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Tanana leader., 1910-07-07

extensive shoals are properly marked, ocean vessels with draft of 12 feet may enter and ascend it to Bethel with safety and dispatch. In fact, even without these aids to navigation, vessels with greater draft than l2 feet have entered this river and departed from it success fully. The United States fish commits sion steamer Albatross, of 636 tons and a draft of l3 feet, ascended the kusko- kwim about 40 miles in 1SS9 X few years ago another ocean steamer of good size, the Leelanaw, of 1923 tons, went up the siver to the second in the chan nel 40 miles below Bethel. This point has since been known as Leelanaw An chorage. In 1908 the Charles Hanson, of 192 tons and 12 feet draft, ascended the Kusko kokwim with several hundred tons of freight to Bethel. Thus it may be seen that the importance of this river as route of transportation has not been fully realized, although it enjoys the advantage of being one of the two rivers in Alaska which can be entered by ocean vessels of commercial size. The other is the Nushagak, emptying into Bristol Bay.
 Go to oNussbaum' Barbershop for first lass work.
Tanana leader., 1910-07-07
VIM. 'C0NN0R
 CAMPAIGNING
Labor Candidate Says He Will Win
 the Election Sure.

William O'Connor, the union labor candidate for delegate to congress, ar rived in Panama on the steamer koyu- kuk last Saturday night and remained here until the departure of the Sarah up the Yukon Monday evening.
 He went around town and got some what acquainted, but it can scarcely be said that he did any electioneering here.
 MT. O'Connor professes to be confi- dent of election. On the way down from Fairbanks he spent couple of days among the miners on Sullivan creek and is now on his way to the coast, where he will visit all sections ill which numer ous laborers are employed. It is from the laboring class that he is seeking support and he believes they will vote for him solidly. -~..~~-
 The result of an election is hard thing to foretell, but under all the cir cumstances it appears to the Leader that Mir. O'Connor's election is an abso lute impossibility. However, his candi- dacy is not devoid of interest for the reason that there is wide room to specu late on which his vote will cut into the deepest, the Orr or the Wickersham forces.
 His principal fight is directed against Wickersham, and the three main points of attack-how incomprehensible !-are Wickersham's miners lien bill, his bill for the inspection of mines, and his at tempt to remove the power of attorney and association claim evils. The work ings of the human mind are past finding out. Mir. O'Connor may be actuated by
Tanana leader., 1910-07-07
LUNACY CASE
 AT RAMPART

On the up trip of the mail launch Messenger she took on at Rampant Spe- cial Deputy Pres Ireland, armed with a warrant for the arrest of man named Preston, against whom d charge of lu- macy had been laid by three men floating down the river in small boat.
 Special Deputy Ireland disembarked at Greens camp midway between Ram part and Fort Hamlin. The Messenger proceeded and picked up the the down. coming mail fourteen miles above Fort Hamlin. Returning, she reported to the deputy that Preston was at Glenn Anderson's camp, 24 miles above Greens place. He went up and arrested the man and landed him in jail at Rampant.
 It is said on being arrested Preston showed no signs of being crazy. His story was that he had been travelling with the three men who complained against him and so much drinking was going on that he concluded to part com pany with them. He pulled out alone and the others overlook him. He went ashore and they followed and abused and beat him. His boat went adrift and was picked up at Rampant.
 It has not been learned how the case ended, but it is not likely that Preston was convicted of lunacy. From all that can be found out the men laying the charge were the crazier and more blame able
Tanana leader., 1910-07-07

At the very last moment, when it looked like Tanana would pass up the Fourth without anything whatever in the nature of demonstration, some en- terprising persons set out and collected ample money for prizes and very cred itable program of sports was arranged for the afternoon
 Interest in the contests never Jagged, and the town can congratulate itself on having made start in a direction that will lead it to greater things in future years.
 A. J. Campbell, J. c. Dehn and Theo. Dieterick were the arrangements com mittee, and the winners of the events were as follows:
 Boys Race, 50 yards-Frankie Cuffe first, Tommie Cuffe second; $3 and $2.
 Hundred yard Dash Shultz first, Wright second; $5 and $3.
 Obstacle Race-Dunaway first, Tom mic Cuffe second; $5 and $3.
 Egg Race-,Johnson first, Henry kok rine second; $5 and $3.
Tanana leader., 1910-07-07
Chief Charley Set Right.

