The Alaska prospector., 1902-09-11
Fred Date will be i'm Sunday.

Fred Date will be in Sunday.
G. C Hazelett of Chisna is in
town again
Fresh roasted peanuts at the
Candy Kitchen.
Our Jail is at present in charge
OF Sidney Monnaster, who came
here from Skagway in the late ex-
odus from that place.
II. B. LeFevrc, a newspaper man
of Skagway and secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce of that city,
was a passenger on the Newport,
making the trip to Unalaska. He
was a welcome caller at this office.
Bob Kelly and Mrs. Graham ar
rived from Slate creek last Friday
after fourteen days trip with two
pack horses. They report every
thing going smoothly at Slate, with
some large cleanups. The claim
owners mostly expect to work till
late in the month.
| Mrs. Charlton reached town last
week from Slate creek, where she
has been running a clearinghouse.
She reports business as having been
very good but the cost of provisions
was high, owing to their scarcity.
She walked all the way except from
Gakona to Tazlina and was fifteen
days on the trip.
AL. Bartlett, of the well known
firm OF Bartlett Bros, Dawson, ar
rived yesterday overland from the
Yukon. He says that there will
be 200 people here from the Yukon
this winter. Bartlett Bros. are the
best known packers in the Yukon
country and may possibly put on
pack trains here next season.
Mr.. J. H. Smith of Seattle, a civil
engineer of the p. p. & n. Co., and
wife are stopping at the Phoenix.
He has been recently at points
around Bristol bay in the interest
OF the company and reports full
pack of salmon south OF the penin-
sula. Two thirds of the pack was
put up on the Nushagak river.
The Chamber of Commerce has
ordered bill paid for cutting a
trail which all summer has been
unfindable; for building bridges
that it would require an acrobat to
cross and putting in a ferry which
was inaccessible from this side for
a man with a horse and on which
it was impossible to take horse
across. The ferry has been stand
ing joke all summer, and the Cham
Der is in fair way to become one
also.
Charlie Anderson, owner of the
famous Twenty-nine on Eldorado,
is in town and will visit the Nizina
country before snow flies if posi-
Bile. He was the Lucky Swede"
who was forced" to buy claim
in the Klondike for $500 when on
a jOllification, and when he could
not get his money back, went to
work and took out several hundred
thousand in short time. He has
several other valuable claims i'm
the klondike and is one of the
best known men in Alaska. He
will probably purchase property in
the Nizina country and work it on
IA large scale.
Monday morning H. A. Cohen.
}. kislingbury, W. S. Amy, Ed.
Woods, c. Van Brundt and Geo.
Baldwin returned from the copper
country. Mr.. Baldwin went in
ahead of the main party. finished
the surveying he was to do and was
at the Kuskulana on the way back
when he met the others. He turned
back from there and remained with
the party. The Miles brothers
were met near the Kotsina. They
"iS h"'AhS hhC Weather lOT getting
photographs, but are having con-
siderable trouble with their horses.
1t is their intention to remain on
the interior until Oct. LIST.
Mr.. j. C. Martin, who for the
past two years has so ably repre-
sented the Pacific Packing Il Navi-
CATION Co. at this port, has received
an order to go to Seattle and act as
agent there in place OF Mr.. Chris
tian. Mr.. Martin has chosen as
his successor, Mr.. f. T. Willis, who
is now becoming familiar with the
duties of the position. Mr.. Martins
absence will he much felt here as
he is held in the highest esteem by |
everyone in the town, and the bust |
ness of the company here will show
that he has done his duty by them.
Wherever he goes we wish him sue
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