Yukon Valley News
VOL. II.
HAM1WKT, ALASKA, WKDNKSDAY, JI NK 13, ISKWi.
No. 42
REPUBLICANS
Petition for Recognition of
Their Rights.
A petition was circulated in Rampart
this forenoon, and telegraphed to tin*
chairman of the Alaskan republican
central committee this afternoon, asking
f >r authority to take action regarding
t:.e selection of delegates to the republi
can convention to he held in .luneau
July 14.
The petition was numerously signed,
notwithstanding the short time allowed
for its circulation and the absence of
many residents on the creeks.
it was precipitated by the non-action
i l Frank i>. Wells, republican central
( ommitteeman, and the knowledge that
the time is short—only one month—be
tween now and the date set for the
meeting of the territorial convention.
Of course the petition, if granted, will
mean the supplanting of Mr. Wells as
committeeman. It not granted, Rum
part can not secure representation at
Juneau.
It was asked that either .1. W. Young
or M. 1\. Knonce he empowered to call a
Uainpnrt republican meeting.
If the meeting can possibly lie had in
time an earnest effort will he made to
get a Rampart delegation to Juneau. If
that can not be done. Rampart proxies
can be sent, to be used as Rampart may
direct.
QUEER MISSIVE
FROM FRISCO
Through the last mail from tlie out
-i* 1*- .1. 1!. Mel>onaM reeeiveil a "letter’’
nf unusual ap|iearanee>, whieh lie will
ilmthtless keep ami prize as long as he
lives. It was written on a fragment of
a rough pastehuaril lux, *lateil San
Franeiseo, April ami was witlmut
enveln|H- nr stamp. It was from Miss
\| vrtle Me I >i mal'I. ami sahl:
• ‘|H*ar Papa: Am alive ami well, hut
ln-t everything, t'ity a fearful sight.
Main ilead ami siek. Am wnrking mi
ller IJ<-I t riiss.''
Mi-- MelV'iuihl fnrmerly lives) in
ltum|«rt. Sin- went nut in the -pritig
..I HUM. __
Dr. tarter Visiting Circle.
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(*.r I in*Ua mi» |Im >arnli l«»*t >tu»
♦|.»\. II. %%ill rt turn !•» IC.»i»t|Hirt in
i*.» «prk«, 4»»«t t*tll r»tiuitit !»• r»*
amIiiIv In 1 r** }<utin« a vi*it la n.»n.»
l !»•.«*• nnrtling I* « nu*> g«*vrr»i
Drouth Broken at Fairbanks
Fairbanks, June 7.—The
drouth is ehecking the gold
output. Some plants on
Cleary creek have shut down
and others have stopped
sluicing and are hoisting into
the dumps. The same con
dition prevails on Dome and
to a lesser extent on Esther.
AI Murphy is on his way
overland from Circle with
material and supplies for the
Chatanika ditch, which will
furnish water in a year from
now.
Fairbanks, June 8.—As a
result of a heavy rain last
night miners have resumed
work in full blast and all
plants that shut down are
busy again. The rain was
general over the Tanana.
Demented Miner Turns Dp
Fairbanks, Jam* 8.—.Jack
I'onieroy, the insane miner
who slipped away and disap
peared in tin1 brusn near
l’edro creek, dressed only in
his underclothes, walked into
his brother's roadhouse on
Fairbanks creek last evening
and asked the crowd to have
a drink. He was dressed,
and the belief is that he se
cured clothes in some miner’s
cabin. He still shows signs
of mental derangement.
BASE BALL PARK
NEARLY FINISHED
For several ilays men ami teams have
been at work clearing ami leveling a
base hall park on the beneh on the left
limit nf lium|Kirt creek. The gnniml
will he ready fur the hall players hy the
mil nf the week.
The site is a beautiful one, ami the
park will lie utilizeil fur all kimls of
athletic spurts, as will as fur playing
hall.
Hats, halls ami all kimls nf parapher*
lialia have lieen reeeiveil, ami games
will sihiii Is* arrange.I for.
