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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

from Dawson City. has told the world
that the dreaded mosquito finds home
there. and that be is "our worst
enemy"
The landing place by the Yukon river
route is 81. MichaeIs. about co miles
from the mouth of the Yukon. From
tb,s point, before the gold fields are
reached. il Is necessary TO plow the
waters of this great river for distance
Of l.s9O miles. leaving behind the terri
tory Of the United States as the des-
tinsiion IL neared. To reach Dawson
City. states a recent writer. zone must
traverse icy plains. climb steep. snow
clad mountains. and invade treacherous
rivers"
In the shorter route, BY way Of
juneau. on the southeastern part OF the
Alaskan territory. difficulties are also
encountered. When the Pacific inleis
and straits have been left behind and
the vessel enters the barbor Of Juneau
a diversified method Of travel lies before
the gold hunter. II takes 90 davs TO
reach here from Seattle. Then Dyea.
at the extremity Of the Lynn canal. is
made. This town reached. the great
passes of the Chilkoot. Cbilkat. and
Moore, with their frequent snowstorms,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19
YUKON GOLD FIELDS.
Events Which Led Up to the Pres
ent Boom
The Route 20 KIondyke-Bsrds hip'
60 Ne Encountered-surpr
Figure. as 20 Distances
Cost of Living.

The excitement caused by the dis
coveries of gold in large quantities along
the Klondyke river and the waters trib-
uiary to it, near the Alaskan boundary.
has aroused q spirit Of wealtb-hunting
which will not be sllayed for many a
day. Determination TO become pos
sessed of the riches of the cold and
dreary Yukon basin has iInpelled thou
sands TO go forth. in many instances
with very imperfect preparation. TO SC
cure the yellow metal, which, IL is
known. this region so largely conceals.
The gold fever has taken such a hold
along the Pacific coast that breathless
haste TO reach this new land of promise
has dominated all considerations Of pru-
dence and even Of safety. The tales
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19
OKLAHOMA NEWS.
Accidental Death.


Woodward News: Report reached.
here yesterday evening of a peculiar.
but horrible occurrence such as has
seldom been experienced. The lack
of rain for nearly four months, and
the intense heat of the summer sol
stice has caused the ground to glow
like a smelter furnace. which the cool
though short, nights have failed to
moderate.
This condition caused the terrible
tale of suffering which resulted so
sadly to the family of Robert Belt who
lives sixteen miles east of Wood
ward. The sudden and copious show
er of rain which unexpectedly fell on
the afternoon of the 3 filed a little
gully which ran under the modest
cabin home, in which Mr.. Belt, his
wife and little ones. and two neigh
bors, were sheltered. The hot ground
hissed wherever the drops tell but no
real danger was anticipated. Sudden
ly there was an explosion which over
turned the building, wounding all the
occupants and the little ones so BADLY
that IL is feared they will die. The
explosion was caused by the water,
which ran under the house, generating
steam so rapidly IL could not escape
and the house was wrecked. No in
surance.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19
Minor Territorial Notes

Old cotton growers of the south who
have seen the Garfield county cotton
crop, pronounce it better than any
they have ever seen in Dixie, or any
where else for that matter.-Enid Sun.
The farmers of Custer county, Ok. II,
have gathered 1900 bushels of wheat
this year, which is equal 10 900 pounds
OF flour for each man, woman, child
and Cheynne Indian in the county
and some to sell
The Tecumseh Herald has been sold
10 the Connty Democrat of that city.
Editor Hebard does not say
what he expects TO do. IL he does not
expect to re-engage in the newspaper
business there is "a vacancy for Presi-
dent Niblacls TO fill In the official list
OF Oklahoma Press Association
Woodward News.
Bob Kennon was last week sem
fenced to one year in the penitentiary
by the supreme court for stealing and
killing Marshal Thresher's COW about
two years ago. There are those on
the inside" in Enid who say they
know that Bob was not guilty and
that he went to the "pen" to save the
guilty party who was his very close
friend. We know Enid people will
not believe this, but we think it 10
true.-Enid Sun.
The i4-year old son of Calvin HAYNES.
farmer living near Newkirk, was
adlndged insane and taken by sheriff
rieree TO the asylum, Monday
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

