SHORT STORIES
ABOUTALASKA
OCCURRENCES
Tom Collins, who achieved noto
riety several months ago at Tanana
by trying to whip Lieut. Smith, has
been bound over to the grand jury
by Commissioner Dehn on a charge of
rape. He is being held at Tanana
without bail, and will be taken to the
federal jail at Fairbanks at the earli
est opportunity.
Fire destroyed the big barn at the.
fh«n of Dr. G. M. Faulkner at West
Dawson last month. Including the
original cost of the buildings and the
value of the crop and other property
in the buildings at the time Dr. Faulk
ner says, the loss will aggregate about
$7,000. The fire is supposed to have
originated from a large stove in the
barn, in which a fire was kept con
stantly for protection of potatoes aud
other vegetables.
Articles of Incorporation of Hyd°r
Dock Company were filed in the
Clerk’s office at Juneau. The incor
porators are Thomas Harrington,
John Gillespie, and Jack Sutherland,
all residents of Hyder. Duration of the
corporation 50 years. Capital stock
$30,000, divided into 30,000 shares
of $1 each. The 'objects of the cor
poration are: To carry on business
of doing all kinds of watercraft
handling and sorting freight and do
ing all matters and things incident
to the docking wharfage business.
Head office of the company is at
Hyder.
According to advices received from
the Koyukuk country, there is consid
erable movement among the oldtimers
of that district this winter, and much
talk of new paystreaks in process of
development.
There is unusual activity on Bet
tels river, where gold .was found
earlier in the year, and it is confi
dently believed that a paystreak will
be located there. Considerable work
is also being done around Betties
lake, a number of oldtimers having
moved supplies to that locality, in
tending to spend the winter there in
prospecting.
Best coffee in town served at th«
City Bakery. 13-ti
FOUND—
Just the Gift you
are looking for.
Mrs. FUNK
WIND80R HOTEL
THOROUGHLY MODERN. NEAREST TO EVERYTHING
POPULAR PRICE8
Hotel Atwood
Corner First Avenue and Pine Street
Seattle, Wash.
J. A. FARNHAM and E. TAYLOR, Proprietor*.
Headquarters for Alaskans
Ted Taylor, formerly chief steward S. S. Alaska.
A MERRY
CHRISTMAS
Good, true friends we have,
And it’s good to say,
1 wish you truly
A Merry Christmas Day.
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Santa Claus
Arrives at
Clayson’s
Hey!.. Hey there! Wait till I catch up! Say, kids, Santa
Claus was in Cordova last night and was in Clayson’s store,
and left a sign there that said everything in the store was a
Christmas present for somebody.
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HERE ARE MEN’S OVERCOATS AND
ULSTERS, THE NEW STYLES, WITH
BELTS AND CLOSE-FITTING BACKS
MEN’S FINE SUITS
MEN'S, WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S
FELT SHOES
LADIES’ FANCY HANDKERCHIEFS
CHILDREN’S FANCY SOX
LADIES’ SILK HOSE
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S ROBES
MEN’S SMOKING JACKETS
FANCY BATH SETS, ETC.
BIG STOCK OF MEN’S TIES
MEN’S SILK SHIRTS
LADIES’ AND CHILDREN'S SKATING
SETS
INFANTS’ FANCY ROBES
t INFANTS’ SUITS IN SETS
FINE STOCK OF LADIES’ FANCY OX
FORDS, PUMPS AND SHOES
MEN’S SILK MUFFLERS
MEN’S NOVELTY SLIPPERS
ERMINE, OTTER, LYNX, WOLVERINE
AND MINK SKINS
And just everything, so nobody has to go without a Christmas
present this year, ’cause I say so. (Signed)
' . . SANTA CLAUS. ^
TH— r-j ^ y°u don’t think the above is true,
[jjHANDKERCHIEFS J Come in and see for yourself. If you
do think so, come in anyway.
CLAYSON
THE CLOTHIER
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