HOT SPRINCS TRADINC POST
We have a full supply of the best brands of groceries and provisions. Our prices
are right. Low as the lowest. Take advantage of the short trail. New hotel open.
We supply all your needs, from hotel accommodations and natural hot baths to
provisions for the winter. Come and see us.
I F. G. MANLEY, PROPRIETOR
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Happenings Beyond the Divide
DOC COVERED
BY BLAZINC OIL
John Miron, occupying a cabin a short
distance below the telegraph otfice at
Eureka, had a dog and the dog had the
mange.
Last Thursday the dog was taken into
the cabin and thoroughly saturated with
kerosene. Somehow the poor brute got
too near a lighted candle and was at
once covered with tlanies. In his terror
he ran under the bed, which caught tire.
As quick as possible the dog was dragged
out and rolled in the snow; hut it was
too late—he was so badly burned that
he had to be killed.
Meantime, fire gained such headway
that it was with the utmost difficulty
the cabin was saved from total destruc
tion .
STAYING WITH
BOULDER GREEK
Boulder, the creek lying between the
two Fish creeks and the Tatiana river,
which was the scene of a mild stani]>ede
earlier in the winter, is still being pros
pected by Edgar and his men from Hot
Springs.
There is known to Ik- gold on the
creek, but the results obtained from
late prospecting have not been learned.
If pay is developed there neither Hot
Springs nor ltampart will he the supply
point. Tanana town is the nearest and
most accessible place.
NOBLE TO TRY
AGRICULTURE
K. F. Notile lias tiled on llL’t) acres for
a homestead at his place at the month
of Knreka creek and proposes to farm
quite extensively the present year. Oats,
barley, wheat and potatoes will lie the
principal crops.
The place is described as an ideal
one for a farm. One groat advantage is
that the ground requires very little
clearing to make it ready for the plow.
Another is that a stratum of gravel lies
beneath the soil, thus affording under
ground drainage and allowing the land
to warm up early in the season.
It is also believed that the soil is
mud.. fertile there than in most
places in the interior of the territory,
(trass grows five or six feet high and all
kinds of vegetation has been noticed to
flourish exceedingly. This is attributed
to a limestone belt on which the new
farm is situated. There is plenty of
limestone which may !>e burnt for fer
tilizer if required.
It is confidently predicted that with a
proper effort Mr. Noble will make a
success of his farm ; and some propbesv
that that section will develop into a
great wheat country.
PAST AND FUTURE
SOCIAL EVFNTS
There wa* u very elljt .yuhle I la lire at
Hot Spring* .Inn. Lti. There were a
piano, two guitar* ami a inainlolin, ami
Mr. ami Mr*. Selleinler ami Kelt linker
were among the miiaieian*.
A merry time i* planned for St. Val
entine'* day. There will lie a dun re at
night; hut at la*t aeeonnt* it hail not
Iwell deeideil to lil.l-k.
It i* planned to make St. Patrick’*
day the mo*t eventful in the hiatnry of
the Spring*. The lengthening day* will
render the mn*hing good hy that time,
and fieople front a di*tanre will lind the
jnlirnrtr a* well a* the Spring* very
plcuniint. It i* extremely likely that
favorable plan— near the warm water
will furni*h appropriate l»it* of growing
green for the i*va*iou.
LUMBER FOR
THE CREEKS
Noble is now freighting lumber from
Manley’s Hootlanana mill to Glen,
Thanksgiving. What Cheer Bar, etc.
The use of a snowplow was made nec
essary by the January storms, but the
roads are now like boulevards, and big
loads can be carried.
The null has been broken down for
some time. Bob Andrews went over
from Rampart in response to a telegram
a few days ago, and it is believed the
mill was to be started, Mr. Andrews
being a mill man.
There was about 50,000 feet of lumber
on hand when Noble began hauling.
HUNTERS AND TRAP
PERS NOT VERY LUCKY
Hunter* Imre not killed ii great deal
of meat this winter. Pete Hansen lias
three moose ready to bring in from the
Tolovana. S. E. fleeter saw a moose (1
miles this side of Hot Springs Jan. 26,
and the tracks of three others that had
not long been made on Eureka cre< k.
Trappers have not done very well.
\\ . ('. Brace was one of the most suc
cessful, with about fifty lynx and a little
other fur. There are very few marten.
Michael "Joseph Sullivan, famous as
a trapper and politician, is now on
Eureka, where Spicer is teaching him
how to snare and skin a paystreak.
There are no rahhits at all.
SKOOKUM PAN
WORTH $75
Hebb A Kaullniek, who have done a
great deal of pros|w*cting on Skookuiu
this winter, [si lined a pan at suit two
week* ago. The pan was taken from
frozen ground.
It is sail that a very wide paystreak
is indicated t'onsiilerahle dirt is al
ready out, and it is thought sk- .-kiim
will get then- with another tine cleanup
next spring.
Bad Trait to Fairbanks.
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Other-Side Notes
A. Chisholm is building a two-story
house at Hot Springs.
A new hothouse 25 by 100 feet is be
ing built at Hot Springs.
Jim Cummings is prospecting on Joe
Hush ami the North Fork.
Mike Kingston, on the North Fork
bar, has a prospect hole in 20 feet.
O. A. Diver ami Cap Williams are
representing North FV>rk bench claims.
Jim Drummond, formerly of What
Cheer Har, is chef at the Hot Springs
hotel.
Sandberg, Nelson and I’tish, on Joe
Hush creek, have been on good pay all
winter.
Diver, Williams and Graham are
making another crosscut on the North
Fork bench.
The earthquake of Jan. 14 left some
what of a twist in Jerry Ford’s new
building at Eureka.
Henry Papin is prospecting his Pio
neer property. He is now sinking con
siderably below the old workings.
George Klapproth is now chief stew
ard at the Noble house at the mouth of
Eureka. Dad Foster is a regular boarder.
S. E. Heeter mentions eating celery
grown at Hot Springs in one season
superior to that grown in the States in
two.
A. II. Lane and Cap Lindeburg, pros
pecting on Joe Hush creek, have not
found pay. Water has not bothered
them.
Strandie it Cobb, 10a Eureka, are
tunneling and taking out good dirt. It
is expected they will have a very fair
dump ready for the washup.
H. F. Thunnn and party have done a
lot of prospecting on the bench between
Joe Hush and Skookum. The results
are said to be highly satisfactory.
F. G. Manley is to come in over the
ice, ahd it is expected the opening of
ditches and other preliminary work will
be started at the earliest practical mo
ment.
Oscar Horgman and Hen Cedarman
are pros|>eoting for Frank Manley on
Allen creek. Horgman put two holes
down and struck water in each at 20
feet. Cederman, with two holes, was
still in the frost at 26 feet.
Spicer, on discovery, Eureka, has
been on uniformly good pay all winter.
Exploration of the pay dirt lately found
some distance from the old pavstreak
on discovery has not been continued,
but it is believed it may turn out to lie
a very important find.
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