Yukon Valley News
(Successor to Tanana Leader)
ALBERT G. STAMM.Publisher
Subscription.—One year, .?10; six months
$5; one month, $1; single copies, 25 cents.
Advertising.—Rates on application. Right
reserved to reject any advertisement.
Application for entry as second-class mat
ter at the postoffice at Tanana, Alaska,
pending.
RUNNING A NEWSPAPER
Probably no business is the subject
of more criticism than a newspaper.
Every slight error and every omission
is freely commented upon, and expres
sions such as “If I were editing that
sheet I’d get out a real newspaper,” are
heard almost daily.
Now, if your ideas were carried out
the paper might be a success and it
might not. A man on a newspaper soon
learns he must publish a paper the maj
ority prefers and notone he alone fancies.
We were freely condemned at first for
what we wrote, and now we are taken to
task for what we omit. Every day
someone comes into the office to register
a “kick” or to give us his general opin
ion of the paper.
AVe are always glad to receive advice,
and frequently act upon it, but some
times our own opinions are found to be
the best.
People frequently forget that what in
terests them and their immediate friends
is often of no interest to the majority.
They forget that the News has over twice
as many subscribers outside of Tanana
than in the town and at the post.
Then, too, if a social event occurs the
night before publication, those interest
ed cannot expect to have as detailed an
account in the paper as if the event had
taken place the Saturday night before.
This was the case with the A. B, ball.
It was worth a writeup of two columns,
yet we were lucky to get in half a col
umn, as the paper was almost made up
and ready to go to press.
The church basket social was but brief
ly commented on for the same reason.
It was given ample publicity before it
took place, however. \Ve intended to
give a detailed account the next week,
but later thought better of it as it would
have been over a week old—and we do
not want to be accused of publishing old
news.
We were also criticized for our write
up of the officers’ ball because we forgot
to mention the name of a person who
was invited but who did not attend.
We did not mention the names of those
who were invited hut not present, for
we did not know who they were.
Every man demands, of course, that
we publish all the news—except (again
of course) that which is not favorable to
him. Some want to use their local paper
as a vehicle for venting their personal
spite. Some have come to us and said :
“Write something about him; we want
to show him up!” One man said, “pub
lish this, I want a certain person to see
it.”
“Here is something to fill up space,”
volunteered one man, not seeming to re
alize the fact that the News is cramped
for space rather than pushed to “fill
up.”
A paper expects all these things and
for this reason takes them in good grace.
We will continue to do the best we can, j
comforting ourselves with the thought!
that the News is pleasing the majority j
of its readers.
THE MINER’S PLAINT.
The esteemed editor of the Hot Springs j
Echo is receiving a great deal of free
advertising through the News, for which |
he should feel duly grateful. A “Soured j
Subscriber” to his paper has penned
Jack Hunnewell
Harry Stockman
The
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TABLE OF DISTANCES
FROM
Black’s Hotel, Tanana
)
OX LOWER YUKON RIVER
Old Station.
Gold Mountain Trading Post.
Kalland’s. .
Birches..
Portage Roadhouse.
Carlines.
Mouse Point Trading Post.
Kokrines..
Jessies... .
Melozi Portage.
Melozi.
Lewis Trading Post.
Stockman’s.
Louden..
Bishop Mountain.
Koyukuk.
Nulato.
From Nulato—
Kaiyuh..
Lake Shore Roadhouse.
Summit Cabin.
All Right Roadhouse.
Diskaket.
Sim Solomon.
Cutoff Roadhouse.
Dikeman.
Iditarod City.
By Lewis’ Trail—
No. 1 Roadhouse, Lewis Trail.
No. 2 Roadhouse, Lewis Trail.
No. 3 Roadhouse, Lewis Trail.
Glazier Tent.
Tent and Roadhouse.
Village.
Diskaket.
ON TANANA RIVER
Long Lake.
Fish Lake.
Sullivan City.
Hot Springs ..
Lav ins.
Tolovana.
Minto.
Goldstream.
Ohio..
Fairbanks.
MILES
.... 15
.... 30
.... 30
.... 53
.... 64
. . .. 71
.... 85
.... 92
. ... 107
.... 119
.... 130
.... 138
.... 145
.... 163
.... 186
.... 198
. . .. 216
.... 25
... . 45
. . . . 50
.... 85
.... 105
.... 142
.... 172
. 196
.... 220
.. . 19
.... 36
.. . 53
.... 65
.... 85
... 97
- 105
14
26
37
54
60
74
94
114
131
100
DISTANCES FROM
NORDALE HflTFI Fairbanks
TO CORDOVA
Byler’s.
Salchaket (Munson’s).
Little Delta.
Sullivan’s.
Gordon’s.
Donnelly’s.
Rapids Roadhouse....
Millers.
Casey’s Cache.
Yost’s. .
Paxton’s.
Meier’s.
Our Home.
Sourdough.
Gulkana.
Dry Creek.
TazlinaJ.
Copper Center.
