The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13
Born and Reared in New Brunswick, Not Kentucky, a Voter in British Colum- bia According to His Own Declarations, He Never Took Out Naturalization Papers, and Would Not Be Eligible for Member ship in Congress.

Of all the foolish statements Of the WickershamStrOng coterie that one to the effect that the Adminis- tration at Washington purposely delayed the appointment of suc- cessor to Gov J. F. A. Strong until it was too late for him to file for the Democratic nomination for Del egate is the most senseless.
 There is not now, and never was, any fear that Strong would stand for nomination or election for any thing in Alaska. To do so he would have to come before the people. Many facts about him would then become generally known which are now known to but few. One of those facts, and it is the only one we will mention at the present time, is this:
 Strong Is Not a Citizen of the
 United States.
 He could not take his seat in Congress even if he should be elected. He is not eligible for the office of Governor of Alaska which he has been holding for five years.
  general election or primary
 Strong was not born in the State of Kentucky, as he often has de- clared, and the story of his being a Major in a South American army is mere moonshine.
 Here are few of the facts of his life: He was born in the year 1858 or 1859 at Salmon Creek, later called Thorntown and now called Cody's Station in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He grad uated in the late '70s or early '80s from a Canadian normal school at Fredericton, New Brunswick. He taught school for several years at Salmon Creek and elsewhere in New Brunswick, and for two or three years he ran a store at Wickham, New Brunswick. He married Miss Nesbitt, resident of Frederic ton, N. B., who now resides at 531 Brunswick Street, Fredericton, N. B., and they became the parents of three children, now living. namely:
 Miss Jamie Strong, school teacher at Fredericton, N. B.
 Miss Bessie Strong, of Frederic ton. N. B.
 Robert (nicknamed Paddy) Strong.
 In 1887 or 1888 he left New Brunswick and came West He tar ried in Montana and Tacoma. and in 1889 he was at Victoria, B. C., en- gagged as a reporter on the Evening Standard, and his name at his re- n1o hn Iicf there. In order to get it placed there. he had to declare in writing that he was a British Subject" and that he had lived in British Columbia for one year previous to that time. indicating that he arrived there not later than 1888. The city directories for Victoria for 1888 and 1889 contained his name and address, the same as appeared on the voters list. John Alexander Strong, Bay and Blanchard Streets. The voters list has his occupation journalist" while the directories had 1t reporter. Evening Standard.
 Late in 1889 or early in 1890 he went to Whatcom County, Wash, where he worked for the Petit DOuCS, Ol ANcW w uGtCOIH, HOW 6tl- lingham, for a time, and later was reporter on the Fairhaven Her aid. Still later he was one of the publishers of the Whatcom County Independent, and editor of that pa- per. His partner in the publication was s. E. Mullen, who was busi- ness manager. and who is still a resident of Bellingham. Elliott Stewart, formerly of Valdez, was employed by the firm.
 From Bellingham. he went to Ta- coma. and was employed on the Tacoma Ledger. He was employed by the old Seattle Telegraph, and again returned to the Ledger.
 In 1897 he came to Alaska, in the Klondike gold rush of that year. He never became a citizen of the United States.
 After spending the winter of 1897-9S at Skagway, he went to Nawson. Later he went to Nome