YUKON VALLEY NEWS
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CALENDAR
MARCH
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Moon’s Phases.
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full moon. 10th;
last quarttr, 17th;
now moon. 24th.
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First quarter.lst:
full moon, Sth:
last quarter. l'»th;
new moon. TM\.
\\ KONKSD.VY, M.UU'II -1, l!W>.
THE DEATH OF YOUNG HARLAN.
Judge and Mrs Harlan will have the
sympathy of every one here in the
great loss they have sustained through
the Heath of their only son. He was a
voting man of great promise: strong in
miml and morals and manly by in
stinct and through training. Judge and
Mrs. Harlan set great store by their
son and were happy in the belief that
an honorable career was before him.
Tliev have one other child, a married
daughter.
The young man was only some twenty
three years old, and Alaska at large is
loser by his death, for it is probable he
bad chosen this territory as a permanent
home. _
THE QUESTION OF WATER.
The Nome Mine Winkers' I'nion Nov.
2"), last, iuhlresseil a memorial to Presi
dent Roosevelt and to congress relative
to the necessity for the control of water
monopolies in that section of Alaska.
The first mention seen of the memo
rial was in the Nome Nugget of Feb. 12.
That paper printed it in full. The ipies
tion is such an importunt one for the
territory of Alaska, and is so forcibly
presented hy the mine workers’ union,
that it will he printed in full in the
Yukon Valley News next week.
It is Imped everybody interested in
the subject will read it, for it shows
that the Nome union is alive to the in
terest of its section and is able to state
its case in a business-like and under
standable manner. “There is every
reason to believe that no riparian right
obtains in any Alaska placer country,"
suvs the memorial, “but that the only
manner in which pp>| srty in water can
lie acquired at such a place is by actual
appropriation and diversion. Tim fact
that a |a-rs<m 1*sates a placer claim in a
creek or river d>s*s not m itself establish
a right to the water flowing over the
claim. It is the |*r*oii who first diverts
tl» water a |»irtieiilar Is-tw-Meial pur
u«r w ho act j it ires complete and pr|et
ual pro|« rty in it to the extent Ills
diversion. Tlw person wlioHr*t kmlew
a water right notice on a river and
within a reasonahie time thereafter pro
ceeds to lmild and complete a ditch, . .
. . will have absolute and exclusive
property in such amount of water as his
ditch is capable of carrying, though it
he every drop that the river contains.”
Of course in a placer country complete
control of the water bv a company would
virtually give it a monopoly of all the
ground. _
E. B. POWER
IN FROM OMEGA
E. It. Power came in today from i)a
Omega for supplies. lie and Max
Neville are building a eabin on No. i)
and getting ready for summer work.
They will construct a la'droek drain and
build a Hume and w ill then be ready to
gronndsluice to good advantage.
Power and Atkinson took out small
dumps on 14 and 15a Omega this winter,
which w ill wash up more than w ages for
the time spent on them.
Swan Larson, who has a four-year lay
from Mr. Power on lb Thanksgiving,
will work that claim the coming sum
mer. lie sank a number of holes on
the upper end of the claim this winter
without getting pay. (lood pay has
been located on the lower end of the
ground, and the summer work will be
done there.
After the dumps are washed up on
Hold Run, James Lawrence will move
to 11 Omega for the summer. Mr.
I’ower will he represented by a man
there also, the claim belonging jointly
to Mr. Lawrence and himself.
Mr. I’ower says the prospecting on
upper Skookum is being pushed with
vigor and success. They got a hole
down on the rim and found 10 cents to
the pan. ISy keeping the pumps going
they think they can crosscut the creek.
Heeter has a lot of good logs ready
for the Eureka saw mill.
M. S. Gill has bought V. (). Green's
interest in the bench claim between
Glen and Eureka.
Mr. i’ower says that Krasting's pay is
getting lietter right along on the Egan
bench near Thanksgiving.
lie ended his list of interesting items
with the statement that Mrs. I’urnsand
Sweetie dosed up at 100 and ojs'ned 7
Roadhouse yesterday.
