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Arrested for TWO Crimes.

Jailer Hugh Miller accompanied Dep
uty Sheriff l.. G. Smith. Of Yell coun.
ty to the Boatright farm east Of town
Monday afternoon where they had To-
Gated one j. N. Kirkpatrick wanted In
Yell county for assault with intent to
kill. There Is the further charge Of
bigamy against Kirkpatrick, he having
left a wife when he fed from Yell coun-,
ty and since married a young woman at
Dyer.
Mr.. Smith took his prisoner TO OAR
danelle Tuesday for trial for his crimes.
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MISSOURI PACIFIC.


GoIs0 WEST.
Daily,
No. IS Arr. sos pm. Depart $40 pm.
No So +" 05a.m. SLOAN.
Daily, except Sunday.
No. rs liz pm. tStops at Van BUREN,.
GOING EAST.
Daily.
No. SO Arr. G55pm. Depart, 1000 pm.
No. "a ll:05 an. ll:l0 am.
Daily except Sunday.
No, 70 Goal Hin Local. Depart at 230 pm.
GREENWOOD BRANCH.
Daily except Sunday.
q Greenwood Local Arr, las pm. Depart $50 pm.
Pullman sleepers on SO and 81. Through
tickets on sale to all points. For further inform
alton telephone No. q or call on
W. HYNESS Agent
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A good many Of our berry growers
are s,Ill worried over the question oi
getting n sufficient amount Of crates TO
handle their crops, The prospects,,
however, are Frightening and II Ia
thought by those competent TO Judge
there will DO enough for all =, ID,
Scott aud Percy Alien received car.
load Of material Wednesday
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BIZ MoAuley as Matrimonial Agent.

From the Fort smith News. Record,
Ed Miller. coiored, was arrested
Yesterday afternoon on a charge Of Sc.
duction, preferred by Lizzie Hughes,
Of Van Buren,, He did not like the
looks Of the Jail and asked Constable
McAuley, who arrested him, to act as
u matrimonial agent, The girl was
willing and Justice Edmondson per.
formed the ceremony and gave Miller
some advice Of how he should behave
II he wanted to escape punishment Of
the charge that had been preferred
against him,
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j. W. HIggs Resumes Publication Of
THE Venture"


Yesterdays Venture contained the
following announcement:
CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT.
Owing to other business interests re-
quring my individual attention, | have
secured the services of j. W. Hggs to
manage the Republican Venture for me,
and from April LIST all business connect
ed with that Office must be transacted
through him. Thanking the people for
their past patronage, and hoping that
the paper will merit continuance and
increase in same, am,
Respectfully,
GILLIAN G. YoEs.
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To Secure Low Rates.

All parties who intend to 60 to New
Orleans during the time of the U. C.
V. reunions and who are DESTROYS of
securing the lowest railroad rates pos
sible, are requested to give their names
TO either Of the following named men,
bers Of the committee.
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eureka SPRINGS

The Frisco System operates widevestibuled
..,sctrc.lighted trains. All cafe cars and dining
Rails under the management Of Fred Harvey.
Tjme of trains at
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'97 and 's8 this little valley from the
waters edge to the foot Of Dead Horse
trail, two miles and a half up the Skag-
way river, was covered with the shacks
and tents Of 10000 STAN peders. trying to
get their supplies packed over the trail
or waiting for the completion Of the wagon
road under construction that winter by
Mr. George A. Bracket Of Minneapolis.
In the long June and July days there
Is no lack OF sunshine and daylight even
in this valley. but in winter, when
the sun drops low in the southern sky, 1t
seems almost to leap across the narrow
opening toward the south from the noun
tain peak on the one side to the mountain
peak on the other. It is visible only about
twenty minutes on the shortest days and
the stores and offices keep the electric
lights burning practically all day from
November to March.
