The Alaska citizen., 1917-09-03
VI hundred doll.r- ID ,tock

'''' AAHHl e" bt4t.t~ III Ht'' N
 x. No. sir slNg-n,r hundred do. lar~ and he would ,ako s.A hundred l m stock
 Q Wa- that ,o be d stock pro2o. ! suone
 * Hr wa- to subscribe six aaa drcd dollars
 1 c All right.
 \ Then the second offer va~ We got Mr Frederick 10 make an rsu. male ol the amou.. ol material. such aS in roof p.pr, m the buIdns and lumber. to s.. what hat could b.. torn down loa and see wAa, we could realize on ,.uing Il down And my recollection .- .hr carpenter fig urrd oh this and told us hc could realize five thousand dollars on rhe material II it Wa torn down. and then he came to us and said he didn't want to r.tr ir down, but i. We would pay uy' thousand dollars he would take il We thought that a fair price cons ioring the cost, | imagine il cost twelve thousand dol lars or more 10 construct We felt it was cheap ana felt We needed if and hated 10 se, rh. building torn down And we thought of different ways 10 pay the money over and Mr. 1 Thompson went around to see mum ber of men and they all subscribed. they raised | ,Ank thirtHsiN hun dred and ten dollars by subscription. thiry-fiye hundred was used in pay ! ing of Mr. Gordon. We gave d dance
 1 6. You say thir.y-siyc hundred dol lars
 A. Yes, sir, and gave q dance with a net profit of think about two 1 hundred dollars and we paid Mir. Gordon the further sum of two hun drod and fifty doIlara on the mort 1 gage, and the balance stands And there was other expenses in connec- tion with the dance. the band and decorations. etc Ill together We paid off $3,750.
 (By Mr. PrattD
 Q. Now the amount contributed, how did that get into your hands, ! X. Came to me through Mir Thomp- son, the majority of it, and some of it by check to me as trustee.
 c. To you d trustee and Mr. | Thompson brought you the checks ?
 \. Yes, sir
 Q. Brought somo cash?
 A Yes. sir but not much.
 Q. Now the amount of the contri- buttons, was that published in the paper every day
 A. To the best of my recollection, everything published.
 Q. And that tailed with the money turned in to you?
 A. Yes.
 Q. Well, now the money that's been realized on that since the pur- chase by dances, has any of that gone 10 MT. Thompson at all?
 A. Mr. Thompson never got a dol lar of it as far as l know.
 Q. Was there my promise of any thing that you know of?
 A Not a thing. not a cent.
 Q. Did you pay him anything?
 A. Not nickel
 Q Did you promise any adyertis- ing for that or anything whatever?
 A. l have had lhc disbursement of that-the majority of that fund. Mr. Thompson has gotten ten dollars so far as know. I have had the dis burSement of that fund-IOr printing the tickets. Hr has done all the advertising and lots of other work in connection wi it, and never re ceived anything for it.
 o For the advertising he didn't get anything?
 A Not cent
 Cross Examination (By Mir. Marquam)
 c All you mean to say, MT. Wood, through you as disbursing officer and you have disbursed all the funds A Not all of them, no,
 O. Well, practically all of them; presume they were disbursed through the bank, all the funds raised for this purpose All you mean to testify is that none of the funds went to Mir. Thompson in the first instance--that's all you have knowl . edge of one way or the other-fol instance, if it was made to Gordon?
 A Yes, sir, there was liens against the property at the time.