The Alaska citizen., 1917-09-03

up or money comes ID. how IS that applied?
 A Any money?
 Q Yes. if the mortgage Is paid?
 A Well. I haven't any idea There are no details worked out as to how it shall be conducted
 Q. Any contributors to get any of the money?
 A No; they all understand. I think. il is purely a donation on their part. and there are no strings to il on their part as far as I know. O. Is the hall ever to be private hall or for private uses? A No, sir, that was never contem- plated; a public hall so long as the war lasts. and after that for public meetings
 o General town hall? A. Yes; 1 think it was talked of turning the hall over to the town or the territory as soon as paid for, either the town or the territory. The discussion among the executive was there always had been need for public hall, and the expense of renting private halls is prohibitiye and they ought to have a hall here as part of the town or territory.
 O. Was any sum promised or paid to MT. Thompson for helping put through the deal?
 A. never heard of any.
 MT. Marquam--Do you know?
 A. As far as know. there was absolutely nothing.
 MT Pratt--As far as you know did Mir Thompson ever get a five cent piece out of it?
 A. No, he was very liberal any thing that Loyal League did he acted like & milllonaire-worked asSiduous- ly and never received anything for it.
 0. Just like the rest?
 A. Yes, sir; he interested himself more than others, l think-or some of them anyway.
 Q. Since the purchase of the rink there were some dances given; do you know where the funds and pro ceeds went?
 A. Why. the proceeds of the first dance were spent in paying some of the debts, and all of the debts in cured by the Loyal League l think and also paid insurance. there was four thousand dollars or something like that put on the building; and the money was paid also for cleaning up the hall and making some at tempts to put il in shape for general use.
 Q. Has the Loyal League thrown any patronage or advertising in the way of Thompson so that he could make an indirect graft out of it?
 4. No, sir; all he has done in the way of printing was gratuitous-- blank tickets, and certificates, for taking the census and furnishing stationery and everything of the kind was done gratuitously. Cross Examination (By MT. Mar
 o. So MT. Thompson acted like a millionaire, MT Clegg?
 A. He did so far as donating things and doing things freely. with out price.
 O. And all the members acted like millionaires-you say he acted like the rest of them?
 A. No, l stated he was a little more so than the rest of them.
 O. You were closely associated with MT. Thompson in the matter?
 A. Just at the meetings; l presid- ed at the executive meetings.
 O. Now the way the armory was really purchased-I mean the rink 1t is called the armory now?
 4. l think 50, yes.
 0. (Continuing) Wasn't the first method proposed or adopted, wasn't 1t, MT. Clegg?
 A. Beg pardon?
 Q. say the method used in rais ing the money in purchasing the property, wasn't the scheme original ly proposed for the purpose of rais ing money?
 A. 1 think sol think it was. There was some general discussion at the executive committee as to how il could be best done-no plan was hit upon and put into operation.
 Q. don't mean put into opera ton, but attempted mean? Isn't it true