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BEAVER CREEK
George Noble arrived from Hamlin
with Geo. W. Chilson last Saturday
night. Mr. Noble accompanied Gordon
Betties on a trip into the Beaver sec
tion, returning to Ft. Hamlin just prior
to the closing of the Yukon. He says
the new district is an ideal placer coun
try, and prospects can be found on eve
ry exposed rim. No holes had been bed
rocked when he and Betties left, and
' in all probability would not be un$il
' well into November. Several parties
took in outfits from Hamlin; one load
weighing over 3500 pounds. Golden, a
principal creek of the new district, is
within easy reach of Hamlin via head
of Mike Hess. Mr. Noble left for the
Fairbanks district Wednesday. !
Something New in Ditches
The ditch dug by tht Eagle Mining
Company last fall, to carry water from
the head of Boston creek to 3 above on
Glen, is the subject for much good nat
ured jest across the divide. The inten
tion was to bring the water down Bos
ton and up Eureka across the bar to
Glen. When the ditch was completed
it was discovered to run down Eureka
and up Boston. The was made in use
ing the tripod made by the What Cheer
boys to find the grade for their ditch
on the bar. The Eagle company used
the same tripod; but used it wrong end
too, with the result thattheditchis4ft.
lower at the head than at the finish.
- Map Telegraph-Cable System
The Forum is in receipt by last mail
through the courtesy of Captain George
S. Gibbs, Signal corps, an excellent
detail map of Alaska, showing the tele
graph and cable system installed by the
corps in this country. The map is a
good one, and we will treasure it,—not
on account of its intrinsic value, but it
being a government map. Year after
year survey parties tour Alaska, mak
ing maps, what becomes of them is a
mystery. Occasionally a belated map
finds its way along the Yukon and is
kept as a curiosity. It is hard to tell
which the head of the map department
St Washington values most—his maps
' or an eye.
Mail leaves both ways tomorrow.
Around and About
Pete Pemberthy will work on 5a 1 m.
He will prospect the high rim on the
right limit.
Gordon Betties, of the Ft. Hamlin
station, is expected down on a visit in
a few weeks.
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0. A. Diver is prospecting on Joe
Bush bar, and on the north fork of Pio
neer creek.
John Palm and Tom Antonsom came
in from the creeks Thursday. Jerry
Ford is expected in today.
Henry Papin is prospecting his Booth
by bar property and getting ready for
summer working.
J ohn Clinton left for Fairbanks last
Wednesday with twenty fine dogs to
dispose of at the new camp.
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C. I. Jordan has two men at work on
Seattle jr. bar. Mr. Jordan has pur
chased a new 4 h. p. tubular boiler and.
a complete thawing outfit from W. C.
Nichols.
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McLean & Evans have a good sized
pay-dump ' hoisted on 25 1 m jr. They
struck an old drift last Wednesday, re
quiring two days' to pump it out.
At a well-known resort, last Sunday
night, several of the- boys sat down to
spin yarns after attending Layman G.
W. Ch.lson s service. One of the men
stated that It was the first time he had
been inside a church since 1878; another
,the first in 18 years, and still another
in over 80 years. An agreement was
then effected that the three attend in a
body the Sunday night following.
Finest Building at Tanana
Joe Anicich returned to Tanana the
early part of the week. Joe has just
completed the finest building in Tana
na'. It is ,25 by 50 feet and divided into
a salmon and a billiard room. It is a
.log building with a 12-foot ceiling. A
large cellar will furnish warm storage
for 100 barrels of beer. On Anicich’s
trip to Tanana last fall, the log-raft, on
which he carried his outfit, broke in
two by the heavy Swell raised by the
steamer Rock Island, This cost him a
loss of over $500. Besides losing a quan
tity of supplies and building materials,
the wire for his telephone system for
Tanana went overboard. There were
three miles of wire in the coils lost.
OLD PIONEER
Carries a Full and Complete
Assortment of the Finest - -
Brands of Imported and Do
mestic WINES
...LIQUORS and CIGARS
RAMPART
TANANA
JOE AN1CICH
Proprietor
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WE FREIGHT
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Regular Trips to Glen and
Sourrounding Greeks Twice
a Week
TEAMING & JOBBING
One Team Always in Town
Cord Wood Sold and De
livered in Any Quantity
Jim McHugh Frank Smith
Glen Roadhouse
On rhe Direct Cutoff to Fairbanks
MEALS and LCECIKG
Warm Stables For Horses
STEVENS & SINCLAIR
HOTEL FLORENCE
Barber Shop
SHAVING AND HAIRCUTTING
JIM CARPENTER
Notarial work, and legal papers drawn
at Forum Office. James B. Wingate