Iditarod pioneer., 1911-01-29
COMING AND GOING

Tom Chisholm, he of Aurora fame in Dawson and Fairbanks, got back last week from Georgetown where he has been overlooking the situation. Things are not too exciting in the river town, he says, because Of the discourarinp nature Of some Of the reports that were heard fr m placer sections Still he believes that there is chance for a camp over there next summer.
 Adolph Rippa, one of the owners of he Iditarod hotel and also interested with Henderson in a lay on Flat creek. has left on hurried trip to Fairbanks. As yet, the object of his going has noi been divulged.
 Nelz Glantz, proprietor of the Grand hotel bar was in town last Moaday. booking some more orders of his ex- cellent snake bite. He reports that the ice worms have been working double shift over there lately, and it is not well to be unprcp pared.
 Joe Mcdowell. the old timer who has been working on Fairbanks and Little EidOrado creeks ia he Fairbanks coun- try, and who @cted as foreman for Doc Mading on Flat during the fall and winter, bas been bitten by the Red Mountain bug. He left last week for the kayuhuk, believing that the latest reports f>om Indian river justify ths venture.
 O'Connor & O'N&}Icy, who just sold their lay on 300 feet of the Wildcat as socjation, hlat creek. adjoining the ground of the Guggenhcjms on the lower end, are transferring their opera lions to tie Mohawk association, ad- 1 joining the Wildcat or the right limit They have hand drill, which they 1 have been perfecting during the fall, and will use it on the new ground to determine the continuity and extent Of the Flat creek right-limjt paystreak.
 Ramps Pelers3n, of the Pioneer sa- loon in this ely. left few days ago for the Reindeer couatry, from whence he has heard some optimistic reports Ramps was stakcd in over there by Henry Peel and others, and he goes to look over the gro1nd. From the num- Der of rum0rs regarding Reiadeor that hay. been hoarl here, it would seem that he has considerable basis for his suspicious.
 Arthur E1toa, one of the younger generation of musher5 of the country, and one who came from Ophir last fali: has just returned 10 Nixon fork after 2 brief stay in the city of four days, He was accompanied by r. c. Sund- borg, and goes back to the reported strike on Flat crock, tributary of Nixon's Fork
 After visit of q few days to the creeks, during which time she so- iourned at the home of Mrs. Snyder at Flat city and at Ms. Kilroys at the head of Flat, Mrs. ". H. Brooks, the pveceptrcss, who taught the young idea how to shoot in this city last fall, re- turned to her home here last Wednes- day. She was brought into town by Mr. Snyder with his dog team.
 Dominick Sorsei, chief mogul of the subsidiary postoffice at Georgetown, was in the other day looking for mail and reading matter to take to the l thirsty Iileratcurs on the other side Among the other classics which he gleaned from the town he took q few copies of the IditarOd Pioneer-famed i for it's good stuT-which he has al- ready sprung on the innocent and un- expecting GeorganS.
 Among the n@mbcrs of the fair sex who make their home on Flat creek. several were over to Iditarod last week for visits of varying length. Mrs. Dr. Carter and Mrs. J. J. Price came over to do some shopping Mrs. Joe Me Dowell and Mrs. Moss were also visit OTIS, the former to sec her husband safely started on his trip to Red Noun tain, where he is going to investigate the new strike.
 Mrs. J. F. Hunter, who has been ill for some time at the Sherburne, was in q precarious condition early last week, spinal meningitis being pro- uounced the cause of her trouble. The attending physician, Dr. Brooks, and her friends declare her to be on the road to recovery at present.