FAIRBANKS BUYERS
TAKE FEW CHANCES
“Shorts” Speculators Fear a
Hold-Out—Newsy Items
From the Camp.
Cy Noble rtt trued last Thursday j
from Fairbanks, where he had dis-,
posed of a lot of hardware taken j
over from Rampart.
Mr. Noble did not find ready sale
at big prices for his stock. He
disposed of bis supply of nails at |
a fair profit, but had to hustle for a'
buyer. The files were taken re
luctantly at Rampart cost, and some j
of the saws were left at commission i
houses to wait for buyers. Specula- j
tors are not taking many chances j
on any line of shorts. They can j
not tell at what moment some one i
will “dig up ’ enough stuff to send i
prices down. Several warehouses
have been sealed as tight as drums
all winter. The N. C. Co. has an
immense warehouse with “No Ad
mittance” over the door, and no
one can tell what it and other con-1
cerus may hold in reserve.
Speaking of his general impres
sion of the camp, Mr Noble said it
looked pretty dull—which is quite
natural at this time of year. A
great amount of prospecting is go
ing on, aad small stampedes are
numerous. The Toatlacli, Kan
tishna, and Bonnifield sections are
receiving special attention.
Mr. Noble says the cleanup is
expected to exceed four million.
Letter from Porter.
From a letter dated Jan. 2 from
W. H. Porter to W. VV. Crockett,
the following extiacts are taken:
Things are still moving fairly well at 1
Fairbanks. Trade hangs on and every- j
thing leans to a mighty crowd in the !
spring. Am shaping myself so as to take
advantage of the early rush. Will not be
able to pay you a visit this winter. . . .
I will just state that on No. 2 al>ove,
Cleary creek, 1.250 horse power in ma
chinery is working. This will give you
some idea of the manner the ground is
Iteing worked. After Jan. 10 there will
not 1* an idle man in camp provided
they took for work. Fen Downing leaves
for outside with $400,000 in dust. Poor
ad . I guess! . . Dan McGuire is work
ing here. Dr. and Mrs. Hedger send re
gards to Rampart friends.
Mr. Porter is co-owner of the
Hotel Northern ai d has other itn
portant business interests in Fair
banks.
KttmpMrtrrx Lurk}.
Friends of Mr and Mrs. I.ewel
lyn. formerly of Kamport, are
pleased to learn that they have
done well at Fairbanks. They were
fortunate in taking in a quantity
»i goods that were on the list of
••short*/'
Arthur Kruger Injured.
Parties rcce ltly in frc m Fair
banks bring news of a serious mis
hap to Arthur Kruger, well known
in Rampart. In forcing a cartridge
into his gun, recently, the shell ex
ploded and destroyed one of his
eyes, and injured the other to such
an extent that he may be reudered
totally blind, though it is hoped
the sight ol one eye may be saved.
Mr. Kruger is in the hospital.
Nails Eli Route.
Dawson, Jan. io.—Heater He
mart has started a team with three
tons of uails for Fairbanks.
MORE ABOUT
THE NEW JUDGE
Skagway, Dec. 12.—From the
Alaskan.—The papers which came
in the last mail contain considera
ble matter about the new judge of
the district court tor the First di
vision of Alaska. However, there
is a conflict of authority as to
whether his name is ‘‘Gannison”
or •‘Gunnison.” The Times spells
the name with an ■‘a,” while the
Post Intelligencer uses an ‘‘u.”
However, the man who will suc
ceed Judge Brown is only 35 years
of age. and he has been a lawyer
but eight years. He had only one
endorsement of a political nature
and, that was from the member of
congress of his district. His best
re commendations were from Piesi-'
dent Schurman, of Cornell univer
sity, the dean of the law faculty of
Cornell, and the United States dis
trict and the circuit judges of his
district.
The Oregonian says: ‘‘Mr. Gun- j
nison graduated from the law
school of the Cornell university in
1896, and since that time has been
practicing law in Binghamton. In
1898 he was appointed referee in
bankruptcy for the district in which
Binghamton is situated, and in that
position established an enviable
reputation for industry, ability and
a thorough understanding of the
bankruptcy law. He was afterward
appointed by the faculty of the Cor
nell university law school as a non
resident lecturer on the subject of
bankruptcy.”
Walter K Clark, Washington
correspondent of the Post-Intelli
gencer. sa>*. had the name ol I,. P.
Shackleford, of Juneau, been pre
seuted liefore the po*ition had lieen
offered to Mr. Gunnison, he would
have received the appointment
1
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To All Creeks
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BALDWIN AIRSHIP
GUIDED AT WILL
This is an account of the achieve-1
ment of the airship at St. Louis, |
Oct. 31, printed in the Chicago
Tribune:
An airship soared easily over the
fence of the aeronautic concourse at
the world's fair grounds today, and
then sailed in circles and figure
eights 2,000 feet above the cascades.
At the end of half an hour of evo
lutions it went back to the con
course directly against an eight
mile breeze, and alighted nicely
almost in the exact spot from which
it started.
The airship was that of Capt.
Thomas S. Baldwin, and was op
erated by A. Roy Knabensliue, of
Toledo, O., who made a partially
successful ascent the week before.
Knabensliue started from the
aeronautic concourse at 3:37 p. m.
and returned after his remarkable j
flight at 4:05. On the return trip
the airship sailed slowly over the
exact spot from which it had risen
28 minutes previously, and glided 1
about 100 feet farther west, where
it settled gracefully to the ground.
The descent was the signal for a
demonstration, and dozens of eager
hands were upstretched to grasp
the frame of the airship, and the
flying machine, with its daring
navigator, was carried around the
concourse upon the shoulders of
shouting men.
Bv the successful flight of the
Arrow, Captain Baldwin was the
fiist man to claim the $500 prize
offered by the exposition company
to the airship making a continuous
trip to the Plaza St. Louis and re
turn. . . .
At the time promised the airship
was brought from the aerodrome
and at a signal from Knahenshue
was cast loose and the motor
started.
The Arrow rose slowly and easily,
its prow directed toward the west
When at a flight of about twenty
five feet, Knahenshue turned the
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rudder and the aerial craft, answer
ing to its helm, pointed south and
continued its flight without inter
ruption.
At that time he was not high
enough to clear the aeronautic
fence, and as he rapidly approached
it Knabenshue moved toward the
rear of the airship. The Arrow
pointed its prow upward, and, an
swering the pull of the propeller,
soared lightly above the fence and
rapidly gained an altitude of about
i ,000 feet.
Knabenshue again changed the
direction of the craft and passed
over the crowd in the concourse
After proceeding about half to
three-quarters of a mile westward
he turned the airship about and
again passed over the concourse, at
the same time increasing his alti
tude until he was about 2,000 feet
above the earth. . . About that
time the barely perceptible breeze
from the northwest increased to
about eight miles an hour and
veered to the north. In order to
return to the starting point it was
necessary to breast this breeze. He
attempted several times to turn to
the left, and then suddenly swung
the rudder sharply in the other di
rection ami the Arrow came into
the wind, staggered a moment, and
then, gaining power, came toward
the concourse at a speed that caused
the spectators to cheer and loan
their hats into the air. When within
a few hundred yards of the con
course Kn<ihen*hoe moved forward,
the arrow responded to the down
ward shift, and sailed toward th
ground without a duaintshment wt
speed It settled to the ground
within too teet tiom where it started