The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-30
ALASKA NEWS NOTES

The Fairbanks council recently made the report that the indebted ness of $10,000 which it had assumed will soon be wiped out with the ex- ception of a very few dollars.
 The Serbian National Defense League of Ellamar recently turned in forty dollars to the Valdez Red Cross chapter.
 The Serbian National Defense League of Anchorage recently pre- sented Captain l.. D. Davis with handsome nugget watch fob
 Ben Lindsay was recently arrested at Chatanika and fined fifteen dollars and costs on the charge of being drunk He paid his fine.
 Twenty-three men, residents of Fairbanks and surrounding towns re gently made application for naturali zation The judge held rather a busy session as the applications were all made during the same period.
 Deputy Marshal Frank Miller of Tolovana recently made a business trip to Fairbanks and while there gave out a statement regarding con dtions at the former place. It is his belief that the coming season things are beginning to pick up. Pay has been located on Amy creek and more is expected to be located in the Livingood district.
 Deputy U S. Marshal Gerahty and prisoner, Sam Sullivan, recently made the trip by dog team from Iditarod to Panama. Sullivan being sentenced to seven months in jail for theft committed at Flat last summer
 Cbas. Crowford of Valdez has two contracts for driving piles for can neries One cannery will be erected 1t Dryer Bay, the piling have been driven. The other cannery will be erected at Shelter Cove on Hoodoo Island.
 Herbert Shearer of Seward recent ly caught a small wolf whose hide was in perfect condition in his trap. He skinned it and will devote the fur to some use.
 Jack Limbach, we'll known old tim CT and prospector, a resident of Me Carthy for some time, recently left for Sitka to enter the Pioneers Home as he is partially paralyzed.
 Gus Priesner, we'll known fur buyer at Nenana states that this seasons yield is by far the finest grade of skins he has ever seen, principally because of the extreme could.
 Charles Whalen recently brought a silver fox skin to Anchorage and disposed of it at the price of $500 to c. B. Siedel who has placed the valuation of it at $1,000. M. Siedel stated that he was not even anxious to dispose of 1t at that price. MT. Whalen is a prospector and took to trapping as side line, and now finds it more profitable.
 A bridge" meeting was held in Nenana recently in regard to the logical losation for the construction of the bridge as there were as many placed that needed it. A commit zee was finally appointed to go over the ground and decide upon the spot where the need was the greatest. The secretady was also asked to write to Juneau for authority to move the bridge and instructed to reply to V. J. Dwyer. z
 The freighters to Dime Creek seem to be about the only persons in Alas ka who are making big money. It is in fact stated that a man carry ing a pack on his back can make al most as much per day at Dime creek as he could packing over Chilkoot Pass in the early days. In the short distance of six and one-half miles the freighters are clearing $S0 per ton because the trails are practical ly impossible on account of the lack of snow.
 Al Gawn of Nome, has been mak ing a new motor sled and will soon have the machine ready for a try out which it is hoped will prove far more successful that the majority of sleds. The sled is a combination of new ideas which he has gained from working on other makes and models and those who have viewed the article say there is no doubt of If heinz slIccQsSfuI fl will he driven