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The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23

The people of Chitina are going
about the matter of ball park in a
quiet, determined manner that is
producing results. The whole town
turned out Sunday afternoon and ev-
erybody worked as they if they liked
it. There has been several on Tie
grounds working every day for the
past two weeks. A donkey engine
was loaned to the people by Super
intendent Geiger for pulling the
stumps. 1t arrived on Tuesdays train
and was pulling stumps by 9 a. m.
Thursday.
B. B. Tibbs and Harry Dean han
die the engine and they make pref
ty good battery. With seven men in
the field they put out every stump on
first base.
Mrs. Tibbs and Mrs. Rockefeller
served delightful substantial lunch
to the stump pulling party on Thurs
day. They are the most enthusiastic
fans in town.
The pile driving and bridge crew
claim to consist of expert ball play
ers and are anxious to see the field
finished so that they may get game
with Chitina. They are accustomed
to hitting some hard ticks all right.
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Butler, S. B. Cert, E. H.
Denny.
The geological survey party un-
der Witherspoon is at kuskulana,
where they will work this summer,
Jack Lawrence furnished the horses
for the party.
Nels McCrary, of Copper Center,
was in town this week. He found
the trail in good condition. The Nc
Crary's have acres of oats sown
this year, which are doing we'll and
promise to make a good yield. Pete
Schneider is having good success this
year on his farm at Tazlina. Inc
weather in that part of the valley
has been warm and the prevailing
wind which is so blighting to plant
life is unknown north of Tonsina.
The road commission crew is now
camped five miles north of town.
The saloon men are considering q
plan to close up from midnight til
six o'clock in the morning, for few
months this summer.
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23

A phenomenally rich strike of tel
luride ore, running into the thous-
ands of dollars to the ton, has been
made at Teikhell, on the Chitina-
Fairbanks trails. The property is
owned by Dan Ross, Jack Foster,
John C. Clarkson and Charles Gar
wood, of Teikhell.
The owners Immediately began de-
velopment work on the vein, result
ing in tunnel being driven in on
the vein IT'S feet, giving depth
from the apex of over 100 feet.
The ores prove to be sylvanite. a
telluride of gold, the same ore which
made Cripple Creek, Colo, and the
gold fields in Nevada famous, and
where it soon piled up immense for
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23
RICH STRIKE OF TELLURIDE
MADE AT TE|kHF[L

vein matter, as we'll as on the sur
face right along the strike of the
lead, when recently telluride values
began to be uncovered in the quartz
in sufficient masses to be mined PROF.
itably.
F. L. Wagner, of Valdez, examined
the property, taking samples, which
he assayed with the result that he
secured an option to bond, lease and
purchase on terms similar to the
lease held by the Cliff Mining Com
pany.
The news of the great strike made
naturally leaked out, and as result
number of outfits at Chitina secur-
ed teams, loaded them with provis-
ions, mining supplies and camp equip
age and started for the new camp.
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23

SEATTLE, July 22-Advices received here the eff
feet that the strike Of fishermen employed by canneres has
spread until only two plants running in Southeastern
Alaska.
The agents of the here declare that
men being made send north take the place of the
srkr They state that to give in this time will only
additional demands the hands of the strikers They
that they will have trouble securing all the men need
ed The strike is also likely result in the taking
north each year enough under catch the fish
which will exclude the employment of local fishermen.
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23
10000

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, July 22-Ths beautiful city,
next in size and Importance Mexico City, and the capital of
rendered homeless.
The city is $50 miles from Mexico City the Mexican Cen
tra Railway at elevation of 5064 feet It is noted for it's
headquarters for mining has local bank with capital of
100000 besides agencies for other leading banking companies
of the cathedral penentary museum, palace and
other public buildings the finest in Mexico the gardens
and grounds among the most beautiful in the world
Many of the public buildings ruins and it will re-
qure the expenditure of immense replace the
age -, izt &s+s +.ees ,s.
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, July 22-General Gomez and five
other prominent revolutionary leaders arrested here
terday by the United States authorities charged with violating
the neutrality compact existing between the United States and
Mexico
The arrest especially important indication that the
United States will hereafter become active in putting stop
the warfare which is destructive of American interests The
foreign having financial interests in Mexico have been
ter Of restoring order.
The bail of the prisoners fixed at $4,000 each which
not furnished and they emanded to Jail to await
hearing of the
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23
LATE TELEGRAPH NEWS

