The Alaska citizen., July 02, 1910, Image 3

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FAIRBANKS BANKING GO.
PAIKBAINKS. ALASKA.
By Richard Wigl.tman
The s ins of summer seared his skin;
The cold his blood congealed;
The frost giants blocked his way;
The stubborn acres’ yield
lie wrenched from them by dint of
arm.
And grim old Solitude
liroke bread with Him and shared
his cot
Within tile cabin rude.
The gray rocks gnarled his massive
lands;
The night wind shook his frame;
The wolf of hunger bit him oft;
The world torgot his name;
Hut mid the lurch and crash of trees,
Within the clearings span
Where now the bursting whet-heads
dip.
The fates turned out—a man!
NEWS OF THE OLD TIMERS
News of old Klondikers now In
l’rinee Rupert is written by Weston
Coyney, former editor of the News.
Mr. Coyney is on the staff of one of
the l’rince Rupert papers, and is sec
retary of the Prince Rupert Ptidlicity
club. He is boarding, he says, at
Miss Gleason's place, where there are
two dozen other supply customers,
mostly from Dawson. Among them
are dim Rogers and his two sons.
'Harrison,'' says Mr. Coyney, "is
with the leading firm of architects
here and Cliff Is in his father's office.
Alec Pritdliomme and his soil George,
Soule, who holds about nineteen
Nlchol. is feverishtngly hurrying to
become a millionaire and really is on
the way to it. He purchased a whole
section. 040 acres, along the line of
fbe railway yesterday, from the gov
ernment. He also has a lot of town
property bought at the sale that he
is manipulating.
"Walter Wellburn was here for a
few days. In short hosts of old
Klondikers find their way to Miss
Gleason's. Madam Artaud, of Gran
ville, has a fine, large hotel here, the
KnoX.
"Duff Patullo has an auto and is a
social leader as well as alderman.
The next municipal election will be
held in January. Already Duff is
spoken of for mayor. Peter Black is a
partner with Jim Rogers, running the
coal dealing end of the business. Both
partners are making all sorts of motl
ey and Jim is foremost among all im
portant city movements outside of
politics for which he shows no ten
dency.
claims on Mosquito creek, Forty
mile, is in the real estate bustress
and is going to get a quarter of a
million for aforesaid claims this
summer. Jack Chisholm is also in
the real estate business and d _nt.g
well.
That the Daw son it es are numerous
and hold together is shown by the
fact that they elected four members
out of eight of the town council,
namely Lynch, Hilditch, Battullo and
Moberly. The latter has a large
store here and also one In Atlin,
where the yearly turn-over of the
business is over $100,000.
"Hilditch is a carpenter and con
tractor. The Lynch Bros, have a
large department store here and Duff
is the leading real estate dealer and
capitalist generally. Jarvis McLeod
is in the customs. He and his wife
are often at Miss Gleason's.
McCavel, who used to have charge
of the town station, produced the
strongest of recommendations from
Major Wood, and has been made
chief of police. Morte Craig has the
prettiest store in town and one of
the pretties homes. Jack Horn is a
fixture here, speculating in real
estate. Billy Wright of the Forks is
leading man for Duff, evidently mak
ing good commission and acting as
chaffeur on the side."—Dawson News.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
The Reliance left on Monday for
the Koyukuk.
L
The town trustee notifies the ar
rival of the patent for the townsite.
Owners of city property should see
to it that they get titles to their
property without further delay.
The Martha Clow sailed for the
Iditarod on Wednesday.
A letter from Major Albrecht says
I that he is doing well in the Idita
rod The major is practicing law.
The White Seal left for the Idita
rod on Monday, carrying mail, pass
engers and freight for the lower
. camp.
i A small stampede has been on for
the iiast week for the Seventymlle.
A full description of this stream ap
| peared In the Citizen of June 25.
I Mr and Mrs. Farrell have purch&s
j ed the house formely owned by
leapt, and Mrs. Patterson, on Seventh
street.
Geo. Arbuckle, formerly connected
with the Tanana leader, has left for
[the Iditarod, where he will start a
newspaper. Buck paid a trip to the
i camp first, and a look around satis
| lied him that there was an opening
there.
The I^ttke roadhouse. 12 miles be
low Richardson, was burnt to the
ground early in the week, during the
absence of the owners.
