Social Matters
COMING EVENTS.
Monday, March 11—Social dance at \.
B. hall.
March 1(1-18—St. Patrick's celebration
at Ilot Springs.
April 1 — Ball by the Yukon order of
Pioneers.
April 12—Public installation of A. 11.
officers, followed by grand dance and
banquet.
Sleighing Party.
Last Saturday night a sleighing party
of fourteen persons left town, with
Horace \V. Boucher as guide, and after
some trouble with deep snow, wrong
trail and lost passengers, reached the
home of \V. 1>. Mann on Hunter creek,
wh4je the evening was spent at cards
and ill social chat.
Mr.Mann served aHjTo lunch. Being
his own chef, the ladies are profuse in'
complimtsiting him on his pies, cakes
and ice cream. They are even ready to
acknowledge that they could have done
no better themselves.
Mr. Mann’s home is one of the most
comfortable on the creeks, and it lie al
ways keeps it so fine and orderly and is
such a competent cook, why of course
he can take care of his own-bean pot.
Every one had a most enjoyable time
^ijgid would he pleased to repeat the ex
perience when the weather is some
' Big A. B. Event.
Nomination of officers by the A. 15.’s
will be in order at their meeting next
Friday, March S. The election will be
held March 22.
It is proposed to publicly install the
officers Friday, April 12, at which time
the Arctic camp will also entertain with
a dance and what is intended to be the
very finest bani|uet in its history.
F.ven now negotiations are under way
for the procurement of the choicest edi
bles the north can afford. I)r. Hudgin
will bringdown some fine young chick
ens from bis ranch at Kay Itiver Hot
Springs, and other poultry will be bad
in plenty even if it is necessary to draw
on Fairbanks.
Notes
K-ial lit** Bivins to agree with .!<»••
Kaminnki, who has lurn over from hi?*
home on Omega rreek a nmple "t mrk'
visiting C. I.. Davidson.
The ladies are having tine time*
drinking tea th«**e spring afternoon*.
Mike Engels
(Sourdough Mikei
FREIGHTING
and PACKING \
To all the Creeks
HOT SPRINCS TRADINC POST
-==: GENERAL MERCHANDISE ==■■■■
The finest resort north of Seattle. Natural Hot Springs. Renew your youth with
the waters of the local Spa. Superior bathing and hotel accommodations. Our
table supplied with all varieties of the finest vegetables raised in our own gardens.
Wliv arc the ini'll nut allowed to he
present? Can’t guess.
Another of the A. H.’s enjoyable social
dances will occur next Monday night,
March 11.
Th(*“little pop-corn girl " Mrs. Bol>
Schalier) tunned over to the entertain
ment conufiittee $4. f>0 received fur her
stock of corn the night of the mask hall.
The character as represented by Mrs.
Sehaber was fetching.
The ice in the round pond half a mile
above town has afforded good skating
since the late improvements were made.
Animals and Birds
.1. M. Smith, who trapped some on
the Kuskokwim this winter, told the
Fairbanks Northern Light that furs are
source. Most of the trappers have not
made expenses. Mr. Smith does not
believe in the migration theory. lie
thinks tiie fur animals have been trap
ped out.
Whatever the cause, from all over
interior Alaska and adjacent Canadian
territory the story is the same; fur is
scarce. There are some peculiar feat
ures of the matter, however, that the
"trapped-out" theory fails to explain.
Marten and other furred creatures of
this country feed extensively on mice;
and it is said the mice have practically
disappeared. Ptarmigan are another
favorite diet for the furred animals; and
they are all gone. Uabhits, preyed on
bv every kind of meat eater, held their
own again.-t enormous odds, but have at
last had their number greatly reduced
Iiv dineune.
Ill fart, I'i'i>iii rntinrn known mid mi
known limit ntretrhen of omntry nvni
to IniVr lit n Mil** ilfVoill of iltlillllll life
ultinsether. It i» “ni'l one nitty (*|H‘iiiI
• Invk in tin- womlt without even lU'i'itlit n
eiini|i hii'il. f'"i merly there w 1IH wuriT*
ly a night in winter, unit en|ieeiully ut
thin iMirt’wul.ir neitaoti, tlmt owl* eould
not In- hi'iiiil hooting from *evernl direr*
lion*, hut tlirv .ire not heiinl tiny more.
