COKINGS AND GOINGS
Arthur Adams, formerly of the
Road Commission office in Juneau,
has arrived to take over the work
of the disbursing office, filling
the vacancy left by the departure
of Se D» Putnam last week.
Miss ^eggie Johnson who was em
ployed through the■summer by the
MrA office at None, and more re
cently as a secretary at the Ter
ritorial Democratic Convention at
Seward? has arrived to augment the
staff of the General Office.
Mr„ and Mrs. Vv. 1 r. "Bill” Will
iams are leaving for San Francisco
on the boat leaving Seward the 9t' .
Bill, who has spent the summer
and fall with the warehouse crew,
is making the trip for the purpose
of purchasing equipment for fur
ther prospecting and development
of mining property in the Moose
Mss country.
Canyon Creek Placers, Inc., in
which he is interestsd, owns two
miles of drag-line ground that
locks like; real pay dirt. It joins,
the ground upon which the Cache
Creek dredge is at present being
assembled.
Pill expects to arrive on the
property in May and says; : ”T-.ten
we T11 tear her wide open. :T
Four colonist families have
signed up to return by the Satur
day boat twin. They are the Hil
mar Olsons, the Robert Ushers, thm
Paul Ualpcrts and the John Malli
osaaris.
HOSPITAL NOTES
•John Pfeiff of Tra"t 76 suffered
a am inful Occident when he broke
through thin i^c etcat fifteen
miles ateve the Knik fiver bridge.
-feiff , Joe Dragseth and Oscar
Chancy were on their way uo to take
a look tt the glacier when they
came to a place where sand and gra
vel had bean blown over a thin
shell of ice. It was through this
that eiff broke, throwing him to
the side and wrenching his right
knee so severely that it swelled
to twice its normal size in a few
minutes.
After carrying him about a mile
the hoys decided it would be quick
er to come in for hell). Chaney
ra.de a camp and staved with the in
jured man while Dragseth mushed in.
A light truck, under the direc
tion of imil La’-halter who has a
bravoing cabin up the Knik, man
aged to make it over ice and frozer
bars to within about four miles of
the camp. Mr. Pfeiff was carried
out on a stretcher and is now at
the hospital with a had looking
log that will keen him off his feet
for a while.
A baby girl weighing 9J- rounds
was born to I'rs. John Church at
their homo on Tract "~6 last Mon
day.
James Ferdman had his back bad
ly wrenched when scaffolding in
the community hall came down on
him. Me is under treatment at the
hosoital.
Albert Fredericks of Tract 157
and Lloyd Milton, a homesteader,
are both recovering from miner op
erations performed by Dr. Albrecht,
Mrs. Harold Boice of Tract -1
suffered from excessive bleeding
of the gums after having all her
teeth removed, but after a night
at the hospital was able to return
to her home.
Mrs. Leonard Harried has just
received word from Mrs. Poughan
that Hank came home from the hos
pital to spend Christmas and re
fused to return. ,’;Tis doctor has
promised to have him on his feet
in a couple of months. Good news!
Senator J. R. Campbell, better
known among his political confreres
ns "The Greet Objector,” uses the
unfortunate circumstance that it
was cl men from ^aimer who first
came down with small dox to Tbreak
cut in a rash* himself end condemn
us for l°ck of nracer sanitation,
7/e are wondering just what Sen
ator Campbell knows about condi
tions un here. Fc hasn’t visited
the valley since early last summer.
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SMALL Baby crib, green enameled,
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. Tract go9 - Milan Spencer.
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Mrs. George Lemmon Tract 78.
Axeman wants work clearing,
ther by contract or doy wages*
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