Douglas Island news., 1902-04-02

ger rate or COO lIOLu IOM0A A4DeAA SS w Dawson on the first trip down. The passenger fare from White Horse to Lower LaBarge by stage will be SlT5O This fare will allow the passenger % pounds of hand baggage free. As usu- al, however, the traveller is allowed 15O pounds of baggage free up to White Horse. and the same amount from Low CT LaBarge to the Klondike capital.
 The Skagway Guide says that young man of that town, whose wearing ap- parel has been donned by some young ladies, has been having all sorts of queer feelings, and the local physic- ians have, as yet, been unable to make satisfactory diagnosis of his case. The young man has desires ranging all the way from taking in washing to mar rying the son of a millionaire. It is feared that his delusions are incura- ble. This should serve as fearful warning to ladies to wear their own clothes hereafter.
 Three of the ightest draught river steamers in America, if not in the world, are now under construction for use on the upper Yukon during the coming season. One of these will go into the water drawing but six inches, while the other two will draw but sev- en and slight fraction. Each of them when stocked with supplies and fcel and when the additional weight of the crew is added will draw from 9 to 10 inches. But each of these vessels will have a cargo capacity of 50 tons, the vessels when loaded with load of this amount drawing from one and half to two feet of water.
 Work will soon begin on what is said to be the first survey the government has ever made in Alaska. MT. A. J. Adams of Valdez, formerly in charge of the Photographic work of the Unit ed States Geological Survey in Wash
 
 ineton, has been awarded the contract to run the base line through the Cop per river valley, which will open for settlement the greatest tract of rich and fertile agricultural and grazing land in the entire country. The work will be completed within a very short time, and if congress extends the land laws of the United States, entire, to Alaska, all that vast district will be op en to location by settlers in tracts of 16O acres.
 Boulder creek, in the Kuskokwim, is the banner creek of the district. The pay streak has been located from the mouth, or where it empties into Tur- ner creek, as far up as No. above dis covery, distance of about two miles. In some places the pay streak is over 100 feet wide, and from three to five feet deep, averaging, perhaps, b cents to the pan. From Garfield to Aurora creek there seems to be gold belt 4 or 5 miles wide, and wherever holes have been sunk to bedrock good results have been obtained. Garfield creek has not been located, though it is gen. orally understood that it will be next season. The first gold found in the creek was in the wash. It had evident ly been deposited there from where the paystreak crosses the channel.
 A public meeting was called by Dep uty Gold Commissioner Thain March 12th, at the court house. A very large number of business men and miners turned up and standing room was at a premium. The purpose of the meeting was to devise ways and means of pre- yailing upon MT. R. D. Fetherston- haugh, manager of the Atlin Gold Min ing company, to send whence they came the 16 Japanese laborers he is reported to be importing or to take steps to pre- vent their coming. A committee of , was appointed to consult with Mir. Fetherstonhaugh and obtain guaran- tee that the Japs now coming under contract be sent back by June 1st and that in the event of any other compa- ny or companies importing Oriental labor prior to that date then that he will send his own gang to intercept and turn back the,new corners and all leave the country.
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