THE BIG HUNT
Much Game Falls to Native
Nimrods.
Numerous White Men Out After the
Caribou—Some Returned
Hunters.
Tlu' 1 ig lull ill of caribou flint com
menced to cross flit1 Vnki 11 above ltani
part some tt'ii days ago are scattered
through the hills an uml anil beyond
the lieail of Hunter creek.
Native hunters are having the time of
their lives. 1'p to Sumlay, when some
of them came in with loaileil sleils, they
hail killeil forty-six. They all returned
to the eliase Monday morning.
Indians are getting JO cents a pound
for shoulders and 110 cents for hams.
Local stores sell tor 'JO cents, and it was
reported yesterday that a cut had lieen
made to lo cents for shoulders. Query:
Who can locate tin* nigger in the wood
pile?
Among the numerous white hunters
who have gone out are Kd Hopkins,
Fred Cassidy, Hilly Sipary, Haul Sehultz,
William Lord, Have Rushing, M. R.
Downing, and S. A. Yantis. Some of
them are sure to get meat.
John \\ . Imuran aim Peputy .Marshal
Prake returned Sunday, after three
ilays of siwashin*: it in the wake of tlu*
caribou. Mr. Prake killed nothin*!;
hut imports that Mr. Puncau followed a
lmn<l across the divide, hemmed them
in a mountain cove and killed a great
number. Unfortunately the country is
too rough to admit of transporting the
meat. The penalty for wanton destruc
tion of earibou being mentioned, Mr.
Prake said in bis opinion it would be
impossible to get evidence to convict. It
may be that in bis heart the officer be
lieves Mr. Puncan innocent.
I’d McCormick, .lack Uadigan and
Hilly Crockett have returned from a
two-weeks hunt around the head of
Sijuaw creek. They killed nothin*: but
time._
Greely on the Telegraph
I ,*,!, €sc-iit-r.il tireely’.- arrival in
Washington after hi- hit** Ala-kan tour
la* wit;* tTf*litf*l with tli** statement that
“in the |*;»'■! two month- telegraph toll*
on roinlliereial htisilie-s have iinionnte«l
to more than while the «■•»«•! of
H*»vermiielit business on the line- *lnrin^
this time exeee»le*l $_i».Many tle»n
<♦;!Hi| fo*|f \ior»l- were trunsinittetl •hir
ing tile fifteen months the wirele— -%-*
tent in Alaska ha- Utii in o|a*nttioii,
without a singleerror. The«*i»tn|*etitem
Im’Iween governmental, eotiimereial an«t
pre— hii-ine— on the Ala-kan line- has
• lt*velo|w**| to the poili* where il l*ew
-\ -lein to *• i!»••• life hn*ine— ha- lw*en
•keinan«le*l
The tremeinl'Mi- inert a-e in •’••turner*
rial lai-ine-** ha mile. I hv t!*♦* line- i
l itel a-an imlieatfoati of t|»e in»*
l»»rtan* ** of \l.»«kan tra*U
Mr me I Mr* Kieh r. at the agrtettl
turn) Mpiamnl stall***, have a eat
given t»» ruhit hunting It hu- Il»IU**I a
.|.a* », earh larger llMI it-etl
A STORMY MEETING
Miners Association Had a Warm
Time, but Gained More
Strength.
It has leaked out that contention,
lackering ami strife were present at the
meeting of the Miners Protective Asso
ciation held in Kainpart Nov. 4. Report
says at times a free tight was imminent
anil the meeting hade fair to resolve
itself into a head-breaking contest.
Notwithstanding the discord, however,
it is believed the association made a
marked advance in its aims and pur
poses. Signs heretofore bv no means so
apparent point to an organization which
may develop strength and influence.
The secretary was absent when sought
for information, hut it is learned regu
lar meetings of the association will he
held ipiarterly.
The Alaska forum names the follow
ing as the new officers:
President—Geo. \V. Ledger.
Vice President—L. Iverson.
Secretary—W. 11. Ballou.
Treasurer—S. U. Hudson.
Returned to Glen.
Frank Stevens, Louis Sevier and
Charles Kreft finished four shafts on
the upper end of No. 2 North Fork
of Pioneer, but failed to tap the pay
streak. They returned to Glen.
<). A. Liver had previously found pay
on tlie lower end of the claim.
Trappers Heard From.
It was learned a week ago across the
divide that Mike Sullivan, (i. A. Salis
bury ami McManus had caught sixteen
marten in the Sullivan country.
Carlo Jackett and Morris Farrell, who
went to Garnet creek to trap, have re
turned and say they never even saw a
track.
Charley Johnson came down from his
wood camp, 4o miles up liver, last
night. 1 le is constructing what is said
to he the handsomest toboggan ever
seen on the river, and a rumor was cur
rent that lie was expecting to go to the
hills: hut it is not so. A1 Blaisdell, Mr.
