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Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ware depart.
ed for Denver this morning to remain
until after the holidays.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-25

Il. H. Griffith and j. f. Osterford
of Dolores left FOR Dolores today
after a trip east.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-25

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Greades of Do.
lores were guests at the Southern
last night en- route to Denver.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-25
LOCALS AND PERSONALS
FROM FRIDAYS DAILY

A Auferson was among the arriv.
ais from Pueblo last night.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-25

Dick Kenny was off for Denver
this morning to spend the holiday
season with the home folk.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-25

o, w. shraut departed for Colo
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-25

Mrs. Charles Singleton is up iron
;hiprock visiting her little daugh.
er, who is just recovering from a
iiege with laryngitis.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-25

Joe Gordon who has been chic
Jerk of the Fourth division of the d
r. G. for number of years ha.
esigned to devote his entire atten.
ion to his sheep business.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-25

r. +. Donnelly was among the
travellers Denver bound this morning
ior the holidays.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-25

Ore shipments for the Durango
smelter We're received from the Kit
imac and Highland Mary mines las,
light.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-25

Harry Hallar and Tom Cox are
over from Montezuma county on /;
business trip.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-25

Miss Virginia Lew Maddox of Az
.ec was a guest at the Savoy last
night.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-12-25

Dad" Teal returned to Sunnyside
-oday, prepared to give the juniors
If his neighborhood Christmas
treat.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03
City Council Holds
 Important Session

Many important matters of busi- ness were discussed and dispatched at the meeting of the city council last Tuesday night The first things talked over were the telegrams re ceived by Mayor Myers from Dele 1 gate Wickersham relating to the bills which recently passed con- gress and all of the councilmen expressed qualification when they | learned, when the wires were read. that considerable amount of money is 10 be turned loose in in- terior Alaska in the very near fu- ture
 | Mrs. Mary H. Zimmerman, clerk of the school board. was on hand to explain the estimate of what 1t will cost to run the schools next year to the council. The matter was referred to the ways and means committee of the council
 Two petitions concerning streets were received One from the resi- dents of east Seventh avenue, asked that Seventh, east of Noble, be graded and opened up for traffic through to the river. One of the councilmen expressed himself as greatly in favor of this move, as there is now no outlet to the river between Third and Tenth avenues, The new street will hit the river just above the cemetery. The other petition was from some of the resi- dents of Fourth avenue, who want sewer run from Fourth to the river They state in the petition that they will furnish everything in the way of material. Both matters were left in the hands of the street committee
 The bonds of G. E. Beraud, the treasurer of the school board. have been fixed at $4,OOO. It was ex- plained by the city attorney that the bonds must be twice the amount of the money handled by the trea surer at any one time.
 The Fairbanks Automobile club has framed an ordinance raising the speed limit everywhere from eight to ten miles per hour to 15 miles per hour in some portions of the city The ordinance is framed along the lines of those used in cities of large size on the Outside. The ordinance. If passed, will re- peal the eight-mile regulation.
 The automobile club also asked that the city give them help to re- pair First and Second avenues. The council decided to let the club have team, scraper and two men for
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03
MONEY FOR ROADS.

R. J. Sommers, local superlnt II dent of the Alaska Road commis sion. has received wire from Col l,ir .aIi.or which s.ates that the board of road commissioners has allotted $200,000 out Of the re cent appropriation for work on the trails of Interior Alaska Of this sum, approximately $45,000 will be spent on the 67 miles of trail from Fairbanks to Richardson. The trail from Ruby to Long City will also be completed and repairs made. Two thClsand dollars is to be spent on th" trail between Fairbanks and Panama One thousand dollars will be spent on the roads in the Ram part district At Eagle there will b.. an expenditure nf sl,500 and $& GOO al Circle The Iditarod roads will get $200O, while $5 900 will be spent on new roads in the Kantishna country From Panama to Kaltae $3,000 will be spent by the govern ment. and, although no allotment has yet been made, it is understood that the road commission will use several thousand dollars of the new appropriation in repairs on each of the Olnes Brooks and the Panama Koyukuk trails.
 Tell the truth and be original.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03
Phone 262 Phone
THE EAGLE SCREAMS.

