DESPERATE
FOR WORK
Disappointed Men Set
Ablaze London Lum
ber Yards.
London. Aug. 15.—When a
1 amber company here advertised
today for fifty men to work on
lumber jobs, over five thousand
men responded to the call.
Desperate from unemploy
ment, the disappointed men
broke into the company’s lum
ber yards and set fire to a stock
of lumber valued at over five
million dollars, the greater por
tion of which went up in flames.
Fxom Nenana to Mc
Grath By Way of
Lake Menchumina
C. O. Peterson arrived at McGrath
candy Monday morning, coming down
on the Maple Leaf. Mr. Peterson wa$
a member of the Sam Sanderson party,
mining them at Nenana. The party
chartered the little stern wheeler Pio
neer, Captain George Black, leaving
Nenana on June 17. It is said that the
steamer Pioneer is the first steamboat
to cross Lake Mencbumina. The party
had three head of horses to pack their
outfit and were going to prospect on
the North Pork of the Kuskokwim, but
as none of the party had ever been in
the country they had some difficulty in
locating that fork—in fact they didn’t
know for sure until they met Herman
Hinsche. who told them they had been
on tb© North Fork. Mr. Peterson
came from Mr. Hinsche’s place to the
Landing on Jesse Yoder’s launch, the
:rest of the party returning with their
horse3, although some of them may
come to McGrath a little later on.
Other members of the party were Sam
Sanderson, Frank O’Neill, Bill Long
lei’, Chri3 Radovich and Spud Walch.
Mrs. Dave Clough and Miss Mary
Fred left yesterday for Tacotna, on a
short visit.
W. W. Lukens, of the Alaska Road
Commission, left Tuesday for Tacotna,
going up on the Maple Leaf.
j CHARLIE’S
LAUNDRY
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Shoe Repairing
Sign Writing
Paperhanging
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(CHARLES jREBHUN
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WHLRE ARE
THESE MEN
Traveling From Ruby
to Ophir—Several
Days Overdue.
That four men—three from Fair
banks and one from Treadwell—coming
from Ruby to this section are lost on
the trail between Cripple and Ophir ia
quite probable, according to word
brought here by A1 Thorns, who re
cently, with W. W. Lukens, came over
the trail from Ruby.
Douglas Meade, from Treadwell, was
on his way to Nixon. The other men,
whose names are not obtainable, are
believed to have been coming to work
for the Alaska Road Commission.
The four men left Ruby on July 17 in
company with Buckskin Bill, an old
timer in the Iditarod section, who was
bringing over four horses for the
Alaska Road Commission. .
Believing that they could make bet
ter time, the four men left the driver
and horses just before reaching Crip
ple, where they spent the night, about
July 26, but again rejoined Buckskin
Bill at Folger creek, twelve miles this
side of Cripple. The driver says they
again left him at that place, since
which time he has not seen anv of the
party.
On August 2 A1 Thorns, coming over 1
the trail, found scattered in the flats at
the mouth of Dominion creek, about
two and a half miles this’side of Folger
creek, the discarded pack of some of
the party. In this discard was a large
war bag, a parka, fur cap, woolen mit
tens, socks, good-sized Mackinaw coat,
a piece of canvas about six-feet square,
a feather pillow, blankets, a piece of
sole leather, hand satchel, writing ma
terial, picture postcards with Dawson
views, a mosquito veil, and sundry
other small articles. - Mr. Thorns and
Mr. Lukens followed the tracks of two
men only for several miles up Dominion
creek, where he dually lost view of
them.
Buckskin Bill reached Ophir about
August 4, and the men should have
been there July 28. There had been
no trouble, but Meade took his belong
ings while the driver was looking for a
stray horse, thinking doubtless to
make better time.
The party had discussed the possi
bility of going toward the Innoko and
coming up on the scows. The driver
showed them the direction to Ophir,
and as they had a map, compass, fish
hooks and guns, believed they would
arrive safely. At Cripple the party
got 17 pounds of flour, but otherwise
they were about out of grub.
Commissioner Smith, of Ophir, is re
ported to have sent out a searching
party t© try to locate the missing, men.
The Marshal’s office here has wired to
Flat and Ruby, asking any travelers to
keep.a lookout for them, also to wire
here should they turn up at either
-place.
ATTORNEYS
Albrecht and Taylor
Geo. W. Albrecht, Iditarod, Alaska.
Chas~ E. Taylor, Seattle, Wash.
Practice in all thetiCourts..
Seattle Law Office: L. C. Smith Bldg
Elliott 1642~
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL GO.
Everything From a Needle to a
Porcupine Boiler. Prices Right.
Our New Drop-Head Republic Sewing Machine
At a Bargain.
BLACKBURN & ELDRIDGE
New Stock Has Arrived
Prices Right
McGrath Roadhouse
Excellent Meals
Service Prompt and Efficient
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