IL is assumed that there does not ex-
list the slightest doubt as to the Klon-
dyke region being well within Canadian
territory. Although il is only within
the last few months that the Yukon dis
trict has sprung into notoriety, the
Canadian government surveyors have
been there for many years. In 1887 an
expedition was sent by the interior de-
partment 10 explore that part of the
northwest territories drained by the
Yukon river. The expedition was un.
der the charge of DIR. George NJ. Daw-
son. now director of the Dominion
Geological survey, and of MIR. William
Ogilvie. who had had previous expert.
cnce in exploring and surveying the
northwest. Their chief task was TO
mark out the one hundred and forty-first
meridian OF longitude, which Is desip-
mated by treaty as the boundary line
between the United States and Canada
from Mount 81. Elias to the Arctic
ocean. Mr.. Ogilvie determined. by n
series OF lunar observations, the point
ri which the Yukon river is iutersected
by the one hundred and forty-tirsr
meridian. and marked the same on the
ground. He also determined where the
boundary line crosses Forty-Mile creek,
the western affluent of the Yukon in
the gold-beuring district. The Canadian
surveyors reported at the time that ..in
proximity to the boundary line there ex-
;sted extensive and valuable placer
mines" and in view of this fact they
made their observations with special
care. The United States government
was invited to make Joint survey. and
The invitation has ueen repeated since
but up TO this time there has been M
disposition 10 take advantage of it.
The boundary. according TO the sur.
'eyors, crosses FortyMile creek %
miles west Of the point where it flows
into the Yukon. Fort Cudahy. which is
situated at the confluence Ct the Yukon
and Foriy-Mile creek. is. therefore, con-
siderably within the Canadian side of
the boundary. The Klondyke river flow.
into the Yukon from the cast, so miles
higher up than Fort Cudahy, near Fort
Reliance, and II is, therefore, within
Canadian territory for the whole of its
course.
The Dominion government has an.
nounced that it will publish a summary
ei some further reports which have
been received at the interior depart
ment from MIR. ogilvie. In these re-
ports Mr., Ogilvie speaks at length of the
great difficulties and dangers which
have TO be encountered by explorers in
that land. The lack of mail service
seems TO be felt almost as great an IN
convenience as the want OF a claims
registration bureau. with court Cor
the collection of debts.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

told by miners returned from the Klou-
dyke fittingly rival the stories of Cali
fornia's golden period.
AS far back as 1850 a deposit of gold
was found in the basin of the Yukon by
n prospector named George Holt. He
also reported the finding of coarse
Lpecimens along the Hootalinqua river.
But ii was the discovery of gold near
Sitka in 1873, followed by the finds in
the vicinity of juneau in 1850. that drew
attention TO the possibilities of the
newly territory OF Alaska as
gold-producing country. The great
abundance of gold was first made known
by Joseph juneau. who prospected in
the region around the city bearing his
name. In 1855 mining prospectors be-
gan TO scatter themselves along the
Rivers Pelly and Hootalinqua, and in
the year following much mention was
made of the Stewart river as a field for
the enterprisiug gold hunter. Rich
strikes were made in 1892 by prospec-
tors along Miller creek, a tributary OF
Sixty Mile creek. The progress made in
finding gold along the Alaskan and
British Columbian rivers, although Civ
ing high promise of future discoveries
OF gold, was not followed by anything
" hich created a widespread Gdventur-
Gus spirit among people who were out
side the mining region.
The Klondyke and its aptly named
golden tributaries. the Bonanza and the
Eldorado, have again turned the heads
of Americans and Canadians, starting
them in pursuit of the metal which has
been described as bright and yellow,
hard and cold, heavy to get. and Light
to hold"
The reports from this locality OF
riches would indicate that the gold
diggers have comporsed themselves in
such an unexampied manner in times
OF great excitement as 10 somew hat
revolutionize the traditions of gold
mine prospecting. systematically and
orderly did they go about their work,
and when the harvest was reached each
one appears TO have rested content with
the measure of his luck.
Encouraged by their tales of success.
thousands of others are crowdiug the
outgoing steamers in the hope that sim
liar good fortune may be awaiting
them. So dnzzling appears the prospect
that distance and hardships are INSULT
ciently measured, and the long wintry
Alaskan day which will have dawned
upon the fortune seekers before they
reach their intended destination has. it
is 10 be feared. been little taken into
consideration. Few setting out from
San Francisco, Seattle or Vancouver
have stopped TO think that when Behr-
ing sea has been reached and dis
tance of 2.5O0 miles trayersed over the
waters of the Pacific, the journey is but
beginning. The cliffs of ST. Michaers.
however, can only remind the traveller
that there is still before him voyage al
most as long, much more perilous, and
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19
GnOd Yield All Arnund.

