Fairbanks County AK Archives News.....Personal Mentions May 8, 1911 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ak/akfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sherri Bradley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000051 April 17, 2010, 12:31 am The Alaska Citizen May 8, 1911 Gus Koellner is back from a visit to the Hot Springs. A.G. Bell o the Times was taken sick in the early part of the week. Mrs. E.H. Boyer has entirely recovered and is able to be about again. D.L. Thomas of Chatham creek was in town the early part of the week. A. Blazimer, the "Russian Kid", left for his Wolf Creek claim on Friday. John Lee and Frank O'Rourke were in from Anaconda Creek on Tuesday. Jack Nirish, the Skoogy quartz miner, returned to his claim on Thursday. Ernest Peterson and Max Maniken received their final citizenship papers on Monday. Fred Martin o Fox was brought into the city on Monday suffering from pneumonia. Matt Schroeder o the Niggerhead was in town on Tuesday to attend a court case. Charles McDermott, the town marshal of Chena, was a visitor to the city on Tuesday. Mrs. F.C. Joes, head saleslady at Simson's was taken ill with appendicitis on Monday. Reed Harris, formerly of Ester, has opened up a general merchandise store at 17 Goldstream. Henry Cook, who has a lay on 8a below of Ester Creek, was in the city at the beginning of the week. Tom Blaylock was in town during the week and officiated as usual at the dismantling o the bridge. W.J. Thompson, of 1 above bench, Engineer Creek, was in town for a hoist at the latter part of the week. Henry Riley has purchased the restaurant and bunkhouse formerly conducted by Miss Walker at Chatanika. John Murray, of the firm o Whitman & Murray, was in town attending to business the early part of the week. P.A. Rettig of Chatanika was in the city on Tuesday on Tuesday. He will be connected with the American Bank of Alaska. Ale Fowler, formerly with the W.A. bank, has bought out the grocery business formerly conducted by L.G. Bordson. Tom Roerts, who started to mush to the Big Chena hot springs, had to return on account o the creeks being unfordable. Alan Cunningham, who with Jack Mathews had a lay on Steele creek, has decided to look elsewhere for the elusive paystreak. Ed Stier, formerly clerk o the court here, has been appointed commissioner of the Georgetown precinct by Judge Overfield. T.J. Hilling, who during the past winter has been stationed at Gilmore, is again back at his old stand in the T.V.R.R. depot here. H.D. Goodfellow, the wood dealer, was in town on Friday. He claims that his firm intends to cut 2,000 cords of wood this summer. H.M. Henning, formerly of Engineer Creek, is ground sluicing on No. 3 Walnut Creek, preparatory to working it by the open cut method. Jack Wallis of Chatanika was a visitor to town the early part of the week making arrangements for the opening up his restaurant again. Walter Fisher of the Niggerhead association commenced sluicing on Monday, starting with a crew of sixteen men shoveling into the boxes. F.S. Gordon has purchased the Harry Cribb block on Cushman street and later in the summer will move into it with his stock of ladies' furnishings. Shorty Smyser, the Chatanika hotel man, was in the city Tuesday and Wednesday in connection with the application for a renewal of his liquor license. L.A. Freestone left for Chena on Friday night to run through the ore from Sharrard, Scrafford &Golden ledge. He will be assisted by Howard Riding. James Fallon has received word to the effect that Mrs. Fallon, who had a slight attack of paralysis a short time ago, is very improved and that she and her daughter will loon leave Seattle for California. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ak/fairbanks/newspapers/personal28gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/akfiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb