Alaska Notes
Glean'mgs From Territorial
Exchanges.
The outlook for another big placer
deal in the Interior' is exceptionally
bright, according*'to information re
cently brought ur- Anchorage by Bub
■ Donaldson, manages* of • he Healy Riyer
-<Joa‘C*>o>P‘o• Heresy s it is generally
ut di*v:'i.oot.: «round Fitirhanks that con*
sid< < able •’ ‘-uud' around Hot Springs
Pas jeer optioned' by the consolidated
co<apt-oy,' who recently sent Engineer
Jarvis into the district wish Jake
Hi WttL the largest holder of property
in the liOtrSprings-district. While at
Hot Springs Mr/sfarvis is said to have
optioned a large**Tsa,' which will be
explored in the spring with » view to
determining its value, Mr. Howell
has opnrated in the Hitt Springs di*
trict for a number of years and is re
puted to have taken • out several for
tunes, but reinvested'tbem in develop
ment' Owing to'the broad-expanse of
low grade ground it has been impossl
ble for small capital w> work -it success
fully, but it is believed a ’urge-outfit
would succeed in 'reooveuiag -the
' values.
1 Eubber not -water bottlev normally
used for containing hot ■wat6s«f9!' vari
ous household purposes, -ara being
adapted to the needs trf the bootleggers
and form the latest method of trams
porting Pf illicit beverages at"umaeau,
according to federa!”-oSeialsi "who ar
rested Art Waterbu.-r on Willoughby
> avenue, ia that city.'receatlr.1 WmtSr
bury bad srx oue galloa oJothw- rubber
bottles. each containingno_e gallon' of
moonshine, suspended from-his‘deck or
shoulders, when arrested.
Alto Lazze, a miner engaged in” run
ning a raise in the Premier' rarioo.1 ai
Stewart, was futallydojured* by» an ex
ploding round of shots recently, and
died a few houts later ab ttk Premier
hospital. As the unfortunate mun'was
alone in the raise at 'the' timet 02 'the
accident, no one knows -the details,'ex
cept that Lrzze had -Bred a round of
fifteen holes and wasooh this way to
shelter when the explosion occurred.i
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J. S. Sticknev, proprietor 0? thfl Sti
ver Grill in the Hotel Kibg Edward; at
Hyder, and a helper/ known-as the
“Blime Kid.’’ ate iD shb hospital1 at
Stewart as the result of air explosion in
the range of the‘Grill, recently. The
force of the explosion was go great that
not only the range but almost every
piece of furniture in the kitchen was
J. H: McLean
Tokotna
Ladies’ Furnishings
Arctics Felt Slippers
King Island Mukluks
Mild-Oured Ham
and Bacon,
Star Ham 45c Bacon 50o
Oregon City
Mackinaw Coats
Hood Rubber Pacs
Leather Vests
Coal Oil Plenty of Gas
wrecked, and every window in the
restaurant w»< bli>wn nut The expio
aion occurred wi.' iu a few minutes
alter a fire bad been Marled in the
ranee, and is believed to have been
due to frozen water pipes. Both of the i
injured men were badly lacerated bv
fragments of flying iron, and it is con
sidered a miracle that they escaped
alive.
Hijackers raided the offlee of United
States Commissioner Thorhton at Nome
a few weeks ago and hauled away $0
gallons of whiskey which had been
stored a= evidence.
The next morning officers followed
traetts on the snow, made by horses and
a sleigh, to an old dairy barn one mile
down the coast and found the whole
amount of liquor stored in the base
ment. No clew has been uncovered aa
to who the offenders were, except the
size of the horses’ hoofs.
Writing to a friend in Juneau. Gen- l
eral Wild3 P. Richardson says he is
out of the hospital at last and that the
doctars promise he will goon be com
pletely well. Hesaysihat he expects
to visit Alaska during the coming sum- '
tner. General Richardson has been ill
for many months. He was operated eo
last Juiv at Johns Hopkins hospital, in
Baltimore! He returned to Washing
ton, where he slowlv recovered in tha
Walter Reed Army Hospital.
> A barn belonging to O. J. Anderson.
On Garden Island,>oear Fairbanks, was
desbroyed by fire recently. A horae
and forty chickens which were ia the
barn were destroyed! The loss wea
•boat $500,- With ao iasuracce.
