Tanana leader. [volume] (Tanana, Alaska) 1909-1910, 1910-01-20
KEH0E'S BULLY-C00D STORY
fCommunicated.)
TANANA. Jan. Is, 1910.

= tCommunicated.)
TANANA. Jan. Is, 1910.
Mr.. Editor:-Please permit space in
The Leader for fuller account of my
claim against Schubach & Hamilton
than the partial and distorted state
mont published by that company which
has gone the rounds of the press and
has become a national topic. 1 hope
the press will now give as wide a cir
culation to my version of the case as it
did to the garbled statement of the
company. BY so doing it will render
service to tho interests of Alaska by
making manifest some Of the discrimi-
nations practiced by this company
against people in the Yukon valley.
I will give synopsis of my business
relation with the aforementioned COM
pany.
Last June, while attending the A.-Y.-
P. fair in Seattle, was impressed by
the splendid display of agricultural
products of Alaska exhibited in the
Alaska building. resolved to make q
venture at farming. With this object
in view l equipped myself with a full
supply of the most improved imple-
ments for tillage Of the soil, with
supply of grains and grasses Of the'va-
rieties exhibited. also secured four
head of grown cattle for breeding pur-
poses, two of which were high-grade
Holstein milk cows. I solicited terms
from the agents of shipping companies
to have my property conveyed to Tan
ana, Alaska. Schubach 4 Hamilton
had tho best convenience for the han
ding of live stock and engaged their
service to make the shipment to Tan
anr. My freight was consigned as
part of the cargo of the steamer Mack
NAV. The Mackinaw is = low-built,
rakish-looking craft, with open decks,
no upper structure above the line Of
her hull but poor cabins and forecastle.
She is designed and chartered as a
freight boat, with no convenience er
legal rights for passenger traffic. The
fare Of my livestock was prepaid in
full to theirj destination, Tanana,
Alaska, and was enrolled as .caretaker
Of stock at nominal wage. The sub
sssllceof the following notice appeared
in the Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer
OF June II:
1.-THE steamer...Mackinaw will sail
from Pier 9 tomorrow morning for
Nome, Alaska. She has a heavy cargo
of mining supplies and a large number
Of live stock. Hers is the most valua-
BILE cargo that left port for Alaska this
year. Its value is estimated at $780,
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After passing the Straits of De Fuca
the Mackinaw was..--delayed by head
winds and heavy seas. She entered
Boring sea by Unfmak pass and there
encountered a heavy flow of ice. Some
where off from tho mouth of the Yukon
she lost her course and stranded on a
bar. i BY means of wireless telegraphy
she communicated with the station of
St.. Michael and: the steamer iCorwin
came out to rescue the United States
mail, beinging river barge for the
relief of the Mackinaw. Having got
the mail the Corwin put back to St.
Michael. The Mackinaw transferred
paft Of her freight to the barge and
when lightened to her proper capacity
exs5ticated herself.-:from the bar and
towed tho barge into St. Michael har-
Dor, arrivingla..short time after the
Corrin. ==Thp. loaded barge and other
freight for Fairbanks and intermediate
points on the Yukon river were taken
in charge by the N. A. T. & T. steamer
John:J. Healey and headed up the Yu-
kon for interior points. Two days after
leaving St. Michael .on the up-river
trip I was called upon by the purser to
pay passage to Tanana. I complied
with his demand. From Seattle to this
point had cared for the milk cows
and turned the milk over to the stew
ard, without pay, for the use of the
officers and crew; but after meeting
the demand OF the purser turned in
no more milk. to. the..stewsrd only as it
was ordered and paid for. Most of it I
sold to the deckhands and firemen. l
thus compensated myself for more than