Willow Creek mining camp notes optimistic about season
Special correspondence from Willow Creek reports on Disappointment Creek claims near Nome. Edger drilled No 2 and yielded about six ounces. many holes to bedrock failed to find paystreaks. Willow Creek expected to produce about 500 000 dollars that summer with around 200 to 250 workers. Fortun Ledge and Jungle Town near the diggings. freight and stores listed. camp growing as boats return in spring.
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Willow Creek
Nome
MBL
Creck
Fizale
Shorty Edger
McNeil Creek
Joe Wise
Captain Newcomb
Gon
East Fork
Waskeye
Discovery
Fortuna Edge
Old Marshall
Jungle Town
Fortuns Ledge
Willow
Porter
A. E. Edwards
Delbar & Botsch
Fortuna
Porter & Shields
Miterod
Dan Crow
Newspapers of Fairbanks Ask Reduction of Tolls
Telegram from Fairbanks Citizen and News-Miner urges Alaska telegraph toll cuts to help papers during war. It cites Canada halving press tolls and asks for union support from the chief signal officer. Also notes cooperation with the Commercial Club and aims to mobilize other territory papers. FOR SALE Three pool tables in good condition at post office Flat
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
News-Miner
Charg
Alaska Telegraph and Cable System
Seattle
Canada
Alaska
Fourth of July Plan Formed in Creek Metropolis
Flat business leaders convened to organize a Glorious Fourth celebration at Creek Metropolis. Committees were named including finance led by AL Currie and H C Crouse, with Dr Moore as chairman and Max Boas as secretary. Aiming for a patriotic, well-executed holiday, preparations will be announced soon and finance details reported in coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat
AL Currie
H.C. Crouse
Dr. Moore
Thomas McMahon
Max Boas
Thomas McMichon
AL Carrie
A. J
Percy Charles Departs to Take Charge of Prisoners
Percy Charles leaves his post to escort a batch of prisoners to the Outside on the first Thursday morning. His term ends June 30, but he will accompany the prisoners. No deputy marshal is present in the precinct, risking difficulty in serving grand jury subpoenas as ordered by District Attorney Roth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy G. Charles
Roth
Yukon Gold Officials Enlist in Army Major Perry Leads
Perry, general manager of the Yukon Gold Company based in New York, has enlisted in the U S Army and is expected to become a major in the corps. He plans service in France with the expedition. Thomas, successor to Perry, supervises Guggenheim dredges and will inspect camp work before voyage home to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Perry
Yukon
Death by Own Action Ties Seattle Man to Rich Father
A. J. Wilkie, once of Valdez Alaska, died by his own action in Seattle, linked to his father Andre Wilkie a San Francisco contractor and capitalist. Investigations show estrangement from his father for years after a troubled marriage and global travel. The elder Wilkie, now aged, sought to reconcile as news of his son's death reached the morgue.
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Seattle
A. J. Wilkie
Valdez
Alaska
San Francisco
Andre Wilkie
Wilkie
Aly
Naval Attache Honored By U S Embassy In London
A London cable reports G I Petherick deputy United States government district agent in London received a large silver bowl from Ambassador Page and embassy staff on entering his fiftieth year of service. Petherick recalls Admiral Farragut and was a friend of Admiral Dewey and other naval officials.
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London
Sam
Europe
G. I. Petherick
United States
Farragut
Admiral Dewey
Petherick
Ambassador Page
Uncle Sam
Last Batch Of Winter Mail Reaches Slippery Frontier Route
Tom Boyd, mail sub contractor, arrived June 7 with outgoing winter mail and two belated incoming consignments from Seward. A dispute over extra pay halted beyond Andersons, causing Seward mail to miss the meeting point. Questions arise who should bring in the next fail consignments. summer travel is impossible due to few bridges and swampy ground. Boyd awaits instructions and estimates hundreds of dollars to move the mail to Iditarod or back to Anchorage.
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Tom Boyd
Seward
H. E. Revell
Anderson's
Mr. Boyd
Anderson
Seward Trail
Boyd
Boys
Iditarod
Anchorage
Little Blind Native Girl to Receive Treatment
Mrs. LC Thornton returned from the lower Yukon with a blind native girl under government nurse care. The plan is to place the child with Dr. McCool of Portland for eye treatment, or in a government school for the blind if incurable. Funds totaling 214 were raised for the girl’s needs and Portland costs.
