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HOT SPRINCS TRADINC POST
HOT SPRINGS, ALASKA.
Full line of General Merchandise. Our stock is fresh and of the very best
quality. We carry no inferior goods in any line. Prices right. We are
after your business. LET US FIGURE WITH YOU.
F. G. MANLEY, PROPRIETOR
From the Records
MINING LOCATIONS.
March S.—E. Power. Omega Lencli.
March 23.—'Tom Antoiison, 33a, Big Mi nook.
March 23.- J. S. Cuinmings. Dixie claim, on
Dead wood.
March 25.—'W. J. Graham, Townsend bench,
Deadwootl.
March 26. Sam Houkiey. No. !*b, Eureka.
March 26.—James Climie. fraction between
Joe Hush and Skookum.
March 26. -David McGregor. Trilby associa
tion claim. 160 acres. Heaver river.
March 26. David McGregor, the Homew ard
Hound association claim. 160acres. Heaver
A. V. Thorns, 3b, Eureka.
A. H. Woods, 6 and 7a. Hoosier.
A. L. Woods, 4 and 3a, Hoosier.
Frank Nelson, 28a Big Minook.
Frank Nelson, 31a, Big Minook.
R. Willi mis, 30a, Big Minook.
Matt Stewart. 2 and 3a, Hoosier.
Cap Ccdinette, 8a, Hoosier.
March 28.
March 28.
March 2S.
March 30.
March SO.
March 30.
March 30.
March 30.
HILLS OF SALE.
March 26. Jack Mackenzie t<» Chas. Fehring,
one-third of 2a, Thanksgiving.
March 26. Chas. Fehring to Jack Mackenzie,
fraction on No. 1, Chicago: all of No. 5a.
Omega; one-half interest in No. 1. Chi
cago; and one-quarter interest in No. 2.
Chicago.
March 20. M. J. McNeil to J. F. Nellany and
Albert Dalton, the Perry lot at Hot Spgs.
Return of Fred Stalk.
Fred Stalk, who went up river to
prospect last fall, returned Monday aft
ernoon, having been on the move most
of the winter. He is at present from
the Ozanzig—a stream lvine between
the Hosiana and the Chandlar—where
he put down a couple of holes and the
appearance of which he does not like.
Andrew Junovitch, who was also on the
Ozanzig, left, ex pectins to drop over the
divide and take a look at llo.-iana 1 e l
rock tiefoie the breakup.
Si, the dog which was formerly the
eo. stunt eoin|muion of Sam Callahan,
returned with Mr. Stalk and appeared
ready to take his old place on the V al
iev News staff. Si’s sire, another of Mr.
Stalk's dogs, was killed by wolves last
winter; but Si. who was always a lucky
dog, got off unhurt.
Ballou-Mann Plant.
Mike F.ngels, assisted bv < ?♦-.ti vv W.
WimhIs, is busy tmw ing tin* Ball* »u-Mum
hydraulic plant from Uubv creek t"
Hunter. Dnc lend u du\ is delivered.
BACK FROM UPPER TANANA
John Clinton, who left hero March II?
to have a look at the Tenderfoot coun
try, returned Saturday afternoon, hav
ing gone no further than Salehakat.
High winds were the rule, and having
learned all he eared to know about the
country as far as development has dis
closed its character, he concluded to
turn homeward.
Mr. Clinton says the country is still
unproven, as a camp. Heavy boilers
were still going in, and the great amount
of prospecting that is sure to be done
may or may not develop extensive pay.
Association claims are numerous and
it is not now nor does not seem likely
to become a poor man’s country.
Mr. Clinton says freighters are haul
ing from Fairbanks to Richardson for 4
cents a pound. That strikes him as a
very low rate. In fact in the season of
open water steamboats charge if 100 per
ton for the -ame service. With good
summer roads, therefore, it apjieura that
steamboats would either have to reduce
the rate or go out of business.
At Fairbanks.
•Fairbanks is a great camp and Mr.
Clinton does not believe it will reach
the bight of its production inside of two
or three years at least.
