The Alaska prospector., 1902-03-13
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 In another column may be found an offer made by Mir. Stuil, in which he agrees to present. tU each child born m the town during the coming year. q gold dian,ond ring. While m the past four years there has been only tive children born in town, 1t can noI bc taken as cri- tcriOn for the future. There is no knowing what day may bring forth. and Mr. Slull may ind his offer quite an exl.cnse. Such liber- al offers sometimes are far reaching in effect. There are Il number oi young married couples in our midst. We have quile Il number of boys and girls of marriageable age. We have an able and willing minister. There arc few houses to let. and plenty of furniture for sale, anu so on down the line. Every branch of business Is l.kr.y To feel the effects of Mir. SluIl's offer. It would probably le we'll for the merchants to lay in stock of peranlbulators. They are good thing and the proud daddieS might push them along. The coun- cil will by that iinhs give us good streets. But one of the most iln- portant results would l~ the pre- Scntation of invitations to us to attend the chris cnin.s.
 Special from Tonsina.
 Tonsina, Thursday Mar. l3-Messrs Wager and Poescki reached this camp yesterday and will soon have the old Donaldson roadhouse rum ming again; although We miss "Jims" smiling countenance. we ex- tend to MT. iager a hearty well come.
 The first trip of the "All Ameri- can" mail route to be made with horses from Valdez 10 Tonsina this winter reached here on time few days since.
 Mir. l.oomis reports good horse trail from Valdez to within ten miles of Tonsina. This ten miles will soon he broken by the govern ment outfit, which k now camped at the barns.
 Have been having some cold nights, thermometer ranging from 40 to 30 below. Days. however, are quite pleasant as the sun seems to have again made friends with us.
 The Loomis Road House has been greatly improved and renovated, and in the hands of Mrs. Loomis and her sister, makes fellow feel as though he was home again. Mr. Loomis is getting . complete stock of provisions and this summer and fall prospectors can get any thing they want in this line. Brown.
 Mrs. Fred Smith. of Sunrise is in town awaiting the opening of navi- gatiOn in Cooks Inlet, when she will leave for home. Mrs. Smith intended going on the Excelsior to Resurrection bay and thence to Sunrise, hut on arriving here heard that provisions were very scarce at that place and the trail soft and had. so she decided to remain in the metropolis . few weeks. Mrs. smith was awarded gold medal ny Congress, a few years ago, for rescuing a ship-wrecked crew off the coast of Oregon, when not . man would dare to go through the surf to the rescue.
 A Christian EndeavOr social was held Tuesday evening at the resi- dence of Governor Leedy. Re- treatments were served. music was furnished, and the event much enjoyed.
 Messrs Love & Whitley have se- cured the services of d first class French cook and confectiOneer to accommodate their increasing trade.
 Geo. Max Estcrly is again in town with a new line of jokes, stories, etc.
 French dinner on Sunday from 1 to $ P. m. at the Merchants Cafe.
 Sauer kraut at Fish Bros. !