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1.0, THK HTAMl’Kl'EitS:
The news now arriving as to a
strike on a creek in th° Good Newa
Bay country may or rnay not ma
terialize. But in any event some
strike of dimensions is shout due
Alaska cannot get on without a
strike that will occasion a stam
pede and it is so long now si tee there
has occurred such a one that many
even of ttie sourdoughs ate 1 ising
the habit.
Those were good o'd dnvs worn
the miner dropped everything and
loaded up for some new strike,
where riches, beyond the idle
dreams of solitary winter sleep
wore supposed to be hidden foi the
seeking. The excitement of trail
and camp the struggle to stake
and to jump, tin- effort to get i
on the ground floor that might so
cut" one for aver and a da> against
the present time damnation ot ac
tual poverty!
It is true that the statuped-T-s
seldom realized their Heart's des're.
It is true that many blanks and "to
prizes were secreted lit tin1 draw
ing that Fate had ordained. I"it
the excitement was thrilling and
tlie fever of the hopes aroused >t>
tli** prospects ahead were stir'iilat
ing enough to make the miners
want more of it.
The groat days of early Klondike
or early Nome, who tha: has been
thru tli**iu will forget them'’ Even
the (rials, troubles and tribulations
that were encountered, very real
ami very severe thou are now s.ih
ts of pleasing memory and occa
sion for rejoicing.
These were indeed the initiatory
pro"edurea through which prospect
or.s went in attaining that standard
of sourdoughdom that gave nun
standing in the community These
were indeed the obstacles that had
to he overcome before iho men
could claim of right their heritage
of the Northland.
Since these days men nave ramt
to regard the wonderful past of the
Yukon and of the beach diggings
as a dream: a nightmare through
which the sourdoughs had passed
and through which tic would have
their title to honors fitly ...''•-ted.
Today Alaska is settling down to
more sober times. The s'ampede is
regarded with misgiving- a gamble.
The stampeder own brother *o the
tramp. a being belonging to tlie
genus pariah with no place to cal)
home and none win rcon to lay his
head.
The gold stampede is withal om
of the most interesting facts in
connection with the settlement of
new countries it has been a char
acteristic of all pioneering. It has
been with us since the days when
human beings were nomadic in their
in their habits and sought fresh
fields and pastures new for their
Hocks. And just as dedication
drought, aridness drove communi
nities of nomads from place to
place, so can the economic urge be
traced, in all these apparently
i utile wanderings ot humanity
from pillar to post in search oi
nches and betterment
The same instinct, reason, intolli
ger.ee which guided the Arabs Ir
fold their tents and steal away tc
smother oasis where their flocks and
themselves could have plenty is ai
me back of the rush ot humanity
tor the spoils everywhere.
Alaskans may indeed glean ovoi
the real purport of these wander
mgs. these stampedings. but it is tin
•eagerness to acquire wealth, inde
pondence and to rid oneself of tin
pressing economic necessity, ilia
drive people to Alaska and hithoi
and thither in their search for gold
We may turn to any new coun
try where gold has been found o
other w<alih in land and mineral
and we will see exactly the sam
phenomena In Australia the min
irs flocked to Ballarat, to Bendigo
to Mount Morgan, to Coolgardie
mil Oalgoorlie in hopes of discov
ering a prize. In South Africa the
miners dared the Karoo desert to
reach- the diamondiferous mines of
Kimberley. They sought out the
alluvial diamonds in Barkley East,
in Klipdam along the Vaal river.
They stampeded to the Sheba mines
of Barberton, to Ferrera’s camp
later known as Johanisburg. They
rushed towards the north to Ma
shonaland and Matr.beleland and
the end is not yet.
So in \mcrica wests; rd the
course of civilization followed in
the wake of the rush to C’llitornla.
rhence irradiated the stampedes to
other sortie 11s. to Helena, to Butte,
to Nova'a. to Colorado, to Arizona,
further north to British Columbia
and the Fussier and the Caribou.
Then came the greatest of them
all. and the discoveries on Bonanza
and El Dorado c n a dozen streams
with their white channel, making
ths Klondike a name known from
one end of the world to the other.
And all the time the restless pro
spectors hurried to and fie in the
never ending search for the etches
that would give them an independ
ence from conditions that made
them servitors ot tliein fellows.
