SCHULTZ SAFE
Mail Carrier Turned Back
to Meet the Mail.
Indians Saw Him Headed 'Jp River
to Meet Jim Carse—Was
Breaking Trail.
Allen Crane arrived in camp shortly
after 1-’ o'clock today and brought a re
port that 1'aul Schultz, the mail carrier,
might have met with a fatal mishap at
some place above the coal mines.
Mr. Crane’s apprehensions were nn
f mndeil and Schultz is all light.
Schultz left llampart Nov. IS and was
e \ pec ted to meet the down-river mail at
s une problematical point beyond Fort
Hamlin. He has been expected back
some days; but his non-appearance has
caused no uneasiness, the unusual con
ditions of the present season being well
understood.
Schultz had failed to meet the mail
beyond Hamlin.
Mr. (’rune saw Schultz, coming this
way, pass the nmuth of Salt creek last
Sunday evenin'". Schultz was on this
side of the river. In coming into town
Crane stopped at Charley' .Johnson's, 4">
miles up river, and there learned that
Schultz left that place yesterday morn
ing intending to come on to Rampart.
At Coal Creek he saw no sign of Schultz,
and became apprehensive that he had
dropped through the ice.
Careful inquiry by ,1. W. Duncan, i f
the X. C. Co., of Indians who arrived
late this evening, brings out the fact
that Schultz is safe. The Indians saw
him mushing the other way. He had
broke some trail this side of Charley
Johnson's, and had mushed back up
river to meet Jim Carse with the down
mail. When he once connects with
Carse he will bring the mail on in.
Mail left Ragle Nov. 21. The river
was open there then. It will leave
F.agle again, down, and Tanana, up,
Dec. 11, when the regular weekly winter
service begins.
Whan the River Broke
('apt. A. II. May<> says* lie in positive
the Yukon river broke at Ham|>art in
IS!is on May IT an«I in lssut on May 2:1.
Tin ne are the ilaten elaimeil to l>e eorreet
by Pr. .1. II. Ilml*in. Without author
itative ilenial thin pa)»r will aeeept these
futures an iurrirt ami will no print them
in future.
The ilaten hi re formerly printeil an
May 22 for isos ami May 1!» for lHitP.
Other ilaten of the openie* anil rlosin*
are eorrivt an here h'fore | rinteil.
Jtn* Kamin-ki. from ltle»le I-laml
|.reek, ami 1*. W. Sent!, from What
t'lieer Bur, are in for Tliank*aivin*.
Ihivi- plaveil out ami hail to tike a rest
mi No. s |Ante Minook
liasolene in l!am|sirt is ilown to the
lire*-. This iimp hail in leu la Ini to
■ Iraw on Tamil**. hut a trlryMM from
that plaee states that there i« none
tlu-re. It i- n**t erntlteil that thi*re is a
vomer at Tanana instea-l I a short****.
THE HUDSON PLAN
He Says His Aim Was to Secure
Absolute Fairness in the Vote
He Proposed.
Iii justice to S. R. Hudson it is a
pleasure to give un outline of his propo
sition to the Miners Association for se
curing a vote of the precinct as to the
approval or disapproval of J. Lindley
Green as I’nited States commissioner.
In a conversation with this paper Mr.
Hudson said the plan had heen given
careful thought with a view to making
it absolutely fair. Briefly stated, it was
as follows:
A ballot box was to he prepared and
securely sealed, with only a small round
hole left open, in which to deposit the
votes. Ballots were to he prepared with
“For” and “Against” on them, each
voter's wish to he indicated by the regu
lation cross mark. A man was to be
selected to go over the precinct and so
licit each man to prepare his ballot in
secret, roll it into pencil shape with the
writing inside, and deposit it in the box,
where it would unroll sutliciently to in
sure it to remain till the seal was broken.
The collector of the ballot was to he
sworn to utter no word for or against
the commissioner and to urge secrecy on
the voter’s part. A list of the voters
was to be taken, and the result was to
lie accepted as the wishes of the people
in the matter.
Mr. Hudson said the agitation that is
continually going on regarding the com
missioner is against the welfare of the
district, and he had considered this the
best plan to bring the matter to a focus.
Asked if he did not think the Miners
Association acted in its own best inter
e.-ts in dcclintng to father the proposi
tion, he did not answer directly, but said
i's the association had so acted he had
no fault to find.
WHAT “KAKIT” SIGNIFIES
In the Indian Tongue It Is an Affix
to the Names of Rivers, ar.d
Means “Mouth Of.”
Si net' the gold strike was reported on
! j-tream (lowing into the Yukon some
eighty miles la-low Tatiana considerable
contusion has existed ns to the correct
name of the stream which cuts through
the new land of promise. Only last
week a quotation from Father liagaru
was printed in this pa|>er giving the
right name of the river as Novitno.
