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The Nome nugget., 1902-08-27
nUSHAGAk
(. Ii. Clegg Writes of
 Conditions There.
Jap Murderer Pleads Se!f.DefenSe in tie Killing Of a Com.
 panion at UShagik.

THE NUGGET i- in receipt of d letter from C. II. Clegg, United States com missioner at Bristol bay, dated July 29, from which the following extracts are taken. At tLc time the letter wa, written Mr. Clegg was at Unalaska, en route to his post at Nu>hagak:
 At unalaska, or Dutch Harbor, there is nothing of interest, though may say the Mccullough, Manning and Thetis are all here at present. On the 9th his majesty's steamship Shear. water, C. II. UmGrevilc commanding, arrived at Dutch IIarbor from Van couver. She is detailed on coasting and sealing work.
 At Ugashik, on June II, 1902. a pluy of the Red Salmon tanung Com pany at that place, shot and killed d co-laborer (also Jap, named Taiche Murokani, as the result of a quarrel. The weapon used was q g Colt. The victim was shot in the forehead, and died instantly. Superintendent Ander- son, of the canning company, sent Hamano to Commissioner Grey, of this place, where he is now held. Deputy Marshal Richards is now at Ugashik investigating the affair and securing witnesses for the preliminary examine tion. Hamano has made statement to the commissioner, confessng to the act, but justfying himself on the ground of ,elf-defensc. Hamano is small man and the victim was tall and heavy for q Jap.
 "At Nushagak about the same time an Indian, Gabriel Plugak, is alleged to have murdered another Indian. He has not been arrested as yet. l have no details.
 ''The material for the erection of 6 government lighthouse at Scotch Cap on the eastern side of the entrance to Unimak Pass has been landed there by the steamer Homer. The lighthouse is now in course of construction,
The Nome nugget., 1902-08-27
The Produce Market.

The following quotations have been furnished the NUGGET by the Star Commission Company, the prices quoted being wholesale:
 Potatoes Per crate, $2.OO|n3.Oo. Onions-Per crate, $3(o$3.50. Apples-Per box, choice new, $2.J0 (dS3.5O.
 Oranges-Per case, S5(dS7. Lemons-Per case, &5(a$1. Eggs-Per case, $SaS9.j0. Tomatoes-Per box, choice, $$2(G2. 90. Turnips-Per crate, $3.00. Cucumbers-P box, $l.50(d$2. %. Cabbage-Per pound, 4c.(a6c. Ham-Per pound, Ice. .(nlSc. Baeon-Per pound, Ice. .(al7c. Cream-Per case, different brands, H.5Wd$5.5O.
 Carrots-Per crate, $3.25(aS3.O. Beets-Per crate, S3.50(a$3.75. Watermelons-Sl(d3.5O
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SEL.h hWIK
Two Creeks Which Carry
 Gold.
ProspectOr Ring Returns From 8 Trip Extending 0yer d Period
 of Several Months.

H. A. Ring, one of the contestants last year for the celebrated claim, Nc. Gold Run, is in town from the Selawik country. Mir. Ring left Nome last February and spent the intcrI cning time in prospecting. He claims to have found two creeks, tributary to 5clawik laKe, on which he found fair prospects. He prospected each claim Stakod and he says in no case did he fail to obtain co!Ors when banning. There i5 a mineraliaed belt about four miles wide extending though that section, but the greater portion of the country io of granite formation and is barren. Coal is found there in what he thinks would prove to be immense quantities but it is 40 miles from salt water and i,, there fore, valueless at present. Ike brought down with him several samples of ex- cellent looking coal, taken from out crOpDinrS
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GOLD R()N.
District More Prosper
 GUS Than Ever.
Some of the Beaches Are Turning Out We'll. bitches BuiIi i0
 Convey Water.

