Yukon Valley News
(Successor to Tanana Leader)
ALBERT G. STAMM
Publisher
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reserved to reject uny advertisement.
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ter at the postoffice at Tanana, Alaska,
pending.
HOWL FROM IDITAROD
Howls and wails are heard from the
Iditarod, which is allowed only a month
ly mail service. Chief Clerk Randles of
Tanana is accused of the grossest neglect
in not securing a better service for the
new camp. “An outrage” is what the
Iditarod Nugget calls it, while the Pio
neer (Arbuckle’s paper), gives a history
of the mail service in 1676, saying Ran
dles conceived his idea for his Iditarod
schedule from ancient archives.
Now, as a matter of fact, the depart
ment at Washington ordered the month
ly service of 400 pounds. Mr. Randles
wired back that this would not accom
modate one-tenth oi the Iditarod mail,
and he has been endeavoring ever since
August to secure an increase, and is still
at it.
Whenever a large number of people
suddenly leave for an isolated district
they can not at once exi>ect a tri-weekly
service—the same as Fairbanks has. It
was reported that many were to leave
the Iditarod this fall, and not until the
close of navigation was it certain that
the majority would remain there.
The wheels of the government are
slow at the best, and the Iditarod peo
ple should show more patience and not
heap abuse on a man until they know
he is to blame.
All the mail at Nulato is cleaned up,
and if an additional service is needed
the increase must be made all along the
the line from Cordova. In the mean
time Mr. Randles receives the blame for
it all.
THE STAMPEDE FEVER.
“Is there really anything to these re
ports of gold strikes you so often print
in your paper?” a lady at the post asks.
Yes, there is really something to the
reports; the facts are given as nearly
accurate as possible. The source of in
formation regarding gold discoveries is
always stated, and the old-timers rely
to a certain extent upon the credibility
of the informant.
Life in Alaska makes gamblers of us
all. Men take long chances in the north.
They undergo untold hardships, meet
many disappointments, and toil often
for years without results. When all
their resources are gone they return to
the towns to earn another grubstake or,
perchance, induce some merchant to
furnish them an outfit so they can start
out afresh ; for the born prospector never
gives up. They are the men who each
year push the frontier line further and
further to the north.
In many cases the prospector, when he
does strike it, never fully reaps the ben
efit. Often claimants rise, as if from
the very dirt in which the pay is found.
Long drawn-out lawsuits follow, and if
the prospector wins he finds that a good
ly share of his riches has gone for attor
ney’s fees.
On the other hand, men in the towns
are imposed upon by some “prospec
tors.” These impostors secure a grub
stake from a business man, and then
loaf around some camp saloon; perhaps
going out into the hills far a change and
looking over the country. Coming back
they report that they “could not even
get a color.” This type is soon spotted,
however, and the real prospector gener
ally finds someone who places faith in
^Ja<
Jack Hunnewell Harry Stockman
The
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TABLE OF DISTANCES
FROM
Black’s Hotel, Tanana
OX LOWER YUKON RIVER
Old Station. 15
Gold Mountain Trading Post. 30
Kalland’s. 30
Birches. 53
Portage Roadhouse. 64
Carlines. 71
Mouse Point Trading Post. 85
Kokrines. 92
Jessies..... 107
Melozi Portage. 119
Melozi. 130
Lewis Trading Post. 138
Stockman’s. 145
Louden.. 16 i
Bishop Mountain. 186
Koyukuk 198
Nulato. 216
From Nulato —
Kaiyuh. 25
Lake Shore Roadhouse. 45
Summit Cabin. 50
All Right Roadhouse. 85
Diskaket. 105
Sim Solomon . 142
Cutoff Roadhouse. 172
Dikeman. 196
Iditarod City. 220
ny l^ewis Iran—
No. 1 Roadhouse, Lewis Trail. 19
No. 2 Roadhouse, Lewis Trail. 36
No. 3 Roadhouse, Lewis Trail. 53
Glazier Tent. 65
Tent and Roadhouse. 85
Village. 97
Diskaket. 105
ON TANA NA RIVER
Long Lake. 14
Fish Lake. 26
Sullivan City. 37
Hot Springs . ?4
Lav ins. 60
Tolovana. 71
Minto. 94 1
Goldstreani . 1141
Ohio. 131 I
Fairbanks. 160
DISTANCES FROM
NORDALE HOTEL,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.
Tazlina;.
Copper Center.
Willow Creek.
Chitina... .
Cordova.. -.
.. 18
40
60
. 83
. 99
115
127
14C
142
.152
172
.188
196
207
.232
.242
.250
258
267
.282
414
him. Indeed, many bona fide prospec
tors refuse to l>e grubstaked, preferring
to earn their own.
It is said nine out of every ten men
who follow prospecting die poor. The
men who stake them, however, (and re
main comfortably in town), often have
a better chance of becoming rich. Rut
what would this country be without the
prospector—the conqueror of the hills,
the blazer of trails, the hardiest of pio
eers!
Men follow one another like sheep,
but there must be a leader. In a stam
pede each knows his chance of getting
in on rich ground is as good as the next
man’s. But a prospector will not be
lieve his own brother. lie has to see
for himself. A stampeder, on the con
trary, is a staker first and a developer
later.
The Red Mountain excitement may
accelerate the making of Tanana or it
may not. At any rate the outlook is as
good as any of the other scores of stam
pedes which have made Alaska.
Mail for the outside is never held
back. Remember this when buying a
present of Geo. Bemis.
Envelopes printed by the News. Rea
sonable prices
Dog For Sale.
Ten-month-old malamute dog, (not
broken) for sale at News office. Large
and strong; will make fine work dog.
EVERYTHING THAT IS
WANTED IN A DRUG STORE
ANY QUANTITY-PRICES RIGHT
—AT—
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PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS
rsTURSEHE?N FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
PHONE 13 3
KNOWN THROUGHOUT ALASKA \
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Volney Richmond and Charles Grimm,
and to ull 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 1905S
and 1909 upon placer mining claims known
and recorded as No. One Above Discovery,
No. One Below Discovery, Discovery, and
Adjoining Fraction, loeully known as the
Gold Bench Group, situate on the South
Fork of the Koyukuk river, in the Koyukuk
Mining District, Alaska; thut such expendi
tures were made for the purpose of holding
said claims under the provisions of Section
2324 of the Revised Stututes of the United
States, nnd such labor und improvements
constituted the annual assessment work
upon said cluims for each of suid 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
snid claims will become the property of the
undersigned, under suid Section 2324.
CARL FRANK.
Date of first publication Sept. 22,1910.
Date of last publication Dec. 22, 1910.
Notice of Forfeiture
To H. F. Berry, and to ull 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 nnd im
provements during each of the years 1909 and
1910, on the placer mining association claims
known and recorded as the Hoosier associa
tion cluim, the Martin association claim, the
Happy association claim, the Arizouu asso
ciation cluim, und No. 9 below discovery, all
on Grant creek. Gold Mountain district.
Fort Gibbon recording district, Alaska:
also the Snowbird association cluim,
which adjoins the Ohio associa
tion: and the Hamburger association
claim which adjoins the 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 purtKise of
holding said association cluims under the
provisions of Section 2324 of the revised stat
utes of the United States, nnd such labor aixl
improvements constituted theunnual assess
ment work upon suid association claims for
each of said years.
You und each of you are further notified
that if within ninety liuys ufter the date of
the last publication of this notice you fail
anil 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. isPRUNGER.
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 Murket. Service unexcelled in the North
Fresh and Delicious Bread, Pies and Pastries Always on Hand
POOL TABLE
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Best Liquors and Cigars
in Town at
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