Yukon Valiev News
VOL. II.
RAMPART, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1906.
No. 49
TWO DITCHES
FOR GLEN SIDE
Manley to Bring Water from Hoot
lanana and Egan Bros, from
New York.
Word comes from across? the divide
that Frank Manley has under way the
construction of a ditch from Hootlanana
to the lienehes of Pioneer, and that the
work will he pushed to the utmost in
order to get it as near completion as
possible the present season.
The ditch will be about twelve miles
long. It will necessitate a long tunnel
through the Hootlanana divide, and is
by far the most important undertaking
that has been planned in Rampart dis
trict.
A ditch along this line has been talked
of for a long time, and Ii survey was
actually made by II. F. Thumm a year
and a half ago. Its construction will
solve the water problem for a lot of rich
around.
New York-Thanksgiving Ditch.
Another piece of work oi great itn
[Hirtimee luts been commenced by Kgan
Bros, and Olson & Anderson. This is a
ditch from New York creek to supply
water to Thanksgiving.
This ditch will be only about four
miles long and will he finished this fall.
With it completed Thanksgiving creek
and lienches will undoubtedly become
producers of considerable magnitude.
ROAD COMMISSIONER
COMMENCING WORK
W. B. Ballou, road eoiiitni*«>doner, t«*
day started out with a uanvr of nu*n to
work on the Hunter creek trail.
Kittle Min«*»k and 11• m»^i«-r trails are
al-o t«» reeeive the romiiiii<r>ioiu>r,H at
tention.
It i.* timkr^MNl that the |»ro|M»rtioii
of the local fund realized from resident*
on the other dde of the divide will l*e
eX|**iid«*d on tin* road now l*eiiitf *ur
veyed at the instance of the Alaska road
ct>n»B«»i*#t«»n.
In u»o**t in#turner the r*«td tax i** l*c«
intf |*a»d cheerfully.
Moiini r I*r»*#!*•“«• tor left July
|ti with several imrtte** for
UN) niiU— ii|* tin* IVHy river. Shim* of
then* are outlined <**r two year#. They
will trailer from lh«»lr oftftyoa !•» \ar»
i«ui* «ecti«*n* of a t»ut and alm*«*l iiiilniown
country. ^______
Tele Va* h**»»,of |Niw«>I), ha«
wlcU -al* and retail «k»rv in I'hena.
PASSENGERS ON
SEATTLE NO. 3
Officials of A.-Y.-P. Exposition and
Politicians Aboard Bound
for Fairbanks.
Tilt- Seattle No.lx mini down, passed
yesterday evening, having alsmrd sev
eral jieople of more than ordinary pres
ent-day interest in this part of the
country.
J. B. Chillierg, president, and I. A.
Nadeau, director general of the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific Exposition, are traveling
through the territory in the interest of
the fair. The boat did not remain long
enough for them to much more than
state their mission, and they could not
see their way clear to stay over for an
other boat.
Two full-fledged politicians were
aboard—Tom Marquam, going to Fair
banks to work in the interest of 1).
Murane, the Republican nominee, and
,1. A. llellenthal for Swineford and
Mellen the democratic candidates for
delegate Each vowed his ticket has a
walkover.
Toni McGowan, the Fairbanks and
Dawson attorney, was also aboard.
TRUE TALE OF TWO FISHERMEN
Wally Lalxwki was recently prosj>ect
ion a tributary of Morelock creek.
Kvery <luv lie would go down to More
lock and catch a iness of greyling. On
several occasions he noticed fresh bear
tracks along the creek, and for more
than a week he took his gun with him
on each fishing trip.
BUt one day a drizzling rain was fall
ing, and he left the gun la-hind. After
fishing a few minutes he'looked up and
saw a bear peering into the water
scarcely fifty feet away. With a ipiick
swing of the paw the bear caught a fish,
which it delilierately tossed hack into
the creek.
“I'd like to know w hat the ts-ar threw
that fish back for," said Wally, in tell
ing of the incident.
" I >id it keep on fishing?” was asked.
"1 don't know ,” he said; "I didn't.”
Amflrtlirm l» it m'riit tlix|«tti-li bum
St. tVt«*r»l>iir|( tW American •yiulit iitf
• >( civil rii|tlnm», I!< ■ I l»y 1^>m*<|
la’lwl, lm» MMi'mlnl in arruiiK
iftV »ith the Kttaatan gi>v«-riiUM-iit fur
llw n.iKlrm liiin • *! a tntin«-l mu U r tlw
I'n-riiiK Strait, r>«im'liii« SiU-rm with
Ababa.
tinaunl yU-Mitt* I rent t*> 12 pan* ia
*•»»! Arv.ltf.-r |«tv in t'nlife-rni*.