NJ. A. Mahoney. q well knownmu,ler and frrighler, came down from Gold Run MonGay. Mr.. Mahoucy operates d stage and freight lihc between Teller and Gold Run. He eal> that some of the claim, iu the Gold Run country are doing we'll, while other, have proved failures thu, far. 'I could tell start ling stories of good strikes he -ai5 and also of diomai failures. Taking this section d, whole, however. there i, big impro' cmGLL over Ia~t year, and considerable dust will have been taken out by the time that the season closes. Good pay ha, been located on several benches and some oi the creek claims are turning out fairly well. 1t will take two or three }caro To develop that section, and think that it will prove to be a good gold producer.
 'oeifTert ~ Gibson have completed a ditch from upper Alder to their claim at the mouth and are doing very well. Another ditch about three miles long has been completed from Boulder creek to Gold Run. This ditch will be d great success"
 Mir. Mahoncy has the contract for carrying the mail next WIutcr com mrncing Dee. |, between Nome and Cape Prince of Wales, and he will establish stage ana freight line be- tween Nome and Teller, He thinks that probably loo people will winter on Gold Run and about ljO in Teller.
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TO SIBERIA
Boring Straits May Be
 TunneIed.
Globe TrOtter DeWindt Says That the Siberian Railroad is Being
 Rushed This Way.

Harry De Windt. the famous explorer and newspaper correspondent, arrived here yesterday, fresh from the bleak ice fields and steep mountain passes of Siberia.
 Asked if he thought q railroad from Paris to New York is practicable. De Windt said: ''I most certainly do. The Russian government has already start ed to build road from Irkutsk to Yak utsk. That part of the country is inn mensely rich in minerals, especially in gold and coal. On this side we have the Trans Alaskan railroad, which will be constructed to lliamna bay and which could easily be continued to Cape Prince of Wales"
 "Do you think that ferry on the Bering straits would he the best means of connecting the two roads ,"
 ''No; we should have to build tun- nel, he replied. "They say that the straits are 3l miles wide, but Captain Healy says, and he ought to know, that tn eyare nearer 43 than 3l. A tun- mel could be constructed and vii surely be built between these two points some day. A Russian engineer sent out from St. Petersburg told me that he had thoroughly studied the situation, and that . tunnel could easily be built. He said that at no point in the straits was the depth more than g fathoms. A ferry is out of the question on account of the floating ice."
 De Windt will leave in few days for Denver, where he will meet President J. J. Frey, of the Traps Alaskan rail road, and hold a conference with him.
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From Old Vermont.

David Fox Jr., formerly well-known civil engineer in Nome, is now general manager of the Rutland Street Rail way Company, the pcoUlc's Gas Light Company and the Chittcndon Power Company, all of Rutland, Vt. In a note to THE NUGGET. accompanied by his subscription, MT. Fox says: "My heart is in Alaska; the gold fever still finger, in my system. My best regards te all of my old friends
The Nome nugget., 1902-08-27
lndOrSe the Proposition.

S.attle, Aug. 7.-The question of self-government in Alaska took up considerable time in the meeting of the chamber of commerce yesterday. Donald Fletcher brought the matter up few weeks ago by suggesting that the chamber of commerce forward q strong resolution to the Trans-Missis- sippi congress, which meets in St. Paul in a few weeks, indorsing the plan of self-government, and the discussion yesterday arose over just what form this indorsement should take.
 The resolutions passed by the meet ing held in Juneau March 9, setting forth that a,territorial form of govern
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Old Glory Miners Rough
 and-TumbIe Fight.
FOR A BENCH ClhEAs
The Dispute Finally Settled By Arbitration and tie Mat.
 fer Adjusted.

