The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-04
ALASKA NOTES


 try, according to L. A. Harrison, a returned from that place. has been the tourist traffic. Nearly a thous- and tourists have visited Atlin this summer and they kept the automo- miles and lake craft busy showing them the sights of the place. camp. Mining has been in progress on Ruby creek, where Theodore N Daulton has large hydraulic plant and has done we'll; Boulder creek, where eighteen or twenty men have been kept employed all summer; Discov- cry creek, where two plants have been operating; ODonnell creek, where half dozen men have been employed, and elsewhere.
 Chairman J. R. Willis of the Roose welt Memorial Fund for southeastern Alaska has named Arthur c. Shoup 10 lead the drive for funds in the Ketchikan district.
 Hugh Chilberg, son of J. E. Chil- berg, Seattle and Alaska banker, and his wife have been visiting at Ketchi- kan. 'i
 The river steamer Thistle. with headquarters at Whitehorse, has been sold by the White Pass to the White horse firm of Taylor, Drury, pcdlar & Company, who will operate the lit tie craft between their Wh;tehorse headquarters and various trading points. The Thistle is a well known lpper Yukon craft, which was built
 md earned fame in the days of the Klondike rush.
 Chisana mining men have de-er- mined to give that district a thor ough prospecting, and are endeavor- ing to secure a diamond drill for hat purpose.
 The Yukon river steamers. Alaska md Yukon, of the AmeIcan end of the river division of the' White Pass system, have both sailed from Daw- son on their last down river trip. When they return they will continue l up the river to Whitehorse where they will go into winter quarters. At least two other lower Yukon river steamers will winter at Dawson The Panama may winter at White horse, and perhaps other lower river smaller craft The Nasutl:n will make two more trips between White horse and Dawson before the end of .he season.
 The hydraulic and dredses of Yu- kon are having an open fall. and they will continue operating as long as the weather will permit
 The Atlin Inn, White Pass tourist hotel for the Atlin district, has closed for the winter.
 Fuel Agent J. w. Wilson was made temporary purser for the White Pass steamer Selkirk early this month. succeeding Purser H. R. Ellis of that boat who had been transferred to the lower river steamer Yukon.
 Peter F. Gilmore, Jr, the five year-old son of Mr and Mrs. P. F. yesterday afternoon while playing with his small companions. In fall ing over a wagon he injured his fore arm. He was taken to a physician, and after using the X-ray, 1t was found that tho bone was severely fractured. ed.-(Ketchikan Times.) | Mrs. Guy c. Sipperelle and her two children. Walter and Winnifred left on the City of Seattle for stJuneau for a visit with Mr. and MrsS Frank Ferro.-( (Skagway Alaskan.)
 l Henry Seeman of the Pioneer Dairy, at Skagway, lost portion of his carrot crop by reason of the | recent high water. MT. Seeman had fine crop and was expecting to use | them for COW feed this winter Fl Quite a number of the natives have | returned from Tenakee and Hoonah l where they have been fishing; they report no fish running at those | places at this time, but there seems to have been an extraordinary TUT ! up in this vicinity during the recent storm, so George Vogel informed your correspondent-(H (Haines cores pondent in Skagway Alaskan.) MT and Mrs Kehoe have returned to their home at Fort Seward. from Juneau, where they have been for about ten days. taking in the sights of the metropolis and MT Kehoe at- tended court and getting acquainted with Judge Jennings and the attor- neys of the bar association. MT. Ke- hoe is an attorney, and lately came from Portland. Qregon.-(Haines cor respondent in Skagway Alaskan) | Sid Green. head clerk of the Re- l ,r;uc uU1x.r nxvnor nf fnr