a JERRY FORD
TELLS BIG TALES
Of Farming, Mining and Other En
terprises Across the
Divide.
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Jerry Ford came over from Eureka
Monday night, and was full of news of
interest from his side of the ridge.
Asked how much the Chute-Manley
bedrock on Thanksgiving will run, he
would not hazard a guess, but said he
saw an $18 pan, and it wasn’t a picked
pan, either.
On Xo. 2 Thanksgiving, Jerry says,
Nick Nelson and Mike McGough have
pay running from the grass roots down
7 feet. Bedrock is wet and they cannot
clean it. For lack of water they are run
ning a rocker and are making from $60
to $100 a day just as the dirt averages—
this, mind you, with the bedrock out of
reach in the wet.
Unless somebody has been peddling to
Jerry pretty plenty it will be seen that
there is some pretty good ground on
Thanksgiving. And he figures that the
Chute-Manley part of the creek, even
with their big way of working, will last
at least three years after this.'
It is the farming news, however, that
sounds the best of all. Owing to many
other pressing duties Cy Noble, at the
mouth of Eureka, only planted about
thirty acres. Asked how Cy’s crop is
showing up, Jerry said :
“Well, to tell you the truth, I don’t
believe he'll make much corn.”
“Jerry Ford,” said the News man,
“do you mean to say he has planted
corn?”
“Oh, yes; he's got in considerable,
but it may not make much this year.
Cy has neglected it. llis potatoes ought
to do better. But to see farming right
you have got to go to Hot Springs. They
have got plenty of new potatoes there
already, and the watermelons and the
pumpkins are smiling on the vine. I
do not doubt that Manley’s potato crop
will bring him in $20,000 this year.”
And go it went. With all the fame
that attaches to the wonderful Hot
Springs ranch it is hard to Udieve that
one is not being jobbed a little when an
enthusiast like .lerrv Ford gets to telling
of ferns N to 10 fee t high ah 1 flowers
wild and cultivated that rival the
choicest products of the gardens of the
most favored climes.
The products "f the soil are not all
the attractions at the Springs by any
means l"taler Mr. Manley's energetic
management, Mr. Ford «ays, the place
is fast developing into a resort with all
the conveniences that can Is- found at
the Hot Springs of Arkansas or the
watering places a hr* sol.
As indicating the magnitude of Mr.
Manley’s operations, Mr. Ford said tlmt
$150,000 was recently telegraphed to
Ben Baker with which to huy stock for
the Hot Springs post.
Black Man
With a
Yellow Secret
Cleary City, June 2f>.—There is a cer
tain colored man around town who
brings in a poke of gold whenever he
wants it. lie takes it to one of the
branch hanks of the Fairbanks banks,
converts it into cash, and then lives
happy on bis returds.
lie brings in these returns every once
in a while, and people here have com
menced to wonder where he has the
“lone rocker" that will bring him such
handsome returns in such a short time.
A number of the residents have been
“wise” to it and at times have attempt
ed to follow him, but they have only
been able to track him a short distance.
II ■ always returns with the gold.
It is claimed that A1 Hilty has had a
man on his track for some time, but lie
can get no report from his agents other
than that the man can be followed for
twenty miles out of the city and then
he disappears, tn a few days he shows
up with at least $500 in his poke and at
times more.
Some of the pieces that are brought in
weigh as much as an ounce. It is be
lieved that the place where the gold
comes from must be very shallow, be
cause tlie absence of the black man is
not more than a week at the longest on
all of iiis stays.—Fairbanks Times.
To Explore the Aleutian Islands.
A scientific expedition will explore
the Aleutian Islands this year. While
the Aleutian Islands are a part of the
most accessible regions of Alaska, com
paratively little is known of them, our
knowledge being confined principally to
tlie Islands contiguous to the passes
used by steamers oil the route from the
North Pacific to Bering Sea. These is
lands are supposed to lie of volcanic
origin, but gold has been found on them
nevertheless, both quartz and placer.
A vast deposit of sulphur on one of
them promises to be a commercial fac
tor, and doubtless there are other re
sources.— Douglas Island News.
I>awson News, Juno -*7 : William llell,
wlm accidentally Mew out liis tongue
w hile handling a dynamite cartridge mi
•_’l nls-ve >>n Hoiianza y eaten lav, is in a
i ritie.il emnlitimi at the ths*l Samara
tan Hospital. At the time • >f going to
press it was iui|*>s*ihk* In tell whether
nr imt he will survive. He is nut bleed
ing liuieh, hut cannot take limirishment
thrmiaii the throat. Artificial means
had to la resorted to, ami the t|iiestion
ol his recovery de|jcn*l» largely on his
endurance.
AN EDITOR’S TROUBLES.
I’m feeling forlorn,
For no one’s been born
And there isn’t a single thing new.
No one has been killed,
But sj>aee must be filled,
And what is a poor printer to do?
I almost could cry
Because no one will die,
And no one has eloped to get wed.
No couple has parted;
I wish something started ;
The old town appears to l>e dead.
’Twould serve a good turn
If something would burn.
If a cyclone should wander this way
I should shout with delight,
Because I could write,
And should surely have something
to say.
But nobody ntirn
And nothing occurs
To make copy for printers to set;
So I scribble stuff,
God knows, bad enougt],
But ’tis really the best I can get.
—Douglas Island Xews.
Forester—The other dsy when I re
ally did tell the inspector the truth I
got lined 10 marks.
Friend—Well that was bard lines, but
you shouldn’t start these new methods
at your age.—Fliegende Blatter.
“Now, here,” said the enthusiastic
real estate agent to the prominent poli
tician, “is one of the most desirable
houses in the capital. It has exposures
ail around.”
“Good heaven 1” cried the politician,
with a start of dismay, “that's just what
I’m trying to get away from.”
JULIUS RAHMSTORF,
GENERAL
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