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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-04

i've at Fruitvale and from their letters
very clear idea can be formed OF what was
actually going on at the Klondyke few
weeks ago when all the world was startled
by the news of the great gold finds.
AS soon as the two Endeavorers left the
steamer at Juneau TO 60 through the
White Pass they determined that they
could not travel on Sunday. They were
true to their principle, and although they
lett Juneau with others who travelled every
dav, they arrived at Dawson exactly at
the same time. Their earlier letters tell
of their little praise ana prayer meetings
en- route and of the increased efforts they
we're able TO make because OF their day of
rest. Their friends who disregarded the
Sa bbath broke up the track and left good
trail for the OaklanderS TO follow.
An interesting little incident happene ed
the day before Dawson was reached The
men who rushed ahead seven days a
week struck wrong trail and they were
Two days getting back. They regained
the right path Just in time to meet Clark
and Ward and ali arrived together. The
Fruitvale boys claim the distinction of
being the pioneer Endeavorers of the Yu-
kon.
Arthur Clark, Fred Collins and Ed
Sutherland, all employees OF the Oakland
Iron Works, left here in the spring of 80
and spent the summer in Alaska. They
returned in the fall AMI went back to
work. On January Is, 1885, they started
out again, al fitted fo- long expedition.
Lawrence Ward and VIII Clark, two
more Of the employees, left at the same
time. They took the steamer Umatllla to
Juneau and then travelled overland via
the White Pass. They each took sleds
built here and two tons OF provisions.
1t is not an easy matter to get letters
from Dawson to Juneau. There are fire.
uuent opportunities during the summer,
but it is often difficult TO get mail from
the many little settlements o. miners in
the surrounding districts. Some OF the
letters are carried by Indians. and others
look as if they had been dropped into
dirty water or kept alongside ham, and
it is very evident that it would be very
little use trying to locate missing letter.
great deal has teen said about the
northern winter, but young Ward evident
ly found some good times in summer, for
in an earlier letter he says:
Owe are having some hard work, but
are enjoying the trip immensely. Alaska
is g beautiful country full of beautiful
lakes and rivers. We have in the fish
line salmon. Arctic trout or grayling and
pike. In birds there are grouse, foot hens,
ducks and geese and plenty of big game.
A day or TWO ago there were two bears and
a moose within a stones throw from
camp. Arthur's party have killed one
bear, three moose, two moun.ain goats.
one gray wolf and lynx and one beaver"
Ward is getting ricn at present by work
ing for salary for the North American
Transportation and Trading Company.
He BEGAN work at SIS per day and e1-
penses but added that he did not expect
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-04
THE AMERICANS GOLD.
A Yukon Miner Who Stakes His
Fortune on American Creek.

The American side OF the Yukon gold
region flashes out briefly but promisingly
in letter written from Circle City, under
date OF May 10, to NJ. J. Lidston by a
friend who has been mining for two years
in that country. The writer knew all
about the Klondyde, but amid the rush
ing there from all the diggings on the
American side he was planning to return
to his own rich claim on American Greek,
tributary of Forty-mile Greek. The por-
ton of the letter not dealing with personal
affairs is the folIowing:
If he is not home tell him that any thing he
nears aDout the country he may believe, the
klondyke in particular. She is a world beaten
you cannot hear too much about it. Tell hi m
also tnat expect 10 make homestakc ON the
American Creek. l am now waiting for the
river 10 break up. shall 20 I'D the river on
the first boat am going to get my ground in
shape TO open up. We have $l2 to the pan
OF course that was the biggest prospect
The many fairly paying placers scat
tered Tor 800 NJ lies along the Yukon from
the boundary to the Porcupine River had
drawn 10 that region population of
nearly 5000 when the Klondyke discovery
on the Canadian side was made and those
mines were nearly all abandoned in the
excitement. All of the great army of
prospectors rushing in this year will have
to prospect elsewhere than in the Klon-
dyke, which was staked out months ago.
A great many will go on up the head
waters of the Yukon in British territory,
to the Stewart, the Lewis, the Pelly, etc,
and their tributaries, but great many
Will turn their attention TO the American
side OF the boundary. where untold mil
lions In placer and gravel de posts Cnques-
ilonably await discovery and development.
1t was recently learned. by the way, that
the richest gold, ounce for ounce, yet
found in the Yukon country came from
American Creek. So little silver was in
the gold that it was worth unrefined over
$40 an ounce.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-04

