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The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Ed. s. Orr, who established the stage line from this coast to Fair banks, and was the Republican can didate for Delegate to Congress from Alaska, at the recent election, is at present in Tacoma receiving treat ment for his throat, which has given him considerable trouble. He is still heavily interested in Alaska business affairs and is of the opinion that what this territory needs is more de velopment and less investigating. In a recent interview he points out that the opening of the coal fields is more important than the indictment of those who are trying to open them.
 While do not know upon what the federal grand jury has based its findings in its recent indictments, :" said MT. Orr recently, :" it seems to me that possibly they may have been overZealous. I can hardly believe that all people who are engaged in an endeavor to open Alaska's coal supply to modern development are dishonest, yet by the way all work in this line is hampered by the gov- ernment, one would believe that such was the case. I think it would have paid the officials to inquire little more deeply into things than per- haps they have
 Alaska cannot develop as it should if its vast fuel supply is kept tied up. Attempts to import coal from outside have proved failures. This past season one of the trans
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19
NOW 305 MILES
 ID FAIRBANKS

While the distance from Chitina to Fairbanks is only 5 miles short CT than from Valdez, the new gov ernment cutoff trail does away with the crossing of the dangerous Thomp- son Pass and cuts down the travel ing time couple of days. From Chitina to Fairbanks by the winter trail it is 3o5 miles. according to data in the office of the Alaska road commission. The summer trail is 321 miles, the additional 16 miles being accumulated by the necessity Of travelling around swamps which the winter trail crosses. The differences are three miles between Sour Dough and Our Home, and thirteen miles between Donnelly's and Washburn.
 Changes in the road the past two seasons have varied local distances somewhat between stations, but the following table is believed to be very
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19
WITHDRAWAL 0F
 O|L LANDS

All of the Alaska oil lands have been withdrawn from entry by or. der of President Taft thus putting them on the same footing with the coal lands of Alaska, all of which have been withdrawn with the ex- ception of those located prior to 1906.
 There are known areas of oil pro- duction in Alaska, but there has been no survey so that these cannot be To- cated by definite withdrawals.
 Until definite surveys can be made and different methods of disposition of both oil and coal lands can be adopted, the President thinks it ad- visable to withdraw them until Con- gress can give the subject consid- eration.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Pete Sherman, the obliging man. ager for the Northern Meat Market, new trail the first of the week, going as far as the Willow creek roadhouse
 Pete took along several dozen Lead CTS containing the special road write up of last week, and states that the roadhouse keepers deny knocking the new cutoff trail at any time. The Willow Creek roadhouse proprietor
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19
Read House Keepers Deny
 They Are Knocking New Trail

admits to telling interior travellers few weeks ago that the trail was in poor condition, but knows now that the trail is in fine shape and says so.
 MT and Mrs. Lewis. who came ov- CT the trail the first of the week, state that the worst knock comes from Gulkana and Copper Center. At one of these camps they were advised to take along plenty of bedding and
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

an ax, as they would no doubt have to ssSiwash it. a night or two and far as Poppel lake, and as to the canyon between here and Poppel lake they feared very much if it was at all passable Now wouldn't that jar you? Maybe they are really igno- rant, however, and don't really know we have the best trail in Alaska.
 Anyway, we'll give them the ben
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19
Work Progressing Rapidly
 On the kuSku|ana Bridge

The cold weather of last week somewhat retarded rapid progress or the kuskulana crossing, as the steel workers are unable to force their work so rapidly during real cold weather, but they are sure mak- iEg up for lost time since the mod eration. and Superintendent O'Neil
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

real bridge. Superintendent O'Neil has been nearly incapacitated with a severe cold, but his lieutenants are pushing the work with equal vigor
 Hugo Fels, who has charge of the carpenter work, says all the wood work put in so far must be rein forced and that there is work for
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

says trains will be running in two weeks if the present weather pre- vails. The travellers are now erect ed and steel will be erected rapidly from now on. The shore span on
 this side is already we'll under way, and by this time next week the cross ing will take on the appearance of a
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Our mutual friend, Godfrey Muel- Ter, bid us all farewell this week. He has left us for good, so he says. For the last four years he has been with the commissary department of the contracting company of Nj. J. Heney. In the virgin year of 1906 he entered the service of the rail- way, which he has enjoyed without interruption since then. MT. Muel- Ter goes to Callao, Peru where he enters the employ of an American mining syndicate. Bon voyage, God frey.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Walter Downing, commissary clerk in the employ of the contracting com pany, has accepted position in the train service. He is swinging a brake club for Conductor Funk in charge of old So. Walter is sort of nex at the business, but the engineers claim to have no trouble making out his "half-mooners. He is son of Capt Downing, a we'll known skip per hailing into Cordova.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

