Heppner gazette., July 13, 1905, Image 6

Postmaster Needed.
Richmond Marsh, postmaster m
charge of the office at Point Barrow,
Alaska, the northermost post office in
the world, has tendered his resignation
to the post office department, and the
department is in search of a man to fill
the place.
The duties of the place are by no
means arduous, though some of the
qualifications exacted ot the successful
applicant may prove a little trying. He
is expected to be able to handle at
least three mails each year, two of
which will reach him during the winter
months and one some time in July,
soon after the opening of the Arctic
ocean to navigation, Between the ar
rivals of mails he will be permitted by
the department to take a much needed
vacation, says the Seattle News.
Ptint Barrrow is some 800 miles
sortheast of Nome. The place consists
of a natiye settlement and a Presby
terian mission, the latter having been
for several years in charge of Mr,
Marsh, the late postmaster. Last year
,JVIr. Marsh was ordered from Point
Barrow to Hoonah and when be de
parted fur bis new station he left the
office in chargo of an assistant. He is
d -sirous of beiog relieved of the work
on account of the manifest inconven
ience of residing in one town and con
ducting a poetoffice in another one some
1500 miles distant.
The department has promised to re
lieve him of Ihe office as soon as it is
able to find a suitable and trustworthy
man to take his place. The search far
such a man is now being conducted by
Postal Inspector Clum. of the the dis
trict of Alaska, who arrived trom the
eist this morning and is registered at
the Hotel Washington, Seattle.
The most exacting requirement of the
new postmaster is that he reside at
Port Barrow. This the department will
insist upon. The present postmaster
has made a satisfactory official, but he
is not a resident of the place, hence the
necessiiy for a change.
The Point Barrow office receives
tbre mails a ynar. One of these is
carried on the revenue cut er Bear
which visits the place each summer.
At the missi mnry school there one of
the exciting events of the year is a
guessing content among the pupils for a
, prize offered the one who guesses new
est to tlit date the Bear will arrive.
Interest in thi contest begins eaily in
the autumn and increases in intensity
all night, becoming very exciting by
about July 1, when the natives begin
to l ok for the cutter. She nsuallv ar
rives some time between July 1 and
August 31, and following her arrival
comes one of the busy seasons for the
postmaster, he sometimes brings as
many as 35 letters in a bunch.
The other mails to Point Barrow an?
oarrUn from Nome on reindeer i-U'ds.
As the distance is only tome 8)0 mi'es
it is a pleaiant iiltl ? jjunt fur an Eski
mo mail ca-rier to take during the ear'y
liys of aa Aictio eVtviini, Tne wi.iter
mails, being two in number, are not so ;
large as the one which is received in
the sa:Dtne.-, c jnsequently invo've lef-s
labor on the part of the pf st master.
The saUty ol" the ofii is a little un
certain. Ha is paid according to the
value of tie siampB canceled by tie
office. As he 'b shout the only p-reon
in the settlement wh. has any reason to
wiite letters, his inc m e dep nds on the
nu nber of letters In writes. If he fs
very industrious he c n increase his in
cuiDe, charging hims If with the stamps
he u;:es as f.-n indh idml. then creditint?
himself with them when as postmaster
lie caLcels tli nit r tranqmissi n.
Mr. Clum doe; not ki.ow ho v hrgo
the s-tlary wa last year or the reason
that the anna ii report f the oillee mail
ed January 1, ltijr,, had not been re
ceived at V'ashincton when he left
there 10 days ngo. L'n ess it is unnec
essarily delayed it s iouI I re ch there
about Ju?y 1. Mr. Clum thinks, how
ever, judging Iron preceding reports,
that the income will reach at least $1 65
for the vear.
Terrible Tornado In Texas.
Fort Worth, Tex., July 6 Forty
lives are reported lost, a large number
of people injured and thousands of d 1
lars of damag 'one by a tornado which
swept the northern edge of Montague
county late yesterday afternoon. The
force of the wind was terrific. Wires
are still prostrated and it is difficult to
Set the details of the news.
At Montague ten persons were killed,
consisting of A. H. Earle and his family
and the Tomlinson family and the baby
of Lawrence Pillow. Clark's drug
store, Lund's grocery store, Alcorn's
bank, Rowe Hardware company and 15
dwellings were totally demolished.
