Yukon Valley News
(Successor to Tanana Leader)
ALBERT G. STAMM.Publisher
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THE GOLD OUTLOOK
The striking of the paystreak at the
head of Lynx creek, merely confirms
the theory of the old prospectors that the
Gold Mountain district will yet become
a large producer.
The miners have known for many years
that there is gold in paying quantities in
the district; but the water has discour
aged many, besides the association evil
has kept out many real prospectors.
January 1, a great deal of ground will
be open for relocation, and next year
will show just wLat the district contains.
There has been but little work done
there in the summer, and many declare
that is the only time to work the wet
ground to advantage. There is a great
deal of low-grade dirt which can be pro
fitably liydraulicked and dredged.
Dr. Horstmann is now in Frisco rais
ing money to develop the ground, lie
will be back before Christmas. His re
port made to the capitalists was very
conservative—so old miners who saw it
declare—and liis opinion carries great
weight.
In the Old Man country there are
more men than ever before, and this
winter should bring some very encour
aging reports from that quarter.
The strike on Prospect creek, near
Fish lake, is also attracting considerable
attention; and, altogether, the future of
Tanana—which town is the logical base
of supplies—is brighter than ever be
fore.
THE NORTHLAND
Coal discovered on Valdez bay.
•Valdez lias new fire alarm boxes.
Gambling suppressed at Tiekel.
Stores at Cordova now close Sundays.
The Katalla oil well is now spouting.
McKinley lake district needs capital to
develop mines.
Cliff mine, near Valdez, paid $75,000
dividends in four months,
Jennie Heath, a compositor on Ketch
ikan Miner, shoots black bear.
Kenai peninsula is declared to lie the
coming quartz center of Alaska. Rich
strikes made.
Large hill has appeared on Bogolov
island, southeastern Alaska, where there
were 70 fathoms of water last year.
Copper River & V. \V. R. R. will be
completed in January. Over 30,000 tons
of ore are ready for shipment from the
Bonanza mines to the Tacoma smelter.
J. B. Meenacli, former Dawson opera
tor, and one time manager of Gladhough
mine at Ellamar, recoupes fortune on
Squirrel creek, Nome district.
LEARNS TO
TALKMONKEY
After Seven Years in African Wilds
Man Learns Key.
Special to the News.
Chicago, Now 17.—Scientists are still
talking about the dispatch sent by Rev.
Myers , Emmanuel Baptist church of this
city, from Cape Lopez, West Africa.
Rev. Myers met Prpf. Garner, who
has been in the African wilds for seven
years studying the monkey language.
Prof. Garner declared he has discover
ed key to the monkeys’ language, which
contains 28 distinct sounds. He has
learned the meaning of nine of them
and claims to have conversed with the
monkeys to a limited extent.
He is convinced Darwin’s theory of
evolution is incorrect. The ape, lie says,
is not man’s immediate ancestor.
The nine sounds he knows express j
hunger, pain and joy. He knows when
the monkeys call to him from a tree and
can answer them.
Prof. Garner says the chimpanzee he
owns is the most intelligent of any. She i
is a year old, and he values her at .$2,
oUO. She can select colors and classify
them, tshe can pick out cubes from
blocks of various shapes.
The professor thinks man’s immedi
ate ancestor will be discovered with the
finding of skeletons
At one time he studied the monkeys
from a cage he built. The last time he
studied them unprotected in the forest
jungle.
WOMEN SMOKED
ON THE STREET
Omaha, Nov. 17.—Miss Doris Roberts
and Miss Bessie Smith, fashionably
dressed young women, tfere arrested
here for walking down the street smok
ing cigarettes. Each was given a day in
jail, having been found guilty of disord
erly conduct.
TABLE OF DISTANCES
FROM
Black’s Hotel, Tanana
ON LOWER YUKON RIVER
MILES
Old Station. 15
Gold Mountain Trading Post.. SO
Kalland’s. . 30
Birches.. 48
Portage Roadhouse. 58
Carlines. 66
Mouse Point Trading Post . 80
Kokrines. 87
Jessies .. . 102 :
Melozi Portage. 113
Melozi. 123
Lewis Trading Post. 138 |
No. 1 Roadhouse, Lewis Trail.157
No. 2 Roadhouse, Lewis Trail.174
No. 3 Roadhouse, Lewis Trail. 191
Glazier Tent. 203!
Tent and Roadhouse. 223
Village... 235
Diskaket. 243 j
ON TANANA RIVER
Long Lake 14
Fish Lake. 26
Sullivan City. 37
Hot Springs. . f 4 j
Lavins. 60
Tolovana. 74 :
Minto . 94
Goldstream. 114 !
Ohio. 131
Fairbanks. 160 1
I THE TANANA RESTAURANT
l Best Meals in the Camp
Short Orders at All Hours j
| Rest of everything on the Market. Service unexcelled in the North |
^_^Fpesh and Delicious Bread, Pies and Pastries Always on Hand
POOL TABLE
POOL TABLE
Best Liquors and Cigars
in Town at
YUKON SALOON
OSCAR LUNDIN, Manager
POOL TABLE
POOL TABLE
\ SUITS OF THE LATEST
FASHION.
Stationery,
i Confectionery, s
Light Hardware
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Volney Richmond and Charles Grimm,
and to all persons claiming' by, through or
under him:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that the undersigned lias expended not less
than one hundred dollars in labor and im
provements during each of the years 1908
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 tiie South
Fork of the Koynkuk 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 property of the
undersigned, under said Section 2224.
CARL FRANK.
Date of first publication Sept- 22.1910.
Date of last publication Dec. 22, 1910.
Notice of Forfeiture
To H. F. Berry, and to all 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 1909 and
1910. on the placer mining association claims
known and recorded as the Hoosier associa
tion claim, the Martin association claim, the
Happy association claim, the Arizona asso
ciation claim, the Olive association claim at
the mouth of Lynx creek, the Snowbird as
sociation claim, w Inch adjoins the Ohio asso
ciation: and the Hamburger association
claim v\ liich adjoins the Shamrock associa
tion; all of which are situated on Grunt
creek, Gold Mountain district, Fort Gibbon
recording district, Alaska. That such ex
penditures were made for the purpose of
holding said association claims under the
provisions of Section 2324 of the revised stat
utes of the United States, and such labor and
improvements constituted the annual assess
ment work upon said association 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 association claims w ill become the
property of the undersigned under said sec
tion 2324. ABESPRUNGER.
Date of first publication, Nov. 17, 1910.
Date of last publication, Feb. 17, 1911.
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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 HI. 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.
1)R. LOOMIS,
i Lay Reader in Charge.