Johnson's neighbor, is trapping, and up
to Sunday had caught '.’1 lynxes, 1 wolf
and •> minks, lie fed strychnine to a
big park of wolves, hut the jhd — i>n had
lost its potency.
Manner human • »f the N. ('. Co.
•*ff**«*t«*«| a eorner «»n the Indian mitten
market the tir.*t of the week. It wu*
.tai«I «»n Monday evening not a pair wui*
on -ale in tow n. They are wanted for
I airUtnk'. where a *hortage ha* devel
o|**d.
Frank Smith started to llootlananu
Movnlay with a «i*oml loud of *ttpplie*
for l» L. Fan* her. IVte Vinl*r*«*ti and
.laek Stanton._
So far a* known only on** jMr«*|>eetor
ha* into the |W*uver Kiver e«*»intrv
tin* fall _
\ litany pr*»*p*vt»»r* are working
♦ •»» ll **i.»na tin* winter.
TO THOSE WHO
are used to thin flavorless teas
S Ceylon will be a revelation. Try the red label.
? NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY, Agents
Odd Sorts.
The Canadian government is taking
j precautions to guard against Yukon and
; British Colmnliia miners mixing quartz
I gold with placer gold to save the pay
ment of royalty on the latter. In future
| when there are such attempts hoth
kinds of gold will lie confiscated.
An editor named II. II. Whittle was
strolling along the hcacli at Kclio Hav,
in New York, when he accepted an in
vitation to partake of a plum pie made
bv Miss Ksther Barnard. The couple
then went bathing together, and the pie
gave the editor such cramps that he was
only saved from drowning by the young
lady holding his head above water ttll
i assistance came.
Silver quartz has been discovered near
Sing Sing prison, Ossining, N. Y. The
quartz was found in blasting rock by
electric railroad contractors. It is near
the site of an abandoned silver mine,
which was worked before the revolu
tionary war. At the lieginning of the
war the miners, most of whom were
nKglish, were driven away and never
returned to work again.
A 12-year-old Imy named Walter
Miller, near Corvallis, Ore., suddenly
commenced to grow and within six
months more than doubled in size and
weight, tipping the scales at lbt) |s>umls,
and reaching the stature of a grown-up
man. An unfortunate feature of the
boy's abnormal development is that
something in the transition has made it
impocsible lor him to stand on his feet.
The case is a puzzle to the doctors.
At Tacoma, Wash., Miss l,ela Baker
fled from her prus|iertivc husband. K. C.
Brown, of Corvallis, Ore., at tlie very
hour they were to marry. Her father
ami Brown went to the county auditor's
office ami obtained the license, it tiring
timlersti«»l that Mi-s Baker was to make
lier appearance within a few moments,
the nuptials to I.* celebrated in the aud
itor's private office. While they wen
waiting a telephone message announced
that she had ehangvsl b»r mind a IS I
when a search proved that she had fhsl
the young man left the eilv.
CHAS. A. TRAEGER,
HATS, CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS
QnnrtnrtnrsviSTrinn^^
” C. P. KALNING, 1
>° 5
% Blacksmith and a
ji Wood Worker ij
g — |
£ General Repair Shop 3
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Georg© A. Corbett and A. B. Austin:
You, and each of you, will take notice that
the undersigned co-owner with you in the
placer mining claim known as 22 No. above
discovery on Little Minook Jr. creek, situ
ated in the Rampart mining and recording
district. District of Alaska, has expended one
hundred dollurs. in labor and improvements,
on said plecer mining claim during each of
the years ending December 31, 1902, 1903 and
11*04. as required by the laws of the United
States to hold the same, and that if within
ninety days from the date of service of this
notice upon you by oublication—that is to
say ninety days after the 10th day of January,
11H*> you fail, neglect or refuse to contribute
your proportionate share of such ex|>endi
ture. as co-owner, your interest will be for
feited to the undersigned co-owner.
Date of first publication. Oct. 11. 1905.
Date of last publication. Jan. 10, 1900.
W. M. HAWKINS.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To John Bock:
You w ill take notice that the undersigned,
co-ow ner with you in the placer mining claim
known as claim No. 23 above discovery on
Little Minook Jr. creek, sit tinted in the Ram
part mining and recording district. District
of Alaska, has expended one hundred dollurs,
in labor and improvements, on said placer
mining claim during each of the years end
ing Dec. 31. 11*01. 11*02. 1903and 11*04. as required
by the law s of the United States to hold the
same, and that if w ithin ninety days from
the date of service of this notice upon you
by publication that is to sa> ninety days
after the 10th day of January. 190tV you fail,
neglect or refuse to contribute jour pro|M>r
tionate share of such expenditure, as co
ow ner. your interest w ill be forfeited to the
undersigned co-owner.
Date of Mrst publication. Oct. 11. 19ftV
Date of last publication. Jan. II. 1900.
W. M HAWKINS.
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