Hundreds of head of Btock were killed
outright and a large number of people
injured.
t Nacona 14 persons were killed,
many others injured and a large num
ber of dwellings completely destroyed
The deed are: Mrs. C. G. Shackleford
and daughters. Mrs. S. L. Tomlinson
and three children, Mrs. Mary Lester
and four children, Mrs. Ira Williams,
Caleb White and Frank Aiken.
At Belcher the Baptist and Methodist
chirchee were destroyed. At Montague
the Methodist church at-d the colli t
house ,were damaged. At Pixie the
schoolhouse was entirely blown away.
Reports of the tornado's damage are
still coming in. The numher of killed
and injured will probably reach 100.
Order cf Red Men were in a parade
that moved through the streets and was
witnessed by countless thousands ot
people who lined every sidewalk alorg
the line of march. Journal.
WILLIAMSON TRIAL.
Conspiracy to Defraud the Govi
eminent la Charged.
ITIotiiiuiciit to Sacii juivcsi.
Gallant men of the western statec
Thursday honored the memory of a
brave Indian woman Sacajawea guide
of the explorers who a century ago ac
cepted and nobly discharged the mis
sion of President Jefferson and sought
a route over which afterward moved
the column of civilization's army to
conquer this region.
Full many a year will be buried be
fore the memory of this day will pass,
for this ffternoon on the terrace of tbe
exposition fronting on the lke was un
ve ld the statue of "The Bird Woman."
as the name Saeajawea means, where it
will stand a a reminder of her intrepid
i'y and the vi-lue cf her services.
If w as the et.l nination of months cf
effort by tlieSaf'Hj'awea .Monument as
sociation arid the exercises cot. inerr.ii j
rated the d-.tdij of the Indian woman ;
companion ot the c.entuiy auu r-i
plorers.
It was in a larpe penne woman's d;iv,
and with swel ing pride ir ha nir::it!
cance of ihe occasion the ci 1 In a'M '
of a woman' historic nrhh veinmita
repre-eiitativt'H of a treat riitioaa!
woman's organization. Sunan B. An
thony, Mary Hlacknell, Anna Snaw,
Carrie SChap:r.an Cat', Abigail Sctt
Dnniwav and others i f nationwide rf.-
pu'e. with many members of the Saca-
jiwen Moti'-inei.t n.g-jciatifin and p.' so
Portland, July 7 The trial com.
menced today of Congressman John N.
Williamson, Dr. Van Gesner, Marion
Biggs and others charged with con
spiring to defraud the government of
public domain.
The case proceeded with remarkable
celerity, the jury being secured and the
opening arguments made in time to al
low tbe examination of one witness be
fore court adjourned.
District Attorney Heney stated in
opening the argument that the govern
ment proposed to show that Williamson
and other defendants entered a con
spiracy to suborn 100 persons and cause
them to illegally obtain from the gov
ernment valuable pasture lands in
Eastern Oregon. The district attorney
etat'd of tbeee 100, forty-four secured
cliiiins and other patents were pending
at the time the inuic'menta were re
turned. II. S. Wilson, attorney for the de
fendants, asserted that there had been
no conspiracy. He stated that William
son a.ul Gesner in order to secure
pawturate for ttnck had flered to ad-
var.ee money to settlers to come into
the country and take up claims. He
asserted that the defendants had taken
mortgages on the property and during
the t.me th? patents were pending it
was agreed that defendants should have
the right to the pasture. He stated
that no agreements were made which
compelled the patentees to turn over
the claims to Wi liamson and Gesner,
and the defendants exerted no claim of
ownership after the return of their
money.
He slated that on several occasiors
Williamson and (iesner bought lar d
from these claimants after the pate- t
had been issued, but h? said these hrd
been entirely separate t anactions not
connected with the advancing to the
claimants.
Campbell Duncan, the fiiet w.tness
for the government, stated that he had
been told by Ma'ion B!l';:h thai tJpner
war-.t'.'d !a- d and that if ne wr.uld 'i on
Root Has Accepted.
New York, July 6. I' canbedefl i e-l
ly stated that President R- oseveb has
offered the position of Secretary ot
State to Elihu Root, and that Mr. Root
has accepted.
President Roosevelt arrived at Jersey
City at 9 a.-m. He boarded a Pennsyl
vania Railroad tug add was taken to
Long Is'bod City. He left therr fur
Oyster Bay at 9:47 Paul Morton and
Elihu Root, who accompanied the
President from Cleveland, left the
special train at Jersey City and return
ed to this city.
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