Friends of Chief Charley of Minto request the leader to correct the state ment printed i'll these columns some time ago that he was principal in the theft of liquor from the Rodman Alaska Trading Company's store. Chief Char ley was already on his way home to Minto at the time of the occurrence and had nothing to do with it. At the time the arrests were made some of the natives themselves, on account of the similarity of the names, believed Chief Charley had been arrested. The paper was just going to press and the head man of Minto was done an injustice that his friends do not like.
Tanana leader., 1910-07-07
The KuSkOkWim River.
Extract from Bulletin 40, U. S. Geological
 Report.

Extract from Bulletin 40, U. S. Geological
 Report.
 The kuskokwim is the second largest stream in Alaska and is perhaps the best river for steamboating in that country, with the possible exception of the Yu- kon. Steamboats of large size can ascend the river about $50 miles to the conflu- ence of its two principal headwater branches, the East and South forks, and smaller steamboats have been up the South Fork about 40 miles above this junction and no doubt could also ascend the East Fork for some distance. Boats with draft of two feet have ascended Takotna river, a large tributary of the Kuskokwim that heads against the sources of the Innoko, for a distance of about 60 miles to point within 9 miles of Canes creek, whence supplies may be forwarded 30 miles farther up the Ia kotna to the mouth of Big creek, which is only about 12 miles from Canes creek.
 The Kuskokwim has not been used to any great extent as route for the trans portation of supplies, because the coun- try within it's watershed has not been prospected or developed, as has the territory within the Yukon basin. An other reason is that Kuskokwim Bay and the estuary or tidal portion of the rivers mouth has been considered a hazardous locality in which to navigate ocean vessels, but this opinion appears to be due more to the fact that this part of the. Alaskan coast is mapped only in rough outline, and is not known in q detailed way, even by the very few who have some personal knowledge of these waters, rather than the presence of any real dangers to navigation other than those caused by lack of acquaintance and proper charts for guidance. When accurate surveys of Kuskokwim Bay and the mouth of the river are made and the channels that run through it's
Tanana leader., 1910-07-07
NATIVES HOLD
 AN ELECTION

The local Indians last Sunday evening held a mass meeting at the Mission and elected three selectmen to supervise their affairs for the next year. There were six nominations and the following were chosen: Chief William, with 2S votes; Chief Evan, with 26 votes, and Paul Williams, with "A votes. The qualifications of the voters required that each man taking part should be at least 2l years old.
 One of the things that the new board will try to secure is a portion of the civilian labor required at the military post for the local natives. They contend that there are many natives thoroughly competent to do the labor required at the post, and do not think they should be discriminated against.
 See Jack Cavanaugh for we'll water and :-l< ,:ol<
Tanana leader., 1910-07-07

the utmost sincerity. But when he un- dertakes to demonstrate that those measures were intended as slap at union labor he assumes big contract
Tanana leader., 1910-07-07

See Jack Cavanaugh for we'll water and light express. Scavenger work speciality.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11
VENTILATINC DAIRY BARN
IS IMPORTANT FEATURE
Cleanliness Of Success
Whole Business Depends


There is no more important feature
about dairy barn than the vcntila-
ting system. The cleanliness of the
milk. the health OF the cows, and the
success of the whole business depends
on the proper ventilation. Ventilation
of poultry coops has been practically
solved by the use OF cloth windows.
but the dairy barn is another matter.
one which requires study and more or
less cost in construction
In the accompanying illustration is
seen the King system of ventilation
which is acknowledged by experts to
be one of the best systems in opera
ton to-day
The inlets must be so arranged that
the warm air will not pass out in
stead of the cold fresh air coming in.
1t is for this reason that the inlet fiue
should begin near the ground on the
outside and end near the ceiling in
side. All that is necessary is to have
the outer end of the fiue several feet
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11
Sense Of smel, Lost Early.

