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The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19

WT7E same strength of heart and mind,
the same body and brains that built
one San Francisco wU build another and
build it better. Difficulties will be met
and oDercone.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
Collective, UnseLfsh Work Needed.

The remedy for these possible ills lies in
the exercise of patience with unavoidable condi-
tions and with the determination to keep in re-
straint personal ends, and to work unselhshly for
greater common good. Harmonious, collective
effort will bring progress and prosperity in these
trying times where selhshness, impatence and lack
of cooperation sure to result in retarding the
growth of the city, and the consequent welfare Of
its people.
The greatest friend today of San Francisco
is he who, largely forgetting SELF is working and
striving for the common good and thus aiding to
bring common prosperity in which he is likely
to share. The greatest enemy today Of San Fran
cisco is he who in his eagerness for immediate
selfish gain stands ready to sacrifice the COM
mon good and thus in the end unwisely to cripple
he's possibilities.
HARRIS WEINSTOCK.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
Braun and Gold for Queen City.

For time San Francisco will largely be
obliged to depend upon the capital of its
citizens for the rebuilding of the city. The exag
gerated stories that have gone abroad about the
destruction, the desolation and the hopelessness
of the situation will tend to keep outside capital
from seeking investments here. But soon other
stories will go abroad stories that will tell of the
fortunes being made here, in all avenues of trade
and industry; stories that will tell how this has
become the paradise of the wage-earner, skilled
and unsklcd; how never before in the history of
labor was work so abundant, at such high wages
and with such short hours.
These stories will find their way to every
nook and corner of the far East and will reach
across the waters. The fears of foreign capital
will disappear. The tinid will gain courage and
stream Of men with Drawn and gold will be
vending its way to the shores OF the Golden Gate,
to add to the wealth and the prosperity of the
Citv by the Sea
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
7 t0o Factors Still TO Be Feared.

San Francisco in this wise is destined to be-
come the great American Mecca for the man who
has muscle or skill to SELL or capital to invest and
thus is destined in time to grow to far greater
proportions than if it had not been the victim of
earthquake and fire.
There are two things, however, to be feared
One is the disappointment likely to follow the
part Of some, because the particular section of
the burned district in which their interests are
centered does not revive as speedily as they hoped
thus, most likely causing Encouragement to fol-
low disappointment The other thing to be feared
is local jealousy and factiona quarrels, leading
to destruction of communal harmony and unity
of action.
Yukon Valley news., 1906-05-02

in coarse gold The ditch for the pres ent hydraulic plant may be seen in the background. The windlass frame in the foreground is over shaft out of which came 65-cent pan; this is back 250 feet on the bench.
 The illustrations mentioned are SO fine it is regretted they can not be re- produced. A well-executed map of Ram part district also accompanies the ar- ticle.
Yukon Valley news., 1906-05-02
SIS TO THE PAN.

Monday morning Joe wiehl went down oa the beach in front of the Florence Restaur- ant and shovelsd up painful of sand whieh h. was surprised so hsd contained SIS. Mir. wi.hi says lt was far the hest pan af dirt h. has f.ana ia the country. There were a tais.d ssase* i've aud a Canadian ten. aud they were aIi right whss they got dry.
Yukon Valley news., 1906-05-02
EXPERIENCES
 IN ALASKA
I.-RAMPART.
LEONARD NJ. DAVIS in the Mining World.

of that which he has not in some way experienced. Statements are accepted or rejected in proportion as they coincide with some previous knowledge. Real izing these facts together with the pre- vailing ignorance of the public with regard to the interior of Alaska, one may readily hesitate before endeavoring to describe the most central mining town in that great northwestern conti- nent Such statements as that several nuggets of solid gold as large as hens egg, worth hundreds of dollars each, hlve been recovered from different creeks around Rampant, or that the sun there sometimes rises and sets in the north, are veritable facts; but some skeptics might consider this new class of fabrications.
 Rampant City is about ,000 miles up the Yukon, and about $50 miles from Dawson, or 1,20O down the river from Whitehorse. The city is situated on one of the most beautiful bends of that mighty stream, which is navigabe for nearly 2,300 miles. It is built on a high bank and extends along the river for nearly mile. Here the largest steam CTS can unload their cargoes of hydraulic pipe, heavy machinery and provisions over gangplank direct on the river bank.
 On the opposite side of the Yukon from Rampant is the United States agri cultural station, where nearly all kinds of vegetables are grown and several kinds of grain matured. It is note worthy that Alaska can supply the world with huckleberries, raspberries, entrants and cranberries. Wild flowers grow in profusion. There are no poisonous plants nor reptiles in Alaska.
 The winter is cold and bracing, with temperature from 10 to A degrees below zezo. During the summer the climate Is delightful, the thermometer registering from 40 to 90 degrees above zero. The longest days, in June, have 24 hours of continuous sunlight; the shortest, in December, from two to four hours of sunlight. On the creeks, however, the sun is not seen for about ten weeks. During the longest days the sun glides below the horizon and rises in few minutes nearly in the north. The color effects are gorgeous beyond description. The writer has painted in water color, without artificial light, some of the most delicate tones in portraying from nature a midnight sunrise or sunset. These long days allow plant life to mature very rapidly, and permit the employment of two shifts day (of 10 hours each) in q mine. The summer working season is from May to October 1. The miners pay is $5 day and board.
 Several years previous to the great Klondike rush, iull-blooded Indian prospeetor, John Minook, after whom several creeks have been named, dise0v- cred the first gold in the district, on what Is now known as Big Minook, just below the mouth of Hunter creek. Big Minook runs from south to north, and empties into the Yukon at Rampant City. Hunter is its first and biggc | tributary. Following up hts lead, John Mtnonk struck nav about two and C half
Yukon Valley news., 1906-05-02