WASHINGTON, July OFT has been decided to with
draw all the soldiers from Alaska and replace them with
sabular which will give the territory much complete
policing SYSTEM somewhat similar the mounted police of Can
ada and patterned after the state constabulary.
In keeping with this plan, Fort Lawton Seattle will
be reorganed and made the important posts the Pa
cc Coast where the soldiers from Alaska will be stationed
addition to the present force
The mounted police in Alaska will be selected with regard
to their special fitness for the work hand and instead of
ing stationed in few forts the the soldiers the pres
ent time will be spread out to include settlement the
territory.
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23

control, in excess of two thousand
| five hundred and sixty acres in the
District of Alaska, the title thereto
shall be forfeited to the United States
by proceedings instituted by the At
torney General of the United States
in the courts for that purpose.
"See. A. That the United States
reserves the right and power to reg
ulate, control and suppress monopo-
lies, conspiracies in restraint of
trade, and other illegal combinations
in buying, selling, dealing in, stor-
ing, transporting or otherwise ham
ding coal mined on all lands belong
ing to the United States in Alaska
to which patents have not been is
sued at the date of the approval CT
this Act; and to prevent extortion or
unreasonably excessive prices in the
sale or transportation of such coal,
the United States reserves the right
and power to control and regulate
the rates, prices and profits which
any person, corporation, mine owner,
or coal dealer, and any and all other
persons. corporations, or associations,
may charge, demand, or receive from
the sale, exchange, dealing in, stor-
ing, or transportation of any of such
coal; that every patent issued by the
United States for coal lands in Alas
ka, whether for lands located or en-
tered prior to the passage and ap-
prevail of this Act or subsequent
thereto, shall specifically recite the
terms and conditions contained in
sections two, three and four of this
Act; and the reservations herein
made and so recited in said patents
shall forever remain a limitation up
on the title granted to the said land
by the United States.
"sec. 5. That every person who
located or entered, or attempted in
good faith to locate or enter, any
coal land in Alaska, under the coal
| land laws of the United States prior
to November twelfth, nineteen hun
dred and six, and whose location or
entry thereof has been contested, de-
MED or Cancelled by the United
States, is hereby authorized, at any
time within one year from the date
of the approval of this Act, to bring
suit in equity against the United
States in any court of competent
jurisdiction in the district where the
land is situated to quiet his title
thereto; and if upon the trial of such
cause it shall be found by the court
| upon the evidence that the said To-
Gator or entryman has complied with
| the coal-land laws of the United
states in making such location or
entry, and has been prevented from
completing his said location or en-
try in compliance with the coal-land
laws of the United States by any
Executive order or withdrawal made
by the President of the United States
or any action of any other officer
of the United States not made OF
taken in compliance with law, and il
upon such suit the said locator or en-.
tryman shall make the proof requir.
ed by the coal-land laws of the Unit
ed States, and If the United States
has received, or if the locator or en-.
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23

WASHINGTON, July Ex-senator Wesley L. Jones, OF
Washington has notified the Senate that the administration
leaders will oppose the of Congress unless Alas
ka home rule bill is passed.
All the members of the Senate committee to whom the bill
referred reported it avoraby after it changed
to Alaska full territorial rights and there does
any decided opposition this time Therefore, there
every reason to believe that the bill will pass.
The advocates here of home rule still active however
in its behalf realizing that owing pressing it
will require urging get the through at this
session.
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23
Dan Creek, July IL.


