YUKON VALLEY NEWS
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CALENDAR
FEBRUARY
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Moon’s Phases. First quarter. 1st: full
moon, 9th: last quarter. 15th; new moon.
23d.
ma urn.
24th.
Wruyksday, Fkbrcauy 28, 1906.
When' Judge Wickerslmm lias been
confirmed will any one claim that his
opj>onents did in»t met a square deal?
Skyator N k i.so ns delegate 1 »i 11 h all
right. and it ought to pans without an
amendment giving the franchise to non
residents. It people want to vote in
Alaska let them live here.
If, as is indicated, (’apt. Jarvis ac
cepts the governorship of Alaska he will
enter office without one word, so far as
we have heard, being said against him.
Kven the aspirants for the place want
him to accept it.
Pki.koatk Kyw is fmssessed of a mind
that runs somewhat to contingencies.
Klse, wherefore the avowal that he was
Working to l*e elected delegate by the
Seattle convention—in order that he
might do gtM*| to Alaska—months U ■
fore the convention was ptihlkdv talked
of? It is said a certain girl was once
found weeping, and to In r mother’s en
treaty to tell the cause *f her sorrow.
idle said. tstweeii s»*h- "It. I was jn-t
thinking what if I should have a l«th\
and the |s*»r little thing should die.
|W*>-h*»oooh’ Mr. livan m at lea-t
fortunate in I sung more optimistic
I M JoH%VsoM was n<(i«i<li-rnl hv
•Miine the strongest man in I lie ^mttk*
Alaska convention Ills conduct tin re
was cerViitidv kimrIv : ami it was «aid
that lu* was turned down for no other
reason than that he was friendly to
Judge Wickersham. That appeared to
be the way of it. And that was why it
s enied ao ftrange that Judge Wickcr
stam’s relentless enemy, Senator Nel
son, should want Mr. Johanson made
governor. But he did.
Weather Conditions.
February 21, highest 0;
February 22, ‘* 5;
February 22, “ 7;
February 24, “ 0;
February 25, “ 5;
February 2(i, “ — 7;
February 27, “ s;
Snowfall, .5 inch.
lowest —20
“ —15
“ —15
“ —20
“ —10
Number of days—Clear :!, partly
elottdy 5. cloudy I.
Fit>:n E. Kadkr,
Voluntary Observer.
Rev. Mr. Koonce
Will Return in April
S. 1’. Robins has received telegraphic
word from Rev. M. F.. Koonce, stating
that he will likely come in by way of
Valdez al out the first of April to con
tinue his missionary work here.
Mr. Koonce and his family have spent
the winter at their home in Sh'arpsville,
Pit.
Machinery
For Eureka
(>. W. Spicer has loaned the Kd Hop
kins minin'; plant and it will lie installed
on discovery, Kureka.
Mr. Spicer is said to he on the liest
pay ever found on the creek. When the
plant is in operation the output will be
greatly increased.
Gold Strike
On Sushitna
Copper Center, Fob. —Special to the
Fairbanks News.—.lames S. Smith and
I’ete Monahan, two well-known pros
|lectors, recently arrived here from Val
dez creek, a tributary of Sushitna river,
with 118 ounces of gold, which was
rocked out in fiftv-two hours:
The find, they state, was made ii|ion
the lienehes. This creek is the one
stampeded two \ears ago from Valdez.
Net Tiesney.
Healy to Invade
the Kuskokwim
Fi I*. —4*>l|>titill .1. .1. I|r:ily
’♦till**ith l t»» lii* pr«H»|n ttiv«* in
of ih«* K'»-k'tknini t ***mtry next
v% ftli t!»•* -f*';iti»rr Nitgutnik, ;»*
ItfllMHllMl-tl A ft* HI licit he |«
f *nt**in I*!*»• init tl»** nf t vi«»
• •thi f Imlt* lit* H ill hilie t hi*hi <«)ti|i
I »• * I in n « k >1* -n n «tdi- t*» >t
till*I til* tv 11«| till III Hi* to I
from tkrrr ;i« mrlv a* M,iv
I Kristian *»f K um uk n
The Miners Store
Announces that it will he in a position to take
orders on commission from the miners for sup
plies the coining season. Orders will lie accepted
until April 1st for early summer delivery, and until July 1st for fall delivery.
The terms will lie liberal and quality of goods guaranteed; can refer t > ill
who placed their orders with them last season.
For further information please communicate direct
with.
The Miners Store
NO BETTER COFFEE AT ANY PRICE
50 cents
per pound
all
the
year
round
ISLSLSUUUISULSLSISL,
Best value
for
the money
ever offered
in
the North
.sjLajLSJisjuuuLa.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY, sole Agents tor Alaska
Highest Cash Prices
PAID for FURS
G. A. KETTERER
Chicagoff Strike
Is Showing Up
The Sitka Cablegram gives very flat
tering aeeotnits of the quartz find made
on Chicagoff Island last fall. A man
said to the Cablegram:
“Why, I never saw such a mass of
free gold as there is on that Young
claim. It is impossible to describe it.
You can pick up a handful of gravel
from the foot of the ledge and it will
show gold all the way through in fine
gold and good-sized nuggets.”
Edward de (iroff will ship about five
tons of rock from the Young claim for
a mill test.
There will he a big rush there in the
spring, Sitka people lielieve.
Washington, Feb. 7.—Senator Hey
hurn, of Idaho, was operated on for
ap|>endicitis, and it was thought he was
getting well: but he suddenly got worse
and is dangerously ill.
K rag-.b irgenson i>eople gave Miss
Roosevelt a full-size rifle made of gold.
JULIUS RAHMSTORF,
General Merchandise
FULL LINE
TIN, GRANITE AND CROCKERYWARE
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