Fourth of July Celebration.
OFFICERS:
Marshal.Frank M. Smith
Judges .... John W. Duncan, C. K. Peck, J. Lindley Green
Clerks of Course.G. H. Wand,-Stockstead
Director of Games.Robert Schaber
Juiige of Shooting Contest.Dr. J. H. Hudgin
Reception Committee . G. A. Ketterer, Dr. C. D. Carter, C. A. Davidson
Refreshment Booth (under the auspices of the Athletic Association)—
Harry Burruss, C. A. Davidson
Base ball game, five innings, called at 1 p.
banquet July 5.
sharp—A\ inners to have a
1st
Prize
*
100-yard dash.
High jump.
Putting shot.
Running broad jump ..
Three-legged race, 50 yards and return
Pole vault.
75-yard sack race .
Running hop, step and jump ....
Potato race, ten spuds two yards apart
Standing broad jump .
Slack-wire contest .......
Obstruction race, 11K) yards .....
Half-mile horse race.
Ladies’ shooting contest .....
Men's shooting contest, entranae fee $1, winner to take all.
Indian canoe race.10 00
Hance at A. B. hall in the evening.
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
7 50
15 00
5 00
2nd
Prize
* 2 50
2 50
2 .50
2 50
2 50
2 50
2 50
2 50
2 50
2 7)0
2 50
5 00
2 50
5 (K)
PIONEER DIGS HIS
OWN GRAVE.
Fairbanks, July 2.—John Johnson dug
his own grave in the Kantishna.
His body was found near a 6-foot hole
lie had scooped to bedrock on Caribou
creek, and was buried in it the next day.
It is believed old age and exposure
caused his death. His dog gave the first
warning.
He was a pioneer of the Tanana, hav
ing assisted in building Barnette’s tra
ding post. Nothing is known of his
former life.
STRIKE ON BLACK
RIVER.
Fairbanks, June :S*.—A strike is re
I«irtcil on Black river. Mclnroy nml
others are trying to charter the steamer
l*U|>.
i Black river flow* into the Porcupine
1H miles from the mouth, ami heads ii|>
toward Charley creek. It is less than
lifty miles from Circle to Black river.)
Wally Laboski in Camp.
Wally lails>ski came into camp Mon*
•lay ami has lieen telling the ls>vs a hat
hup|*-ned him in the Novitim country.
He say* he is sorry he didn't go to the
Noritno several year* ago.
IU* brother Mike i* tarrying at
Tanana.
FORM ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION.
Men interested in local sports got to
get her Monday night and formed the
Rampart Atldetie Association.
The association starts off with a fair
meinliership, and it is intended to keep
it alive and make it a factor in the life
of the camp not alone during the sum
mer season, hut throughout the winter
as well.
The following ofhoers were chosen:
Manager—Robert Schaber.
Secretary—J. W. Young.
Captain of Rase Rail Team—Hr. C. I>.
Carter.
Henry S<|iiiresand Jack liadigan were
added to the above list to constitute an
executive committee.*
THE OLD PIONEER’S
44 OPENING.”
When Miwru. Smith A Collin* threw
ojwn the iliM.ru of '‘The (>M Pioneer” to
the |>tihli<' the other morning they en
tertaiiml their tcuewta in u very “awell''
manner.
The luneh wan ahniulant ami es|w
eially well |>re|iareil uiel well nerveil.
tieort|e Kht|>|>roth ha.l imnle the •aiwl
wiehe*, Mr*. I'lirn* the *alu<l*. Sweetie
Iteekwith the rake—nu ll Iwilitf the IdmI
.•f it* klixl.
There wa» mitaie ami a jolly voni|ainy.
MERCHANDISE. MINERS STORE
OUTFITTING .... (In the Postoffice Building)
Fine assortment of CANDIES a specialty.
Local and General Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Langford are in from
Little Minook.
Winter rye is in bloom at the experi
ment station and is 4 feet high.
Mr. and Sirs. W. B. Ballou nre in
town from Ruby creek for the Fourth.
Louis Sevier hit on the novel plan of
hanging a smudge on his hack while
mushing on the trail to circumvent the
mosquitoes.
The Alaska Club’s Almanac for l'.KXl
lias been issued. It has been greatly
improved in appearance and contents,
and wiii be of especial interest to people
in the States.
Dr. Charles I). Carter, the dentist,
returned from Circle on the Power last
Friday, accompanied by Mrs. Carter.
The doctor will visit Tanana for a short
professional sojourn July It*.
The Omni creek section, southwest
erly from Thanksgiving, has been the
scene of a mild stampede lately. It is
said nothing of importance was found,
but the country looks very favorable.
