KETTERER ON
GHANDLAR
What He Learned on the Way Out
side Made Known in a Letter
to This Place.
Below is iin extract from a private
letter written by G A. Ketterer aboard
the Cudahy, which left here, up bound,
Oct. 1. “The man of the same name”
as Peterson, who is said to have taken
out the money on Big creek, is nick
named Pete the Pig. The Oquensic
creek referred to is the first creek of
note entering the Yukon al>ove the
Hosiana. The Indians call the llosiana
“Ozanzwic,” and the similarity in pro
nunciation have caused some to confuse
the Hosiana and Oquensic.
The general estimate places the dis
tance from Fort Ynkou to the diggings
at at least 165 iniies. By straightening
the trail it might be reduced to 130, but
it is pretty certain that travel hereto
fore has been over a longer route.
Mr. Ketterer’s letter says:
“Peterson and .... lioth say
the Chandlar strike is <>. K. Peterson
says one party (a man having the same
name as himself) took out $2,000 on Big
creek, which empties into the middle
fork (formerly known as north fork).
The distance is about 130 miles from
Fort Yukon. Peterson says the shortest
route in the winter would l>e to go up
the Oquensic (?) creek, which empties
into the Yukon near White Eye's.
Crossing over the divide at the head of
the Oquensic takes one into Monarch
creek. Monarch is a tributary of the
north fork of the Chandlar (formerly
known as the west fork). The mouth
of Monarch is six or seven miles from
the present strike on the middle fork.
Monarch is a shallow creek on which $!)
a day has been taken out in the past,
but BUch has not l>ecn considered pay.
Peterson says it is only one day’s travel
(in winter) from the Yukon up the
Oquensic to the head of Monarch. The
Chandlar itself is navigable during the
early summer up to the mouth of the
east fork, which is 60 miles from the
Yukon. If the diggings prove extensive
a town should naturally !*• located
there.” _
Local and General Notes
I*»*l Konter I no veil into the new roail
honae at the mouth of Kureka Momlay
morning.
I»r. C. I*, t'arter, the ilentiet, ha* lieen
at Hot Spring* for a few ilaya. Mauriee
Parrel muaheil over with him from
Kureka.
Mr. ami Mr* A. t'hirhoim, formerly
of Kureka. are now refilling at Hot
Springs, w lie re it in reportnl they will
ereet a fine two-rtory reanhnre
Jamew |frumiiH>ml. formerly inthargv
ol the Whatl'heer Kar Company’* am,
ewtue in lw»t night on a huaiueu trip
from Hoi Spring* lie m lughlv |4ea»nl
with hi* plenum t eiirroumling* in that
favoretl l<« allt*.
R. F. Noble anil Sourdough Mike,
freighters, are expected in camp to
night. They left Hot Springs Monday
morning loaded for Thanksgiving and
vicinity.
Northern Light, Fairbanks, Oct. 20:
O. J. Hoeford, David Strangherg, H. G.
Baldry and W. D. Hatch, Esther creek
operators, brought good-sized pokes to
town this week.
Major Richardson lias authorized the
building of a wagon road from the main
(Valdez) trail to Richardson. John
Zug, the road commission’s superin
tendent, is doing the work.
John Palm, who is to carry the mail
between Fairbanks and Circle this win
ter, proposes to improve the trail by
straightening out the crooks and kinks
along the Chatanika river. He has one
of the very hardest runs in the entire
north.
Manager M. E. Koonce, of the Ram
part City Gold Mines Company, has
wired from the east instructions for the
representation work to be performed on
the company’s numerous claims on Big
Minook creek. The claims under lease
were not included in the ground to be
represented.
Mrs. W. B. Ballou accompanied Mr.
Ballou to Ruby creek last week and will
probably not reside in town any more
this winter. After the hydraulic plant
has been dismantled on Ruby Mrs.
Ballou will remain with her husband
while he does representation work on
other creeks, and later in the season j
they will settle down on Hunter, where j
Mr. Ballou will be actively engaged in 1
future.
DOCQUESTION
BRINGS ON TALK
Prices Advanced, but Do Not Ap
proach figures Paid in
Former Days.
Notwithstanding the rapid changes
that are taking place, dogs are likely to
play an important part in the industrial
and social life of this country for a long
time to come. Even over the routes of
more frequent travel they will probably
hold their place in light loral traffic and
private conveyance, while in incursions
into unfrequented localities they are
Isiund to remain absolutely essential.
It has lately developed that good dogs
are locally scarce—or at least hard to
buy. A few have changed hands within
a week, the beat ones going at $o0, but
it is questionable if enough could now
Is* hail at that price to make up a full
team.
There is no money, of course, in rais
ing dogs at |A0 a head, but the demand
has been ao light heretofore tliat that
seems a stiff price
In comparing the present with past
condition* a day or two ago Tom U
Porte said tliat in the fall of ‘97 at Fort
Yukon t'ap Mayo sold a team of live
dogs, with their harness, for fifteen
hundred dollars.
Mike I .a arson, who hail been a lis
tener, then lob) of a buy made by Billy
Kaufman, the obi Furtymile amt t'irete
oourdough, that same fall, lie pabl
forty • b*or hundred dollar* cash for seven
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Mackenzie River flunkies, and his team
was never equaled by any of the crack
strings of the Klondike, where they were
used for freighting for several years.
Their regular load was twenty-two hun
dred pounds, exclusive of camp equipage
and dog feed. The freight was loaded
on two substantial sleds, and a light
trailer bore the camp outfit so that the
main loads remained undisturbed. The
lightest of these dogs weighed 120
pounds.
The Mackenzie River huskies are
noted for size and strength. They are
said to be a erwss between the St. Ber
nard and the wolf.
The Peel River Indians also have very
fine dogs, but th«^ are small and fox
like. They are the best for unbroken
trails, being aide to follow a snow-shoe
track without breaking through the
snow.
Joe tians lightweight champion of
the United States, and also welter
weight champion, has publicly resigned
the latter title. He says that the title
now belong* to Joe Thomas, of Cali
fornia.
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