Yukon Valley News
No. 10
VOL. 111.
HAM PART, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, l!KMi
A. B. GRAND
ENCAMPMENT
The grand camp of the Arctic Brother
hood will hold its sixth annual meeting
in Vancouver, B.C., commencing Nov. 7.
This will be the first time that a meeting
of the grand camp has lieen held on the
British side outside of latitude 54 deg.
and It) min., the last two meetings hav
ing been held in Seattle. Nevertheless,
the second and third annual meetings
were held in Dawson, and thus in a true
sense the motto, “No Boundary lane
Here,” has been exemplified.
It is believed that the question con
cerning fixed sick benefits and burial
expenses, which was introduced at the
last session, will come up for discussion
and final disposition.
The Local Camp.
Camp Ha in part No. 15, A. B., held a
regular meeting last Friday night and
enrolled C. M. Atkinson as a true and
loyal subject of her iciness the Arctic
Queen, who expressed great pleasure at
his ability to overcome the many obsta
cles of the northern trail. The meeting
was a very enjoyable one.
The next regular meeting will lie held
Friday, Nov. !•.
SMITH & BURRUSS
NEW FREIGHTING FIRM
Messrs. F. M. Smith ami Harry Bur
russ have consolidated their frei^htin^'
business under the tirm name of Smith
& Humus.
They are Ixith ex|>erieneed freighters,
have plenty of shsk, and will lie in a
jsisition to serve their patrons with
reliability and diapateh.
PREPARING FORWORK
ON RUSSIAN GREEK
McfwrK. Simlair ami Diupniai) haw
huilt a rahin un<l iu«>vt*«l over in
l>rf|uirati«»n for H*»rk <>n Nubian creek.
Tlw *m»|*li«* aere #lc«hlc«l u|> Montana
« reek am! a*T»»*w» 11»** •livkle, an«l tin*
scarcity *4 mmv ren«lcre*l ll»e aav very
rough.
4 haricv I"i9gti. a bright young native
who recently **ntere«l tlir }>rof» •i*t«»n »»|
|ntgt)i*iu ami I .el ««‘«a»iua t«* g*• l*»
liihaia W> get lti« ittwr n*« n«WM. »« U tU-r
llrii lUtker at over front lit wiring*
for a itf ) briof vn*it.
MEN FROM GHANDLAR
Admit “She May Be Spotted" but Are Enthusiastic Just the Same--A
Letter from Garnett Brown at Fort Yukon.
“Slim” Itelin, who came in yesterday ]
morning with the mail, when asked j
how he sized up the Chandlar after l>e
ing at Fort Yukon and other places
where some idea of the situation might
lie gained, said simply, “It looks good ,
to me.”
About forty people, he said, were at
Fort Yukon waiting to go in over the
winter trad.
Asked about the outlook for supplies,
he said that the amount at Fort Yukon j
is inconsiderable. Circle can furnish a
number, hut would not lie able to care j
for a big stampede.
It is reported that dog lisli have ad
vanced to 25 cents a pound at Fort
Yukon.
The following letter may be relied on
as being as nearly accurate as possible, I
the writer being commissioned to repre
sent Mr. Duncan and other men con
nected with the Northern Commercial
Company, and being well known in !
Rampart:
“Fort Yukon, Oct. lit, 1906.
“To John \V. Duncan:
“Sir: There are two men here now
from the Chandlar, F.ddv Hold and
Arthur Newton. They came for sup
l
plies. One of them claim they got bed
rock, but it was not cleaned very good.
They took out $100. They claim that
when it is groundsluiccd down it will go
$100 to the shovel. There is good money
in the gravel. Nearly all of the Koyu
ktik people are in there, and they are
very enthusiastic over it. They have
found good prospects on several other
creeks. These are the two men who
made the upper discovery, above the
.Taps. They are hampered for money
and would sell some of their ground.
These same men admit that she may be
spotted like the Koyukuk; but if you
feel like taking a long chance now is
your time. Frankly speaking, if you
could arrange with your company (act
ing at the same time as advance agent)
[it might lx- well] to come and investi
gate.
“1 have sent to Circle for 7o }x>unds
of dog bacon.
