Yukon Valley News
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1905.
TO THE PUBLIC.
On Wednesday, August 2, the Yukon j
Valley News will print its fifty-second i
number and finish the first year of its,
existence. The paper has been printed
on leased material which will revert to
its owner at the time above mentioned;!
but it has been decided to continue the ‘
enterprise, and new material shortly to1
arrive from San Francisco will give the !
sheet a brighter and more business-like '
appearance and, it is hoped, add to the
pleasure of its patrons.
The paper has received many kind j
words of approval; and it is agreeable to
announce positively that its publication
will be continued.
The success of the venture has ex
ceeded the expectation of its promoters,
and confidence is felt that new friends
w ill be made as acc|uaintance widens.
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
In the two months that have
elapsed since its organization the
Rampart Board ot Trade has made
a very creditable showing. Sev
eral matters of importance have i
been acted upon and good accom
plished, and, above all, it has been
made known that the district has
a means of making itself beard on
matters of public concern. Not a
settlement in Alaska but already
knows o! the board's existence and
would address it should occasion
arise lor co-operative effort.
One of the board's first actions
regarded a proposed rood between
Rampart and Fairbanks, and al
ready assurances are had that the
matter will receive the earliest js»
sible attention from the road com
mission. Major Richardson, it is
true, lias shown himself so thor
oughly well posted on the situation
here that nothing but mere detail
is lacking; but none can say that
the board of trade has not done
good seiv ce in looking after the
district’s welfare in this instance.
Another thing that received the
board’s early attention was the
mail between Rampart and Fair
banks. A weekly service between
Fairbanks and the outside, divided
between two routes, will be main
tained through the winter. The
board is endeavoring to have the
mail via the Valdez route come di
rect from Fairbanks to Rampart,
instead of via Tanana, as it did last
winter; and the mail via Eagle to
leave the river at Circle and reach
Rampart via Fairbanks. This
would give us a better service not
only from the outside, but also
from Fairbanks, now the most im
portant point in this judicial di
vision of Alaska and the place from
which the court business of the
division is transacted. The desira
bility of the suggested change in
the service is apparent, and the
suggestion is so reasonable that it
is believed it will be granted.
Other things of importance to
the camp are under consideration
by the board. The work of this
public-spirited body is more or
less burdensome, and it is hoped
that many more representative men
will come forward and join in car
rying on the labor so competently
begun. _
ISTHMUS OF PANAMA
A LAM) OF OOLI)
There is no doubt but that the
isthmus contains precious metals.
It was not far from the Gulf of
Darien that Balboa was buying gold
ol the Indians when one of them
knocked the scales from his hands,
telling him that if the white man
cared for such stuff he could show
him a laud over the mountains
where gold was so cheap that the
common people ate and drank out
vessels made from it. The Indian
referred to the mines of Bern, which
afterward made Spain rich.
There are today mines about the
gulf of Darien. One ts faring ex
plored by an English syndicate un
der the name of the Ifencn Gold
Mining C« mpatty, limited It t*
now working ■ thousand Jamaican
negr<>« « and producing in the neigh
N. V. HENDRICKS
ESTABLISHED 1904
Alaska Commission Baying Agency
SEATTLE, WASH.
We Buy and Ship for you. Only on Commission
Call on our Agent or write to us
SAVE MONEY!
If you have not already arranged for your winter’s outfit, it will
pay you to ascertain the very favorable terms upon which I will have it
shipped to you from Seattle. Only a small cash deposit necessary in
advance, the balance, including a reasonable commission, payable upon
the arrival of the goods.
Orders mailed by July 20th for shipment via St. Michael, and by
Aug. 1st for shipment via Dawson should arrive at Rampart before the
close of navigation.
G. A. KETTERER
FOR SALE CHEAP.
291 feet 12-inch 16-ounce
NEW CANVAS HOSE,
extra well sewed. Apply
MINERS STORE
borhood of a million dollars’ worth
of gold a year. In 1903 more than
$7000,000 was taken out of its
mines, and Pablo Piuel, the mana
ger, says that the mines aie now
more profitable than ever. !•••
Gold is also found in the Veragua
and Code districts, and nearly every
rtver on the isthmus shows rooTe or
less colors. I heard of a negro who
loafs about Colon the greater part
of his time without any visible
means of support. When he gets
hard up he makes a trip into the
mountains, washes gold from the
streams and brings back $500 or
more after a few weeks’ work. So
far no one knows just where his
placer mines are.— Frank G. Car
penter.
Reservations
for the Telejjrnpli
The president lias issued an ex
ecutive order reserving twelve tracts
of land at aS many different places
in Alaska for the use of military
telegraph stations.
Some of these new reservations
comprise several square miles of
territory, while others are compar
atively small. At Central a tract
1,3oo by 2.500 feet has lieeu re
served for a telegraph station and
for snch buildings as it may he nec
essary to erect. The reservation at
Chestochena will he one scjnare
mile in extent, and a smaller reser
vation is established at Copper
Center, joining on the south the
homestead staked by William Soule
is July of last year. Small tracts
GEORGE A. SALISBURY,
Attorney and Counsellor,
Rampart. Alaska
J. I.INULKV GRKKN, ””
Lawyer.
Office at the Courthouse.
OFFICE OF
Commissioner and Recorder
Rooms i and 2, Courthouse
THE MIRROR
Winks,
Liquors,
Cigars.
JERRY FORD,
M. R. DOWN I NO.
are reserved at Gakona and Ketch
u ms took, and a square mile is set
aside at Mentasta. The other res
ervations, the boundaries of which
are minutely described in the pre-i
dent’s order, are at North Fork,
Sain a. Summit, Teikheil, Ton sin a
and Workmans.
The president has also tamed an
order for a right of way. as follows:
A strip of land too feet wide (50
feet on either side of telegraph line!
along the United States military
telegraph lines from Valdez to Fort
Egbert, from Fort Egbert to bound
ary. from North Fork to Fort Gib
bon. fn m Raker to R.impart, from
Fort Gtbbou to St. Michael, and
from Safety Harbor to Fort l>*vw,
which owing to it* aggregate length
of over 1,400 mites, is necessarily
unstaked.