Yukon Valley News
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Sam J. Callahan.Manager
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from Nov. I to June i.
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2,8, I904.
The thanks of the community
are due to the local lodge of the
Arctic Brothei hood and the friends
who assisted them in making a
success of the splendid entertain
ment last Monday night. It was
a [ otent pe-rti-nal dose for run
down spirits.
The Nome Gold Digger is of
<>I inion that it is far more condu
live to the development of the
mil eral resonoes of the country
that the ucik t.ecestaiy to hold a
claim he done with a shovel instead
of a gun. True; but certain for
malities are necessary, you know.
Goto to the Alaska newspaper
i> like love to a novel. Other
tilings give variety: a little sugar
here ami a little vinegar there; an
occasional account of temporary
disappointment (which is sure to
lead to happiness in the end); just
enough ot the ou’side world for
contrast. Hut the sole excu e for
the paper’s existence is gold. Gold
actual or illusory, present or pros
pective—is its inception, its inspi
ration, and its life. Therefore the
readers of this paper are invited to
tell it all the gold stories they can.
A pkivatk letter to the propri
etor of the Yukon \ alley News,
dated ltlaine. Wash . Nov -• s.iys
( saw in the I’ I a picture of you
silting on a mowing machine at
Rampart, and 1 Iwgan to get home
sick to go luu k into the country."
S' me iiik most h.ne snapshot Mr
fleeter while he was harvesting his
lulls last tall An outline sketch
,.l the a me man conveiing huge
uwi» of mining material to the
ireek*, in whn h he has letticn
gaged for some weeks, would pos
sess educational qualities of value
to the P.-I.’s readers.
I)IVINING ” SCHEMES.
Schemes for “divining” mineral
deposits are not new. The old
style forked stick with a coin in
the end has been known by many,
implicitly believed in by a few, and
classed as a humbug by a vast ma
jority of those whose business it is
to search for the precious metals.
Some three or four years ago the
Dawson papers printed a number
ot slu rt articles—probably paid for
as advertisements—purporting to
describe a new and scientific device
for locating the paystreak, in which
electricity, utilized through instru
ments especially constructed for the
purpose, was the chief agent. It
was said the promoters were actu
ally in the field and were seeking
contracts to locate gold on mi] ros
pected ground for an interest in the
property. It was a puzzle to some
why, if the device would perform
the service claimed for it, its ma
nipulators did not employ it on
ground that might all be secured as
their own.
Now, among the scientific notes
in Collier's for Oct. 15, is the fol
low ii g announcement:
“A new way of prospecting has
1 ecu tried t-s perimentally, and is
reaching tlu- point w here it is prac
ticaliy useful The method is based
on the different' es in the electrical
conductivity of the earth due to the
presence of ore dej osits. Most ores
are much better couductois of elec
tricity than the soil and rocks, al
though some others are almost
insulators.
“In making use of iliese tacts to
locate l>ei!s of ore two electrodes
are grounded alxuit ; oo \ aids apart
In the circuit is an induction coil
with a glass condenser and two
spark gaps. The current is passed
through the ground and tested b>
two telej hone receivers connected
to portable electr> cits which are
usually grounded about seventy
bet apart. The make and break of
the current in passing through the
ground is heard in the teh ph< ne ; s
tick' As the e'eitrodts at'ached
to the te eph< tic-' aie moxed aliou',
the eariations iu the irteisity of
the tapping iu the telepl or es give
an indication if the |itseme and
position of the me deposits Al
though the method is not out e»f
the expelimental stage xet it seems
t » promise much for it-elf in the
future '*
At least i smattering knowledge
ot electric itan I a peisotial ae
•|tiaihtamc with conditio >s entoiiu
tered 1.x the average piosjiectur are
e-> .enti.ils on xx hn h to l«>r an in
lelbgent estimate o| the future of
N. V. HENDRICKS
ESTABLISHED 1904
Alaska Commission Buying Agency
SEATTLE, WASH.
We Buy and Ship for you, Only on Commission
Coll on our Agent or write to us
this latest plan for divining the
presence of minerals. Those not
versed in such things may safely
indulge considerable doubt until
they are enabled to secure proof.
Fairbanks News: Our opinion
of the fitness of Judge Day for his
special commission to Alaska last
summer rises with each item of
news from his reports. A close
personal friend of the president,
with the san e warm ^interest in the
good ( f the common people, and
with a trained judicial mind and
incorruptible character, he was just
the man for this delicate task. So
far as they have come to us, all of
his recommendations seem emi
nently wise, just and progressive.
Unworthy officials have been dis
missed and faithful ones reap
pointed.
•Nome i.om rugger: collie men;
prate of the glories of war and]
talk learnedly of strategy, etc., hut'
the being who does that is a good ;
big chunk of a fool and knows little j
about the subject he speaks of. It’s
not the man who gets killed who j
suffers, or the treasury of the na
tion. It's the innocent at home,
the women and children; it's the]
working man who finds that his]
labor is less and his expenses more.
They suffer and they don't want
war. Patriotism is good and the
American who would refuse to!
tight lor his country in case of
need is a pour kind of man, but all
wars are not necessary, and it is
questionable if any are.
A Washington special of Nov. 17
in the Dawson News s.us that
Judge Wickersham, who i«. retained
as an Alaskan judge, was investi-]
gated owing to complaints of par
ties defeated in suits, mil comes
out of the inquiry unscathed.
He is asking that Alaska !>e divided
into an additional judicial district,
not because of am great press of
business, but f>ecause ol the eitor
mous distances to le traveled front
one point to another There is
every indication ibis will tie done
.•« recommended.
fur’sinks News ,\t present
about 'he onlv duties <4 the gover
nor • Alaska are to make « tong
report which nohodv read* and to
C. If. (ilKBONS, M. I>.
Physician and Surgeon.
Office Hours: i to 3 p. m. and when not other
wise engaged.
Office and Residence. Second avenue.
GKOKGK A. SALISBURY,
Attorney and Counsellor,
Phone Glen. Rampart. Alaska
LOUIS K. I'HATT,
Attorney at Law,
Fairbanks, Alaska
.1. LINOI.KY GREEN,
Lawyer.
Office at the Courthouse.
OFFICE OF
Commissioner and Recorder
Rooms 1 and 2. Courthouse
THE
HEETER
TANANA, ALASKA
S. E. HEETER. ED FERGUSON,
PROPRIETOR MANAGER
HKST-d.ASS
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Leaves for (ilt*n Every
Five Days.
Freighting and Packing
'!'»> rind From All
tl»e Creekn.
(fUtitl Teams ('.nod Service
draw his salarv. tie has no ap
pointive power, except to appoint
a lew native policemen and notaries
public The district judges and
marshals and the collector a# cns
toms have each lar more executive
)>ower than the governor has lie
■>honld l>e the one to appoint the
coinmis-.iiliters and many other o»*i
cer« and he shouht have all the
duties that appertain to that iHir
in other territories