The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-26

side, is strongly of the opinion that
 the Fairbanks district is far frolr
 being exhausted. The ST uE1 was so rich in the early day5 that the
 miner could o. lose m )nev. Costs now are higher, than in ninety-eight and the rich ground has been worked.
 A. McCandles, an operator from the Fortymie district recently arriv
 ed in Seattle to spend the winter.
 He predicts a great future for the camp and asserts that it will produce more gold than any other camp in the Territory He intends to install a hydraulic plant next season on the North Fork of Fortymile. He states that the camp has lost none of it's men and that there are from
 150 to 175 men on the ground.
 J. M Leonhardt, for the past four years keeper of the roadhOuse at
 Mile 52, died at the General hospital of pneumonia, says the Seward Gate
 way. MI. W dS OHC Ol tHU best known men perhaps on the Sew ard division of the Government rail road. Four years ago MT. Leonhardt and his wife came North from Seat tie, where he had been cashier in the Georgetown bank. Mr. Leonhardt came from Virginia and is we'll con nected with one of the best families. Mrs. Leonhardt who has also been i'll in the hospital is recovering and will be cut within day or so.
 Johan H. Wickberg and Charles Barclay were influenza victims early in the month at Anchorage.
 four bodies that are to be taken to the States for burial. Tom Malones to Maps, California, Mike Mahoff's to Seattle, Mrs. Ben Colds to New Or leans and Fred Theirault's to Spo kane. All these parties were victims of the influenza during the late epi- demic.- -(Anchorage Times)
 Fred Maclennan of Whitehorse last week received telegram from his son, Jack Maclennan, saying that he had arrived in London from d 1 German prison camp The Whitehorse mans other sons, James, Barry and Fred, finished the war alive and in good health.
 Capt. A. L. Bell, of the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police, has is ] sued strict orders that no Indians be l allowed to enter the town of White 1 horse, during the prevalence of in ] fluenza in Klukwan, Haines and oth- ! CT Alaskan towns where the Indians have been in the habit of going to i visit relatives and friends. A quar- antine station also has been estab- ! lished at Champagne, with Sergt ! Mapley in charge, to prevent the In ! dians from Dalton Post mingling 1 with the Interior Indians.
 'OAh ID oCAa6 PuoACu Ol tuC COu- struction of United States Govern | ment by-product plant on the Prib- ilof Islands for the manufacture of l oil and fertilizer from the carcasses of seals killed for their skins.
 The obtaining of 5f,GS1 GOO soclleye | salmon eggs from the Afognak sta tion in Alaska, at the close of the recent spawning season, is believed | by the Bureau of Fisheries to indi- f cate the complete recovery of that stream from the disastrous effects of the Katmai volcanic eruption of 1912. Because of the encouraging | the Natives during the past Summer were allowed to resume com mercial fishing on a limited scale.
 Dawson women have formed a curl ing club, and they have been chal- lenged by the men to a contest in the city. They will accept.
 The Yukon Chapter of the Imper- lal Order Of Daughters of the Empire | have sent a memorial panel in mem cry of Capt. J. c. Green and Mrs | Green. who were lost on the Prin- cess Sophia.
 Peter Marcovich, aged 90 years, a | we'll known and popular Dawson bus mess man, died recently at Oakland, | California. He was one of the pro prietors of the Central Cafe. He was a Native of Dalmatia. and is survived | by a widow and two children, a little | boy and little girl. He was an odd l Fellow and an Eagle.
 Gordon Mcdonald and J. T. Nc. Bride of Petersburg have opened al logging camp on Prince of Wales i Island where they will cut logs un- der contract for the Winter.
 Ten citizens of the United States of Military age who registered at Dawson with the deputy American i military registrar this fall were lost |