House-Warming
at Drummond’s
Jim Drummond has of late been
making many improvements on
his Sullivan creek hotel, the
most of which are now complete.
He has been the recipient of so
many compliments for his enter
prise that he has come to the
%conclusion that it’s up to him to
give a “blowout” of some sort,
and lias decided on a house
warming party, which will take
place on Monday night, April 5.
Everybody in the district is in
vited to attend, and it is safe to
remark that after that event the
Hotel Drummond will not cool off
until some time next fill.
Herman lofty
Again in Camp
Herman Tofty, one of the pion
eer miners of the district, re
turned to camp last Tuesday
after spending the past five
months on the outside—his first
trip in eleven years. Mr. Tofty
spent a part of his vacation visit
ing his relatives in South Dakota,
and then enjoyed a long trip
through many of the Southern
states, from Florida to Texas.
Although he enjoyed his trip
j very much, he says he is glad to
; be back where he is free of city
| ordinances and suspenders, and
| “choo choo” machines are not
i everlastingly “stinking up” the
ambient atmosphere.
And everybody was glad to see
“Tufty.”_
COMING AND GOING
Merchant Morrison, who lias been
[confined to his room for nearly two
weeks with an abscess of the ear, lias
recovered sufficiently to permit of his
attending to business a portion of the
time. Dr. Conley has been waiting on
the patient. , ,
Chauncey Grimm started for Fair
banks last Monday on a short business
trip. He was accompanied by Fritz
Hoffman.
Matt Stewart started on his return
trip to Gibbon last Sunday, accom
panied by his famous fighting dog
“Teddy.”
R. C. Morris, one of ttoe discoverers
of the Harter creek pay a few weeks
ago, was a visitor in town on Tuesday.
Leftenants Morris and Schick came
down from Fairbanks last Saturday,
and went on to Gibbon Monday.
Edwin Mullen, chairman of board of
public works of Kemperville, was a
visitor in the city last Monday.
Frank Shipp enjoyed a few days va
cation this week by visiting on the
creeks.
Plainview, Tex., March 12.—A home
seekers’ excursion arrived here the
other day bringing a party of Indiana
men who were looking for cheap land.
They drifted around town, talking with
real estate agents and business men
generally with a view of obtaining
what information they cottld about the
country before making investments.
“If you are hunting a real bargair,
let me take you down to Seminole to
see a section of 640 acresl have there,”
said one real estate man to two of his
Indiana visitors.
The prospective investors consented
to inspect the land.
“How long will we be gone?” one of
the men asked.
The real estate man glanced at his
watch. It was then 9 a.m.
“Oh, we’ll be back easy by 2 p.ru.,”
he~said, carelessly.
The Indiana men calculated that they
had a drive of about 8 or 10 miles to
make. That was the way they usually
figured out in Hendricks county, In
diana, when they had to go from Plain
field to Danville, the county seat.
«. “Here are a couple of caps for you
fellows. You’d better leave your hats
here in the office,” said the real estate
man, as he tossed a tight-fitting cap
into the lap of each man.
“I did notice that you have a right
smart wind out here,” one of the men
said.
“Yes; you'll find it pretty breezy be
fore we <ret back,” answered the Plain
view citizen. “Well, come on, if you’re
HOTEL DRUMMOND
SULLIVAN CITY,
HOUSE-WARMING
_ PARTY YAW
Having ju&t completed extensive im
provements on the Hotel Diummond,
tho proprietor invites all his friends
to assemble thereat on the above-named
date to enjoy an evening’s fun.
THERE'LL BE PLENTY REFRESHMENTS
AND FUN FOR ALL
[ready,” he continued, as he strode
■ ahead of them to the door, and out
upon the sidewalk.
In front of the little office building
was a big touring car. Red dirt and
dust covered almost every part of it.
It shoved that it had been through
! rough set vice.
‘‘This auto ain't exactly a beaut in
appearance,” said the big real estate
man, as he climbed into the front seat,
‘‘but she’s got some other machines
out here clean beat when it comes to
speed.”
The visitors were surprised to find
! that they were going to make the trip
' in an automobile. They had heard
; that nearly everybody rode horseback
i or in a buckboardin the ranch country
: of Texas.
“Now, get yourselves well fixed in
| the seats be foie we start,” admonished
j the real estate dealer, who was also to
j drive the machine. “You won’t get a
1 chance to do it when I get her goin.”’
“By the way, how far is it to the
land that you are going to take us to
see?” asked one of the visitors.
“Well, some say that it is 150 miles
from Plainview to Seminole, but I
reckon it ain’t more than 125,” replied
the Plainview man, as he shifted one
of the levers of the machine, prepara
tory to starting.
The two men in the back seat gave a
long-drawn whistle under their breath
in unison.
“You don't mean that we’il make a
trip of 125 miles and back in five
hours?” one of them ejaculated.
“Oh, yes; I’ve done it in four hours
several times, but I figure we’ll want
about an hour to spend looking over
the land,” replied the man in the front
seat, as he adjusted his auto cap, and
then started up the big car.
That was the last bit of connected
conversation that took place between
the three men until the machine was
pulled up in front of a little Mexican
restaurant in Seminole, at 10:50 a.ra.
It had taken ten minutes less than two
hours to make the trip, not counting
the five minutes or more that was
spent in getting things ready to start
at Plainview. Another 45 minutes
was spent in running over the 640 acres
which the agent was offering to sell,
and then the start was made on the
homeward trip, The party were back
in Plainview at 2:15 p.m.
“You lost a little time on the trip,
didn’t you, Bill?” questioned the real
estate man’s partner, when the machine
was pulled up in front of the office. *
“Yes; I slowed down a-comin’ back
so these men could get a little general
i-dee of the country,” replied the man
to whom the question was directed.
The two Indiana men were still trem
bling with the'excitement of their
thrilling ride when they re-entered the
little office.
“It was the wildest ridel everTook,”
said one of them. “The Knicker
bocker express on the Big Four ain’t a
| patchin’to it,”
JACK PRICE
AS OVERSEER
Commissioner Bevington on
Thursday last appointed Jack
Price to the position of road
overseer for the Hot Springs pre
cinct for the season of 1901). The
appointment came, to Mr. Price
entirely without . solicitation or
effort on the part of himself or
his friends. He was employed
all last summer on the work in
the capacity of foreman, and that
ho ‘‘made good” is evidenced by
the promotion to the more re
sponsible position of overseer.
Attention, A. B.
.All members of Gamp Hot Springs
No. 24, are urgently requested to at
tend the meeting of the lodge on next
Monday night, March 29, at 8 o’clock.
Election of officers and other important
matters to be transacted. Visiting
brothers invited.
C. A. Davidson, A. C.
Billy Vaughn was an arrival in the
city last Monday.
The Eagle Bar
The Popular Resort for Miners While in Hot Springs
Gibson Rye
hoy Moseley & Rockwell tom
Speaks Favorably
of Quartz Outlook
A. T. Thorns, Manley’s fore
man at Hot Sprihgs, who re
cently came to Fairbanks to look
into the quartz of this vicinity,
has returned from a tour of the
creeks and expresses himself as!
very favorably impressed with |
the showing1 made. As he states:: i
“The large number of surface!
Binds made of very rich rock
proves that this is a very heavily
mineralized region of great
promise as a quartz camp.”
Mr. Thorns is a chemist an4
hard-rock man. He came to the
-amp in 1905, during which year
he was assayer for the First Na<*
tional bank.- -Fairbanks Tribune.
Special Term of Court
Notices are extant announcing
that a special term of the Third
district court will convene on the
12th of April at Fairbanks.
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