London.-"Man has nearly lost the
sense of smell. There are compare
lively few men of so who retain It,"
said DR.. A. Hill in a lecture at the
London institution. on the senses as
news agents of the mind. The nose.
he said. had precedence of all other
senses. not only from it's position as
the anatomical tip of the body. but
because 1t was the doyen of the
senses. having regard to the order of
its creation. 1t made its appearance
before any other sensation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11

The above illustration shows duck
house with wire separated water runs.
This is an admirable plan for farmers
who have running water on their
farms.
In duck raising three things are es-
sential to success. frequent feeding.
plenty of good drinking water and
abundance Of sand or other grit II
incubators are not used. hens are bet
ter than ducks to incubate the eggs
and the best practice is to take the
ducklings away from the hen as soon
as Matched, keeping them In a covered
box in warm room or In a regular
brooder until feathered. During the
day they should be kept in a movable
pen on fresh grass. Don't let the
ducklings puddle in the water or they
ara liable to get wet. and dampness
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11

afford good flue. This fs one "a
the neatest ways of constructing the
flues OF which know. Tho sape
sheet or galvanized iron can be used
that is manufactured for roofing. SO ID
Is easily obtained. In some Instances
1t is well 10 have trap doors IA tha
fues so that the wind win not cool
the barn too much In the winter. ys
the north this plan OF ventilating is
being adopted by the dairymen 10 a
great extent and is providing satisfac-
tory in every case.
With the King system of ventilation
1t is possible TO keep tho temper
ature OF the properly constructed
dairy barn at about any degree thai
is wished. This is all important to
the dairy animal They will not do
well II they are compelled to exist
where the temperature Is fluctuatiua
all the time and to great extremes,
The dairy animal Is n highly-organ,
lied animal that requires the bess
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11

lower than the inner end There
should be a number of inIets OF small
size. in order that the fresh air may
be evenly distributed throughout the
stable. Whenever possible the inlets
should be inside the stable.
A convenient size for an inlet is
4x12 inches. This permits the fiue to
be built between 2x4 studs. From
eight to ten inlets should furnish
enough air for 20 cows. The flues
should be lined with building paper
and this covered with matched lum-
ber. In putting the fiues in an old
barn the paper may be tackled against
the outside wall. then the studding,
and the matched lumber nailed to the
studding. The outside opening of the
fiues should be covered with woven
wire.
In some instances the fues are
made of sheet iron which Is tackled to
the studding In such manner as to
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11
An ObIIging Senator.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of congress
frequently receive requests of an un-
usual character. A few years ago
Senator Frye was asked by constitu-
en in Maine to send him the congress
sional library, and correspondence was
required to disclose that the writer
wanted report of the congressional
library. That request was considered
all-embracing until the other day.
when one reached Senator Hale of
Maine. which read as follows:
''Will you please send me the United
States?"
map of the United States was sent
in response to the letter.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11
Wild Elk Herd is Thriving

taken up its quarters on a neighbor-
Ing farm. where they were feeding
contentedly on young orchards.
The owner Of the farm has instruct
ed his men to protect the property,
and reports are daily expected that
some OF the elk have been slaughtered.
AS elk are protected In New Hamp-
shire throughout the year. interesting
legal questions will be raised II any OF
these elk are killed. 1t is said by land
owners that they have right to pro-
tect their property from depredations
OF wild animals. but how far this right
extends has. never been determined In
New Hampshire.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11
Andover, N. H.. Has Colony Of Fifty
Which Has Grown from Twelve
Liberated Ten Years Ago.

Concord, N. HIN the sparsely set
tied town of Andover. reaching from
Ragged mountain on the north to
Kearsarge mountain on the south, is
the only herd Of wild elk east OF the
Rocky mountains.
A party Of Boston lawyers recently
visited Andover on a snowshoeing trip.
climbed Kearsarge and Ragged noun.
tafns and returned full of enthusiasm
Tor the region as winter resort
Leaving Boston at nine o'clock In the
morning. they left the train at noon at
Potter Place. the principal station in
the town OF Andover. After dinner
snowshoes were put on and the party
started up the south slope of Ragged
mountain over the property of the
Ragged Mountain Fish and Game club.
1t was on this property that herd of
IL elk was liberated about ten years
ago. 1t has now increased to the
number of So
The cottages of the club members
are conspicuous on the southern slope
of the mountain. occupying picturesque
sites. but most of them are grouped
near Cold pond. a famous fishing pond
on the club property Soon after the
pond was closed to public fishing some
one took revenge for his exclusion by
placing in the pond several pickere1.
These increased at marvellous rate.
feeding on trout until the latter were
practically extinct. The club then
rid the waters of the lake of all fish
and stocked 1t anew. until the fishing
Is once more excellent
The Boston party were much disap-
pointed in not getting sight of the
elk. but their tracks were everywhere
to be seen. ranging from the tracks
of small calves to the hoof prints of
two-year-old heifers. Instead of being
pointed. like deer tracks. these tracks
were blunt in front and nearly oblong
1t was learned later that the herd had
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11
LAKE ERIE HERRING