Norman Transcript: Many Of the
farmers are now done threshing their
wheat and oats and a few of them
have given us the amount of their
crops: Mr.. John Buttons wheat made
80 bushels per acre; w. T. Nowell's
oats so bushels per acre. wheat 27
bushels: NJ. Parkers oats s. bushels
per acre: w. B. ParlSers wheat 20
bushels per acre: John Fosters wheat
80 bushels per acre; Frank Essex
wheat 20 and his oats nearly 100
bushels pei acre. Threshers report an
average of about 23 1-2 bushels of
wheat per acre all over the country,
oats an average of rs bushels per acre
l.. f. Leach threshed out 1875 bushels
from so acres of wheat. l.. c. Aliens
wheat crop Of IS acres made l649
bushels and from 81 acres of oats he
got ISL bushels of grain. S. q. How
cry threshed out nearly 1900 bushels
of wheat from Ills field of rs acres.
Millet is locking nice: some has
been cut and the yield is too great to
be believed by anyone unless they had
seen Oklahoma before the harvest
began.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19
A WINTER SCENE IN CIRCLE CITY.

tnat the most extensive finds have been
made. Prospecting on other creeks
along the klondyke has resulted 10 CON
siderable success. and much is expected
from future operations in this part OF
the Yukon basin.
Circle City is 200 miles from the Klon-
dyke fields. Fort Reliance is $50
miles from Juneau. The mines of
the klondyke run from IS 70 100
miles from the Alaskan bound
airy. and are in British Columbia.
The Eldorado is the richest mine of
them all. Ii has 10 claims. said to be
worth 100000 each. The total wealth
OF the Eldorado. Bonanza, Baer and Gold
Bottom mines is estimated at SOC. 0.000.-
900. Lots are selling at Dawson City.
at the mouth OF the Klondyke. for s.. 900
and upward. Across the boundary in
Alaska there are many mines In opera
ton, and the entire region northwest to
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

through an inhospitable country beseI
with the dangers of Alaskan river naSi-
cation.
Neither have the seventies Of the
new CLINE been properly reckoned.
Many who have gone forth in their en-
thusiasm for wealth 10 the rich locaii-
tiss almost within the arctic circle will
find themselves poorly equipped to cope
with the ehilliness OF below-zero
temperature. How many may suceumb
to the hardships they must necessarily
undergo in their leap after gold! And
this applies to any route that may be
selected by the adventurous spirits who
are rushing in quest of fortune. There
Is said TO be a great difference between
the climate Of the coast and that of the
interior of this land OF gold. In winter
there Is extreme cold. while In the
short summer the heat Is intense. Que
Of the prospeetors. writing recently
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

the Yukon is reached at Fort Selkirk.
From juneau 10 Dawson is dis
tsnce of $50 miles. The following ad-
vice has been offered 10 parties intend
ing 10 take this route TO the gold
creeks: mo one should venture with
out eight months provisions. and these
should be bought a; Juneau. He should
have 400 pounds of -four, 100 pounds
OF beans. 100 pounds of bacon. 100
pounds of sugar. 10 pounds of tea. 80
pounds of coffee. $50 pounds Of mixed
fruit. besides salt. pepper. and cooking
utensils. All these can be bought for
the sum OF 500. To convey them 10 the
head waters OF Lake Linderman would
cost SIS per hundred" A month of
perilous travel is ahead OF the prospec-
tor.
The Kloudyke empties into the Yukon
so miles above the Big river. Bonanza
creek is a tributary of the Klondyke
and Eldorado is again a tributary of the
Bonanza. 1t is along these two rivers
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19
Editors Talk of Visiting.

