INNOKO NEWS NOT EXCITING
Iditarod the River on Which a Strike Was Made—A
Steamboat to Ascend It With Supplies.
The steamer Martha Clow came in on
her second return trip from the Innoko
last Friday morning. She had several
passengers, none of whom are leaving
the country for good. Max Nelson, G.
J. Greenbergen and Captain Decker
stopped off at Kaltag. George Butler,
Thomas McMalin and Mr. Vallie went
through to Fairbanks. Jack Package
and Bert Johnson got off at Tanana.
Dave Edwards also stopped here to take
passage for the outside.
The last-named has traded along the
Yukon for several seasons. He took
goods to the Innoko on the Clow’s first
trip. He will go in again by way of St.
Michael.
George Butler bought property and
will return.
There was no news of extraordinary
import reported from the Clow. It was
said that everybody in the country ap
peared to have dust and no complaint
was heard.
The river on which the new strike
was made last winter and reported this
spring is the Iditarod. Purser Finger
of the Clow declared this to be correct,
notwithstanding the name had taken
various shapes and sounds from frequent
repetition. The Iditarod enters the In
noko on the left limit above the first
village, not exceeding fifty miles from
the mouth. By trail from Diskakit it is
only fifty miles to the river, but it could
not be learned how much further it is to
the scene of the strike. Winter travel
to the new diggings will undoubtedly be
by way of Diskakit. Report was that
pay had been located 300 feet wide and
3 feet deep that went as good as 7 cents
to the pan; but people on the Clow all
agreed that authentic information was
absolutely lacking. A good many had
gone in from the Innoko.
At the time the Clow left Diskakit
Captain Albright was fitting up a little
steamer with the intention of taking it
up the Iditarod loaded with supplies.
It will contain the machinery formerly
used in the All Nations.
On the upper Innoko, above steam
boat navigation, freight is principally
carried in scows towed by horses that
keep to the riverbed.
The Clow had to turn back 105 miles
from Ophir. She unloaded at a new
and unnamed landing. She expects to
start in from Fairbanks again about
J illy 12.
VICTOR ACCUSED OF SELLINC LIQUOR
Victor Eckengreen was brought down j
from his trading post and jailed by Dep- j
uty Marshal George Vautier and Special
Deputy James Gallaher June 2b. He
is charged with furnishing liquor to In
dians some time in the winter of 1907
’08, and Archdeacon Stuck, the Episco
pal missionary, is the complainant.
The time of the alleged offense being
before the new law was passed, the
case is under the jurisdiction of the
United States commissioner. In order
to give the accused opportunity to con
fer with attorneys at Fairbanks, Judge
Gallaher set the trial for July 8 and
fixed the bond at $1,000, which has not.
been made. Lawyers being occupied by
district court business at Fairbanks, it
is probable that Mr. Eckengreen will
not be able to secure the attendance of
an attorney.
Sammy Roberts, head man of Six
mile village, and five other natives are
here as witnesses!
Victor’s is near the mouth of Beaver
river on the south and the Hosiana on
the north side of the Yukon. It is a
point touched by prospectors leaving
the big river in either direction and is a
stopping place for boatmen in a long
stretch practically unpeopled. Ecken
green has maintained a woodyard there
for many years.
POISONOUS INSECT
MADE A BAD WOUND
C. A. Brown, the farmer at the Char
ley Smith homestead, was last week
stung by a black bug of unknown spe
cies and the wound developed such dan
gerous symptoms that he consulted the
post doctor.
The wound was in the hand. The
pain was sharp from the first, and with
in twenty-four hours the hand was badly
swollen and turning black around the
injured part. It is now getting well.
Instances are very rare of persons be
ing bitten by poisonous insects in this
country. _
The name of the Dutch princess born
April 30 was in one of the heavy through
mails received by Postmaster Tiffany
last week. It is Juliana Louisa Emma
Maria Williemina.
NOTED CHURCHMAN
VISITING MISSIONS
Rt. Rev. P. T. Rowe, Episcopal
bishop, who is visiting various interior
missions, arrived at Tanana early last
Thursday morning. From Fort Yukon
he was accompanied by Missionary Doc
tor Burke, and at Circle they were met
by Archdeacon Stuck and conveyed the
balance of the way in the missionary
launch Pelican.
At the Mission of Our Savior on Fri
day the bishop confirmed fourteen na
tives, including three Kobuks, the first
Kobuks ever confirmed.
Besides the Yukon river missions,
Bishop Rowe’s itinerary includes Point
Hope on the Arctic coast. He left
Tanana in the Pelican last Saturday,
accompanied by Archdeacon Stuck, who
will return from Anvik.
Watch for the Announcement of the
Tanana Bakery am Restaurant
Next Week
Local and General Notes,
_
Tennis is the favorite enjoyment of j
Rampart young people.
