Yukon Valley News
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CALENDAR
Al’KI I.
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Moon’s Phases. -
Lust quarter. 5th:
new moon. 12th;
first quuretr, 20th ;
full moon, 27th.
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5 6 7 S 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 IS
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26 27 28 29 30 31
Moon’s Phases.
Last quai ter, 2d ;
new moon, tltli;
first quarter, 2"tl ;
full moon, 27th.
V. K.DN'KSDAY, Al'Itll. 3, 11Kb .
THE CITY OF THE FUTURE.
It would not be surprising if the unties
of tho Titnuna should yiidd in the sluicing
season shortly to eommenee nearly or
quite half as mueh gold as was eredited
to the whole of Alaska for the year ltHttl.
It is also certain that 100S will exceed in
the Xanana the output of 1!H)7, so that
it seems altogether reasonahle to reckon
that between now and the end of the
sluicing season of IPOS at least $110,000,000
will come out of the ground of the Tan
ana. It would be difficult to form an
intelligent opinion as to when the max
imum will be reached and production in
the district will commence to fall away;
it is enough to know that the district
will not be short lived and that ample
time of high production will be afforded
in which to satisfy any man’s ambition
for making money through productive
enterprise.
The next hall i dozen years arc bound
t i bring remarkable changes and unu
sual opportunities. ,\t the setting in of
winter in UMIS it will be surprising if a
railroad is not in operation from the
Yukon to all the important Tatiana
creeks. Incidentally, it would appear
that steamboating on the Tatiana would
d 'dine to almost nothingness and the
Mipplv point tor i: 11 tin* in mini:«nuiitry
would *hift to tin* hank* • f tin* I i_ riv* r.
With u railroad in operation it would he
hut u matter of two hour- longer in de
liv**rinvr g*»ods to tin* mine*, *ay from
Rampart, than it i- :it tin* present tiuu*
from ('hena. Urn transfer from *te;u»n r
to railway i* neee-fntry from whatever
river |»<*int tin* rail tormina! may he;
and there! re it doe* not -eem to admit
of t|iii--tiofi that the rhrajrr, Mi(t*r ai d
n mrr delivery would leave Tanaim river
navigation out of the *< |»*me entirely
That -*e«*ii»* t** U* the l**jie oj t!»•• -itn
ation a** far a* event* have devi l* j . • I in
the \)i«kan interior. The eoiihtrv
drained hv tin N nk«*n i* -* new an*l *•»
eiten-ive that it i* extreme v I»ii4)ir>l«4t<*
t* trv to look flirt her into tin* future
tli n t*» th»* point -ei iuiiitfly made pretty
• tear hv tvetir* a* far a** thev have
alrettdv *hrt|*ed them-elve*. It r< n* t
appear unlikely. however. that *«a whole
the rutmtrv will advaitev; a tel if that
pr«*%e■+ t*» he a fa« t it i# hard to e**»»j»ir«*
oat of the uncertainties of tlie future a
vision of a numerous people without a
central city, on the hanks of the great
river, as a permanent ami essential part
of such civilization as may finally conic.
Just what particular locality the city
will be, if ever at all, may depend on a
good many things, some of them more
or less trivial. The first point to he
touched by a railway, however, will be
given such an impetus that the city of
the future may take permanent root
there. If the Xanana Valley Railway
people build to Rampart they will have
their line in a pay belt nearly the entire
length and will hold the key to all the
producing country in the whole region
between this place and the high range.
They will have river terminal grounds
probably supeiior to all others. It looks
like tiny will build here. And if they
do, this place will stand to be of great
importance perhaps as long as the tirri
tory cuts a figure in the activities of the
world.
A SURE SIGN OF THE TIMES.
Newspapers are the surest indication
of a country's prosperity, or otherwise.
I’ndoubte.lly Alaska lias more live, uj -
to-date newspapers than any i ther ter
ritory of a like population in the world.
Take, for example, Ketchikan, with a
paper appearing; daily with the tele
graphic dispatches, besides a weekly
issue from the same office and another
tine weekly under other managem nt.
To see these publications is proof pi si
tive that Ketchikan is a good town. The
Mining .lournal has just sent out an
illustrated annual that gives further
emphasis to the proposition laid ih wn
above. The Tanana and other favored
localities have become so noted that one
is not surprised by their big modern
publications, but there are sevt ral nthi r
places that are showing up so well in
prii t that to say the least one is very
fon-il ly impressed that there is a gnat
forward movement taking place in the
widely separated portions of the terri
tory. _
THE EDITOR KNEW BEST.
It will lu* *\v«» wars next August tdnrr
natiws disrowr. d a trold-lH-arintf li d go
on tin* \\»*st mast of (’hioagof Island.