n APTAIN MOORE a citizen of Canada,
IL who had been prospecting for gold
in the Canadian northwest in the
year 1886, was far-seeing enough to dis
cover that the White Pass would be the
most feasible gateway to the interior. In
case important gold discoveries should be
made there. and attempted to homestead
the present site of Skagway. When he ap-
piled to the Canadian authorities for the
privilege, he was notified that the land was
not on British territory, but belonged to
the United States and that he must OBJ
tain his rights from that government
This his son subsequently did, but in that
transaction the British authorities placed
themselves on record as recognizing the
title Of the United States to terri
ory which Canada now claims, but doubt
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company had organized and overtaken
him. The wagon road was sold out to
the railroad company and the railroad
was completed within year from Skag-
way to White Horse, distance of 112
miles. It climbs within a track distance
of 20 miles from tide water to a height
Of 2,940 feet, with a maximum grade OF
4 per cent and an average Of 3 per cent.
The ride over the White Pass route is an
experience to be remembered, not that
the engineering difficulties overcome here
are greater than those mastered by
builders Of mountain roads in the states,
but the sensat ton of bold mountain
ascent is enhanced by the quick transit
ton from sea level to the snow capped
mountain summit. While scaling the
walls Of the rugged canyon occasional
glimpses may be had of the distant sea
far below at the mouth Of the gorge. AS
the train proceeds along it's mar
row roadway around the face of pro-
jecting cliff it's movement seems more
like a flight thru air than hard and
difficult climb up a mountain side A
foaming stream plunges downward thru
the gorge while on the opposite side of
the canyon beautiful cascades drop their
silvery wells hundreds of feet down the
face of the mountain. Winding along
the opposite precipice one may catch oc-
casional glimpses Of the old Dead Horse
Trail over which thousands Of reso-
lutte men and women struggled under the
| burden Of their heavy packs, conveying
| by repeated trips across the summit, the
scanty supply Of food which was to sus-
tain their lives until they had found
| their fortunes in the sands and gravel OF
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only the foundations Of earth upon which
have been built the habitable and inhab-
tied portions Of the world. The face OF
nature is fair enough, surely, at this sea-
son.. and sufficiently productive Of veg
etable life to suggest the possibility that
this country may some day be made prac-
tical use of by others than the daring
seekers after gold. But nature has other
moods and her wintry aspect Is not SO
kindly. STILL I am inclined to think that.
If the treasures Of gold hold out, man, with
his wonderful powers Of adaptation, will
utilize considerable areas Of the unques-
tionably fertile valley lands Of this region
in producing many Of the vegetables and
dairy and meat products which the mining
camps must now transport over thousands
Of miles at great expense. But OF the ag-
ricultural possibilities Of these northern
lands, and particularly Of Alaska, may
present some evidence at another time.
"A s we pass the mouth Of the White
~ river flowing in from the west we
81 observe the appropriateness of Its
name for it Immediately imparts to the
Yukon it's own color, and from that point
to its mouth the waters of the Yukon boil
and roll the sands and mud OF the soft
bottom as does the Missouri thruout the
greater part of its course. At the mouth
Of the Stewart river we pass the scene
OF the earnest important mining opera
lions on the British Yukon, where placer
mining was carried on prior to 1887, after
which the Forty Mile district below Daw-
son became the center Of interest until
the Klondike overshadowed everything
else.
Dawson is reached in the after
noon Of July g.. It lies on a broad, gently
sloping bench under an encircling hill on
the right bank of the river Its site is
that Of an old glacier. AS it comes into
view it has the appearance Of a consid-
cradle city. Conspicuous objects are the
large warehouses Of the Transportation and
trading companies. Along the shore nu-
merous river boats lie against the bank.
and our landing is effected across the
decks Of two other boats. While the early
rush has already preceded US, the arrival
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OIL BRIQUETTES
New Process Which Gives Very HANDY
and Effective
Fuel.
United States Consular Report !.