The celebration of the Fourth of July starts in Fairbanks this morn ing That is all that really needs to be said, for it means that the ley will come to Fairbanks for their midsummer holiday Practi- eally all of the operators on the creeks will lay their men off for at least one day. and by midnight tonight. the men will come flocking to town. In fact. large numbers of the pleasure-seekers have already arrived
 And Fairbanks is prepared to re- ceNe tAem Tor everything which can be done to give pleasure to those who seek it in celebrating the ma tional day of independence has been arranged for, the committees of the Fairbanks Commercial club, which have charge of the celebration, hay ing spared neither time nor money I sttI tily!I u IilrIht lllt' ttltDl dlIOI the greatest success of its kinG ever known here.
 A large number of tourists from the Outside are due to arrive here today on the steamers Panama and Alaska. A number are already here and will be in town for the larger part of the celebration They will no doubt, not see things exactly through our eyes, having come di- Tectly from the Outside, but it is to ic hoped that they will take condi tiOns here into consideration when reporting the event on the Outside. and realize that Fairbanks is the farthest north town of importance in Uncle Sans great domain and is totally disconnected with the States except for a two or three weeks continuous journey.
 The present Fourth of July should be celebrated as a day of thanks giving as well as of an anniversary of independence by FairbankSans and other residents of Interior AL
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03
LESLIE BENNETT PASSES BEY0ND:
 IS BURIED HERE
WELL KNOWN YOUNG RESlOENT OF NORTH SUCCUMBS TO
 GRIM REAPER.

Leslie D Bennett. young msr formerly very well known in bus ness and social circles here. die, last Wednesday morning He srs cumbed to the rayages O. the Great White Plague. with which he had been a patient sufferer fer months The death took place in small cabin on Garden Island to which place the deceased had been moved wife. who was in constant attendance upon him. The body was buried here the funeral taking place last Saturday morning from the Catholic church.
 Although not an oldtimer here Leslie Bennett became widely known in five years residence in the interior Coming north in 1911 he almost immediately started to WIZ for the Whitely company, staying with them until his departure Inl the Outside, in the fall of 1914. In the meantime he was married, hIh wife having formerly been Mss Ethel Webber.
 During the summer Of 1915 NJ. and Mrs Bennett returned 10 Al aska, locating at Ruby. MT. Bennett came to Fairbanks from the lowe. river camp early this spring intend ing to go to work, but was almost immediately taken seriously i'll, and had to be taken to St. Joseph $ hospital. where he fingered for sev eral months.
 Mrs Bennett came 10 Fairbanks from Ruby on the first boat after the opening of navigation. Shortly after her arrival she caused her pital to the little cabin on the hos pital lot, and there she administered to his every want until death came to relieve his sufferings. And the fact that MT. Bennett could never survive had been evident to his friends and acquaintances for long time, although the deceased him self fought the grim reaper win all the strength remaining in his weak and emaciated frame
 The funeral Saturday morning vas largely attended, the many beau tiful floral offerings testifying mute ly to the esteem in which MT. Ben nett was held in Fairbanks The pail bearers, all friends of the dc ceased. were Frank B. Hall. Harry Abercrombie, Roy Judkins, J. A Healey, Henry Gohres and Wallace Cathcart.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03
RAILROAD NEWS

Contracts for furnishing lumber aggregating 100000 feet were let early during the week at the office of the engineering commission. The Independent Lumber Co. received a contract for 138,00O feet; the John son Bros, at Wood river, for 50.000 feet, and the Panama Mill company for 22,OOO feet.
 G. L. Sommerlein, one of the en- ployees of the land survey at Ne mana, underwent an operation for appendicitis at the engineering con- mission hospital last Thursday. The operation was performed by Dr. M. D. Smith, who has charge of the hospital, and is declared to have
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03
EDES WIRES If
 APPROPRIATION:
 WORK STARTING
RIGGS IS OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED OF AVAILABILITY OF
 RAILROAD FUND