$100,000 in one season, which is more than all the money the "checharcoes" (tenderfeet brought into the camp in eight years. This statement effectually disproves the report that it costs $l0 to produce one dollar in Alaska. One town reported $500, ,000 last season, which is nearly as much as the United States paid for the whole of that vast territory. It is estimated that nearly $500,000 has been taken from No. 8 Little Minook, and that, after it was crosscut and had been abandoned as worthless. This property is owned by ex-Governor Me Graw and General Carr of Washington. Other creeks around Rampant have been good producers. A number of the largest, like Hunter and Big Minook, are showing up well. Where creek, however, aver ages from 800 to 1000 feet in width it does not attract the ordinary prospector who must have immediate returns, more especially because he is compelled to prospect with good fires to thaw the ground at the rate of 10 inches day
 Hunter creek is about evenly divided between high bench and flat, which, with an abundance of water, makes hy draulicking comparatively easy. To ex pect great results by working large creeks single handed and with insuffi- cient capital is absurd. Still returns are more than satisfactory, as may be judged by the accompanying illustration, which shows the exact size of gold nuggets taken from different tunnels on Hunter creek. Nineteen nuggets are pictured ] The original nuggets are on exhibition at the New York office of the Mining World. It is interesting to state that the two largest nuggets were taken from tunnels several hundred feet apart, and one, valued at $l4, was found a half mile above them. At least one nugget of over $3O in addition to pans from vir gin ground, worth over $l each, have been taken from six different tunnels on Nos. F to 2l Hunter. Indiscrimi- nate pans of from $2 to s7.20 each have also been taken from this ground, which speaks well for future hydraulicking on Hunter creek.
 There have been nuggets of nearly $200 each taken from the first four creeks nearest to Rampant, and one of sl00 from Big Minook, and Glen Gulch.
 The old method of thawing the ground with wood fires and wheeling the dirt to dump, where it is left until spring, where it must again be handled before the gold can be washed out, is shown in Fig. 3. Winter dump on No. F Hunter creek is pictured.l This dump, it is worthy of remark, was taken out by one man. Naturally only the very richest dirt, say two feet from bedrock, is con sidered pay. The bridge in the picture Is on bedrock about 2O feet above the creek
 Fig | shows q 2i-h.p. boiler used Co thaw the frozen ground in place of wood fires; this k about one half mile up Hunter from the place shown in Fig 2. To the right i- wiadiass over the shaft ! where the frat nan t@kVn vietls.i ti ~al
Yukon Valley news., 1906-05-02

