TO MARK BOUNDARY
Three Parties Will Engage
in the Work.
Vancouver, B. C., July 29.—W.
E King, chief Dominion astrono
mer, in company with O. Ii. Titt
man, chief of the U. S geological
survey, will go north tomorrow for
the purpose of supervising the
work ot boundary delimitation.
Three parties will he in the field,
each composed of an equal number
of Canadians and Americans. Each
party consists of about ten men in
charge of a surveyor. Two of the
parties will work on the valley of
the Chiikat river, while the other
party goes up the valley of the
Scickine river to establish the
boundary there.
Only a small portion of the line,
which is over 500 miles long, can
he permanently located ai d marked
this season. It will require three,
and possibly four seasons to com
plete the work. It will not he pos
sible to do anything during winter,
and in paits where ti e line crosses
wide glaciers and mountain peaks
it will only 1 e j ossible to reach
them under tie most favorable
climatic condition in summer.
The boundary line will be marked
with aluminum bronze posts about
2lA feet high. They will be set at
half mile intervals generally, ex
cept in some [ 1 ices in the valleys,
where the line requires to be mark
ed at closer intervals. These posts
will have to be erected in solid
rock over a large portion of the
line, and an ingenious arrangement
of a forked base has been made
which will hold the posts securely
111 place.
PRODIGALS RETURN.
Geo. W. Wood, who has been
taking in the States from Massa
chusetts to California since last fall,
is back in Rampart, accompanied
by his wife.
C. H. Ehrhorn, who has been
outside since last fall, came in on
the Jeff Davis, having transferred
from the Oil City. He is looking
very well indeed.
Several other prodigals are ex
jiected before the freeaeap
The winter nail service from
\ aide* to the interior will he
weekly, and it is thought the new
route will be several d»v«’ quicker
than by Dawson.
Henry Thuium is over the divide
Irom Dork creek. He re|M>rtsevery
thing in ,i|ir<j»(i«tuui end (tronts
tng condition over there
Johnny Morgen. * lormvr Him
(Mrter, hi reputed to be running on
• lower river boat
Found A poke containing i
sum of money New * otbce
KUROPATKIN'S ARMY SURROUNDED—
PORT ARTHUR S FALL EXPECTED
Tokio, Aug. 4.—All the outlying
Russian positions have now been
taken, one after another, and the
( great day is here for which Japan
has hoped so long, when Kuiopat
kin is compelled to accept battle at
every point, to surrender or be an
nihilated. Even a retreat must be
between two Japanese armies.
New Chwang, Aug. 4. -General
Kuroki, with 16,000 men, is now
behind the Russian forces; General
Oku, with his army of 50,000 men,
is on their trout, while flanking
thsm on the left is General Nodzu,
with 50,000 more men. If Kuro
patkin is defeated in this battle he
must move westward, surrender or
be annihilated. The foreigh mili
tary attaches are with the second
army eu route to the front to wit
ness this battle, which will be
awful.
St. Fetersburg, Aug. 4.—The
public is much excited at the news
that the Russian army ha: been so
badly outflanked that the Japanese
now surround Kuropatkin on three
sides. If a simultaneous assault
be made upon the Russian force
tomorrow before Kuropatkin can
get into retreat through the only
passage now left open, there is
bound to be terrific slaughter.
Captain Jarvis, collector of customs,
in an interview, said to tile Dawson News
recently: “Fairbanks may be made a
subport of entry, and it may uot. There
are factions for and against the proposed
measure and it will be some time before
the depaitmeut aits on the matter. I
w 11 vis.t Fairbanks and make a report,
which will aid the govern meet no doubt
in deciding which course to pursue.
While the customs work is ever on the i
increase in the district, the revenue i- ,
not gaining with the same rapidity
Seattle, July 30.—General Furston ;
and Major Kvans have gone to Alaska t<
msjiect the army posts. They will pre
pare a report on the formation of a hodi
of men for Alaska similar to the mounted
police ot Canada. Complaints have been
lodged in Wa-Ilit gton that the soldiers
maintained in Alaska are a Useless ex
pense, and the present visit of General
Fvinstos and Ms jo I vans may I e w ith a
view to changing the nature of the Alas
kan soldiers.
