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HVfcRY. LANDER PIONEER OF
NORTHLAND, REACHES END
(Arirhoraire Tamea-d
The North and “Old We*t’< li st «n
iut«tanding frontiersman. Ahis- raonth
in the passin gof .T.. Har»y Lander,
long a resident, of Alaska and the
Yukon, whose death ,orsu*red at La
peer, Mish.. , following ■%. stroke of
paralysis, News .of the*.passing of
the' oldtimer was contained in a letter
releived h yThe Tiroes from Harry M.
Myers, publisher of the Lapeer Coun
hr iPrucB TKo tircf ctruklra Wfl« fnl.
lowed by a second-two.-days later,
after which Mr. Lander showed slight
improvement for several days, giving
wioouragemont. to the hope that he
might recover. Then came a sudden
'ur*i~£pr, the worse.
Harry Lander *ame North in 1899.
He UoOkn, load ef rattle to. Dawson
and sold it he moc the. scow at more
than ■$WMM) per, head. He then «n
i gaged ^n, mining and event broke,
after which he booght a- bhrro and a
little cart and embarked, in* the
freighting brsiness. He joined the
rhsb to Fairbanks.several years later,
and-,went-from there, to the Willow.
Crdek-district, where , he was engaged
in freighting to the,,various mines
Intil a year ago, .when he sold, his
business, and headquarters buidings
at .Mountain Home and left for the
States. .
After traveling. oveqr the country
visiting relatives, Qldtime friends and
the' scenes of his cow-punching days.
Lander went to Lapeer to spend his
dedining years-on ®. snail tract of
land which he and Mr. Myers stocked
with sheep. In fact, -it was at the
suggestion of Mr. Myers that the
sourdough Alaskan gave up his stren,
uoile work in the Willow'. Creek min
ingi district- The two first, met when
Mr. Myers was in Alaska several
years ago obtaining material for. a
series of articles -which he published
in his Lapeer papers and. the friend
ship hen begun became very dose
when* the publisher returned to Alas
ka. f on-aj second-visit, accompanied by
hisi family.,
Mr.. Lauder was a pioneer of the
old* schopLv He drove cattle from
Tekas to Wichita, and fro mOregonto
Nebraska, in the early days of those
States. He wa& a nephew of General
Fletcher Lander* from whom Lander,
Wybming, was naoued* and he counted
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agumg his personal friends Buffalo
BUI Cody, Teddy Roosevelt and doz
en*.. of other famou Westerners. He
was trail foreman half a century ago
with-Jim Dahlman, who is now mayor
of Omaha, Nebraska, and the two had *
a great reunion when the Al&skan. 1
went to the States last fall. *
Everyone in Anchorage knew- “Un-* j
cle Harry” and loved him, and his ^
picturesque home on the shore of the j
Little. Susitna river, at the gateway .
to the Willow Creek district, was the,
scene of many happy summer outings,,
the atchstring always being out for s
Anchorage friends and others who ^
Chanced that way. Just how old the ^
pioneer was, none of hi» friends seem
able to state definitely, but he admit-.. J
ted. that he was 7 Qyegft**,of ago. i,
When he was making,, his home m j
the cow country muny>years.ago Lan-. l
der rode into a small settlement, one •
day t.o learn, that ,the i<Xndiaans> • had
been there and carried off two girls.
Notwithstanding .the fact that.he had.
just come fra ma long, ride and that
there-wa* none hi the samp to assist j
‘Kim, Lander set out;in search o(f the,',
captive maidens. He found them on
plains far from the nearest settle- (
meut, where they had been eft to. j .
their fate, without food, and without j ,
clothing. i
With the aid. of Landter’s saddle (
blanket and .coat the girls made them-; ]
selves presentable and they were then ;,
escorted to- a clum of timber border- j j
ing a river several miles distant, j
where, they concede dthemselves: j
while Lander set off for a. distant fort; j
to get soldier aid for. escort 'hack to j
civilization. After, the girls had. beeir-i \
safely returned to their families,, the j {
cow puncher resumed his work and j
did. not pass that way again- But in>!,
after years he wondered -what had)
become of the girls and sought to find c
some trace of them, hut without sue- ] f
cess.
The story was told' to numerous
Alaska friends, and-wh<*»'Lander re
turned to his old stamping grounds
last fall he was relating the experi
ence to a gjoup. of interested listeners
in a little, town not far from the place
where the Indians- had made their
capture-. To his surprise and joy,
Lander then discolored that the citi
zens of that town had long been try
ing to find, the man who had rescued
the girls, and the. discovery was the
signal for a big celebration. Lander
also had the pleasure of renewing ac
quaintance with one of the girls, who
lived close by..
