The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-09

creek, ~ the exclusion cf their less for-
turate :elk,wrrtan. There should Ne a law
enacted lm ;ang the size OF claims 20 M
fsef. and thai ths should be done IS toa
festre - Us1e-t cHthS II The people II Alas
IA a taa prs sent slime. Five hundred feet
: tnoGAh-dai more than any one man
can wovS-2nj 20 allow more than shis -
SIMPLY - allow the country - ~ ntasiopo-
l,zei by 4 few fortunate individuals ana
retaTd stS Development
Rampmrt City Growing.
Eagle Cl;y. Forty-M le and other camps
have heen described heretofore N these
columns. Bat II Is Al Rampant CRY. at
the mouth ~ Mancok creek. that the trav-
e!eE down the great river finds the great
est evidence ef enterprise and activity.
Rampant Ci{y "a we'll located. The site is
high and dry. and tAere Is a fine stream
Of pure water running through the town.
\ large amount Of aiding Is bang done.
Two SawmIl;s are running constantly, AMI
business ~ al kinds seems 10 be So@i.
As 20 the mines. their value is as yet not
fatty known. ~ course. Ii has been
proven that a few ~ the claims on l+ttla
Mano5k are rich, but this creek has been
lost sight of during this summer. owing 30
the number NJ newly-i5scovered creeks
which have been and are being prospeci@t
back in the interior. Many az these creeks
IL i claimed SsiOW COED prospects, bat be-
fore they can he property developed It VIII
he necessary 20 hui1d trails and sled pro-
visions % the scene ~ operations during
tEe winter season. isNf iaS general ursn-
les Of those who stopped At Rampant city
on tn6ir way down thc river Is that hat
place now ofTcrs the best Inducements 10
The ''Cheechacoe' OF any point along tho
Yukon. The country tributary 10 Il is
extensive, and Il L turns out anything
like It's residents hope Tor. il wia have \
considerable boom,
Value of the Yukon Flats.
There is one portion OF the Yukon river
which appears TO be worth more atteat.on
than has been given Il. and tina, is The
great Yukon flats. Ivy this il is not in
tended - refer 10 the Yukon fats below
circle City, which are the terror OF steam
ho4tmen and the abode Of mosquitoes. but
ga the great deIta at the mouth of tho
river. ana which extends for miles abcye
the mouth and in alb directions. The
wash az the Yukon rlv~r for ages has
formed these fats, and Of course as far ~
soil Is concerned. they are all that could
he desired. This immt nse delta Is as level
as a floor free Il timber and for the most
part of brush, and portions Of IL IS COW
cred with a fine growth OF grass. The
river has many outlets for its How Of wa
ter. and AZ least a portion OF the delta
does not appear to be now subject 10
overflow. and the companies have erected
large warehouses and the Indians lsilt
their villages on its comparatively nigh
hanks. The question Is. can this immense.
level. fertile prairie al the mouth Of tho
Yukon he devoted 10 any purposes OF agri-
culture? y writer n an Eastern paper
not long since, who had made the trip
down the Yukon. stated II a his opinion
that 4 hardy variety of Russ an wheat or
barley might be grown there with success.
but Y - hardly probable that the climate
would permit Il 20 npca properly. iSut At
any rate. this perfectly .evel delta,
through which one must travel for DAYS
on the doUn-rNer trip. never falls 10 inn
press the traveller, and II seems "A pity
that so much good sc4I should go TO waste.
Wh.le coming down the river carly in
September millions upon millions of wild
geese Werc passed Oh these fats.
Come along to New Westminstcr
MondnN. IheN e.neci Seniile tn