A battle with naked fists was to de- eide the ownership of q bench claim cn old Glory creek, Pair Haven district. a few days ago, but it didn't. The man who was licked declined to adhere to his promise. Then it was referred to a committee of three, who promptly rendered verdict for u victCr il the physical contest.
 The contestants were Hank Frcc~r and w. j. Rogers, both formerly of Nome. Rogers owns good creek claim on old Glory and Frcesc and partner began prospecting q bench. They worked several days digging shaft and one day Freese remarked that thc bench was all right. The next day. while Frccsc was at work in the shaft, Rogers stakcd the claim. Frccse shortly afterward went to put in his stakes and he found Rogers. He asked Rogers what be meant and Rogers told him he would have to fight him if he got the ground.
 Il reckon I'll have to-" said Fiec,e, and he prepared for battle.
 The first round was rather in favor of Rogers, for Free,e went to the ground. but by a dextcrCuS turn Frccac changed positions with his adversary, and choking, biting and scratching time followed. Rogers bit Presses finger, and the latter retaliated by chewing Rogers thumb. In the mean time Rogers had been chOkcd a-plenty.
 "Will you move your stakes 7" queried freese.
 As soon as Rogers could speak lie said that he would, and Frce,e released him and gave him chew of tobacco to put on his injured thumb. Partially recovered, Rogers refused to remove his stakes and proposed arbitration, To this t'reese also consented and the three men selected gave the claim to Freese. Then the stakes were re- moved.
 W. F. Code, who came down from the iIiIittNl'th iOulIII tll -hOllbdN, NtNN that J0 men are working on old Glory creek and seven claims are turning out well. J. Mccormick, who owns dis covery claim brought down $7,o00 in dust, after paying all expense, to date.
 The creek is easily worked, there be- ing no dead work to be done. On No. 5 above George Secord has found pay from one end of the claim to the other Rogers has good claim and is making money.
 w. A. Dashley is working q claim on the lnmachuk, two miles below Arizona creek. He is employing ten men and is taking out from $iO to $j0 day to the man.
 A number of Italians, who were work ing claim on the lnmachuk quit be- cause all wanted to be bosses. And yet the claim is said to be good one.
 Mr. Code is interested in No s below and has been developing it. Mr., Woods has left No. |.
 Andrew Nelson had just found good | pay on Nelson gulch, a tributary Of old | Glory. He has four feet of pay dirt, which runs from 10 cents to 9J cents to | the pan.
 About S20 day to the shovel i, being taken out on Hannum creek, also a little on Cunningham.
 Dashley will winter on the Inmachuk | and will build cabin, having bought lumber for the purpose from Mrs. Woods.
 Mir. Code also states that strike was | reported on the kugruk.
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$4Ol,000 in Treasure.

San Francisco, Aug. 7.-The North ern Commercial Company's steamship St. Paul arrived yesterday from Cape Nome with ll3 passengers and s401, ,000 in treasure. Few of the returning min- CTS had much money and the voyage was uneventful. The steamship Indi- qua was sigited one day outfrom Nome
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A Big Poke.

Mrs. Annie Means came up from Mystery creek, Solomon river. on Sat urday night. In a poke she carried l5j ounces of gold from discovery claim, Mystery creek, in which she owns a half interest. Mrs. Means says that dis covery is the banner claim on the creek. but all that are being worked are turn ing out well.
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On Rock Creek.

A good deal of work i, under way and has been all summer on Rock Creek, a Snake river tributary. Rock Creek, while not rich, contains pay gravel in large quantities which is being handled at substantial profit. Judge l.. E. shepherd has been employing some 90 men on No. l below, and the Pioneer Mining Co. is also working quite cXten- Siyalv
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sull0Ns FOR PUBLICATION.