Asa c. Baldwin reached here last
evening with his party of boundary
survey workers and proceeded toward
the head waters of the Chitina to CO.
operate with Mr.. Eaton's party, now
in that field. Mr.. Baldwin's work on
this trip was particularly hazardous
owing to light but continues falls of
snow up to as late as July 10.
The high water in Scolai creek and
the upper Nizina caused considerable
delay, the ice backing up the water
and then coming down with lightning
speed with the breakup of the jam.
On one OCCASION an ice jam gave way
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23

DAWSON, July 20.-Joe Barrett.
one of the pioneer packers of the
Klondike, died in this city last night.
He left an estate worth $4,000.
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23
BOUNDRY SURVEY PARTY
ESCAPE DROWNING

while the entire party were crossing
the river and they only reached the
shore with the greatest difficulty.
Mr.. Baldwin speaks in the warmest
terms of the undaunted courage OF
the men of his party, who did lot
of perilous mountain climbing in the
Scolai mountains without ever finch
ing. The foggy weather proved a
great drawback in taking observa-
lions, and the party was considerably
later arriving here than they expect
ed. In the upper Chitina it is expect
ed that the work will be completed
early in September and that both par
ties will reach Mccarthy about Sep
TENDER II.
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23

! ball championship of the Copper Riv-
er valley. that we claim to hold, and
we think we hold it justly, for so far
we have played Good-la-taw's Braves
and several others of some note, and
have never been defeated; so, if the
women and children don't give out
before the land is cleared, and if you
can summon the courage to issue a
challenge to the recognized Copper
River valley champions of the great
national game, we will be pleased to
accommodate you, and also show
your high-collared, tender-handed
bunch that there is quite difference
between checking freight, picking
eyes out of over-ripe potatoes and
picking up hot grounders. We will
also show you that there is differ
ence between playing the game on
the diamond and playing it around
good office fire. We await your
challenge.
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23

Try the Chitina Hotel for cigars
and pipes, at Seattle prices.
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23

You will find most of your friends
at the Chitina Hotel.
The Chitina leader., 1912-07-23

JOE BROWN,
JACK PALMER,
JOHN GAGE,
DEE DAVIS,
HENRY GESSNER,
CHESTER HULL,
ANDREW BECK,
MAX GIEGOLD,
HORACE LEACH,
PAT MURPHY,
Sour Dough Baseball Committee
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-07-18
CONTRACT FOR
BRIDGE LET
Chattanooga Bridge Company
Lands the Order From
County Court.
THE COST WILL Be $500
Closest Bidding in the History
of the County is Had, There
Being But $1,000 Between
the Winning Bidder and the
Virginia Bridge and Iron Co.
of Roanoke, Va.

In the closest competitive bidding
in local records, the Congress Bridge
Company, Of Chattanooga, landed the
contract for the construction of the
bridge at Ed BurnetI's, over the Pig.
con river, and the bridge will be in
place by October 18th.
There were two bidders, the Con.
gress Bridge Ccmpa which was
successful, and the Virginia Bridge
Company, which landed the contract
for the Rankin bridge, and their fig.
ures showed difference of but SIC
between them when the contract was
let.
The price is s., 800, with the county
furnishing the lumber, and this means
that the bridge will be built well with
in the limit which was placed on the
appropriation by the county court.
The enterprising citizens OF that com.
munity furnish portion ofthe money
through their voluntary contributions,
The contract specifies that the bridge
be erected by October 10.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-07-18
PRESTON GOES AFTER
HOOPER and McMILLIN
The Chattanooga Banker Does Not Mnce Words and He
Makes it Warm for His Critics Talksto Poor Old Benton
in Such Way as to Remove Portion of His HIDE
AFTER HOOPER

Nashville, Tenn, July 15,-Hon. Il.
II. Preston in answering Governor
Hooper's recent attack on him had
the following TO say:
"The governor is not the least mod
est in praise of his own ADMINISTERS.
tion, claiming to be one of business.
The governor with the modesty SO
natural in his makeup, is seldom
known to throw stones at those who
do not come in his political path, or
check his march to perpetuating him.
self in the governors chair. He goes
out of his way to dabble in a demo-
cratic primary, and the least that can
be said of him is that he casts his ran
cor at the man most i'm his way. Gov.
Hooper misquotes my reference to the
long list of distinguished governors
Tennessee has had in the past forty
years. | meant no reflections upon
them, and nothing / said can be fairly
iContinued on Page 81
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-07-18
MAKE EFFORT TO
ELECT CATE
Republicans are Putting Forth
Efforts Quietly to
That End.