R. R. Gillette, court stenographer.
: left on Thursday for a trip to the
outside. He will return in Septem
ber.
The Independent lumber mill has
generously agreed to supply all of the
slabs necessary to repair the lower
end of Front street free of cost.
Don't forget ihe Harmouie ball
tonight. This is one of the chief
events of the season, and is an es
sential feature of the Fourth of July
celebration.
Jack Ilellerby returned to the Idlta
! rod after a stay of only a few days,
j lie is taking down an outfit and will
! locate In the new' camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Drury, parents of
! R. M. Drury the well-known assaver
] will arrive in Fairbanks shortly.
A I’lCKTTV \VKIJI)1N«
One of the prettiest weddings ever
witnessed in Fairbanks took place
at the Catholic church on Wednes
day morning last, when Theresa E.
Draddy was married to Theodore E.
Farrell.
The bride looked very sweet in a
dress of pure white, and the brides
maid, Miss Blanche Watson also
looked pretty in a pale blue dress
with a hat to match. Wallace Cath
cart acted as best man.
The ceremony was Impressively
beautiful and an excellent musical
programme was contributed by Mes
dames Vachon and Sullivan and Miss
Lyons. Mr. William J. Nolan pre
sided at the organ.
Tite newly-married couple will take
up their residence in the house on
Seventh street formerly occupied by
('apt. Patterson.
Commissioner for Kuskowini.
That the Kuskokwiin country is ad
vancing rapidly is known to all read
ers of the Citizen. Quite recently
we announced the founding of the
new town of Takotna, on the Takot
na river, which is a tributary of the
Kuskokwiin, and now a commission
er and recorder will be located there.
Dr. W. F. Green is the is the new
official. He will be commissioner
and recorder for ihe newly consti
tuted Mt. McKinley mining district.
Mr. Green will leave for his new
post as soon as he Is through with
a minor operation which he now has
in hand.
The Independent Lumber company
sent a scowload of lumber down riv
er yesterday. The load consisted of
over 60,000 feet.
< 'legg Designs.
Cecil H. Clegg, assistant district
attorney, has resigned. Mr. Clegg
has been in office since 1907, but does
not see his way clear to continue
under the new regulations, which
prohibit assistant district attorneys
from engaging in private practice.
THIS IS THK UTKST FROM THK
IIHTAHOD COUNTRY
Frank Manley Ha* Secretl Lease on
Flat; Mill Take In an Outit
to Begin M'ork at Once; laborer*
Should Stay Away.
Recent arrivals in Tanana from the
idltarod resent the knocks of the low
er camp which have been appearing
In some of the Fairbanks papers,
claiming that there Is no justifica
tion for the same.
There has uothlug occurred to de
tract from the prospects of the camp,
says the Tanana Leader. While
enough has not shown up to justify
a belief in a very large camp, a good
fair-sized one is assured, and there
is certainly nothlug in the situation
to cause a less hopeful feeling than
has heretofore been entertained.
The only thing that can be named
in the way of a new find (which is
not really new) is on Deadwood
creek, a tributary of the Ditna river
35 or 40 miles across the divide from
Otter creek. Jahn Larson and part
ners, of Fairbanks, made a discovery
there last March. They then knew
that they had two or three feet of
3-cent dirt, but on opening up the
ground three or four feet of 4-cent
dirt has been found and they are
greatly encouraged. The ground is
shallow. They are now shoveling in.
At Idltarod City, or Twilight, or
whatever the place may be known
by, Manuel Gularte, of Circle, is put
ting up a frame building to cost
perhaps four or five thousand dol
lars; Rams Peterson has a log build
in up (saloon), and the Northern
Commercial company has a corrugat
ed iron building of moderate sue.
These were the only buildings, up
and under way, at the time the White
Seal sailed. There were probably
a thousand tents, some of them floor
ed, and an estimated population of
two thousand. Besides the people in
the other towns, prospectors are scat
tered all over the country, so the
total number in the whole region
can be guessed with no accuracy.
Mr. Mauley secured a lease of
ground on Flat creek, said by others
to be the most promising property
in the district. Hither he or Mr. Alt
ken, his associate at Hot Springs, will
at once take In an outfit to begin
work.
In speaking of the country, Mr.