The increased capitation tan is com
pletely terminating Chinese immigration
into Hritish Columbia.
Tokio, Aug. 4.—The Japauese
are hourly awaiting tidings of com
plete victory at Port Arthur, and
this with more interest and eager
ness than heretofore during the
war. it is known the Japanese
noose about the beseiged city is
gradually tightening. Japanese
guns are pouring fire into the ever
dituinishing circle, and it is felt the
critical hour is approaching. It is
believed the fire of the Japanese
batteries will compel the Russian
fleet to leave the harbor and accept
battle with Admiral Togo this
week at the latest, and probably
tonight. Twelve Ku--s.au destroy
ers, four torpedo boats and some
gunboats emerged from the harbor
the night of Aug. r, but were
driven back by the Japanese war
ships on the outside. The Rus
sian troops have been driven back
to their last line of defense. The
Japanese attacking now have 350
trims
London. Aug. 4 —Twenty-six
thousand have been killed and
wounded in the just three days of
lighting at Port Arthur. The Jap
anese ha\e lost 20,000 and Russians
6,< ou. Russians are letieating from
Ilai Che: g and falling back toward
Liao Yang.
The Coal Creek coal mines, a few miles
h.low Fortymile, are much in need of
coal miners, says the Dawson News.
President J. A Williams of the company
says: ‘'We are handicapped through the
fact that the crew of men working in our
mines are not experienced coal miners.
1 he man who has not had experience in
coal mining is at a loss at first when he
enters the coal ti hies. We are deliver
ing Six) tons of coal to Daw son weekly
with the steamer Light, and next month
»ill deliver 1,200 weekly. The more
practical men we can gel the more rapid
" ill Ik- our output. 1 lie wages is $7.50 a
day, out of which a de Indio t of 42.50 a
day is made for hoar I.'*
Only otic willow who. ■ husband served
in the revolutionary war remain* on the
I'.S la-nsion roll— Mrs. Iv.lher S. Damon,
of Plymouth Imon, Vt. At 21 she tnar
r.ed Noah I amoti, -f> year* old. She i*
now ii<>
London, Aug. i —The first inr;x>rtant
n< w» from tli- unfortunate Andre expedi
tion ha* Wen found in the »hape of a
letter from Andre, picked up to th* north
of SpiuWrgen.
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MINERS STORE
(In the Postoffice Building)
General Merchandise
Outfitting.
Florence
Restaurant
Home Cooking
Clean Service
Meat, Fish and Game in season
Regular Meals ft. Lunches 25c upward
MISS WIEHL
John the Bear Hunter
Is ready to do any kind of
chore work. |,f"mpt T.?1:0,
FORTYMTlE CREEKS
American Side in Prosperous
Condition.
The American Fortymile coun
try’s out]iut this season will be
between a million and a million and
a half. This is the estimate R. F.
Oberlander, of the Steele Creek
Tiading Co., gave the Dawson
News recently.
The best producing creeks in the
Fortymile district this season, given
in tiie order of the largest first and
so on down the line, Mr. Oberlan
der judges, are Jack Wade, Chicken,
Franklin and Walker’s Fork. After
them also may be mentioned Napo
leon, Dennison’s Fork, the North
Fork of the Fortymile, and Austen.
Men have made modest fortunes
in the past washing from the bars
of the Fortymile river with rockers,
and Mr. Oherlander believes the
wealth of those bars was washed
dow n from the high benches which
the tributaries of the Fortymile
intersect. It may l>e that extensive
prospecting there will reveal the
benches immensely rich.
A party taken fr< in a scon by
the Jeff I * ivi" i.ti Saturday bail just
oenu" across country from the Koy
iikuk They say the snrvev ot the
govcinme it trail between the Yu.
k»»n and Coldfiuot is finished. and
the distance is tiVi miles.
Seattle Times July 14: Ship- ire
arriving from the North sever*
times a week and e..ch being* gold
ranging tr m S.-to |v ■> **•
Hli Wear*. fc»liter president of
' N A I & f Co . d» I n*
Chu ago on July ty,