The Alaska citizen., 1917-08-13
LATEST NEWS
 FROM BROOKS

IlNENGOOD, Aug. 3.-Attcr SIX weeks of continuous downpour, We have day of hot, hay sunshine, and the surface is already very dry. But the great unwashed are pretty well drenched and cleaned up, the wells are full, and We could do for several days without another Wa terfall.
 Mining matters are medium, stack ing little below normal Livengood has never been loyal creek, but a matter of temperament, behaving well today and bad and uncertain on the morrow. The spottednes5 Of the pay, the low grade and cost of high water has worked serious hard. ship on all operators, they having a very slight margin for themselves after paying out. There is little ueN III lILS l4ut OL Iut'it9 d9 U is hardly possible now to tell what the total output for the season may be-
 After trip to tell to their grand children, Billy McDonough, divisional road commission foreman, and part of his outfit reached town through the last mudhole by way of Olnes. l understand it is planned to spend $20,000 here on the roads up the creek and upon new road to the lower river. Nothing very definite seems to have been worked out as yet. Many men who expected to get work upon the road are leaving for elsewhere.
 The first baby to be born in Brooks arrived at o'clock August ? to live with MT. and Mrs. C. L. Stey- ems, of the wireless station, having made his appearance at the Martin hospital. He is fine specimen, tip ping the beam at close to thirteen pounds, and should bear the name of Buster Brooks. He gave "Steye' an awful load to carry the first three days through congratulations, and was the recipient of fine large nugget, located the day of his ar rival by Harry Patterson, on Ruth creek, also the boys birth site. Both mother and babe are in fine health. The baseball boys are leaving to- morrow, August 4th, for Nenana and Fairbanks On the night of August for their benefit was given ball and sideshow. The sideshoW came off first, bearded lady and tat tooed man arriving on the tram (which didn't come). Also the won derful painting Stella" was exhibit ed, Stella not having acquired any wardrobe since she was noted at traction at the San Francisco expo sition. Stella was attended by noted Egyptian dancer who knew the one-step pretty well.
 The dance was a great success, practically everyone attending. MT Keen gave an original recitation or poem on baseball in Brooks, which was excellent, and Mrs. Harry Pat terson was called upon for one of her excellent recitations and an encore. The boys were given a good sendoff and expect to be gone month.
 Emil Adland, upon whom ton of dirt fell in a tunnel as he was talk ing away his last barrow load ot dirt, has suffered fearfully. His left shoulder is shattered, his right col lar bone broken and his right leg broken. He was so crushed and bleeding internally that Dr. Martin has been unable to do more than temporarily set the breaks, but strange to say, Adland is more than holding his own.
 Even with the bad water and weather prevalent in Brooks, there has been a minimum of ailments, but the cases that have been had are the limit of suffering and skill.
 Mrs. F. A. Williams arrived home last night from a visit to her hus- band. who is yardmaster at Nenana.
 Dr J R Bowen. who has been on a business visit to Brooks. arrived home last night.