In 'ho United ~IlI,- District oprl for the Dis
 t,irt ui A.a-k.. ~.,ut1 bNt>.uu.
 L N thamp~".. F.Iln 1T. N>. A. B. HonIone, r. Iiuh# ti' j.i' C ,' .''h"". f o'tHtaHt' The pr'.~ids ut of I,H .uI',G ~taya, uf Amer i.i, -, pi. rr.,f.n4 C.. fr.AiA ~.lAarlI u de fnudau. in Inc .l'oF' 'a'G'd action.
 loo .rr n.r',, >1nn"aei n" appear in the Alaska. Second ludicidl division thereof at Some. in ~aIb Second vision ut said District ut NlA>lJ uN3 answer th,' complaint cf ihr raiutid or lp1a""ut for want thereof will be You ,hnlI 4npylr and answer the complaint .ir ti,~ action within tbirty GRO Un'~ after the ot the p.rir6 of publication oC thi~ within thirty tiul du}~ after lhn luth day of september. i"2, Or lld"n"ni fey want 'lhcrroi will D" taken against You.
 The relief d, uapd.d u ~aiI romp.lnt is for judgment a-7ii'l said ''"trutHnj7 for tu" sum of son. together NIfb interest Uu -utj .'roJn' iron the -.,.3 t..Nt t..N.. .lj'rar. 'nJt. ut the l' 2-aI r.t uI." To. t,-i- a".' -,lLtt {, oi this suit.
 The dai,ol tGo ordered ,pr,iyc of this sun. mons hl publication !, July 2.i l%'2. aud tn" said urGDI oI cv'- th'I Inc ~oiNI," uf summons herein ur ig.ijc UE publication thgT'Ci oure d "ccl, for six cou.ctJlNu weeks in the NOME NU""Er, q u"'Np.p printed and published in th. cttg of Nome District of AreF'l.
 I he date u' the hr~t puhicltipu uf this sum- mons will be ,iuly 13l l!u!, and the d@tc of the IH~t publication September !G h lHt2. at which time ~aid pGNlI'nftou 2. .Il h' complete and you, the said dclcudnIt. alc uutili"I thut you are r"- quir'd to answer inc said complaint within thirty days after said nth day uf September 1909, and that if yur fail tu un>Ncr said com plaint within said time the plaintiff will take Judgment against you for the sum of two hun dred dollars. together with interest on said sum from the Stid Ith day of January. ltOl at the legal rtt", and costs amt disbursements of this suit, as N"t forth iu Nuld complaint.
 Witnc-, tho Honorable Alfred s. Moore Judge of the United S1d.eS District Court, Dis trict of NlaSka Second Division, and the seal Ut said count lniNcd th!S !2d day of July, 1902.
 GEO. Y. BORG ESENIUS,
 Clerk uf n" D. = District Court, Di~
 trct of Alr}.'l, Srcond Division,
 By HARRY (. GORDON. Seal Deputy Clerk |. S Thompson. attorney for plaintiff 7-!3-7tW
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!NnISEI
 C0LONY To Be Settled in Cook
 Enlet Country EanlYiNTElE SpnIHQ
RusSian COyerEmea: Sa;I 70 E. . Prime N0Fcf n thc
 Project.