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LC. Thornton
Russian Miesten
Yukon
Corinne del
Thornton
Lower
Chill Wint
Aidle
McCool
Portland
Im Miers
Thorner
Tokotna to Have School Under New Enactment
Tokotna, a growing town in the Kirkekwim watershed, will form a school district under the re enacted Nelson school law. A wireless message from Juneau confirms ten pupils suffice and eighteen hundred dollars are allotted for a school house. Tokotna plans immediate organization and aims to open the school in autumn 1917 with a building already completed.
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Tokotna
Kirkekwim
Juneau
Alsska
Jitarod Pioneer
Iditarod
Alaka
Nelson
Davidson
Toko
Fairbanks Firms Left Fairbanks Saloon and Stores Closes
Fairbanks business downsizing as several longtime outfits prepare to quit by midsummer. Pioneer Bill McPhee will exit the saloon trade in Alaska tonight. Wile's hardware stock, now in the hands of N. C. Co, will be redistributed across Alaska. A First Avenue grocery plans to quit by early July and a Second Avenue restaurant will close before then. Rumors say others tire of beggar your neighbor and the mutual losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Businss
Fairbanks
News-Miner
Bill McPhee
Alaska
Wile’s
N. C. Co
Wile Hardware
First Avenue
Second Avenue
Notice to Creditors for Sam Austin Estate
Notice to creditors announces James Gunning as administrator of the Sam Austin estate. Claims must be presented within six months, verified with vouchers, to the administrator at Flat City Hotel Front Street Flat City Otter precinct Alaska. Dated June 15 1917.
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Ench
Sam Austin
Flat City Hotel
Front Street
Flat City
Otter Precinct
Alaska
Local visitors and town activity fill city notes
Local and personal items report AL Walsh visiting last Sunday, Mrs. Lowrie paying city dues, and various residents in town including Dave Strandberg, B J Stier, Mrs. Currin, and Mrs. Gillis. The Upgrade shows ample water, streets are gravelling, and mining activity along Caneseek and Tolstoi district is noted though prospects are modest. Overland trips, camp hopes, and a Boob Creek project progress through the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiremen
Tolstoi
Sid
Boob Creek
Expect Labor Shortage Hits Seward Division Rail Work
Government railway construction on the Seward division faces a labor shortage as work from Seward to Mile 0 and along Turnagain Arm proceeds. Officials say the line will open over the second hill within a week or two and activation will accelerate along Mile 71 beyond. New contracts are planned north of Girdwood and outside labor will be sought to expand crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
Government Railway
Turnagain Arm
Anniversary of Waterloo Battle and Lion Landmark
A fragment recounts the Waterloo battle June 18 1815 and the Lion of Waterloo 200 feet high near Brussels. It notes the Duchess of Richmond's midnight Brussels toll, Wellington's movements, and the heavy casualties and wounded stacked along the plain, with a vivid image of the battlefield and lasting memorials.
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Waterloo
Ely
Jon
Elba
Duchess of Richmond
Brussels
Welington
Prince of Orange
Ty Muan
Binehe
Challenge from Iditarod player to Flat team in Creek City
A challenge arrived from an Iditarod baseball player to the Flat baseball team for a game to be played in the Creek City on the Fourth of July with a side bet described as limited by the blue sky only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iditarod
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Lebarge
Swift
Sam’s Applebaum
L. C. Thornton
Flat City Bakery and Coffee House
Front St
Keenan & Michels
Marshall
Ansieys
Lang’s
First Boats
C. R. Peck
Smith’s Gun Store
Creek Metropolis
Percy Charles
Yukon Gold Officials
Parmalee Returns Jr
H. W. Permelo
Ruby Recor
Naval Attache
Sweden
Snyder House
A.A. Cutter Shoepacs
Strong & Garfield Shoes
the Felder Shoes
Ac the Dougherty Shoes
A. J. Weiss
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Good Clothes
AL Walsh
Robert Lowrie
Dave Strandberg
Thurs Y
B.J. Stier
Coma
Georgetown
Kuskokwin
Nana
Ionera
John
Currin
Dan Gillis
Whitehorse
Ell
Coe of Finnegan & Cameron
Dumlas Wenger
Geraghty
Joseph
Aga
Macrecrrett
Gore
Jack Honeywell
Ophir
Jack
Inoko
Caneseek
Johnson and Partners
Battle OF
Willow Street
J. L. Sale
J. W. Farrell
General Merchandise Discovery
Otter
Bagoy Premises
H. Boas
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