The Alaska citizen., 1915-12-27
OF INTEREST
 ID ALASKANS
HURLEY PRoGNOsTiCATES.

SEATTLE. Dec. 20-C. !. Hurley, the Fairbanks banker, for the first time out of the northern metropo- lis in four years, Is stopping at the Washington Annex. He says that he is surprised at the growth of Seattle and he also predicts great growth for Fairbanks in the next three years.
 eDEs AT WASHINGTON
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 20.- Chairman Edes. of the Alaskan En- gineering commission, reached this city today lie is suffering from an abscess of the ear and it is prob able that an operation will be nee essary.
 ENRoU1E HOME.
 SEATTLE, Dec 21.-Among those sailing on the steamer Northwestern tonigh. was Mrs, R. Schultz, who is bound for Fairbanks via Cordova.
 OUR INTEREST, HERS. SEATTLE, Dec. 21.-Thomas Burke. president of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. in making his annual report. says that the opening up of Alaska to greater development is of great interest to Alaska and the whole country but to Seattle it is an event of the first importance.
 AULD LANG SINE
 NORTH YAKIMA, Dec 21-An amended complaint has been filed in the superior court by z. A. Scouse and Lorenzo Byrnes, formerly of Fairbanks put now residents of Seattle. against the Alaska Yukon ! Investment company. of which Mrs. Belinda CarbonneGu and her sis ters. Margaret Mulrooney and Mrs, Thompson, are members. The plain tiffs allege m their complaint that they are able 70 trace s18,0O0 in gold, taken from a Fairbanks placer mine eight years ago, to this place and it's investment in a fruit ranch now occupied by Mrs. Carbonneau but the title to which, they assert is held by the Investment company. The plaintiffs hold judgment against Mrs Carbonneau, whom they olaim was their mining partner un- der a grubstake agreement. CHILD SUPPORTED. DAWSON, Dec. 22.-Gladys Mari on. the five-y ear-old daughter of MT and Mrs. Joseph Marshall, was suffo cated in bed today when fire broke out in their cottage home on Third avenue. The mother had gone across the street for a few minutes visi. with a neighbor, and when the fire was discovered the flames filled the room in which the child was, the burning paper from the ceiling mak ing an inferno from floor to ceiling. Civilians and firemen made desperate efforts in vain to reach the child. It is believed the fire was occasioned by the explosion of the heating stove.
 OLDTIMFR DIES. DAWSON, Dec. 22 Rufus Reeves Miller, a sourdough miner who has been a resident of this district for years, died yesterday from cancer of the stomach, after a long illness. BAD FOR BRIDES DAWSON. Dec. 22.-While on the Eagle trail, cproute to Upper Forty mile. freight rig driven by man named Davis overturned. The team Tter went to get help. and while he was away the two carbon heaters he was using for footwarmers start ed a fire and the whole load was consumed. This included two trunks containing the trousseauX of two recent brides Mrs Davis and Mrs Frank Herbs CT The clothes and wedding gifts were valued at if teen hundred dollars
 AVERlLL BUSY. SEATTLE, Dec. 22.-The Post-In- telligencer tomorrow morning will have a four-column writeup with a three column cut layout by Harry B. Averill, late of Fairbanks, de scriptive of the territory that the government railroad will open ta development.
 DIES LAUGHINo DAWSON. Dec. 22.-Levy Vaughn Fogler died in his chair at the Moose clubrooms last night. He was playing a game of solo with Jerry Doody at the time, and when the latter essayed a solo and played it so badly that he lost, Fogler and the others laughed heartily. In the midst of his laughter, Levy's spirit stampeded across the great divide. eD0pTe RV