THE FAIRBANKS HERALD
Volume !. FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, JULY 4, 1915 No. 1.
CORNER STONE TO BE LAID
ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
Delegate Wickersliam, who is sojourn
ing at his home in Pairbauks while
congress is not in session, announces
that the corner stone of the Agricultur
al College and School of Mines, which
congress has authorized to be built near
lister Siding, will be laid on Sunday,
July 4tli, attended with the usual cer
emonies.
In the early part of last week Mrs.
Wickersliam, Mrs blither Hess, Deleg
ate Wickersliam. Rev. H. H. Lumpkin
went out to lister Siding and selected a
site for the building.
Congress has authorised the expend
iture ot fifty thousand dollars annually
for the support of the institution after
it has been built, so as soon as it is in
working condition the federal govern
meat will donate for its upkeep.
Regarding the building of tlie College
and Soliool of Mines, Mr. Wiekersliam
says: “It is now up to the legislature
of Alaska to appropriate money to build
the college and everyone who is inter
ested in education and the development
of the country should give his support
to it. We cannot get anything from
congress until the institution is built
and in order to expedite matters we
have decided to commence the building
of it by laying the corner-stone on the
Fourth of July. The sooner we com
mence the quicker it will be finished,
and as quick as it is finished the money
which congress has authorized ($50,0( 0
per annumJ, will be available for it
upkeep.”
HOLIDAY CROWDS
ARE GATHERING
To Celebrate With
Book and Mug
From the surrounding country the
people ate gathering in Fairbanks to
celebrate with prayer book and beer
mug the anniversary of the Independ
ence of Old Glory.
It would be advisable for the police
committee ot the city council to warn
the special police which they have auth
orized the appointment of, to handle
the producers when they come to town
I very gently, so as to preclude the pos
sibility of a fracas occurring like that
which took place two years ago.
The business man of Fairbanks who
tries to run a business without the aid
of the producer generally goes broke.
Quite a few have gone broke trying it.
Handle the producer gently.
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Giving Goods
Away
Don't forget to attend the Sale that is
being held between the Railroad cig
ar store and Mendham's Jewelry store
There may be something in it for you.
The management claims that they are
giving clothes away. Better go and
see ?
Do you want an Independent paper ?
The Herald is Independent.
Dope Fiends Are
Gathered In*
Two female dope fiends who have
been hitting the drug rather heavy of
late were each sentenced by Judge
Brown yesterday to six mouths and a
day in jail.
It is not every day that an obscure
newspaper man of mediocre ability is
elevated to the position of a governor.
Caskey should take this into consid
eration when he is criticizing Governor
Strong.
Townsite Boomer
Hard at Work
WITH UNCLE SAM’S
GOOD REAL ESTATE
J. \V. McCord, the local townsite
boomer, who has sprung into the lime
light since the Tolovana stampede, is
busv these days promoting Brooks City
in the Tolovana Valley. With a whole
page advertisement decoratid ly four
beautiful pictures of Old Glory in the
News-Miner, he tells of the golden
opportunities that await those who are
not too slow in taking advantage of
them.
DEMOCRATS TO EE
SPLIT
W, J, Bryan, Disturber
Of The Peace,
It is apparent, says a Democratic ex
change, that the resignation of Mr. \V.
Jennings Bryan from the cabinet will
cause a split in the ranks of the Deni,
ocrats. The result of a split in the
ranks of the Democrats at this time will
mean a victory for the Republicans in
1916 with the Root-Penrose wing in
control.
LEGISLATURE MAKES
EIGHT HOUR LAW
After Nearly Eight
Years of Agitation.
After eight years of agitation oil the
part of the mine workers of
Alaska the legislature has passed an
eight-hour law compelling operators of
underground mines to work their em
ployes but eight hours per day. Senat
or Dan Sutherland and Representative
Snow both of Ruby and Representative
Burns of Little Eldorado Creek were
the principal advocates of the bill.
The agitation for the eiglit-liour day
began in this district with the great
Tatiana strike of 1907, when there were
thousands ot union men working in
the mines of the Tanana. The union
RECEIVER NOYES
WILL LEAVE SOOH
Attorney de Journel will accompany
the receiver to the State of
Washington where suits will be
instituted against Schram, Par
sons, and Webster.
