Local and General Notes
M. W. Sinclair is expected in from tlie
Chandlar in a few days.
Claim No. 6a Little Minook has hern sold
by James Langford to Frank A Graham.
P. C. Raining has sold the workshop just
above the Valley News office to F. M. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Langford have moved in from
Little Minook and are occupying the Jerry
Ford cabin.
H. G. Stockstead, with J. A. Fisher and Cap
Lindeboom as assistants, is starting up the
saw mill at 8 Minook.
Manager G. H. Wand is getting a force of
men ready for the preliminary work on the
Hoosier hydraulic ground.
Chief Mail Clerk W. VV. Phillips and N.C.
Agent Howard Turner, of Fugle, have been
looking over the Chandlar.
Teams finally got through from Hot
Springs to Nobleville. after eight days of
bucking the storm-wrecked trail.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Boucher are to reside
on Hunter creek, where Mr. Boucher is to
be engaged in the Hallou-Mann hydraulic
The name of Dr. C. H. Gibbons, formerly
of Rampart, is in the list of visitors to the
office of the Boston-Aluskun, 27 Stute street.
Boston, Mass.
A new cabin, cache, etc., has been author
ized for the signal crew at The Rapids. It is
expected the contract will be awarded as
soon as all the bidders can he heard from.
Dr. Hudgin, accompanied by Messrs. Cronk
and Cowan, departed from Ray River Hot
Springs Sunday morning. The doctor \\ ill
remain at the springs, but the others will
return in time to see the river break.
S. P. Robins has written the Tunana Citi
zen from New castle, Pa., that Mr. Struble, a
cousin of Rev. M. E. Koonce, will ■ possibly
come to Rampart this season to represent
the Rampart City Gold Mines Company.
James Lyle, the N. C. man on the w ay from
Eagle to Fortymile, said old Forty mile is the
most talked of place up the river now. The
development planned and under way insures
several years of increasing output for the
pioneer goldfield.
At lust accounts the condition of James B.
"Wingate, who was operated on by Dr. Pier
son at Fort Gibbon on Tuesday of last week,
was favorable to a speedy recovery. The
foot was amputated considerably above the
ankle in order to make the adjustment of uu
artificial limb as easy as possible.
Taiumu Citizen, April 10: We are very
pleased to hear that there is a likelihood of
our seeing Mr. [George A.] Salisbury here
the coming summer. He writes that hew id
hold himself in readiness at all times to
come to Tananu immediately in the interest
of any one in need of his services. Mr. Salis
bury is favorably known here. We often
thought during the past winter that with
regard to several cases before this court
there won id he a different story to tell had
Mr. Salisbury been here.
THANKSGIVING
SALOON OPENED
Mii-Iuth from ip-ni.* tin* «li\ •«!»» say Smith
Htirriiss’* saloon opi-urd for liiutifipss at
ThanksttiviiiK <»n l iit sil ty of lust w ith
Put Burns us commissioner • f irrigation.
TlinnUstri% inir w ill l>p one of the liveliest
plupps in the ilistrirt this season ml will
sun rise a irooil many j eople f»> its trold out
put nffpr thp ( liutp ilitrli mill Hump has Keen
•omplrtpil.
Mike Engels
Sourdough Mike
FREIGHTING
and PACKING
To all the Creeks
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HOT SPRINGS TRADING POST
We have a full supply of the best brands of groceries and provisions. Our prices
are right. Low as the lowest. Take advantage of the short trail. New hotel open.
We supply all vour needs, from hotel accommodations and natural hot baths to
provisions for the winter. Come and see us.
F. G. MANLEY, PROPRIETOR
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PROSPECTORS ON HOSIANA
Unexpectedly Run Upon a Notice Directing Them to a
Well-Stocked Cache When Grub is Peluk.
When Mike Lahoski arrived in camp
Sunday morning lie was asked if any
thing laid lately been heard from Ernest
MeLeod, Clarence Avey and the other
prospectors who had nmshed a boiler
over onto the ilosiana from the Chand
lar early in the winter.
“Well." said Mike, “they are still on
Trout creek, and are still at work, and
that is all 1 can tell you. I don’t know
what they have found."
At Fort Hamlin Mr. haboski met
l.oiiis Meyer and dim Chisholm, who
had just come in from Ilosiana for grub.
They made it from Trout creek by way
of Sixmile to I himlin in four days.
When Mr. I-aboski asked them what
kind of prospects the boys had got on
Trout creek they said they didn't know:
they had run across the party by acci
dent and had tarried but a little while.
Meyer and Chisholm went into the
1 losiana on the first water last spring.
