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Alaska Notes
I Gleanings From Territorial
Exchanges.
Captain John B Edwards master ol
the steamship Oregon of the Independ
ent Steamship Company* plead guiltv
to a charge of possession of intoxieat
in? liquor to the court of the United
litmtes commissioner, at Juneau, recent
ly, and was given a fine of $300 and
coats and a sentence.of 90 days in the
federal jail by Judge-v. A. Paine.
Captain Edwards paid the fine and the
jail sentence was suspended until fur
ther order of the oourt. Four member*
of the crew- also were arrested and
fined on similae charges. Two other
members ware released*
O. G. Lemons, pioneer promoter of
the Fairbanks district, who secured
capital for the installs!,km of the first
dredge to invade -the .camp, and who
recently returned with money for s
mammoth dredge on Fish creek, has 15
men employed in getting things in
readiness for the commencement o!
operations. The men are engaged at
present in breaking a road over the
hill from Gilmore over which to move
the dredge from the railroad. There
promises to be much activity ia that
section this summer,
Elian Kenneth* a native of Eagle,
passed away last month, after a linger
ing illness with the-dreaded disease—
tuberculosis. Ellen was the only
daughter of “Old Maggie,” a noted
character of Eagle* and sister of the
late “Bummer Joe” of Dawson fame.
The natives of Eagle have not lost ooe
of their number for years ihai will be
missed any more than will Ellen. She
was loved and respected by all, both
whites and natives.
Installation of a complete electric
power plant by the Willow Creek
Mines Corpoiation* waa completed re
caotly. The plant,'established at the
rooutb of Graigy creek, a tributary to
Willow, will Supply energy for the
plants of the Gold Bullion, Lucky Shot
anl War Baby mines. The Willow
Creek Mines Corporation is owned by
£* C. Thompson.
A large stable and contents, valued
at $2,000. the praperty of Mrs. Bobby
Morris and the* Shermers. at Olnes,
was destroyed bv'fjrea fuw nights ago,
At the time of the’ fire there were in
the barn three cows, several pigs, a
large number of chickens, considerable
Seed, and the Feodergras pnov, known
J. It McLean
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' Ladies’ Furnishings.
Arctics Felt Slippers
King Island Mukluks
Mild-Cured- Ham
• ! and Bacon
Star Ham 45c Bacon 50o
Oregon City
V Mackinaw Coats
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l. * Hood Rubber Pacs
Leather Vests;
Coal Oil ’ Plenty of Gas
to nil the children of Fairbanks. The
Cre was not discovered until the entire
building was ablaze. and it was impos
sible to stive any of the animals impris
oned within.
Bernard Marsch, pioneer of the Yu
kon, died at Dawson record} as the re
sult of having fallen into a shaft oc
Hunker creek, the bottom of whiefc
was filled with boiling water from the
i steam points. The accident occurred
two years ago, and the oldtimer recov
ered sufficient! to work a little after
leaving the hospital, but he was com
pelled recently to again enter the in
stitution and died tharo He was 64
years old.
A warm tribute is paid to W T
Lnpp« for XI years explorer, educator
and missionary, by Dr. Winter Ells
worth Brown, chaocellor of New York
University, in a letter to the editor of
the New York Times, appearing in that
newspaper March 6, last. In an earlier
issue the Times had commented on the
unwarranted dismissal of Mr. Lopp
from the federal bureau of education’s
staff ia the territory.
Among recent arrivals in Fairbanks
from the States were Alexander Mal
colm omith and a compunton, repre
sentatives of a New York syndicate,
who are en route to Point Barrow to
connuct an investigation of the Arctic
oil fields. It is understood they will
expert the fields for an Eastern com
pany of large finances.
Attempt to Double
Weight of Reindeer
Seattle. —Breeding experiments in
tended to double the weight of rein
deer in Alaska by crossing them wiit
the woodland caribou will be conduct
ed at Fairbanks and Nunivak island
this aummer, says L. J. Palmer. head
of the Biological Survey at Nome, now
en route North from Washington,
where he prepared a pamphlet upon
the reindeer industry io Alaska.
It is planned to increase the weigh!
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
i Miners*, Prospectors*
and Trappers’
I Supplies
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! Steamer Service On the Inoka
River,
Ask the People of Ophir shout u».
STATION
j Fairview. Innoko River
WANTED
80-horsepower
Steam Engine
Inquire
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of the reindeer from 150 to 300 pound*.
Caribou bulls will be taken from Riok
rine* dowa th» Yukon to Afunsvak
island, where * small herd of reindeer
v»t!l be used for cross breeding.
Another prablem to study is lichen,
the reindeer moss which is the main
food of the deer m winter. It takes
from 15 to 30 years for a newly grow*
plant to mature, and they will try to
discover a method to hasten ita growth
or fled a substitute food.
The Biological Survey station at
Nome wili be moyed to Fairbanks and
will work io conjunction with the
Alaska College and School of Mines.
Scientist claims he cat add- Sfty
years to life. Probably take you that *
long to pay his bill—Columbia Record.
Europe seems ready to be Yanked
out of trouble. — Wall Street Journal.
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BYSGOLLY
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Gandies
Cigars
Soft Drinks
Lunches
John Heino
Proprietor
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Are You Going to Build?
We have in stock lumber of all kinds, rough and
dressed. Lately we have added a few lines, such
as Rustic and Shiplap, 4 and 6-inch Flooring, Win
dow and Door Casing, Window and Door Stopping.
Stoat Lumber of all kinds.
And if you are (joint? to build a sled, call on us. We have the
best, hickory in Alaska.
INNOKO
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A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition, Yankee Greek
I am the principal owner of a Hioek of ground
oo Yankee creek, about seven nuw lone, extend- ;
ingr from No. 1 Below Discover; down to the month
of the creek.
Pay has bees located all along for a distance of 1
about three miles from the upper end. and pretty
well prospected and crosa-out.
The average'oepta of the ground is from seven
{,» twenty feet. The top is all black muck, that can
be moved freelv. No rock bigger .'than one’s Gst.
The width of the pay. for a distance of about
three miles, ^is from 180 u> 20<V feet. Crosseuting
work indicates that the grouud will go from 15
rents to 31 per square foot; of.ibedrock. My belief
is that the pay will average 50 cents per foot.
I have a ditch oa the ground, three miles long,
together with water-rights The ground ia pretlv
well cleared. There-is also a drain, three miles
loar, with the water right. I nleo hare a water
right oa Ready Bullion creek, from which water
can be brought te Yankee creek with a ditch less
than a mile long (4,#88 feet), which will give four
sluieeheads of water, with a pressure or fall of 120
feet, being 1800 feet to the work from the ditch.
After doing away with the ronok. there will he
from four to six feet of dirt t« handle. The jw-y
runs mostly in the bedrock of porphyry and slate.
The ground is virgin, only about $11,000 having
been taken out by windlass in prospecting.
Prospecting work during the present winter ba*
resulted iu finding values that run up to $1 per
square foot of bedrock.
The Flume Dredge Company bu* a dredge above
this ground, which has beeu in oo'ration for the
last three seasons.
The Government road crosses Yankee creek. (
also have a road down the oreek that connect* with
the Government road.
1 am also the agent for own'ers of grouud other
than that held bv myself.
The ground can he worked either with dredge,
drag-line scraper, or by hydrauliciag.
1 will either sell the ground or give a lease on
it. If the prospect \* satisfactory tn the buyer, a
cash payment will t)« expected. A good bar grain
will be given to the right party.
For ifurther information, term*, el*.. caW oca
ground, or write er telegraph in*.
CD NOLLCTTK.
Tok*m», Alsskft.