that the reports of gold taken from the
placers of the Yukon are greatly exagger-
ated. To judge from the reports, one
might believe that several millions in gold
have been taken out, whereas in fact the
entire amount taken out of Alaska and
the British Northwest has not been over
81. 400, coo, and not over $500, 600 more is
due from that direction. 70 some extent
this may be accounted for by the fact that
much of the gold from the north is not as
valuable as that of this State, some of the
placer gold not being worth over $l4 to SIS
per ounce, whereas many supposed it was
worth from ST. to $40 per ounce.
Since the United states Mint open ed on
Monday morning the Kiondyke miners
have taken between 500, 900 anc SIPS, 900
to have Uncle Sam convert the same int O
the coin of the realm. How much more
will be taken there is not known at pres
emit.
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Newspapers on the Klondyke.

Though it is not certainly known here that
a newspaper has yet been established at Daw-
son, one of the officia of the Alaska CONNER
cial Company said yesterday that he had no
doubt one had been issued there for some
time now. small newspaper outfit was long
ago said 10 be in Dawson, so that it is not i'm
probable that the next steamer from the Yu-
kon may bring out, along with another n
nal issued in that ultima thule. A representa-
tive of house aiing in printers supplies
stated yesterday that he had also furnished,
rails for printing a newspaper at Dawson
Two outfits for publishing small paper have
been shipped from Seattle-one for the pro-
posed Yukon Nugget-and several newspaper
men and others who have gone there have
planned TO publish paper if possible. There
will De a pa, ladium there soon if there is not
already.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-04
CALIFORNIA PANS.
An Old Miner Writes of Some
Yields That Beat the
Y,,kop
Yukon

Editor of The Cal-SIR: On the ferry
boat yesterday heard man assert that
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-04
DEVOUT YUKONERS.
Christian EndeaVorers Write
Of Joys and Perils of
Gold-Seeking,
Oakland Young Men Who OBJ
serve the Sabbath at
Klondyke.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL.l
99S Broadway. August 3.


II is not necessary to work or travel sew
en- days week to get rich in the klondyke
region.
Lawrence A. Ward and Will Clark OF
the Prospect Hill Presbyterian Church
have proved that it is possible to gather
treasure and yet remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy.
Ward and Clark are two active N I'm bers
of the Christian Endeavorer Society. They
have just written to their parents, who
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-04
Alaska Development Company..=

Articles of Incorporation of the Southern
Alaska Mining and Development Com
pany were filed in the office of the County
Clerk yesterday. The capital is fixed at
so. 0O0, of which amount $1,000 has been
subscribed by each of the organizers:
Henry T. Renton, Charles Greene, Frank
I. GeIst Charles Oiaine, Richard B.
Trip, George L. Decotey and John
Olaine
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-04
Divorce Suits FILED.

Suits for divorce were filed in the office OF
the County Clerk yesterday as follows:
II. H. Clark against Mrs. B. NJ. Clark, for de:
sertion
Emma Beling against Alfred Belling, for
failure to provide.
Minnie B. Johnson against Charles 8. john
son. for desertion and neglect.
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Greatly overestlma.ed.

