AT ALASKA GOLD-RUSH SITE
Sourdough Stops Gambler's
Rent Try With Threat to Shoot
By AL BRMASTEDT
Fishwheel, Alaska. Nov. 1 (U.Ri A "slicker'i" attempt to shake
down greenhorn claim-stakers (or rent wa stopped short today
by a wise old sourdough at this gold rush site.
"Cheechako" gold-seekers reported that a reputed Anchorage
gambler was demanding $2.50 weekly rent for the space each
tent occupied.
r n-1' 1 ' When word reached Ed Far-
jrell, Fairbanks miner, he walk
ed from his tent and post a card
board sign on a nearby tree. In
large letters he pencilled:
"Any bartender or gambler
coming within sight of this sign
will be shot!!"
The gambler, who had been
backing up his fast operations
with a .45-calibre revolver strap
ped to his hip, backed down
quickly and said, "it was only
a joke."
Farrell said the aign would
remain, "Just in case."
It was the first sign of ten
sion In this desolate, shovel-
packed camp on the banks of
the Yukon since last week's
claim jumping incident. That
flareup of temper subsided
quickly with the principals
agreeing to settle In court.
The gambler claimed the land
on which a store, coffee shop
and residential tents sprung up
originally had been staked by
Waldemar Peterson, Fort Yukon
India. He contended those with
tents on the Indian's property
should each pay rent. He repre
sented himself as the Indian's
agent.
At the same time, a report
circulated that liquor was being
sold at "sky high" prices by in
dividuals whose gold mining in
terest had faded after an as
sayer reported that one of the
original discovery nuggets was
brass.
Many disheartened prospec
tors grubstakes gone began
leaving Fishwheel. The town
that mushroomed on the tide
flats here 24 hours after the first
cry of "gold" was sounded, was
closed in by bad weather dur
ing the week-end. But today
clearing weather saw bush pi
lots resuming a brisk business.
A few prospectors were still
arriving, but the greatest traf
fic was southward, because of
the hoax reports.
Said Farrell:
"Let 'em keep shouting it's
a hoax. I'm stickln' to my dig
gin's. And no Fancy Dan is
going to clip me for rent or
anything else leastwise not
while I can get him in range of
this gun!"
Morse Urged for
GOP President
"Sen. Wayne Morse, will run
a swift and powerful presiden
tial race if the republicans are
smart and start him."
This is the opinion expressed
by Washington Correspondent
Charles Parmer of the Alex
andria Gazette (Alexandria i a
suburb of Washington, D. C).
His Morse prediction followed
an analysis of the Oregon Junior
senator's remarks on the Herald
Tribune's national forum on
October 25.
In his talk he stressed "repub
lican constitutional liberalism"
as opposed to "democratic cen
tralization of arbitrary power
in the hands of no-elected admin
isteers" the back-flash of his
words, Parmer wrote, seared re
actionary Republicans and rul
ing Democrats alike.
In television a channel is the
invisible path over which a sta
tion sends its signal.
R. W. Sawyer
Opposed to CVA
Salt Lake City, Nov. 1 MV
Existing federal agencies have
all the facilities necessary for
reclamation and power develop
ment, a director of the national
reclamation association said to
day. Robert W. Sawyer of Bend,
Ore., expressed opposition to re
gional agencies such as the pro
posed Columbia Valler Aurhor-
ity.
' "To superimpose another
agency on top of existing ones,"
he told reporters, "might actual
ly retard reclamation develop
ment. Such an agency would
create conflicting lines of auth
ority. It's just not needed."
Sawyer said the Columbia
valley proposal has become a
political issue, with democrats
generally favoring it and repub
licans opposing it.
"This is unfortunate," he said,
"because water is far too im
portant a matter to be a political
Capital Journal, Salem, Or., Tu day, November 1, 194
toy."
Directors met prior to sessions,
beginning Wednesday, of the re
clamation association's 18th an
nual convention. Meetings con
tinue through Friday.
C. Petrus Peterson of Lincoln,
Neb., also an association direc
tor, criticized the administrative
setup of the Tennessee Valley
Authority.
Wrecker is Purchased
Stay ton The DeJardin Mo
tors, Chevrolet dealers, have
purchaser the wrecker formed)
owned by the Harris Machim
shop. The new owners are pre
pared to give the same efficieru
service as the former owner, oi
a 24-hour basis.
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tV i t n e s s Mrs. Margaret
Ferris (above), a former book
keeper for the George McLain
Citizen's committee for Old
Age Pensions, told a state sen
ate committee in Los Angeles,
that Assemblyman John W.
Evans of Los Angeles, was on
the payroll of the McLain or
ganization at $75 a week. (()
Wirephoto)
Rogue's Gallery Set
Up for Saloons
Chester, Eng., Nov. 1 VP)
The Cheshire police began set
ting up a rogues gallery today
of people who drink too much.
The pictures will be sent
around to the country's saloons
with a warning: "If you serve
these people you are liable to
a 10 ($28) fine."
Maj. G. C. Scrimgeour, clerk
of the county council, said the
penalty is possible under a 1903
licensing act.
The pictures will be kept out
of sight under the bar.
Call letters of amateur radio
stations always include a num
ber. That is to identify the dis
trict in which they are located.
"I've no place to go," he
mourned.
Mrs. Aven told him that "no
man should spend his entire life
in jail, especially if he's not a
criminal." But Schmidt found no
comfort in sociology.
"I like to be around the jail,"
the wrinkled little man explain
ed. "People are so good to me
here."
Now they are trying to find
a solution to his problem.
ENJOYS HIS 'PUNISHMENT'
Charlie Just Likes Jails;
Hurt if He's Not in One
'Atlanta, Ga. (U.R) Police here have a problem on their hands In
the person of one Charlie Schmidt, aged 65.
Schmidt likes jail.
Ever since he arrived here five years ago, broke and hungry,
Schmidt's only comfortable moments h?ve been spent in the lock
up. He never misses a chance to
get behind prison bars.
Six times this year, Schmidt
was booked for idling and loit
ering. Six times Police Recorder
A. W. Callaway sent him to the
cooler.
But on the seventh time, he
balked.
"What's the use of punishing
this man," Callaway reasoned,
"when he enjoys his punish
ment?" Recently, officers again found
Schmidt sleeping in a downtown
doorway. They tapped the thin
soles of his shoes with a night
stick. Schmidt blinked, looked up
and broke into a wide smile.
When the wagon arrived, he al
most chuckled aloud.
The next day, Schmidt was
taken before Judge Callaway,
his head bowed, perhaps to hide
a grin, and his checkered cap in
hand.
Callaway was so irritated by
the regularity of the culprit that
he refused to send him to jail.
"Find some other place for
him to go," he told Mrs. Clyde
Aven, a policewoman.
Mrs. Aven asked Schmidt what
his pleasure would be. His an
swer left her baffled, in view of
Callaway's order.
Schmidt replied that he want
ed to "work with the road
gang."
When told that he absolutely
would not get a stockade sen
tence. Schmidt was on the verge
of tears.
Lodge Offers Dinner
Amity Industry Rebekah
lodge will be host for a chicken
dinner Tuesday evening at 7
p.m. in observance of the annual
homecoming and the Harvest
Home festival for the IOOF
home. Members of the lodge,
Amity lodge No. 67, their fami
lies and friends will attend. A
program and guest speaker is
scheduled.
Selenium is a chemical
ment sensitive to light.
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