JIM DRUMMOND’S
BIG “BLOWOUT”
Everybody for Miles Around Assem
bled at Sullivan City on Last
Monday to Attend Big
Dance and Feast
A large excursion party took advan
of the beautiful weather on Monday
last and turned out to give Jim Drum
mond’s new hotel and store at Sullivan
City a real old-time warming.
Jim had advertised well in advance
that thete would be something doing
on the night of the 5th, and there sure
was. Everything was as free as the
air, and “Jim he paid the freight.”
A committee of Camp Hot Springs
No. 24, A. B., had notified near every
one in the Springs who wished to go
that they had made- arrangement for a
four-horse team and big box-sled to
leave the hotel at 1 p.m. At the ap
pointedtime such a crowd had assembled
that it was necessary to put another
big rig in commission, which was filled
with a gay gang of mavericks. At
precisely 1:30 Jack Price cracked the
whip over the backs of Manley’s “big
four” team and pulled out with the
first load, 17 in number, consisting of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Nellany and baby
Mildred, Mr. and Mrs. Morrison, Mes
daraes Price, Hall, Carvelson, Clark,
Sellendar, Hayner, Bevington, Feh
ring; Messrs. Kroehle, Reynolds. Peart
and Hutchinson.
Mr. Dufifv, the genial village black
smith, ably assisted by Harry Sieves,
followed with a stag party made up of
“Dad” Davidson, Frank Hall, Charley
Bailey, Howard Yeargin, Max Nevelle,
Harry Winde, Joe Kelly and the Hired
Hand of The Post.
Quite a number went in their own
rigs—of these may be mentioned Mr.
Calderhead and family, Marshal Drake
and family, Mrs. Carey and family,
Mrs. Chisholm and Arthur Moore; the
last-named party took along Carlyle
Nellany as mascot. Charley Cavan
augh traveled alone with a dogteara.
Later in the day J. E. Baker and Billy
Riley followed in a cutter. Billy Burke
and J. A. Cameron traveled thither
ward on the Gibbon stage. Aside from
the Hot Springers there were a goodly
number from Kemperville—Mr. and
Mrs. McVicker, Mrs. Fred Howard,
Mr. Kemper, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and
Master Clifford Smith.
The party from the Springs, to the
number of about fifty, had arrived on
Sullivan by 0 o’clock, with appetites
sharpened to enjoy the splendid dinner
Mr. Drummond had prepared for them.
The Sullivan people extended the vis
itors a rousing reception. Accommo
dations were provided ..for all; the up
stairs of the Drummond hotel was fitted
out with double-spring beds enough to
accommodate all the ladies and chil
dren who wished to avail themselves
of the hospitality, and it is safe to say
the beds were fully occupied. Many
were the guests of residents of Sulli
van. The Nellany family were looked
a "ter by Mr. and Mrs. McNeil; the
Drake family by Mr. and Mrs. Krogh;
the Morrisons and Halls had engaged
quarters at McNiels’, and Mrs. Bev
ington was the guest of Mrs. Ives.
At 7:30 the new hotel was well filled.
It was about this time that “Doctor”
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SHOE STORE
Hot Springs, Aka.
Next to Stanley House
Farrell, wild had blown in from Mil
lion-Dollar bar, announced that ’twas
time to ‘’select your partners for a
waltz,” and the affair of the evening
was on. The new building—38x37 feet
inside—afforded ample room for the
merry dancers. The orchestra under
| the leadership of Prof. Reynolds fur
nished music which was full of life.
During the evening Ben Baker gave
the “Ott-Sec-Kee” serenade on the
banjo. It made a hit, for it stirred the
hearts of a few of the wallflowers—
they had heard it in days long gone by.
At midnight a delicious lunch was
served; after which ail balanced back
and continued to threw their feet till
daylight called them to rest. And the
evening and the morning were one day.
The happy visitors were somewhat
slow in getting around on Tuesday.
However, quite a number managed to
visit a number of the claims, and rc
greted the fact that they could not
visit all.
During the morning Photographer
Nellany made a picture of a party of
about a dozen persons at the shaft of
Baker, Winde & Co. The picture
show's the big dump in the background
and’ will bo cherished by the lucky ones
as a,reminder of their trip to Sullivan
Mrs. Sellender and Mrs. Caruelson
got up the courage to go down in the
bucket. They each panned a pan,
which went $1.50 and $2.00.
At noon the different parties took
lunch where they found themselves,
and just before the big sleds started
for home at 2 o'clock Mr. Nellany made
a picture of some 50 or more in front of
the Hotel Drummond, and it’s a gem.
The ride back was enjoyed as much
as the ride out. Stories, singing and
riddles were the order.
As the crowd pulled away from the
hotel there was three cheers and a
tiger given for Drummond, and he cer
tainly deserved all that was coming.
Returned to Gibbon
T. L. Murphy, the landing officer for
the N. C. Co. atGibbon during the past
five years, arrived on Saturday’s stage
enroute to his post of duty, after spend
ing the winter in California.
Preparing for Garden
Charley Fehring has a prospecting
boiler at work at his home on the
South side and is using the steam
points to make post-hole digging for a
new fence an easy proposition. Char
ley is getting things in shape to plant*
a fine garden.
“Dad” Davidson wandered back from
Sullivan on Thursday evening just be
fore dark.