The work nil the groitnil has lieen bv
vnliintury enntrihut inns.
Gold From Fairbanks.
KiiirUiitk*, Jim** 7.—Swn lmn«lr*tl
tin U tt kwrt* «»n
lli** Tuiuk11*1 hi*t nitflit.
From Novitno.
Truk »iii*! J*u*k \, ! .%*• **f tin* **tniif
I•**«!• r* *%!»•• mr*' • »ti t!i** N» *vlltu* l.**t
wiutrr, arrivnl l*#*rt‘ t!»** tlr»t **l i!*t*
wiik. Tli**\ ***»•! Isii!****k» *»!*«»
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ROAD COMMISSION
TO EXPEND $200,000
Seattle, May -~1.—Major Kichardson,
of the Alaska road eominission, says that
that the oovcrnment will spend $21)0,0(10
in the next twelve months on Alaska
roads and trails, principally on the trails
from Valdez to Fairbanks and from Fort
(iihhon to Ihimpart.—Press dispateh in
Skayway Alaskan.
There are no trails, or contemplated
trails, from Fort (iiltbon to Ihimpart.
The dispateh proha lily should have read
"and from Ihimpart to Fairbanks."
That would have accorded with the
lojjic of the situation and with the well
known plans ,.f Major Kichardson.
Ihimpart is to lie the Yukon terminus
of the Valdez trail, and the road com
mission may Is* dcpemhsl on to to e\
|s-nd what money that may Is*ci»me
availahle for the liem-lit of the trail as a
whole. From a local as well as a gen
eral view, it is liii|Mirtnnt that this end
of tin* trail receive attention as early as
fsissihlc, and Major Kichardson know
ini: the facts, may lie d« |s*ndisl ii(s.n to
act inlclliiieiitly. It is only a iptestion
of available money when this end *>f the
trail will Is* attended to if Major Ki* h
ardsoit remains at the head *>f the com
mission.
BIG NUGGETS
One from 42 Big Minook,
and One from Slate
Last week Henry Tiede picked up a
nugget on 42 Big Minook worth $142.
The recent high water in the creek
lmil sluiced the dirt away and left the
big lump of gold exposed on the rim.
The ground there is not being worked at
present.
Another big nitgget was brought in
by Pearson and Nelson, from 10a Sslate
creek the first of the present week. It
weighed 7 ounces and 15 pennyweights.
Considerable quartz was mixed with
this lump, and its intrinsic value can
only be approximated. It will amount
to about $120. It is a rough, irregular
piece, and looks as if it had not strayed
far from the parent ledge.
Messrs. Pearson and Nelson also ex
hibited a very interesting specimen of
float quartz, with free gold showing in
its side. The specimen was broken off
of a piece of rough quartz weighing sev
eral pounds, which appeared to be bar
ren except on the side where it had
evidently been in contact with the wall
of the vein. It is a piece of float that
would be likely to make a hard-rock
prospector's heart beat fast, for it had
not experienced many hard knocks since
lieing wasted from its birthplace.
STRANGE FIND
IN A DEEP SHAFT
In the bottom of a .>0-foot shat on the
heneh between the north and south
forks of Pioneer ereek a fetv days ago
J. K. Nellany made a find that lias set
people to guessing.
Nellany, la* lie and Diver are prosjioct
ing on the !>eneh, aitd theirs is the only
work that has lieen done there during
know n history of that section. To all
appearanee it is strictly virgin ground.
In the frozen gravel 'SI feet tie Death the
surface half of a ruhher mitt was un
covered, and further investigation dis
closed what had prohahly I sen a piece
of canvas hose.
The piece of mitt had Urn stitched
with thread, which still held. The piece
of hose, or whatever the other article
had Is eii. crumbled to dust, hut not t*—
fore the woven nature of the fabric was
fully established.
||owr long th. se relics have lain there
and through what agency they Iwsame
indvddcd in the ileep-hhhlen frost, are
riddles it would tie interesting h* solve.