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The Holly chieftain., 1916-04-14
The Usual WAY,

Jack-How did you come to get In.
terested in that novel you are read.
ing?
Marie-I liked the way it ended.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-04-14
tTo BE CONTINUED,
optlmlstle Thought.

II you are rich you will have many
friends; but II you sre poor you will
have few. and no longer be the good
mop you were before.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01
Phone 262 Phone
GOOD NEW s.

inspiring news, .houga 1t onlT comes iron clerk, reached this cty during tha past week to the effect that tho actual work of con srruction of he Sovernmen; railroad will be prosecuted from Fairbanks toward Nenana. and from Nenana to the coal fields, and that in this work something like 800 men will be employed
 This news 'ounds encOuraglnc. but how much more inspiring il would be If the order were given to pre- pare the roadbed for the reception of rails which would be brought in on the first boats up the river That would sound much better to the miners who are crying their heads off for fuel that does not cost them the total output If the ground they are working.
 Every cord of wood brought into the city during the next winter will represent ten big dollars, and that supplied on the creeks wll be at a much higher figure
 Taking the revenues derived from the transportation Of coal from the Nenana coal fields to supply the demands of the Fairbanks district into consideration and it would not take much of d mathematician to figure out that il would be a paying investment for the government to commence the construction from the interior end of the line It certainly would put some new life into the old camp. and when the union of the two ends of the road was made there would be much more tonnage demanded than if the camp IS held back for the next couple of years.
 However, if We cannot get a whole loaf We should be thankful for the half loaf that we are supposed to get Every little thing helps some. and the employment of 800 mon in other avenues than mining is not te t>e eu-czru at.
 And We are thankful.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01
LET'S EuhIoATC

i Now that he vile stench is past would it not oe good idea to fun
 gate the federal building and make 1 a solemn VOW that never again vii the edifice erected for the purpose i of carrying out the law and admin istering justice be the scene ol the past few months
 l The Jail bait" trials have gotter on the nerves of the community and they do not want any more ol them The people of Fairbanks vii stand in with every official in the court house in upholding the law and punishing every person guilty of crime but in cases like those 1 just closed it will be necessary tc remove the cause in the future and when that is done there vii be no need of dragging the good name of our city in the mire.
 Dispense with the Jail bat" and the marshal's office will not have the same inducements to entraI men for the purpose of paying off political debts and old scores. They will have to have to catch their next batch legitimately, and wher they do that there will be no kick from anyone.
 District Attorney R. FRoth has taken the last pestilence under his fatherly wing, and proposes to see that the babies" are sent some where on the Outside where they will be away from contaminatine influences. That is very praise worthy in the honorable gent ,eman and we will venture to say that nc person in the city will find faul, with him in that connection if he carries out his intention, for it is one which should have been execut ed months and years ago, and tC the great benefit of the community Now that things have settled down I again to normal, if Mir FRoth will conduct his office with a view oi seeing that justice is done and that snap judgment is not taken solely for the purpose of making show | ing in his office or for personal reasons-in others words. if he will conduct himself and his office on | the square, he will get along fairly we'll until his term of office expires or there is a change in administra | tion.
 The same can be said of the office of Clerk of the Court. MT Clark was appointed to his position with a view of looking after the | business of that office and seeing | that every person having business therein got courteous treatment This has not been accorded every one in the past. and MT. Clark has also attempted to run other depart ments than his own. He has not been acting in the best interest of him who appointed him, and by having
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01
THE CUR QUITS.

