ON THIS CREEKS
Thumm & Boothby have finished
washing up on Doric creek. Their
cleanup is near $15,000.
R. H. Wright will place his plant
on his Thanksgiving claim and;
work all summer. !
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Cap Williams acted as receiver
for John Carlson in his late unsuc
cessful litigation.
The Gold Run boys have com- j
pleted a new ditch to Rhode Island
and will have plenty of water for
sluicing.
Dane & Olson, Doric creek, have
washed up all their pay dump, i
They are expected in camp in a few
davs.
Ledger, Jack & Parsons have
cleaned up their Little Minook Jr.
dumps. Ledger and Parsons are in
town for a few days and Jack is
working for Monioe & Lindsay on
Hoosier creek.
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M. S. Gill has got fairly started
to work on Shirley bar, Glen.
Drake, Davidson, Nellany, Larson
and Wilson are working for him.
Mrs. Nellany is in charge of the
culinary department.
The What Cheer bar boys are
hard at work finishing their ditc i
to Pioneer. The glacier at the
mouth ot the latter creek has hin
dered considerably. They have
about 4,000 feet of ditching to run
beTore a full head of water can be
obtained.
“Moose Mary” is incarcerated in
the local jail, the result of a drunk
en debauch last Wednesday night.
Mary threw ’Liza, another squaw,
out on the street. ’Liza is in a dy
ing condition from consumption.
The unfortunate woman crawled
on her hands and knees to Dr.
Hudgin’s residence and was after
' wards placed in the hospital.
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RUSSIANS DEFEATED
Amttuig, Manchuria, May 7.—
A Japanese force today charged a
thousand men of the Russian rear
guard, composed of a battalion of
infantry and two batteries of artil
lery. After hours of hard fighting,
during which the Japanese sus
tained heavy losses, they spiked
the Russian guns and took 400
prisoners. Russian loss over 300
killed.
London, Ont., May 9.—The
boards of trade of London and Ot
tawa passed resolutions requesting
the removal of duty from soft coal
coming into Canada.. Manufact
urers say that if something is not
done to reduce the price of fuel
they will remove factories to the
United States.
Portland, May n.—A St. Peters
burg dispatch says General Schave
cloflf lost half a million dollars in
speculating. He embezzled money
from Red Cross funds it his charge.
In order to avoid scandal a friend
of his made up the amount.
Seoul, May 12.—The Russian re
port that the Japanese abandoned
the railroad is incorrect. The Jap
, anese are not only in possession of
the road, but no trains have passed
in ten days.
Edward Grider arrived from
Tanana late Wednesday and the
following morning was arrested on
a warrant sworn out by ’Liza,
charging him with giving “Moose
Mary’’ whisky. Grider was re
1 leased under $600 cash bond and
his trial set for Friday at 2 o’clock.
Grider asked for a jury trial. The
jury after hearing the evidence re
tired and rendered a verdict of not
guilty. _
A. H. Chapman has finished his
season's work with Jim Langford
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