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4 ABOVE JUMPED!
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Osborne acting for Belc^y jumps 4 abort
Glenn Gulch—Goers to quit claim
the upper half -- Thumm refuses i'«
Osborne, acting for the Beleey
interests, jumped 4 above Glenn
last week. It is not known on
what grounds he jumped it. Mr.
Thumm is authority for the state
ment that Osborne offered him a
qUit-claim deed to the upper half.
This Thumm refused, slating tlrat
he deemed his title from Miss Gar
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ratl unquestionable.
i The laymen on the gulch are all,
erecting eabins and placing their
thawiug plants preparatory to win
ter work. All the claims, with the
exception of i above arid po: sibly
discovery, will be worked this win
ter. The two claims excepted are
so shallow that they can be more
profitably worked in summer.
' While the Eureka country will
take a number of men who formerly
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worked this side of the divide, the
old stand-bys, Hunter, Tittle Min
ook, Junior, Hoosier and Florida
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will all be worked as. extensive as
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ever before.
Judge Balliet is in receipt of a
letter by last mail, stating that a
contract had been let whereby se
ond-class mail would be sent into
Alaska the coming winter. We
h®pe this is a fact; but the writer
has reference to the contract for a
second-class service which comes
ho farther than Circle.
Mines and Miners. i
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Alder creek, which empties into
the Yukon 15 miles below Mike |
Hess, has been the mecca*of a num
ber of stampedcrs the past week.
Hatch and Drake, 3 below Slate,
had a clean-up last week of $120. j
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This represents their labor for two ;
days shovelling. Dr. Hudgin, who;
is interested in the elaim is highly j
elated over the way the ground is;
paying. j
* Cicero and Nelson, 4 below L in.
and' Cal Richardson of 3 below were
in town Monday. Cicero reports
taking out $12 per day per shovel
for the summer season just closed.
Richardson did almost as well on 3^ i
They have finished for the seasou, I
and have started on a prospecting
trip over the divide.
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I Tommy and Frank McGraw are
on their way in from Seattle.
Mrs. Jack Nelson, accompanied
by Jack’s brother, are expected.
J. McDonald left for the States
on the Alice yestes day.
Mrs. A R. Heilig has returned
to Eagle from a visit to Tacoma.
J. L. Green and Mr. Morse left
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on a.ten days trip to the Glenn dis
trict Monday last.
The B$lla and the Victoria were
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being towed to Andreaofsky by the
Alice. The Bella had a broken
shaft. .
FROM THE OUTSIDE.
The Czar is still worried—anti-Tam many
n»uii^«e named — Coroner’s jury
frlante no one for the lost Islander,
St. Petersburg, Aug. 23— The
government has decided to continue
the state of siege in Moscow pro
vince for another year. Otherwise
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it wouid expire September 7. This
indicates that the situation is still
senous.
New York, Aug. 23—John C.
Sheehan, ctf the Greater New York
Democracy, said today the name of
City Comptroller Bird . S. Coler
would be presented to the anti-Tam -
many conference on September 9 as
a candidate for mayor.
Rio De Janeiro, Aug. 23— The
deputies supporting the administra
tion were attacked by a mob yes
terday on leaving the chamber.
One deputy was injured and sever
al arrests were made. Other dis
turbances are imminent.
Juneau, Aug. 23—The. coroner’s,,
jury impanelled to hold an inquest
on the bodies recovered from the
wreck of the Islander, rendered a
verdict of death b)' drowning ‘ ‘and
by the evidence produced we can
blame no one for the accident.”
Seventeen bodies have been recover
so far.
Supposed To Be Dead!
The forum is in receipt of a com
munication from Shamokin, Pa.,
inquiring as to the whereabouts of
Mike and Wallv Daboski. If they
will call at this office we will Te
pleased to hand them the letter.