United States Consular Report ,...,
Consul General Hughes, at Coburg, re-
ports that a very simple process has just
been conceived by Mr.. Maestracd for
making petroleum briquettes, very much
those made Of coal The mo-
dus operandi Is as follows: To liter OF
petroleum are added $50 grams OF soft
soap, $50 grams Of resin and 800 grams
of caustio soda I've wash. This mixture
is heated and we'll shaken. AS soon as
the mass begins to solidify, which should
be in about forty minutes, the progress
of the operati ton should be very carefully
watched. To prevent the mixture rum
ming over, a little soda should be poured
into the vessel, shaking the whole until
qualification Is complete. When the OPP
Grafton is finished, the matter is run into
molds to be made into briouettes, which
are then placed in stove for ten or ff-i
teen minutes. It then only remains to
allow them to get cold. when they can be
used within an hour or two Of being man.
ufactured. BY the addition Of sawdust
and sand, the briquettes will be more
solid and at the same time cheaper.
From experiments said to have been
conducted on tugs, the inventor claims IL
has been clearly shown that these bril-
quotes give three times more heat than
ordinary coal, there being, in addition,
the advantage Of no waste remaining.
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the sKlondike basin. Horses were; em-
ployed in great numbers on this trail,
and cruelty unspeakable was visited upon
these faithful beasts. Insufficiently fed,
they often staggered under their loads
of 200 or ESQ pounds lost their footing on
the narrow, icy path and We're dashed
to death below, while hundreds of others
met more cruel fate in wicked deser-
ton in midwinter BY their owners on the
wind-swept waste of the northern slope.
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is tied to the shore while the Indian
deck hands take on ten or fifteen cords
for the furnaces for the next run. Here
in its upper stretches the river flows
among hills which rise at times almost to
the dignity of mountains, and which are
often covered well UP their slopes with
spruce and birch. There are no evidences
of animal life visible except a few birds.
Among these are the robin, the thrush,
the meadow lark and the eagle. Deer,
caribou, mountain sheep and bears are
found on the mountains and the rivers
abound In fish, Of which the most COM
mon are the greyling and the red salmon.
One can almost persuade himself, on this
journey down the great Yukon. that he is
an original explorer, wandering in the
primeval wilds. Nature Is unmarried by the
hand of man and the vast solitude is i'm
pressive. Occasionally, at intervals Of
hours, there may be seen. a. solitary cabin
of a woodchopper and at, long intervals on
the upper stretches of this lonesome
stream, flowing forever, silent and deep,
toward the north, we find the cabins Of
8 mounted police station, or a group Of
three or four tents occupied by ten or a
dozen Indians, who come to the Yukon in
summer to fish, but that is all. The scene
is never uninteresting, however. The
river is tortuous and rapid, it's banks gen.
orally green with luxuriant vegetation and
the meadows gay with an endless variety
Of flowers, one species known as the fire
weed spreading fame-like color over
patches Of hundreds Of acres Of slipping
hillside. Again the river leaves the rolling
meadow lands and pours its food against
the solid masonry of earth on whose
scared and broken face is written for the
geologist the history of time Marrow
gorges are entered and at one place we
are treated to the sensation of running
the rapids thru which the widest chan
mel between the rocky walls is only twice
the width Of our well handled boat. E
If we are of a practical turn Of mind,
we may question the economy Of nature
and wonder whether these immense areas
| of unpeopled wilderness will ever serve
any human purpose, or whether they are
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Of the unbroken daylight OF midsummer
and adds that human kind are not the only
ones Inconvenience on their first arrival
by inability to sleep. The animals and
birds. too. seem at first to experience the
same confusion of the orderly habits
which prevail elsewhere, for, says she.
.'there Is no night and de very chickens.
why dey walks themselves to deaf" And
Just at this time not only is the sunlight
almost constant, but during the suns
short absences the moon shines with an
effulgence which seems never to have
been observed in lower ATTITUDES, and
ternpts the man with the camera to try
its effects upon the sensitized film In the
middle Of the night. with results which
are highly satisfactory as photographs,
altho they cannot be successfully repro
duced in half tones.
Midnight Of July finds us at Fort Sell
kirk on the bank Of the Lewes river upon
which we have travelled from White Horse
northwestward to the Pelly, which here
comes In from the east and which together
with the Lewes makes up the Yukon. Sell
kirk is an old Hudson Bay trading post
and we are interested in it in passing
because we are told that here are located
the most successful farms in the British
Yukon One farmer at this point is re-
ported to have made a clear profit Of So, 900
| during the past year on his crops of hay
and potatoes for which he finds a market
| in Dawson.
