LARS SVENDSEN
DIED AT TANANA
llefusetl To lit* Treated 1'ntil
It Was Impossible to
Save His Life.
I.ars Svendsen died at Tanana
a week ago this morning, where he
had been taken to undergo treat
ment by the post surgeon for stran
gulated hernia. He persisted in
refusing to submit to an operation,
notwithstanding he was told it was
the only hope of saving his life;
and when the operation was finally
performed, on Sunday preceding
his death, not one chance in a
thousand for his recovery remained.
Sveitdsen was a well-known
character on the Yukon, where he
has been since the early rush. At
Dawson, in 1899 or 1900, he lound
the largest nugget, perhaps, that
has ever been discovered in the
north. He got li e nugget while
‘‘sniping” on Eldorado, and it was
worth tetween eleven and twelve
hundred dollars. Soon afterward
he secured a small fraction of
ground, supposed to be of no value,
on Bonanza The fraction proved
to be rich, and in a remarkably
short time Svendsen’s fortune had
increased to $7,000.
Then he took a trip to the old
country In Copenhagen he be
came acquainted with a man whose
home was about to pass fr< in him
by foreclosure of a mortgage.
Svendsen discharged the man’s in
debtedness and tl en matried his
daughter, who was a comely lass;
and with his young bride returned
to Dawson and his quest for gold.
It was not long before Svendsen's
little world knew all was not right
Itetweeti the big miner and the
little woman with the giilish face.
The pair came down the river and
soon drifted apart. I'p to within a
tew months ol his death Svendsen
did not know what had become of
his wife; she may have returned to
her kindred.
<ome say a brother of the dead
in. :i now lives at Fortvmile; others
doubt it. He told Kev. Mr. Koonce
recently that he had brothers living
in Minuesota
Hv*mmIm»iTh K»tatr.
Sv*o«l!i*n'» r»Ulc i* not large.
At the beginning of the fatal ill
■icm he but! $ijH in goUldti*!. A
haix that klmignl to him » now
in charge ul Jim McHugh, lie hul
mining mterevt* ne I.ittle Mimmk
the enact value ul which in diitruh
to ariive at. No attminMtralor ha*
vet ficen a^pointml.
: SOLUTION OF THE
RECENT PROBLEM
The following problem was given
: for solution on Feb. 15:
A sent a consignment of cotton-seed [
oil to B to be sold at 4 per cent, couimis- ;
sion; the net proceeds to be invested in
flour at 2 per cent, commission. B’s
commission was fiSo. W'liat was the
value of the cotton-seed oil and flour ? j
Following is the solution:
One hundred pet cent, represents
value of oil. After deducting four
percent, for commission, ninety-six
per cent, represents net proceeds of I
oil.
It B receives two per cent, lor
investing the net proceeds in Hour,
then for every dollar he returns to
A he has to invest one dollar and
two cents. Hence, by dividing tiie
net proceeds of the oil (ninety-six
per cent.'1 by one hundred and two
per cent., we have ninety four and
two seventeenths per cent., value
of flour Subtract this from one
hundred per cent., original capital,
and we have five and fifteen-seven
teenths per cent., B’s commission
on the oil and flour.
By dividing the commission,
$180, by the per cent, commission
received, we obtain the base, or
$3,060, the original value of the
oil.
Deduct four per cent, from this
amount, and divide by one dollar
and two cents, we have $2,880,
value of flour.
I
ALASKA HANDBOOK
TO BE PUBLISHED
—
The Alaska Club, of Seattle, is
collecting statistical information
with a view to the publication of a
handbook of Alaska. The book is
to contain information in a concise
form concerning the resources,
present and prospective, of the ter-.
ritor/. There is a demand for this!
sort of information throughout the
east, as well as among Alaskans
themselves, and the book, which is
to be printed in pocket form, will
meet with a hearty welcome. It
is intended to emlodv a complete
business directory of the territory
and a wide range of useful informa
tion. but will contain no advertise
ments. \\ .rust it will develop
into an annual.
Miirtl *1 inicM Dfiuce
Knjo.vetl fry Ninny
The "bard times’’ dance given
by the Arctic Broot her hood on t*ie
evening ol' Washington's birthday
afforded abundant enjoyment * > the
town residents and main la«' t and
gentlemen fiom the creeks It was
•me >tl the camp's most *»n * > <ful
entertainments of th» winter
RECEPTION SAEOON
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lii-year-ohl Crow Whiskey—The Only Stock.
Something New-Try Our Apricot Cocktail
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Famous M. J. B. Whole Roast
Selected Mocha and Java Coffee
PACKED IN 1-2-5 LB. IAIR TIGHT TINS
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
SOLE AGENTS
TO PROSPECT THE BAR
MOl'TH OK BIO Ml NOOK
John Stanley, manager of the
A. F Schmitz Alaska Dredging
and Mining Company, will at once
put down a number of prospect
holes on the bar at the mouth of
15ig Minook, just above Rampart.
It is said Jack Miles and George
Wco.l will have charge of the
work.
The outcome of this prospecting |
is of great interest. In the past it |
is said as high as $5 a day has been
rocked out from the surface of the
bar Its situation at the mouth of
a gold-bearing stream of Big Mi
nook's magnitude is assurance that
much gold has been deposited:
there. On the other hand, the
depth to bedrock is supposed to l>e
great, and the richness of the over
lying gravel i> a matter of conject
ure. The bar may at least be said ;
to contain immense possibilities.
six-house tkam
(ROSSES THE IHVIOE
S. E. Meeter tlaitcd out Monday
morning with a Wig loud of the
('•oldhug hydraulic material, draw-.1
hv hix hor-e* This is the first six-1
hors* team to crons the divide
The material is to he deliverer!
at Wright s blacksmith shop on
liold Hun, where the piping will
t* rtvited and everything put in
order; and later will be moved to
Khoste Island creek, where the
t '.oldhug company expects to put it
in operation nest summer
BALL RIVER-KOYUKUK
TRAIL NOT MARKED
Paul Schultze, from Dali river,
when asked about the matter, said
the government outfit which was
supposed to blaze and mark a trail
last summer between the Koyukuk
diggings and the Yukon near the
mouth of Dali river, made no per
ceptible improvement. Twenty
miles of the route is destitute of
timber and is without mark of any
kind to guide men on their way.
N'o man could hope to get through
unless he knows the country well,
ami even then it would be hazard
ous. Many have been lost on that
trail, and no trace of some of them
has ever been found.
TAN AX A NATIVES
(HACK IP HAM PART
Waller Sundborg relates that on
a recent trip to Fairbanks he en
countered a good n ly Tatiana
Indians. In respousi o the usual
inquiry as to where tie was from
Mr. Sundtxirg would would answer
•Kampart.”
"kampuit go*xl town g o o d
town," was the ontlorm answer
"1‘lentv sugar kampart cheap,
cheap."
The simple folk were so todig
nant over the high price of sugar
in the big Tauana camp that they
had to make signs in older to ea
press their leelings.
They are all off hunting now