PROSPECTS
ON MELOZI
Claimed Wages Could Be
Made Rocking on the
River Bars.
Tannnn Citizen, Sept. 10.
Messrs. Itobert Ii:iniard ami William
Midglevare back from tbe Melozi, after
several weeks’ prospecting. They bad
with them a very good prospect taken
from tbe surface. They think very fa
vorably of tbe ground they have been
dver. They went up from the mouth
fiftv-five ndles and say that on the bars .
a'nian can rock out wages. They intend
if circumstances will allow to put in the
winter sinking holes on tbe Melozi.
George Carey has a camp and is pros
pecting bis claim. This is the place
where they got their prospect, but they
claim higher up they got coarser gold.
Six.niiles higher are Hill Stewart and
Dan McLane. Such men as these tie-!
serve encouragement, and we sincerely
hope that the want of a grubstake will
not prevent them from prospecting this
winter. They advise any one going in
there to take their winter's grub with
them, for though there is trapping to be
done it is advisable to have grub to last
till spring. They report that the N. C.
Co. at Kokrines will have fifty tons of
grub before the freezeup. Kokrine’s is
a good day’s mush from the mouth of
the Melozi. There is a fine coal vein
runs clear across the stream near Carey’s
claim. There is plenty of wood and the
indications are that bedrock is not more
than four or five feet down.
TRADING STATION
BELOW BEAVER
Jim Carsc will keep a small trading
Im>r>t at bis old t-itin]> about f -rtv-fivc
miles alxive Fort Hamlin, on the left
limit of the Yukon, the coming winter.
Three or four tons of goods were for
warded to him on the Hannah the first
of the week.
The post is hut a short distance la-low
the mouth of Heaver river ami will In
convenient for white j-rnsi-cetors and
trappers as well as natives. Mr t'arse
sol-1 a small amount of tolmeco and
minor articles last winter and was com
plained against f--r selling without
license. It is hard t-> refuse any one a
needed article in an out-of-the way place
like that, ami he procured lie- n«- an-l
will Is- aide to supply all wh-> come
along this season.
Frank Htnith purchased the raft m-w
Wing on ll»- water front which contain*
KJ eur-Is of line wo»»l Men an* also up
riv-r cutting w*»»l for him in the -nine
l-s-ality ft--m which he limited Ids rhoirr
■apply last winter. II-- will lw strictly
in the w-*»l husinews the coming winter.
HUSBANDRY
FLOURISHES
Local Farms and Gardens
Yield Good Returns
This Year.
l’re<l E. Rader reports that winter
wheat and winter rye ripened at the
experiment station and each made a
fair crop. The rye was harvested Aug.
UO and the wheat Aug. 31. Other crops
were fairly successful at the station this
year. Potatoes yielded tenfold — half
what would be termed an excellent
crop. Davis wax beans were very pro
lific, but Mr. Rader believes the frost
caught them a little too early for them
to he suitable for seed.
Oats in the field around S.E.lIeeter’s
residence on the hill made a very fair
crop, which was saved in good condi
tion. He had rather a poor stand of
potatoes, lmt the yield was most satis
factory. His vegetable garden did well,
among the products being cucumbers
grown in the open air. Mr. Heeter’s
ground lies most favorably, but is clayey
and requires plenty of manure well
mixed in. It ought to give great results
next vear.
At* usual, Capt. A. II. Mayo’s potatoes
excelled. On his residence plat he
raised 44 crates of excellent quality,
some of which weighed as high as two
pounds. On this plat he also raised a
few garden vegetables of great size.
A mammoth cabbage still standing in
the patch is identical in measurement
with the twelve-pounder brought from
Kay Kiver Hot Springe, and a purple
top turnip may lte observed from the
front fence that could scarcely be gotten
into a nail keg. The Falboeuf tract, on
Kampart creek, was cultivated jointly
by Captain Mayo and Tom Kvans and
yielded fine potatoes.
Among the most successful small
gardeners was Mr. and Mrs. O. (J. Clem
ens. whose peas, cabbage, cale, lieets,
celery, etc.,—grown on small plats of
first-year’s ground—is hard to out-class.
They also raised four crates of potatoes
on a small space, and had a profusion of
flowers around their doorway.
Frank Smith's residence plat pro
duced enough turnips and other vegeta
bles for many families.
.urx. jerry roru prooamy xueei-eueu
umler luinler rnmlitionx than any one
elxe. She mailt’ a really fine garden on
what at the ts-ginning wax a wet, re
fraetnry maxx of turf.
