Yukon Valley News
'» Issued rvtl y Wednesday.
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WKn.Nl'^iaV, AtGIM' 3, 11)04.
Tin. V1 *k-.jn V.vi.uiv Xkws goes
tu tilt jiutiiic with confidence. It
is a fairly good-iuoislllg little sheet
and the ui its news is not
without nient. Editorial oi>inions,
no matter how .nuoitly a i .anced
.1 nl atily maintained, ate out 05-111
i ids still. Tne true test m a .lews
j.ajaer is its anility to gatnei nu ts ui
human interest and make them
plain to hum.ui uiniei.--tai.diug.
How well the News will stand the
test is for the future to disclose and
the people to judge.
“Whakkvkk tie lien sctutch il.ir
be ile bug also." Such was the
figure of speech employed by*the
negro preacher Jasper to eUij hasi/.e
Iris theory that tiie truth of religion
was demonstrated by the number
of its adherents. The quotation
.tersely defines the situation in in
terior Alaska at the present time.
'1 here would not be so many people
devoting their energies to prospect
ing and mining if nothing was to
be gained.
In his speech in congress last
April, in support of the bill to give
Alaska a delegate in cot.gres-.,
Kepresentative Cushman, of Wash
ington, gave some figures which
exhibit as nothing else could the
vast importance to the trade iTf the
Unised States which Alaska is as
suming. He showed by statistical
tables that since its acquisition the
total profits to the nation from
Alaska have reached the stupen
dous total ot $i s8.ooq.041. The
estimate is a conservative one, as
is seen ire m the details The act
ual receipt* ot the federal treasury,
t» excess of the expenditures iu
Alaska, have aggregated very clo-e
to $too, noo.ooo. The profit* on
seal skm* have aggregated $\i. •
000,000; profit* on saltU'in fjo,
ooo.ooo; profits on gold mined
profit* on general
trade, not oilier wise d f
tapiUh/n g the annual
|»r< ttt, made from Ala>k» hy th<
people of the United Htates since
its a* '(mimUou t*w a tkasis ol y , «•<
vent the a* tool rant <>l the v« t.«
tn to the United St ties is
til tyt; and tht* «m the (hems
that the aonoai vet tuns *«u'<! he
hut the same Itnettn as dam
the average ot u»e pest |* year*.
Tin-: I'M.)''] edoi "f th« present
will be the mine owner of the In
tine. Therefore it is good busi
ness to do him a good turn whet;
evet \ oil ran.
’I'm Alaska road law is not open
to severe criticism as imposing an
extreme burden on residents The
means provided by the measure,
however, arc wh.ollv inadequate to
the end in view. It is a well
known fact that to make road
building effective in this country
the wotk must be approximately
pei led; the roadbed must have
sufficient drainage or it soon be
comes a loblolly of constantly in
creasing depth. In view of the
fact that congress istiat called upon
to make uppropri 1‘ioiis to improve
the \ uken where navigation is
practically unimpeded, there are
those who think the commerce of
the stieani sin uld be encouraged
bv constructing reads to the mines.
()uce such roads were properlv
made, ilie present law would be
ample to keep them in repair.
Thk action of the commercial
companies in reducing the price of
golduust and adopting a strict cash
system of doing business is regret
able. It is doubtful if even the
meal repiesenlaiives ot the compa
nies themselves consider it wist
business policy. No one can ipies
tion the companies’ light to con
duct tneir Insn.css as they see ht:
they uic ^re-priy considered scltish
insiiluilous, in business leir pioht.
and suupe ttn.li couise, with ad the
intelligence large capital can com
mand. in the uirectiou uey think
calcutuieu to insuie proitt. \ cl, u
the companies Lave sustained leasts,
tncie aie lew ivuu can ne brought
to believe ti.at loimer liberaltty in
tbeir tracing depaitmeuts couiiib
nteti in any marked degire to the
fact, or that tuiuie stringent meas
ures enforced on liberal and profit
able patio ns will plot e a safe
antidote tor the complained of ill.
Wk have been pcimnted through
the courtesy ol L> mnmstoiitr Green
to perufie the opinion ot‘ Judge
Wicucraham im rt the naturalize
tton of John Mi 1190k It is au ex
haustive document covering Jj
)■age*, and is of great historical in
teie-4 to Al*»kaua, as well a» l>e
log a complete summing up of the
*utu»of Alaska Indians and people
ot Indian htc* d The opinion
voueiudes
ll I* uiv ju«la«i»**t tfcal the vjplwaat
. * uWHt «i ..*« 1 into Sum ity virtue
ul Oc third article /( utc iteaiv « in
Nu-'M* *<.'ling Alaska to lh*' i aitevl
>-‘c* • h*r *« <*(>« id its.-* -Hhahi
tent*- » an aev*|>i< «t tint Unrattt* a# the
pttHtewd aatatalttatuMi, m ».» « nurmher
•I »« JKMi w I »*l .**«■%* Ifl>* ' »b« !v*»
«ik» ilwrt <la|e . aHmuclv ukra op to*
*• »• t* wv« wparate a» I apart low »**,
»»**"* «» IttOrao* tfcervia UMt H»a aiogiad
*M Wwtaef iu««M*«« itfc H« «u*ii
« «t IH* I non *<■ utak ng k>* appt.