NOME BLIGHTED
BY LITIGATION
Rich Property Kept Covered lip in
Order That it Be Not Thrown
into the Courts.
SKAGWAY, July 25.—1). A. Eystein,
a mining ojierator of Nome, lias arrived
here and and reports a serious condition
prevailing there which is holding that
camp hack most seriously.
Owing to interpretations of the law,
he says, no man can so conduct his
| affairs or business as to lie sure of
avoiding expensive and disastrous liti
gation.
To uncover rich pay is to court a law
I suit in every case. He declares that
| many fabulously rich claims are cov
ered up, the owners abstaining from
working them for fear of getting into
! the courts.
The nearless of the camp to Seattle
and the practice of a large share of the
\ population coming in on the first boats
and leaving on the last prevents the full
lienefit of the pressure of public opinion
being felt against jumpers, as is the
• case with interior camps.
BAKER HOT SPRINGS NOT SOLD
It is reliably reported tlmt the sale of
Karshner’s Baker Creek Hot Springs is
off. Karshner holds the property as a
homestead, anil under the law any
agreement for transferring his right he
may make before he proves up and re
reives a patent will lie absolutely null
and void.
I’nder the eireumstanees it would
ap|iear extremely doubtful that Mr.
Manley, the would-U* purchaser, will
put out so much money as the improve
ments and Karshuer's consent would
involve.
At any rate it is a fact that there has
liern nothing done so far toward carry
ing out the plans originally conceived
by Mr. Manley.
MOVEMENTS OF CANDIDATE CALE
Skaxwuy Alaakan, July St): Tlx>11111*
t'aU\ iht* I'umliihili* (•>r nni||ii"u front
Ik* Tanana, wan a [««-. •tig*r mi th*
IIiiiuIhiMi north fr»ni SeattU- a* lar a*
ki-trlnkan, tthrr* he •Io|>|«h| over a
•bailor to nievt tlir u| that town.
It «m hi* plan to follow on *Utt rnlini
1**1# to Juneau, iNoigla* anil Main##.
II* will fravh *ka*way in a fc-w ■lav*.
|T0 INTRODUCE
CORE DRILLS
Manley to Prospect With Boring
Machines on the Other Side
of the Divide.
Among the innovations to be intro
duced across the divide by Frank Man
ley is prospecting with a core drill.
It is said he will take in an apparatus
capable of boring from 36 to 50 feet a
day which will take out a core 5 or 6
inches in diamater.
One of the prime advantages claimed
for this method of prospecting is its
capacity for testing “wet” ground.
Creeks where the water has baffled the
prospectors’ most earnest efforts, it is
said, will surrender their secrets to this
simple device.
These prospecting machines are not
new. For many years they have l>een
employed with more or less satisfaction
in the old Caribou district in British
Columbia. At Nome they were intro
duced several years ago. They are bv
no means a failure; lint it has yet to l>e
recorded where they have proved an
unqualified success, especially under
conditions encountered inthis northern
country.
The outfit to be introduced by Mr.
Manley will lie as light and easily moved
from place to place as is consistent with
efficiency. It can be installed in any
accessible place at any season of the
year.
FINE VEGETABLES
FROM RAY RIVER
Clement Anderson came in from the
Ray River Hot Springs last Saturday
with tine sjurimens of the vegetables
growing at that place. There were large,
well-headed cabbage, beets, turnips and
potatoes.
An ordinary purple-topped turnip in
the lot weighed over six |smnds. A j*>
tato as large as a goose egg was brought
in which was grown in forty-five days
from the time of planting. It is almost
unUdievable that such tine vegetables
could Is' prialured in so short a time on
new ground.
Mr. Anderson made the w hole trip by
l»w«t. This is the first time a lantl has
U-en taken through the canyon, but it
is found that with a little work all for
midable obstacles to Ismting could tie
removed from that |iart of the river.
Mr. Anderson will start Istck to the
springs tialay or tomorrow, lie will
take with him a lot of chicken*, includ
ing a newly hatched hr»*lof lilteen, and
a pair of young wild geese, all of which
will he kept over winter at the springs.
Next spring a h-w cattle, “beep and hogs
will be taken in.