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Newspaper
Fairbanks Daily Times
Location
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1908
Page
2
The Fairbanks Daily News is entered at the Fairbanks Postoffice as second class matter for publication purposes and mailing. It lists a subscription price of two dollars.
Rates for advertising space in The News columns will be disclosed on application. Charges will be reasonable for the service rendered.
The newly appointed Fourth of July committee pledges vigorous work for a grand Tanana celebration in Alaska. They plan to invite Fort Gibbon personnel, offer Fairbanks hospitality, and involve prominent citizens and especially children to boost what could be the territory’s greatest Fourth.
The departure of the Kennedy expedition for Valdez Creek drew a large crowd who praised the brass band. Readers suggest regular weekly performances along the waterfront with a public collection to cover expenses, viewing it as worthwhile entertainment and support for the musicians.
The piece notes expected Taft and Bryan as likely presidential nominees for the Republicans and Democrats and discusses the tradition of strong figures accepting or resisting a vice presidential nomination. It cites past cases like Hendricks in 1876 Logan in 1884 and Roosevelt in 1900 to illustrate convention versus protest over second-place bids.
The piece analyzes vice presidential selections from Atlantic states to balance a Mississippi valley presidential field. It lists Republican hopefuls like Guild, Hughes, Knox, Fairbanks, Cannon, LaFollette, Piles, Hammond, and Dolliver, and notes Democratic doubts about nominees while urging reader interest as the campaign heats up within 30 days.
An assemblage of names appears in the Pioneer section including John Collins Ben Johnson Treas ure Wm Wimbish Gilmore George Light Fairbanks John Campbell Goldstream C H Ward Chatanika James Halver Ester Mrs M A Anderson J Roberts Ester E L Kash land Fairbanks D T Davis and wife Ester Emil Hullgrem Big Chena Charles Sandford Innoke Charles Sinclair city E P Short Fox.
Dr. R. T. MacDougal challenges sensational claims that the Salton Sea alters regional climate. He explains a narrow humid belt forms near the lake, air remains dry a mile away, and extended lake levels would not irrigate or modify climate. evaporation is insufficient to affect distant areas.
A craftsman argues that a government backed crafts program in Hungary demonstrates practical social and economic benefits of handicrafts, countering utopian critique. He notes the revival as a solution to industrial difficulties similar to those faced elsewhere.
In Breathitt County the question lingers whether Judge Hargis was uniquely prudent enough to order his own coffin. The remark notes his foresight amid local gossip and reflects on civic figures planning for future needs.
Reports from the Chena river area describe about two million feet of spruce logs boomed in a slough above Graehl awaiting mill capacity. Lumber will fuel the rapid building of wireless stations and Nenana mission construction, with dry stock limited and demand rising. Some loggers will not move upstream this year, while outfits upstream prepare to harvest for the season.
Sergeant McRae negotiates with Northern Navigation to install a wireless system on the steamer Koyukuk before departure for Chandiar. The experiment seeks data on mountain impact on sound waves as stations target Circle City Fort Gibbon and Fairbanks.
The New York Evening Post argues that William Jennings Bryan will be the Democratic presidential nominee this year if he chooses. It notes his vast following and campaigning energy, and contends Republicans face a strong challenge as 1908 politics unfold amid economic distress.
Poll Tax Collector Hunsacker reports smooth collections of the $4 annual dues in Fairbanks. Residents largely prepay, with many people actively seeking him out to settle the tax. He aims to finish collecting the amounts soon.
Two impoverished Dixie youths share a Boston art class apartment to cut costs. The elder complains about coffee while the dorm feels like a sketch, and a poem celebrates the open country, wide skies, and riding free under stars for reassurance and faith.
T. G. Owen, longtime Alaska resident and Dawson’s first postmaster, left this afternoon on the steamer Delta for Seattle. He earlier lived in Dawson for five years and has wandered between Alaska and South Africa, where he went to participate in the Boer War.
