FRED RUSSELL WINS
FRGH THE GREEK
Fairbanks. July, 22.—Fred Russell, the champion
wrestler of this section, won his match with Tom Vacile, a
Greek, last Saturday night in this city. The Greek is
much lighter than Russell but has plenty of wrestling
science and the match was the best ever seen here.
Russell-won both falls—the first iu 2d minutes, the
second in 14'- minutes.
COMMISSIONERS
MAY PRACTICE LAW
Fairbanks, July 22.—Judge Lyons yesterday issued an
order modifying the ruling made by Judge Silas H. Reid
on May 13 wherein United States commissioners were pro
hibited from practicing law. By the new order now in
force, all commissioners are now at liberty to practice be
fore the district court so long as such practice in no way
interferes with the interests of the government.
WILLIS GETS HIS
NEXT SATURDAY
Fairbanks. July 22.—Willis R. Bridges, until recently
a money-order clerk in the local post-office, who was arrested
last week at Nenana while he was paddling down the river
in a small boat and brought back to this city, plead guilty
to the crime of larceny in the district court yesterday. He
will be sentenced by Judge Lyons on Saturday next.
EWGiftlEER CREEK
LAY^Ei^ SELL OUT
Fairbanks, July 22.—Messrs. Grant <fc Chabot, laymen
on the Owl group, Engineer creek, yesterday disposed of
their holdings on Lushbaugh <fe Sanderson The considera
tion was $31,000. Sanderson has recently arrived from
Little creek, in the Innoko country, where he has been
quite successful.
NEWS or
SULLIVAN
Henry Geiseger, Ed Fernell and Henry Rice, the three hard
working miners of American bench claim, adjoining the Midnight
Sun association and Poland fraction on Sullivan creek, have sold
their holdings to Sylvester Howell and associates, of Fairbanks,
and they are now on their way to the states to enjoy a rest. They
arrived in Tanana last evening. Mr. Howell'is sinking a new
shaft on the property, and already has hired men for extensive
summer work. He estimates that there is enough gold in the re
mainder of the winter dump left unwashed by his predecessors to
repay him the purchase price. Geiseger, Fernell and Rice do not
expect to return to Alaska for some time, as they have lately dis
posed of all their holdings.
The Midnight Sun association claim, owned by Frank Farnain,
“Deep Hole Pete” Sauski, Frank Smith and Pat Hannon, are
sinking a new working shaft for their summer operations. These
boys last winter took out a good-sized dump, and their cleanup was
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ono of the best on the creek. Mr. Farnarn, who is nowon the out
side, is represented by Jack (Dempsey) Desmond.
Pete Jepson, one of the owners of the Dakota association and
also part owner of the Junction fraction, Sullivan creek, has taken
a lay on the fraction, and is now sinking a hole thereon.
The Dakota association laymen have as yet not succeeded in
washing all of last winter’s dump owing to the scarcity of water.
A few days’ shoveling in under favorable water conditions will
mean several thousand dollars to them.
Kemper & McVicker, on No. 2 below Patterson (Sullivan)
creek, run into some very good ground a couple of weeks ago, and
are-now hoisting dirt to the limit of their plant’s capacity. Frank
Lundine, who has been firing a boiler for them, had to rpiit his job
on account of very sore feet. He is now’ in this city.
Snyder & Hayden, on discovery, Patterson creek, have fin
ished cleaning up their winter dump, paid off their crew, and closed
for the summer. N
Cache creek, a tributary of Sullivan, seems to becoming to the
front as a producer very rapidly.
Dick Richards’ ground on Cache has produced about $25,000
thi summeV, and a new working shaft is now almost completed
which will greatly facilitate matters.
The Eureka claim on Cache is owned by four parties, and
there are four plants working thereon. Shorty Gregan'and Mc
Fadden are in good pay; Ed Fernell, who was in town today, last
week took a shovelful of diit from a bucket and panned out half an
ounce. Barney Haggerty and Mike Fahey; on the same claim, are
also in good pay.
