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Show CAPTAIN COnOYAII "W FROM ALASKA i - , -1 John J. Donovan, former captain of thej Bait Lake police department, returned to the city yesterday after an abeenca of fourteen years In Alaska. Captain Don-' Don-' ovan waa cottspicooua In the police department de-partment during the regimes of Chief Arthur Pratt and Chief Ham it I Paul. Me was with (ha department for nine years prior to 187. Ife left the police, department depart-ment to Join In the rush of gold-hunters to A'sska In 117. and during hia abaeuce has bn In every big mining section of that territory- Beforq his return to this part of the country he was deputy I'nited ' Btatea marshal at Idftarod, where he gained the esteem and respect of the residents. tne of whom algned a pet It lot bagging him to remain aa their deputy. Captain Donovan aava that the placer mlnee f Alaska will yield '.&O0.oft0 thla year, although ope rat km a were limited to June, July. August and a part of September. Septem-ber. - A number of ,new strike have been made at Ruby City and Fairbanks, feus-Ins; feus-Ins; an old-time stampede. The entire territory la becoming developed naturally. natur-ally. Captain Donovan expressed surprise and delight at the progreaa that has been mad In th city since he left her fourteen four-teen years ago, lie will remain her stout thirty days. |