The Louisville Courier Journal argues Roosevelt stays loyal to his party and avoids nominating himself while predicting a tough year for Republicans. It contends nominating Taft or others against Roosevelt would split the party and invite defeat and disgrace.
The piece reflects Keller’s meditation on unseen permanence in life and nature, expressing a belief in enduring spiritual riches beyond visible world.
A Ga newspaper column denounces recent congressmen as incompetent and communist grafters, predicting the republic’s loss of freedom if a great defender of the constitution does not arise to stop the tide of anarchistic gales.
The steamer Delta finally departed in the afternoon after awaiting a connecting report from the steamer Herman at Tanana. The Herman had been reported by wire this morning at Gibbon.
Description of a massive timepiece in Munich weighing 56 200 pounds and built to run a century. The clock features a church facade, seasonal processions, Death with the four ages, 12 apostles before Christ, Capuchin monks, chimes, and a display showing time zone differences. Built by August Noll, it contrasts with hourglasses and sundials, and there may be similar clocks elsewhere.
Badger and Woodward offer a complete poultry setup including 200 chickens two buildings and an incubator. The sale includes a residence and is pitched as a rare bargain. Contact via phone 65A at 1st National Bank Building.
Fairbanks notices show transfers dated June 1908 with deeds from Thomas H. Foster to John Figgar for $285 and partial claims on multiple creeks. Other entries include Louis Moor to James H. Powell for $1 with a fractional claim, John Hamilton to Philip Ott for $1, and Maurice Morino to Martin Silva for $1, detailing association claims on McLeod, Our, Murphy, Any, Spruce, and related creeks.
A church wedding at the Church of Immaculate Conception yesterday mixed up presiding priests. Rev Father Criment was named in error where Rev Father Corbley should have been. Corbley received full credit for the occasion, with many city friends wondering how the misattribution occurred.
An elderly man near Glasgow habitually eats a week’s porridge cold and salty. On Friday he stalls, drinks whisky, and bets himself to finish the last spoonful. He conquers the meal and secretly returns the whisky to the bottle, boasting of outsmarting his old rule.
A reflective meditation argues that blindness does not erase essential human capacities such as service, friendship, humor, imagination, and wisdom. It asserts that inner will enables goodness, love, and progress, likening resilience to biblical journeys toward a promised land.
A new draft criminal code in China tightens bribery rules. Officials accepting bribes above 1 000 taels face cashiering and hard labor at the military post. Bribes over 10 000 taels with favors invite the death penalty. Those who send bribes face similar punishment.
The New York Globe argues that Porto Ricans, like Hawaiians, are ready for US citizenship and should cooperate in expanding American influence in the West. It notes their history of political representation under Spain and urges equal rights for Porto Ricans as American citizens.
A brief look at United States electrical manufacturing spending of 315 million dollars last year contrasts with earlier college lab tools seen as impractical. The world cannot define electricity yet has learned much about its potential uses.
Advertisement promises PAZO OINTMENT cures all piles including itching and protruding types in 6 to 14 days or money back. Ends with 60c price.
WANTED Girl for general house work at 314 First Avenue. FOR SALE One 6 ton platform scales at Fairbanks Hardware Co. 246 Sweep. WANTED it made known through these columns will find ready answer. HELP WANTED If advertised for in these columns will get all you require.
Directory for Fairbanks Aerie No. 1637 Fraternal Order of Eagles listing meeting time every Monday at 3 30 p m at Eagle Hall and naming Barney Goss as W F O M and Anderson as Secretary.
Fairbanks Lodge No 3 L O F conducts weekly Thursday meetings at Odd Fellows Hall Auditorium. Officers listed include Dp m. and N. Ga. M. O. M. Carlson served as secretary and Co. D. McAuleby as chair.
Camp Fairbanks No 16 A B meets every Tuesday in the hall at the auditorium at 8 30 p m. Hill A C Charles E Oxen recorder.
Pairbanks Lodge of the Yukon Order of Pioneers meets every Thursday evening at old Odd Fellows Havil. HARRY CRIBB is Secretary.
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