“It is sixty-five miles from Coldfoot
to the new diggings, and there is going
to l>c a lot of supplies freighted from
there.
“There are camped here now o4 men
bound for the new diggings.
“Yours truly, tiAKSKTr Brown.”
COMING AND GOING OF MAILS
“Slim" 1 tfhn hove into port ut 2
o'clock yesterday morning with tHtO
pounds of mail which left Kagle Oct. 12.
Over 000 pounds of it wan first-class
matter for Tanana town and Tanatia
river points; the balance was first anil
second class for Kani|Htrt. The consign*
nient originally consisted of alsmt 2,200
pounds, hut Slim and his Indian heljier
were caught in an ice jam sis miles
alsive Fort Hamlin, one of their two
Isiats was smashed and disabled, ami
1,200 pounds had to Is- cached. It
is all second class for the Taiuiua, and
will Is- sledded down this winter at such
times us |sirtioiis of it may lie taken
without crowding the load lieyond the
tot) |suind limit
Kd. Itiedermun, with t'urlo Jacket! as
helper, arrived with mail from Tunaua
at t ii'ilia k vestenlay afternoon They
startr«l at Itt o'cl<ek Sunday forenisin.
Mr Hmleriiiait sanl tee was gathering
at Tanana Mission when they left and
in overflow at Fi«h free It when they
passed that {xlint showed that it hail
jammed.
Mail starts out l*>th ways at K o'clock
this morning.
That bound up will lie in charge of
Joe Minard, who returns to his winter
run. Slim Itchn goes with him, on his
way to join Mail Su|ieriiitendent Jules
Marion at Kugle. Kd McCormick also
starts out as special messenger to meet
and return with a mail which left Kagle
in a small Imut Sunday, Oct. JH. He is
sent so that the regular carriers may do
their tri|>s with local mail unliuinperest
l»y exceaaive weight.
Kd Itiedermun guvs down on his regu
lar winter run la-twccn Kam|«irt and
Tuuana.
i if course all mail now starts on dog
sled*.
f rom Xanana C R t'urlmsirt Ktarbsl
on Itorsehuck last Monday Hie second
mail on the Tanuna-Kairlstnlis-Valdes
route No mail lout (sen receives) at
Tatiana over that route n|> t*> the time
Carrier llieslerman left there.
CLOSING RECOD
LIKELY TO STAND
Notwithstanding tin- weather has been
uniformly mild, the river this year will
scarcely break the record for late closing.
The latest date on which the ice has
stopped running at Rampart was Nov.
11 in 1904. Singularly enough, the open
ing that year was the earliest recorded—
May 17, leaving just six months be
tween the two events.
If the freighters’ prayer should be
answered by the sprinkle of snow that
fell last night and this morning chang
ing into heavy downfall the close of the
river would be hastened.
Ice began to run Saturday, Oct. 20
and has slowly gained in volume ever
since, but is not coming very heavy yet.
MRS. BLACK
MUCH IMPROVED
Mrs. Black, who was reported to be
suffering from mental derangement at
Tanana, has greatly improved, and her
recovery is confidently hoped for.
This is the encouraging report brought
by Mail Carrier Biederman.
Mrs. Black is very weak, but other
wise is much ltetter, and the ladies of
Tanana who have bestowed ujmii her so
much sympathetic attention are elated
over her changed condition.
BOARD OF TRADE
TO MEET SATURDAY
A meeting of the Rampart Hoard of
trade lmt* been railed at Judge Green’s
office Saturday evening, Nov. 3, at 8
o'eh wk.
Questions regarding the Seattle-Yu
kon-I’acific ex|>oeition and other matters
of importance will Is-considered.
DOGS KILL A REINDEER
AND LAPS KILL A DOG
Thursday of last w«-ek Laps from the
hig reindeer station Iwtween Tatiana
ami the Kovukuk went into Tanana for
supplies. They hud a numlier of work
deer along, one of which the town dog*
killed. Then the laips kille-l one of the
dogs.
It is said one of I', It. Corbusier's ohl
veteran mail dogs has m>t I wen to head*
•inarlrrs to <lraw his rations since about
that lime and there is a lurking suspi
cion that hr was the one who (slid the
• hath penalty.