Yukon Valley News
VOL. II.
RAMPART, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30. 1906.
No. -40
THE BIC FIRE
AT FAIRBANKS
New Buildings Already Oc
pied in Burnt District.
From passengers on the Hannah last
Sunday night it was learned that the
tire at Fairbanks May 22 was a very
destructive one.
The Seattle Xo. 3, which transferred
i t ^ passengers to the Hannah at Tanuna,
had left Fairbanks a short time before
the tire; but had received details of the
destruction wrought.
The tire started in Moore’s dental
office on Main street. It is supposed to
have been caused by an explosion of
gasolene or something of the sort; for
the whole place was immediately en
veloped in flames and I)r. Moore had to
escape through the window and over the
awning.
The burnt district extends from Main
street to Cushman street along the
water front, and back three blocks to
Lacey street.
All the principal mercantile establish
ments were burned except that oi the
Northern Commercial Company.
The First National Bank and the
Washington-Alazka Bank were burned.
Barnette’s bank was badly scorched.
Tlie two daily papers, the News and
the Times were burned out. The Times
had only issued the first number of its
daily. A wire received May 26 said that
each pajier saved a small'part of its ma
terial ami is now issuing from job
presses.
The courthouse, the postotliee and the
federal jail were burned. The city
building escaped.
Only three saloons were left standing
in the city.
Very little was saved from the burn
ing buildings, tireat quantities of goods
were removed and piled along the water
front; but tlie slabs and sawdust with
which the street had l>een tilled in soon
caught tire and all the goods were con
sumed.
It is related that liefore the tire hud
been burning an hour property holders
were hustling to place contracts for
lumber with which to rebuild.
A wire from Fairbanks says many of
the new buildings in the burnt district
are already occupied.
Dome Creek Interest Sold.
KwirUinks, May St.-Hilly Brvdgcs has
•old a half interest in \<>. lalsive. K* me
creek, to hi* partlo r for Hb.tMt
NO ACTION TAKEN
REGARDING A JUDGE
’Passengers on the Hannah Sunday
night said United States Marshal Pern
had stated that Judge Wiekersham will
surely be confirmed. This led some t<>
believe that the senate had resolved to
dispose of the matter very soon. How
ever, the following from our Fairbanks
correspondent, dated May 28, is proba
bly the more dependable:
“No word concerning Wiekersham.
Believed Nelson’s game is to delay con
firmation as long as possible.”
ROBERT WRIGHT’S
CONDITION IMPROVED
Letters received in Rampart some
time ago expressed a fear that young
Robert Wright, who was so seriously
injured on Thanksgiving creek a year
ago last winter, would again have to
leave his home in Mexico, Mo., to un
dergo treatment in the hospital at 8t.
Louis.
Many friends here will lie glad to hear
that Robert’s father received reassuring
news through the last mail, and that
the young man is at home and doing as
well as can be expected under the cir
cumstances. It is hoped that his shat
tered leg w ill now continue to improve.
STAKING IN KLONDIKE
HAS A BIG JUMP.
From thr Dawson News.
More virgin claims have lieen staked
and granted in the Klondike and more
recorded in April than for years. The
staking has been spread over a large
area.
Poring the fiscal year ending June,
liHM, the total nunda-r of virgin claims
staked and granted was 1!H). Poring the
the fiscal year ending June, 1H05, the
total virgin claims stakeil and granted
was list. April of this year has made
tin' phenomenal record of 1,-HJO, or near
ly five times as many in one month us
in the two years previous.
The cause of the hig leaps in April are
the discovery of Parker ami tributaries
and the staking of the Flat creek conces
sion. The greater miluhcr were staked
on Itarker and tributaries, and alsiut
Us• on Hat creek. Many claims also
have lieen staked on other creeks in the
region of thiwson. Canyon creek was
staked >111110 extensively. A number of
other creeks were staked for water pur
poecs, ami there is a sprinkling of stak
ing in all directions.