Federal official, whose position makes
him familiar with the output of the
precious metals OF this continent says
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-09-30
E4 E. HALSELL is the possessor

w E. HALSELL is the possessor
w of what, without doubt, is the
finest string of thoroughbred race
horses ever brought to the Indian
Territory. Six of the finest of them
are now at the fair ground in this city
in the hands of Dave Doty, the well
known horse trainer. DOty is too eX
perienced horse man TO boast or talk
great deal about stock that he is
handling, but it's evident from the care
he is giving these horses that he knows
he has a prize.
The first horse shown the reporter
for THE CHIEFTAIN was Bohny Dun
dee: splendid four year old red sor-
rel stallion, sixteen hands high, weigh
ing eleven hundred pounds. Dundee
is a mile horse and looks like grey
hound.
Murondo, blood bay with single
stocking leg, was the next animal
shown. He is also a mile horse, four
years old and weighing nearly eleven
hundred pounds: a noble animal.
Then came Oello, a three year old
coal black with a blaze face, fifteen
hands high and weighing about nine
hundred pounds. Oello is also a
thoroughbred and runs three quarters
of a mile, and is as pretty as bird.
We then went over to another stable
and looked at horse called Polkadot,
another red sorrel fifteen hands high
and three years old. This horse shows
that he is being handled with more
than usual care, and when Doty was
asked about this horses record he
looked knowingly and whistled a
snatch of a tune as though he didn't
want to tell. Polkadot runs a mile
and quarter and looks like he might
go a good deal further than that.
Then a fine little two year old sOrrel
weighing 200 pounds was brought out.
This horse is being trained for mile
heats and is good one. Another sew
en- year old bay gelding, mile horse
that has veryappearance of being fast
was shown.
In addition to these six thorough |
bred horses, Mr.. Halsell has recently
purchased twenty thoroughbred mares.
and last week shipped them from St. |
Leuis. They will be sent to his stock |
ranch on Bird creek.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-09-30
CARE OF INFANTS.
Lessons in Training should BE Given
EARLY


Early.
The time when the mother should be-
gin to enforce obedience in an infant
child is often a matter for discussion.
1t is very difficult to convince some
young mothers that 'wce Bit of pink
and white humanity is capable of any
independence of will, although they will
often attribute the most precocious in
telligence to the child in other matters.
Yet the desires of the baby for various
things, and often things it should not
have, begin to assert themselves before
the child shows intelligence in any other
way. Most babies seem fascinated by
the presence of an artificial light, and
will often lie blinking and staring at it
at night in the most quiescent manner
in state of thorough wakefuIness.
They quite often resent the removal of
the light with screams. Every intcIli-
gent nurse knows that the light is very
bad for this young persons eyes, and if
1t is kept in the room, hoNeve er shaded,
the baby will keep awake staring at the
glow.
The first lessons in training child
'the way he should go" thus begin
when the little one is less than a month
old. -'"tAlv this portion of the
baby s-r lot usually left to
the mother, but>-the more or less ex-
perienced nurse, who is not likely to be
swerved from her duty from fear of the
consequences. 1t is positively neces-
sary to the health of the child hat it be
fed regularly and only at stated periods,
and that it sleeps regularly. The duty
of the nurse it to regulate these hours
on hygienic basis. Many babies offer
some resistance to such q system, be-
cause they are too often in disturbed
nervous condition from the attention of
overfond relatives. There are always
some foolish people with the kindest
intentions who insist on rousing babies
to see II they notice" yet, or in chuck
ing" them under the chin to see if they
"smile," and the performance of those
various idiotic tests of the child's in
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-09-30
@N ACCOUNT of the extreme and

EN ACCOUNT of the extreme and
W long continued drouth the acre
age of wheat sown this fall will be cut
short. Some farmers find it impossi-
BILE TO break land for wheat, and that
which can be broken at all is so cloddy
that it is impossible to put the seed in
the ground in good condition. 1t has
been demonstrated time and again by
the farmers of this country that late
plowing is not conducive to an abun-
dant wheat crop. Land for wheat
should be plowed in July, or even
earlier-just as soon as the crOpis off.
A great deal of wheat has been s0wn
but in most places cannot come up
till it rains, as there is absolutely no
moisture in the ground. However,
grain put in the ground while dry
will stand good show when it does
rain, as 1t will come up Immediately
and grow off rapidly. Land that has
not already been turned had best be
left for oats in the spring. There
never wds dryer time seen is this
country than gt the present. Fruit is
burning on the trees, and young trees
are dying. Evergreens that have been
growing five years are dying in many
places.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-09-30
ITSHE PRESBYTERIAN church

