Yukon Valley News
(Successor to Tanana Leader)
ALBERT G. STAMM.Publisher
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Advertising.—Rates on application. Right
reserved to reject any advertisement.
Application for entry as second-class mat
ter at the postoffice at Tanana, Alaska,
pending.
OUR NATIONAL SPORT.
The great interest taken in the world’s
championship ball games again calls to
mind the hold the “national sport” has
on the people. Though the great foot
ball games in the fall attract considera
ble attention, base ball is the most en
during and widespread.
Professional base ball began in the
United States in 1871 and ever since has
grown in popularity until last year
there were 37 leagues from the National
and American down, besides an innu
merable number of small town associa
tions where many of the ball stars have
their beginnings.
Since 1903 the champions of the Na
tional and American leagues have played
post season games for the championship
of the world.
Last year over 145,000 people wit
nessed these contests and $188,000 was
taken in at the gates.
Base ball is a clean sport. It requires
physical strength and endurance, cou
pled with skill and keen judgment. For
this reason it appeals to the average
American.
Players command immense salaries
and are sold from one team to another.
At times as high as $10,000 is paid by
one team for another’s player.
It is frequently declared games “are
thrown” or agreed upon before hand.
This may have been the case in early
days, but has long since ceased. The
American public would have found it
out long ago were it still the case.
Prizefighting and wrestling have fal
len into disrepute to a certain extent on
account of the “fixed matches,” but
baseball will probably remain popular
as long as a clean, interesting sport is
admired by man.
THE HOT SPRINGS
The Hot Springs gold output is very
encouraging. The district which many
declared would never amount to much,
this season produced nearly $500,000
and the yield next season promises to
he much larger. The operators are pre
paring to take out large winter dumps
and everyone is prospering. Few men
are idle.
Sullivan creek, according to one man,
is one of the best camps known in the
north ior a working man. Seldom does
a man lose his wages. This has unfor
tunately not .been the case in most
Alaskan mining camps where a man
frequently found to his bitter disap
pointment that he had put in his hard
labor with no chance of ever receiving a
• cent of pay.
The growth of the Hot Springs results
; beneficially to Tanana and Rampart.
Tanana is the natural shipping center
of the Yukon and the output of the Hot
1 Springs is highly gratifying to everyone.
Quick shaves, quick haircuts at Nuss
baum’s. _
STEAMBOAT
IN WINTER
Minneapolis Arrives Beating AH
Records—Proceeds Down River.
The residents of Tanana were startled
Tuesday by the blowing of a steamboat
whistle. It seemed as if a steamer were
arriving in midwinter.
Many ran to the river bank and saw a
boat at the mouth of the Tanana. It
turned out to be the Minneapolis bound
for the Iditarod. Half a dozen times it
was thought the steamer was on a bar
for good and each time did the plucky
little craft manage to clear.
The steamer left Chena Oct. 2. She
arrived here with 35 passengers, a few
taken from the Martha Clow, and 250
tons of freight.
Among those aboard were Geo. Wescli,
cashier, and Assayer Adams of the
Washington Alaska bank; Harry Kar
stens, the old McKinley Musher, and
Mayhood, the billiard hall man.
upougnt tne ra«at.
The Minneapolis brought Tanana’s
meat supply given up for lost. Over
80,000 pounds of meat were unloaded
here—Thanksgiving and Christmas tur
keys and chickens, besides pork, mutton
and beef galore.
J. E. Ellegood, the meat dispenser,
was jubilant. The sign “Closed for Re
pairs” was cast into the fire and the
shop reopened doors Wednesday. It
was high time, for Kehoe’s bull and cow
were all eaten up.
A number of the passengers bought
dogs here, as the boat will never get up
the Iditarod river this fall. Markle sold
a considerable quantity of vegetables in
town.
The Minneapolis is the latest boat to
ever reach Tanana as far as known.
“Scotty” Kay, steamboat oracle, says
on page 9, line 20 of his great “Shipping
Record”: “Arrived P. B. Weare, Oct.
17, 1906.” That’s the old record. The
Minneapolis l>eat it by a day. She pro
ceeded down river Wednesday.
Don’t forget that George Bemis pre
pays postage on packages of jewelry
sent outside.
HONEYWELL IN A
SPECTACULAR RUN
With feet apart and head bent for
ward in true hippodrome chariot style,
Jack Honeywell dashed up Front st.,
Wednesday morning, with Joe Dehn’s
spirited bays. No, Jack was not trying
to show off. The horses were merely
running away, goaded on by the wagon
box which bumped against their legs.
It looked for a time as if Jack would
be thrown off, but he hung on to the
last. The horses turned the corner at
the N. C., where the driver managed to
steer them into the brush. This stopped
them. No damage was done.
