The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-16
MAIL CARRIER LOSES HORSE ON
 BROOKS TRAIL

HIEENGOOD. Oct The mail had perfectly terrible time coming through this trip One horse gave up h.s lie. and The carrier announces rhaI rAr next trip he will be obliged to carry only the first class. on his back. IL is nothing for horse to go in up ,1 h.s ears in the mud and take hours to get hlm oul if he doesn't snag him self The Olnes trail is beyond de. scription.
 For d week there has been heavy, warm rain. a godsend to miners and navigation. Practically everything is short in the market, everything being down at the terminal on the Tolovana, to be hauled up in the winter. This heavy rain will bring up the bulk of shorts and get the rest to the head of navigation. where it will soon be available 10 haul.
 The road men have done excellent work on the terminal roadway. and lt now looks as though we would have one civilized way of egress and in. gress until another can be completed in another direction Ten miles of the road is reported as practically as complete now as possible, and the crew is now engag ged on the last three miles from Lake City 10 Brooks, so that with the freezeup it should make an ideal roadway. And plans are be ing made 10 complete il for d summer roadway that will be q credit. The residents are much pleased with the speedy and efficient work of the road commission and the men engaged in the work here.
 The heavy downfall of rain. also, has permitted all of the operators to .ilicc up their fall dumps. and the summer operators to wash in the bot Dulns ot their dumps where the heavy gold has fallen, and some phenomenal cleanupa have been made in many places. This will enable practically all of the operators to clean up their 6ebtS and start the winter with prac- 10 dry. pups are throwing quantities of wa ter, and every body is sluicing.
 \ large number of people are out killing moose for the winter, every budy s plan being to get a ton" each. They tell an absolutely true story on Jack Curry. He, with Mir. and Mrs. George Allenwell. went hunting some fifty miles from Livengood. Jack got out early in the morning. built a fire to get breakfast, and. seeing nothing uf q cook cut the bacon, etc, him self. Just as the bacon got to burn ing good and thoroughly, Jack heard the mule, picketed out in front make d peculiar noise, and looking up, he saw big bull moose making acquain tance with the mule His gun was standing near at hand, but kicking over the frying pan and coffee pot, Jack rushed to George Allenwell, call ing for him to get up and shoot the moose Annoyed at the noise, the moose took himself off to parts un. known He was worth about $l75 to the hunters, but thought more of him self dressed in his own skin.
 J. F. Dillon is down in his shallow hole" so feet, with fifteen feet more house, owing to the soft weather, and he has had to take out worlds of dirt, but Is not discouraged. He thinks he is " over the rim" and in the channel of pay dirt, in which Lynn X Mcintosh are making such a big showing.
 Some prospectors have gone back to the Promised Land already and are going to give it more thorough trial. Also, there will soon be some going over to Mike Hess.
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