The Alaska citizen., 1914-02-02

Just received letter from Mrs.
Swift Water Bill tBil Gates and
himself. They are stopping over In
New York city. They have just re
turned from Peru and from what
she. Mrs. Gates says. Swift Water
has disposed of one-halt interes'
in his Peruvian property for two
million dollars. The last time ! saw
Mr. Swift Water was in San Francs
co Of last year At that time he told
me he had sixty miles of concession
from the Peruvian government and
that many of the creeks where ne
was located on would pay to shovel
in for the poems. and they only
handled about a yard of dirt day.
/ Much of the dir; would so from $500
to 800 per yard and | understand
there was something in the neighbor-
hood of 200 creeks ONE in on the
sixty miles of concession.
/ In a recent letter to a friend in this
city Miner Bruce tells of a stroke
/ Of paralysis which struck him during
/ the latter part of October. while at
/ his home in Seattle. Mr.. Bruce
states that he was sitting in a chair
having a friendly talk with George
| Gates. a former deputy in the clerks
office in this city. when in an effort
! to move his left arm he discovered
! hat he had no control over it. Mar
yelling at this he attempted to arise
to his feet when he found that the
use Of his entire left side had vanish
ed When a physician was called he
pronounced il a case of paralysis
At he time of writing MIR, Bruce was
in practically a helpless condition
and was awaiting the second stroke
| which he felt was not far off.
Letters were received from Walter
Rowson on the last mail from Black
pOol. England. Walter was detained
in England longer than he anticipat-
ed owing 10 the severe illness OF
his mother, upon whom an operation
was performed in Manchester about
holiday time. At the time of writing
Waller was enjoying the companion
ship of his brother who was home
on leave of absence from his
alton in China. The brother he
longs to the English navy
Recent letters from the Robarts
family at Fort George. B. c., state
that things have been rather dull
there for the past few months, though
they have nothing personally to com
plain of. 1t was expected that the
track of the Grand Trunk Pacific
would reach there on the Sth of Jan
uary, giving rail connections from
Edmonton. The Robarts state tha'
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanover, nee Ferry.
are spending the winter there, but
intend leaving for Dawson i'll the
early spring. The coolest weather eX-
perienced at Fort George this winter
was below.
The Juvenile Bostonians were last
heard from at Pierre, South Dakota.
for a one-night stand, which had
been their lot for the two months
previous The entire troup made a
detour from Pierre, taking in couple
of the towns for one night stands.
Travel by rail is getting altogether
too common for the little entertain
ers. so Mother Lang took the whole
bunch on a hike of 40 miles in thg
middle of winter using three auto
mobiles for the company and truck
to convey the scenery and ward
robe. Everyone in the company en-
joyed it hugely and state that they
are getting accustomed to winter
weather for the purpose OF making
the trip into dear old Fairbanks over
the trail
Orville Fairburn, who is attending
the University of Washington, spent
his holiday vacation at Bellingham,
Wash, with classmate of the same
institution of learning of former
years. Mr. Fairburn is now in his
Junior year and has taken up the
study of law as his future profession.
According to a clipping from a
Seattle paper received in letter
last mail, Eric Palmer, who lived in
Fairbanks for several months during
the year 1911, was married after a
two weeks acquaintance with his
bride The article says:
romance came to light last night
when il was discovered that Miss
Helen Barton, the pretty daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Barton, of 2219
Tenth avenue, had eloped with G. E.
G. Palmer, a Broadway high school
graduate and prominent school foot
ball coach, and that the couple had
been married in Everett two days
ago.
The young couple met for the first
time a week before Christmas. Hav-
ing decided to marry, and fearing
the objection of the girls father to
the match on account of her youth,
the couple slipped away to Everett
With Mrs Jessie Crawford as chaper-
one and We're married by Rev Will
lam f. Randall Sunday night. They
returned Immediately to Seattle and
the bride went to her home. The
groom upon reaching his rooms in
the Old Colony hotel found orders
awaiting him to go Immediately to
Spokane on business.
He called up his bride, but she
had retired and his insistence that
he speak with her aroused the moth
er's suspicious, which resulted in the
discovery of the marriage which the
young couple had agreed to keep
secret for some time.
SEvEN-TWENTY-ElGHT.
Ruffalo'S street RAILWAYS have been