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In addition to the member* of the
Myers family, close friends of the
Northerner,, there was, present in La
peer when the end- came, Richard
Lander, a son. He was in Michigan
visiting friends when his father was
stricken, and he. hastened to Lapeer
when he learned what had occurred.
There is a daughter, Mrs. Laura
Houston, residing in San Francisco, a
nephew, Jess Lander, of Seward, and
anoher nephew, Harry Lander, who
makes his home at Kodiak. A sister,
Mrs. M. L. Parks, resides at Har
vard, Neb.; there are two cousins and
a nephew in Denver, two nephews
and a niece at Lincoln, a nephew at
Des Moines, and other relatives in
other parts of the country. Mr, -Lan
der had been married three times,
each of his wiveh having died. The
third wife was laid tq rest in -the
Anchorage cemetery- ...
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I Beef, whole or quarters. VeaLand Chicleas r
l Trimmed ISbs of Beef Whole Hogs,* \ |
.Pork Hoik dodders Pork Loins?; 1 j
; [ Pigs' Feet jarsior kitts Wieners ; j
] Bacon; MildCdhed, 60c PerPound...
; [ |MEAT ENfflJ OH TO KASTtmtlL KEXy FALL.
TAKOHWA, .
ALASKA
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& BRINK
>IVER LOCATES DIAMONDS
AND GOLD ON STR. ISLANDER
Gold and diamonds that, had lain
he bottom of the sea 29. years were
aised to the surface a,few. weeks ago
nd brought to Juneau. The treasure
ras off the wreck of the steamship
slander, submerged in more than 60
athoms of water off th.esouth end of
)quglas Island. The precious meta
s said to have weighed about fifteen
voirdupois pounds, and is valued at
pproximately $4,600, The precious
tones numbered only two and are
mall. A small amount of gold, pre
iously taken from the ill-fated ves
elr is declared to have been brought
o Juneau a few days before August
5. All the recovered wealth is sup
iosed to have been found in baggage
board the craft.
C. H. Wiley, who is at-the head of
he party engaged in salvaging the
sunken riches, and who is doing, virtu
illy al the diving work, came to Ju
leau with the gold and diamonds and
leposited them in the bank.
Mr. Wiley, while not talkative
ibout his good fortune,-took no pains
o conceal it. The recovered gold, he
s quoted as having said, was found
n buckskin pokes.. Except for the
breading in the seams of the sacks,
hey were well preserved. The seams
oosened completely when the pokes
vere exposed to the, air and then
heir contents bulged out. .
The-treasure is believed to be-the
irst in any worth-while quantity .to
ie recovered-from the lost vessel..
Additional - riches are expected to
ie found in the baggage, -but the
hief store-of-weath is thought to be
a the ship’s safe and strong boxes,
tot yet located.
With fifteen men in the salvage
r.ew and present equipment adequate
or all- purposes, Mr. Wiley and his
artners hope, to bring their quest to
uccessfui conclusion within -about
bree months.- -
RIG O YEN WOULD SPEND >
LAST. DAYS IN EUROPE
BUENOS AIRES.-Former^ Presi
ent Irigoyen this morning left the
arracks where he has been impris-.
oed. •
Yesterday the 80-year-old man told
rovisional Presiden Uribur he want
i to spend the remainder of his days,
i Europe. Two doctors examined the
?ed man and said he was suffering
illy from«a light • heart - disordes,
»used by. age.
Doctors Caste and Lavelle told
bout Irigoyen wanting to go to Pane
* Spain.... They said he wa& willing
) leave the pampaB he helped 6 to
uild frd myoung manhood, as he
;ared his presence in the Argentine
McGrath J
EoolHall
Fresh Fruits s
Candies
Tobaccos
IPipes
Cigarettes
Soft Drinks]
Cigarette Holders
FRANK LANGE
Proprietor
would be undesirable to those in
power.
Irigoyaji’s personal effects were
sent aboard a cruiser which sailed for
Montevideo..
WHAT’S NEW?
William Beebe, the explorer, reach
ed a sea depth of about half a mile in
1 a hollow metal diving > ball, designed
for the study of marine life at great
i depths.
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A miniature electric fan fob use n
closed automobies has been devised.
New sources of- insulin, used <> in
the treatment of diabeteB* have beea i
discovered in two specie* ef fish, the
angler and the sculgin..
French dolls-now, sihg by means of
a miniature phonograph, concealed in
the body...
Frank X Gnskey
Notary Pubiid w
McGrath, Alaska a
Takolna Pool Hall
Fresh Fhiits*
Tobaccos
Apples
Gandies* Soft Dtoinkks
Cigars Ggaretso
Oranges
GhaclfeO’Halloran
Propp.
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Pioneer/
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STATION:' FAlRVPBWi'INNOKI) RIVER/
Miners’, Prospectors** anil
Trappers’ Supplies•
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