There are upward of forty people, all told, in what is generally
Spoken of as the Gold Mountain district, which includes Gold
Mountain creek, Grant creek, Illinois creek, and Mason creek and
their tributaries on the Yukon side, and numerous creeks across
the divide which are tributary to the Little Melozi river. The first
work of note was done in the winter of 1907-’08, and a number of
experienced prospectors have been there ever since. Most of the
prospectors have been there ever since. Most of the prospectors
have been poor men, not well equipped, and development work has
been slow. Grant creek and Mason creek have each produced a
little gold during the season just drawing to a close. During the
coming winter there will be more work than at any previous time,
and the equipment will be better. Notwithstanding the district
has received much knocking by hot-stove miners, experienced
prospectors are enthusiastic and believe it will surely become a
good producer. Among the men who have recently been fitting
out in Tanana for the winter campaign are Conklin apd Jones, who
took down a boiler; Bob Herold, who goes with a boiler to cross
cut No. 3 above, Grant; J. S. Langford and Mike Laboski, who are
talriug down a boiler for work on the Melozi side, and Bert Wil
liams, who, with a boiler, will spend the winter on No. 4 above,
Grant. There are a good many other parties, with boilers, some
of whom were there in previous seasons and some who have gone
in during the summer.
S. li. Hudson, from the Little Melozi side, is at present in Hot
Springs district conferring with his associate M. S. Gill, and it is
believed that plans wiil be concluded for some very active work in
that particular part of the district.
Taken as a whole, signs are very favorable for the develop
ment of a live mining camp.
SWINGING ERNEST
'ROUND AND ’ROUND
Ernest Bartezi, the Belgian arrested and held in the federal
Jail at Tanana for some three weeks last July, charged with im
porting women into Alaska for immoral purposes, will be returned
from Seattle to Alaska.
In similar cases to that of Bartezi it had been held that juris
diction did not rest in the courts, but properly belonged to the
department of commerce and labor, which,'in the exercise of its
executive functions, had power to examine into 'the facts and to
deport the accused parties if the charges were sustained. Accord
ingly, Kazis Krauczunas, an officer of the bureau of immigration of
the department of commerce and labor, left here July 22 with
Bartezi and a woman he claimed as wife, bound for Seattle, where
official investigation was supposed lo ensue.
That ended the matter for the time being, so far as this paid
Of the world is concerned. However, a press dispatch sent from
Seattle says Judge Hanford of the federal court at that place on
September 15 ordered Bartezi to be removed to the United States
courts in Alaska; so he may be blowing back on one of the last
boats or piloting an early-winter double-ender over the Richardson
pike.
While in Tanana Bartezi claimed to be a saloon man from
Arizona looking for a location. By the time the wheels of justice
have finished rolling him around through the glorious scenery of
the Northland he is liable find the saloon business cornered by Joe
Anicich, or the country gone prohibition and turned into a pasture
for blind pigs. _
HAD GOOD HOUSES
AT ST. MICHAEL
Sid Cox, in :i letter to The Leader
written September 9, the day be
lore the Taylor Stock Company left
St. Michael on the steamship Vic
toria for Seattle, says the company
played to crowded houses two
evenings at St. Michael, and de
cided not to make the trip to Nome.
Mr. Cox, it will be remembered,
is the splendid comedian of that
company. He states that during
the coming winter he will tour the
coast cities in vaudeville with the
Mullalley sisters. Next summer
he will again visit Alaska with a
musical company producing light
operas and comedies.
■ Will Convene in Seattle
Seattle, Sept. 18.—The eighth
grand camp ot the Arctic Brother
hood will be held in this city on
November 3. It was desired to
have the camp meet during the ex
position, but this was found unsat
isfactory to many of the members,
because the fair will close before
the last boats will have* arrived
from the North. November 3 was
agreed upon as suitable to every
member who might be expected to
, lie present.
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Vancouver, B. C , Sept. 13.—
Guests ot the Vancouver hotel were
treated to a genuine sensation
shortly before the noon hour today
when Muir Wilson, who has apart
ments in the hotel, appealed in the
reception rooms and began threat
ening the guests with a military
sword. It was only after tactful
maneuvering that he was disarmed
and led away. Wilson is a million
aire. For some years he has served
as Servian consul at Sheffield, Eng
land, his home city. During the
recent elections he was a candidate
for parliament. He was defeated,
and since then he has brooded over
his defeat. This is believed to have
driven him.into insanity.
