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Ship Creek, March 2—At no
time during this winter would it
have been at all difficult for a large
steamer to reach Ship creek. The*
weather has been ideal. In No* j
vember the thermometer registered !
below zero three days; in Decern-!
ber, three days; in January, four
days; in February, eleven days.
The total snowfall to date was 33 t
inches; the greatest depth on the
cround at anv one time was 14.21
inches.
No one here knows anything
about the towusite question. Those
building are just taking a chance.
Two business structures are in
course of construction, but cannot
be completed on account of the
lack of finishing lumber, doors,
windows, etc. The government j
mess house is similarly handi- j
capped. A commodious roadhouse
and a pool room are the structures i ■
being erected and the owners are <
\V. S. Perkins and O’Connell ik
Prairie respectively.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown and
Mr. and Mrs. McCullough have
built comfortable homes and sev
eral log cabins are built and in!
course of building. There will be
little building until title can be ob
tained to lots.
The government will erect a
large hospital here in the spring,
according to a letter received.
Thos. Parker, said to be repre-'
seating Hon. Francis Roach, mem
ber of the Washington state senate, J
has located a manufacturing and!
mill site on the water front here.
The government has recently i
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nade a reserve at the junction of
;he Ship creek branch with the;
nain railway line.
Jack Brown, former forest rang-j
;r, is building a launch for use on;
;he arm.
Those here now are Captain
Porter, official weather observer;
E. L. Remore, in charge, and
Messrs. Jackson, Charlton, Per
kins and Blackburn, in the railway
commission's employ; Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Brown, Mr. and Mrs Charles
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. McCullough
and daughter, Thos. H. Jeter, Joe
Prairie, Hank O’Connell, Paddy
O'Donnell, John Olson, Frank
Butterfield, P. Johnson, Bert Ma
honey and Robert ' mall. Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Whitney reside on their
homestead some lour miles up bmp
Odin A. Olson, interested with
Mr. Getchell in c aims on Al
bert creek, Xelchina, departed for
that place Sunday. He expresses
the opinion that the Nelchina will
develop into at least a small mining
:ainp.
Hans Walby, a Matanuska set
ter, was in town Monday. He is
optimistic over the agricultural
possibilities.
Preferred stock fruits and vege
tables. “Quality first.” Brown
Sc Hawkins.
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