What is the matter with the Oklaho-
ma Press association taking a trip to
Nashville, in October? Such a trip
would be enjoyable, cost but little,
and be big advertisement for okla
homa. What say you boys?- Edmond
Republican.
The suggestion is a good one. We
move to amend by including the West
ern Editorial Federation meeting at
New Orleans in the proposed trip and
refer the matter to Chairman Frank
Greer OF the excursion committee for
immediate action.-Woodward News.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

The pension roll Of the United States
has almost reached the million mark.
At the beginning of the fiscal year the
pensioners numbered just 9sS, ,5as. an
increase of ,2.s50 for the past year.
During the year 80, l0l new pensions
were granted and 1871 persons were re-
stored to the rolls. Old age and dis
ease, however, are making great in
roads into the lists, for there were g.
$50 deaths during the year. Other
sources of loss were l,074 from remar-
riages Of widows, l,s45 orphans at
tanned majority, 2,6s3 failures TO claim
pensions and 3,s6O losses from unre.
corded causes.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

The development of the agricultural
resources Of Alaska was recently dis
cussed with Mr.. Weare, of the North
American Transportation Il Trading
Co, by Secretary Wilson, and the sec
retary pledged himself TO work for the
establishment of an experimental farm
in the Yukon valley. He said there
seemed 10 be no obstacle to the trial of
the experiment next spring. Secretary
Wilson favored Mr.. Weare's plan OF
sending colony OF practical farmers
To tine valley as soon as possible TO es-
tablish farms and supply the miners
with all the grain. meats and vegeta.
bles they may want
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

DR. MoSTIER and NJ. Granier, of the
French Academy of Music, have dis
covered a means whereby the human
voice may be preserved in all its pris-
tine freshness throughout the natural
term of life, or restored TO that fresh
ness when worn out before the appli-
cation of their discovery was possible.
They apply currents Of electricity to
the vocal cords; under the tonic stimu-
liant of which the maintenance of the
full volume and sweetness of tone is
assured. This means much TO tho
musical world.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

ANOTHER proposed wonder for the
prospective Paris exhibition of 1900 is
an immense Dussand microphono-
graph. II is said to be now in course
of construction and is expected TO
make the voice heard by 1000 persons.
This form of apparatus is claimed to
be especially favorable for the deaf,
and for the study of the feeble sounds
given out by the organs of the body in
health and disease, magnifying the
voice much as lens magnities objects
to the eye.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19
Traveller win p.ve 70 WALL

dispatch from Arkansas City in
Tuesday mornings Wichita Eagle
says: Last night highway robbery
occurred between NewlSirk and this
city on the main road. A man named
Clark, who lives at Chandler, on his
way 10 Usage City, Mo, was held up
by five robbers four miles north of
Newkirk. Clark was riding one horse
and leading another. The robbers
forced him to dismount, and after
searching him, relieved him OF his two
horses and tarned him adrift on the
prairie
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

THE latest official estimate of the
population of the United States is H.
Oo0,o6s. This was made by the actu-
AIRY of the treasury, an official whose
duty il is at fixed intervals TO report
on the per capita circulation of money
in the United States. He estimated
that the present holdings of money
were s22. SO for every man, woman and
child in the United States. His esti-
mate Of the population is made by the
use of the census reports of the preced-
ing decade and certain fixed rules of
increase by birth and immigration and
provisions for deaths and other losses.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

CAPT. RAY and Lieut. Richardson. of
The Eighth infantry, have started from
Fort ID. A. Russell. wyo, under orders.
20 make as much Of an investigation OF
the Alaskan gold fields as this season
will permit Upon their report will
depend the establishment Of military
force at the gold fields.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

THE city authorities of Bridgeton, n.
j.. have placed a penalty of 81 on each
oath used by a citizen. One man
swore twice and was promptly arrested
and fined 81 There Is no reduction for
oaths in quantities, 81 per oath ruling
regardless of number. As result,
swearing has practically ceased there.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19
Crushed to Death

Newkirk Republican: On July 2s.
as Charlie J. Wilkinson and Others
were returning from fishiug trip, his
horse became entangled in a coil of
barb wire by the roadside and began
pitching. throwing itself sidewise over
barb wire fence that was securely
fastened TO trees. The unfortunate
charlie fell Under the horse and was
fatally crushed. He never regained
consciousness and only lived % hours.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19
Getting IL hack.