On Thursday of last week Thos. Riggs, Jr, of the Alaskan Engineer ing commission, in charge of the work which is being done on the Al aska railroad in the interior. re ceived official notification of the passage by the senate of the United States of the Sundry Civils bill carrying with it the appropriation of $6,247 50 for construction work in the shape O a wire from Chair man of the Commission w. C. Edes the message containing instructions to Commissioner Riggs to start worl, in the interior immediately. This means that $1,250.000 is shortly tC be spent on railroad construction between Fairbanks and the Nenana cJal fields
 Immediately after receiving the wire apprizing him that the appropri ation had been made, Commissioner Riggs wired F. H. Bailey, the divi- sion engineer in charge at Nenana to get out bids for clearing the right of way on both sides of the river and to put out cross section parties. MT. Riggs himself started at once to prepare the specifications for the contracts for station work, and as soon as the cross section work is done. which will be in the immediate future, the contracts will be let. The cross section work con sists of a measurement which is necessary in estimating the amount of ground which must be moved in grading, so that the contractors may know what Is expected of them. It also assists the engineers in mea- surfing up the work done by the contractor.
 Bailey to put crew to work stalk ing out wagon road from Nenana to Goldstream. When the stalking is done the road will be put in con dition for hauling supplies and ma terial for construction work.
 MT Riggs states that the speci- flcations for station work will short ly be published in all of the Fair banks papers. Each contractor will be given as large a piece of work as he can prove that he Is able to handle. When an applicant for d contract offers to bid he will be taken over the ground by an engi- neer and told just what is expected of him.
 MT, Riggs was passenger for Nenana on the Yukon, sailing Fri day. He Is making the trip in or, der to start things off on that end. AS soon as everything Is set to nov ing, it is probable that work will commence on the Fairbanks end.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03

aska For it was just during 'hc past week that news was received here that several larg" sums of money are to be spent shortly b. the government on Improvements in the Tanana Valley. First come, the railroad money. most of which will eventually find its way 10 Fair banks One and one-quarter m.ln on dollars are 10 be spent by the Alaskan Engineering commission on actual construction work on the Alaska government railway in In- terior Alaska And the railroad will be of lasting benefit, not only for the money which is to be spent here in the immediate future. but for the good it will do toward de yeloping the resources of the great interior and future generations of citizens
 News was also received to the tion bill passed by congress carries with it fund of $50O0OO for i'm provement of roads in Alaska. This means that a large sum of money will be expended on the trail be tween Fairbanks and the coast, which will also be a lasting benefit to the Interior For many tourists who travel by automobile instead of by common carriers will learn of the beautiful scenery of the In. terior and will ship their machines from Seattle to one of the coast ports of Alaska. with the intention oi making the beautiful trip over ! the trail to Fairbanks.
 And the coming fall will se" about 5000 turned loose in Fair banks by the Alaska Road commis- sion, in the shape of the fund which is to be used in the construction of the bridge across the Cinema 1'Ner between Fairbanks and Garden Is land And that money is Fairbanks own. The fund allotted for building the bridge here was S25,00O hut approximately SIG, 1000 had to be spent on the Outside for material for tie structure.
 There can therefore. be no dOutt but that the people who have stayed with Fairbanks and Interior Alaska will reap the benefits to be gained from the expenditure here of the several large amounts of govern ment money And there i@ also no doubt but that they will aprre- ciate the change to good days after several years of mere exist ence on the placer yield. which, although 1t has decreased conad- erably since the palmy days of the camp. has been the chief means of the camps sustenance. Nor Is Il gone yet for large areas yet remain untouched, even by the pick of the first prospector. But resources is altogether another story.
 Therefore during the coming three days when the eagle screams ln celebration of the national day of independence, let him scream louder and longer for Fairbanksans in cele- bration of the days of prosperity which are just now about to descend upon this camp.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03
AUTOMOBILE NEWS

