Yukon Valley News
VOL. III.
HAMPAUT, ALASKA, WKDNKSDAY, OCTOUEK 17, 1906
No. 8
Local and General Notes
The miners of the other side meet at
Eureka, Saturday, Get. 20.
Dr. Hudgin started on a trip to the
Kay Hirer Hot Spoings Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fehring, from Chicago
creek, are spending a few days in town.
Ben Stickney returned last Wednes
day from a successful fortnight’s hunt
ing in the Flats.
LewisShei|i;iu, of Little Minook creek,
not long ago received news of the birth
of a daughter at Green Bay, Wis., where
Mrs. Shequin will spend the winter with
Iter parents.
Jerry Ford is at Eureka arranging for
the grand opening of the roadhouse next
Saturday. Mrs. Ford will go over after
sleighing gets good and they will reside
at Eureka during the winter.
The Florence Restaurant closed for
the season last Wednesday. The res
taurant conducted by the Misses Dealer
in the Miss Parke building is now the
only one in town. It is doing a good
business.
George Klapproth, who lift for Baker
Hot Spring* a few day* ago, lately re
ceived Jk-UPcs from Mrs. Baker of San
Francisco, mother of Ben Baker of Ba
ker creek, stating that she was in excel
lent health. Mrs. Baker's death was
erroneously reported last summer.
The Fairbanks Times says several lays
have been let on the Chatanika and that
the Chatanika flat will he a hive of in
dustry the coming winter. There are
many who believe the pay can be traced
far down the Chatanika and there will
be a good deal of prospecting done.
John Bernard, the engineer w ho sur
veyed and supervised the construction
work on the Big Minook road, left on
horseback for Fairbanks last Saturday.
In a few weeks he will go outside over
the Valdez trail and sjiend the winter in
Tacoma. Mr. Bernard made a host of
friends here.
It is stated on good authority that
work will not be prosecuted this winter
on the tunnels for the big ilootlanana
Ptoneer ditch. Mr. Manley could not
get in the necessary material for work
ing to good advantage. It is estimated
that it will cost about ♦Jd*>,uun to com
plete the ditch.
J. K. Ncllany finished up some very
tine photographic prints Is-fore going
over to Pioneer creek last week. Among
them are some photographs of ptarmi
gan that are as lifelike as the photog
rapher's art can make them and a splen
did view of the situ taken at midnight
on the Yukon Flats.
I*r. Carter and Jack Hadigan returned
Satuiday evening from a two weeks
prospecting and hunting expedition to
the Troublesome country An cxec-s -J
water ma*lc pr***|«i ting difficult. Ill
tlie Wolverine mountains a War and
numerous cardsai were sighted ; but the
great tainks <d k g tliwl enveloped the
hills rnahird all the game to escape.
BAD MEN RECAPTURED
Charles Hendrickson and Thomas Thornton, the two
convicts who escaped at Nation City, Oct 5, while on
route to McNeil’s Island penitentiary, were recaptured.
Neither the particulars of their escape or subsequent
apprehension have been received here. Deputy Mar
shal Drake received brief telegrams dated Oct. 11 from
Marshal Perry at Fairbanks and Deputy Marshal Rob
inson at Eagle, saying the men had been arrested, hut
nothing more.
It is good news for the people scattered along the
river that the desperadoes are no longer at large.
TANANA MINERS
ELECT OFFICERS
The Xanana Miners Association elected
the following officers Oct. 2:
President—John ltonan, Cleary creek.
Vice President—Martin Harruis, may
or of Chena.
Secretary—Henry Roden, Cleary.
Treasurer—E. 15. Collins, Coldstream.
Sergeant at Arms—Harry Atwood,
Coldstream.
Executive Committee — Fairbanks
creek, John Solan, Tom Davis; Dome,
L. B. Anderson, C. E. Allen; Cleary,
John Webster, Fred Rleeker, Clem Al
exander; Vault creek, Toni Carroll;
Coldstream, L. C. Kelsey; O’Conner,
Ronald McVicar, Millv Bowers; Esther,
E. Winters, A. Strangburg; hit tie El
dorado, E. C. Hess,— Woodward; Mur
phy creek, Neil McLeod.
