The Alaska daily empire., 1912-12-26


 An aerial tramway and a sawmin have been installed on the skeeni Lechner Mining Co.'s property in the Seward district,
 William Dettering, better known as "Carlbou Bill" arrived recently at. Seward from the Iditarod coun- try. Deterlng makes a specially of mining on hilltops and has always been successful. He began on French Hill, in the Klondike, then on Dexter Hin, at Nome, and is now operating on a hilltop in the IditarOd country and is taking out lots of money.
 Jack. Harris, who started from Iditarod recently for Seward was forced to return, having frozen both feet. He is now in the hospital at Tditarod.
 The eordoya Chamber of Commerce is making an effort to have trail constructed from Blackburn, the in- terior terminus of the Copper river railroad, to White river. The Alaska road commission will be asked to do the work at an expense of 10000, The distance is about 60 miles.
 Royal L. sweany, of Seattle, offered to erect a 5O-ton,a-day copper reduc- ton works at Cordoya, if the people of that town would furnish ten acres of waterfront ground and supply $25,- 900 of the $5OOOO required to estab- | fish the works The Cordova Cham. Der of Commerce promptly decided that it did not want to gobble up all the good things due Alaska. J. L. McPherson, chairman of the Alaska Bureau, of the Seattle Cham Der of Commerce, which maintains an exhibit of ore and other Alaska products, wishes ore specimens and all possible data with reference to Alaska mines.
 Mrs. E. F. German, who was re- gently committed at Valdez, to the Morningside sanitarium, Oregon, died on the Mariposa shortly after the steamer reached Seattle. Her hus. band is a Valdez dentist.
 The remains of David waldrOn, who was recently burned to death at Val deg, have been shipped to Los Ange' les for interment.
 The bodies of the nine victims of the recent snowslide at Copper Noun tain have been recovered, The dead are: John McGayock, John Barko Bud Gallagher, Leo Muth, Axel Fast Hugh Arnold, Gus Gunderson, Fred wahl, and Tony suzumato, Japanese
 P. J. Rickert, Fairbanks farmer this year raised 30 tons of potatoes for which he received five cents : pound: thirty tons of cabbage whicl he sold for from seven to ten cent pound; fiften tons of carrots at th' same price, also three tons of beeti and 12 tons of rutabagas; a ton O parsnips for which he got 20 centi a pound, and 50 tons of hay at $5I a ton. He raised besides 10000 heads of cauliaower, onions, radishes, let tuce. tomatoes and strawberries, un , der glass as well as 500 canteloupe which he sold for a dollar pound.
 The election judges of Hope pre- cinct, Cook Inlet, are charged witl withholding the territorial election re turns. At the election for delegat Hope cast 19 votes.
 William A. Lunn was found dead i his cabin three miles back of Tanan recently. Death had resulted fror , natural causes. Lunn was 57 year old and a pioneer, having lived at Gil n cle in the early days.
 The town of Panama at the mout of the Panama river, has been inco' y porated.
 The Good News bay section of tn Kuskokwim is said to have only on F paying claim on which the clean-u last season was about 15,OOO,
 Jack McLain. Fairbanks mine IF says that the best placer ground
 Alaska will be found on Bear cree d 200 miles up the KuskOkwim. Thel
 is both shallow and deep ground Il. that region.
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