The Nome daily nugget., 1911-08-12
Special Correspondence)

is more of Frenchman than Italian. mas made him more of an Acicr.can .ha2 ;alian or French. WhiI. ltts Df our sourdoughs are reading magazines and love stories, Emil includes a course in English grammar and the dictionary. Emil is fat financially; has large prop erty interests here! has assisted pros- pectors here and in the Kobuk region Everybody considers Emil good fel- low. Solo players though have a grouch against him. they say he can not be stuck at that game.
 Dick Hoogendorn was Dutchman than Italian or French. While lots of for he has been for man years an Am erican from America. In fact his whole family is now in America He has brothers and sisters bo.n under the folds of old glory. Dick is an old Klon- diker and a pioneer of this section. Like more of us pioneers he landed here down at the heel" but unlike some of us. he dropped onto good pay ing ground Dick has taken out sev- eral hundred thousand dollars, blowed back lots of it; added lots of desirable property to his holdings has been a real benefactor to the section, aiding prospecting and prospectors; and is now on the outside, and will doubtless h.a nf faI section on his return.
 Frank w. Redwood was born in Aus trslia; but unlike most Australians and Canadians. he does not speak of old England as Home" Frank is thoroughly American, and has made a charming young American lady his wife, so we can look forward to an American crop of Redwoods If the young Redwoods take after the "Old Man" Teddy Roosevelt cannot say that Americans are degenerating; for Frank is a stalwart of the stalwarts. Frank brought money into this section; made lots of money here: "blowed it back" has large property interests and is on the high road to increasing the dimen- sions of his poke"
 There are a score or more of foreign born Americans here who are a real benefit to this section and "Uncle Sam's" domain at large: but fearing that the Nugget Editor will think that we are trespassing on his space, we will mention the others later and add some other news items of this section.
 Mud is coursing down the Inmachuk River and discoloring Good Hope Bay. which proves that Chas. A. Martin. su- perintendent MT. Ferguson and MT. Johnson. hydraulic managers. are run hing their plants full tilt 25 miles above Deering A dry season does not affect the big F. w. Co They have an inex- hsustible supply of water from large lake. All property owners in here wish the big company to get in a full sea sons run so as to show up the poten- tiality of the wealth of this section under reasonable auspices.
 Mrs. W. D. Wentworth arrived on the Steamer Corwin to join her hus- band, the superintendent of the Nelson Gulch Mining Co.
 MT. Dalton from New York, just ar rived per the Duxbury. MT. Dalton expects to remain a few days and look over our section. We sincerely hope Mir. Dalton is a practical mining man, and would like to haze him remain long enough with us to become ac- quainted with the wealth of this section that only needs experienced miners to extract at a profit. We have lots of New York capital invested here and we would like to make a good impress sion on Mir Dalton and other repre- sentatives of our nations financial center.
 MT. and Mrs. H. Fries have just ar rived on the Schooner Duxbury. They appear rejuvenated by their winters soJourn on the outside. We old broken down "sourdoughs," who can not afford to make trip to the outside. gaze with envy at our more fortunate comrades as they jauntily step ofr the steamers gang plank, who show in their every movement. the benefit de- rived from a short sojourn in the land of automobiles and fresh fruit
 We of this "Neck O the woods" are particularly pleased with Uncle sam this summer. He sent us in couple of mixers Qike Teddy Messrs. Smi'S and Cookson. postofice inspectors and he has also given the position of Road Commissioner to a man who must he al mixer" and knows the needs and wishes of Alaskans. Our congratula- ton is. owing to the fact that an old time Inmachucker has been appointed .. sAa ,oaiftou nf Anlanf Of