Henry Unden and Ronald McVicar
were appointed a committee to revise
the by laws._
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OUTSIDE MAIL
EXPECTED TODAY
Tin* signal corps launch arrived from
Fort (iibbon yesterday afternoon with
fresh meat and other supplies for the
Rampart station. It also brought mail
from Tanana town and points on the
Tanana river
The mail launch from up the river is
momentarily expected with mail from
the outside which left Kagle Oct. (1.
If it gets in tonight it will probably start
back up river tomorrow and the signal
launch will take the Tanana mail.
TANANA LADY
REPORTED INSANE
Commissioner J. I.indley Oreen and
Iteputy Marshal John I brake will g>* to
Tanana on the return of the signal corps
launch to impure into the mental con
ditiou of Mrs. lilack, whom a telegram
reported insane.
The unfortunate woman is the wife of
A. lilaek, a well-known citizen ami
business man of Tanana.
l.oat—Between the |»*sto||ice and the
V C. store, gold Masonic pin. Suitable
reward. This oltiee.
The editor's thanks are tendered Mrs.
Clemens for a bottle of wine ami a jar
of jam made from native Iwrries. They
are delictolls.
Henry Paptn came in I* - lay from
Pioneer. He return- tomorrow
Miscellaneous News
A1 Adame, tlie policy king, committed
suicide in New York Oct. 1.
The entire stock for the Seattle-Yu
kon-Pacific Exposition has been over
subscribed.
It is reported that a worse rising than
that of the late Boxer outbreak is under
way in Shantung province, China.
Seven cases of yellow fever had Jbeen
reported in Havana up to Oct. 3, but it
was not causing much uneasiness.
Czar Nicholas fled from Russia and he
and the czarina are in Copenhagen.
Terrorists say they will kill him wher
ever he goes.
Public subscriptions were reported
Oct. 3 to be inadequate to relieve the
distress caused by the storm on the
Gulf of Mexico.
Robbers entered a Japanese bank in
San Francisco, beat two bank officers to •
death, stole $5,000 and escaped before
the cri ~ e became known.
A committee of safety has been or
ganized in San Franetsco to protect the
city against crooks, who have had every
thing their own way some time.
Ella Clemens, sister of the wife of
Howard Gould, has married Sum Yue,
a wealthy Chinese merchant of New
York. She was a missionary worker in
Chinatown.
,Jesse Hall, a well-known neatue real
estate man, was shot by his father-in
law, and perhaps fatally wounded, Oct.
1. Mrs. Hall was jealous, and that led
to the trouble,
The plasterers’ union in Seattle are
striking for $<> pay for eight hours’ work
and tho building industry is threatened
with strikes by affiliated unions unless
the demands of the plasterers are com
plied with.
Mobile, Memphis, Pensacola, New Or
leans and all the cities and territory
tributary to the < iulf of Mexico suffered
immense loss in life and property by a
storm two weeks ago. The cotton crop
of vast areas was destroyed.
Judge Wickerslmm, of the Third
Alaska division, has a son on the I’nited
States cruiser Tacoma, which was in the
< iulf of Mexico bound for Cuba during
a terrific storm and which it is feared
was lost. At last accounts naval men
ho|*d the Tacoma had weathered the
storm.
Palma has resigned the Cuban presi
dency and the Clilted States has taken
up the task of restoring order. War
Secretary Taft acted with great tact and
virtually promised to restore the gov
ernment to the Cubans after the dis
turbances cea.*o. K*«n*evelt is said to
favor annexation and be may call an
extra new#i«»ti of congress with that end
in view < treat nitud«ers • marines
were tieing landed. Charles M.tgirttii,
formerly governor of the canal lone on
the 1sthmns ,.f Panama, will le civil
r* pr»-» ntative »»f the war dapurtio* nt in
. i tiha.