Tile t>>lal revenue from the claims
grunted for April is over |1 i »*»>
HIGH WATER
IN THE YUKON
Dawson, May 28.—The water is unu
sually high at Dawson. The electric
light poles washed out above the Fair
view hotel, and water covers Princess
street and a few more inches will cover
front street.
Water in the Yukon at Rampart is
higher hy at least three feet than it has
been since ISAS.
It has been steadily rising for two
weeks and is still coming up at the rate
of about an inch an hour.
It is yet live or six feet below the
mark of ’AS, but with ten days of warm
or rainy weather on the upper river the
old record might be reached or even
passed. The above dispatch shows that
the condition of the river at this point
is in no sense local.
INSANE PATIENTS
ON THE HANNAH
Deputy United States Marshal Charles
Dreibelhis, of Fairbanks, passed up on
the Hannah Sunday night, having in
charge five insane patients for the Mount
Tabor Sanitarium in Oregon. Four of
them were in such a state that they had
to be constantly watched.
At Rampart two more patients were
put in his care, Herman Reelman and
S. P. Roliins.
STREET CAR SERVICE
FOR DAWSON.
The Dawson News says street car ser
vice is the next great metropolitan
feature for Dawson. Tom O'Brien is
thinking of establishing not only a
street ear service, but an inter-urban
service between Dawson and Klondike
City.
The tracks of the Klondike Mines
railway will be extended into Dawson
and O'Brien is thinking of getting one
of the dummy engines at Rear creek,
Coal creek or elsewhere in the territory
end putting on an hourly service la
tween Dawson and Klondike City. Tom
says he can afford to carry }*»‘pie to
Klondike City as cheaply as they now
can cross the toll bridge to get there,
and that on the cars they not only will
have the |*assage across the bridge, but
the rule thrown in with the bargain.
John \\. tmin'an, meal manager for
the Northern Commercial Company, ar
rived on the .S'hwatka last Thursday,
after a vacation s|iciit outside.
THOMAS CALE
TANANA CHOICE
Republicans Endorse the
Miners’ Candidate.
Fairbanks, May 26.—Thomas Cale is
the miners’ choice fur the Tanana candi
date for delegate.
Other candidates for the nomination
were Dan Sutherland, li. B. Collins and
Jack Ronan.
Cale was elected on the fifteenth bal
lot by Sutherland and Collins throwing
him their support.
The platform adopted recommends
the annulment of the power-of-attorney
law; specifies the amount of work to be
performed on claims; abolishment of
association claim; a better definition of
discovery for placer; legislation to pro
tect the fishing industry; extension of
present cable and telegraph lines; re
duction of taxes on railroads; establish
ment of lighthouses on the coast; wagon
road to the coast, and a better public
school system.
Endorsed by Republicans.
Fairbanks, May 28.—Republicans en
dorse Thomas Cale, the miners’ candi
date for delegate to congress, and will
send a delegate to the J uneau republican
convention to work for him.
Major John P. Clum.
Fairbanks, May 28.—Majoi John P.
Clum is on his way in to take charge of
the Fairbanks postotfiee and boom his
interests as candidate fur Alaska to
congress.
First Gold from Tenderfoot.
Fairbanks, May 28.—H. Dunbar has
arrived from Tenderfoot with the first
gold, amounting to $3,000.
Marriage of Mr. Monroe.
Rampart friends of A. II. Monroe
have received newspai>cr clippings an
nouncing his marriage in Mexico, Mo.,
lust month.
Mr. and Mr-. Monroe intended visit
ing extensively in California and were
to come t<> Rampart in June.
Quartet Off for the Springs.
A porty consisting of Clement Ander
son, tins brown, (ieorge Shirley and
I‘res Inland left on the Hannah for the
mouth of Kay river.
They will Iniat supplies up to the lo t
spring- and remain for a month or »i.\
Weeks.
M. S. ••ill has a crew of eight men
groundsill icing on •• ten. They are tak
ing advantage of the Hush water.