Manley was very conservative. He
said the country could by no means
truthfully be called a frost. Howev
er, he was emphatic In the statement
that there is no opportunity for wage
workers, and they should be warned
to stay away. Meals are from $1.50
to $2 and bunks of any old kind $2,
so that it is a costly region to
linger In.
Allen Crane, formerly of Tanana,
said before the snow melted men on
skees were out staking the summits
of the mountains in associations and
there is no vacant ground for a hun
dred miles around.
He came back to prospect in the
country north of Tanana, where he
thinks his chances are better.
OPTIMISM AT DOME CITY
A merchant who has been making
a tour of the creeks reports that
there is considerable optimism
amongst the people of Dome and
vicinity regarding the quartz pros
pects. In addition to the Spauldlng
Clough property, there other pro
perties in the neighborhood which
are giving promise of great things in
the future.
The people of Dome city confi
dently expect that that place will
be the center of a large, and per
manent mining community ere long,
and, if their sanguine hopes are
going to be half realized, the city of
Fairbanks will have to battle hard
for its claim to be the metropolis of
the Tauaua valley.
Walter Fisher, who has a lay on
20 below Dome, which Is the property
of the Niggerhead association, has
run into some very good pay, which
averages over <3.00 to the foot.
There Is an 80 foot face which pans
well all along. A clean up after about a
fortnight's work realized over <9,000.
Mr. Fisher has a very complete out
Washington-Alaska Bank
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $200,000
WE SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS
fit on the claim. It consists of two
large boilers, a large pump, and
every necessary for the efficient
working of the property. There are
between 25 and 20 men working on
the ground, about 19 of whom are
underground.
There is reason to think that there
are two paystreaks on this pro
perty. although the second has not
yet been approved.
NKW KINO ON KOIM VMII.K.
Log Cabin creek, a tributary of
Fortymile river, is the scene of a new
strike that seems a winner, from ac
counts printed in the Dawson News.
On No. 11 two men rocked
in five days, each man working three
hours a day. On 41! they have 40
cents to the pan and on 5 above dis
covery they claim i2 to the bucket.
The creek was first prospected by
members of the Rock Island com
pany in l!s9S.
DAWSON N KWS,
George Newman, of Sulphur creek,
has sold his quartz claim on Sul
phur to J, D. Hartman, the Sulphur
Springs roadhouse man.
R. W. Service, the hard of the
Northland, has been admitted to
membership in the Arctic Brother
hood at Dawson.
Hon. G. W. Cole, the American
consul at Dawson, was elected an
honorary member of the Arctic
Brotherhood at Dawson recently.
An attempt is to be made 'by mem
bers of the Yukon council to have
a federal investigation into the high
freight rates charged by the While
Pass & Yukon railroad.
The Dawson News says that the
Yukon gold output for this year will
be about five millions, an increase
over last year of a million.
The Yukon government is helping
miners by the loan of prospecting
drills, etc.
Magnificent veins of galena have
been found in the Twelve-Mile coun
try. The veins are eight feet in
width.
The people of Dawson have sub
scribed over $2.'.0,000 to help on the
quartz industry.
The News thinks that Vancouver,
B (\. should emulate Seattle, and
do something to boost Yukon, Just aa
Seattle is always ready to advertise
Alaska.
MARATHON RACE A BIG EVENT.
The Marathon race which will take
place at Model park tomorrow night
in connection with the Fourth of
July celebration promises to bo a
big event.
For a considerable time past the
competitors have been in training,
and there is every possibility of all
previous records being smashed.
The entrants Include all the fast
est runners of the North. They are
as follows: Brockley, Wade, Neveua,
Hyde. Hollis, Heldinger, Lund, Nor
man, McCord. Sawin, Timmins, Wil
son, Plaude and Bailey.
For the
Best Goods
And the Mott
Reasonable
Prices
THE
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LIQUOR HOUSE
Fifth Are. and Cutbtnan St.
LOUIS SPITZ. Prep.
SPRING IS COMINGS
Look Out for Bad Drinking Water
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BOTTLED BEER
It Is both wholssoms and Chssp
$4.00 per dozen quarts i DELIVERED FREE
f7.SO per 2 dozen quarts \ IN TOWN
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TANANA VALLEY R. R. GO.
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City will connect at Ester Siding with all trains except Nos. 3 and 7.
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