B. Niebling, an old-time friend of Judge Ferguson's, who has been here all summer, left the first of the week for Cordoya, from where he expects to soon take a steamer for Seattle, and go on to California, where he has sufficient of this worlds goods to keep him comfortably the rest of many.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

The proyerbial cat with nine lives has been backed off the map by a mangy dog at kuskulana, which was shot nineteen times and left for dead, but each time within an hour or so he was around with twag and a scratch" near the deadly pistol shots. who were supposed to have put him hors de combat. They finally con- sidered the dog a hoo-doo, and made a good job of the shooting by club ping him to death.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Jack Courtney, who for two years past has been the "tallow pot on the pioneer engine, No. 50, has been placed in charge of engine No. 2. The Manhattan Brainstorm" declar- es he has been waiting forty years for this chance. He has got it now. Look out for him, He means busi- ness.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

eft of the doubt and try and be- lieve, as the Willow Creek man says, that there is no knock attached. But by the first of the month they'll all know, for the trail is being blazed with sign boards, and last week s Leader is now on it's way to every roadhouse and camp in Alaska.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Emmet Ball, a rodman in the en- gineering corps of the road, left on the Alameda for Seattle, and will spend the winter at home. MT. Ball has been employed in the engineer ing department since the days of 1906, when Heney first began the construction of the Copper River railway. During the summer he has been located at 160.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Ed. Condon, more familiarly known as Ole" who has been pre- siding behind the mahogany at the Log Cabin, of and on this fall. took trip over the new cutoff trail on Wednesday, distributing the Leader along the trail at the different road houses, and tacking up advertise ments of our enterprising business men.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Henry Struck and B. W. Micewicz leave today or tomorrow on a trap ping expedition for the winter. They have several dozen traps and a good outfit, and besides trapping may do some winter prospecting. We wish them "heap plenty skin, maybe so some gold
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Paddy MacCormac, who has the work on the tunnel at mile 132, has cut through to the other tunnel and is now working back this way. He says there is still plenty of frozen dirt to take out and he doesn't ex- pect to finish much before the first of the new year.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

T. W. Clark and Cliff Johnson are in charge of Stringer's place while Louie is away, and two better men could not have been chosen for the work, as they are popular and we'll liked by the boys, and will look af- ter the interests of Louie as though he were here
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

W. A. Sherman, the we'll known barber, who has been located on Chitina Heights all summer, is now at the chair in Church & Brady s place, having succeeded Hugh Nc Caghue. who left last week for other toHsorial fields.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Tiebs Bros. are getting along nice iy with their big building. The foun- dation, which Is 8 most substantial one. is all completed, and the frame work for the first story is now under way, They are doing their own work and while the building is going up slowly, but sure. 1t will be ready for the spring rush.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19
Local News

Coal is now being furnished by thes railroad company at s1.75 per sack and there is a good demand for it. Wood may be a little cheaper, but if you don't do your own saw ing, the fellow who saws your wood charges you as much as the wood will cost.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Ernest Mariner, a parlor brake man on one of the passenger trains running into Chitina, has left on a six weeks leave of absence to his home in Bellingham, Wash The yellow kid'' beckons to the call of the old farm.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Mark Tatum, one of the best known foremen at the front, who recently made a trip to the McKin- ley lake region to inspect the mines there, in which several of the rail- road boys are interested. returned to his duties again this week at the big camp at mile 146. Mir. Tatum, who is an all-round mining man, says there is no question but what there are some good mines at McKin- ley lake. but that so far they have not been sufficiently developed.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19
Local News

