The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-04-10

done on Cleary. Fairbanks Pedro
ana Gold stream creeks. principal
ly ON the two first named. and the
apriug Washup Il - estimated. viii
Yield from two 60 five million doll
lars.
The secretary of the chamber OF
commerce. aud the Fairbanks News
newspaper. have placed lhr amount
at the latter figurr. tut many dis
Interested miners and business men
who have visited the creeks and
examined she workings. think that
THREE MILLION DOLLARS
win be about the sum produced. At
any rate, the cleanup should be a
E1od one Tor thc camp and greatly
relieve the business situation.
Al the present time Fairbanks has
a population OF about 5000 people
with probably as many more swat
tered over she creeks and IN the dis
ulet adjacent. Ia aprea rnnee a d
a typical mining town. Il extends
along the eaatrrly side Of the Chrnoa
river Tor a mile or more. Seine 600
or SOC buildings comprise the city.
The dwellings are log houses and
cabins. made Of she spruce which
covers the whole Of the fertile Tan
ana valley. many % them are quite
eommodloua and substantial The
business part of the city d butt Of
lumber and corrugated troa. The
streets are wide aua regular. and
the blocks generally square aud uni
form
The Front street or FIRST street
faces on the river. The ~ q. Co
has a large portion % the aprer part
q H. and the balance is occupied
by saloons. dance halia restaurants.
cigar stores and uarrow barber
shops. eraA ded closely upon one
another. Some of tho business places
have a width 81 only five or SIX feet.
and giva the impression - having
boeu aeeured "a fierce scramble
fer space wherein every crack ana
ercTiee u the frontage vas located.
Second street running parallel %
tirst. and Cuahmsu street. running
"a f.Eht angles.
ARE FILLED uP
With business houses aud afiera. on
these streets ara located the e. s
District court building Pest office.
telephone efffes. private bank. ware
houses. hotels and lodging houses
The city has electric usbL water
works. telephone. large assembly
hall and a small city hall II IL ia
eoFporated and has n regularly or.
Eanlzei city government. consisting
o. mayor and council. eicfk. atfor-
uay ana chief % police
No TAX levy has ever been made.
yet the city government has been
carried on. ana 20 Indebtedness Ia
CURED.
Pilgrims are arriving IN town
every dhy from V#ldeu. Nome and
Dawson. The most 81 the arrivals
cume frum the oatHl a. over the Val
dez trail About zoe wiII have come
thia way when those now en- route
have arrived u Is a hard trip q
800 miles from Valdez 20 Fairbanks.
over mountains hills and roffazes.
and up 70 the valleys nnd canyons
pf the frozen rivers Prem IS % %
days are usually spent on the tran
In making the trip Many q tha
roadhoasea along the route. where
accommodations must b. had. are
merely via and filthy hoQels. where
one may Try % make a meal
on Old MOOSE MEAT
or canned pork and beans and naF.
~ hot cakes. for from ttso 20 s. 90.
aud may iie doan Tor the night upon
a bare bunk or the uoar. FOR an aa-
ditionnt 81 A trip 81 thIa klnd ain
be considered BY the tenHerfaot 10
Be a fair initiation into the tfiling
fiscnmforts - frontier life In me
north. But this r. soon forgotten
after arriving IN Fairbanks ana get.
ting a 81 bath. 81 haircut. a soc