The Alaska citizen., 1913-11-24

vised of the death of Col C. Mcclure at Ft. Vim. II. Seward. after having served the nation 3s years Ills remains will probably be shippe East for intcrment.
 The annual dinner and festival held by the St. James Methodist church was given at the church We'd nesday afternoon and evening. Dur. 1 ins the evening an interesting pro. gram vas rcndered. The hall was crowded at all times and the ladies report tha the event was a decided success, having cleared s129
 Last eek Tom Gibssn made the round trip between Fla rbanks and l Delta with an automobile in little over houAs. If the weather per. mits he will attempt to make the next tiiy through to Donnellys. l Afte' a summers work on s be- low Sma.lw cd creek, Morris Hof. seth and two partners arrived in town Wednesday. having been sum- moned on court matters They re- port much activity on Smallwood creek bu- no new finds have been reported lately. On their claim the ground Il 1855 feet deep.
 Tommy McSmart formerly of Fair banks and well-knoHn all over the North. is now in the employ of a Seattle concern and Is travelling to many of the western cities. He states that Otto Ambrosius and Ernest House former Fairbanks res tauranteurs are building a factory at Portland. Ore, for the manufac ture of ice cream cones
 Albert Olsen of South Bellingham, Wash, has written to Chief of Police Frank Wiseman asking for informa- ton concerning Nils Hornick who was last heard from at Olnes. August 1912. Anyone knowing Of Hornick's s whereabouts is asked to communicate with MT. Olsen. whose address Is 1908 Twenty third street.
 In the case of U. s. ys. Ole Amund- son. in which the defendant was charged with taking some mining timbers on Ester creek belonging to A. H. McNeer. a verdict of not guilty was rendered after the jury was out but few m nutes. Evidence in- hoouced tended to show that the defendant purchased the timber from Pete Pedovich who had purchased them from McNeer.
 It is stated by one of the city wood savers that there are 15 saw ing machines in the city this winter in the business of saving wood.
 No passengers were carried on the stage which left for Chitina last Monday but on Thursdays stage Ralph H. GillIland of the govern. ment land office took passage for 'h- Iptside
 Mir. and Mrs. King Kelly who ar rived in the city last week after hay ing made the trip from Edmonton down the Mackenzie valley and across to the Yukon, have decided to remain in the Panama valley for the winter During their stay here they will write up the story of gheir journey and explorations.
 From arrivals from the Kantishna country 1t is learned that Joseph G. Morrow and Al Sutton who left for that district several weeks ago to hunt Big game" have reached Can yon creek but so far have succeeded in securing nothing larger than a rabbit of ptarmigan.
 After having spent several weeks at the Egg Cinema Hot Springs R. S Mcdonald. Henry Crook and Sam Russell returned to the city Thurs day evening. They report the trail between Fairbanks to the Springs In fine condition and that consider able traffic Is now going over the road. When they were leaving the upper river resort it was expected that a second caribou run would take place soon as several stray ami mals had been sighted on the hills Because many of the members Of the city council were a1ious to at tend the Choral concert no meeting of the city fathers was held last Friday. As there were no urgent matters to come up before the body the meeting was postponed for a week. The council will probably consider the matter of levying taxes for tine coming year at its next ses- sion
 The Fairbanks lodge of the Odd Fellows held a well-attended meeting at their hall Thursday evening at which time the first and second de- gress were conferred upon a class of candidates
 After having been on the trail for 12 days. Max Sulega. an operator on Friday creek in the Kantishna country. arrived in town Thursday He states that operations in his district were hindered by the un- usually dry season. Several other Kantishna miners are reported to be on their way to Fairbanks and