Bobby Sheldon the first automo,
 bilist to realize the feasibility of driving an automobile over the trail rom Fairbanks to the coast and who first made the trip in 1913 inausu- rated his 1916 summer schedule with record breaking trip. as far a5 actual running time was concerned. He made the trip out rom Fair
 banks with one passenger in two hours less than three days, all told,
 but he came in over the BIO miles of trail from Chitina in 3S hours and 30 minutes actual running time.
 The time of the incoming trip all told
 was from Tuesday morning until Thursday afternoon. The passen-
 gers coming in with Sheldon were J. l., Fozard. of Juneau; o. C. Nel- son and F. G. Thrasher
 Grover Frame, with the second
 machine of the Frame automobile ! line to leave Fairbanks this season got away for the coast Saturday
 morning with four passengers. They
 were "Scotty" Lyons, William E | Ha1graves, L. Grahl and Guy Burch, Frame expects to meet his brother, ! who is coming in from Chitina with
 a load of passengers, and will prob ok vr{, hoN h1, ok cd
 nesday. He intends to get away
 for the coast again Thursday or
 Friday morning.
 "Scotty" Lyons was passenger for the Sourdough roadhouse on the
 Frame automobile leaving Fairbanks
 Saturday morning. He will bring one
 of the big Jeffery quads of the
 Northern Commercial company back
 with him.
 One feature of the Fourth of July celebration In Fairbanks will be the i automobile parade. It takes place at l o'clock tomorrow afternoon The automobiles of Fairbanks will
 undoubtedly be we'll represented. Prizes for the best decorated automo-
 piles are being offered by the com
 mittee.
 It is understood that the two big automobile trucks of the N. C. company which were used part of the winter on the Chitina end of the trail are to be sent to the Kan
 tishna country for antimony ore
 transportation purposes. "Scotty"
 Lyons has gone to Sourdough 10
 bring them in. The antimony mines
 in the Kantishna country are about
 13 miles from the head of naviga- tion on the river, and 1t is stated that good road is to be construct ed over which ore will be transport, ed by the use of the big trucks. The automobile enthusiasts of the , city are trying to arrange an auto
 mobile race for the Fourth of July celebration between Dick Barthel and Bob Sheldon. Dick has "'The Yellow Kid" while one of Sheldon's old Fords is stripped down until there is nothing remaining above the running gears but the gasoline tank and the steering wheel. Wheth- CT or not the race will take place remains to be seen. It is understood that Barthel is will to place a little side money on his ability as a driver and speeder against Shel- don's ability and experience. and that Sheldon is willing to take the bet Sheldon even guarantees that he will run his old Ford backwards at least half of the time.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03
RATES
 ON ALL TRAINS

Wade H. Joslin. general mana ger of the Panama Valley railroad. has announced special rates for the Fourth of July celebration on all trains. And the announcement in cludes a statement to the effect that special trains to accommodate the creek people who come to town for the celebration will also be ope- rated.
 Rates yesterday remained as usu- al This morning, however, spe- cial train will leave Chatanika at 2 o'clock under the Fourth of July schedule to bring the creek merry makers to town. And another in coming train will leave the end of the line for Fairbanks at z o'clock this evening.
 Tomorrow there will be no trains in either direction, as the employees of the railroad are to be given a day in which to celebrate. But one Wednesday, July 5, the service will be resumed and special train, on which excursion tickets are good. will leave town at g a. m. The l last train on which the excursion tickets will be good for tIansporta- tion will be that leaving the Fair banks depot at 9 a. m. on Thursday, July 6.
 The rates to prevail during the celebration for round trip tickets are as follows:
 Chatapika $4 co
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03

MT. and Mrs. D. J. Fairburn. of Chatanika. have been spending the past week In town.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03

Melville Steil the l1yearold son of Mrs. Mike Cooney. Is believed to be the youngest employee Of the Alaskan Engineering commis- sion He is drawing down $40 De day as water boy and is runn n, a lemonade stand in addition.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03

been a success The operation was the first performed al Nenana. where the engineering commission s fully equipped 10 handle all ailments ot its employees.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03

Miss Jane Anderson has accept ed a position in the local office ot the engineering commission as sten ographer She assumed her duties last Tuesday morning
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03