Receiver Noyes together with his
attorney, F. de Journel will leave for
Seattle soon to file suits agaifist Parsons
Webster and Sehrain who are said to be
trie principal wrongdoers in the bank
wreck which took place here several
years ago.
Parsons and his associates were the
owners of the stock of the Washington
Alaska Hank of the State of Washington
and sold it to the Fairbanks Banking,
something which Attorney de Jcuiml
and many other eminent legal author
ities hold thev had no right to do.
Receiver Noyes has only about two
and a halt months more in which to file
suits before th_* statute of limitations
begins to run, and if he is successful in
his efforts to recover it will mean that
approximately $5C0,000 will he returned
to the sorrow ing w idow s and orphans of
the Tatiana who were wronged by the
bank looters nearly six years ago.
KnowRon, Who is a Can
didate for Position Said
to be Not Qualified.
It is said that in considering the ap
plicants for the pospion of Superintend
ent of Fducation for Alaska, the ap’
plication of Phillip Knowlton ex-prin
cipal of Fairbanks Scliot is, will receive
but scant consideration at the h. lids of
the Governor for the reason that he
had to resign from his position here on
account of a lack of knowledge of the
subjects necessary for a principal of a
school teaching secondary education.
went broke in the fight, which was a
I>itter one, and so did dozens of oper
ators who made it their business to
oppose it. Since then then the agitation
has cropped out from time to time in
political campaigns, especially the
legislative campaign of 1912 when the
Socialist candidates of that year pledg
ed themselves to work for its passage.
Representative Burns was formtrh
presiding officer of tne local branch of
the Western Federation of miners. Re
presentative Snow was likewise a West
ern Federation man and Dan Suther
land was formerly United States mar
shal at Juneau hut was removed at the
behest of the political machine oi
which Bouis K. Shackleford was the
head, because he refused to do its bid
ding.
Sutherland and Snow were elected wn
the Independent (Wickershain) ticket
while Burns ran on the regular Demo
cratic ticket being the only candidate
elected on that ticket.
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Sec AvakofT about having your watch ]
repaired.
GOVERNOR STRONG
RECEIVES PLAUDITS
OF MULTITUDE
Executive of the Territory and his
Lady after a trief visit leave
for the lower river.
Standing on the deck of the good
ship Seliwatka with Mrs. Strong by his
side, Major Strong, Democratic Gover
nor of Alaska, with liis snowy locks
glistening like silver as the setting sen
cast its last rays upon them, received
the plaudits of the multitude and ex
pressed his regrets that he was unable
to spend the glorious l;ourlli with tin in
Postmaster Deal was there with sev
eral members of his staff as well as sev
eral other prominent Democrats who
have been recently appointed to office.
The visit of Governor had no political
significance, so stated a prominent
Democrat, notwithstanding the atUni] t
of J. •Harmon Caskey to turn it into a
political nature.
BILL M’PHEE ARRIVES
After seven months spent in the
States well known sourdough
is glad to get back to his dear
old northern home.
\V. II. McPliee, who has been so long
in the North that he does not rememler
when he came North first, (he thinks
it’s about thirty years) reached Pair
banks on Sheldon’s auto, bright and
early, Friday morning, after spending
seven months sightseeing in the States.
For some time prior to liis departure
for the States Me Pliee had intimated
that he would like to see the Outside—
the Great and Wonderful Outside—but
lie was afraid to tackle it alone; for on
the great. Outside there lurked many
hidden dangers for the unsophisticated
Alaskan sourdough, so he had been
told, and hewouldn t take any chances.
At last, however, a dav arrived when
he thought it would he safe to make
the attempt. James Wickersham, Del
egate from Alaska was coming tc Fair
banks on a campaign trip. Bill could
trust “Our Jim. ’’
"His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony.
Bill loved him like a \ery bntlier,
They had been fou for days th’getli
er. ’ ’
to start him off and put him wise tc- the
ways of a cold cruel world. And so they
went together in Sheldon’s auto c\cr
Colonel Richardsons big trail.
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Esgpipes At McPhee's
All kinds ol bands are arriving in the
city to celebrate the Fourth ci July.
Besides the Fort Gibbon band the
latest to arrive is a band ol Scotchmen
with the bagpipes. They are taking in
the thirst emporiums ot the city.
With the monarchical governments
of Mu rope cutting one another's tin oats
the reading of the Declaration of In
dopendedee will have a greater mean
ing than ever before.