C. K. Snow, who was on the down
river mail run from Tanana last winter,
is guard at Xulato jail.
Walter Sumlborg last Tuesday picked j
up a $99 nugget in the drift on 4 Little j
Minook, Rampart district.
Bill}' Carney, a long-time resident of
I the East End, Tanana, will operate ;
a fish wheel at Grant creek.
II. Chadwick having sold his property
in Rampart district, he and Mrs. Chad
wick contemplate a visit to Tanana.
Billy Lord, a well-known prospector
I who worked the two past winters on
Grant creek, is outside. His home port j
is Frisco.
Bear are numerous in Gold Mountain
| district. They are not being hunted,
; but William Bauer killed two that came
near his cabin.
Rev. C. E. Betticher, of Fairbanks,
who has been in Tanana several days in
[ order to meet and confer with Bishop
Rowe, preached the sermon in place of
Rev. Mr. Peabody at St. James mission
Sunday evening.
The largest piece of gold found on
Grant creek, Gold Mountain district,
was brought away by Xels Peterson, the
Fairbanks mining man who was looking
over the creek two weeks ago. It was
from 4 above and weighed $2.
J. F. Newsom, a California mining
man who spent some weeks in the
Rampart-Hot Springs region and other
interior points three years ago, is again
j touring the country. He came in on
the Campbell Tuesday night and spent
some time here before proceeding down
i .
river.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Spicer, long
time residents of Rampart district, came
down on the Campbell Tuesday night
en route to their home in Skookum
Gulch via Hot Springs. Mrs. Spicer is
direct from the States, where she spent
the winter. Mr. Spicer joined her at
Rampart.
In the Tanana Leader of last Thurs
day the name of Phil Gallaher as man
ager did not appear. That is the only
change indicated in the heading of its
second page, hut the increased size and
improved appearance and getup of the
paper make known the presence of G.
M. Arbuckle with the material on which
he formerly printed the Hot Springs
Post.
Mrs. Gordon C. Betties, accompanied
by her daughter Miss Marguerite and
goddaughter Miss Elsie Kokrine, arrived
from Fairbanks last Wednesday and will
reside in Tanana at least during the
summer. In company with Pete Peter
son and A1 Copeland, Mr. Betties left
Fairbanks on an extended prospecting
expedition, intending to go up the Kan
tishna by steamer to the head of navi
gation and thence with horses proceed
across the Alaska range into the waters
of the Sushitna. He is of the class of
pre-Klondike prospectors whose energy
made this country’s marvelous riches
known to the world.
If you can’t get what you want elsewhere
you will surely find it at
I carry one of the best and largest stocks
in town.
JOE ANICICH, Proprietor
Late arrivals from Grant creek report
that the men on 4 above are now in
shape to handle the tailings to better
advantage and are taking out a little
money.
Deputy Marshal Irons, who arrived
from Fairbanks last Monday night on
his way to Circle, summoning grand
and trial jurors and performing other
duters pertaining to the session of the
district court on route, failed to connect
with an up-river steamer and did not
get away until the departure of the
Campbell Saturday evening. The delay
may cause some of the jurors to fail to
reach Fairbanks at the time set—July
12 for grand jurors and the 26th for
trial jurors.
Increased Gold Supply and Its Ef
fect on Industry.
The advocates of the theory that radi
cally increased gold supplies must lead
to high prices for commodities and for
the common stocks of concerns owning
commodities,—also to frequent panics
and abrupt recoveries,—are pointing to
the present industrial and financial sit
uation as carrying out, to the letter, the
program they have conceived. In truth,
the figures of gold production and accu
mulation just presented by the bureau
of statistics in Washington are startling
enough. In the past twenty-five years
the world has mined nearly $0,000,000,000
worth of gold; in the entire period from
the discovery of America to 1883 the
gold production of the world was onlv
$7,000,000,000. Furthermore, the last
ten years have brought $3,400,000,000 of
the precious metal,—nearly half as much
as was mined in the 302 years from the
landing of Columbus to 1883. The stock
of gold money in the United States has
increased in only ten years from $925,
000,000 to $1 ,(>13,000,000, or 75 per cent.,
and about the same rate of increase as
is shown in the world’s total production
for the last decade. We have (50 j>er
cent, more gold than Germany, our
nearest competitor; 70 per cent, more
than France or Russia, and three times
as much as the United Kingdom.—Re
view of Revsews.
Natives From Kuskokwim.
Twenty beaver skins and a few miscella
neous furs were brought to Tanana from
the head of the Kuskokwim last Wednesday
by Indians John, William and John. Some
of their women folk are with them doing
their spring shopping. They came down the
Tanana and will remain in town two or
three days longer.