FUTURE OF MINING DISTRICT
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on the eve of a wonderful prosperity.
The Sourdough proposes to get out a
large illustrated New Year’s edition,
and it hopes to present a write-up of
every prospect in the district. It can
only be made a success by the co-opera
tion of the miners and prospectors.
There wil be no charge for * ‘write
ups,” and there is no reason why any
man who has a piece of mining pro
perty in this country should not help
to make this edition to be a full-length
portrait of the greatest mining country
in the world.
BISCUITS
The Fairbanks Times wants a short
er route to the outside. From August
20 to Sept. 14, but seven mails were
received. The single men think that
they should hear from their girls oft
ener than that.
The potato famine is over at Nome.
Potatoes sell like oranges there—by
the crate. The price went as high as
$12 this summer, but they are down
to four now.
The Alaska Steamship com
pany, thruogh its clever and effi
cient advertising manager, Kenneth C.
Kerr, will put out a number of pam
phlets on Alaska next summer. Hunt
ing, fishing, mercantile openings, man
ufacturing possibilities and kindred
themes will receive attention.
Charles J. Young, of Whitehorse,
offered to set up a brick kiln at Idita
rod if the city council would pass an
ordinance requiring the erection of
brick chimneys instead of tin. The
city fathers thought tin was safer. He
should have proposed wood—the city
fathers might have fallen for it.
Fourty Scottish Rite Masons attend
ed a banquet at Fairbanks recently.
Mike Donovan and Pat Keegan quar
reled at Fairbanks the other day, and
they agreed to fight it out with bare
knuckles. When the battlefield was
reached, Donovan pulled a six-shooter
from his pocket. We offer to bet a sil
ver-plated “shelaylee"” that Donovan
talks Irish with a French accent.
“Cheap power made Treadwell,”
said Ernest is. Hussey; an eminent
Seattle engineer in an interview in the
Fairbanks Times, “and when the coal
fields are opened it will do as much
for Fairbanks.”
NEAR-ALASKA OYSTERS
Some of the niftiest looking oysters
that have ever come down the pike
have just arrived from the Queen Char
lotte islands. At first glance one might
be pardoned for claiming that each is
about as big around as a horseshoe.
Anyhow, these oysters will renew one’s
youth, and stamp on one’s countenance
the smile that won’t come off. So far
as oysters are concerned Prince Ru
pert promises to become the Baltimore
of the Pacific slope and Queen Char
lotte waters its Chesepeake bay.—
Prince Rupert Empire.
Who Wants to be Commissioner at
Sitka? Flower has Resigned, and Job
is Open.
Dan Popovich has Fallen Heir to
Fortune of $100,000.
Mayor O’Connor, who has Bought
Brewery, Will not Make Beer, but will
Start a Hotel in Douglas.
. .John Stoft, City Wharfinger, will
Move to Petersburg and go into Busi
ness with his Brother-in-Law.
It is believed William Marrison Car
ried $10,000 Life Insurance.
Story of the Popovich Trial—Jury
Believes Woman’s Furniture was Stol
en, and Returns Verdict for Damages.
Douglas Postoffice will Probably be
Moved out of Saloon District into City
Hall Building.
Attorney Cheney has a Dog which
can Pick Winners in Law Suits or
Baseball Games.
Harry Malone Starts a Big Scare at
the Juneau Court House.
HEATING PLANT FOR SCHOOL
4* The Douglas schools are to 4*
4* have a new heating plant. The 4*
4* contract was given last week to 4*
4* Geo. F. Forrest for $950. 4>
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BIG STRIKE ON TAKU RIVER
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in the country has fallen off. It is pro
bable that the find of Ryan, Cook and
Smith will lead to considerable quartz
prospecting. The “Taku Chief” is lo
cated on the boundary between British
Columbia and Alaska.
“That new trail,” said Thomas R.
Patterson the other day, “is the pret
tiest wagon road in Alaska. Frank
Young and I walked out on it as far
as Salmon creek the other day. We
would have gone farther, but Frank
got thirsty.”
Mr. Charles Anderson, a Gastineau
capitalist, was at the meeting of Hose
Company No. 1 in Douglas this week.
He recommended' that a red light be
placed at each of the windows leading
to a fire escape on all the large build
ings on Front street, and that the city
purchase a life net.
For five months the Sourdough will
call at your house every week for $1,
if you speak quick enough.
Alaska ha9 an orphan asylum. It
is maintained by the Baptist church
on Wood island, near Kodiak.
The Methodist Episcopal Church and
the Congregational church at Nome
have amalgamated.
The Cledonia Mining Ccmapny, a
Seattle organization which will oper
ate at Cordova, has filed its papers
with the secretary of the territorv.
Bargain Bate—$2 a year for the
Sourdough. This is an “on the spot”
offer.
William Stubbins has an interesting
announcement in his advertisement in
this issue, which is made for the first
time.
The readers of this paper will find
something interesting in the advertise
ment of P. H. Fox, printed for the ?hst
time in this issue of the Sourdough.
Mr. Charles Anderson was present at
the fire meeting on Saturday night,
and gave notice that he would pre
pare an amendment to the by-laws at
the next meeting to renumber hose com
pany No. 2, and give it number 1, trans
ferring the first number to company
No. 1, on the ground that the number
should indicate the order in which they
get on the ground in case of fire.
Weekly Sourdough, $3.00 a year.
Douglas -Treadwell
Lodge
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Loyal Order
Of Moose
a charter member. For a short time
the charter will be open and the ini
tiation fee will be but $10—the regu
lar fee is $25. One thousand applica
tions will be made and everyone will
be included in the membership of the
Moose if accepted. “Purity, Aid and
Progress’’ are its watchwords. “Youth,
Vigor and Nobility of Purpose’’ its
characteristics. The Moose is 23 years
old, with home offices in Anderson, Ind.
The membership numbers over 500,000.
New lodges are being installed every
night. You can become a member by
mailing you name and address to Prof.
E. C. Lindemann, Supreme Deputy Or
ganizer, Fisher’s Barber Shop, Douglas,
Alaska.
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