The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-17

who came up the river on the Bella.
They are for the most part people who
started for here last summer and who
were held by the ice on the lower river:
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Fawcett and child, D.
Waterman, from Fort Hamlin: w. A.
Wall. j. Marion, A. r Hatch, II. B. Allen,
where they put in the winter; R. Smart,
Merritts' kel lso B. H D sa1Ta H K
Mcdonald. G. Bodin, H. Denim, A. Wei
SOC G s Levante. r: English Ben Bull
gray AoPPa anas MY w. r. A Gggs e. from w
CHAMPION. II. Mariana, i Fred Bowley, ?.
n ,GSares, George Ryan, n; P; HUDSON, J.
AAlexander. G. A; Branin. R, ]. Kyle. F.
Green. W. ]. Robertson, c. Cuts, ].
G Greve. r. H. Humber, J. opleaser, c. J.
OpleaSer, Z. l.. Erwin, H. Richardson, ID.
Swanson. Q. Oleson, all from Forty Mile.
The Seattle No. l, the unfortunate
steamer of the Seattle Yukon Trans
portation Company, of which ex-Mayor
Wood Is at the head, arrived here on
the z2d, with her passengers, who
spent the winter unwillingly below the
Tanana- The Seattle No. l looks as
II she had had hard winter. Com
Ing up she stuck on bar sixteen miles
above Circle City. Marshal Dunn,
called up from Circle City and sue
ceeded in getting her off after she had
lain there two weeks. The passen-
gers are exceedingly glad to get here.
Following is the list:
- W: H. Armstrong, Captain Anderson. L.
s. Anderson, l. H. Andreas, Albert An
Choir. c. M. Anderson, L. E. Bankofsky.
George BENTLEY A. ]; Bowie, Dr.. F. A.
John Blanks, ]. B. Brandt, J. Bloomin-
BaiIlsa d J. Boderman, e. \. Brown. p p.
George P. Eckert, A. c. Felkin, j. G.
Flanner, H. G. Forbes, Barry Gstz, g.
Thomas J.. Grant. James B. Con, John
Gallivan, Charles Grusin, c. H. Hull, H.
n P. Hanson, s. H. Hiekcox,, b Harley,
E: Hartz, J. Q. Hudbery, Mrs; Hummell.
W. Huddleston, R. S. Hooker John Haws,
Il. p. Hunt. Frank Hang, c. A. Hanson.
hin + 8. Huitbery, B. HetieS, II. Haas
B. Jones. H L. Jennings, Joseph Kreck,
A. E, Kestar, NJ. Kalin, Mrs. King, R. B.
Low, 4. E Lee lee Mr. and Mrs. ?. ]. Lawn
zen, L.. Lawnzen, Lockstrom, Fred Lewis,
c. H; Marshall, S: R. Morris. w. Mathe-
son. Thomas Murtough, Charles H. Nor
MouIte, f. 4. Marshall, Mr. a and nd Mrs rs. 4.
M Me- ID "; e. Norris w T. McG art
PAXTON, H. n Peterson, c. A. Pickarts,
I; Powell, Robert PqrvIs. l: H. Peterson.
Rothweiler, j. c. spicer, A. seymour, ].
sommers. Frank Steers, B. stumpf. r F.
Smart H. Shoemaker, W. Samson, W.
Smell H H. G; seeley, Charles Smith, War
Unthank, ]. Ulrich, Ed Valentine, w. A.
Wilson, T. B. West, Fred Walker, r. c.
Washburn, B. Shaw Wood, H. Q. Wright,
Weatherbee, Andy Young, William Zahn.
Several of these passengers did pros
pecting in Manook and speak we'll of
the possibilities of the creek. Four
claims are reported to be paying well.
They are Nos. 6, T. s and 8, above Dis
covery. on Little Manook Langford
and Johnson, who made Discovery on
the creek, sold that claim and went
to 6, one above, where they will take
out from $4,000 to 100000 No. is
owned by a man named Stevens, who
has been working sixteen men during
the winter and who probably will take
out 100000 No. s is owned by ex-
Governor McGraw and General Carr of
Seattle. They paid 1000 for the
claim and will take out about 100000.
No. 8 is owned by AL Mayo Mitchell,
Hawley and Koffenberg. They paid
So 900 for it and will take out $4,000
from 500 feet.
Idaho Bar, discovered by Charley
Range in April. near Manook, is caus-
ing some excitement there. From 50
to 50 per pan was taken out within
five feet of the surface.
A camp of about 500 people is estab-
lished at Manook and the place boasts
two saloons, bakery and a restau-
rant.
Two other small steamboats, built at
the lakes have succeeded in running
the rapids successfully and arrived here
this week. They are the Ora, built by
the Bennett Lake and Klondike Navi-
cation Company, and the Willie Irving,
built by Captain John Irving of the
Central Pacific Railroad.
The manager of the Bennett Lake
and Klondike Company is F. M. Bat
tonberg. The company has three boats
the others being the Nora and Flora.
They will run regularly during the open
season between here and Bennett. the
Ora going to Five Fingers the Nora
from Five. Fingers to the White Horse,
and the Flora from above the canyon
to Bennett. The Ora on her return
trip carried thirty passengers. S. A.
Raney. of San Francisco, one of the EX-
celsior's passengers Of last year, is
among them and carries this dispatch.
The Irving has been sold to COM
pany which proposes to prospect the
little boat was $4,000.
A big party from Iowa, known as the
Iowa and Alaska Gold Mining Com
pany arrived on the 22d in steam
boat named. the Iowa, rugged up out of
a sawmill plant. There were thirty
eight in the party. They will go down
the river and probably locate at Eaole
City, where the boat will become the
sawmill. Those on the Iowa were:
Captain Abbott. Charter Oak; = Bon
ham, Ottumwa: r t. Barber, Charter
ottumwa; T. n. Foster, Ontario; W; Nc
Sherlock, Marshalltown; I! f. Haselman,
Alton; o. j. Aaker, Howard Buck. R. c.
McGregor, Egau, South Dakota; Thomas
Manion Jasper, Mimi; J. Thomas ana
wife, Chippewa Falls, wis; D. A. Rut-
ledge, Storm Lake: F. A. Benjamin, w. II.
Michaels, E. M. Vail, Marshalltown Con
Dora Ottumwa; John Keables, Pella;
Joseph Twogood, Tacoma, Wash; NJ I.
Burnett, Luverne, Ia.
Ten of the party, including C. A.
Walsh Of Ottumwa, prominent as
lawyer and Democratic politician in
Iowa, stopped at the Hootalinqua
River for a short time. In this party
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