Sipp & Dickinson, the freighters, are packing supplies from
Hot Springs to the creeks for three cents a pound. They are using
the new trail that shortens the distance about live miles.
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
DAMAGED BY STORM
Chatanika, July 22.—The heaviest electrical storm,
ever witnessed in this valley occurred last Friday evening,
accompanied by floods or rain. Lightning struck in the
vicinity of the Tanana Electric Company’s plant four times,
doing such damage that it required several hours to repair
the breaks before the plant could resume operations.
JERN WILL WRESTLE
RUSSELL AT CHATANIKA
Chatanika, July 22.—Ed Jern, the Chatanika wrestler,
has accepted the challenge of Fred Russell, who agrees to
throw Jern three times in an hour.
The match is programned to take place in this city
next Wednesdav, and is for $200 a side.
COM2NG AND GOING
Billy Dur.kle, the Alaskan pioneer
and original trail blazer on old Um
pire's “Westward Ho !” progress, came
to town last Friday. Billy has made
the hearts of many acquaintances here
abouts happy for many months by his
absence. As is usual with Billy, he is
about ready to “pull off’ a big mining
deal that'll surprise the whole country.
George Butler was an out-bound pas- j
senger on the Susie last Friday.
Judge James Wickersham, congres
sional delegate, was a visitor in the
city last. Friday for about 12 hours. lie
was enroute to his home in Fairbanks.
“Hot Air Bob” was much in evi
dence on the streets of the town dur
ing the early part of the week.
J. L. Sale and family were passen
gers on the Hannah today from Dawson
where they have been spending the
past few weeks.
Alex. Capewell, of the Model Cafe,
Fairbanks, came Sown on the J. P.
Light this morning and returned on the
Sell watka with the Dawson ball players.
The artistically-arranged windows cf
the Golden North cafe have of late at
tracted much attention, and many be
lieved tlie work was the creation of a
famous decorator from Chicago (or
Chena), but Mr. Lee says the displays
were designed by the Golden North’s
head waiter.
A. B. Culp, was excused from further
grand jury duty by Judge Lyons, and
| returned home last evening on the
: steamer Schwatka.
Returned to Fairbanks
Ed.Jez and Frank Larson arrived in
this city last Friday morning and worn
going outside to assist in launching
Col. Claypool’s congressional boom, but
owing to a trilling oversight in a busi
ness transaction with “Uncle Abe”
Stein, they decided to return to Fair
banks the same day.
Wednesday, July 21.
Steamer Campbell, from Hot Springs
at C p.tn., started for Dawson at 11
o’clock.
Schwatka, from Fairbanks, in atlp.m.
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Thursday, July 22.
The Hannah in from Dawson 3 p.tn.;
scheduled to sail for St. Michael at
5 this evening.
The Schwatka left at noon for Fair
banks.
J. P. Light, for St. Michael, passed
at 10 a.m.
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First Lieut. C. L. Chase, Med
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from Fort Rodman, Ma^s. Lieut.
Chase will be stationed at Fort |
Gibbon for duty.
Sergt. First-Class John L.
Henderson, who has been sta-;
tioned at Fort Gibbon for the;
past two years, will leave the
latter part of this week for Fort j
Walla Walla, Wash., where ho is1
ordered for duty. While lierej
Sergt. and Mrs. Henderson made
many friends who are sorry to
see them leave.
Sergt.First-Class Amos S. Kin
zer, of the Hospital Corps, ar
rived on the steamer Campbell
last Friday to relieve Sergt.
First-Class Henderson. Sergt.
Ivinzer has been stationed at Fort
George Wright (near Spokano),
Wash., for the past four years.
While enroute to this place he
stopped at Seattle for a week’s
visit to the A.-Y.-P. exposition,
which he says is a decided suc
cess. _
Col. ('. Etheibert Claypool, the elo
quent cosmopolitan who is a candidate
for congress from the stale of Wash
ington. was a passenger on the steamer
Susie via. Dawson for the outside last
Friday.
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