«' As a Teward fortoonen and faithful
service Gapcaid Thomas Ai Ross, of
the Nrmie coast guard nation, has re
cently receired promotion from the
rank: of warrant-officer to that, of ea
st a a boatswain.
With the assistance o! Shirley Baker
of the bureau of fisheries, statistics
have been compiled '-which indicate
'that the value of the'fisheries products
for the Prince william'-Sound-district
is about t'hOOOiOOOwnoihaliy.
» Jack Ontelia, ood ofM.He'betot known'
old timers of thb Interior, arrived in '
'Anchorage recently frodi Fairbanks,
and fcas taken -over the interest of the
late “Doc” Madden in the Panhandle
cigar store. _
•* A letter from Collector tof Customs j.
C. McBride states lhat beds under the
care of a phveician alt Berkeley, Calif.,
suffering from rheumatism-and neuritis.
f In ad effort to stimulate local oaarkdt
prices for their wares Juneau halibut
fisheimen and boat owners- recently
formed an association to be known as
Max Simel
uThe Pioneer Trader.
Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors*
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
Auk the People of Ophir shout ue.
STATION
Fairview, Innoko River
the JuMtu Fiabaraaoo’s . aod Boat
Owners’Aaaociation. A bone forty boat
>w«era attended tbe meeting, and it ia
• xpacted that '.tie *#iOClati*2 will -alti^
matal; eorntl f-TftryOeberraan *nd<boai
twnerin Juou.u,
V WANTED
c 80-harsepawer
—Steam-Engine
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Imtiches !
You Going to Build?
a»?f in stock lumber of all kinds, rough and
Sr^ssed Lately we have added a few lines, such
’»« Rustic and Shiplap, 4 and ti-inch Flooring, Win
: and Door Casisg, Window and Door Stopping.
1 Boat Lnmber of all kinds.
Aod'lf you are going to build a sled, call on us. We have the
best hickory m Alaska.
BER CO.
/A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition. Yankee Creek
'1 a® the prtaelpal ewaer 'ofa black '»! ‘gr • i*
Taakee creek.^ahout eevro ®iwa Im? ,-;s ■ c«
tag fro® No. 1 f3elow;Dtecoeery.4®w£i A«> ttae.-a.i-uVh
«t ik« crock.
Pit hat been’located all along for • dietaaee of
•bout three milee from the upper cad. cad -pretty
wall proceeded end croee-caV.
The aeerege oepih of the ground !• fro® eereu
«a tweotj feet. The top it ell Meek muck, that can
be Moeed freelr. No rock bier*? thee oae’e flit.
The width at thapery. for' a distance of about
three ®Uee. ;ie fro® 1M to tM feet. Cro6eeuiiae
work iedicevee that the graood will go fro® 15
ceete todl per e^uare foot ef bedrock. My belief
ie that the pay will are race M eeata per foot.
I hare e ditch -oa the grouoi. threw allee loag.
together with water rigbte. The groaaJ'ie pretie
well cleared. There ie alee a draia. ’three aailoa
leaf, with the>eraterrrlgh4. I aloo hare1'a' water
right oa Ready Bullieo creak, 'frata'ethidh water
eaa be hrourht to Taakee creek with* a ditch leee
chao a mile long (4.Mt feet), which will give four
eluiecheade^Af wottr.iwiih aHprcecurocr fall ef 180
fact, helag 1*»* feet to tho work fro® tho ditch.
After delognawoy with tho ®eek, tkoro will ho
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from four to si* feet of dirt te handle. The pay
runs mostly in the bedrock of porphyry and slate.
The ground is virgin, only about Sll.OOfi faavleg
been taken out by windlass in prospecting.
Prospecting work during the present winter has
resulted in finding values that run up te 11 per
square foot ©? bedrock.
The f lume Dredge Company bac a dredge above
this ground, which bits been ia operation for the
last three seasons.
The Gorernraent road crosses Yankee creek, t
also hare & road down the creek that connects with
tb* Government road.
I am aiso the agent for owners of ground ot>.*r
than that held by myself.
The ground can be worked either with dredge,
drag-line scraper, or by hydrauliclne.
t 1 will either sell the ground or give a leaae ©a
it. If the prospect is satisfactory to the buyer, a
oash payment will be expected. > rood bargain
will be given to the right party.
For (farther information, terms, ete., call ea
ground, or write or telegraph me.
SD NOLLETTK.
Toketaa, Alseiaa.
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