The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-21

Ford, Flat Creek in the Iditarod dis trict, recently had pleasant sur prise when they made a cleanup that they had estimated would yield $35,000, a sum which they regarded as highly satisfactory. The result was a cleanup of sSO.000. These men, it is estimated, will take out several hundred thousand dollars this year.
 | Mike Segura, said to be broth CT of Mailo Segura, recently sentenc ed to be hanged at Fairbanks or | October for the murder of J. E Riley, the Iditarod mining man, was 1 recently wounded at the front while in action. He was serving with the American forces.
 Claude Baker, formerly of Fair banks, is manager of the estate of J. E. Riley, murdered early in the summer, and the J. E. Riley Invest. ment Company, which is operating a dredge of Otter Creek, of the Idit- arod district. The body of J. E. Riley has been taken to Tuolmmne, Cal. for burial
 The Pioneer Packing Company of Cordova closed it's season last week It put up 28.000 cases, 22,0O0 less than last year.
 Nathaniel Greene, bank examiner for the Third Division, is making a tour of the banks of his district.
 Gov. and Mrs. Thomas Riggs, Jr., were entertained at Cordova by the Mayor and Common Council while they were in the city on their way to the Interior.
 Seward has undertaken to raise $500 for the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief.
 Capt. B. O. Lenoir, head of the Alaska cable and telegraph service is in the Interior, inspecting the lines and offices.
 Gov. Thomas Riggs, Jr., has taken up the matter of mail to the Alaskan Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands, with the people of Cordova and other Westward towns.
 William Townsend and Harry Mail lard of Cordova have gone into the Belgian hare business at that town They recently received a consisn ment of breeding stock. and will raise hares for the market ] One hundred tons of ore of the SmithMcGone mine recently milled at the Eva Creek mill. Fairbanks district, produced $1.s75 in gold Tn. company has 250 tons more of tho same ore to mill, and, if 1t shows uI well as expected, the property vii be worked all Winter.
 A. E. Pittock. formerly of Fair banks and Nenana, has enlisted il the Quartermaster's Department a Camp Lewis
 alleged to have failed to return hi
 questionnaire. and he was listed a a delinquent. When it was receive,
 1t was discovered that it was mad
 out in France, where he was a col
 poral in the 18th Engineers.
 F. R. Van Campen, manager of tn
 Boring River Coal Company. is ir
 stalling machinery on the property o
 the company. He recently sent il
 number of horses and transporta
 tion equipment. The developmen work on the property will start a once. | Up to August 8th the Carlisl Packing Company of Cordova ha
 put up 112,000 cases of salmon
 beating last years recoSd by 32.o0
 cases.
 Mailo Segurdo. convicted at Idi arod of the murder of ]. E. Rile. l will be hung at Fairbanks, Frida!
 October {. at an unnanounced hou The hanging will be in the presenc of twelve bona fide Alaskans to selected by the United States Ma , shal. Segurdo is confined in tn jail at Fairbanks.
 5 There are 27 women knitting i l the Tolovana branch of the Wt s3 mans Bureau.
 el J. A. Mcclure. editor of the Gu | door Life magazine. H. c. James c 3 the board of directors of the Coiors
 do Museum of Naturial History. hi