Shopping Oayr
^Christmas'/
Every once in a while some
body tells how gold was discovered
in the Klondike The Dawson News
gives out the 47th discovery thus
ly:
Since George Washington Car
mack, a native son of the Golden
State of California, made the dis
covery of gold on^ Rabbitt Creek
(now known as Bonanza Creekt
on August 17, 1896, many erron
eous and misleading stories have
been told or published from time to
time. The last to be brought to
the attention of the News is that
of one A. Warren West, which ap
peared in the San Jose (California!
Mercury Herald of September 23.
last. When you consider the fact
that Mr. West does not even konw
where Yukon is situated, saying
it Is in Canada, and always has
been, his story of the discovery
of gold in that section should
create no surprise
The story appearing in the San
Jose Mercury Herald of Septem
ber 23 follows:
YUKON GOLD DISCOVERED
BY SQUAW, SAYS AUTHOR
“Gold was first discovered in the
Yukon by an Indian squaw,” A.
Warren West, local author, told
members of the Kiwanis club yes
terday at their luncheon meeting
at the Hotel Sainte Claire.
“The generally accepted story is
that a fur trapper found the gold.
Fraternal Orders
THE AMERICAN LEGION
SEWARD POST No. 5.
Meeting on the first andi§&:;'
third Wednesdays of eachfi^t
month. Leonard Hopkins,
Pnst Haiti
Post Commander.
L. J. Chilherj?, Adjutant.
Seward Chapter No. 10. Order
Eastern Star
Meets the second
and fourth Monday's
of each month in
McMullen’s Bldg., at
8 p. m. Visiting mem
bers always welcome
Mrs. Emma Banhury, W. M., Mrs
Martine Johansen, Secretary.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA—IGLOO
NO. 9.
Oal M. Brosius, Secretary and l
Treasurer. I
Bfeward Lodge No. 1425. L. O. O- j
M. Meets every
first and third
Fridays of eachl
month at 8 p.
m. at L O. O.
F. Hall. All wel
come. Peter N.
Anderson, Di
rector. M. A. Horner, secretary.
AWARD REBEKAH LODGE NO.
6-A L O. O. F.
Meets the rirst
and third Mon-:
days ot each
month in L O. O.
F. Hall at 8 p. za
Visiting members
are always welcome. Margarete
Lechner, N. Ludvig Larsson
Ressurection Lodge No. A-7, I. O.
O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
8 p. m. in Odd Fellows’*
Hall. Visiting brothers welcome.
Gerhard Johnsen, N. G., Ltfdvig
Larsson, Secretary.
Seward Lodge No. 219, F. and
A. M.
Stated communications
first and third Tuesdays
each month. V is i 11 n g
bretJ ero welcome. Hiiwyn swet
mami, W. M., Harold Painter, Sec.'
He did not make the discovery,
but came into possession of the
| nuggets from the squaw, who was
j using the hammered gold for but
! tons,” West said
| The trapper, George Carmack,
received his first gold in 13% and
became one of the rie men in
Alaska By the time or 'in gold
rush in 1898 he held dew s of
claims which he staked and bought
over the preceding four years.”
West also traced the origin of
the totem poles from their mro
duetion to Alaska, Ausaalr and
the Fiji Islands. He '-aid that the
theory of the pole and practices
started in the South Seas and 'hat
the sam epredominatitig families,
he same predominating families,
which the poles repretem are (he:
outstanding groups hoc'' in the
or+h and South
“No new totem poles have been
erected in the past fifteen yeius.
West declared. ‘This is beea e li
quor is no longer available for the
Indians, and a big )a tv always
marks the erection of the poles.
Without liquor the party is a fail
ure. So the Indians f> ive r > u » d
heir money for other more civ
iiized amusements
j “With the passing of the totem
poles, the Indian religion has
gone to oblivion, as the poles acted
as an incentive to carry out their
rites. With the end of the religion,
tribal affiliations have been bro
ken. The Indians of the north are
neither Indian nor civilized at the
present.”
While in the North, West visited
all the points made famous by
faction and history and spent a
number of weeks hunting and
gathering old stories of the North
and its famous ehareefers. He
shot an Arctic brown bear, weigh
ing 450 pounds, and a black bear,
weighing more than 700 pounds.
He has the furs tanned and in
tends to use them as rugs.”
A. M. “Doc” Stearns, well-known
Fairbanks old timer who recently
went to the Pioneers’ Home at Sit
ka. likes it there fine, he writes
friends. The food is great and the
attendants are very efficient
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BALL GAME TONIGHT
- Banzai. Banzai!
The Single vs Married men
will face one another tonight in j
, the annual indoor baseball series
in the Seward Athletic Club gym- ^
nasium. The game will start soon
alter 8. The batteries have not
yet been announced but for the
Married men it is presumed Val
jade and Urie will do the honors
Several new faces will be seen in j
the lineups as during the past :
season much trading and buy- j
mg from the Coast league took :
place.
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