Yukon Valiev News
VOL. L.
RAMPART, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, lPOfi.
No. 32
JACKSON
TURNED DOWN
Washington, April 2.—Sec
retary Hitchcock has turned
down Sheldon Jackson by
giving Governor Hoggatt en
tire charge of the reindeer
service. It is declared that
Jackson’s management sav
ors of graft and is scandalous.
Goal Miners' Strike.
Indianapolis, April 2.—The
coal miners quit work last
Saturday. The anthracite
men are returning to work,
but those of the bituminous
districts are still out, await
ing a meeting of operators
this week. The militia is
held in readiness to quell any
disturbance.
Bars Consumptives.
St. Paul, April 2.—The
State of Minnesota lias de
cided against consumptives
attending public schools.
ANOTHER SPRING
UP RAY RIVER
John Minook and his family returned
a few days ago from Kay Kiver hot
springs.
[luring his stay on Kay river Minook
visited a hot spring some ten miles
higher up stream than the group which
have la-on made a camping place hy
numerous whites and natives the i>ast
winter.
Heretofore hut little was known of
the upjier spring. Minook says it
tsiils out of the ris ks on the river l>ank
high enough from the stream to admit
of t)ie hot water Is ing readily pijad to
any desirable nearhy place. There is
no snow on the ground for a radius of
half a mile around the spring Kav
river forms an open take or pool there
of great extent, and withal tire sur
roundings are most inviting.
SilKr the trad lias la-come latter
broken natives have gone over it be
tween Kauipart and tbe springs in two
short days' travel.
I*r. Iludgin prop*we. to visit the
springs again I*fore the snow disap
pear*.
STEVE ADAMS’
CONFESSION
Boise, Idaho, April 2.—
Steve Adams, in his confes
sion, states that the inner
circle miners hired him to
blow up a train with non
union miners. His disclos
ures are startling and bear
out Orchard’s confession.
—
Fell in a Shaft.
Fairbanks, April 2.—Fox
Walker, just arrived from
Dawson, was killed by falling
into an 80-foot shaft.
Trapping Not Good.
S. It. Hudson and Maurice Farrell
came in last week from a trapping ex
pedition which extended well up toward
the head of Mike Hess river.
As far as trapping is concerned the
trip was nearly a complete failure. After
the grub supply was practically exhaust
ed some marten tracks were encoun
tered, but the men had to hurry away
to replenish their stock of provisions.
All trappers have rejiorted a scarcity of
fur the past winter—some claiming that
the marten have migrated, some that
they are hiding beneath the unusually
deep snow, some that they have died off
from a disease, and some that the
lynxes have eaten them, and all agree
ing that they are very hard to find.
Messrs. Hudson and Farrell were in
the vicinity where the Witherspoon
branch of the geologic survey came to
grief last fall; but a careful search
failed to reveal their caches or anything
whatever pertaining to the outfit.
Williams and Goss.
Cap Williams and O. V. (ioss got in
last week from the Troublesome coun
try, where they have spent the winter
trapping.
Their catch amounts to ninety marten
and a few other skins. This is far tie
low expectations.
To Change Coal Land Law.
Washington, March I’M.— Representa
tive latiry has introduced a bill (or the
regulation of llte acquirement of coal
land in Alaska, under which entry ran
lie made of 1,2H0 acres
Christian Endeavor Convention.
March 'J* Thf it.vtt«.nal voli*
Yentk’it t'liri*t!itn in **t for
thla cily July 10 ly |.\ It*#.
A. G. RAILROAD
BOOSTED ALONG
New York, April 2.—The
Northwestern Development
Company has been organ
ized, with John Rosene at its
head, to finish the Alaska
Central railroad from Sew
ard to Tanana and on to
Nome.
Guggenheims.
Seattle, April 2.—The Gug
genheims have secured op
tions on forty Bonanza claims
in the Klondike.
Weather Conditions.
Mart’h 28, highest
March 29, '*•
March 30, “
March 31, “
April 1, “
April 2, “
April 3. “
29; lowest — 1*
36; “ 15
39; “ 15
40; —15
19; “ —19
26; “ —21
24; “ — 9
Snowfall, .50 inch
Number of days—Clear 8, partly
cloudy 2, cloudy 2.
MONTHLY SUMMARY FOlt MARCH
TEMPERATURE.
Average maximum, 20.4.
Average minimum, —0.2.
Maximum, 51.
Minimum, —31.
PRECIPITATION
(Rain and melted snow.)
Total, .17 inch.
Greatest in 24 hours, .04; date 2d.
SNOW.
Total fall, 1.75 inch; total for the
season, 45.5 inches.
• NUMBER OF DAYS.
With .01 inch or more precipitation,
5; clear, 6; partly cloudy, 11; cloudy,
14.
Fred K. Rader.
Voluntary Observer.
Jap Statesman Pugnacious.
Tokio, March 2S.—In the house of
fieers the discussion of a hill for the
nationalization of a railway which is to
Is- built resulted in a free tight. Police
separated the mauling statesmen.
Gloomy Outlook in Russia.
>t. Petersburg, March 2*. — l.ilieral
leaders see nothing hut trouble ahead,
with struggles and bloodshed for years
to come. Only universal suffrage ran
now produce an orderly outcome.
Conscience Money.
Tacoma. March 2R — The city treas
urer has received |l,IMi from an un
known man who says lie stole the mom *
from the city
N.A.T.-W. P.
AGREEMENT
Dawson, April 2.—The
White Pass Route and the
North American Transporta
tion and Trading Company
have entered into an agree
ment whereby the White Pass
is to keep off the lower river
and give through bills lading.
Still Jesting.
New York, April 2.—Mark
Twain, in a letter to the Rus
sian revolutionists, advises
them to crush the govern
ment drones and overthrow
the present form of govern
ment.
Dawson Dynamiter.
Dawson, April 2.—Charles
Hammer has been arrested
for placing a dynamite bomb
with the intention of killing
Mrs. S. O. Laug.
UNCERTAIN SEASON
RECARDINC MAIL
The season of uncertainty in mail
matters is here.
After April 1 the contract calls for a
semi-monthly instead of a weekly ser
vice.
Mail leaves Tanana today bound up
the Yukon to the outside. This mail
may be dispatched from Rampart ahead
of the regular time (Sunday) on hnrrv
up orders. The next mail after this is
due to leave Tanana April 15, but will
probably lie started ahead of time.
All the weekly mails in transit be
tween Tanana and Kagle Indore April 1
keep on on the regular w inter schedule
till they reach their destination.
laist year the last mail to come over
the ice left Ragle April 13 and reached
Rampart April lt>.
Galway Cattle for Alaska.
Seattle, March •S,—Prof, i ieorgesoii,
agent for agricultural experiment sta
tions in Alaska, will receive eleven tial
way cattle, imported from Scotland, and
w dl ship them to the eaperimeat station
on k'sliak Island for breeding ptlr|s,ses
It is tie Hexed tiny will prove the right
kind for tin- \U*ka • Innate