The steam shovel at mile 146 is working steadily and turning out a fine grade of ballast for surfacing the road all along the low places, which was considered absolutely necessary this winter.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

his gang there for nearly a month yet. Next week a Leader repreesn- tative will make another trip to th-e bridge camp and report progress there, as we'll as all along the line.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Billy Solomon, a popular tallow- pot, who has been in the hill ser vice on the Chitina switchback, has taken a leave of absence. He leaves on a visit to his old home in Kansas City, Mo.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Assistant Chief Engineer Alfred Williams, who arrived on Monday nights train from Cordova, return ed on Thursday mornings train again after a few busy days at the front
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Johnny King, an assistant material foreman in charge of material yards at Tiekel during the palmy days Of that camp has taken charge of the section at mile 109, vice Michael Turney, resigned.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

A light snow fell in Chitina this week. with the mildest kind of weather-just what was wanted for the bridge work at Kuskulana, and the workmen are taking advantage of it.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

c. ". O'Neill. in charge of an ex- tra gang during the past summer in the Chitina yard, has left on a visit
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Deputy Marshal Brown now has the largest crowd of ''boarders" Sc far on record, there being ten of- lenders in durance vile.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Benny Thompson, section foreman in charge of the switchback tracks, has been transferred to l46.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Tom O'Rourke, who made another trip with papers up the line this week, reports plenty of activity be tween here and mile 149.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Ed. Dyer, who has been conduct ing a store at Tiekel all the past summer, was fined $50 and costs last week by Judge Ferguson for being drunk and disorderly, which he paid.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

W. J. Allen made a business trip to Cordova on Monday.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Judge Ferguson left on Tuesday s train to ettend court at Cordova.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Job work at the Leader office.
The Chitina leader., 1910-11-19

Summer road from Donnelly's to washburn 69 miles, by way of Me Carty's and Richardson, thirteen miles longer than winter road.
Evening journal., 1910-12-10
WILL FIGHT
FOR CHARLTON
Father of Wife Murderer 0p-
poses His ExtraditiOn
to Italy
SHORT PROCEEDINGS In
THE rEDEkAL COURT
By United Press Leased Special Wire.

By United Press Leased Special Wire.
TRENTON, n. j., Dec. I0.-Follow-
ing the announcement OF Secretary Of
State Knox at Washington yesterday
that the United States government
would surrender to Italy Porter Charl-
ton. the confessed murderer of his
wife, Mary Scott Castle Charlton, the
fight to prevent Charlton's extradition
began before Judge Rellstab in the
United States Court here to-day.
Charlton's father. Judge Paul Charl-
ton, who is the legal advisor Of one of
the departments at Washington. with
former Senator William ID. Edwards,
of Jersey City. and r. Floyd Clarke, OF
New York. his counsel, presented to
Judge Rellstab a petition for a writ of
habeas corpus, their purpose being to
cure the release of Charlton. They
also asked for a writ of certiorari di-
rected TO the State Department at
Washington and the Hudson county
authorities to bring the entire record
of the proceedings of the famous case
/ into court.
Evening journal., 1910-12-10
ELECTRIC COMPANY
COMPLAINT BUREAU

c. d. Hubbard, formerly Of Scran-
ton. Pa, has taken the position as
manager OF the commercial departs
ment of the Wilmington and Philadel-
phia Traction Company. Among DIS
other duties Mr.. Hubbard will receive
complaints about the lighting, tele-
phone and railway service Of the COM
pany.
Tell IL TO Hubbard" will be the
slogan around the office, and Mr. Hub
bard will record all complaints and
they will be investigated as soon as
possible. The company is endeavoring
to overcome all objections as far as
practicable, and has created this COM
plant bureau to assist in bettering its
service.
Mr.. Hubbard had responsible posi-
ton with the Scranton Electric Light
Company before coming to Whining
ton.
Evening journal., 1910-12-10
AGED WOMAN MAY
SURVIVE BURNS
BOarder Saves Mrs. HarrinG-
toms Life by EnVeIOping
Her in Blankets