A man nay carry things with a high hand and imagine that he will always be able to got away with the swaS because he has been successful in that line of business all his natural life, but if there is 2 streak of yellow in his composition il will show up sooner or later,
 The stripe of yellow has made its appearance in the character Of Lewis T. Erwin, and he is no" trying to get away from his acts by having the case for divorce instituted against his wife just before his de parture for the Outside dismissed which was done at the request of his attorneys during the past week.
 His charges against heI were of the yilest nature and such as should not have been made, even were they true, and no man other than one of the same calibre as Marshal Er- N III NOuIu lid ' lllthI'
 Had he merely desired separa- tion, there is no doubt that it could have been obtained without making the slanderous charges, as no wo- man with any spirit would insist on bearing the name of man who is recognized and has the reputation of being a wife beater, and no person in the country is more conversant with the facts in this matter than is Mrs Erwin herself.
 In the country from which Erwin emigrated a wife beater Woul1 have been hastily dealt with. and why he has been allowed to reach his present age without being at least tarred and feathered and run out of the country is not at all flatter- ing to the communities in which he has lived for the past fifteen years.
 Even though his lawful wife was compelled at different times to seek the seclusion of her own room for days at time in order to allow the discoloration to subside, yet 1t is hardly likely that she would have made the charge of wife beater against him had she brought the suit instead of him.
 No, it remained for this human cur to make the most damaging charges ever presented in the north in the hope of getting divorce. and when he made the charges he did not figure on the publicity he and the case would get. He thought the case would either go by default or that the abused woman would not have the courage nor the f. nances to appear personally and con test the case.
 Just as soon as he found out that two of the newspapers of the city had taken sides with the in
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01
TWO DEATHS
 DURING WEEK

Two well known oldtimers of this district died during the past week. Charles de Gregory and Patrick Crossan. The death of de Gregory occurred al St Joseph's hospital last Monday Crossan passing away at the same institution on Wednes tav evening The death of both was oCCasioncd by pneumonia.
 The death of de Gregory took place about lO.3O o'clock Monday morning He had been taken to the hospital at an early hour that morning from one of the hotels, suffering intensely. He had been ill for several days prior to that time. but had refused to give up
 De Gregory was an Italian by na- tivity, having been born in Italy in 1852. He came to the United States when yet a young man. how ever coming to Dawson in 1897. And he had constantly been a resident of the north since that time
 The funeral of de Gregory was held Friday morning from the Cath ollie church, on Garden Island, with a large number of the friends of the deceased in attendance. There were numerous beautiful floral of ferings The pail bearers were Julius Stolcis, G. Toldo, John Frasca. Pete Malano, D. Negri and John Bisacca CrosSan was taken to the hospital l Tuesday evening from Cleary creek
 He was. very i'll and kept sinking after reaching the institution, until death came Wednesday evening to relieve his suffcrings. He had been an inhabitant of the Tanana Valley since the very earliest days Of this camp. and was a member of Ieloo No. 1, Order of Pioneers Together with Richard Cunningham, Crossan was the owner of valuable mining ground on Cleary creek
 It is understood that the body of GroSsan is to be sent Outside for burial pursuant to the wishes of the relatives of the deceased
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01

jured wife. and that she was on her way north to contest the case. The streak of yellow yard wide showed up in the whelp and he could not order the case stricken from the docket quick enough.
 Nor was 1t done quickly enough either The maligned woman will no doubt make her appearance on the scene sooner or later. and when she does come. the absence If Mar
 shal Erwin on the Outside will be
 prolonged He will not want tp face her any sooner than is necps- sarv after deiam'n- her char actcr as nc has done, and his man
 her of filing the suit ,Ist before leaving on hi- trip world go to show that he was not very anxious
 to face the lady's friends, either
 after the story once gained publici- ty
 An attorne. on the Outside tele-
 graphed the information that ne had contest the case and that he had serious charges against Erwin for
 violation Of the criminal statute" H."
 still has the information to pre-
 Fer these serious charges even though the divorce case ha- been
 dismissed. and it is more than likely that they will be pressed Men ob- noxious to Marshal Erwin have been convicted of violation of the crimi- nal statute" and what is good for the goose is good for the gander, SO why not give MT. Erwin a dose O. should be forthcoming. regardless of any divorce proceedings
 The people of this community who have classed themselves as friends
 of the marshal should be proud of
 their selection Those who have been influenced by his dominating power and the hope of gathering a
 crumh that might accidentally drop
 from his table should feel proud of the friendship of this defamer of wife and mother, The party that is responsible for his appointment
 should feel more than pleased with their efforts if they Were bent on picking the most despicahla char acter in the country to uphold the dignity of the government in the
 office of United States Marshal. And
 the official ring should thank their stars that they are mated up with a man of his moral debasement if they were looking for deserving ! leader. and it is asserted that at least one of the coterie is an apt pupil.
 I- Dan Callahan, in his parting r"- marks, after receiving his sentence of twelve years in the penitentiary, stated that he would see some of the officials down there before he came back and in the light of the remarks of the Portland attor- ney. could it be possible that Dan
 was a prophet, and could see fur ther into the future than lhe bal ance of the people?
 Make room for Erwin.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01