Nearly all the la* I lex hu>l fine (lower
ganlenx. In Mrx. Hall’s were morning
glory vinex ami sunflower plants whieh
grew in great luxuriance, hut (aile<l to
hloom. Inother wait’ from a southern
elime, a Palma I'hrixti, or eaxtor liras—
w hieh, however, wax overxha*l*»w*xl an*!
dwarfed hy a eirelet **f blooming arixt*
rratx that eonxjared to mar its tropic
verdure jti * ill the front yard of Mrx.
SehaK r. The la*Iy laxt menti**ne*l is a
gar*teller of great skill, w h* -~e vegetable
tx-’H are »x artixtie ax those of her
tlowerx.
The high water this year interfere*I
t-otixi leruhi’ with the plan* of Mr aiol
Mrs. John t lint**n. who are n**te*l gar
deners. twit they pr**h»»b|y rlrrllnl all
oth* rs with their lettuce ami cauliflower
BALLOU'S
ROAD WORK
Gang Now Coming Down
the Big Minook
Trail.
\V. B. Ballou, road overseer under the ;
Alaska road law for Rampart district,
was seen yesterday and questioned re
garding the work accomplished under
i his direction.
This is tlie first year the law has been
enforced in this district, and it is worthy
J of note that those who have failed to
work or pay, or who have displayed a
desire to evade the law, have been few.
; It is altogether probable that most of
this small minority will have abundant
I cause to repent unless they evince a
change of heart very soon.
At the outset of the work Itijj Minook
was bridged at Hunter and Little
Minook and the trails put in order into
the mouth of the side creeks from the
main road.
This accomplished, Overseer Ballou
said he was anxious that the balance of
the labor should he expended on the
wagon road at present being constructed
; by Mr. fleeter under authority from the
I Alaska road commission; but he was
compelled to heed the demand for
recognition by the miners across the
divide.
From Eureka to Thanksgiving, about
five miles, a good wagon road was made.
In this piece of work 1!. F. Noble gen
erously donated the services of himself
and a four-mule team for two days, in
addition to paying his tax.
From Eureka to North Fork of Pio
neer, four miles, a way was opened and
work commenced which will he com
pleted into a good wagon road bv the
miners themselves by the time of the
feeezeup.
From No. 4 Kureka a winter mail lias
been mule up Boston anil over tin* di
vide, and the gang has now progressed
as far as 1(4 Big Minook.
It is exjieeted there will lie enough
money to put the trail in fair condition
fur w inter traffic across Bubv Mill and
down Big Minook to the end of the
graded road.
NEW SAWMILL
GAME LAST WEEK
A new and complete sawmill was re
ceived l>v S. K. Heeler on the Suruh last
Week.
It will la- set up and operated at
Kureka during the approaching winter.
The steamer Hannah h»>k up a large
o itrtt h r Yali. rt hr thcr* at the mouth
•>( King shatgh.
DETERSON PIPES
1 The Latest Importation in
I Smokers’Articles
..General Merchandise..
.... OUTFITTING ....
MINERSSTORE
In the Postofflce Building
Mike Engels
(Sourdough Mike)
FREIGHTING
and PACKING
To all the Creeks
(* nr vm I onc *h°se people vvhoV
A n t T U U seldom write home ? \
They will know you are all right if you 1
send them the YUKON VALLEY NEWS. E
Mail yours or let us send one weekly. /
Public Notice
All persons in Rampart precinct who
are delinquent in the matter of road
tax are notified to make settlement on
or before Oct. 1, next, and avoid trouble
and expense.
W. B. BALLOT',
Road Overseer.
Rampart, Sept. 18, 11 *0(1.
WITHERSPOON PARTY
ABANDONED HORSES
1>. C. Witherspoon and party, of the
United States geological survey, took
passage on the Hannah, outlH>ninl la
wny of Dawson.
They cami>ed ahont four miles la-low
town Monday night and were barely
able to make connection with the Han
nah, which arrived at Ham part shortly
after daylight yesterday morning.
The party party had no opportunity to
advertise and sell their horses according
to the government regulations; so the
seven animals were abandoned on tin
water front.
Frol K. Under got two, which he will
use at the agricultural experiment sta
tion; Hoad Surveyor John Iternard got
two, \V. It. ballon two, and it is said the
Har|s*r !**yn secured the other one.
•I. T Kennedy, the young man who
has I we n acting as camp r>«k for the
road construction gang, has departed
for Mb home in Iwinsalnrn, Saskatche
wan, t'jnadu. Il< m.ble friends during
his brief residence tw-re.