The Alaska citizen., 1911-04-10

urging him tN come 70 INAl titt anu take the management of hotel. He will pr bahly dispose of his mining interests here and go out n one of tho first hra's
 Mir and Mrs John Albert Peterson entertained Mir Cecil Cl,Cg at din her on T vrsday evening last
 Mir and Mrs. ! r. A Strong were lrspirauy entertained at dinner at tho home ot Nr and NrE Raymond RrlmhsuGh on Sunday evening. the occasion being in honor f the birth day of Nj, Rrumhaugh.
 Miss Halley. who has been doing the day shif, as Hello" girl at he local exchange i~ now taking two. weeks vacation During her absence Miss Sargent. he former night oper- ator. is dginc the day sniff and Miss kotsCh is cn a' night. When Miss Halley returns to work. Miss sargent will get a breathing spell of two weeks
 Jim Murray. of Flat, who has trou- hles of his own in 'he matter of lot jumping, was witness in the case tried here this week.
 Lon D gEttt. one cf the real estate kings of Flat City. who found it nee essary 10 anchor his building during the recen. high winds. came in early this week to spend a few days in the city.
 san Dublin. one of the pioneer claim owners of Flat creek. and had of the chief hos'elry cf Dike- man. arrived in town the latter part ,l thi, week ,o in.l ct the indus trial $, emery
 Joe Treml a salt-watcr sailor on the .ii,arod when thr river is open, the first mate of the White S@al, came up Thursday from pikcman where he has been enjoying the winter months II" reports that he has been overhaulirg the marlin spika. and will go back in few days tp look after the poopdeck m'ns1
 Fred Os,e~h lz. o. of the rio- nCers of Otter creek. and now a firm believer in Moore. came in this week 70 rccuppra'e from somewhat protrac'ed Illness II was laid up for sey-ral days with grip or some thing but nor until he Lad ascer- raiucd that he had ground worth looking into. A consequence he will start back shortly and will take a drill along with him with which he will massage the face of nature. IDITAROD CITY, March S, - Grant Murdock was a visitor 10 Flat City on Tuesday
 Mir. and Mrs. Frank Snyder were in town this week from Flat City
 Miss Kotsch came in from Flat City recently and will remain indef- iui'cly.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charle, Patton. of Fiat City. were in town Cn Monday, for short time.
 Mrs F.. (. Aubtrt of Flat City, was visitor ;o ldiarod on Tues day returning home in the afternoon. Robert Simpson the jeweler, and A. l. Day. assisted in the organiza- tion of the A. E. Camp at Flat City, on Saturday night.
 Mrs. F ". Carter has been in town for a few days from Flat City, and while here, attended the A. B ball on Saturday evening.
 C. B Hanover of Spruce creek, kuskokwin. arrived here recently. While he has not struck pay as yet. he will return and give the creek further trial
 R. c. Couru, well known musher of the north cam. in from Nome a few days ago. with load of bacon and butter. He had a stormy trip the entire way
 Seward Eagerly returned today rom NulatO where he has been looking over the meat situation, As result the first consignment is due now.
 Morris Friedman recently received letter from his brother Ed whc has been swinging round the circle, and has visited Dallas and other Texas towns where he has property interests, New York and Chicago, and says he has enjoyed the trip i'm mensely.
 IDITAROD, March i. - After be ing storm bound in Iditarod city for several days during which they found it impossible to get by the congested traffic on the road be tween this town and Flat, Drs. Car ter and Spaulding, A E. Ferguson, Starr Ballard and Vim Hagen left for Flat Wednesday afternoon to turn in secret report concerning their investigations of the lditarod water question. Surrounded by a large circle of admiring friends they put on their grey bonnets and hitched old Dobbin to the sleigh. It has been said that Old Dobbin had worn and tired expression as he was hltched up for the last tune.
 Down at the sawmill which the Slippern boys built by the riverside they have had a crew of men on snowshoes operating between this city and Dikeman picking up the loose boards that were blown away the week of the big wind From last reports there were only one or two scantlings unaCCounted for.
 It is rumored that A. B. Ferguson is in receipt of an urgent letter from Oscar Hammersten of New York, asking his terms to sign on for the remainder of the operatic season.
 IDITAROD CITY, Feb. 9. - Ed Kelly, the well known roadhouse keeper at Diskaket has been seized with an idea that will prove a shin ing light. Ed has put up a beacon for travellers at his place, and at the top of 60-foot pole he will keep lantern burning through the rest of the winter darkness. He figured on having red, white and green, on successive nights, but Cn second thought decided to make the last color blue.
 Bob Gerkie, who has lived in the Innoko for the last two or three years, and who was recently con nected with Ross & Morrow there