The effort s made to make it ap
pear that this stampeding h
prompted by the instinct to colonize
and develop. There Is no such in
stinct The creation of the wander
lust in the heart of man is merelv
a mythical creation. What ir.cr
seek is economic- independence, the;
-e-k it today as yesterday and as
they will reek it tomorrow They
will sieek it in the unknown anci
dare every danger that the prize
may be theirs. The real object 01
their search is industrial freedom
such industrial freedom flat wil
be brought about by the acquire
m 'it of wealth—for themselves
alone, individually.
it lias Ikoh for this reason the
ni n looked d"al h unwaveringly it
the fare, ventured into mysteric"i!
unknows anil faced unabased ter
rific dangers.
Behind was industrial servitude
Behind them was a life ol unrr
milting toil and drudgery and do
nial. Behind them was the eeo
noniie compulsion that said tha
they must work for another o
starve. Behind them was the so
did memory of the conditions ii
so-called civilization when more;
talked and poverty was gagged ti
. brshed silence.
Alaskans have the habit of lav
ing the flattering unction to the’
soul that they are in deed and
fact supern.cn as if theyihad sought
the development of this country as
their being's end and aim.That is was
to found an empire in the wilder
ness that they went forth of stout
heart and fearless soul, and that
their object, now being near achieve
ment they are entitled to salutation
by reason of the fact.
Far simpler is the urge, however,
that has driven them here, and an
urge to which human flesh since
the first days of the exploitation of
one man by another, the exploited
ones have always been subject. That
is the economic urge. That is the
urge to improve their lot. That is
the urge to acquire means of plac
ing themseves in a position of in
dependence where they will be fi
nancially and industrially above the
power of other men to exploit.
It was this urge human beings
have experienced in all their his
tory. It drove the exploited from
Europe to America; it drove the ex
ploited ones westward to the Paci
fic. It drove them finally to last
expanse of free land in Alaska
where hopes are still held out that
from the hard and unyielding and
chilling bosom of mother earth they
may still drag a competence, a com
petence which will mean for them
an industrial emancipation.
For some. too. this very thing it
has done. For some. Fate has been
more tt.an kind. It has removed
their working clothes and placed
them in broadcloth so that their
whispered words may be received
as commands, and their wishes con
verted, as by a wizard wand, into a
living reality. But they have been
few and far between. For the most
of those who came here there has
been nothing hut struggle and strife
and hard effort with little or no
reward. For the most they sat in
at a gambling game from which
they not only drew forth no win
nings. but lost even that which they
had.
But—"hope springs eternal in
the human bieast"—still they are
not disheartened And if Alaskans
are to take credit greatly for any
• hi.ig. it is for this reason, that al
though they will start again aud,
with "worn-out tools" begin to re
build the future when for them the
future is ending in the evening of
old age. They have seen time out
of mind effort wasted, energy dis
sipated .hopes destroyed—but they
are still there with effort and ener
gy and hopes all combining to
force fortune from disaster. There
will be more stampedes. There
will likely enough be more Nomes
and more tvlondikes. There always
will be as long as there are men of
a type who will not sit sullenly
counting their losses and pitying
themselves. And althouglit they lose
in these stampedes also, who may
doubt that the world will be better
for their efforts and their energies
and the hopes that did not material
ize—and in what other way can
the life of Men function more use
fully than that the world is better
I for their having lived ever. If for
themselves they have lived in vain?
We certainly know of none other.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
i
. To F. D. Alden. your heirs, exe
cutors. assigns, or personal re
] presentatives:
You are hereby notified that I
| have expended in labor and im
provements the sum of one hundred
'dollars each year for the years 1913,
1914, 1915 and 1916 on Goo Goo
' Association Group a placer mining
claim situated on Shovel creek, a
tributary of Solomon River and
re -faded and more fully described
in Yol. 123 page 432 of the
Cape Nome Mining and Recording
District, Second Division, Territory
of Alaska.
The above amount has been ex
pended under the provisions of the
law concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount
required to hold said claim.
And you are further notified that
if you fail to contribute your pro
portion of said expenditure within
ninety days after the last publica
tion of this notice, your interest in
said claim will become the property
of the undersigned, your co-owner,
under section 2324 Revised Statutes
of the United States.
T. MULLIGAN.
Co-Owner.
Date of first publ., Aug. 1. 1917.
Date of last publ., Oct. 31. 1917.
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