Heretofore it was generally spoken of as
Novikakit. hut was sometimes called
Novi—the latter being supposed to Is-a
simple ami convenient contraction of
the longer word.
There is another stream which is often
mentioned here—the one on which a
wonderful group of hot springs was
found fifty uiihs northwestward from
Tananu last winter. It is oftenest called
(lie Malosikakil. hut sometimes the
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OUTFITTING _
MINERS STORE
(In the Postofflce Building)
Cigars by the Box a Specialty
simple Malosi is heard—which lias also
been taken l>y tlie uninitiated to i>e a
lazy man’s method of conserving his
wind.
A little nearer home is another river
which a great many compel their re
belious tongues ro designate as the Tosi
kakit: it heads in the hills to the north
ward and is separated from Ray river hy
only a narrow divide.
Yesterday ('apt. A. II. Mayo threw
much light on this interesting subject.
| “Kakit,” he says, in the Indian tongue j
is an attiix to the name of any stream, ;
which literally means “mouth of.” Thus
at their confluence with the Yukon the I
Tosi becomes the Tosi-kakit and the
Malosi the Malosi-kakit, and soon with
all streams. The Xovitno at the mouth
would be the Xovitno-kakit under a
strict adherence to the rule, hut it has
evidently been shortened into Xovikakit
for convenience sake by the natives!
themselves, for so they all designate it.
“Kakit" is accented on the first sylla
ble and the “a” is given substantially
the sound allotted it in the word
“what.”
There is probably no better authority
than Captain Mayo on a matter of this
kind, and his explanation ought to clear
away all the confusion.
I Weather Conditions
highest 1H; lowest
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0;
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—15
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November 22
NoVI'IhIhT 2d,
Novemlier 24, “
November 35, “
Novemlier 3(1, “
Novemlier 27, “
November 28, *•
Snow fall, (!.•’> inches.
Number of days—Clomlv (’>, partly
cloudy I, clear 0.
Light rain on evening of Nov. 2d.
Fkkd K. K.uikr,
Voluntarv observer.
The telegraph station has liecn re
moved from linker Creek to I lot
Springs. The const ruction gang from
that end have gone to Fort (liblsiit ami
will rommence work on the river line.
Suite twenty-live miles remain to lie
built this side of t lihlsin. When the
line is complete!I stations will Is- es
tahlished at (den and The Ka|iids.
CHAS. A. TRAEGER,
HATS, CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS
Notice of Forfeiture.
To George 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 Kumpart mining ami recording
district. District of Alaska, has expended one
hundred dollars, in labor and improvements,
on said plecer mining claim during each of
the years ending December 31, 1902, 1903 and
1904, as required by the laws of the United
States to hold the same, and that if within
ninety days from the elate of service of this
notice upon you by publication—that is to
say ninety days after the 10th day of January,
1906— you fail, neglect or refuse to contribute
your proportionate share of such expendi
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. 1906.
W. M. HAWKINS.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To John Bock:
Yon will tiiUp notice that the undersigned,
co-owner with you in the placer mining claim
known ns claim No. 23 above discovery on
Little Minook Jr. creek, situated in the Ram
part mining and recording district. District
of Alaska, lias expended one hundred dollars,
in labor and improvements, on said placer
mining claim during each of the yearsend
ing Dec. 31, 1901, 1902,1903 und 1904, 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
» ,v publication that is to say ninety days
after the 10th day of January. 1906—you fail,
neglect or refuse to contribute your propor
tionate share of such expenditure, as co
owner, your interest will be forfeited to the
undersigned co-owner.
Date of first publication, Oct. 11. 1905.
Date of last publication. Jan. 11, 1906.
W. M. HAWKINS.
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MINERS STORE.
End of the Hunt.
The bin earihou hunt is about over,
although some of the stranglinn lieust*
are yet wit hi 11 mushinn ilistanee. The
hunt lias yiehlntl nineh meat. Altc
ttetlier the Imliuns killtsl ei(jhtv-si*. Of
the white hunter* Ott ami Mann killeil
fourteen. Kiwhinv, I’owninn ami Yantis
U"t four ii|i to a Is >ut live tluy* ano.
Yantis went hack yesterday to hrinn in
any ne>re that llownlng ami Itnshinn
mitfhi have killeil. Ibth Amlrews ami
Warner i-laimeil to have killeil two.
Wanner rlaimetl honors, hnt Andrew*
was the one who killeil them, lie nave
the meat to Wanner. It is sun| Wanner
tis>k a shot at Andrews, thinkinn he
w as a rarits.it t runk HammomI killed
lour ami has them ranked on llnnter
vreek