The Alaska citizen., 1911-12-25

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/ Dutch" Felix Seppi arrived Mon
/ day afternoon from Tanana with a
! four horse team and about three
tons of shorts for the Ruby Com
mercial company.
The Mas mic club of Ruby decided
AT their meeting on last Thursday
/ evening that they would give bal
on ST. Johns Day, December 81. The
dance. like all Masonic affairs. will
| be strictly by invitation.
Charlie Bechtol and Doc Montgom
| cry returned to Birch creek last
week
There were several arrivals from
Ophir last week.
When Judge" Capewell got
| through filming others and left the
! bench at the Hard Times dance he
was promptly arrested and Mrs. Mas.
| tiers. having assumed the ermine
/ fined him for daring to appear at a
| Hard Times dance with such swell
| things as leather leggings and pol.
| ished shoes
VaChon d Sterlings barge has at
last been entirely dragged out of
/ the ice and put up on stills on the
beach and they are once more ready
to do business.
Claude Shea left Sunday morning
for the Nuahmah claim He is haul
! ing a boiler out to the claim with
his dog team.
F. H Barnett came in from Trail
creek last week. He and Frank Car
penter are doing some prospecting
on the above creek. Barney says
| they have put down one hole to
bedrock. and while they didn't find
what he would call pay, they met
with very encouraging prospects. He
came in for supplies.
Matt Nunan. after spending few
| days in town. left on Sunday with
big lot of supplies for himself and
George to use on their ground on
| Flint creek.
| Harry Leland has taken a lay on
! Upper Flint and expects to leave
town in a few days for the ground
where he will put in the winter.
Jim Kelly arrived from Idtarod
on Saturday last.
Cole McDougall is getting inter
ested in several mining propositions
which look good to him
| Bob Martin came in from Flint
creek last Friday. having made a
flying trip with Martin Sickinger.
Martin had nothing new to report
about the pay on Nuahmah claim, but
| that his quick return to town was oc-
casioned by business he had to at
tend to here.
During last week several mushers
arrived from Ophir on the lnnoko
with dog teams
Martin Sickingger, who. with J. H.
| Sutton recently took lay from
! Andy Webster on below Flint
! creek. went out to look at the
| ground last week. returning to town
on Friday He says the proposition
looks good to him. and he saw
enough while on the creek to con
vince him of the coming greatness
Of this district As soon as sufficient
snow has fallen TO make a good road
| to Flint creek for the hauling of
heavy machinery. J. II. Sutton will
90 out to the ground with a big lot
of supplies and put in the winter
working the ground.
| r. +. Travers arrived in town on
Sunday from Quartz creek where he
is doing some prospecting. He re-
ports that they had the misfortune
20 have their hole cave in on them
before they had get down much be-
low the muck, and have started a
| new hole.
| Poppert brothers left last Monday
TO prospect their ground on Flint.
j. f.. Bishop left Monday morning
fer Birch creek where he has some
interests.
Lewis. the freighter. left on Sun
! day for Flint creek, taking with
him a boiler and supplies for Dan
Sutherland, Shroyer and Worth.
| Luke Radigan, who came with Ait
ken and Ensor from the Iditarod,
has some interests on the creeks in
this district and expects to stay here.
! w. Anderson who, with w. HeintZ,
has some ground at the forks of
Main and Camp creeks, came to town
last Sunday for supplies and left
last Tuesday morning. They have re-
Gently done some prospecting on
! Welf creek, a tributary of Main, but
without any good results and are
now about to begin extensive pros
pecting on Main.
Many people who have lived in
Alaska for years have wondered what
kind f dope the author of "Beauti-
! full Snow" had been taking, but
they nave now come to the conclu-
slusion that he must have been
looking for a paystreak during a
snoWless winter.
1t was the intention of Miss Will
liams and Miss Hillaby to start out
last Wednesday for a tour OF the
creeks. but owing to sudden indls-
position on the part OF Miss Hill
ably. which for a few days promised
to be quite serious, the ladies have
indefinitely postponed their trip Miss
Hillary is now quite recovered from
her illness.
| f. Narcotic. returned on Sunday
| from a trip over the creeks, and says