Yukon Valley News
VOL. III.
KAMPAKT, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2<.>, 1!KX>.
No. 1
WELLMAN
Will Wait Till Next
Year to Go to the
North Pole
London, Aug. 16.—A dispatch from
Christiana to the London Daily Mail
says that private letters have been re
ceived there from Spitsbergen which
state that owing to the lateness of the
season Walter Wellman, chief of the
Chicago liecord-Herald Arctic expedi
tion, has abandoned his project of bal
looning to the north (sile this year.
Wellman declares that none of the
preliminary work will be lost by wait
ing over one season, while the extra
data now secured will, in conjunction
with an early start next year, prove in- !
valuable.
The w riter was of the opinion that to
insure this early start next year the ex
pedition would winter at the balloon
station, maintaining everything in read
iness for the grand dash for the pole
when the time comes.
Considerable disappointment is mani
fested by the Arstic societies, which had
counted much on the Wellman expedi
tion this year.
OLDEST FIXED DATE
IN HISTORY 4241 B.C.
Chicago, Aug. 16.—Prof. James 11.
Breasted, the Egyptologist of the Uni
versity of Chicago, lias announced in an
article on Biblical work published yes
t.-rdav that the oldest tixisl date in his
tory is 42-11 B. C.
In tiiat year, be says the calendar was
established, the year la-ginning on what
would now l»- July It*.
Consequently, be says, the calendar
now in use was ti,l-47 (years old last
month.
The professor has arrived at these
conclusions during his long exploration
of the Nile valley when he coui|>ured
the astronomical-lata found in the old
and middle kingdoms of Egyptt
\# the making "f a calendar necessi
tates a high development of mathemat
ical and astronomical knowledge, the
professor says it i* not '•*’ much to
claim a high civilisation for tlmm- -lays
-adtltalN* with geographical, his
torical an-1 srisntllh km-wU-lge only ex
ceeded since at rare intervals an-1 then
k-r brief |«ri.*U until the present era.
HOSTILE
Natives Build a Fort
and Prepare to
Fight
Pliers from Nome and Council tell of
an impending; war between the natives
of Bering sea and those along the Yukon
river.
The trouble arose out of the killing of
a Yukon Indian by a coast native hun
ter last year. The Indian, it was claim
ed, was mistaken for a moose and shot
by a Sclavik native. The coast natives
learned that a heavy force from the
Yukon was marching against them, and
at once armed and prepared for resist
ance.
Dispatches irf the Nome Nugget said
Eskimo camps to the number of hun
dreds were to la- seen Aug. 1 along the
mountain to the east of Chinik. At the
foot of the eastern slope of the hill nu
merous camps of the enemy were to l>e
seen.
The various native camps along the
river between Council and Golovin were
depopulated.
A dispatch in the Gold Digger dated
Chinik, Aug. 9, said the long-expected
battle had not yet taken place, and
most of the white jieople were la-gin
ning to think that the local Eskimos
became unduly excited over nothing.
Hut the natives seemed to think differ
ently anil were still maintaining a guard
night and day. They said that the bat
tle would take place in a few days and
were building a stone fortress. The na
tive who caused the trouble bad skipped
for parts unknown. This account says
lie killed tin- Indian intentionally, but
did it in it defense.
•'Tlicrc arc about forty natives here at
present,” suys the t'hinik dispatch,
‘•ami they say that they have »i||ht«l
the enemy on many occasions. They
also state that they are expecting rein
forcements from the Selawik river, to
which trilie the man who caused all the
trouble I ic Ion if*. The Selawik* and the
Viikons have had a feud of many years'
standing. At one time the Selawiks
were attacked by tlieir enemies from the
big stream, but they ambushed them
.Wid wt|s-l out the invaduuf band. The
natives of the Kohuk are also bitter en
emies ..f tin Yukoners, and it is thought
that they might l»' drawn into the con
Hut."
Messrs Smith fk t’olhns lately re
ceives! a fssd table which lias la-ed alilel
to the oilier handsome furniture in the
Old Homer.
SELLING
And Buying Property
On Both Sides of
the Divide
While ut Fairbanks lecently John \V.
Duncan l (ought Xo. 8 Little Minook. It
was the property of Carr & McGraw.
Mr. Duncan has not yet decided
whether or not he will work the prop
erty the coming winter. It is very
probable, however, that it will go over
and lie opened up next year as a strictly
summer projiosition.
Joe Kaminski, E. B. Power and Max 1
Neville have sold to Otto Kreulde all of
Omega creek from Xo. 8 to Xo. 12, in
clusive.
It is claimed by some that Mr. Kreulde
was acting for Frank Manley, while
others say he bought for himself.
The consideration has not lieen made '
public, but is said to have lieen in the !
neighborhood of $80,000 all told. It is I
good ground.
It is confirmed that M. S. Gill has
bought C. I. Jordan’s interest in Seattle ;
Bar.
Jerry Ford returned today from a
visit of a week across the divide. He
says a deal has lieen completed whereby
Jerome Chute has bought out Egan ;
Bros., Olson & Anderson and Bob Mason 1
on Thanksgiving. The price paid is
$0i>,000.
The ground consists of four creek
claims and a number of benches.
NEW BUILDING
BEING ERECTED
I>r. Ilml^in ha* under construction a
new two-atory building, i!0 by 40 feet,
ju*t weatof the potto thee on front street.
It ia a tine location, ami the a>hlition
of another two-atory building alongside
the jaiatotBee will help the appearance
<if that part of the atrcct.
The iloetor ia |>articnlarly well pleased
by the fact that he will have commodi
oita eellara for warm ami coW storage
umirr the huikling.
Rntprror William of liermany *u>*
the re«l |«-ril, or anarchy, i« more dau
Herotia to tlie ruler* of burope tliatl the
yellow peril, or Asiatic e ne roach me tit*.
QUICKSTEP
Prospectors Find Coal
In Great Quantity
On Island
Nome, Aug. 10.—Samples of coal
taken from Nelson island were received
in Nome this morning on the Gussie
Brown.
The coal was found by the party who
left here on the steamer Quickstep to
prospect in the Kuskokwim. When the
prospectors landed on the island they
found the natives burning coal. They
gave a native $10 to show them where it
was found. They went to the place,
about two miles from the beach, and
staked 160 acres.
The vein was about a foot wide on the
surface. A shaft was sunk to a depth
of eight feet and in that distance the
vein had widened to nearly seven feet.
There are immense outcroppings of coal
lying all over the surface of the hill
through which the ledge trends, some of
the pieces weighing from 700 to 800
pounds. Four or five ships could be
laden with coal without sticking a pick
in the ground.
Elmer Sofe, the boilermaker who went
to Nelson island on the Gussie Brown to
repair the boilers on that vessel, says he
made a test of the coal and found that
for blacksmithing purposes it is equal
to the best coal mined in the east.
GOMPERS TALKS
BACK TO SHONTS
Washington, Aug. 15.—President Sam
uel Gompers of the American Federa
tion of Labor has replied to the state
ment given out by President Shunts of
the Panama Canal Commission, who
claims that the Chinese exclusion act
does not apply to territory of the United
States acquired since the passage of that
act. Gompejrs says it does assuredly
apply to euch territory.
JACK LONDON OFF
ON A NEW TACK
Stuitilr, A UK- It.—Jiuk London, tli«
null r mm ... and \la*ka nubjvcta,
«ill Iruw l»*-r«* in a iiioiilh f<>r it remark'
able trip itround the world. Ilr luti
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roiiir i* not yet ilt lfnilrly laid out.