Wilson Mi.mer, who married Million
aire Yerkes' widow in New York, was a
Klondike pioneer and was for several
years Ikiwson manager for the V Co.
lie is said to lie only about JO years old
and his wife is 'at.
Antonio Apache.
Kftt'hikiin Mining Journal J in. 17.
The it iin** • •# Antonio .\a|>|>ear»
on th** of the Sten«lii»*ii *t**l.
tftivl looking i t th*1 far*’** in the *|nnioM«
hotel lot.Kv fWtuh the owitrf of th**
hillinv
lie i* u fit II •• 14* ••If* I A|Mi*'h** I it* lut it.
lull. ’lark. tmUlv hnl plainly ’IrrMtnl,
.*ml hi* figure «fr.tight a* mi arrow In
r*«iti4>ii In- in the e«t’titl tny
in, t* r ht- n;»« e*|ft*'iite*l at Vale,
The Miners Store
Announces that it will be in a position to take
orders on commission from the miners for sup
plies tiie comine season. Orders will be accepted
until April 1st for early summer delivery, and until July 1st for fall delivery.
The terms will be liberal and quality of goods guaranteed; can refer to all
who placed their orders with them last season.
For further information please communicate direct
with...
The Miners Store
50 cents
per pound
all
the
year
round
UUlJL!LQJL8_2JULS_fl..
NO BETTER COFFEE AT ANY PRICE
Trjmrnrrrcirr^
Best value
for
the money
ever offered
in
the North
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY, Sole Agents fop Alaska
Highest Cash Prices
PAID for FURS
G. A. KETTERER
and well educated, too. Since leaving
college constant travel has added to his
store of knowledge and experience. For
many years he w as a newspaper corre
spondent serving on the Washington
Post and the Chicago l’eeord-llerald and
other large papers.
lie comes to Alaska as the representa
tive of II. E. Huntington, who is proba
bly the largest stockholder in the Har
riinan railway systems. Mr. Huntington
also controls the trolleys and electric
systems of California, which are the
finest in the world. Portions of Cali
fornia are mainly supported by the tour
ist trade, and to be better able toattract
and interest tourists a tract of thirteen
acres has been set aside in Los Angeles,
w here it is intended to instal an exhibit
of typical native groups from the various
tribes throughout the United States,
Mexico and Cuba.
Antonio Apache is now touring Alaska
in search of the most desirable types of
natives, lie has visited the northern
portion of Alaska and secured a t'hilkat
man and woman who are proficient in
weaving the famous Chilkat blankets,
and a wood carver. From Sitka he se
cured a silver carver and basket weaver,
and Iio|m's to get a wood carver from
Howkan. At the same time he secures
the natives he buys their houses and
arranges for their transportation to Los
Angeles, where each family will have a
tract -el aside for their houses, and w hen
installed in the houses will Is- left to
live in their primitive ways, dress in
their own costumes and be employed in
their als>riginal handicraft.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Lawyer.
Office at the Courthouse.
OFFICE OF
Commissioner and Recorder.
Rooms 1 and 2, Courthouse
JULIUS RAHMSTORF,
General Merchandise
FULL LINE
TIN, GRANITE AND CROCKERYWARE
w ritteii
nmririii
of the Yukon Vu lley
Nettx and mailed home would
irratlfy relatives and friends
Postage, sealed, only 2 ornts.
The house ot representatives tabletl
the hill providing a whipping |n.st tor
wife beaters, favored by President Roose
velt. Representative Hepburn made an
impassii»ned njietrh in its favor.
.1W. YOUNG..
DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Located tn N. A. T. A T. Co.’s Building
Try the RELIANCE BRAND of Canned Fruits and Vegetables. Best
quality ever brought to the camp. Same prices as other brands.
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Cm HI qiMMltwri to mm.