RAMPART TO
SLATE GREEK
That Much Road To Be Built
This Season.
In coast and outside papers it is
stated that the Alaska road commis
sion proposes to construct a road from
Rampart up Rig Minook to Slate creek
the present year. This is part of the
wagon road to he constructed as rapidly
as possible and to extend from Rampart
by way of Fairbanks to Valdez.
While in Skagway recently II. F.
Tliunim was told by Captain Pillsbury,
of the commission, that this part of the
road will positively be built.
The senate and house conferees on
military appropriations reported in fa
vor of an appropriation of $150,000 for
Alaska roads, and the money set aside
by the road law will probably swell the
amount to considerably over $200,000.
With that amount of money at its dis
IHisal and with the repeated assurance
by the commission that such is its in
tention, it appears quite certain that
this end of the great thoroughfare from
the Yukon to the coast will lie built the
short distance named this year.
In speaking of road work in Alaska
the Tanana Teller says:
“The most important of the contem
plated roads, from an Alaskan stand
point, at least, is the one to be lmilt
between Chena and Rampart. It will
open up and make accessible a large
country between the Tanana and the
Yukon that has never yet been pros
pected and at the extreme (mints of
which very rich deposits have been
mined for a numlier of years. Different
government geological parties have ex
plored and mapped out that |mrtion of
virgin ground. They have examined the
formation and expressed themselves as
possessed with the hope that, judging
from the result of their studies of many
placer mining camps in Alaska, it is
simply a matter of prospecting until a
big and flourishing camp will be estab
lished in the country through w hich the
road will lead. . . Many old-timers,
both in the Rampart camp and here,
have their eye on the new country, and
a few even now are putting in their
time in surface prospecting.”
GEOLOGICAL PARTY
LOSES ITS OUTFIT
Hown-river voyager* in
report that tin- *eetion •>( tin- I'liitnl
State* tienbiyriinl Survey uniter I). t'.
\V»ther*|>nnn l< *t it* entire outfit hv
tire lant Friday afternoon.
Tlie |»»rty wu* near Fort Hamlin ami
a for eat tire mrniawleil it an<> immol
w it It *ueh fury tliat nothing rook I !»■
unveil. .
Mr. \Vither*|»»>n'» |«irtv eon«i*te»l of
nine men with twelve horne*. It »»« to
<livi<le at Fort Hamlin, hut whether the
men had «e|*»rate»l or not eoiikl not lie
learne.1 It mav be, therefore, that one
m-etton ol the |«irty «a* not overtaken
by the 'iMntrr.
BALL GAME
WELL PLAYED
Schabers Beat Radigans
12 to 13.
i
Bob Schaber’s crew of ball tossers
' again took Iiadignn's bunch into camp
last Wednesday evening in a five-inning
game that was witnessed by a large
I crowd of Uamparters. Uadigan’s team
| was strengthened by a crack battery
: from Little Minook, Sevier and Crockett,
j Siler pitched gilt-edged ball, but Scha
ber’s pets found the ball when lots were
needed ami won out by one run.
The game was full of sensational
! plays, notably the batting of Duncan
| and Doc. Hudgin’s base running. Joe
Xellany made a grand-stand catch of a
high Hv that brought a burst of applause
from the spectators.
Jack Welch, just in from the outside,
played first base for Scliaber’s team and
i took everything that came his way;
! even a bottle of beer that was cached
1 near the initial bag did not escape his
unerring eye. Sam Heeter played sec
I ond for Uadigan’s men and put up a
great game.
Woods and Ben Mayo pitched for
Sc ha her and both boys did well.
George's arm was a little lame after
Sunday’s, game, but he delivered the
goods just the same. In the last half,
when tlie score stood 12 to 12 with two
men out, Sevier was on third and Dun
can at the bat, with two strikes called
on him. Mayo threw wide and low.
Schaber smothered the ball and made a
false move as if he had passed. “Go in
and tie the score!” shouted Uadigan,
and Sevier came down the stretch like a
cyclone. Just as he was nearly on top
of home plate Bob was there with the
ball, and they fell intoeaeh other’sarms
like long-lost brothers and the game
was over.
Practice Game.
Sunday evening a fmir-inning practice
game was played which developed as!
much enthusiasm on the part of the'
players and onlookers as was manifested
in the former matches. The players are
becoming seasoned and will be in fine
shape for the Fourth.
BIG LYNX KILLED
ON THE RIVER FRONT
Humlay morning at :** o'clock the at
tention of Hrventl people on Front street
wan at tract i*< l hy some animal swimming
from the o|»|M»-ite »i«le of the Yukon.
Home were |H*titive it was a dog, while
others maintained it was “something
else.”
As the <laring voyager neared the
shore at the upper end of the street it
was decided to go ami we what it really
was, When the tm|titsttor« facel a hig
runnd-eyed lynx coming up out of the
water they got busy searching for weap
ons f 'hurley Mayo hap|**ncd al«»ng in
a eanoe from tip river ami he aroused
the sleepers ah mg tlie row tn«|tiiriiig for
a gun. iVte Kalning came out in his
night alothe*. Iiorcfoitel, with a shotgun
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE.
OUTFITTING _
MINERS STORE
(In the Postofflce Building)
Cigars by the Box a Specialty
in one hand and a rifle in the other;
Mayo got the rifle, and a search of the
brush commenced. Jack Kadigan was
there and pleaded with them not to
shoot the innocent creature; it was as
harmless, he declared, as a kitten, and
he would catch it in his hands. But
Mayo sighted the big cat resting beside
an upturned canoe, and a well-directed
bullet laid it lifeless on the ground.
