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David T. Davis and.. Mike. Zhkrt?ffV
both of. who mwere convicted onj
charges of. violating the - Alaska dry.
law, will serve out sentences in the
federal-jajl at Fairbanks- Davis was
sentenced-..ta. t°n, months and fined
foOA,. and Zharaff to'ten months and
$500 fine.
The many, friends.of Thomas Killea,
fotmer Fairbanksan- and well known
in: the,.Interior districts, has become
mentally, deranged and has been com
mitted, to Morningside Sanitarium. He
was taken, into custody at Napamute,
bujt as. the. services of a physician and
jury were, not procurable there he
was-taken, for. trial to Bethel, where
hei was-found insane He will be taken
tot the States on the steamer Tupper
byl Deputy U- S. Marshal Frapk C.
Wfsenaanv; .
Setting t'ortii.a long list of alleged
•Tfors on the part of the court.. Wil
li*n, I<.4?aiil. Has filed an “assignment
of< errors” to..perfect his appeal from
Judge Justin W~ Harding's conviction
for contempt of. court., Paul was
fined $175..on ..two, contempt counts by
Judge Harding at,.':Cetchika®.
In,.a-Jengthy. document Paul, thru
-.is, attftrney.9, declares among other
things that.Jhn court had no jurisdic
tiqn to.try.the case, that the. convic
tion was ..without due process of law
in that. no. accusation was preferred
against him, that he was denied the
assistance £>/• counsel in his defense,
and that the court was disqualified.
It is up to the Circuit Court of
Appeals in SatU Franc i sc o; to decide
whether or not Mr. Paul is entitled
to; appeal the .case and, if an. affirma
tive decision is made on the point, to
consider the evidence and hand down
a puling, .
Mrs. filar® J'. Mahoney died'at St.
Joseph’s Hospital, Fairbanks, a ..few
iuys ago as the. result .of. a paralytic
stroke. _ She.,/.v»s„a pioneer, resident
>t\.Fairhanks and befor.e-coming there
ia)4 lived in. .various.. other parts of
\lpska. Before the Klondike •stam
oejle.she made-her home in Douglas.
When the: big freighter Tanana
sails trtwn Beattie,/or Nome .she..will
carry on her deck the cabin cruiser
Reliance, of the. National Grocery
Company. t The new vessel will cruise
in; Norton ,Soiund>. up. and down the
Yukon and the Tanana rivers, serv
ing as. a traveling man’s floating
hotel. .
The. Reliance* is 45. feet long and
11 1-2 feet beam, and has- a: draft of
three feet. She ia equipped with a
100-harsepower. Redwing engine and
can. maintain a. speed of 15 miles an
hour. Pilothouse control, tanks with
Vucap^atyvof: 540 gallons of gasoline,
land sleeping accommodations for
seven persons, a modem galley and a
bdthropnx, are some of the features
of this new craft. She has a cruising
radius of 1,500 miles. She will be
commanded by Captain David E.
Dunbar, a veteran of the Tanana and
Yukon rivers, who has been in the
service of the.. National Grocerry Co
for the past 20 years.
The new vessel will serve an area
extending 1,000 miles on the Yukon,
300 miles on the Tanana. and 500
miles on Norton Sound.
The- board, of managers/ of the
Alaska Chamber of Commerce, which
met in Juneau recently, elected E. R.
Tarwxtgr . of Anchorage.; president;
Alfred J. Domen of Nome, Luther C.
Hess of Fairbanks, and Charles Bep~
jamin of Wrangell, vice presidents;.
Allen Shaituck, of Juneau, treasurer;
M. S. Whittier, of Juneau, executive
secretary.,.
Juneau was aesignated as .the head
quarters for th * next twy. years.
The expenditure, of- ti e $5,000 made
by the Legislature; wiLt be spent un-.
der the direction of the Governor.