[Mr Wilson spent nearly a week
in this city recently, during which
time he exhibited evidence of a
disordered mind.]
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POLAR DOPE
Eskimos Poor Mushors
New York, September 13.—A wire
less message says that only one Eskimo
readied the pole with Peary, the oth
ers being left along the line of march
as their mushing powers gave out.
Peary Is Positive
Battle Harbor, Labrador. September
10.—Commander Peary asserts that he
took duplicate observations at the pole
to avoid mistakes and feels certain,
therefore, that he planted the Ameri
can Hag on the exact spot where the
lines ot' longitude converge. The flag
is still there and should be found by
the next person who goes there.
Cook Just 316 Miles Short
Cleveland, Ohio, September 1(1.—John
Nelson Stockwcll, the famous astrono
mer of this city, after carefully calcu
lating from the figures offered by Dr.
Cook himself, announces his conclusion
that, the explorer probably miscalcu
lated his distances and his bearings.
What Dr. Cook figured out to be the
location of the pole was a point really
310 miles short of that spot.
Morgan Tried to Butt In
Copenhagen, September 10.— Dr.
Cook today turned down the offer ot
.1. Pierpont Morgan to back an expedi
tion to the North Pole to bring back
indisputable evidence that Cook made
the discovery he claims to have made.
Seems at Least One of Them Lied
Washington, September 10.—After
reading ^he first installment of Peary's
story, the United States government
announces officially that it is simply a
case of one man’s word against an
other’s. The government infers that
men can take their choice of stories.
Club Calls Peary the Solo Original
Now* York, September 17. — The
Peary Arctic Club today proclaimed
Peary the sole original discoverer of
the North Pole.
Meftro Helped Heist the Flag
Battle Harbor, Labrador, September
1C.—Matthew Hanson, a negro with
the Peary North Pole party, inter
viewed by nevvspaper correspondents
here, said he was with Lieutenant
Peary at the North Pole and assisted
him twice in hoisting the flag on the
pole.
RIVER NEWS
The Herman arrived from St. Mich
ael Saturday night, and left for Daw
son at 8 a. m. Monday.
The Monarch (Capt. Patterson) with
the barges Vachon and Sterling came
in Sunday at 10 a. m., and passed up to
the Tanana river.
The Schwatka arrived from Fair
banks at 12:30 p. m. Monday, and re
turned started back the same day.
The Delta (bound for Iditarod), Ta.i
ana and Campbell arrived from Fair
banks Monday night.
The Susie from St. Michael, arrived
with two large barges at 4 p. m. Mon
day.
The Julia B., from St. Michael, ar
rived at 3 p. m. Monday.
The Minneapolis, from St. Michael,
reached this port at 5 p. m. Tuesday
with a large barge containing 400 tons
of freight.
Frawley Co. Going Out
The T. Daniel Frawley Dramatic
Company, after a long season in
Fairbanks, passed through town
last Monday euroute Outsideward.
The company will play short en
gagements in the different towns on
the journey.
See us for Cloth Posters.
COME-AND-GO HABIT
OF GAME ANIMALS
On the whole, game appears to
be moj-e plentiful this fall than for
the past several years.
White-meated grouse are espe
cially numerous, and restaurants
have been giving “chicken” din
ners without advancing the regular
charge. Ariivals from down river
say grouse were never known to
be more plentiful than they are in
the Gold Mountain district.
Moose are also reported to be
more plentiful in certain districts
than at any time in late years, and
it is said there are abundant signs
of bear no further away than the
Tozi.
The opinion is expressed by
prospectors and others who have
come in from the creeks that rab
hits will be fairly plentiful this
winter. It is well known that
rabbits almost disappear at certain
periods of time, after which they
gradually increase until musbers
can readily supply themselves at
almost any place they may stop for
a night’s encampment. The time
between maximum and maximum
of plentitude is generally given as
seven years. They were very mi
merous in the winter of i904-’o5,
since which time they have disap
peared from certain localities alto
gether. It is a fact pretty well
established, but not so generally
understood, that this' come-and-go
phenomenon attaches to every spe
cies of furred and feathered game
in this country. For instance, in
I900-’oi-’o2 ptarmigan were to be
found in countless thousands on
all the high fridges; last winter the
number was insignificant. The
assertion sometimes heard that they
have been ’’killed off’ by hunters
does not seem plausible.
