The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-09

silver are found most anywhere and
the most prominent gold camp Of
today in the far north is Nome,
The statistics given a few days ago,
quoted Alaska's output at little
over two millions is not correct.
Nome alone puts out that much.
There are many good paying plac-
er mines you never read or hear
about. All along the American
Yukon River gold is taken out and
mining is going on along the south
ern coast. Copper River is a coun-
try toward which rich capitalists
are looking for rich investment.
Our old Capt. John R. Delamar is
right there doing business and we
all know what kind of a miner
Capt DeLnar is. Besides mining,
(and mining will be the 1eadening
factor in the development of the
country') there are other indus
tries bringing in enormos revenues.
The fisheries of the Lynn Canal
are growing larger and stronger
every year and there is not single,
solitary fishery along the Yukon
river while there is a thousand
miles Of fishing ground. The
greatest draw back to all enter
prises in the far north is transpor-
tation. 1t costs money and hard
labor to haul provisions and tools
into the interior and to br ing re-
suits of labor, such as crops, cattle,
ore etc. to the market. The day
is not far distant when things will
change for the better and transport
tation provided
The fur trade amounts to"a great
amount in that country. The furs
are so much superior to any other.
There seems to be plenty Of game
of all kinds. 1t is the only thing
prospector has to rely upon for
subsistence. 1t may sound a little
fibby to some Of my readers when
I say have seen the cariboo in
bands by the thousands on the Tan
ana river. saw them as thick as
the buffalos on the western plains.
There are plenty of moose, noun
tain sheep, mountain goats, bears
galore and of all kinds, from the
little black bear to the grizzely and
glacier bears. The largest bear in
the world is found on Kodiak Is
land southern Alaska. He is
monster. I see our wise heads at
Washington have seen fit to pass
law prohibiting the killing of these
brutes. I am law abiding citi-
zen and willing to comply with all
laws but when it comes to running
to avoid killing vicious brute be-
cause the law says so, I will not
do it.
Bears do thousands of dollars
worth of damage annually. I
have been in parts of Alaska where
bear tracks were as thick as sheep
tracks in Wyoming. All I ask is
that some of Our wiseheads in
Washington have the pleasure of
having all they possess torn to
pieces by bears. Have to travel
hundreds of miles hungry before
they can get anything more to eat.
Our congress and senate treats
Alaska the same as they did Idaho
Territory-frosty and sneeringly.
I remember when I was boy, the
people of Washington spoke of the
people of Idaho as savages. They
did not know how and were in
competent to run their own affairs;
the same thing they say of Alaska
now, there is nobody but saloon
men and tin horns. 1t makes a
pioneer feel good to be compliment
ed in such manner. There is no
better man on earth than the
American pioneer. He is a true
American and when you say that
you have said enough. The great
est part of Alaska is covered with
timber. Spruce trees predominant.
They are as straight as a whip but