” The soldier liv
ing temporarily dazed followed more
slowly, lie was taken in custody by the
sergeant of the guard, who had him
sent to the hospital and his wounds
dressed and returned to the guard house
and is still in at this writing.
Public sentiment is, <>r seems to be in
favor of the soldier.
We have hail a great many persons
call at thin otlice lately hoth white ami
native wlin complain that they cannot
collect their witness (ecu from a* far
hack as two year*, some ol them having
lieen brought from a distance. We can
only ailriw an »|*|w>ut to hairl>ariks, (or
they may la- |irctty sure that the au
thorities there are not to hlaine.
Othuiar, a wuwde hopper well known
here, in missing. Ilia |iro|»-rty should
be looked after. 111 ■» wood on the Imnk
is 'icing taken hy l»«it» and no one to
take the receipts Tin- man la believed
by other wi««I> ho|>|* r» to have heen
drowned. ami though our authorities
have long (wen notified m> action has
been taken. Ulhmar* friemla should
notify tMe marshal at Fairbanks. we
have long inaintuined that some of the
underlings of our Alaskan government
partake of the nature of parasites, but
we think that when something happens
to one of these men who living that
lonely life make it possible for these
people to fatten on a community that
these people should be made to do their
duty.
We will venture to say that our au
thorities will find they have made a
mistake to tell the Indians that they
cannot be in town after 8 o’clock. It
was an unwarranted unsuccessful at
tempt to make a failure of the enter
tainment lieing held in Mr. Herrold's
building and on the face of it a piece of
spite work which merits the strongest
kind of condemnation. In this connec
tion we wish to repeat that neither Mr.
Herrold nor any other person, except
the editor, is responsible in any way for
what appears in this paper, and we wish
to say once for all that we believe we
voice the convictions of the whole peo
ple when we oppose this connection be
tween church and state in the town of
Tanana. .
It is not necessary that we should say
anything of our late trip to Fairbanks,
as results sjieak for themselves and the
Fairbanks Times handled the matter far
tietter than we could. We content our
selves with the assertion that we can
prove that Vautier told woodehopi>erH
on his way down from Fairbanks that
he would have the editor of the Citizen
in shackles inside of 80 days (he then
having the bench warrant with him),
thus proving that it was the thinnest
kind of an excuse to say that we at
tempted to escape.
From the men deputized by U. S.
Deputy Martdiul Vautier to assist rap
ture of assailants of Mr. Fleming on the
Kantbdina, we received the following
facts. When Vautier and the deputies
reached the place of the shooting they
were tired on. They promptly got out
of sight, hut instead of waiting around
he proceeded down the river, where next
morning Tansy and Swift were arrested,
when the facts |H>intcd out that the real
men were above, fn fact they must
have gone overland, as their ls>at is still
there. Such an unwarranted attempt
of an officer to make a name for himself
sjieaks for itself.
[ Fleming was shot and seriously
wounded in an attempt to roll him
while he was coming down the Kan*
tishna in a small l«>at a year ago. Tansy
and Swift were charged with the crime.
They were ac<|uitt«d. An excellent rep
utation enabled them to make a strong
defense.— Kd. Yukon Valley News.]
Buck Taylor To Co Out.
Junirt) Taylor tmuinionly known a»
Burk Taylor , proprietor o| I hr Keerp
tion «ah*»n at Tatiana, i* tfoitiK otil*i<le
lie wan marrinl rwently ami hi* wile
ha* ptnolol him to the *latr* lin'W
A t ari will I* authoriar*l to ti4lwl out
•tamling arioiinia •lur Mr Taylor.
FINE SPECIMEN
FROM RAY RIVER
Mammoth Tusk Entire and So Well
Preserved that it is Valuable
for the Ivory.
The best-preserved specimen of fos
silized tusk that has been found in this
part of Alaska was brought in by O. 1’. j
Goss last Thursday. The tusk is entire,
and is as symmetrical and graceful in
its curves as the horn of an old-time
Texas steer, to which it bears strong
resemblance. It can scarcely be said to
be petrified, and would undoubtedly be
of commercial value for the ivory ifccon
! tains. In one or two places the surface
has cracked very slightly, leaving a thin
! scale under which the white, solid ivory
| can be seen.
! The specimen is supposed to have be
longed to a mammoth, which, though a
larger animal than the mastodon, had
a smaller tusk, more slender and of
more pronounced curvature. This one
j is not large, even for one from the spe
j ciea yielding the smaller kind. From
| butt to tip, following the curvature, it
j measures 5 feet 5 inches. On a straight
! line the ends are 3 feet 10 inches apart.
It measures 11 inches in circumference
at the largest place. The hollow that
fitted onto the jaw is 10 inches. The
weight is 27'a pounds. The point is
slightly flattened and is apparently as
j sharp as when its owner was alive.
Mr. Goss dug the specimen from a
gravel bank on Hay river about eighteen
miles from the mouth. It was brought
down for George \Y. Ledger.
In Wonder, Xev., $5 a day is the
minimum rate for unskilled labor. Car
penters and other skilled workmen re
ceive $7 and $8.
'Tinroinnnnro'TOTroirinrHTnr
JULIUS RAHMSTORF,
GENERAL
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