Seat... \ur..5 rp na.o "'.''o.>
 fer tnr t.nui-h rg,u, nI..b vi, b. taken to A.a-st in d.. ,p..u4. E. @. CAuscb'. .~ ~. hi @.> toH. H,lu peninsula. ,hpu,...'-a.r ,r.a aa. L. ward wao n..ao in May. 'a,alr'.as.a over the peninsula aAu r...:. on. t. Cock inic. and Gc'cru.a'@ '.a' IGr agricultural po~-,aj..,.y- ett..aHG.> are such that a laa 4e co'o.t q. i.Da.-a people might bc -.~'ai4cJ. i.n re turncd to.aettt.e ouDi>c His rpuu to IIornhcr. x Co.,. New York, r'omc.,:, of the co,ou.Nu4 -ruvhp, and .a,,s" "ri' to New lc,@ Il person. tI~ rcporr wal, ~o well rer".sc.i ,...'. ..r ~o, -iycu m-,ructuo~ 'or, r,..tufoH, a.a u.,.-r plc.jmirary auul.'~u.- ;ot ,ar :.- tcption or the n-i iH.y ol .s..a.-', which will .ca,r Ir"ud ,u. G,.. year. TD' ha,,.u Yu>.l...,4' i, .,.. |, be a ,.s1r al9.,r .a + ,o.ou.Hr-
 project.
 Undcr pro.c.f law, rp title uau ho acqair,d ta au- .n A.a-.,, bu' 1r
 ChurcA.l vi|l .,oG oN.rIu, -"o4n. ,n thc western !atj oi th, uiu-aa n
 will ,cico. for the couug .rlt.rr- -u.a locations q, he ,.Ian~,r~.I able. oc..- p1tiou Wl.. mu>er. .u..ot,.. ,Jpa '.i i... Naciemak bay. Wanu.ot,n- into the ia.tf, i- lbe batot:. .lJae"l,.a. nasia- ,lia. Cu ta. ~oWa -l.. aoa.n. ;, made ty beat. anJ p.n, vii. br the principal station ot lbe celoal. fife agricultural .io,G~ liu t5 'r,uorthnarI. There will l., jnr .ala.- and homes o ti, newcomers.
 The cplon .u- mos.".,at &a, aulcf- taken Ili-cll d.; tar ,n--c~'imrot C"p.. Thomas (. Duu1. who i"t- spent much time a5ou, Cook inlet and is interested in the Aurur., Gold MluH. NmupuE,. operating ou NathDu4, bay. tuitt. Dunn arrncd in ~ca.ti,. lo~tc'da! "u the Bertha. Capt. nWu4'- thuloJ9a acquaintance wi,h lhaO part ui the country ha, made nI,n a -tcug believer in ll- future. IIr ,a>- 'Arrp are h.ooo square mlIc, If l.ri.c iH-d. suitable for the cultivation aI ,.uao.t au! halaI moaurt, in tAc "c.jcrn part ot Renal IIc '.-',tu part k mouuia. aoJ, ,liII ct mineral formation. He think, that HIy railway Mhlch u4- d termiuu, oH tH" rcuin,pid should start from hachrmas bay. tycau-c e: the c%Celcul hal bui there aaN Uc'3U-c a course from tha' point might Lt taken between thr mineral aLd farming dis tricts. The maximum amount of traffic might thu, bv ub,ducd. II l., nj, opirl- ion that th" best inter- ,t, of such H raIl- way might bc ,rcurcd hy selecting q course nogthWdli toward Nome. aud making that the norlllarn teuniuGS. lie say, in thj, WaE the trade of a rich section Of Central Alu,nt hi Eht i'c coL- trolled, and much of the ,hipmcutt for the Middle Yukon and Nome would be- transported over such a road.
 It is the opinion Gt Capt. Dunn, who i, d guest at the Hut.ol bot,i, thu. the two cite, of the coast of south Central Ala,I,a will be Na.5c, and some point on kaehcnak bay. As a reason for this he ,a>, the copper wealth of the
 'opper river valley, together with the gold digging,. will supply bu,iuc-, for | port of considerable size, anu that ! he region of which Cook inlet i, the . enter will be auothcr part of the terri . ory to develop rapidly.
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ment could be maintained at a less cost than the present system, was supple mented with greeting from the Se- attle chamber of commerce and wish for the early success of their laudable undertaking.
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headed for the gold digpins7. The St. Paul's cargo included skins and fms consigned 10 II. Iicbc, & Co, whale bone valued at 233.Gl3 and iyory worth s3 4S6 6O
The Nome nugget., 1902-08-27

The Pacific Cold Storage company announce the arrival oi a large a>surt- ment of the finest meat. and pouitry. Eastern and Elympia oysters. salmon and halibut, Ngon's butter. etc., also l;oslyn screened lump coal.
The Nome nugget., 1902-08-27

For rent from Oct. l to July lst in advance. Seven room house: also SpO- kane laundry for sale: doing a good cash business of $700. Parties leaving for outside.
The Nome nugget., 1902-08-27

Cheapest doors an, windows. Cline OH X Paint Co, 520 Front street. Get our prices before buyrng.
The Nome nugget., 1902-08-27

Before purchasing your nugget jew elry, or anything in the jewelry line, cali and see Schell, 294 Front street, next M. D. Samuels x Co.
The Nome nugget., 1902-08-27

Fine music with !our Sunday dinner Board of Traele Restaurant.
The Nome nugget., 1902-08-27

Glass, all sizes, from 10xl2 to 40x60. Cline Oil & Paint Co.,, 520 Front street.
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Baths 75c. at the City Bath House

Have your kodak work finished right. Hammond charges 50c to develop a roil.
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First-cass sign work at outside prices. Pioneer Sign Shop, 94 River street, Fitzgerald's place.
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Wagon poles, shafts and spokes' at 0iese's.
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70 tons of freight just received on Portland at 0ieSe'S.
The Nome nugget., 1902-08-27
Caustic soda for atteries at Giese's

Imported Swiss cheese. Nome Trad ing Co.
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If you want to have game of pool CT billiards go the Board of Trade saloon. Two fine tables have just been received.
The Nome nugget., 1902-08-27

Sehell, the jeweler, has removed to 29+ Front street, next to M. D. Samuels & Co.
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Granite iron ware at Giese's.