It imi» lie tlmt the different rreutnrei*
lire no dependent one «|ieide» upon till'
other tlmt di-.i-ler to on*' fatnilv in eon*
nei|i|entittl to nil.
Willi in '*nndlier|| wim ntrm k on the
iieiul nod iiintai.llv killed liv it hireh
hloek tillliutt It’l feet into 11 nlmft o|| Th,
K.nier, t.iirlmnk", >Vh. t>.
Local and General Notes
The Manley sawmill at Ilootlanana
has about finished the season’s out.
It is estimated that at least H00 men
will heat work across the divide during
the summer.
It is rumored that De Journel, Miller
and linden have bought the Northern
Light newspaper at Fairbanks.
John Davis has been seriously ill at
the Hotel Florence for several days. He
has been looked after by Mrs. Clemens,
a noted nurse, and is progressing very
favorably.
Jim Eagle, tins Pedersen, ,1. D.Green,
.1. M. Smith and Hans Hendrickson are
in Fairbanks, after extensive prospect
ing in the Kuskokwim. They declare
the Kuskokwim is no good for placer,
but intimate that it may be all right for
quartz.
r.d i mvpr ami ( harley l itka are in
from Kay River Hot Springs. They left
Dr. Hudgin, Timothy 1’itka ami Sam
Harper at the springs. In a few days
Power and Charley will return, after
which Dr. Hudgin will come into Ram
part.
Coleman, Sinclair, Sevier and Ros
hurg, pilgrims for the Chandlar. were
seen at Salt Creek Tuesday morning,
having averaged ahout ten miles a day
—pretty good, considering the hig 1 aids
and heavy trails.
One among the last official acts of
Commissioner.!. Limlley (ireen was the
ap]Hiintment of S. K. lleeter to fill the
unexpired term of road commissioner
made vacant by the resignation of \V. It
Itallou prior to taking office as Cniteil
States commissioner and recorder.
The three days' delay in the mail from
up river last week was ratified by heavy
snow In-tween Fort Yukon and Circle.
Between Cirele and Kagle it is reported
that horses had to he taken off on ae
eount of deep snow . No lt*tt# r mail was
in the consignment to Kampart this
week.
It is being talked that a very consid
erable amount of pro*|«*eting will Is;
done on ><|ua\\ cr*vk tributaries the
coming summer. Iverson and Ander
son, who have Iteen on Sourdough
branch a few weeks, are reported to
have found colors in one of their hole*
W It IVallou was sworn in as I niS-d
States commissioner March |. lb- -at
in lih lir*t cast* in .t judicial capacity
vcsteida llis pr*il«vs«ir, Judge
tireen. will leave for the early
next w eek.
LITTLE MORE ABOUT
DIVER-HUDSON CASE
The \ alley News has been banded the
“findings of fact and conclusions of law”
in tbe ease of l>iver et al. vs. Richard
Hudson. The case was concluded last
October, and it seems high time to let it
l>ass and call the next one.
However, the other phases of the case
will be passed over and the conclusions
of law printed—with the simple re
minder that the same were arrived at
upon evidence from one side alone, the
defendant agreeing that judgment be
entered against him, and offering no
testimony:
l (inclusions or Law.—And as its con
clusions of law the court finds that at
the time and ever since the said defend
ant took possession of said proiiertv,
said property was ow ned by the plaint
iffs herein, who were the owners in fee
thereof, and entitled to the possession
thereof, and are now and ever since said
time have been the owners of said prop
erty and entitled to the possession
thereof. That defendant went onto said
property w ithout right or color of right
and has so withheld possession thereof.*’
In Cleveland 1 o-year-old Leo Lean
was tlie worst boy in town till the sur
geons fixed his nead. Then be was the
best. I tut one day a careless workman
dropped a hammer on his head; and
Leo is worse now, if possible, than he
ever was.
The millionaires are catching it on all
sides. A horse recently kicked one to
dealh in San Krancisco.