The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-15

ctded to remove the cataract from the
 left ey" wien will save both optics.
 on t.e allegation that the owners of
 the steamer Florence $ owe them
 wages amounting to s1.l7G.I5. Homer
 Leonard and James Halloran have i.
 bellcd the boat and it's barge to force collection.
 According to F. NJ. Taylor. who ar
 rived in town Thursday. Fish creek is a live stream and is one of the pripci- pal assets to the activity attrihut II
 to Fairbanks creek of which 1t is :, tributary. \ number of outfits ar.
 taking out dirt in preparation for the
 summers slucinc
 Deputy Marshal John c. Wood made d business trip to the creeks last
 week to serve subpocnas upon wit n"sses who are to appear in the dis trict court.
 Mir. and Mrs. George Wheeler of Ee- ter creek. have arrived in town whcr. they will spend the remainder of tn. winter
 l. $. Robe. former civil engineer ai fairhanks, arrived last week from Ru- l by where hc has been located for In. 1 last few years, He states that thr lower camp while quiet now Is the scene of much work in a mining wa, and that the output Is estimated at least one half million dollars for tha last season. 1t is expected that the annual gold output will reach the million mark in another year. Ilr plans to leave for the outside in 4 few days
 Alex Patterson was taken to St. Matthew's hospital Wednesday evsrin4 suffering with severe attack of in testinal trouble
 Harry Warren arrived Wcdncsddy from the coast and will leave in few days on the return trip if na secures load of freight in Chat time He is uncertain at present whether he will head for the Chisana or tAe Nelchina
 The second lecture of parliamtntar, law which was given hy Mrs. Lena Morrow Lewis at the Harmonic faIf last Wednesday evening was wcII-at- tended and much interest was taken in the meeting by those present. An- other talk on the same subject will be given again next Wednesday even ing. Tn" meeting Wednesday was in the nature of moot session it which all kinds of motions were discussed
 To secure a load of supplies Roy Blair and William Mccarthy arrived from the Totatlanika last "Wednesday and will return within few days. They report Very little work heins done in their district
 The weekly meeting of the Rcctor's auxiliary of St. Matthew's church which was held last Thursday even ing was well attended and much work was done by the ladies towara the completion of the arraneemcnts for the Christmas festival of the sunday school
 In the last mail the clerk of the court Angus Mcbride received the transcript in the case of T. s. vs Mrs. NJ. b Kuhn. of Circle After the pre- liminary hearing Commissioner Key holds bound the woman over to the grand jury on the charge of forgers. From evidence introduced it was shown that the woman signed the name of l. N. Johnson to a bill of sale for personal property. Her husband tes- tified that he witnessed the signing of the deed by Johnson.
 Fire which started from an ove.,. heated stove destroyed the huinkhon.e of the laymen employed on , below 1 Fairbanks creek while the men Were l noon. The loss is estimated at s2oo l When discovered the structure was all | ahlaze and the efforts of the laymcn | were directed in saving a cabin which stood a few feet away
 Through his attorney, John A Clark, suit has been started in the district court by J. l.. Lushbaueh against Her bert L. Williams for the sum of s562. 25 with interest and attorney fees. The complaint alleges that the amount is due on account when the two men were in partnership and that the defendant has since failed to set tie the account.
 The thermometers took a sudd n drop Thursday afternoon and during the night the mercury reached as low as 90 below. However, it soon nlode"- ated and the cold spell was little mo- ticed