The condition of Mrs. Lydia Har-
rington, mother of Charles Pretty
man, of No. 933 Spruce street, who
was badly burned at the latter's home
yesterday, was reported somewhat
improved to-day. At first it was
thought that the woman had been
fatally burned, but the attending ply
sician now believes she will recover.
Mrs. Harrington is an aged woman,
and it was due to the efforts of Peter
Hensen, a boarder i'm the house, who
went to her assistance, that she was
not burned to death. He was severely
burned about the hands while ex-
tinguishing the flames.
Mrs. Harrington was in the yard
burning rubbish when flames COM
municated with her clothing. Hensen
wrapped the woman in a blanket and
beat out the flames with his hands.
Several days ago he had a finger
amputated. and this hand was prac-
tcally useless and he had but the
other TO use.
Evening journal., 1910-12-10
Dredging Companies Bid Low
TO Get ChHsfiand Channel Work

the river who wished the dredging
material placed on their land WA OBJ
tanned and this info nation given to
the bidders with the result that they
we're in position to know just where
they could place the material. Major
Raymond said some of the material
would be scowed away but most Of it
would be carried through pipes to the
low lands along the stream. The bid
ders on the work wee as follows:
Richards Dredging Company, Phila-
delphia. IA cents cubic yard, city
work; 1904 cents government work
Miner Engineering Company. Wash,
ington, city. 1877. government. 11.9,
Atlantic Golf and Pacific Company
New York, 10. city, 1875, government
Anne lean Dredging Company. Phila
delphia. 11.9. city, "a, government
Maryland Dredging and ContractinI
Company, Baltimore, IL city, 90, go,
ernment, and John L. Grim Philadel
phia, III cents. government
Evening journal., 1910-12-10
POPULATION AT.
9l,972,266.
Census Office Figures Show
Increase of 2l Per Cent.
in Nations Growth
TEN MILLION MORE
IN CUR DEPENDENCIES

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The CEN
sus office to-day announced the pres
ent population of the contipental
United States, as 91,972,266, increase
1877 .691 or p per cent.
The population of the United States
including specified dependencies is
93,4O2, ISL, increase I6,145,52l, or 2O.9
per cent
With the Philippines included, the
population of the United States and
dependencies IS 101 100000.
The population OF the State of
Washington is 1,141,990, increase
623, ,SS7, or 1924 per cent This gives
Washington three more congressman.
The population of the State of Wis
consin is 2,333,S6O increase 264,SlS or
1877 per cent The increase is sulii-
cient for ono more congressman.
The population Of the State of Geor-
gia is 2,609,121, increase 392,790. or
17.7 per cent The increase IS suf.
fcient for one more congressman.
1t was announced that the total for
New York State had been corrected
making IL 9,113,614, in~rease 1,Si4,72O
or 25.4 per cent The increase Is suf-
icient for nine new congressman.
The total for Alaska is given as
64.356, increase 764. or 1.2 per cent
The military and naval population
of the United States was announced
as 55,60S
The total for Hawaii 191,909. in
crease 37,9Os or 24.6 per cent.
The ranking order OF the States
under the new census follows. New
York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio
Texas, Massachusetts. Missouri, Mitch
igan, Indiana, Georgia, New Jersey
California, Wisconsin, Kentucky, lawC
North Carolina, Tennessee.
Evening journal., 1910-12-10
EXPLODING STOVE FIRES
FORMER SENATOR'S HOME

An exploding oil stove started fire
in the home Of former Senator An
thony Higgins, at No. 1119 Market
street last evening, and a passerby
seeing the smoke and flames notified
the Phoenix Fire Company. The oc-
cupants of the house We're IN another
part of the building and knew moth
ing of the fire. They were astonished
when the fire apparatus drove up and
the firemen burst into the house. The
damage was slight.
Evening journal., 1910-12-10