Nashville, July 15.-In tile hope of
re-eleeting Judge II. N. Cate to the
court of civil appeals, the republican
state committee is waging noiseIess
but aggressive campaign in his behalf,
according to reports being received
at Nashville from over the state.
The "gumshoe" methods being re-
sorted to are those of quietly prodding
the leaders in each county to get their
followers to register and pay poll tax
1t is said that the &. 0. p. hopes TO
catch the Democrats mapping, and by
putting Judge Cate over the line
winner, to win first blood In this wears
elections and In manner get an in
dorsement of the governors appointee.
and strengthen the gubernatorial tick
ct in November.
According TO present indications
very light vote will be polled in the
regular August election. Manyof the
CONTINUED on Page p
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-07-18
my FIGHT,
MY VICTORY
The Colonel's Modest Claim
When He Learned of
Lorimer's Ousting.

Oyster Bay,N. Y. July 13.-"It was
my fight and it is my victory" said
Colonel Roosevelt today when he
learned of the expulsion of Senator Will
liam Lorimer from the United States
senate. "The whole thing began when
I refused to dine with him at the Ham
ilton club dinner
The Hamilton club dinner TO which
Colonel Roosevelt referred was held in
Chicago two years ago. The colonel
created good deal Of excitement OH
the day of the dinner by refusing to at.
tend it unless the invitation to the sen.
ator, who was member of the club
was recalled. He won his point and
was then urged not to refer to the in.
cident in his speech that night. He
refused to heed this advise, however
and assailed the senator bitterly.
"Mr. Lorimer has right to feel lirri
tated at me-" Colonel Roosevelt said
IL intended him to feel that way"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-07-18
fire BURNS
RESIDENCE
Home of L. S. Smith Went
Up in the Flames
Monday.
SECOND FIRE OF THE DAY
Another Dwelling Owned by Mr..
Smith Had Been Afre in a
Different Portion of Town But
Flames Were Extinguished-
MIR. Smith Estimates His Loss
At About $4,000.

The residence OF l.. s. Smith was
totally destroyed by fire Monday even
ing, while earlier in the day dwell
ing owned by him and occupied by b.
l. Susong in different portion of the
town, was on fire, but here the flames
were extinguished without any mat
erial damage. Still the two fires in
houses owned by the same man, and
the first fires in Newport in weeks,
was quiet unusual. ~
A tiny spark, on dry roof, from a
nearby f1ue gavethe first fire it's start.
1t had started to make considerable
headway in kitchen closet, when
discovered, but it was given close at
tention, and the quick response of
neighbors presented an array of fire
fighters which soon had it under con-
troll. The homes of H. l.. w. Taylor
and Rev. Chas. Brown which are close
to the home occupied by B. l. Susong
would have been in grave danger had
the flames gotten under more head
way before being discovered. A gard
en- hose stream fromthe home of III. L..
w. Taylor was played on the flames
and this helped too, to prevent their
spread, the fire apparatus arriving too
late for use.
While this first fire was under way,
Mrs. l.. S. Smith, who resides across
the river, a quarter of mile distance,
stated that if either of the houses had
to burn, she would rather see the one
in which she was living fed the
flames. Five hours later she stepped
from the kitchen to find the whole
side of the house, about the kitchen a
mass of flames, tiue here having
dropped spark on the dry shingles.
Neighbors and townspeople gathered
quickly and valiant effort was made
to extinguish the flames, but this was
quickly seen to be impossible and
tllCh VNSiJ Choit was W Cdll y
out the household goods. In fact
practically every thing in the front
of the house was saved, but not with
out considerable damage, although in
the hustle and eagerness TO save every
little thing of value, considerable of
the household goods were badly dam
aged. In some instances part of the
house was torn away to get things
out, the window sashes being carried
away in one room. The men and boys
remained in the burning dwelling un.
til it became really dangerous and
there were some heartaches for the
safety, of some but no one was hurt.
The home of Luther Talley, adjacent
was threatened with obstruction, SC
hot was the fire, bu the utter absence
of any wind prevented the flames from
ieaping over the trees into that pro
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-07-18
STINGS MCMILLIN