Disbursing officer c. F. Cramer office force of the Engineering com mission returned Saturday from a two days business trip to Nenana They came up on the Midnight Sun which left for Nenana with a barge load of lumber again yesterday.
 crews are now engaged in clearin < the roalroad right of way out of Nenana and that the wagon road from Nenana toward Fairbanks has been completed for about one mile.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03

Age cannot wither her nor GUS om stale, the thin-clad chorus girl.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03

two days. and the streets named have already been given far dii ferent appearance from that they possessed before.
 Several other matters were talked over before the conclusion of the meeting, among them being the de linquent tax list. extra police for the Fourth celebration, the CaVe-u on the waterfront the cleaning up of the streets for the Fourth, and labor warrants and interest thereon. although the city expects to have money to pay the warrants by it. next meeting.
 The session of the council lasted for three hours.
 The cabin of Mrs Kittie HeusIey, on Tenth and kellum, burned to the ground at an early hour last Thursday morning. The fire depart ment was not notified until too late.
 The Fort Gibbon soldiers who will shoot at the rifle range this morning against the Fairbanks az gregation of marksmen are Ser geants Adamson. Allen and Sle2ak; Corporals Mccoy, Wade and Gold son, and Private W oodrun.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03

Charles Hanover has taken the position of pharmacist at the en- gineering commission hospital at Nenana.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03

Captain Francis Rotch, of the gov ernment launch Midnight Sun, eX poets to arrive here early today wi'h boatload of the employees of the Engineering commission from Nena- ma headquarters There will prob ably be 25 or 30 of them. and they will spend thep Fourth in Fairbanks. No attempt will be made to bring the baseball team, as some of the players could not come. However. the team intends to get action on their favorite sport when the sol diers are returning to Fort Gibbon from Fairbanks, having made ar engagements for them to stop for an evenings play at Nenana.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03

Tell the truth and be original,
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1916-06-15

Health verygood in this section
Come again, Blce eyed Girls,
your letter was good. believe |
know you.
Mr. A Z Woodruff and family,
of Henderson, Tenn, were visit
ing in our burg last week. Mr. II
L. Smith went home with them
and spent a few days. Reported
a nice time.
Mr. David McMasters and fam
liz spent Sunday with Mr. Ebert
Phillips and family.
Messrs Ellis Whitehurst and
Milton Robinson spent Saturday
night and Sunday at Councetown,
Tenn. Reported nice time.
Mr. Jessie Smith was in our part
of the country Saturday night.
Mr. Tolbert Smith and family
spent Sunday at ] c Horeycut's.
Mr. George Swendlor and fam
lily spent Sunday at Mr. S S Little
johns.
MI Dina Bullard spent Satur-
day night at Mr. J w Scott's.
June 7th. A Pink Rose.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1916-06-15
Dennis,

Health very good at present.
Mr. and Mrs Andie Melton spent
last Sunday with their daughter,
Mrs Cleo Carr, near Tishomingo.
Quite large crowd of young
people from Dennis went kodaking
Sunday. All reported anice time
Mr. Jimmie Long, from Corinth,
is visiting his father in Dennis
this week.
Mr. Dewey Sartain seems to be
in the blues these days.
There was an Ice Cream Supper
at Mr. George Davis Saturday
night. Seemed to be enjoyed
very much by all present.
Miss Edna Campbell spent last
Saturday night with Miss Allie
Parson.
Mr. J w Shook spent Sunday
with Mr. w H Lindsey
Mr. Dennis Grab seems to be all
smiles since the Third Sunday.
Don't know why2
Mrs B F FURRY visited hel
daughter, Mrs Linnie Lindsey
Il
Sunday.
Mr. w o Arick and family visit
ed Belmont last week.
Miss Lille Lindsey said she wa
going to spend the day Sunda,
with her cousin, Miss Kati
Furry. as she hadn't been ther
in some time.
Mr. John Hellums has bough
Mr. o L Phillips place of bushes
aad has Mr. Curtis Moore clerkin.
for him.
Mr. and Mrs M ] Tidwell visite
r their daughter, Mrs ] c Campbe
: Sunday. Two Chums.