The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-06

AANtoHN 1uA .NAtSA ."ttt Ntt--r F-tt~~ on the night of Juno 21. Thie cele- bration of the festival will be about the same as usual
 George C. Hazelet Of cordoya Aas bonded his Mckinley lake property for s100,0OO in the interest of East. ern capital This lode is biz low grade ore proposition located eigh- teen miles from Cordoya and three miles from the railroad.
 Early cleanups on lower Cleary in the Fairbanks district were very sat- isfactory according to Fairbanks pa- pers. Carlson, Abbott and Berg and Sam Weiss had better results than expected Sluiclng is in full bast along the entire stream Slulcing is also under way on Ester. with sat. isfactory results.
 The road commission contemplates building the bridge across Chena Slough ct Fairbanks at once making it necessary to operate the ferry this year as usuall[ has been the case for the early months of the summer
 The Masonic Temple at Fairbanks will be remodeled and greatly im- proved. The work will begin early this month and finished early in September. The Improvements will cost s5.OOO or S6.OOe
 VALDEZ Charles McCanum has returned from Latouche, where he went to organize local Of the Western Federation of Miners among the employees of the Beatson mine He reports the meeting held there very enthusiastic one, and that practically every one of the 25O or more men employed at the mine have signliled the,f intention of becoming members c, the Union.
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 That a branch of the government railroad may be constructed in the direction of Willow Creek Is made to appear most likely by the fact that party of surveyors is now engaged at Walesilla lake, some thirty miles in westerly direction or north westerly direction ifom, Anchorage. Steward Gateway.}
 C. Fl. Scheffler llss received his commission and hal taken charge of the postoffice at Cordova
 A letter from D. E. James, the commissioner at Richardson, receiv- ed in Fairbanks. tells of strike that has been made on a tributary of the south fork of the Good Pas ture river. The strike was made by l.. J. Johnson. Walter Johnson and Prank Solly. on Michigan creek a tributary of Good Pastor How much the ground VIII so to the foot is not known but in the letter from James it was stated that the prospectors banned out $1O In one hole.
 Although Nome has had no steam ship since early last fall. groceries are about as cheap as in other Alaskan towns. Prime candled eggs are 4Oc per dozen; coffe 4Oc per pound: sauerkraut 15c pound; all canned fruits. s5.75 per case and coal s2O per ton.
 W. S. Dow. for a number of years well known and respected citizen of Valdez, died suddenly at his home May 26. of heart embollsm. Mir. Dow had been seriously i'll but a few minutes before he passed away. MT. Dow had been a resident of Val dez for number of years, coming here from Oregon. He was native of Minneapolis. Minna and was 5S years of age. He is survived by his wife, two sons and daughter in Val dez and daughter who is married residing at Bend, Ore.
 Charles E. Heron has sold his mining outfit, which sl situated between Hope and Sunrise. to Lee Frazer. John Ferguson and Andy R. Meehan.
 Joseph H. Smith has been elected mayor of Iditarod
 Members of the Order of Pioneers in Seward are already making prep aratlons for the annual Pioneers picnic and barbecue. which will be given at the Bungalow during this month.
 II. A. Slater has been elected may or of Cordova In place of Mayor D. J. Davis who resigned because of the absences from the city made neces- sary by his private business.
 Henry suessdorf, NJ. Bayan and J. o. Buzzard, returned last evening from Gravina Bay, where they spent several days hunting bears. says the Valdez Prospector. They brought back with them five bear skins as result of their expedition.