The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-10-27

dome the first of last week that /
made the roads almost impassabl
60 automobiles one of the Ross car
having a particularly hard time max
ing the trip over the hill
II. II. Ross left OH Wednesda,
for Chitina. using one cf his Fore
autos. taking as passengers to tn,
railroad terminal Charles Walters
of the Dominion Commercial com
any. Dan Mclean. OF Hot Springs
and G. II. Griffin. purser on the
Julia h. the past season. Mr.. Ross
expects to make the round trip in
ten days
stage carrying bcth first and
second class mail arrived in the city
Tuesday evening.
The sale of some live stock te
satisfy judgment of ]. b. Canney
which was to have taken place one
day last week. was postponed for
one week at the request of the plain
tiff in the hope that the matter
might be settled without gong 70
extremes.
Ge-rge Morrison. former Dome
creek miner who went to the CHS.
ana strike the latter part of July,
/ has written a letter to his partner
here, Pete Lankey under date of
! October 2, in which he states that
he has been fortunate enough TO
get onto a Piece of ground which
will show an average of - cents
to the pan.
l.. NJ. Drury, the manager of the
NeWsbsy mine, was in the city last
week for the purpose ef gathering
up a complete assay plant which he
will install at the mine. and when
he returned h took his family
with him. He states that the mill
IS working every hour in the twenty
( our and will continue to do so as
there is plenty of ore in read ness.
and there is crew OF fifteen men
employed at the mine.
Ed. NJ. Keys, Jr. has accepted a
p sition with the Newsboy mine.
The Rebekah club, the ladies' aux
Hilary of the |. o. O. F., which was
established in this city several
m nths ago, has been notified that
a charter has been granted to them
and has been forwarded from Seat
tie, 1t is expected that the new
lodge will be instituted some time
in December
Jack Atkinson at one time one f
the owners OF the Tanana Sheet
Metal Works. and for the past two
or three years a resident of Idtarod
and Ruby, was the first musher in
from the lower river since the boats
stopped running. He will be en-
ployed for the winter in the same
shop which he sold out. taking the
place of Billy Gilcher, who will leave
in the near future for the Outside
where he expects to spend the Win
ter visiting his mother.
Pete Letendre thought he was
through work for the season, but
he wasn't. When the cold snap
struck Dome he prepared to lay off
all hands and the cook but as so
as the furry was over and the water
began to run he commenced all over
again and viii continue this time
until he has to quit for good.
Henry OFT, one of the former
directors of the Newsbey mine, will
leave on one of the stages this week
for his old home in Newark, n. j.
Mr. OFT went Outside last winter
after retiring from the Newsboy,
but when he heard of the new CHS
ana strike the call of the wild was
too great and he fastened in. Not
being overly impressed With the
outlook of that camp he came on
into Fairbanks to look after some
interests which he still retains here.
The commissioner office has
completed its quarterly report and
shows some money to the good after
paying all expenses. Fer the quar-
ter previous. however, there was a
deficit, and some of the surplus of
the present quarter will go to make
that deficit good
While engaged in hauling a load
of wood into town and when near
the corner of Second and Lacy,
team took fright and ran away,
throwing Tony Miller. the driver, as
the loaded sled turned the corner.
Being near to the sidewalk Miller
fell in close to the walk and the
wood was deposited over him in
such a manner that he was no.
hurt in the least.
The regular winter schedule OF
the Circle City mail will go into
effect on the first of November, and
thereafter until the 30th of April
mail will be dispatched once each
week. The mail will be made up
in Fa rbanks and dispatched to Chat
anika the day previous to its SEIZED
uled departure from the creek city
1t is thought that the same carriers
John Hines and Paul Palm, will