The winter trail which is shown on the
map as crossing the Pelly here Is a road
| built by the Dominion government over
which the mail and passengers are trans
ported in winter in sleds drawn by horses.
| T HE Yukon is a deep, rapid stream
| i carrying more water than flows in
the Mississippi between the ST.
Croix and Lake Pepin. It's banks are
high and, for the most part, wooded with
stunted spruce and birch and large will
| lows, affording ample fuel supply and
serviceable in mining, but not large
enough to make merchantable lumber in
any considerable quantity. The uppe,
Yukon boats are supplied with fuel from
wood yards, located at convenient inter.
walls. Two or three times a day the boa
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the name Of the place suggested its Indian
origin and an Indian legend, and this is
what they told me about 1t: An old In
dian chief who lived here stood one day
on shore watching his son trying to land
an canoe. The wind swept down the
canyon with terrific force, but he was a
strong lad and skilful, and his father had
little fear. The boy was blown around
the point, however, and out of sight. A
little later his canoe was seen floating
bottom up. Its late occupant was never
found. And so the old chief named the
place Skagua, which means Home of the
North Wind. But the men who write
waybills and mark freight boxes and spare
not, have made it Skagway.
. @ KAGWAY lies between the mountain
- slopes Of a narrow canyon, up which
the sea has crept until it can go no
farther, altho 1t seems to be making re-
peated efforts, as the tide here in Lynn
canal rises sixteen to eighteen feet. Skag-
way is the port which our British neigh
bors are SO anxious to get control of. as
this is naturally the best entrance to Daw-
son and all the British Yukcn. In 1906
It had a population of Silt; to-day about
1900. At the time Of the great excite
ment over the Klondike, in the winter OF
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extends thru the Yukon territory and
part Of northern British Columbia. His
life has been spent chiefly among the In
dams. He pays a tribute Of praise to the
Hudson Bay company in its relations to
the Indians. speaks of the good faith which
that institution has always maintained
with them and of the assistance which it
has rendered the church in its missionary
work among them. For over forty years
he has travelled along the rivers and over
the Indian trails In sumner and in winter.
In canoes and on snoWshoes and with dog
teams, with Indians for his guides and
companions and has found these simple
people models Of hospitality and kindness
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less never would have claimed II It had
not been for the Klondike discoveries.
This fact may have some bearing on the
termination of the boundary question at
London. 1t Is out Of such incidents as
these that proof is made that Canada rec
ognized as American territory before the
Klondike discoveries what she claims as
Canadian to-day.
Skagway was found to be literally
swathed in bunting. This, however, was
not al Ion account of the arrival Of the
senatorial party. Next day was the Fourth
Of July and an elaborate program of pa
rades speeches, games and a sham bat
tie was carried out by these disfranchised
Americans in Alaska who seem to take
more interest in the national holiday and
In the old-time patriotic celebration than
we do in the states, where we have some
thing to say about the making and execu-
ton of the laws.
During the Klondike excitement Skag-
way enjoyed great boom and real estate
went to fabulous prices. To-day there are
scores of vacant houses stores and hotels
which create an unfavorable impression,
altho this city is destined to be, for
long time to come, point Of considerable
Importance on the route to Dawson.
Skagway was hospitable. A commit
tee of citizens had prepared to en-
terrain the visiting senators In generous
style, but again the committee indicated
a desire to talk business in preference to
indulging in banquet The meeting Of
business men developed a great deal OF
sentiment in favor of territorial govern
ment and some bitter complaint against
the license and occupation tax.
~ ONDAY morning, July 8, our party
Nl took the train on the White Pass
and Yukon route for Dawson.
| This is narrow gage road, built by
British capital, but Differed by American
men. 1t follows at the outset the route
taken by the wagon road the construc-
ton Of which was commenced by George
A. Bracket Of Minneapolis in the fall of
1897, and carried by him nearly to the
summit Of the range before the railroad
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From Skagway to Dawson on the White Pass
and Yukon Route.