Il see the railroad Bunger has SO
much stock in has gone into the hand,
Of receiver"
Too bad. 1 suppose he has lost
everything?'
"oh, no. he has been appointed the
receiyer."--Brooklyn Life.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

NICOLA TESLA has announced the
completion Of his latest discovery
simultaneous transmission of messages
by means of the earth's electrical cur
rents TO as many scattered points on
the surface Of the globe as may be de.
sired yvitbout wires
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19
Wheat Shipments

hinghsher Free Press: Up to and
including yesterday 200 cars of wheat
had teen shipped from this station.
lss cars went south and 10 cars went
north. report from Okarche says
that up to and including last Saturday
IS cars had been shipped from that
station, all going south. An avera 70
car is 200 bushels.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

PRoF. A. w. BrrTISe. appointed, by
Gov. Mount to make an investigation
of the hog cholera rsvages in Indiana.
reported that 6T0. 600 hogs had been
lost from cholera during the year clos
ing July !. representing loss OF Sc.
000 O00
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

1t is now too late to reach the klon-
dyke district this year; and as mining
is possible only during the months of
May. June and July gold-seekers are
advised by experts to delay the start
Tor the fields until April Is of next
year. The following summary of the
cost of the trip, from Chicago, and the
length of time it will require to get
tr hlv nut fhpnfip.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

The sub-treasury in Boston was re-
ported flooded with counterfeit cents.
The limitations are so clever that ex-
perts have TO go over 10, two or three
times to detect all the spurious pieces.
They all come from Boston stores
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

PosTMAsTER-GESERAL GARY is in IA.
sor Of postal savings banks and pro-
poses to recommend TO congress at the
next session the establishment of such
banks in this country. ut is very
likely" he said, in discussing the sub
ject few days ago, that some sort OF
legislation will be enacted at the ap
Proaching hession. and that we will
make practical test Of postal savings
banks within year. Al this time ]
have no definite plans in view, bu, pro
pose to thoroughly investigate the
subject during the summer SO that
will he prepared TO make recommends
tion 10 congress in December"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

DR. FRED W. DEyELYS, of San Fran
cisco, has just made public the results
of Is years experiments, by which he
claims TO have found certain cure by
inoculation of horse blood for drunk
enness, as well as for transmission of
hereditary taiut of alcoholism. He as
serts his cure will not only kill the
craving for drink, but IL will relieve
the children of a drunkard from hered-
itary taint, which he calls constitu-
tional alcoholism. The substance
which he obtains by injecting alcohol
into the blood of horse he calls
equisine, and it is this he introduces
into the human system.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

THE richest and most extensive beds
Of onyx in the world have been discoy.
erred in Kentucky. Work of develop
ing them will begin at once, and thou.
sands Of men will be given employ.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

THERE is enough whisky already
manufactured in this country to-day
10 last the consumers for 12 years to
come, says prominent whisky dealer
in Baltimore, Md
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

Forty-Mile creek contains a great deal
Of the yellow metal
The wages paid to miners in the Klon-
dyke district are SIS day. Workers in
the sswmill Of Joseph Ladue, who
claims to own the entire Dawson City
site, are paid ten dollars a day.
Prices in the latter place are fairly
representative Of the amounts charged
for provisions aud articles Of wear, and
the following list will give interesting
information on this subject. These
were the ruling prices when the miners
left Dawson City to return with their
immense wealth and entrance their
neighbors with the recital of the story
of their success.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19
The Beaver Herald.
W. l. DRUMMoND. Publisher.
BEAVER, OKLAHOMA.
CURRENT COMMENT.

NEkRLr 1000 employees Of an Illinois
rolling mill donated one days wages
20 the striking miners.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-19

A BosTcS merchant refuses TO turn
In check signed by Mrs Cleveland
because he desires to preserve her an.
tograph.