before these men got "busy," and one strike followed another, until pay was located on Little Minook, Big Minook, L. M. Junior, Hoosier, Florida, Slate and Ruby creeks. Later discoveries were made on Eureka, Glen Gulch, Rhode Island and number of other creeks over the divide. These rich strikes have steadily increased and last season was the banner year in the pro- duction of gold and new discoveries.
 At one time there were more than 1000 people around Rampant. They were combination of all kinds, classes and color, with corresponding diversity of mental and physical development; there were state governors, lawyers, bankers, missionaries, doctors, authors, artists, gamblers, actors and "bad men, A surprising fact is that no one asked of his neighbor his pedigree nor for his birth certificate; this rather emphasizes the cosmopolitan population of Alaska. All seemed to remember the adage that the poorest man today may be the richest tomorrow; hence each wondered if it would be he. But there were many who did not soliloquize, determined to con- quer with an ax, pick and shovel the numerous obstacles which abound in strange, undeveloped country, where traditions must be cast aside and new conditions recognized Those who would not adjust their thoughts and actions to their environment formed a group of "hot-stove miners," whose vocation was to sit around hot stove, discontented, telling wonderful stories about their more successful comrades. It is this class of humanity which lost all hope and fortune in Alaska, and which has not met success anywhere since. It is amazing that these gossips can induce even intelligent people outside of Alaska to believe that more money has been taken into Alaska than was ever taken out. To create this erroneous impress sion these ''hot-stove miners cite un- hesitatingly isolated cases as examples of the whole. On the other hand, that man is far from lacking in courage who will repeatedly go out harnessed up in a sled or with a heavy pack on his back when the thermometer is 20 to 60 degrees below zero, to do battle with the frozen ground and strange conditions, for the purpose of gaining new for tune, or regaining lost one, wherewith to accomplish some cherished purpose. It Is not uncommon to see men perform ing feats for which in any civilized country they would be awarded medal for heroism. Such men have made Rampant City the prospering mining camp that it is today. Last season it produced more gold per capita than any other camp in Alaska.
 Two newspapers are being printed in town, the Yukon Valley News and the Rampant Forum. The Northern Com mercial Company, the Miners Store, and J. W. Iouug's formerly the North American Trading and Transportation Company are the main supply stores at present. Everybody carries poke" and neither store nor saloon is without its gold scales. Wages and store bills are paid in goldlust. The two large company stores get some $25o,000 each
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-01
CHINA MAY ADOPT
A CONSTITUTION.

N.ctua. r. o.. Aug According 90
adyIces brought hy the steamer Enc
press uf Japan. Prof HattorI. who has
returned 10 Japan from Pekin says Of
commission headed ly Prince Su has
undertaken translation OF The cou-
st.ulu2ns OK the principal nations OF
The world with "a View t0 compiling O.
constitution IuI China The work s
not expected tO De- completed fOI T.
years. Arrangements Jr- being made
TO issue Cd paper currency boo China
about "a year hence.
Marquis no has made tha following
proposals FOO the Korean government
Tor administrative reform for Korea
Promotion OF japanese industries eX-
tension ol general education and adop-
ton ~ "a system 0f appointment by
merit. reform OF the financial admins
iratIon of government aud imperial
household, drawing distinctive line bee
tween Dour and cabinet and amnesty
for Korean political offenders .u Japan
The British steamer S.iuar was ate
tackled boy pIra1es white proceeding
from Canton to WuChpN. July So Tho
crew fought hut Uol NOT prevent the
boarding 0f pirates Zoo numbers Dr.
Mcdonald, ships surgeon and two oth-
or officer. were killed tbn captain au.
four Other European officers of tIa
crew being seriously injured. Tho yo.-
sci was looted bog the pirates Hud her
cargo carried oG ia Chinese yuu,s
Jupaues officials az Port Arthur
charge tha Russians .ith attempting
% conceal large sums of money which
by virtue ~ fHe Portsmouth treaty.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-01
Intention Of the British Ministry
TO Confer a Constitution
Upon Country.
ON MANHOOD SUFFRAGE BASIS
Mr.. BalfOur FOR the UnlOnists Declares
IL a Rccldc,, and AudaciouS f,
Experiment.

London. July 3l.-ln a speech Of great
moderation. carefully designed TO pro.
pitiate his opponents. Winston Spencer
Churchill. parliamentary secretary for
the colonial office. In the house Of COM
mons this afternoon, explained the
governments plans TO confer consti-
tuition on the Transvda.
Dwelling on the urgency Of the ques-
tiou. be described the Trauvaa as the
nerve center of South Africa and said
the new country reproduced in miniature
an the darn and tangled problems Of
the old established European states
The governments guiding principle
had been 90 treat the Boer ana Brit
tom alike and io make no distinction
in granting the boon Of British citi-
zenship both o. the men who fought
Loyalty FOR Great Britain and 20 those
who resisted the British arms with des-
perate courage While the government
had been careful TO secure for the Brit
ish every advantage they could Justly
claim. South Africas future depended
un both races learning 10 look to the
mother country as friend The gov
eminent had decided FOR the principle
Of manhood suffrage against any prop
etty qualification. Therefore, every
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-01
PEABODY ADDRESSES LETTER
TO SAMUEL UNTERMYER

