The Alaska citizen., 1913-09-08

he will visit the extreme East Mike Johnson, who has been acting in the capacity of extra fireman r some time, is acting as his subs,i- tute during h s absence.
 George Wesch. formerly with the Washington-Alaska bank of this city and later of the Iditarod has arriy. ed in the city on his way to the Chsana strike
 An informal lunch was given at the Arcade last Monday in honor of MT. ]. A. Holmes, director of the bureau of mines. just prior 10 his leaving over the trail for Valdez. Dr. Holmes intended paying a visit 10 the Nenana coal fields and con tinuing his trip from there. but owing to the immense amount of SnoH which had fallen he decided 10 re turn and make the trip over the trail. The lunch was engineered hy Falcon Joslin
 A crowd several hundred in num- Der lined the Turner street br.dee and the streets leading to the feder- al jail Monday evening when the train arrived from Chatanika bear ing the prisoner who is charged with the murder of a fell-w workman. The prisoner was not in irons.
 Mrs. Helen Hill. mother of Miss Lillian Hill and Mrs. Harry Me Lean who has been visiting her daughters for the past couple weeks. having come up from Ruby for that purpose, left on the last trip of the Panama for Los Angeles where she expects to spend the winter
 IL is rumored that Percy Charles formerly Of Fairbanks but now a deputy marshal at Iditarod. will take unto himself wife i'll the person of a young lady from the Outside who is coming in for that purpose. II is not learned when the event will take place.
 The White Seal, after ser.es of delays. managed 10 get away for the scene of the new strike Tues, day evening at o'clock. She had a capacity lead
 The Willis stamp mill has been working all week on a 40-ton ship ment of ore from the Helen &. be
 ing worked by Critics X Feldman and located on Moose creek
 Mss Ida Grove. the niece Of Miss Bertha Croft, has departed this city after a sojourn of some six months for her former home at Great Falls, Mont She has made many friends here who were sorry to see her leave.
 Mrs. R. T. Englebrecht and child ren left on the Yukon Thursday for the Outside. They will go to San Francisco where they will reside for the winter and where. in all probabil- ty Mr Englebrecht will join them later in the seaeson
 w, F. Kramer, proprietor of the Fraction saloon. was granted re- newal of h's liquor license by Judge Fuller while holding court at Ruby.
 Mrs. Frank s. Gordon and little son Donald left for the Outside the past week. Mrs. Gordon has been troubled for some time with symp- toms of appendicitis, and while there will go under the care of an eminent physician. Should he deem it neces- sary she will undergo an operation before her return, which is not eX- pected to be before the early spring.
 Mrs. Henry Baatz, of the Loop roadhouse, left on the steamer Yu- kon Thursday for the Outside She will not return before spring, and in the meantime will visit her old home in England This is the ladys first visit to the Outside since she came North nine years ago
 Frank Turner has filed a suit for wages against Enstrom Bros. Geo Wheeler. NJ. Beeeler and M Wagner the amount in question being the sum of $421.
 Fred Schutte the former cashier of the N. c. company at Ruby, who was convicted recently on the charge nF tence of eighteen months in the penitentiary.
 Mrs. B. H. Moran, sister of Mrs. Jack Healey. arrived cn the steam CT Yukon last week.
 Dr. H. l.. Hedger the dentist. re turned during the past week from a two months professional visit down river. During that time he has been at Hot Springs. Panama and Rampart.
 Captain Sproule, accompanied by George B. Wesch, Charles knell and several others, left the city Thurs day morning with the intention of overtaking the White Seal at the Twentymile house the steamer hay ing left port Tuesday evening.
 William McKinnon. an old timer of this camp, has returned from Dawscn where he has been em- ployed by the N. c. company for the past year. MT. McKinnon does not know what his future actions will