culturists think, to the variations in
depth which are peculiar in that lake.
The western end is shallow and thus
provides vast and favorable areas for
spawning grounds. The deep water
of the eastern end is an almost bound
less retreat for the half-grown young.
And yet there are no lake trout in
Lake Erie, at least none worth men
tioning. Once in awhile a small catch
of these fine fish will be made In the
deep waters in the vicinity OF Erie.
but none is ever taken west of that
place. Neither are the lake trout in
the Canadian lakes. The market sup
ply of lake trout comes from Lake
Superior. Lake Michigan, Lake Huron
and Georgian bay.
THE blue pike is a fish of much
commercial Importance to Lake Erie.
and 1t is found in no other waters
ex>-pt Lake Ontario. These fish
seek the Canadian shore in the early
summer months and do not return to
their old haunts in American water un.
til the fierce November gales lash the
lakes. The sturgeon. once dwelling
in myriads in the shallow waters par
tcularly those tributary to Sandusky.
likewise seek the Canadian shore IN
summer after depositing their spawn
and return to their old feeding
grounds soon after the first souwester.
There are not many of them left now
to either go or return. Only a few
years ago they were regarded as a
good sale at 25 cents apiece. Then
the caviare seekers opened the eyes
Of the Sandusky fishermen and it was
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11

not long before they were selling more
than 100000 pounds of sturgeon dur
ing season. and tons and tons of
roe were exported from Sandusky
alone. Instead Of sturgeon going beg
ging at 25 cents hundredweight they
were in demand at ten cents pound
for the meat. 80 cents a pound for the
roe and one dollar pound for the
bladder. But indiscriminate slaughter
for years on the very spawning beds
themselves has made Of Lake Erie
sturgeon fisheries almost thing Of
the past The great fish are now SO
scarce In the lake that $50 is not an
uncommon price for single roe stur-
geon to command"
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11
Eggs.

The New Mexico Bar Association
held its anual meeting at Santa Fe on
the 2sth ult. and elected Charles A..
Spiess Of Las Vegas. president. to sue
ceed e. c. Wade Of Las Cruces; Miss
Nellie c. Brewer. secretary and treas
urer, to succeed Charles C. Catron Of
Santa Fe. and the following vice presi-
dents. one for each judicial district:
Charles c. Catron. E. l.. Medler. N. c.
Frenger, Elmer E. Studley, ]. T. Nc
Clure. Byron Sherry and John T. Crit
fin. The association adopted resolu-
tions regretting the retirement Of
Chief Justice Mills from the bench
and rejoicing in his elevation to the
governorship.
Resolutions passed by the Demo
cratic Territorial Central Committee
protest vigorously against certain fea-
now pending in Congress, particularly
against the expressed right of Con
gress to reject an unsatisfactory con-
stitution and to the basis of represen-
tation in choosing delegates to the con-
stitutional convention. A committee
Washington to place the Democracy's
objections before Congress. 1t consists
OF National Comitteeman A. A. Jones
OF Las Vegas, Col w. s. Hopewell of
this city. c. r. Worrall of Clovis. and
Judge w. II. McGill OF La Lande. N. NJ.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11
Divorced wife Gets Han.

Atlantic City. N. WIVES of erring
husbands are entitled to an exact half
OF the earnings of the house heads.
according to the Judgment of Vice
Chancellor Leaning. who ordered AL
bert M. Morales to follow this system
In providing for Ms. Morales, d.
vorced several months ago Vice
Chancellor Leaning. acting on the
wife's complaint thar she had not re-
ceived her share Of her husbands in
come. ordered Morales to keep a
strict account of every cent which he
receives. which will be inspected by
the court at regular intervals.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11
Tried to Walk on Water.