Rabbits and ptarmigan are a con
stant prey to marten, lynx and
othei fur-bearing animals. Five
years ago lynx began to percepti
bly increase, and by 1906 they had
overrun the whole interior country
from northern Biitish Columbia to
the vicinity of Kotzebue sound. It
U significant that as the lynx
“came” rabbits and ptarmigan
“went.” -Last winter there were
very few lynx, they having disap
peared as mysteriously as they
appeared. The facts may be that
the lynx were immigrants attracted
by good hunting ground, and after
they had cleared it of game they
sought other fields.
COURT OF APPEALS
SUSTAINS GUNNISON
Seattle, Sept. 18.— Sitting as a court
of appeals, tire circuit court of the
Ninth circuit heard the appeal of At
torney J. H. Cobb, of Juneau, who is
under disbarment from practice for 18
mouths as punishment for contempt of
court committed in the First judicial
division of Alaska. The circuit court
sustained the decree of the lower court.
The judges—William G. Gilbert, of
Portland; Erskine M. Ross, of Los An
geles, and William W. Morrow, of San
Francisco—were unanimous in their
decision.
The contempt for which Attorney
Cobb was punished by Judge Gunnison
consisted in his having published a
signed article in the Juneau Dis
patch, in September last, in which the
actions of Judge Gunnison were at
tacked and reilections mads on the in
tegrity of the judge. The district at
torney at once iiled a complaint and
Cobb was summoned to appear in court
and explain. This he failed to do to
the satisfaction of the court, and he
was accordingly suspended from prac
tice in the court of tho division.
No Excitement Down River
Dave Maefarlane, parser of the Min
neapolis, which arrived from St.
Michael Tuesday evening, said there
was no noticeable excitement about
the Innoko and the Iditarod on the
lower Yukon, and that there is no up
river rush to the new diggings. The
Minneapolis left St. Michael the night
of tho 12th.
Is Well Hooked Up
Uncle Allen Chisholm, formerly of
Boston, now a local bean promoter and
cabbage connoisseur, harvested his
turnip crop early this week, and now
has all the garnered products of his
famous garden safely stored in tho
root house, thus insuring a long series
of “b'iled dinners” during the good old
wintertime.
The steamer Reliance returned to
this port early this morning from her
summer’s work on the Koyukuk river.
POWER FOR ALL
KLONDIKE GREEKS
Dawson, Sept. 15 —The big
cargo of machinery, ordered in
England for the Coal creek power
plant below Dawson, has arrived in
Vancouver and is being landed
there. It will not be brought
through to its destination, because
of the fact that it would not arrive
in Dawson before the freeze-up.
The machinery weighs more than
2000 tons. The Coal creek plant
is designed to be the most elaborate
power plant in the North. It will
be bigger than the power plant of
the Yukon Gold Company on
Twelvetuile. It will be able to fur
nish 8000 horsepower, and will un
dertake to supply all the creeks in
the Klondike. The delay will oc
ca: ion some change of plan in the
opening of tlie plant, but the man
agers are sanguine that it will be
in operation by the end of next
July. _
ON LOOKOUT FOR
UNDESIRABLE GLASS
Dawson, Sept. 14.—A strict een
sorsliip of passengers entering
Yukon territory from Alaska is
maintained this fall at Fortymile.
The authorities desire to prevent an
accumulation of undesirables in the
camp for the winter, or even for
the period between the last boats
and the opening of the trail. Ac
cordingly a record is taken of all
who cross the line to Fortymile,
whether on passenger steamer or by
any other means of passage?
Mano of the characters who are
on the blacklist are well known in
the two camps of Dawson and Fair
banks, and the authorities of the
two districts are working in har
mony. During the past few weeks
a number of these characters have
been spotted on their ariival at
Dawson, word having been received
in advance from Fortymile, and
quietly told to take the next boat
to the Outside or back to Alaska.
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