The Alaska citizen., 1913-11-10

banks were put in working ord
again Wednesday noon after hayiu.
been out OF commission since Sat
arday noon. The break which va.
.ocated near Teikh,i required abou
four days to tx. and was the long
est Intern ssion known to have DC
Hurrs d on the Alaska land line. al
though breaks in ehe ocean cahl.
nave Interrupted service niger thar
his.
Harry I MacLean who received
The appointment from Judge John +
Dillon of territorial tax collector fol
he district comprising Fairbanks
tiraehl and Garden Island. on Mon
lay commenced his lahors o. collect
ing the 81 tax from every male per
son over the age of 21 and under
- years.
To serve subpoeuas upon moss
IS who are wanted to testify before
he grand jury which is 10 convene
November 18th. Deputy Marshal
John b. Matthews lef' last week
With dog team FIR the lower Tana.
IA. His duties will take him to Ne
mana and Tolovana and he may have
20 proceed on down to Hot Springs.
Two pla,s for mining claims in
The Fairbanks district were received
y the land office last weef from
W. l.. D-stin former surveyor ner-
al. The plats which must be seeur-
I'd primary 70 patenting a claim are
or No. > above Chatham creek
owned by F r. y yes and , above
Ester creek owned by John Mihalcik.
When thu district court convened
Monday evening to hear the petit
ions for citizenship eleven OF the
applicants appeared OF which eight
We're granted their final papers for
citizenship and took the oath of al
legiance 10 the United States. Those
successful i'll passing the examina.
ton We're: HI $ W. HOWE. Alfred
knu'son. Joseph GAMBIA. Martin Pet
rolf. Peter Mrkaich Carl l.. Land
graf, and W. T. bergman.
One hundred and thirty members
were in attendance at the meeting
OF the Fairbanks Igloo OF Pioneers
last Monday evening, at which IL
new members were admitted During
the winter months the local gloo
viii meet bi-weekly, on the first and
third Mondays OF each month
From a wire to J. d. Raegh is gain
ed the information that Dan Me
Lean, G. H. Griffin and Charles
Wolter reached Chitina last Sunday.
The men started out over the trail
N the Ross auto which was forced
70 abandon the trip on account Of
the deep SHOWS and ,hey mushed
the remaining d stance to the rail
road terminal.
To do assessment work on pro
peTty in the Bonnfield. J. A. Gus
tafson and August Carlson left Fair
banks last week and expect to be
gone for over a month They are
travelling with a team of dogs and
expect to make the trip quickly as
the trail is reported t. have plenty
Of snow on it for good shedding.
After having undergone two opera
rions IN which his entire hand was
amputated, Leon Jacques the Nena-
ma mining man and trapper, is out
Of the hospital. Jacques accident
ally shot himself in the hand and be
cause of lack OF medical attention
when he was in the hills, bl-odpoi-
soning set in.
After hearing the evidence in the
case of Myers vs.. Friedrichs, involv-
ing a board bill, Judge Dillon took
the matter under advisement and
has reserved his decision. The com
plainant states that a board bill in
CURED in 1908 is still unpaid. which
the defendant claims was work ed
out when he was employed at the
boarding house as a carpenter On
Thursday the judge decided in favor
of the defendant.
When the trials of the cases upon
the equity calendar came up in the
district court Monday all of the cases
with one exception We're dismissed
when the plaintiffs failed to appear
or upon motion of the plaintiffs
attorneys The case of Claridge
VS.. Mcconnell was continued until
next morning and when it came up
for trial Judge F. f. Fuller dism S.
ed the action. holding that the plain
tiff had no cause FIR a labor lien
on the property of the defendant.
The owners of the Niggerhead as
ISOLATION claim at the mouth of Dome
creek have brought suit in the dis
trict court against Dave Petree, Matt
Schroeder, Paul Girouard. Henry Oh
sen and Quincy Steelman, alleging
that they have been and are tres
RAISING n the lower 400 feet of their
or und. In their complaint the plain
tiffs ask that the defendants who
claim to be part owners be enjoined
from doing further work on the pro-