The Alaska daily empire., 1913-06-02
GLEANINGS FROM GREAT
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A summer term ol the United States District court has been set for July 7th at ldltarod. Judge Fredrlc h. ruler Will preside.
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 The Board of Alaska Road CommlS' sioners has promised to appropriate all tine money It can spare to repalr ibe roads in the Fairbanks district Word from Nulato is that the diph- therla epidemic at that town was soon got under control and that there were no cases there May 18th.
 Residents of the Reservation at val dez are agltatmg the question of an nexation to Valdez. 1t IS alleged that annexation would almost double the population of the Prince William sound metropolis.
 
 Lieut.. w. E. Prosser, officer in charge of the Signal Corps, IS asking for proposals for furnishing for hire two four.hourse teams to be used durng the summer by the construc- ton party, which will repair the teie- graph lines between Valdez and pomt F mics beyond PaXsons.
 
 District Attorney Crossely ordered United States Marshal Love to seize IS tons of cold storge hogs at Fair banks last week which were beng sold by the Pacific Cold Storage Com pany, on the ground that the meat was diseased. The company will con test the order.
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 Ruby is to be supplied. with wa ter system. Dan Kennedy, Ruby buslness man, has purchased several thousand dollars worth of pipe and the other necessary equipment for water plant that will be installed this sum mer
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 John Roman and others cleaned up s4,75O from a run Of 53 tons Of ore from their Dome creek quartz property taken out the first two weeks of May. This is the third mlll run they nave made this year, and all ol them nave shown q large profit.
 
 The women of Valdez have organ lzed the Womens Civic Improvement League of Valdez. Mrs. A. l.. Fuller was chosen president and Mrs. Will lam Kramer Vice.President. The oD' iects of the league are ito promote better sanitary conditions, to eneour- age the improvement oI pubic streets and sidewalks, and to strive to have our little town cleaner and more attractive place in which to live"
 
 Deputy United States District At torney J. Lindley Green resigned his office May 20 and was immediately sue ceeded by William Il. Whlttlesey. The resignation was at the request oi United States District Attorney Walk er Mir Whittlesey, who succeeds Judge Green, is q Democrat and has been endorsed for appointment as United States District Attorney for the Third Division.
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 The Fairbanks district placer oper ators have an abundance of water this spring, and the cleanups are be ing made in record time Dome, Gold stream. Ester, Upper Cleary and other creeks will produce more gold thar they did at last springs cleanup. l, is believed that, including the output of the quartz mines this year. the Fairbanks district will increase its yield of gold over recent years.
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 Company H." stationed at Fort Lis cum, won a trophy offered for the com pany team making the highest score in three three.game series of bowling games. Eight companies stationed al Fort Liscum, Fort William Il. Seward and Fort Egbert competed. It has not been heard whether Fort Davis Fort St. Michael, or Fort Gibbon par ticipated in the contest. The scores of the several companies were as fol H, 7O13;s I, 6S4S; Regimental detach ment, 676S; NJ, 6767; G, 6766; L, 64S9; Band. 6426; and K, 6S67. Private De Marse, Company H, made the high score, PA.
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