THE TANANA RESTAURANT
Best Meals in the Camp
Short Orders at All Hours
Best of everything on the Market.
Service unexcelled in the North
Fresh and Delioious Bread, Pies and Pastries Always on Hand ?
TOZI RIVER
LOOKS GOOD
Well satisfied with the outlook, Allen
Crane returned from his ground on the
Tozi last week. He prospected all last
summer and feels so encouraged that .he
expected to go back this week for the
winter.
Like many of the oldtimers Allen
firmly believes that the country sur
rounding Tanana will yet make this an
important mining center.
St. Peirre to Be
on “Old Man”
John St. Peirre thinks so well of the
“Old Man” country that he is going
back there with a rear’s outfit, in the
• i
near future.
He prospected there a whole year and
although he only got colors in the pans j
he felt very much encouraged. He does
not believe in making a flying trip into
the district to stake ground, but advises |
those who do to take along twice as
much grub as they figure on, for they
may be held up a week or two on one of
the divides.
TANANA PERSONALS
O. T. Thoreson last week pasted some
more mud between the logs on St. j
James’ chapel.
The Hot Springs, Fairbanks and out
side mail over the trail left last Satur
day. The Kovukuk mail left the same
day.
All the improvements at George
Bemis’ jewelry store are completed.
Schoolteacher Mozee is now comforta
bly established in his living quarters in
the rear part of the schoolliouse.
Joe Anicich is fixing up his cabin on
2d ave., back of the Tower House, as a
bunkhouse where mushers can do batch
ing.
Frank Kelly, better known as “Shan
ty,” has completed the new N. C. pump
house.
“Try a Bath” is the canvas sign Jack
Cavanaugh has placed over the Gibbon
barbershop to keep the cold out. If
you don’t like the sample swear off on
baths for good.
C. A. Munro is around again, although
still weak from his attack of the grippe.
Billy DeBaum has a cute little tobog
gan cap which he wears when out skat
ing with the girls.
John Reilly was laid up in bed last
week with a cold on the lungs.
Regulate your watches with the time
kept by George Bemis. It is always
correct.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Yolney Richmond and Charles Grimm,
and to ail persons claiming by, through or
under them:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that the undersigned has expended not less
than one hundred dollars in labor and im
provements during each of the years 190S
and 1909 upon placer mining claims known
and recorded as No. One Above Discovery.
No. One Below Discovery, Discovery, and
Adjoining Fraction, locally known as the
Gold Bench Group, situate on the South
Fork of the Koyukuk river, in the Koyukuk
Mining District, Alaska; that such expendi
tures were made for the purpose of holding
said claims under the provisions of Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United
States, and such labor and improvements
constituted the annual assessment work
upon said claims for each of said years.
You and each of you are further notified
that if within ninety days after the date of
the last publication of this notice you fail
and refuse to contribute your proportion of
said expenditures as co-owners, and pay the
costs of this advertisement, your interest in
said claims will become the proi>erty of the
undersigned, under suid Section 2324.
CARL FRANK.
Date of first publication Sept. 22,1910.
Date of last publication Dec. 22, 1910.
Catholic Church
Every Sunday, muss and sermon at 10:30
a. m. At 7:30 p. m. special service for the
soldiers. Short instruction and benediction
of the Bl. Sacrament.
All are cordially invited.
H. FERRON, S.J., Pastor.
St. James’ Mission
Sunday school 3:30 p. m. Evening service
7: 30 p. m. until further notice.
DR. LOOMIS,
Lay Reader in Charge.
Mail from Fairbanks arrived Wednes
day. None came from outside.
Mail from St. Michael was due middle
of this week.
Mail down river left on Minneapolis.
Next mail for Hot Springs, Rampart,
Dawson, Fairbanks and outside leaves
Saturday morning.
PROSPECTORS, ATTENTION.—Jack Cav
anaugh has all kinds of second-hand mining
tools in first-class condition.
MAIL FROZEN IN
Over 1,600 pounds of mail for the
Iditarod taken down on the Susie was
left en route, says Supt. Randles. The
Minneapolis was to take it up the Idita
rod, hut she has not reached there.
Supt. Randles says eveu if all the Idita
rod mail comes through here this win
ter Tanana will receive the same pro
portion of mail as last year. Last spring
only 800 pounds of mail, mostly cata
logues, did not get through.
Officers Installed.
The A. B.’s Monday night installed
the new officers elected last week.
Arctic Chief George Bemis then named
the new committees for the next six
months. Plans are under way for the
big dance to be given in the new hall.
Send Christmas presents of jewelry to
your friends outside. George Bemis pre
pays the postage and guarantees delivery
of goods sent by mail. See Bemis.