How Minneapotan Blazed the Way the
the Summer Sun Works Overtime-Mounan Climbing by Rail
Incidents Bearing the Boundary Question.

ONE Of the North
Wind" Is the trans
lation furnished me
for the Indian word
Skagway, applied to
the town at the head
of Lynn canal. where
the Alaska : bound
senatorial party dis
embarked on the
morning Of July 8.
But the north wind
was not at home
that day. TIL. air
was that of a charm
ing summer morn
ing in Minnesota.
temperature about
IS. / suppose, the
sky clear and blue.
or course the poetic
idao a~rreaSeI in
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full valley Of the.
Peace river and
describes with ami
nation. his long
journey over the
cold, bleak dis
tances Of the great
Mckenzie, to whose
mouth on the Arc
tic ocean his mis-
sion to the native
hunters and trap
pers has. carried
him on more than
one occasion. His
tones are low and
his manner diff
dent as with mod
esty and reserve
he yields with APP
parent reluctance
to every effort to
obtain from him
the story Of his life
on the far from
tier. His hand
fumbles nervously
the straps Of his
leathern b a & s,
trimmed with In
dian bead work,
the thank offerings
of his devoted and
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followers Caribou Crossing, so dreary
and desolate to the traveller, does
not seem so unattractive to the quaint
and CHEEKY old lady, who has for thirty
years shared the fortunes and the hard
ships to this servant of the church, 1T Is
better on the other side Of the river
pointing to her humble cabin set son the
opposite bank. 1T is not so sandy over,
there
Left to himself, the bishop spends much
time in reading the Dictionary Of the
Church of England and one who knows
something Of his history informs me that
he is an author of some note in church
circles, prominent among his works being
one entitled Northern Lights on the
Bib1e.' He travelled with us the remainder
of the day and the next and 1t was noticed
that as Indian settlements are passed
along the river he seemed to be recognized
from shore and his hands are lifted and
his lips move, as If In benedictton Of the
rude and simple people who seem to be
greeting him as he passes.
WV HITE HORSE, the terminus. of the
w railroad on the Lewes river, is a
neat Canadian village where are
great warehouses in which have been
stored large quantities of provisions and
other supplies, including unusual ship
ments Of heavy machinery waiting for the
opening of the river. The movement of
mining machinery has been particularly
heavy this year, because for short time,
the dominion government has RENTED the
duties in order to encourage the intro
duction Of machinery into the mining
regions The distinguishing features OF
the village are extensive warehouses along
the river bank from which the Dawson
boats are loaded; station Of the north
west mounted police,s with substantial log
barracks laid out in military style and
kept with military neatness and cleanli-
ness; grounds prepared for baseball,
cricket tennis and other outdoor sports
Of which the Britishers are SO fond; q
reading room we'll equipped, a govern
ment telegraph station and a number OF
substantial store buildings; and every
where there is that trimness and orderli-
ness which evidence the efficient admin
istration of authority
In the early evening we go aboard the
Yukoner, a boat belonging to the same
company which operates the railroad, and
forming part Of it's line between Skagway
and Dawson These boats are equal to
any on the upper Mississippi, furnish COM
Portable mmodations, serve excellent
| meals and make travel on the Yukon and
! It's tributaries an unfailing source Of in
terest and pleasure.
r N THESE long, early July days the sur
/ stays with us until nearly 10 O'Clock
4 and returns before three, while itf
slanting rays seem to tighten the upper all
1.-THE whole night thru.
There Is so much to interest and Sc
much Of daylight to improve that sleeI
comes only after repeated invitations anc
one is reminded of the expressive remark
of returning Yukoner who has beer
spending the winter in the states, ant
whose husband awaits her at Dawson
with a genuine Bowery accent she speaks
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of the boat from the upper river is stin
an object Of interest. Men struggle thru
the crowd and come rushing on board to
greet friends; wives and children who
have been outside all winter meet hus-
bands and fathers and friends clasp hands
with friends with many demonstrations
Of Joy at the reunion. What this
great mining camp has to interest us
must be the subject of another chapter
next Saturday. u. S. McLain.