Hydraulic pipe specially at Oscar Witt's tin shop.
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When building OF repairing rcmom- ber the Cline Oil X Paint Co.,. J2U Front
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Blacksmith coa! at Giese's.
Shot gun shells at Giese's.

Fine coffee a speciality at the East End Restaurant.
The Nome nugget., 1902-08-27

Try plain or Turkish bath at Elite Baths, foot of Hunter way.
The Nome nugget., 1902-08-27
4 RUSH
 FOR LAND Town of Valdes. Has Quite a Stampede. RESERVATION OPEN
EanS.AIaSkan Railroad Project Has Been Abandoned,
 II Is Said.

Valdes, Alaska July 3l.-Valdes has Been all excitement the past few day.. On the 26th inst. the property east of town, heretofore held by the military authorities, was thrown open and the greatest rush for property ever seen in Alaska was the result. Men, women and children, lawyers, doctors and mer- chants scrambled over each other and fought and contcndcd for town lots. After stalking the property many had to defend it from others with guns and axes or other implements of warfare. Some lots were staked and restaked several times. Much litigation will be the result. Most of the land had been taken up with soldiers recertifed script, but no attention was paid to that fact and the entire piece of land here sofore supposed tu be government reservation was stalled. It now tran spires that the land was not reser- yation at all, but simply q cantonment. Therefore. it is thought that the script will hold good. Several hundred houses and tents have been erected, carpen- ters have been at a premium, and every line of business has increased by open ing to the public this property. This land lies just cast of the city limits, and s the best property in every way in this section.
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ner's yard.
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w. J. Rowe Transfer. 425 Front street. Saddle horses for hire.
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Pool and billiard tabler at the Board of Trade saloon
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Sluice lumber and riIilrs at Tanners nlaninr mill
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Giant powder caps and fuse at Giese's.
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Anything in rhect-mctal work. Oscar Witt, Front St., opp. Stcaduan.
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All kinds of lumber Tanners at lum- Der yard.
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Smiths Place Furnished.

Lumber at "Northwe,tern. "
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Building Boom.

Despite the fact that the railroad company is going to start it's town some four miles from here. the people of ValdeS have great confidence in their town and are preparing for large and increasing business for the coming year. Houses are going up in every direction. Every store and saloon and business house in town are adding additions. MssSrS. James X Co. have just finished one of the most complete stores in Southern Alaska. A. l.. Levy x Co. are doubling the size of their building, as is also J. G. Snyder. The Alaska, is adding thirty rooms. Al White has just enlarged his saloon and club rooms and now has the largest gambling establishment and saloon south of Nome. The school directors are doubling the size of the school house and expect to have as good a school as can be found in the States. A high school will be established before the holidays. The saw mill is running night and day snd cannot half supply she demands for lumber. Several new business houses are being opened and .he outlook for the town and country was never better than at the present timo.
 Trans Alaskan Railroad Abandoned.
 The Trans-Alaska railroad project has been abandoned and most of the materials have been sent to this place to be sold to the Valdes road. Thirty five horses, with a large number of sleds, wagons, scrapers and other materials were brought here today on the Santa Ana and are offered for sale at whatever price they will bring. It was supposed to be the intention of the Trans A laskan Company to build a railroad from Iliamna to Nome, but everyone who was at all familiar with the scheme knew it to be most un- practicable, and not feasible project in any way.
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Flows and scrapers at Oiese's.

Wall paper, Nome Trading Co.