Thooditoi . f tin- Sitka I a 1 •lr-_ram. which
has since icased publication, sent a tel
egram to a Sattlo |»a|* r attaching a
ur»Mt dr il "t ini) ort a no* to tin* find, ami
.Major i «la*-»fonl, then at tin* head * f tin*
ifo\(*'innt'nt telegraph and cable system,
refused to deliver tin* menage on tin*
assumption that tin* alleged find was a
fukr. January I. s* war 4*j t *ns of or**
fr*‘in the snrfa* *• of tin* t hicagof g*oitnd
netted #1 *J4I 71; .1*1 nr 4* r tofts netted
Hill.Ho; • K ?**» * r 17 ton- netted $Ml1> 70
\ tunnel i- t ow in 'Jim f»s t and assays
of tin* r* **k -how valors estimated to
average f'*ta ton, with iltdicalions of a
very large orr I’roin a dewing
hk tl at tin* i h.mee seem* to Is* gt»d
that thr mw-jvip r man’s« pinion «*f thr
gntind iim\ l*r vindn*afrd
This is thr film* **f ymr whrn thr
f«s*lish person !••««•* the pleasant antici
pation* of t|»** breakup in thinking of
how **«••> thr frecanip wdl nnw* along
Chas.A.Traeger,
Hats, Clothing
and Furnishings.
Complete Line
New Ladies’ Goods,
Flannels, Blankets,
Gents’ Furnishings.
II. .1. KODKN,
Attorney at Law,
Fairbanks, Alaska.
A. B. NOTICE.
Regular meetings of the Arctic Brother
hood Lodge are held at their hall on the
second and fourth Fridays of each month at
S o’clock p. ni.
W. W. CROCKETT,
JULIUS RAHMSTORF, Arctic Chief
Arctic Recorder.
Highest
Cash Prices
Paid for....
JULIUS RAHMSTORF.
Notice of Final Settlement.
hi the matter nf the Instate of t
.JOHN E. Hl’HN. Decease.!, i
|>l RSUANT to an order of the Probate
1 Court for Rampart Preeinet. Third Di
vision of the Territory of Alaska. Notice is
hereby jriven that.l. H. lludjrin has tiled with
said court his final statement as administra
tor of sa'd estate, and that tlie 2»*th day of
April. 1907. has been set by said court to hear
objections to said final statement, said hem -
inyr to be held in the court house at Ram
part. and all persons having objections to
offer are notified to be and appear before*
the court and interpose said objections at
that time.
That a copy of this notice be printed in tlie
Yukon Valley News for six consecutive
weeks, the first insertion to appear in the
issue of February 2b, 1007.
Dated this l.sth day of February. 1907.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Commissioner and ex officio Judjre
of the Probate Court.
Notice of Final Settlement of the
Estate of E. D. Minard, Deceased
In the matter of the Estate of /
K. D. MINARD. Deceased. »
1 >CRSUANT *o an order of the Probate
* Court for the Territory of Alaska. Third
Division. Rampart Precinct. Not'ce is hereby
iriven. that Horace \V. Ib ucher has tiled his
final statement of the above named estate,
and that Friday. April 2*», 1907. is set bv the
court to hear any object ions to said final
statement or the cl. -injrof said estate; and
and nil persons having objections to said
final statement or to the settlement of said
estate are notified to appear in the i rohate
court in Rampart on said day and then and
there interpose their objections.
It is further ordered that this notice le
printed in the Yukon Valley News for six
cnnscciit'\e weeks, the first insert it i ap
pearing Weilnesds y. February 2 '. I9"7.
Dated this 19th day of Februarv. l'.)07.
.!. I.INDI.KY GREEN.
Commission1 r- nd ex officio .I mitre
of the Prol ate Court.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To M’. H. Porter and J. \Y. Yournr. their
heir*, executor*, admini-*t ratom and an
titxi to all pernon* whom it may con*
\ on mid each of >011 are hereby not Hied
that I have e\|»eiided duritijr earh of the
year** U*t .*» at *1 H* ♦» me hundred dollar^ in
labor and im r*-f ement- u «n idaeer in ini fit?
«■’ in V-. 7. Khod*- Inland ereek. Kamo.trr
Ke- onlinr Precinct \l»«ku. in order to liold
tl« - d el.tim under the nrotUionn of the
Ke in» «| Stutlltcn of the I'nited StBfen.
Yon and e i-h • f .»i*ii ar» further notified
that if \% thin fiinet* day** after i uh'h-ution
ot thin n* tie*- you. an ro*o\> a# r*«. fail ♦<* con
tribute four unpaid ur< rortion of the eont
of the '.it or ifiu e-*aid utimcly
I h»* nee i!d nr »|»« rtiou of tl «* naid \Y. II.
Porter for both mild yearn «• f I'.'trt and IHK,
al the ini|> id proi ortion of nniil .1. W.
Y unir for th** yt urn |*.» ’• anil It*
Then f otir ititerentn an eo-on ner*» in »-»id
claim w i I on e th*1 pr«*j»ert> ot the under
ni^t*r«l co-o%» tier. ttnd'*r nectioti 2Xil llevincd
statute* -if the I nitid Stntev
Jot KOI IN SKI
flute of tlr*»t publication. \ §.rt' '
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