The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-22
WORK F0R lo.c0D MEN.
Nii'iam ouiiva~. oe the Canadian
snrses. Tells of sh@ WANDER
fsl New Piacer..

fEl New Placers-
NEW YORK;. lass -s.-a alsaassa from
ottaSS saass
Nam that Ire Dasainsosa governsaen n, h.,s
received aussentir reports eosrascrzfiNs
ef tae lirsi srcc.nss seni a0t af tasc raxf-
veieas richness st TIE placer asEalss~x ia
lsae SsAca and GieaayAe geStcTs. s.se cr-
sanitation nf tne dislsir. ss helng casD .slet-
-. Two lars ago the department ri tl.s
interior siis sasched \ frree ef twenty
Northwest mounted p,sssee 80 FoTg Gissl-
aay. Oh the eanasfssn side s< the AiasAsn
frontier. The of.eev iss Cqtnsmard exsals-
lshed twe s-osss. one ~ g1ssIahy and ore
a, Forty mile creek. ans, Etoceesiel 10 as.-
minister lass ard eellesi frgennes fer tho
cgsfatas asp1~tuent fEe easiarsed Abosis
si1csS u. siTss year. Encouraged by tee
rsus9acta cs revenue fs9 government In
1880 appointed u w. lsayia. a former mens-
ber Of parliament for Alberta. sn tho posi-
hss returns. feses.iy received. sweiisd the
total collections 10 about xe1n.
This work of arganlxasirn was frat sur
gcztsd i. the guyeynmnrs by The North
American Trading ens sTransosrtntian
Contrary " Asess was anxious that the Bril-
iSa segrEtary should nc administered 70 a.
to guaransee The safety ef ss4 Interests. ik
Was net undertakes by tE~ noSnininn ars-
s4ioFsssas however, until tae survPytog
parry fksn IN sas Held had wtth great 4sf-
fseulfy Ioev,c ~ ths fatss reF.fiiar Of ueit
longitude. wh!eh forms the boundary i,ss-
tween Alaska and fiaa Canadian Northwest
Territory from Mount ~. Eliza 10 the
shores of the Arcssr. When this had been
accomplished ard the selection of police
posts began 1rumhisnxs from the Seattia
and other goast papers reached the eats
of tha government here. IL was butdiy
charged that efle Canadians were grabbing
territory IN Alaska which did not belong
fo them.
William ugiivie. chief OF me Canadian
International boundary survey. has sol all
doubts a. rest as rvxarsss the Canadian
posts by reporting that the chservasiprs
Of the American and 6'anasisn parties as
20 the boundary differed enly a few fest,
sss fevss a; Fcrsy- -ta!fe a3d the same at
Cndahg ssinre then nothing has been
heard az the alls ged grab
cxiivse sssysd in the cJnatry last winter.
and saslei himself IN stalking OF claims for
miners ir the newly Ssxcoyrrrd placer
grouads. thn latter being we'll In Canada
and ihe rivers and creeks flowing Into the
Yukon from fbe esst, rsmsly Bonanza.
Boulder f4aorado Ciordyke aud Stewart
ot the useaNtei peil@@ who formsd shb
flrs1 defaehmens rot one re-euistef upon
the expiration cf their terms sfsis spring.
I. waa a4uS expected thai raeH wcuid esn.
finus 30 @ork for sise government AZ 81 n
day when waEas all around them were ~
and 81. Five OF the returned poiscemen
ere reported TO have brought hack tsnG.op)
sa ne result os their work In Their shar0
e n uln~s.
o9lsvin wss o-serea so return TO Ottawa
lzes fan. but instead he determined 10 re.
main In tbe eoantrg and forward fall re-
pert 70 sse &ovsrrz1eef OF hIs dgtnss. from
wht7h the feilewirw srn extracts:
'gfarting from Es.4e Fay Dessgntssr ]. ~
would b. Fs.bFr1Ty hef1re | reached Ct
taws. and dnfing ssisf shlss or fnFsy
asyA of this tsn.s ( wfulf be exrpzed ~
rraeh rcist atd har3shsp aFd srne hazard
from storms. The Journey Sas been uras4r. 4
and weula nsss hesitate 70 undertake q
food picnsT, eas a wnasa take as least
s. tsa - fr5fs5p rs ~S5tG transport 0nd puss
at, xhich sssrs. sAsak ! car evpend pefo
IA ibe inieress ofssse couissry BY reIssasa-
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she indian verde TrNAns Aatsk when
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vnr&sd Tssh rsff in 1871 was hsss % ,axS
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