I)r. .1 11. Hudgin has added a young
cross fox to his zoo. The native who
brought the pretty little animal to town
did not kave to look any further for a
purchaser after lie found a purchaser.
The Iloosier hydraulic works closed
down for lack of water lasj week. Mr.
and Mrs. Nichols and Mr. and Mrs.
Strickland and nearly all the other
Iloosier people are spending the Fourth
in town.
F. E. Rader, of the agricultural expe
riment station, expects to receive a
small gasoline engine liy way of St.
Michael soon. It will be placed in a
boat and make it easier for Mr. and Mrs.
Rader to visit town friends.
The steamer Hannah, from St. Mi
chael, is expected to arrive today. 1’.
Kaffenburgh, of the Boston Store, and
M. P. Fleischman, of the Miners Store,
will take passage for the outside to buy
stock for their respective houses.
The trails are firmer this summer than
in any past year. June would have
been a most favorable month for road
making in this country, and there may
never come another time when so much
could Ire accomplished at small outlay.
The first rain of the summer fell
Saturday night and Sunday. At the
agricultural ex |>eri merit station the
amount was recorded as fifty-eight
hundredths of an inch. M. S. trill says
that it gave enough water in tilen to
keep three men shoveling in three rprar
ters of tin1 time.
Kani|iart is to Ire favored by a nuiutier
of distinguished visitors this month,
tiovernor lloggatt is extracted to come,
and Major Richardson ami Captain
I'illshury, of the Alaska roud commis
sion will Is* here. Judge Wiekcrshani
will pass through. J. K. Chillrerg, pres
ident, ami I. A. Nadeau, director gen
eral, will la- here on a tour of Alaska in
the interest of the Alaska-YnkonPaetHe
Exposition. Risliop Rowe will Ire here.
Ami pmtiuhlv others •>! nit we than ordi
nary note.
A. B. NOTICE.
Regular meetings of the Arctic Brother
hood Lodge are held lit their hull on the
second und fourth Fridays of each month at
8 o’clock p. m.
C. A. DAVIDSON,
JULIUS RAHMSTORF, Arctic Chief.
Arctic Recorder.
Notice of Final Settlement of Ad
ministrator of Herbert Haven’s
Estate.
In the Matter of the Estate i
of [
Herbert Haven, deceased. )
Pursuant to an order of the Probate Court
for Rampart Precinct, Third Division, Terri
tory of Alaska, notice is hereby given, that
C. P. Kalning has filed with said court his
final statement or account, as administrator
of the estate of Herbert Haven, deceased,
and that on the 24th day of August, 1906, at
the hour of ten o’clock a. m., has been set by
the court to hear objections to said final
account and the settlement thereof; and all
persons objecting to said final account or
the settlement of said estate are hereby
notified to appear before the Honorable
Court, in the court room of the court house
in Rampart, at the time above stated, then
and there to make such objections.
It is further ordered that this notice be
printed in the Yukon Valley News for six
consecutive weeks, the first insertion to ap
pear in the issue of June 20. 190H.
Dated this 18th day of June. A. D. 19t)6.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Commissioner and ex-officio Judge of the
Probate Court.
(
Apr Vfll I onc cf ,l'ose people who v
nUL T UU seldom write home? \
They will know you are all right if you 1
send them the YUKON VALLEY NEWS. f
Mail yours or let us send one weekly./
The Sun Francisco relief committee
sold 13,600,000 pounds of surplus flour
which it had on hand.
John M. Uattisnn, governor of Ohio,
died June 18. He was a democrat and
was noted as a leader in the reform
movement in the United States.
Carl M. Johanson, of Fairbanks, who
was urged for the governorship of Alas
ka by Senator Nelson, was married in
Colorado Springs June 20 to Miss Edith
Tribe, daughter of a millionaire mining
man.
Kufus E. Lester, member of the house
from the First district of Georgia, died
June IS. lie was greatly respected and
loved by the people of his state, whose
confidence he p >ssessed to a remarkable
degree.
The meat ins] Mart ion bill passed by
congress gives the secretary of agricul
ture ]s>wer to review the orders of the
meat insjiectors, but no such power is
vested in the courts. This is in accord
ance with the desires of the president.
The Guggenheim p-ople are getting
large shipments of machinery for l»>th
their 1 >awsim and Atlin |>ro|ierties.
Nearly every boat is bringing machinery
and supplies for them. Many hundred
tons are yet to mine.—Skag. Alaskan.
More than four tons of northern gold
dust was ilepwited at the Seattle assay
June It*. Most of it was from the
Tananu. This aill tie the record yerr
for the north. The prisluction may is
twice that of any former year, notwith
standing the decline of tire output of
the Canadian Yukon