Willow Creek..
Chitina.
Cordova.
. 18
. 40
. 60
. 83
. 99
.115
127
140
.142
.152
.172
.188
196
.207
.232
.242
.250
.258
.267
.282
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Bemis has some swell Christmas gifts.
the following and sent it to the News for
publication:
“We are paying for a paper to help
along the camp; to support a worthy
paper, to us is but a snap. But we want
to hear that silent voice—the Echo of
the Springs—recoil from some other j
noise, than—you know how it rings! j
An echo means of second hand, of some- |
thing heard before; hut this echo you I
can’t understand—or even read its lore. !
Its editor—a man refined, a printer from j
’way back—to criticism he is blind, or !
common sense must lack. He signed a
license for hotel, and then he bucked the
same! they jobbed him, tricked him (he
doth claim),—how could they if he’s
sane?
“Let him object to licenses, or liquor |
if he choose; to him our sound advice
would be, to keep away from booze. We
can’t afford to give him coin, for six
months in advance, to make of him a
tenderloin, an echo in a trance. We’ve
tried our best to patronize industries of j
our own; but now we wonder in surprise
how little we have known: a sprightly
sheet from Gibbon came, brimfull with
lively views, of home and places far
away—all hail to the Yukon News!”
Lives must be cheap at the Treadwell
mine. The Douglas Island News tells of
the deaths of two miners, killed by a
falling slab, in a little four-line personal.
Though enlarged, the News can still
be mailed first class for 2c.
Catholic Church
Every Sunday, mass and sermon at 10:30
a. m. At 7:30 p. m. special service for the
soldiers. Short instruction and benediction
of the HI. Sacrament.
All are cordially invited.
H. PERRON, S. J., Pastor.
St. James’ Mission
Sunday school 3:30 p. in. Evening service
7:30 p. in. until further notice.
DR. LOOMIS,
Lay Reader in Charge.
Arctic Brotherhood
Camp Gibbon, No. 25, meets every
Monday evening at 8:20, at the new A.
B. hall, Tanana. Visiting member cor
dially invited to attend.
GEORGE BE MIS,
DR. M’GINNIS, Arctic Chief.
Recorder.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Volney Richmond and Charles Grimm,
and to all persons claiming by, through or
under him:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that the undersigned has expended not less
than one hundred dollars in labor and im
provements during each of the years 1908
and 1909 upon placer mining claims known
and recorded as No. One Above Discovery,
No. One Below Discovery, Discovery, and
Adjoining Fraction, locally known as the
Gold Bench Group, situate on the South
Fork of the Koyukuk river, in the Koyukuk
Mining District, Alaska; that such expendi
tures were made for the purpose of holding
said claims under the provisions of Section
2824 of the Revised Statutes of the United
Stutes, and such labor and improvements
constite'ed the annual assessment work
upon s.n.i claims for each of said years.
You and each of you are further notified
that if within ninety days after the date of
the last publication of this notice you fail
and refuse to contribute your proportion of
said expenditures as co-owners, and pay the
costs of this advertisement, your interest in
said claims will become the property of the
undersigned, under said Section 2824.
CARL FRANK.
Date of first publication Sept. 22,1910.
Date of last publication Dec. 22, 1910.
Notice of Forfeiture
To H. F. Berry, ami to all persons claiming
by, through or under them:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that the undersigned has expended not less
than one hundred dollars in labor and im
provements during each of the years 1909 and
1910, on the placer mining association claims
known and recorded as the Hoosier associa
tion claim, the Martin association claim, the
Happy association claim, the Arizona asso
ciation claim, and No. 9 below discovery, all
on Grant creek, Gold Mountain district,
Fort Gibbon recording district, Alaska:
also the Snowbird association claim,
which adjoins the Ohio associa
tion: and the Hamburger association
claim which adjoins tbe Shamrock associa
tion; all of which are situated on Lynx
creek. Gold Mountain district, Fort Gibbon
recording district, Alaska. That such ex
penditures were made for the purpose of
holding said association claims under the
provisions of Section 2324 of the revised stat
utes of the United States, and such labor and
improvements constituted the annual assess
ment work upon said association claims for
each of said years.
You and each of you are further notified
that if within ninety days after the date of
the last publication of this notice you fail
and refuse to contribute your proportion
of said expenditures as co-owners, and pay
the costs of this advertisement, your interest
in said association claims will become the
property of the undersigned under said sec
tion 2324.
A. M. hPRUNGER.
Date of first publication, Nov. 24, 1910.
Date of last publication, Feb. 24, 1911.
TIFFANY’S
SUITS OF THE LATEST
FASHION.
Stationery,
Confectionery,
Light Hardware
THE TANANA RESTAURANT
Best Meals in the Camp
Short Orders at All Hours
Best of everything on the Market. Service unexcelled in the North
Fresh and Delicious Bread, Pies and Pastries Always on Hand
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Best Liquors and Cigars
in Town at
YUKON SALOON
OSCAR LUNDIN, Manager
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