They mushed around the country
drained by the left fork till after mid
winter without seeing a soul, and eon
eluded they had the whole region to
themselves. Not Ions a so they crossed
over to the right fork and chased about
for two weeks trying to kill a moose;
but, notwithstanding tracks were thick,
they couldn't get a shot and their grub
was ]>eluk. At last Meyer ran across a
flag which attracted him to a notice
saying if any prospector who read the
same wanted meat he would find plenty
at a cache at such and such a place.
The notice had been left by Argo liill
of the Trout creek party, who had seen
the print of the men's snowshoes fol
lowing the moose tracks and concluded
they might want meat pretty bad.
They found the cache all right, and
so visited the camp at Trout creek.
Mever and Chisholm had a few mar
ten skins which they traded for provis
ions at Hamlin and seemed impatient
to be away on their return to the
Husiana. Mr. Laboski said it was evi
dent they would have to pull most of
the load themselves, for their two dogs
were little better than skeletons.
Mr. Meyer prospected in the lb> ’ ilia
as early as 1001—at least one I . H.
Meyer did, and this probably the
same man
HOME MUSHERS
FOR CHANDLAR
Tliur.-tlav of la-1 \v*** k a party of nine
turn, with tt>ain.'«, ivarlmd Kam
pala «#n tin* way from N*>m«* to i'hand
lar. Tln*y a many othrr out
fit?* w*•:•».* 1 hind thtm, «oiih> of which it
win thought would -witch to tin* n—
|M»rt»*tl -i rikf on tin* Irnioko and o|Iht
woiiM tfo tin* Koviiknk route.
Tin* i»i»*ii I**#t Non»»* March !♦» ami
avt ra^f.l :*d milt*- a • l;*y to Trtnnn. tin
tin* Kalla.* cutoff, thi*y Miitl, tin* *now
had pihd lip -o that in place* tht‘V had
to iif; th»* utrarn; t* htfmph wire* in
• »r«It r t»» Iff their -led* |k»-- under.
The part) » om|»**t I of .!•»• Klein,
.lame- \\ Orr. I*.u hro«n, J./ul<rii'iki,
l- » u* Mt Onlloiiifli. \ndrew \Yilk« r, ,1. d»v»
Tierney, Itrian MrlVvitt ami II..
Three of ihem »*o»n hiiU*t| to m|o|» nt
Rampart, at lni»f till alter tin* o|* niiitf
• d itnviifat ton * Mini tin* other* took the*
trail early I ri lay m«>ndntf
K0YUKUKER8
PASS THROUGH
Me*.*r*. William Minin' ami Harry
Morton, trailer* Irvatol at lierttinan on
the koyukttk, arrive'l at Kan>|iart ye*
tenlny nmrnina on a htmine** tri|> to
Kort Yukon. They will return to the
Koyukttk on the lir*t water.
They foiiml plenty •>( aei|Ualntanee*
here ami reinnineil over la*t niaht.
They nay hi mine** ha* not been too
hail on the knvttkiik the |«t*t winter. It
i* true, however, that the fur taken ha*
not eonie up to that in |m*t year*, whteh
ean only in |Kirt he nreotinteil for hy the
ofl-teetirriiiK at or in*. They hroitaht a
ipiantity of fur to Tanami.
Trail* on the koyiiktlk have latelv
lieen tine Muat of the winter, however,
travel wa« ilitthult ami even ihvn jerou*.
It i* our aim to make the Valiev New*
intere*tlng to frieml* to whom you may
«emt it on the >ait*i' le.
FORT YUKON
HOOTCH CASES
Mushers from up the Yukon tell of
some “hootch” canes which originated
at Fort Yukon and were recently heard
at Circle. The Crummy Kid was im
plicated and several principals and wit
nesses were taken before the Circle
commissioner.
As far as can he learned the net result
is one native woman held in jail, all the
others coming clear.
MICHAEL JOSEPH SULLIVAN
BACK TO HIS NATIVE WILDS
Michael Joseph Sullivan, the trapper-poli
ticiun vv ho along about the holidays came in
front the woods and actually went to work
in the mines for George Spicer at Eureka,
has reverted to his native state. He was
heard from lust week from the heart of
Baker Flats, where he had killed a big
moose and established his temporary home.
Michael Joseph's philosophy long ago
taught him that it is easier to move his
abode to his grubstake than to proceed in
an inverse manner: and the mosquitoes that
come in the spring and wait for him along*
side the best-stocked trout stream will not
be disappointed.
Postmasters have been requested bv the
department to cause announcement to be
made of the issue of 1-eent stumps in book
form. None of the new books have been re
ceived at the Rampart office vet.
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i nr vm 1<m<:l*10Se Pt#pi* *h<>v
AUt T UU seldom write home? \
They will know you are all right if you 1
send them the YUKON VALLEY NEWS. I
Mail yours or let us send one weekly. /
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KILLS
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FOR SALF AT
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