BOAT SHOW ATTRACTS CROWD — Many Fairba nks area residents attended the recent Boat Show
sponsored by the First National Bank. Shown her,, in the foreground is a jet-powered river boat es
pecially designed for Alaskan rivers by Compeau's.
INNES-TAYLOR FINDS KLONDIKE 'NUGGETS'
A journey of 1C00 miles begins
with one step, says Editor Alan
Innes-Taylor of the Dawson City
Stampede, which carries all
sorts of interesting news items
about the historic gold camp,
past and present.
The primary purpose of the pub
lication is to promote interest in
the coming Dawson City Festival,
but news extracted from the 1895
98 Klondike Nugget will bring back
memories of the so-called “good old
days.”
Here are a few of them:
A large bear was killed on 85
below Discovery on Bonanza some
days ago ... On June 13th a nug
get valued at $180 was picked up on
No. 4 Eldorado . . . Ten men and two
horses all loaded with gold and es
corted by two Police Officers came
down from the diggings last week.
* * *
Lippy Claim No. 16 on Eldorado
expects to clean up from a third to
a half million; 25 men are working
here . . . H. A. Stewart who has just
returned from McQuesten brought
in a three weeks old wolf pup he
found in the mountains. With a con
densed milk diet Stewart expects to
raise his pet and use it in harness ,
When the snow comes.
* * *
Year 1895. Dr. Wills, the only !
‘surgj^tt^n r&gion as large as France !
. . . W. D. Davis, a Pioneer of long
standing, has been a member of j
Parliament for ten years . . . Mr. j
Wills was the first manager of the
Canadian Bank of Commerce, 1898.
* * *
Years 1897-98; Eggs $18 a doz..
Oysters $25 per tin . . . May 13,
1898; First boat arrived from Lake
Lebarge at Dawson . . . May 29,
| 1898: 800 boats set sail on Lake Ben
nett headed for Dawson . . . White
horse Rapids were named after a
Finn who was drowned there and
! whom the Indians called "White
Horse” on account of his flaxen hair
and great strength.
* ♦ *
Year 1898: More than 30,000 per
sons passed down the Yukon in the
spring of 1898 . . . More than 30 mil
lion pounds of solid food, sufficient
to feed an Army Corps for a year,
has been inspected and checked over
by the Royal North West Mounted
Police . . . Police took out mail in
1898. Changes of dog teams every
30 miles. Fastest time for 600 miles.
Millers To India
After Fairbanks
Area Stopover
Mrs. William (Luree) Miller,
daughter-in-law of Mrs. Mary Mil
ler. pioneer resident of this City,
and three children, stopped over for
a two day visit last week en route
to Bombay, India.
Mrs. Miller said she received
word that Luree and the children
visited for two days in Hong Kong
with her son, Rear Admiral Henry
Lewis Miller. USN, who was there
on Navy business.
Admiral Miller has since returned
to San Diego for reassignment to
his new post as assistant to Com
mander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet ef
fective June 1.
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May 11, 1898. Two prospectors,
| Meehan and Fox, were attacked by
Indians on the McClintock River.
Meehan was killed outright and Fox
severely wounded. After chase of
two weeks Police arrested four In
dians who were sent to Dawson for
trial. Fox, who was only wounded,
lay in the bottom of his canoe feign
ing death and drifted to safety at
nearest Police Post . . . Value of
cargoes entering Dawson in 1898:
♦5,103.000.
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RECREATION CHIT CHAT
By Colin Mick
The swimming program of the City Recreation Department
will open Friday, June 1, according to Dick Strait, Recreation
Director.
Registration for swimming lessons is now open at the
Recreation Center (formerly the YMCA) 9 a.m.-5:30 p.rr.. Sum
mer swimming tickets are also on* ■
sale.
Prices for the tickets are: Youth
(high school and under) $7.50 per
month or $15.00 per season; Military
and University of Alaska students
$10 per month or $20 per season;
Adults $12.50 per month or $25 per
season. Family memberships are
also available at $25 per month or
$50 per season.
Lesson Costs
Lessons for each of the four
classes are $5 for 10 lessons. Youth
swimming lessons will be held at
| 3 p m. and 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday and 9 a.m. to 10 am. on
Saturdays.
Adult lessons will be held 6 p.m.
and 7 p.m. on weekdays. The pool
will be open to the public 1-3 p.m.
on Monday, Wednesday and Fridav.
and 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Monday through
Saturday.
Strait also reminded all area resi
dents that the playgrounds will open
Monday, June 4, at Hunter School.
Denali School, the Parochial School,
and Joy School.
To date a total of 42 teams have
entered in the various baseball
leagues and are now busy prac
ticing on the six baseball f.elds.
Committee Delays
%/
Hearing On Gold
The Senate Interior Subcommit
tee on Minerals, Material ar.d Fuels
postponed a hearing on gold produc
tion set for May 23 until June 8,
Chairman John A. Carroll (D-Col.)
announced.
Senator Carroll said he ordered
the postponement when he learned
that Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon would not be able
to attend the scheduled hearing.
The subcommittee is studying
Senate Joint Resolution 44, co
sponsored by Senator Ernest Gruen
ing of Alaska. Tl^e measure would
provide for the subsidization of gold
mining in the United States of up
to $35 per ounce.
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