St. Louis, April 8.--Charged with being $2300 short in his ac
counts with the Illinois Central railroad, Frank M. Kdrington, col
lector for the freight department of that road, has been arrested in
East St. Louis, and when faced with a statement made out by ex
pert accountants be admitted the shortage. Edrington came from
Louisviile, Ky., and was married a little over a year ago. He said
that he had spent the money betting on horse races in St. Louis
handbooks. He named several of these bookmakers with whom he
had been bettitag. “I never bet as much as $25 but once," said
Edrington, “and most of my bets were $10 and $15. I began last
October, so you see I had a pretty steady run of losers in order to
get away with that amount of money in a short time.”
He says he made but one big winning. A bookmaker sent him
to a rival with a tip on a race that had just been run. He bet $lt)
and won $150. Out of gratitude'to the bookmaker who had given
him the tip, he says, he spent the whole amount in a few days try
ing to win a bet from his new-found friend. Edrington says that
when the work of checking up his account began he knew what
would happen and he wrote to his wife, who is in Natchez, Miss.,
telling her to be prepared for bad news, He was held in bonds of
$5,000 to the grand jury.
DR. CARTER'S DRUG STORE,
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OUR STORE
Toilet Articles, Perfumes, Cigars, Tobaccos,
GENTS’ FURNISHINGS, BUILDING HARDWARE,
Snuff; Pipes, Patent Medicines, Stationery, Choice Candies,
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Gapt. Berger’s Teams
Win Both Prizes
The great annual round-trip
dogteam race between Nome an t
Candle, a distance of about 425
miles, was pulled off during the
first days of the present month.
The first and second prizes were
won by Capt. Berger, who* en
tered two teams for the race.
The winning team covered the
course in 82 hours and 2 minutes,
and the captain is said to be $10,
000 to the good in prize money.
COSTING AMD GG31S1G
P. A. Rettig, the pioneer prospector
of Minnehaha c reelf, started for Fair
banks last Sunday. He will probably
remain in that vicinity during tlie sum
mer.
Among the arrivals at tlie Stanley
house on Thursday were John Held
field, E. A. Dunlap, John Anderson,
John Beardston and Gus Anderson.
Tom Smith, the blacksmith, is now
on Eureka creek, where he will be em
ployed by Chute & Sinclair during the |
mining season.
i
Dr. McCullum, of Fairbanks, came to j
Hot Springs on last Saturday’s stage, j
visited Sullivan on Sunday, and re-1
turned to town on Monday in time to ^
catch the Fairbanks-bound stage.
Tomorrow is Easter, the end of Lent. !
i Tom Vv'oodson is now on Glen gulch, ;
; where he is attending to some prelim- |
inary work for the Manley operations, j
Scores of Fairoanks people are now '
| visiting the hot springs on Monument i
! creek, in the Big Chena country, and ;
i all are enthusiastic over the benefits
| derived from the wonderful waters.
On account of the Sullivan excursion
the local A. B. held no meeting on
I Monday last, but a lively session will
; lake place on next Monday evening, j
and all members are urged to be pres
i ent on that occasion.
Save time and expressage by order
; ing Drugs at Dr. Carter’s drug store,
; Sullivan City. Everything in that line.
Housekeepers can purchase fresh beef j
| and poultry by the pound at Stanley’s. |
SYNOPSIS OF OUR
NEW LIQUOR LAW
The Alaskan liquor law, as
amended recently, provides:
“That no license shall be
granted for the manufacture,
barter, sale or exchange of in
toxicating liquors except within
the incorporated towns, settle
ments or communities in which a
duly appointed United States
commissioner or deputy marshal
shall reside; except that the re
spective district judges may, in
their discretion, grant license to
the keepers of regularly ap
pointed roadhouses on main trav
eled postroads and post trails in
the district; and provided, that
when it is made to appear that a
mrjority of the said white male
and female citizens over the age
of 21 years, of any one place,
have consented to the manufac
ture, sale arid exchange, or bar
ter, of intoxicating liquor, no
further proof of the consent of
the citizens of the place where
such intoxicating liquor is to be
bartered, sold and exchanged
will be required for 12 months
thereafter.
“The said applicant will not
conduct, maintain or permit the
maintenance of any gambling,
dance hall or bawdy house on or
in connection with the premises,
nor permit any female or minor
in or about the rooms where
liquor is sold or served.
“That the fee for wholesale
liquor shall be $2,000 per annum,
and for a barroom or retail li
cense $1,000 per annum; pro
vided, that the fee for retail li
censes for roadhouses on regular
post-roads of trails where the
population within two miles of
the place where the business is
to be conducted does not exceed
50 people, or for a steamboat op
erating on the inland rivers of
Alaska during the season of open
| navigatiou shall be $500 per an
num; provided, that said steam
boat or steamer shall not be au
! thorized to sell intoxicating li
quor while in port or dock; and
1 provided, that the words towns,
1 camps or settlements, as used in
| this act, shall be construed to
! embrace the population within a
radius of two miles of the place
1 wherein the business is to be con
• ducted under the license.
! “That a retail or barroom li
j cense shall be required for every
hotel, tavern, boat, barroom or
| other place in which intoxicating
1 liquors are sold at retail.”
ilo Locate at
! Olson’s Landing
R. W. Galderhead on Thursday
last laid the foundation for a new
building at Olson’s Landing,
about half a mile below Kemper
ville, in which himself and fam
ily will reside. The structure
will be of framework, 20x40 feet,
of one and a half stories. He is
now busy hauling lnmber from
Hot Springs and will move his
family therein before the open
ing of navigation.
| Joe Kelly, of Sullivan, was in town
j last Monday.
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The Popular Resort for Miners While in Hot Springs
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