The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-10

on this account. and water ls ever al a premium.
 Quite little sum has been col lected and numerous committees ap pointed for the purpose of making the Fourth & success here with games and athletics There Is to be 8 dance the evening of the 3rd of July. q long list of stunts the 4th and a baseball game the fifth between the operators and merchants Plants are shutting down and considerable interest Is being evinced.
 Also quite g. bunch of sport lovers have left for Fairbanks to take in the Fourth Fred PauH to represent Toloyana and to carry off the palm for his district if possible. (And h. did it)
 The freighting business is appaE ling In it's awfulness With low wa ter in the Tolovans, roads of the 7th class through which horses wal low and bog with the ightcst of loads, with the middle of summer the incoming supply is conspicuous only by it's lack, it looks as though people with potato patch and rab- bit snare would be the only sue cessful winterers.
 The Newland tram, although being lightly constructed is being used for the three miles of it's construc ton greatly easing the burden of the hungry horse power.
 Charles Lynn and partners have their big plant landed now st their shait, it having come from West Fork under Its own steam success fully. They are now engaged in enlarging their last prospecting shaft and cribbing it up, and ditch ing from Myrtle creek for water. and should be taking out the obvious and shining dust before many days elapse
 Crooks, Dorflinger X Bair are now engaged in getting their big plant from West Fork, and are com ing along wonderfully we'll having the advantage of the Lynn plant breaking the trail and planting dead men, so they are making exception ally good time, notwithstanding the HercUlean nature of the undertaking
 IL is understood that Dan McCarty md others are to move drill over to Noos" creek and cross cut there proving the much discussed conten- tion whether there is or is not pay there.
 Dan Dooline and associates have placed small plant on their proper ty just below the Crooks lay and are meeting with fine success.
 Joe Eglar is now ready 10 move his drill down and crosscrt the flat below Dooling to try and determine the course of the channel and is carrying values, The channels are much criss-crossed and of a great variety of depths, some holes in the flat striking bedrock at 85 feet. while il will be remembered that Vance Harris and II. | Miller quit work at 240 feet without bedrock.
 A peculiar development of the past week is the fact that a hole sunk by the PetersOns apparently develops a channel running across LiyengOod creek from Amy creek. a left limit pup and carries good values, It would look as though politics must have been good in the bed Of Liyengood during the Eocenian age, so much was stirring.
 Mrs. Martin entertained twenty two ladies at charming lawn party a few days ago at her summer house at East Viewpoint Each guest brought her fancy work and chatted and viisted until luncheon was served al fresco. It was unique, pleasura- b}e and most delightful affair
 The ladies are this afternoon de sccnding in force upon Mrs. Charles Craig, wita a prospective shower, From the number of ladies involved, the prospective load of provender and goodies and the numerous pack ages it argues a most happy event. Mrs Craig is leaving Liyengood for Fa a'rbanks on Monday
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