The daily Alaskan., 1916-02-29

 NEWS ITEMS

It is reported that there is con-
 siderable mining activity along the Lewis river and it Is apparent that this will be big season for the Willow creek district.
 Some Joker in Whitehorse be- IieYed that the fire alarm would not sound when the mercury was 50 degrees below and turned in an alarm one night when it was 52 below. G.... While no new discoveries Of im- portance have been made in Ophir i, camp during the past year the camp iE reported by miners from that district to be holding Up well.
 A rich find is reported to have been made on the Martin property in the Willow creek district, where vein of rich ore four feet wide was uncovered under the debris from the mountain above.
 It is reported from Anchorage that the postal money order busi- ness for the last quarter in 1915 amounted to nearly S12IOOO, and that only three and one-half per cent of the business was foreign.
 That the output of the TOloYana next year will amount to a million dollars Is the firm belief of those who know the camp. The latest reports from the district are even more encouraging than the earlier ones. -..s s.F -.s
 Harry Yure, Japanese, who sold liquor to Harry Paul, a native of Wrangeu, with the result that the latter fell off launch and was drowned in the NATIONS, has been sentenced to serve three hundred days in jail.
 Governor Strong has appointed Allen Shattuck, Of Juneau, a mem Der of the board Of trustees of the Alaska Pioneer Home at sitka, He will take the place on the board which was rendered vacant through the resignation of W. P. Muls.
 Applications for the patent of five lode claims has been filed with the Juneau land office by the Gold Bullion Mining company. The claims are in @ group which con sisIs of the Gold Eagle, Gold Eagle No. l, Gold Nugget, summit and Bird claims.
 The owners of the Jeffrey Quad trucks in Fairbanks found no diff cutly in operating their machines during the cold spell when the meT- cu-y went to 50 below zero. The weather was too cold for horses but the trucks made regular trips to the creeks with heavy loads,
 Twelve head of horses were re gently shipped from COUdoYa to' Chitina for freighters in the in terior. Four Of the animals will be used on the stage between Idtta- rod and Flat, four freightiDg to TOloYana, two will be used on Frank Kernan's Nizina mining pro perty and two in the transfer busi- ness in Chitina.
 Although there has been little actual money taken out iR the Lituya district, near Juneau, min CTS believe that the country has an exceptionally bright future ahead of it. 4 number Of claims are being opened up and the min CTS appear to be well satisfied that Lituya will be a good small camp and may develop into one of import ance.
 The Glacier Fish company which has interests in Alaska and op- crates the Glory of the Seas be- tween Tacoma and its northern holdings, has started the weyk of erecting in Tacoma one of the fin est modern fisheries buildings in the northwest, according to the Ia coma Ledger. The building will be l2O feet wide by 12O feet deep, The company is capitalized at S250,OOO.
 The Alaskan Engineering Com mission has begun the work of building a standard telephone and
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