Nashville, Tenn, July 14.-The fol-
lowing statement was given out from
Nashville tonight by Hon., T. r. Pres
ton, candidate for Governor, in reply
to Ex-Governor McMillin.s criticism
of him.
"Governor McMillin denies that his
defeat of the refunding act OF 1899 will
cost the people of Tennessee in inter-
est, between two and three millions of
dollars, as have charged. The facts
are as follows: Until the bondholders
in 1899 had practically all agreed to a
forty year extension at 8 per cent with
the cumulative risk to redeem $3.50 900
in bonds annually, the state could of
course redeem more by purchase as it
has always done. Every one knows
now that it is impossible for this
debt to be refunded al less than four
or four and half per cent. DO the
people of Tennessee want another
fContinued ON PAGE 3f
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-07-18
WANT ALL THE OFFICES
Full Tickets Are Planned for the
Entire State, and the Third
Party Leaders Will Especially
Go After East Tennessee Con-
gressmen-The Committee is
Named.

Nashville, Tenn, July l3.--The
same little band of republicans who
have not honored the memory of w.
p Brownlcw, in that they have call
ed themselves the Brownlow faction
of the Tennessee republicans, met at
the Hermitage hotel today and after q
stormy four hours session c-Ssa;;Sc;..
the third party movement and made
preliminary preparations TO complete
an org ganization in Tennessee and go
after everything, both state and ma
tional, in sight. They adopted d reso-
luton calling convention at Nash
vile to be held in the hall of the house
of representatives August 2, at eleven
O'Clock, for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the Roosevelt convention
at Chicago, August 5.
But the little band of about thirty
went further and decided 10 put out
full state ticket, organize new COM
miltee. put out candidates for the leg
islature, candidates for elector, and
candidates for congress. In fact they
will put out, while they are putting
candidates for any and every old thins,
On the question of putting out a state
ticket, the meeting split and had
powerful lime arguing the matter and
the question at issue was finally pass
ed by very small majority.
During the discussion, Hon. Y. ID.
Massey was one of those who fought
to the last ditch the purpose to put out
candidate against Gov. Hooper. He
took the position that he would go his
full length against Taft because he had
secured his nomination by theft, but
Hooper had secured his nomination
fairly and practically all of these pres
ent had participated in the convention
which unanimously nominated him,
he would support Gov. Hooper because
he Massey was a republican and
would not support a democrat, regu-
lar or irregular.
Despite this opposition Houk and
his followers were able to put over the
plan to put out candidate against
Hooper. The immortal thirty also is
sued l.ngthy address TO the public
filed in the main with hOt-aiT and
charges of theft and oppression to-
gether with charges of those in power
now serving the "interests." Itwas
the usual campaign document.
w. b. Poston presided at the meet
| ing and William Barker of Columbia
served AS secretary. w. b. Poston Is
mentioned as the candidate for COVER
nor and it looks like he will be the
nominee without opposition.
A provisional committee of two men.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-07-18
STEALS HIS
own CHILD
Father Brought Girl to Lum-
Der Camp in This
County.
LEADS TO ARREST LATER
Courts Had Granted Custody of
Twelve-year-old Girl to Mother
in Knoxville, But the Father
Kidnapped the Child and Se-
cluded Her With Him Near
Paint Rock. >,

Violating the verdict of the court
which Rad given his 12-year old
daughter in the custody of lis mother,
A. l.. Farley, well known lumber
man, employed at the Patterson Mills,
near Paint Rock was arrested at day
light Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Joe
Cureton.
in suit for divorce the mother won
the child, but the father was not con-
tent and it is alleged last week told the
child that If she wanted TO see him
that she would have 10 slip away
from her home in Knoxville and meet
him at a certain place. This the child
did, and the father then brought her
to the lumber camp and on Friday
night Deputy Sheriff Cureton was ad-
vised to meet train No. 102 and there
he was handed letter which went in
to details of the case and he went to
the lnmber camp on that train, and
returned the following morning with
the father prisoner. The child was
under the care of ply hysician and was
not brought home at that time, but
was later taken to Knoxville by the
deputy sheriff. The father, too was
turned over to Knoxville authorities.
Heb Harrison spent Sunday here
with friends. He has been out of the
game for several day with sore leg.