Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-21
TO GUT UP ALASKA.
A Proposition Under Way to Establish
"a New Territory.

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States revenue cutter Coryin, CAPTAIN
". j. Herring commanding, 10 DAYS
from Behring sea, dropped anchor in
the bay this evening. She brought
down from the north, DR.. Sheldon Jack
son. United States general agent of
education in Alaska; Lieutenant D. H.
Jarvis, from the cutter Bear; Whaler
d. A Peters, of the wrecked whaler
Nevarch, and Richard and Rollo Cam
den, who went up on the Eliza Ander-
son, but who returned to wait until
spring before going to Dawson. DR..
jackson spent the summer in the
Yukon river valley in the interest of
the government. He reports the rein
deer herds as doing finely, $50 trained
deer being ready for freighting.
The cutter Corwin, after CARRYING
dispatches to the cutter Bear, sailed
from st. Michaels on Friday, Septem-
Der "a. On the Goth, the Corwin
called at st. Lawrence island. Dutch
harbor was reached on the Both, where
she met the steamship Portland. After
taking on coal and leaving her cargo of
shipbuilding material, the Portland
sailed on the goth for st. Michaels.
The original purpose OF the North
American Transportation & Trading
Company to build additional steamers
Cor the Yukon trade this summer at St.
Michaels has been changed, and the
steamers will be built at Dutch harbor.
Special correspondence from Alaska,
brought by the Corwin, conveys the
news that it is proposed to establish a
new territory known as Lincoln, out of
the northwest portion of Alaska. Its
boundaries have not yet been fully de-
cided upon, but it will include the
Yukon river country and extend north
to the Arctic ocean. The scheme
meets with the approval of the North
American Transportation & Trading
Company, the officers of which recently
held a conference on the matter with
Senator Carter and several other United
States officials. The new town of
Weare, situated on the Yukon river,
about half way between Dawson City
and st. Michaels, has been chosen for
the capital of the proposed territory.
1t is understood that Eli Gage, son of
the secretary Of the treasury, is a can
didate for the governorship, as soon as
the territorial organization is effected.
Captain Herring, of the Corwin,
states that many OF the steamers going
up the Yukon are unseaworthy, and he
strongly advises prospectors. especially
those from the East, not to buy tickets
on any vessels until satisfied they will
be able to make the trip. When the
Corwin left st. Michaels, September "a,
the Hamilton started up the Yukon, ex-
pecting to winter wherever timber
could be found. The Seattle No. ! also
was going on with Mayor Wood and
party. She will also winter on the
river. The Merwin, an old side
wheeler, carrying l40 passengers, and
the Mare Island have started from
Dutch harbor for winter quarters, but
it is doubtful whether they will get
further than st. Michaels, as they have
60 miles of rough water to cross, and
both are cranky river boats.
The steamer Eliza Anderson still re-
mains at Dutch harbor, but her passen-
gers have gone on to St. Michaels in
the schooner Baranoff. They wanted
to board the Merwin but the captain
declared h. could not accommodate
them. They we're persistent, and
wanted to draw lots with those already
on the vessel for the use of sleeping
quarters. Upon the captain refusing
this request, some of the Anderson's
passengers became aggressive, and
b~loodshed was only averted by the &C.
ton of Captain Herring, who advised
all parties against any breach of the
peace. There is intense feeling against
the promoters of these winter expedi-
tions to the Klondike, and serious
trouble may yet occur. The statements
by Captain Herring regarding the I'M
seaworthiness Of the old river boats
sent to the Yukon are corroborated by
DR.. Sheldon jackson.
There is plenty of coal at Dutch har-
Dor and in Alaska, a supply having
been recently landed by the steamer
Bristol. At Dutch harbor, 10 men are
engaged in putting two steamers to-
gether, which will be taken north in
sections. About 1000 miners will
winter at st. Michaels, coming from
north and south. There are two hotels
already built, and another in course OF
construction, and food is said to be
plentiful.
While at Unalaska. the Corwin
pulled the sealing schooner Pearl of
the rocks, where she had stranded.
The sealer was not seriously damaged.
The steamer Portland may be expected
at Seattle about October %, though
the Cleveland may come in her stead.
The steamer will bring the last OF the