NULATO TRAIL
FAR THE BEST
George Hale Came From DisKaket
to Nulato in 2 1-2 Days.
Mashers from the Iditarod all declare
the Nulato trail to Diskaket is the best.
George Hale, on his way to Fairbanks,
arrived in Tanana the end of last week.
He says the Nulato trail is one of the
best he ever hit—and he’s been over a
good many.
Hale, who accompanied Aitken and
Case}’ part way, made the trip from Dis
kaket to Nulato in 2J4 days. The coun
try is level and the trail in fine condi
tion. There are no divides, and C. K.
Snow, the mail carrier, had natives
bridge all the gulches.
The horse-teams from the Minneapo
lis went into the Iditarod by way of
Nulato, pulling heavy loads.
According to Hale, John Honan of the
Minneapolis, was nine days on the way
to Diskaket over the Lewis trail. Sever
al declare the distance from Lewis’ to
Diskaket is much further than generally
given out.
ALASKA’S CHAMPION.
Washington, Dec. 7. —Congressman
Humphreys, Washington state, has re
quested the treasury department to abol
ish the collection of one-eighth per cent
on Alaskan gold received at the Seattle
ascay office
Inheritance Tax.
Washington, DeC. 7.—The U. S. su
preme court has sustained the Califor
nia state inheritance tax law.
Rate Regulations.
Washington, Dec. 7.—The interstate
commerce commission holds that a phy
sical valuation of railroad property is
necessary before rates can be regulated
by the government.
HAVE TAKEN LAY
CREEK.
ON LYNX
Frank Lundin and Arthur Frederick
son have gone to Lynx creek, Gold
Mountain district, where they have tak
en a lay on Sakotich & Heine’s ground,
where pay was struck recently. Jack
O’Brien is taking Frank’s place at the
Yukon.
MARKED INCREASE
IN VOLUME BUSINESS
A marked increase in traffic through
Tanana has taken place since the im
provements of the trails. The hotels
and restaurants are doing more business
and the merchants have also felt the im
petus. Numerous outfits have been pur
chased by Red Mountain stampeders,
and in fact business in general is better
than usual for this time of year. The
holiday rush is beginning, and stores are
displaying their Christmas goods of toys
and novelties.
Old outside papers for sale at the News
office. Two bits a bundle.
f NEWS ODDITIES
A Russian farmer near Winnipeg, an
gered because his wife bore him twins,
trades off one of the youngsters for a
I neighbor’s pig. The authorities make
| him bring back the pig.
_
Gov. Hadley (Mo.) pardons Louis
Decker, the boodling St. Louis aider
man serving five years for bribery.
Decker weighs 400 pounds and is so
I large they couldn’t get him into a cell,
i He slept in the prison barn.
Under the laws of Missouri, Peter
Smith, who recently inherited $5,000,
000, was fined $900 for giving a bottle of
beer to each of three friends.
Alderman Frank Dotzler, of New York
city, eats 11M pounds of beefsteak at one
sitting and is declared champion.
Charles Kehoe, aged 17, Kingston. L.
I., is at the point of death after drinking
one quart of whisky on a bet.
Mrs. Margaret LaTrasse Kansas City,
raises money to secure pardon of a son
in the penitentiary, by carrying a hod.
Mother earth weighs seven trillion
(7,000,000,000,000) tons, according to
Prof. Wetzel, physicist in New York
city college.
Geo. Brandon, Milan, Mo., had his
coffin made to order because he was
cheated in buying some for relatives.
The governor of Odessa has ordered all
i homes to have rat traps.
Lieut Peary calls attention to the fact
that it is always noon at the north pole,
and no matter which way you start out
you go south.
The government is planning to build a
1,000-mile barbea-wire fence between
the United States and Mexico.
President British'medical'society urges
Englishmen to avoid roast beef and eat
fried fish, to check race deterioration.
Let Jack Cavanangh supply you with water
and ice. Prompt service. Water the best in
the country.
ASTONISHING GUT
IN PRICKS
Holiday Goods
Case Goods, 25c to $8.00 a bottle.
Bulk Goods, $1.00 to $1.25 a bottle
By the gallon, $4.50 to $6.00
Bass’ Ale, per bottle.25c
“ “ per doz. bottles,. . $2.75
Guiness’ Stout, per bottle, . . 25c
“ “ per dozen, . . $2.75
Cedar Brook Whisky, 7-year old,
leather flask, $1.00
(50c rebate for return of flask.)
Pure Grain Alcohol, per gal. $8.00
“ “ “ per bot. 2.50
We Carry Goods No One Else
Carries.
THE NORTHERN
STODDARD KAY
AERIAL NAVIG. GO.
New York, Dec. 7.—The Aerial Navi
gation Co. is building passenger airships
between Boston, New York, Philadel
phia and Washington.
Crippen’s Will.
London, Dec. 7.—Attorneys here ask
that Dr. Crippen’s will be set aside in
which he bequeaths all to Miss Leneve,
his alleged accomplice in the murder of
Mrs. Crippen.
Orchard Killed 15.
Boise, Idaho, Dec. 7.—Harry Orchard,
who figured so prominently in the trials
of Moyer, Haywood and another, has
confessed that he killed Gov. Steunberg
and 14 others. He refuses to be paroled
as he fears being killed.
Get your orders for Christmas pres
ents in early. Geo. Bemis will be very
busy from now on.
CUDAHY IS DEAD.
Chicago, Dec. 7.—Michael Cudahy,
head of the Cudahy Tacking Co. and
president of the N. A. T. & T. Co.,
which has extensive mercantile and
shipping interests on the Yukon and in
Alaska, is dead of pneumonia.
Dry Wave Reacts.
Washington, Dec. 7.—The internal
revenue department reports there has
been a big increase in the sale of liquor
the past year, also cigars and oleomar
garine.
Priests Can’t Trade.
Rome, Dec. 7.—Pope Pius has decreed
that priests and bishops in the United
States cannot engage in business of any
kind.
Only bath tubs in town at the Gibbon
Barber Shop. Open day and night.
WOOD
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WOOD
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Try Some of Simpson’s Heater Wood
PER CORD. 5-Cord Lots,
$7.00
No Orders too Large, None too Small. First-class Wood—Birch and Spruce
Simpson’s Wood Yard
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