And thus it came about that Badigan
was unable to test a full-grown lynx’s
qualities of harmlessness.
World's Biggest Nuggets
Gold nuggets range in size from that
of a pea to a mass of metal that weighs
more than two hundred pounds. The
intrinsic values of nuggets vary consider
ably as a result of the amounts and
characters of the alloys that usually are
found in them. Generally speaking,
however, gold nuggets are worth from
$250 to $350 a pound. The following
list shows when and where the largest
nuggets in the world have been dis
covered :
In 1S42, near Miask, Siberia,90 pounds
4 ounces, called a “Distinguished For
eigner;” sold for £4,500.
In 1855, on Fryer’s creek, Australia,
84 pounds.
In 1870, at John’s Paddock, Victoria,
88 pounds.
In 1881, on Kanaka creek, California,
96 pounds.
In 1869, in Sierra county, California,
95 pounds 6 ounces.
In 1854, at Ballarat, Victoria, 184
pounds 10 ounces.
In 1865, at Marybnrn, Australia, 88
pounds 4 ounces.
In 1842, in Victoria, the “Blanche
Barclay,” 146 pounds; sold to the Bank
of F.ngland for $50,000, being $5,000
more than its intrinsic value.
In 1858, the “Welcome,” at Bakery
llill, Victoria, 181 jmunds 11 ounces.
In 1851, on Meroo creek, New South
Wales, three nuggets, each 106 pounds.
In 1854, at Carson llill, C'aleveras
county, California, 149 pounds, and a
second one 180 pounds.
In 1850, at Carona, Tuolmne county, j
California, a gold and ijnartz nugget,
151 pounds 6 ounces.
Hie great Knur of Water Muon >u>»
’ fimml in Australia in IHi>2, wt-i^h
e>l 22$ poiiml* 4 ounce*. Thi* i* the
biggest nugget ever iliscovereil.
In 1 Stitt, at Sierra Buttes, California,
(omul by W. A. Karriah, now of Denver,
a gold ami quartz nugget, 1:2$ ptmml*.
In 1H.\$, at Ballarat, Victoria, i:$T»
(MUintla. Two other* (loin the *anie
mine are re|*>rti*l, each weighing 111
I* aim la.
Tlie cclebmteil North Carolina nugget,
(omul in the l$e<*l mine, *o often claimed
to )»' th<' largest in America, weighed
only Stl |H>tin<ia.
The hirin'*! iiuwt ever fouml in Col
orailo was fouml at Breckinridge ami
Weighed over I t |»>und*, hut dim niiiel
with lea-1, carbonate ami >|tiartz.
The largest nuntrl ever (o»ml in Alas
ka came from Jack W#lr creek, in the
I'ortymile district, ami w.»- worth over
|Htl|l.
A. B. NOTICE.
Regular meeting* of the Arctic Rrother
hood Lodge are held at their hall on the
second and fourth Friday* of each month at
8 o’clock p. in.
C. A. DAVIDSON.
JULIUS RAHMSTORF, Arctic Chief.
Arctic Recorder.
JOSEPH TWAN,
Near
Smith &
McHugh’s
Barn
Cobbler
Notice of Final Settlement of Ad
ministrator of Herbert Haven’s
Estate.
In the Mutter of the Estate i
of [
Herbert Haven, deceased. )
Pursuant to an order of the Probate Court
for Ranipurt Precinct, Third Division, Terri
tory of Alusku, notice is hereby driven, that
C. P. Kulning has filed with said court his
final statement or account, as administrator
of the estate of Herbert Haven, deceased,
and that on the 24th day of August, 1906, at
the hour of ten o’clock a. in., lias been set by
the court to hear objections to said final
account and the settlement thereof; and all
persons objecting to said final account or
the settlement of said estate are hereby
notified to appear before the Honorubie
Court, in the court room of the court house
in Rampart, at the time above stated, then
and there to make such objections.
It is further ordered that this notice be
printed in the Yukon Valley News for six
consecutive weeks, the first insertion to ap
pear in the issue of June 20, 1906.
Dated this 18th day of June. A. D. 19.'*6.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Commissioner and ex-officio Judge of the
Probate Court.
Tlu- biggest nugget ever found in the
Dawson country was sold for $1,800 and
came from Dominion creek.
One of the largest ever found in tlie
Klondike came from !!4 Eldorado and
was worth $1,385.
The biggest nugget yet unearthed in
the Tanana came from la Cleary creek.
It was picked up by Mr. Brelle, and is
worth over $e00.—Tanana Teller.
RAY RIVER HOT SPRINGS
Messrs. l’res Ireland and George Shir
ley arrived from Hay River hot springs
Sunday and give very entertaining ac
counts of their few weeks’ stay.
Mr. Ireland went away suffering from
rheumatism and stomach trouble and a
general run-down system. He returned
with the flush of health in his cheeks
and not an ache nor a pain in his body.
Clement Anderson and (ins Brown
remain at tiie springs and look after the
garden, which is reported to la- full of
all kinds of choice Vegetables, heads
already having liegttn to form on the
cahhages. Kverv kind of vegetable is
growing to jicrfection except cueumlx rs;
they are a complete failure.
To Raise Chickens.
Several Haui|sirtcrs secured stocks of
chickens off the early boats. All the
hens have been laying. Messrs. Heeler
and Schals-r think of going pinners in
a henhouse and keeping their fowls over
winter, while l>v. Ilulgin prop -sew to
set a hen in a few days and this fall to
take all the chickens out and stick the
ranch at th* springs. The beat from
the springs will furnish warm winter
•luarters. it is no trouble to raise feed,
and tlie dis-tor !sdic\cs chicken raising
will he very aMeewful there