Huntington, w. VA. C. Williams,
mechanic at the Chesapeake & Ohio
shops here. who has been reading the
Bible almost necessarily of late. was
seized with frenzy the other day and
decided that he could walk on water
as Jesus did. Proceeding to the Ohio
river. he attempted to walk the
choppy stream. but was soon SUBJ
merged. 1t was with great difficulty
that he was rescued.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11

Mind your own business and some
day you will be minding business Of
your own.
The Chicago syndicate headed by
Joseph Letter. which has been secur-
ing agricultural and mineral lands be-
tween Buffalo and Clearmont for
weeks. has purchased the Cough ranch
of $40 acres for $4,000 and the 1.500-
acre cultivated ranch of Ira, Charles
and George Buell. for $65,o00. The
syndicate now has about 10000 acres
in Johnson county.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11
More Than 1000 Tons Of Little
Fish Taken In One Day.
Supply Of WhItefsh. Choicest DenI-
zen Of Great Lakes, Has Fallen
Far Short of Demand-Stur-
geon Also Scarce.

Sandusky. O.-"In one days fishing
last fall in Lake Erie waters, fire.
quented by the fishermen who make
this place their marketing CENTER"
said an upstate man familiar with
the many phases of the lake fisheries,
'ft is reported that more than 1000
tons Of herring alone were taken.
That is by far the largest catch in the
history of fishing on Lake Erie. and
big catches have been the rule SO far
this season in that part of the lake.
On the other hand. scarcely any her.
ring are being caught in the lake
further east
The eastern water fishermen don't
worry. They know Lake Erie herring,
and while they were hauling them in
by the thousands of tons during April
and May and getting a good many all
through the summer months, their
brethren up Sandusky way were not
getting enough herring to make it
worth while putting in their nets.
When fall comes, though, the fisher
men of Erie and Buffalo know enough
to take their nets out, and then the
Sandusky fishermen begin to put
theirs in
"The reason for this is that in the
fall the herring move away from the
eastern waters for the spawning
ther west
THE herring of Lake Erie, by the
way. is the standard of quality for
all the other lakes. 1t is finer and
better than any of the others. being
the only one that has anything like
the whitefish flavor, lake herring be-
ing supposed to be lesser whitefish.
THE lake herring is a wonderful
variety Of the piscatorial family. In
spite of the thousands and thousands
of tons of them that are netted In
Lake Erie every year they seem to
be as numerous as ever This is un-
doubtedly due to the persistent ef-
forts of the fish commissioners
through their hatcheries on the lake
to supplement the natural herring
propagation.
"A situation similar to the herring's
change Of habit prevails with white
fish in Lake Erie. The most profitable
months for whitefish netting In the
deep waters of the eastern part of the
lake are July and August. and the
fishermen in the shallower western
waters don't have a chance at them
until the late fall. The whitefish is
the choice denizen OF the lakes.
LAS in the case OF the herring. bake
Erie whitef1sh sets the standard OF
quality in its kind elsewhere. There
are many kinds of whitefish. and while
the choicest one is the cleaning silver
sided one of Lake Erie. the main
source of supply is now from the in
terror lakes of the Canadian north
west. the Lake Erie supply having
long ago fallen short of even the local
demand.
'''If whitefish from the lake and
one from the Lake of the Woods we're
placed side by side the ordinary OBJ
server would scarcely believe they
were or the same family. The white
fish of the Canadian water is almost
black in comparison with the Lake
Erie fish. whitefish from Lake Win
uipeg is almost red
In none of the great lakes do the
conditions for the fish seem to be SO
favorable as they are in Lake Erie.
This is due In great measure, SO fish
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11
Grain.

Wheat. choice milling, per 100 lbs.
$1.7z. Rye. Colorado, bulk, per 100
lbs., S1.05. Colorado oats, sacked,
$l-70; Idaho oats. sacked. $1.75; Ne
braska cats. sacked, s1.65; corn in
sacks. s1.24: corn chop, sacked, $1.25;
bran, Colo. per 100 lbs. s1.05.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11
utilizIno Manure.

We have small dairy Of about 60
COWS. mostly Jerseys, and sell milk,
cream and butter. The manure from
this herd is stored under shelter ana
applied with spreader to wheat and
young grass, says u writer In an ex-
change We think that best results
are secured by this method of apply
ing.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11
TskIno Notes.

The farmer. as rule docs noi nso
the lead pencil and notebook as much
as he ought to. 1t is good plan 10
take notes Of things he sees AWAY
from home, of what he hears al th~
institute or lectures. besides thing.
that he wishes to remember at home
on the farm.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-11
Importance Of Green Forage.

The man who foresaw the impor-
tance OF providing psentys OF groom
forage for winter feeding and pasture
realizes the value OF his good manage
ment in providing an abundance cf
supplementary food during this crits-
cal time