lISHE PRESBYTERIAN church
edifice in this city has undergone
a transformation recently. As the
work was not completed there were
no services Of any kind there last
sabbath. The work will all be finish
ed however in ample time for next
sabbath, and the building is now ex-
cellently and tastily equipped. The
walls of the main building have been
covered with beautifully tinted wall
paper and the ceiling hung with
elegant designs. The wainscoting,
and facings have ali been repainted,
and the seats repolished, and the
window glass painted. For the accom-
mediation Of the sabbath school two
large class rooms have been fur
nished in the wigs of the building,
one of which contains thirty-siX little
red chairs arranged in a hollow square
for the accommodation of Mrs.
Ratcliff's primary class Of boys and
girls. OF late her class frequently
overruns in numbers the seating
capacity Of the room. At the south
wing of the building Mr.. Z. L. Spin
dler has room fitted up in which he
teaches large and growing class of
young ladies; new carpet and new
chairs and newly papered walls have
added to its attractiyeness. Up pstairs,
opening from the gallery, Miss Myrtle
Crockett has neatly furnished class
room for small girls from ten to thir-
teen years of age. Mr.. Brackets
class Of boys occupy seats on the south
side of the gallery, and in th~ room
VSlo" ~" .IiSS Nettie Duncan's class
of youths, Mrs. Mornings mixed class.
and last but not least the bible class,
socalled, composed of adults of any
age, which is interestingly and enter
taingly taught by Mr. j. |. Morning.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-09-30

telIfgehce Ut perlod wnen any sucn
display of intelligence would mean alb
normal precocity.
Unfortunately, such disturbers of the
nursery cannot always be kept away
1t is usually such persons who dilate on
the cruelty of refusing to feed "help-
less baby" every time he cries and of
keeping him awake the two hours pre-
ceding his meals at six p. IN. in order
to insure his sleeping steadily during
the night. He will then wake to be fed
two or three times, and win not wake
up until the birds, at sunrise 1t seems
natural for healthy babies to get up
with the birds and sun, and they are
probably healthier for it, 1t is not
natural for them to lie awake at night,
and if the light is not lit and they are
not taken up they soon allow themselves
to be cuddled into sleep when they
do wake without rousing anyone but
the nurse or their mother.
II requires some strength of will to
resist the apparent effort of young chill
dren to break away from rules, but
when the mother thoroughly realizes
that the health of her child depends
upon her adherence to law and order
In respect to its meals and sleeping
hours, the first battle for authority has
been won. II she insists when it is a
little older that 1t shall respect the
rights of others, and shall not destroy
or tear up articles of however trivial
a value. another step has been taken in
the right way.
1t is very amusing to a baby of eight
or nine months of age to rattle and
tear paper, and many mothers amuse
little ones who would be equally de
lighted with n rattle in this way.
little later the toddling child begins
to tear up books and valuable papers.
and it is difficult to break up habit
that should not have been formed. The
same rrle applies to the frequent habit
of allowing babies to pull the hair and
scratch the faces of older children be
fore their efforts are sufficient to pro-
duce any pain. It teaches the helples:
'saby bad lesson.-N. Y. Tribune.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-09-30