shoyels < Picks at Peoples.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01
Local News Items


for the reason that there was but little travel over the trail
 As is customary throughout the world among Odd Fellows, the local lodge of the | o. o. F. celebrated the 97th anniversary of the birth of the order last Wednesday, The celebration consisted chiefly of a dance and general good time at the Odd relIuws hall in the evening, more than 120 people being in at tendance.
 After the trip on which Johnny Palm will start tomorrow morning, there will be no more mail dis patched for Circle via the over land route until next fall. Jules Marion, the other Circle mail car rier, is now enroute from Circle with the las. mail of the season this way.
 Judge Charles E. Bunnell has an nounced that court will adjourn here on May 15 and that tho recess will extend until October 16, or until such time as the court re lower river cities of Ruby and Idit- arod The plans, however, are sub lect to change, as the court may hear some equity matters before the latter date, but the jury has been excused until that time In con neCtion with the reconvening of the court session. Attorney Morton E. Stevens made a short talk ir which he explained that, for the reason that the criminal calendar takes most of the time of the spring court session here, ether important mat ters of litigation are compelled to await the return of the cou't from the lower river. And in many cases, he said, the delay is very inconveni- ent to the miners and business men of this section. He therefore urged the early reconvening of court here.
 William Hyland, who arrived here from the Outside during the past week will leave for Circle tomor- row He is in the employ of the Berry Dredge company.
 The local lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose will hold it's annual me morial service next Sunday after noon at Moose hall The service will be public.
 Miss Laura Lewis has purchased the Enelebrecht home on Fifth ave nue from George Webber The place is now occupied by Judge Charles E. Bunnell and family.
 The Norwegians of Chatanika and Cleary creek are preparing to hold a big celebration on May 17. The affair will end with a big dance in the evening.
 Word received here during the past week is to the effect that Gene Huckins and Casey Bennett are making big hit with their Alaskan act in Chicago. It failed to produce the desired effect on the coast, for the reason that, in comparison with the real thing, fake" Alaska stuff doesn't go with Outside sourdoughs. Both actors will probably come north this sum- mer to work for the Engineering commission.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01