Bids were opened to-day by United
States Engineer Raymond for dredg-
ing the Christiana river and as re-
suit Of competition and other factors
made possible by the United States en-
gineer in drawing the specifications,
remarkably low bids were sub
mitted.
The American Dredging Company,
of Philadelphia, will receive the con-
tract, it being the lowest bidder The
same company in May, 1909, received
a contract for a similar project here
on a bid of Is IL cents a cubic yard.
It's bid to-day was IA cents per cubic
yard on the government contract and
11.9 cents on the city contract There
is available for the improvement
Improvement about $4,000 govern
ment funds and a little more than
S11 900 city funds.
The wide difference in the bids sub
mitted last year and this, caused Ma
ior RAYMOND and Chief Clerk Sieberg
Of the engineers ONCE, much salts
faction. The former official said ina
more than twice the work could b'
done than was accomplished on thu
bid which secured the contract las
year. This means that the channe
can be carried farther up the stream
When completed the channel vii
have a depth of 10 feet at low wa
ter.
Major Raymond attributes the lo'
| bids to two reasons. One Is that IN
/ engineers Office succeeded In gettin
competition and the other to the rae
that all obstacles we're remove
which heretofore made the dredgin
more expensive.
The details of the work were made
as little burdensome on the bidders
as possible The specifications were
simplified and one factO- was intor'
lmation given to the bidders Just wher.
they could place material dredSea
from the bed of the stream. The au-
thority Of the owners Of land aions
Evening journal., 1910-12-10
HONEST, NOW, DID YOU READ
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

the message he had read the colonel
eplied;
1.-TWO or three hundred"
He was asked if he had noticed
certain statement in the message
which appeared i'm the twenty-third
column and replied that he had not,
but apologetically remarked that he
had not gone over the message care
fully"
Anyway" said the colonel, "it was
not necessary for me to read the mes
sage. / knew what was in it as the
p esident consulted me before he
wrote IT,"
Attorney-General CRAY read it
condensed
Superintendent James W. Foster
mo, / am too busy to read it or any
such message
Register of Wills Francis NJ.
Walker-"I have started to read the
message"
Gle k of the Peace Harry A. Brown
mo, indeed"
Lieutenant Clarence NJ. Dillon
Read it all at one time-don't re-
member a word of it,
Police Commissioner Thomas n.
! Stayton-"I found much good matter
| I'm the message. Had to read it in
spells. The President could have said
just as much in less words, but he is
entitled TO his own way"
Harry Pierson, Court House clerk
What do you take me fora man OF
leisue?"
\ Recorder Of Deeds-elect A. V. l.
George-"Too busy"
Deputy Clerk OF the Peace John
Wright-"It is the busy season. II
takes time to read twenty-eight col
umns.
Isaac r. Brown-"I read three,
quarters and guessed at the rest
Read the part he had not been pro
nounced on the matters he touched.
He Slipped Over II.
Deputy United States Marshal Johi
w. MITCHELL slipped over it.
, Magistrate James W. Robertson
Il read portions of the message, in
, cluding the Panama Canal, conserva
tion and other subjects. Many o
: the things discussed by the Presi.
dent did not interest me-"
Postmaster Jester-"I glanced owe
the message but was more particular
? ly interested in what it had to sa
! about the pOstofiice department.
b Collector of Port Harry Raymond
E have not read the message, but pre-
. pose to as / had laid it away. Some
eltimes these messages are prett
= long
q Robert Pennington, attorney
% laughing-rNo, sir, ! did not. rea
{ excerpts from #, aud that's ALL"
Col c. NJ. Leitch, internal revenu
eollector-'I have read portions {
I the message
Z H. You did not read it all?"
. No, sir" and the Colonel appear,
4 rilling to drop the subject.
? A. r. Saylor, editor Of the Lab,
! Herald-"l read two lines Of the me
sage have kept the rest for futu
I reference"
Evening journal., 1910-12-10
SERIOUS RIOT
in BELFAST
Several Orangemen Who Voted
for Home Rule Candi-
dates Attacked
SCORES INJURED In
THE FREE FIGHTING
By United Press Leased Special Wire.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
BELFAST, Dec. i0--Political ex-
citement is to-day at fever heat fol-
lowing last nights riots that resulted
from several Orangemen voting for
the Irish Nationalist candidates.
Those so voting are being called trait
ors and their houses are under guard
to-day to prevent violence being done
them.
Scores we're hurt in last evenings
rioting. Revolvers, clubs and knives
were used freely and one bomb was
thrown, severely iniuring an Orange
man The damage TO property will run
far into the thousands.
The Orangemen are against home
rule and their wrath when II became
known that several of their number
had voted for the NatiOnalists, whose
slogan is home rule, knew no bounds