M* ikia .«**» aort. iwsaora sh«
■ a nt auviH>c*a *“ h*k 4a***-.
«* avHiata hta apptnattoe m <tr» i%4
I ’K< ISPIX'TS
Fred Beveve is prospecting up
near the divide.
Joe Bush and William Graham
aie prospecting on Alloa creek.
Bob Meston was in town a few
days ago. He has rather a poor
( pinion o| the man who made the
load law.
Jot \\ eilil lias ic-tiuncd Irc>m a
three-weeks prospecting trip on
Morekck and Granite. He reports
no work in progress in that section.
Lester, Heir and Gatz have re
turned from their trip to the head
waters of the Tauluvana. Lester
will take the Monauh for Fair
hanks.
Cap \\ illiatns and party are pros
jectingon Hontiat >11111. They have
been there tor a couple of months,
hut how they have sui ceeded is
unknown
Larry Fields, who worked on the
lower end of Little Mi nook Jr. last
winter, has crossed the divide and
will size up the country round
about Chenoa.
Max Neville, Clark Peck and J.
B. Strode were seen at the head of
Guail creek last week. They in
tended to picspeit in the Trouble
some country.
Stodelman, Lord and Cowan re
turned from a four-day trip to
Quart creek. They report Chap
man and Olson doing well. Thty
say they have pay located lor 300
teet down stream and about zo
feet wide.
John K. McDonald came in from
F.orida creek, where he has hetn
working for the past month. He
has an automatic dam which has
caused quite a little interest. His
cut ts about 150 feet long. The
creek for a long time lias been a
producer in a small way, anil Mr.
McDonald thinks by sluicing it ofl
it will pay.
C. F. W. Cassidy returned last
week frotu a mom Lb prospecting
on Taulavaua. He mushed a pack
of to8 founds into that country
and staid till his supplies were
running low. Mr. Ca.-stdy is very
favorably impressed with the dis
trkt b~The lor mat ion 1* granite and
slate, and contains lots of porphyry
interspersed with quarts, which i.«
in place. Mr. Cassidy thinks well
of the country as a quarts prospect
mg proposition, hut bis efforts wen
confined to look rug lor placer
High water made it impossible tc
give the creeks * fair test, arid hr
h 4*led up *i»h another big p«ie«
and «! tried ca a return titp Iasi
Monday.
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MSIII.KV OIIKKN,
Lawyer.
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Office at the Cou11h*>»!«'
unit!-: of
CnmniissiontT ami KtMOi'do
Rooms i utid • Court Iiouju.*
The Boston Store
Our Mr. P. K A F F F N IS U R GII is
now in the States selecting the
season's stuck.
It will he complete, as it has
always been.
I. KAFFKMU'lMiH & <’0.
I.pavps for film -Every
Five Days.
Freighting and Packing
To ttticl From All
tlie Creeks.
Good Teams Good Service
! DROWNED IN THE YUKON,
! Fatal Mishap Occurred on the Up
Trip ot the Louise. '
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i On the Louise’s up trip, below
i Andraefsky, Frank Smith, one of
; the mess boys, was drowned in the
Yukon In jumping from onescow
. to another the lad slipped and tell
| into the water. He rose once, but
i was not seen again. His mother
is in Dawson; and it is said he had
t lately fallen heir to a fortune.
CREDITABLE ENTERPRISE
Rampart Firm Originates Unique
Business Innovation
It was a happy idea that occurred
to Traeger ik Falkenberg when
, they ordered all their new stock of
; gold and silver 'watches to be made
with Kristian Falkenberg, Ram
part, Alaska” neatly engraved on
| the works and the dials Tbn is
the hist time any specially made
and engraved goods of this class
have been brought in by a Yukon
| bowse The witckca were tnanu'
j factored tor the turn by be Ha rati
|tot» Watch Co . Lancaster, Y* end
are Thn^waiebes art
the h**t in the world Traegcr &
Falkenberg make it a point to have
each article in their stock the best
of ha k>nd dt *»•»»<.!■ me excepted
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