IAEPUTY HICK BRUNER made
IL what may turn out to be very
important arrest here on Wednesday
of last week. For some months past
a man who proved to be Ed Mckenzie,
charged with murder, and who had
broken Jail at jefferson City, had
been working on the railroad section
here. The fellow boarded at the
home Oof Bruner week, and during
the time his photograph was lying on
the center table with those of large
number of criminals whose pictures
had been sent out for Identification.
After Mckenzie had left Bruner's and
gone back TO the section house to
board, the young son of Mr.. Bruner,
twelve year old boy, was looking
through the collection Of photographs
and discovered McKenZie's picture,
calling the attention OF his father who
Immediately recognized it and
promptly made the arrest. Mckenzie
killed an old German, named Lin
hardt for his money, near LOman,
Mo-, on the night of April 30, 1896.
He killed the old man with a club.
beating his brains out: then went to
jefferson City and the next day began
spending money freely. He was soon
arrested on suspicion; some of the
money was found on him and quite
large amount was found under the
floor OF the house where he lived. He
finally confessed that he committed
the crime, and said that he got about
500. A special grand jury was empan-
neled and an indictment promptly
returned against Mckenzie, charging
him with murder in the first degree.
He was arraigned and pleaded not
guilty and trial set for July u. On
the night Of July Is he with two other
prisoners charged with assault to kill,
sawed their way out of jail and
escaped The sheriff and the city
officers Of jefferson City did all in
their power to recapture the GRIM
inals, and more especially Mckenzie
A number Of clews had been run down
andyet Mckenzie had not been cap
tured. He seemed to be completely
hidden, and when Bruner wired that
he had captured the man it could
scarcely be believed. The sheriff of
Cole county offered reward of 500
for the capture of Mckenzie; Governor
Stephens offered $500 and the Lin
hardt heirs offered 800 for his capture
and conviction which total amount of
$500 Mr.. Bruner will doubtless receive
for his work. He vas met at Sedalia
by the sheriff who received the prisoner
and took him TO Jefferson City and
landed him in jail.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-09-30
UT4 O'CLOCK Monday morning

G L O'CLOCK Monday morning
[sA a fusilade from the light artil-
lery which, as someone remarked,
shows how many people in town have
guns, gave the familiar warning that a
fire had broken out. The abandoned
buildings just south Of the old plan
ing mill on Wilson street were blazing
most all over and a very short time
after the alarm went down. The
people of the town turned out in gen.
erous numbers but that ajacent prop
erty escaped was more attributable to
a lack of wind than to their efforts.
for water was scarce. One of the
buildings, evidently set afire
by some miscreant, y was the
habitatiOn of Benifield, the idiotic
young fellow who has been around
this town for the last year or two.
For some time he abode in that old
building at night, and had gathered
together lot of old clothing that had
been given him. 1t was only by the
timely appearance on the scene at the
fire of Ed Shanahan that the poor fel-
low was saved from being roasted alive.
When Ed arrived Benifield was stand
ing in the upper story, apparently
dazed at the fire, probably having just
awakened from his slumbers. Mr..
Shanahan yelled at him to jump out
and save himself from the flames and
he did so instanter, alighting on the
ground without injury. Benifeld
claims to have lost something like a
dozen pairs of pantalOons, besides
shoes, and other articles galore. No
insurance.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-09-30

tBHERE ARE so many conflicting
II reports concerning the killing
at Saline court house last Monday
night that it is impossible to get the
straight of it, though it seems, from
the best account We can get, that
there was a large number of drunk
men around during the day and con-
siderable promiscuous shooting done,
and Tom Baggett had closed his store
and was on the inside. Dave Ridge
asked him to open up and on his re-
fusal TO do so, was shot by Ridge as he
leaned out of an upper window, the
shot killing him instantly. Thus far
all reports agree, but later in the night
Ridge was shot through the head
within a few feet of where he stood
when Baggett was killed. 1t was not
known that he was killed until his
body was found, Tuesday morning. 1t
had laid all night where it fell, and
was badly iacerated by the hogs.
Jesse Sunday, sheriff of Saline dis
trict, hearing of the killing of Baggett,
came TO town, and was himself shot
through the body, from the effects of
which he died the next night.
1t is also reported that Martin Rowe
received slight wound and that Ross
Coward had one ear cut hy bullet
II al. 4
or Sunday shot but the supposition is
that both men were shot by John
Coward. Coward is missing and can
not be found. Friends Of the murder
ed men say they will Kill Coward on
sight, and guilty or innocent he will
doubtless keep in hiding until the feel
ing against him cools down somewhat.
Pryor Creek Review.