A message received at the mar shars office last Wednesday was to the effect that Marshal Erwin s party of guards and prisoners had reached Seattle Therefore it is probable that before this time, the prisoners have all reached their re spective destinations.
 P J. Rickert the local rancher, known as the Crozier homestead, beyond the government farm. IL contains 31S08 acres, and was the first piece of land patented in the Panama Valley. IL was st&ked D. c. T. Crozier about six years ago. A considerable amount of the ground has been cleared and extensive i'm provements made. IL is understood that MT Crozier intends to 20 Out side
 Two stages from the cosat reached Fairbanks during the past week. lie pdSSeHSelS dlllNlH5 OI l l" "l day were William Hyland, Glen Moves, Mrs F. c. Moves, Mrs. F. Matheson. William Casey, Emil Beau chaine. l.. A White and Gus Heid- rick Those who reached town Fri day night were MT. and Mrs. T. A. McGowan. George Preston, NO'ney Richmond, E. D. Estes, Peter Olson, Louis Garfinkle and P. E. Cromwell, w NJ Strandle, an Atlin man, has gone to the Tolovana country. He came all the way through from Atlin after hearing of the Tolovana strike, making the trip by way of Dawson.
 MT and Mrs Pete Malone, of Clealv creek. are recent arrivals in town from the Outside, where they spent the winter MT Malone brought in number of fine horses.
 For the past several day there has been a Dodge motor car on display in the show window at the N. C. store The car and it's po- sition have heen viewed with in- terest by a large number of people, owing to the fact that it is the first time that kind of automobile adver- Using has been done here.
 George Carl has been granted two saloon licenses; one for his place of business at Ruby, and the other at Long City. Mike Hyland has also been granted license to sell liquor at Chatanika.
 The Boy Scouts of Fairbanks real ized something like $175 from their minstrel Friday night at the Audi torium, large number of people having been in attendance. The boys who took part in the entertain ment distinguished themselves, show ing that they had been thoroughly trained The only technical num- Der on the program was the violin solo rendered by young Frank Be- raud who shows promise of being a violinist of 10 mean ability.
 J. H. Groves has purchased the Kellogg place, on Ninth and Cush- man. and is fixing it up Cor resi- dence.
 Emil C. Clausen, proprietor of the Ohio Roadhouse, on the lower river trail, was a city visitor last week. He states that he may keep the roadhouse open all summer. Hereto fore it has been his policy to close t'-o place a"-i,g the summer months,
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01

quite as bad as he might be He has only jugeled with one mail contract that we are aware of. but he has been perniciOusly active in questioning men as to their qualifi- cations as jurors, and being in the postoftice department it is hard to connect him up with the judiciary except from the fact that he was putting in" If he will only play on his own sand pile he will get along better and might in time make a good postmaster again.
 Let's fumigate
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01

too many irons in the fire has been If he will attend to the duties for which he was appointed, and do that we'll the people will eventually forget the past, as they are of a forgiving nature, and he will in time regain some of his manhood
 There is no reformation in the makeup of Marshal Erwin, and from present indications it will be a case of repentance instead
 The last of the unholy ring, in the person of Tom Deal, g not
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01

Garden Rakes at Peoples.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01
Deadwood Account
 Of Miner s Death

DEADWOOD, April 19.-Mr. A. j. Childs, famliarly known as Dad l to all the Birch creek diggings and 1 Circle, died at his cabin home April l II. He lesves widow, residing | at Rellinghant. Wash. and three sons i to mourn the loss of husband and | father
 The funeral was attended by near l ly all the residents of DeadwOOd ! forty-three being present. c. NJ. i Monohan gave a brief address, as follows:
 Friends and Comrades: i eve arc met to perform t!e last i sad rites over the remains of our departed neighbor, friend and com rade, A. J Childs, whose earthly existence closed the evening of Fri day the 14th. How deeply we shall miss him only time will show. The deep sense of loss is manifested most strongly in those who knew him most intimately, yet to all is the feeling that no one could be taken from us whose absence would be felt, whose presence would be missed to any such degree. He proclaimed himself an optimist and lived his belief Cheerful, lively. and kind, when in health he added to the interest saiety and joy of any gathering, dispensing hospitality with cheerfulness and jest, he would al low no one whether friend or strang CT, to leave his cabin hungry.
 Born about 69 years ago, he early acquired the spirit of independence and self reliance. AS boy he be- gan to make his own way. AS youth of 16 he volunteered for the army and served his country for three years, during the Civil war. Continuing through a life of activity and varying fortunes, he came to Alaska and Deadwood creek in 1899 packing a 75 pound pack from Cir cle Participating in the joys, sym pathizing in the sorrows, lending aid in time of trouble or distress, he has been at one with the heart of this community of Deadwood from that time until death removed him to that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns" He had great strength of character was fearless and unafraid.
 Until the last hour of conscious ness, he mingled jest and pleasant " with the conversation, exempli- flying Omar's lines,
 80 when the angel of the darker
 drink,
 At last shall find you by the
 rivers brink,
 And offering his cup, invite your
 soul
 Forth to your lips you shall not
 shrink
 He did not shrink
 "In accordance with his wish many times expressed to comrades and friends, his place of burial is on the hill back of his cabin. Like Cecil Rhodes, the Empire Builder, who chose prominent, though lonely. spot in South Africa for his tomb. he may have wished that it should overlook the scene of his later life and activities, yet I imagine the request was also prompted by his belief, that whence from the body the soul has fled, 1t matters little on what spot it is laid, and he wished to spare his friends any un- necessary trouble.
 "'Of all sad words of tongue or
 Nan
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01