Judge Green, bound from Rampart to
Valdez and the outside, was still in
Fairbanks on Mr. Clinton's return, wait
ing for betterment in the condition of
the Valdez trail.
High Price for Eggs.
Owing to freipient storms a good
many freighting outfits, with perisha
bles, were hung up on the Fairhanks
Valdez trail: and in consequence over
the-ire eggs at Fairbanks were selling at
♦TO a case or $2.50 a dozen; over-the-iee
eggs, frozen in transit, To cents a dozen ;
and fresh Fairbanks ranch eggs were ♦■’>
a dozen, with no lack of buyers. Pota
toes were retailing at 2o cents a pound.
Fairbanks-Tanana Trail.
According to Mr. Clinton, mail car
riers between Fairbanks and Tanana are
earning their money this season. Kach
carrier has two or three light-loaded
double-ender horse sleds, and it usually
takes fifteen to sixteen hours from sta
tion to station. Horses frequently go
out of sight in snowdrifts, and it is then
the duty of the driver to shovel them
out and get them going again. Drivers
carry a teajait and feed, and stop and
have tea and feed the horses every five
hours. The trail this season has cut
out most of the Tanana river travel and
the river is deserted. The few wood
choppers along the Tanana break trails,
sometimes seven or eight miles, to the
mail trail, in order to get their mail.
Telegraph Line.
A signal corps party of about twenty
are straightening and reconstructing the
telegraph line between Nobleviile, at
the mouth of Eureka, to Hot Springs.
The line adheres pretty closely to the
wagon road. It is on the prograt i to
continue the reconstruction on to Tolo
vana, but it can scarcely be done this
season.
A man in the construction gang told
Mr. Clinton he had received a letter in
forming him of a strike of gold on the
Innoko river on the lower Yukon. He
said lievond the assurance that the
strike was genuine and apparently all
right, the letter gave no particulars.
Same Old Story From Chandlar.
Jut- Kh-in. lately (nun tin- Ilia in liar,
arrivnl in Kntii|>ttrt in «'tini|>nnv with
I->• I •■'talk M'lniav u(t<>rin»in. Hi' *ay*
ini hi>U*i 111> 1 I'i*i*ii U"lri«'ki'il Inr an hi*
ii .nuri' i'*< i |it "ii tlii- ii|i|i»'r 1'inl ■ •( Iti j
rriiU, wlnr llii' ur'.iiiiil n .••'ml V>
ii i.i l i-r in I iliBi'ri'ini' I'xiata in tin' I'haml
lur .litiiatiiin, In- any*. (mm that n( Umt
(all. Hi-i'\|»rti t" j(i» in niniin wlu-’i
In- ai'ti sin.lln r ifriiWtaki* ami Iwliivi'i
it w ill finally tuaki a inni|>.
Tin Tatiana lilinn ~a\■* that A II
I nl|» an*l ani'tliir, win* atartml t*i tin
( h.Ill'll.ir «inn«' timi mfn, ai*t link t.i
Tatiana \|-rit I At IVlthi Mr t'nl|i
iii' t (niir rilialili mm ••'110111; "tit wIv*
anil tliiri* it ti"thiiitf in*ir*' than tlnr
urn hut (all, tlu n li'li.il thru iTaint* **ti
tin *"|i »•( thv hill ft**iii whh'h jmv will
liroluMv !»• titkin
It ii "iir aim t*> i> a hi tin \alh v \> wi
in timi in a t*> ImiuU t*> wli*>Ha y*ai mav
nn*t it <>n tin *»ttii*lr.
The Chute-Manley Flume.
I'. P. Kalniinc will Ik1 en^up-tl tin tii>
riiii«trnr:ion • -f the I'liutr-Manlt-v lliiinr
at Thaiikiuivins; Tin* lliiinr waailil al
rrally la- mnlrr wav i‘jii>|it (nr tlir ilrr|i
«n»w.
Going to Court.
