YUKON TO VOTE
AGAIN ON DRY
QUESTION
DAWSON, June 2.—There is a
strong possibility that the voters of
Yukon territory will be given another
opportunity to express themselves on
the question of permitting a continu
ance of the liquor traffic within the
territory. The liquor question, which
was one of the first matters to be
brought to the attention of the Yukon
legislature, now in session here, was
referred to a committee and will be
taken up for final disposition some
time during the coming week.
A sub-committee, which has been
seeking a solution of the problem, has
submitted a plan for the extension of
licenses for a period of three months,
and for submitting the question, in
the meantime, to a vote of the people/
This plan, it is considered likely, will
be adopted by the lawmakers.
A popular vote on the question of
prohibition was held several years
ago, the liquor interests at that time
making a strong fight for old John
Barleycorn, and winning by a very
close margin. Since that time the
Dominion government has prohibited
the importation of liquor into Yukon
territory and the territory which has
the distinction of being one of the
two or three remaining "wet” spots in
Canada, will become automatically'
“dry” when all of the liquor now with
in its boundaries, has been consumed.
Should the territory be voted dry
at the proposed election or otherwise
be made dry by legislative action, it
is probable that the government will
take over all liquor stocks remaining
unsold. This plan already has been
suggested.
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BRIGHT OUTL
FOR MINING
KOYUKUK
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News received from the milng temp
lying to the north of Arctic circle, In
the Koyukuk country, indicates'that
the outlook for the gold mining ifedus
been in several years,
try is better there now than it has
Jack de Lay, an oldtlmer in' the
country, says that he thinks] the
Betties river country and the heitd of
the South Fork of the Koyukuk is the
coming country and that gold will be
found in large areas and in large pay
ing quantities.
There are a great many creeks in
that section of the country that1 have
never been prospected, and, hd isays,
creek^iftei^creel^recentl^prot^ected
yielded pans of heavy gold colors.
Working on a claim near Betties
river lake, Rooney, an oldtimer, took
out nearly $800. He started work on
his claim February 27 and cashed his
poke at the Northern Commercial
Company’s store in Betties on April
11. The gold brought down by him
is said to have been in coarse slugs.
Rooney is said to have drifted only
about ten feet downstream from the
bottom of his shaft.
W. L. Siverly’s old claim on Nolan
creek is reported to be showing about
five feet of good pay dirt, with about
two years' work in sight. Sam Olson’s
claim on the same creek, it is said,
will be a very good winter proposition.
Ike Wold, on Jim pup, a tributary
of the Betties river, is reported to
have worked in good pay all winter.
Harper Workman, working on the
Grim ground on one of the benches
of Nolan creek, is reported to have
struck better pay than was ever found
on the benches in that region. The
writer of the letters says that he
actually saw the pans washed out.
Three pans, he says, yielded $9, and
one pan went as high at $5.
Good pay has also been struck on
the Frisby fraction on Hammond
river, and at a depth of only five feet
the dirt is reported to have rocked
out better than $1 to a bucket.
Hurley and Hill, working on Nolan
creek, have struck good pay and are
figuring on working two shifts of five
men each during the coming summer.
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