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 FOR SALE.-SiX GOOSe-neCk Furniture Wagons. Length of body II feet, Width Az feet. Height 8 feet inside. Three ton Maximum carrying capacity. Original cost $500.00 each and now In excellent condition. Also One Team Horses, Age g years, Weight about 1500 pounds. Will sell very cheap. If interested write Lambert Transfer & Storage Co.,, 307 Pine St, Seattle, Washington
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01
MOOSE INSTALLATION.

The local lodge of the Loyal Or der of Moose held it's installation of the officers which will serve throughout .he ensuing year at Moose hall last Wednesday evening A social session. during which a program was rendered and refresh ments were served followed the regular business meeting. Those installed were:
 Past Dictator ......A. J. Nordale
 Dictator ..... Jesse Schwendiman.
 NiCe-Dictator .......D. l.. MCGinnis
 Prelate .......E McCugh Weste
 Treasurer ........ Thomas Youle
 Trustee for three years
 ................G George A Johnson
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01
FOR RENT-ExceIIently situated store room large enough to accom- modate any ordinary business. Two smaller rooms in connection,
 Apply CITIZEN OFFICE.

G. Fenton Craemer disbursing officer of the Alaskan Engineering commission, has written to E. II. Mack reserving memberships .n the Fairbanks Tennis club for himself, his wife, and J. C. Williams, an other employee of the commission
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01
The saddest are these, it might
have been


 Had there been a do tor il t&e community, to whom he could have gone in the early stages of his sickness and found that his lungs Were affected, he might have lived many years. May the time soon come when the Social Conscience of the community. state and nation will demand that no life need flicker out through lack of medical att"n- tion and advice, that doctor shall be stationed within reach of all Brave soul, kind friend. cheerful spirit, may he rest in peace"
 Garden R1kec a+ penrIec
The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01
1. I. ERW|N'S YELLOW STREAK
 IS IN EVIDENCE
J. S. MARSHAL WlTHORAWS HIS DIVORCE SUIT
 FROM RECORDS

In district court Friday afternoon Attorney John A. Clark. represent ing L. T. Erwin, asked to have the divorce proceeding entitled Erwin vs Erwin, in which T. $. Marshal l.. r Erwin is the complainant. dismissed and stricken from the records His motion was granted, the court making a lengthy eXplana- ton of the law in connection with
 matter.
 The complaint in the case was placed on record on Monday. April 10. On the following Monday morn ing, or on April r, The Citizen published the contents of the con- plaint-the first public news that Marshal Erwin was suing his wife for divorce 1t is stated upon good authority that before the marshal wired here asking that the case be dismissed, he made an effort to have it tried at one of the lower rlyer sessions of court.
 It is believed here that Mrs. Er- win was making preparations to fight the case Whether or not she will still press the matter is not known. Certain it is, however that she was informed that the complaint had been filed by wire, ard that she had employed firm of lawyers in Portland, Oregon, with which Frederick Heilig, a former Fairbanks an, is connected, 10 fight the case for her.
 r. is also stated upon good authori- ty that the attorneys for Mrs Er- wiz wired hero that "serious charges against Erwin for violation of the criminal statutes" would be brough'. And it is therefore thought here that fear of the counter charge caused the marshal to show his vel low streak.
 Henry Cook, the Vault creek ope- rator, has bought a large pump for use in his operations at the mouth of that stream For he has had considerable trouble with the water, the ground he Is working being thawed. The new pump has ca pacity of 26O gallons of water per minute. It was purchased from the N c. company,