M. It. I*i>wiiinii ami .lark Kailiuan,
nitiii'iaa.i'SjiH't !•> atari tmlay tnattrinl
fnurt at Kairlunki
It ran nut !»• ntatrtl wlirn I>r|nity
Marnlial I Iraki- mnl tin- priamitra a In I
• >tIwr witm">'will art away.
On Skookum.
II. till A RanPink an- *till tfi-ttintf tail
wa«nI. Tl.t x will m l taki- mtt am nmrr
• lirt until aflt-r tin- watrr nun. mi that
Ihrt may iluitit> tlirrrl iutn thf Uhm
\|r kail 1!-ark, in tun it vwtrnlav, *aiii
Itr *:|t hinlilt I'ltatt.l with tin- winti-r
|.r-|-tit wurk nit *k’»iknm, w hit li
pftwt-il a whir mil ill hmlttfrtrlr |hiv
THE PUGET SOUND COUNTRY
(Nathan Ward FitZ-Gerald, Tacoma, Wash.)
I was horn in old New England,
In that Eastern land of pines;
I’ve spent years in study, travel,
Seeking wisdom on all lines:—
I have looked the country over,
Searchtng for a goodly land,
From the shores of the Atlantic
To Pacific’s Ocean grand,
And I know by hard-earned knowledge,
(The best kind of proof to see)
That this Puget Sound country
Is good enough for me.
r have tramped through “Californy,”
In days long since gone by;
I have climbed its snow-cap|»ed mountains
With their summits in the sky: -
I have been through land of "Aztecs,”
In old "Mexic’s” tropic clime;
I have scaled the dizzy "Andes”
In the days of olden time;
I *ve been through all creation,
Seeing all line’s eyes could see,
But this Puget Sound country
Is good enough for me.
I have crossed the "Arctic circle,”
Sailed the Yukon’s “golden strand,”
I have “roughed it” in the Klondike,
Where there’s ice on et^ry hand:
I have slid along its glaciers,
Washed its “dirt” in search of gold,
Supped its sorrows, borne its burdens.
Which, in words, can not be told;
Yes, I’ve been through all Alaska.
From the “circle” to the sea,
But this Puget Sound country
Is good enough for me.
I have traveled the “Riviera;”
’Neath its skies, of azure hue,
I have sailed its “inland ocean,”
With the heavens o’er me, blue;
I have roamed its famous islands,
So renowned in prose and song;
I have seen the Alpine mountains,
Which I ’ll remember long:
I have crawled up old "Vesuvius,”
The volcano, by the sea.
But the Puget Sound country
Is good enough for me.
I have "toured” through old "Judea,”
Where its Bible tales were told;
Climbed the summit of Mount Leb’non,
Its great vistas to behold;
I have stood on old Mount Carmel,
At Elijah's famous “cave;”
I have walked the plains of "Sharon,”
Reaching down to blue sea’s wave:—
Through all that land so sacred,
Sailed its placid dead salt sea.
But the Puget Sound country
Is good enough for me.
There.’s our timber land and harbors,
And our farm lands, rich and great.
With their products, all unequaled
Anywhere, outside the state.
And for all that’s good in living
We are ’way up; yes, first class;
We can furnish all creation
Grain, fruit and “garden sass,”
And all other kinds of produce
Which mankind most loves to see.
Grown in the Puget Sound country.
Which is good enough for me.
Just across Pacific’s ocean.
From its gateway, Puget Sound,
There a thousand million people.
On the other shores are found.
To this land they’re tributary.
They must have our grain and pine.
And our exports to these nations
Keep our business "grow ing fine.”
There’s no other country like it.
On the earth, o’er land and sea.
Like this Puget Sound country.
Which is good enough for me.
THE A. B. DANCE AND BANQUET
The A. B. Banquet next Friday night
will lie given in the 11<»]>ktns Building—
the OM Reception. The building is hat
across the street from the hall, where
the |mhlic installation of A. I!, officers
and the dancing will take place.
The A. B.'s have it in mind to make
the occasion pleasant for their friends.