The organisation now begins to futic
O- €. Wagmaster, Anchorage taxi
driver, and a recent arrival there
fro mKetchikan, was..arrested recent
ly fo driving a taxi while intoxicated,
and after being convicted was sen
tenced to serve three month sin jail
by Commissioner T. C. Price. Wag
master drove his car on the platform
of the Anchorage railroad station, the
front fender tippin gover a baby car
riage in which there was a small
child. The driver made no attempt
to bac khi*.car until alt of his passen
gers had alighted, and then he drove
hastily away without trying to ascer
tain if any injury, had. resulted,
News was received at. Fairbanks .a
few days ago of the death in Seattle
of Louis C. Anderson,.form*')'..partner
of Andre wNerland. Mr. . Anderson
had been hale and,hearty, despite his
advanced age, up until, three months,
ago. Mr. Anderson was a real pio
neer of the North, having first gone
to Dawson in. ,1897 and to, Fairbanks
in 1904. From thp .latter year he
•lived in Fairbanks continuously , until
the fall qf 1922, when he sold out his.
business interests to Mr. Nerland-. .
By an overwhelming majority
Fairbanks voters at a recent special
election ratified the ordinance grant
ing to the American. States Public
Service Company public utility •fran
chises. Each of the four franchises
contained in the ordinance was voted
upon favorably, the majority far ex- j
1 ceeding the 55 per cent required by
■ law. The total vote was 740 out of a
total registration of slightly in ex
cess of j)00.
ClArence Cr.ites, widely known- and
popular resident ;of the Fairbanks
section,! died at.hi's home in that city
a few days ago.. Lung trouble caused
by the constant inhalation of quartz
dust was asigned as the cause.
. For » long- time Mr. Crites occupied
a prominent position in the quartz in-,
dustrv surrounding -Fairbanks, hav
ing been associated with'Henry'Fields:
man for many years in the develop
ment and operation of the Crites &
Feldman hard rock properties • -ur.
Fairbanks credit;
Up' is survived by his widow and *
two daughters, who were at hi$ bed-,;
side at. the. time of his death*,..
James Russell, a pioneer • of the-1
Rtlby.district, where he operated the
14-mile roadhouse- on the'- - trail-' be- i.
tween Ruby -and Long, passed away ■
at St, Joseph's hospital, Fairbanks, a
few days ago. Death was due ■ to
heart troublfe.
- J. C. Tolman, pioneer of Alaska and
resident of the Territory for - many
years, died- April 2£c at Naples, Italy, j
He had gone to Europe with his son-.
Chester• A, T6lman, and was making
an automobile trip over the continent.1
Thdy had covered France, a part of
Germany and Italy when- he • was
seized;, with a heart attack at Naples.
The end came quickly.
J. C. ' Tolman came to Alaska - in
1899 as a deputy collector of Customs-;
at Kodiak. Later he was transferred >.
to Wrangell. He had quit the service
and left; for Circle City when he fell;
in with the -Klondike r. stampede at .
Dawson. He remained:- there a few
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE, .
To Peter. Davey, his heirs, and as.
and assigns:.
You, and each of you, art hereby1
hotifted'->thait, T, ithei. undersigned, your j
co-owner, have expended in labor and,/,
improvements the sum of not less
than pne, '.hundred ■ dollars for , the.
years 192b, 1922, 1923. ,1924 1925,1
1926, 1927. 1928,and 1929 upon placer!
• mining claim No. 3 Above Discovery
on Esperanto creek, a tributary, ofj
Madison creek, jn the Innoko Mining-,
and Recording Precinct, Fourth divi-i
'sion, .Territory, of Alaska, in order to ,
hold, said claim under the provisions ,
of Section 2321 of the Revised Stat
utes, of the-,..United Staes and thei
amendments thereto concerning an
nual labor upon mining claims, being!
the amount required to hold said min- I
ing claim for the period June 30, i
. 1930.
And if, .within ninety days after the
publication .of this notice, you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion
of .said .expenditure, as well as the
cost of recording .the same, and the
costs of this advertisement, your in
terest in said claim will become the;
property of the.,undersigned, your co-;
i owner, who has made the required
expenditures -under the terms of said
Section 2324 of the. Revised Statutes}
j .of the. United States.
JOHN KRIEGER,
Co-Owner.’
.First publication May 4, 1929; last
Aug. 2, 1929._
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years without success and then went
to Noma. His success there was also
indifferent. He returned to Oregon,
and in 1905 "was appointed deputy
marshal at Nome. He was one of the
early settlers of Seward and became
warden there. Fo rseveral years he
had resided at> Point Loma, Calif. A
second son, Oilt C. Tolman, resides in
Seattle.
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