KUSKOKWIM
NOT SHORT
Country is Full of Mineral and
Several Strikes Are Already
Reported.
Nome, Pec. 7.—Captain Geiger, the
well-known pioneer, who arrived in
town yesterday afternoon, has completed
one half of a thirteen-hundred-mile
walking trip, which he is making for the
sole purpose of securing a truss for his
little 6-year-old son, who met with a
slight accident and ruptured himself last
month.
Captain Geiger’s home is on the Kus
kokwim river, twelve miles below the
Russian Mission, at a place known as
Crow Village, and can l>e reached in a
twelve-hour walk from Pimute, on the
Yukon.
The captain left his camp Nov. 16 and
traveled up the river a distance of 100
miles in order to.induce Pat Kjegstad to
bring him to Nome. On arrival at
Kjegstad’s camp he found the latter just 1
packing up to leave for a point several
hundred miles distant whero a strike is |
supposed to have been made. Kjegstad
bad received a letter from a man named
Parks, which stated that he had discov
ered good pay. He asked Captain Geiger
to accompany him.
The captain then went down the river
looking for Indians to bring him to1
Nome, but finding none who were will
ing he started alone with a pack on his’
back and walked every foot *f the way.
He states that all of the party who
accompanied him to the Kuskokwiin are
well, and the steamer Quickstep is laid
up at Bethel. All of the other vessels
are at the head of the river, and all of
them are well supplied with food. The
steamers Nunavak, Victoria, Research,
May D., and two other boats, one of
which is owned by Berry and the other
by Captain Boland, are all on Big river,
200 miles from the head of the Kusko
kwim.
Charles Clum has a big outfit some
where near the head of the river, and it
is claimed he has made a stood strike.
Captain Geiger says the country is full
of mineral, and he believes that some
good discoveries will be made. He has
located a vein of free-milling ore which
The
Miners Store
JiHt received :« full ami complete
line of
Men’s Furnishing
Goods.
SPECIALTIES:
Underwear,
Overshirts,
Socks
Alai » i imiplete line of
Etfgs, Potato**
and Onions
Groceries,
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Full line of General Merchandise. Our stock is fresh and of the very best
quality. We carry no inferior goods in any line. Prices right. We are
after your business. LET US FIGURE WITH YOU.
F. C. MANLEY, PROPRIETOR
assays $8.80 per ton. He will develop
the property when he returns.
LUCY’S BABY
CAUSED A STIR
Before leaving for upper river points
Archdeaeon Stuck filed in the commis
sioner’s office a petition for the appoint
ment of a guardian for the 18-months
old girl baby of Lucy Baggage, a native
woman. The baby is of uncertain pa
ternity and its destiny is problematical.
Commissioner Green cited the mother
to appear and show cause why the peti
tion should not be granted. The hear
ing was had Thursday and the case was
taken under advisement.
Thursday night the woman was joined
in the unholy bonds of wedlock to Ed
ward McCormick, a white man.
Her status being thus advanced from
that of a common native prostitute,
with proclivities for drunkenness, it is
probable the child will remain in her
custody pending developments.
Allegations had been made that the
little one’s life was in danger from neg
lect during periods of its mother’s
irresponsibility.
WASHINGTON'S
BIRTHDAY BALL
The Arctic Brotherhood have planned
to celebrate Washington’s birthday, \
Feb. 21’, by a masquerade ball.
Lunch will tie served and a general
good time is looked fur.
Everytiody is invited to attend, and if
a good time is not hail it will not lie the
fault of the A B.’s, as no effort will tie
spared try them to make the evening
an enjoyable one for all.
Good Season for Kobuks.
Naive* «m tin* K*>l>uk are well xtnckni
with twh. :«n«I have «h<»t more i‘arilw»ii
than in ninny year*.
They iirr al*o taking plenty >•( fur,
prii*-i|*tlly mink ain| Ivin l.yitx are
t"l«*»i;»Uv plentiful thin xenjawi, while
in **ther there *n> mute.
The*e faet* * re given l»y e*>rre*|»»»H«l
enre in Nome imp* r*
WINTER TRAIL
TO CHANDLAR
Native Says the Sixmile Route is
Superior Except for Travel
in Summertime.
Little Dick, or I)all River Dick, a
skookum young native who has <lone
much hunting and trapping northward
from the Yukon between the Dali and
Chandlar rivers, has spent the holidays
in Rampart.
Dick knows the country between the
Dali and Chandlar divides perfectly.
He says by far the shortest and best
winter route from the Yukon to the
Chandlar diggings is from Sixmile vil
lage. From the village to the Pitka
Fork of the Hosiana it is two days’
travel, and from there to the Chandlar
divide on a line with the diggings it is
four or five days, by the easy stages
assumed hv the Indians. From the
Chandlar divide onward Dick is not
familiar with the country, but it is
reasonably certain that the distance
from there to the diggings is well within
fifty wiles—probably nearer twenty-five
than fifty. At the most liberal estimate
the distance from Sixmile to the dig
gings does not exceed 175 miles—just
at>out equal to that from Fort Yukon.
Dick says the trail needs no brushing
out and the grade is easy. It has been
traveled by the Indians every winter.
However, it is no summer trail. There
are lakes and marshes, and it is clearly
Dick's belief that the route is utterly
impracticable for summer travel. He
believes the route from White Kye is the
most feasible one for summer.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
Ptotr Mm. Min
Jmi. 1—4 —17
Jan. 2 4 —10
Jan. 8 >♦ —17
Jan. 4 » — H
Ihitf Mav Min.
Jhii. S 13—10
imii. 0 IS —IS
Jan. 7 m — :i
Niiiniwr <>f «i*y« * l>'ur, |<«trtly
rlMtulf.0; rUnlv, 7.
Si«i«hll 7 7\ in.l»«
Ihkixmhk K. Ktium,
Voluntary
Judge Roasts Attorney.
A very interesting phase of the case of
j Heikkala vs. Boucher and Lloyd devel
oped which did not appear in print—a
. lecture given Attorney de Journel by
! Judge Wickers ham.
The jury found in favor of Heikkala,
who had a hole down 12 feet and swore
that he had secured cents in eight
pans of gravel. The other side had
more than a dozen witnesses who swore
that they had panned in the hole and
could not secure a color. Heikkala had
hut one witness, and proved not only a
; discovery, but better still, good faith in
trying to hold the claim, to the satisfac
tion of the jury.
Attorney de Journel represented the
plaintifftnd during the trial frequently
and sarcastically referred to the “new
rules on discovery” promulgated by
Judge Wickersham. After the jury had
retired, his honor told Mr. de Journel
that he did not care to take notice of his
insulting remarks while the jury was
present; that such action on the part of
an attorney would not be tolerated in a
Canadian court; that the so-called new
rules had arisen by reason of a refined
system of perjury now in vogue; that
the law was the same as it always was,
and hereafter attorneys must conduct
themselves properly in court.
“And the best of it is,” said Mr. de
Journel, in speaking of the matter later,
“the roast was deserved. I was afraid
that the judge might instruct the jury
wrong. But' his instructions were fair
and impartial and I felt sorry for my
remarks before receiving the roast.”—
Fairbanks Northern Light.
Salvation Army Colonists.
It is said that the British South Afri
' can company has offered the Salvation
Army a million acres of free land in
Rhodesia for colonization purpose*. A
vast colonization may l>e inaugurated
, on a scale never before attempted.