New York, Aug. l.-Presidcut Chas.
4. Peabody. OF the Mutual Life In
surance company yesterday made
public a letter he has addressed 90
samuel Untermyer counsel for the
international Policyh0lders commit
tee.
The letter is an answer % one sent
10 the Mutual trustees by Mr. Inter
myer July % requesting a duplicate
Of the list of policyholuders which the
company had prepared by the stencil
process, declaring that the list filed a.
Albany was grossly Inaccurate. and
charging that the stencil list was pre-
pared 20 enable the Peabody admin
istratiou 10 send campaign literature
10 the policyholders 40 the company's
expense.
IN his letter 90 Mr Untermyer Mr.
Peabody says in parC
"No campaign literature has been
or will be sent out from these lists
al the compsny's expense
You have voluntarily created
body which you have styled O policy
holders committee Of which lees th3n
ouc-third are members Ui This conn
pauy These gentlemen. Tor reasons
which ! presume are entirely adtis-
factory 20 themselves, permit you 90
use them for the purpose ~ giving
weight 20 your reckless and untrlfhful
statements about the officers and
trustees Of This COMPANY
your letter OF July - U.s. run Of
statements that are not true and ~
iusinuations and innuendoes that are
not sustained by existing facts
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-01
DEsERET EVENING NEWS. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 1,

the question for the colonial secretary
salary. which was carried. $40 90 50.
While this was happening IN the
house Of commons, Lord Elgin. secre-
tary Of state Tor the colonies. had made
the same statements in the house OF
lords as Mr. Churchill made DO the
house OF commons. while Nh Chui-
chill was pralsing the new constitution.
his cousin. the Duke Of MARLBOROUGH.
who was colonial under secretary 30 the
late government. was deuouuCing Il H
the upper house
Lord Harris asked what flag would
wave over Pretoria 20 years hence.
Lord Miner declared Doe saw e. TRACE.
dy behind the preClpitancy of tbs gov
eminent and mourned that the future
Of the Transydal Vas 10 De- left to
chance.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-01

adult male q years old who had been
a resident six months IN South Africa,
except members OF the British garrl-
son. would be entitled 20 vote under the
secret ballot system. Proportional rep-
IesentatlOn was not popular, ana In
comprehensive IN the Trdnsvaal. 50 it
had been decided 10 20 straight for sin
gle member seats.
The population Of ,he Rand. Mr.
churchill continued. equaled that Of
the whole OF the rest " the country
and on the basis Of the census OF 1904 10
had been decided 10 dilot % members
40 the Rand. one TO krugersdorp, SIX
10 Pretoria aud 20 to the rest OF the
country
Lord Selborue. the British high COM
missioner Ia South Africa, Nj. Chui-
chill explained. had expressed the opin-
ION that this arrangement vas perfectly
fair to the British vote
The Transyaal assembly would con.
sIst OF SO salared members elected FOR
FIVE years. Either the British OF Dutch
languages could be used IN the trans
action Of public business.
Mr. Churchill declined to speculate
on the outcome OF the elections. but
ia there were undoubtedly more Brit
ish than Dutch voters. He hoped. how
ever they would produce a coalition
government. such a solution would be
o godseud TO south Africa. though the
secretary was confident that neither
party would fail in It's duty toward
the crown.
The speaker added that there would
be an express stipulation against sane
tioning labor Of a seryile character. In
conclusion, he said that the government
proposal must be accepted or rejected
as a whole.
An animated debate followed the clos
ing OF Mr. Churchills remarks Mr.
Balfour. winding up for the unionists
declared u 10 be a reckless and au-
daclous experiment lie argued that IL
was too near the war % expect the
Dutch to forget what they had suffered
and more than Eaas1 nature could
grant 10 expect them 90 be- loyal TO
Great Britain. lie declared the explana-
tion OF this hurried procedure was the
governments burning desire TO get rid
OF all It's economic questions IN South
Africa which It's rash pledges OF a gem
eral election had brought on n.
Sir Henry Campbell Bannermau. the
premier. answering Mr.. Balfour. said
that he had never listened 10 a more
unworthy, mischieyous ard unpdtriotic
speech.
An exciting scene followed these re-
marks, the Unionists shouting shame"
but the chairman called division on
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-01
STRUCK \ FLOATING NINE.

Victoria. y. g.. July 3l.-The danger
Of floating mines has again been H.
Illustrated by the collision of the steam
CT Nlngpo with floating mine lg0
miles from the mouth ~ the YsngtSe.
The steamer was considerably damaged
and had a narrow escape from de-
structlon. owing 10 the large number
OF mines IN the sea OF Japan. Japanese
steamship companies are suspendIng
navigation on their steamers at night.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-01
OREGON PROPERTY OWNERS
WILL LOSE INSURANCE.

Portland. OF, July % Oregon
property owners have about N1un0ie
~, insurance that D. worth htile more
.Nau me paper on which The policies are
Nutlen This fact a. known 10 lead
g lnsufancs men. 20 the largest policy
h.,ders and 10 others
our 81 the large Insurance corr.
lanies formerly doing business IN this
,ltr became insolvent az result %
l.lees az the deie 81 the 1916 report
~ ne Insurance commissioner were ma.
wiiaily above fl00s0c and arc prob.
.py hishtr AZ this time Zach of these
l9uf companies has 5000 on dtgosi,
WIN ne state officials 90 protect local
lelel holders. making q total % tn
a. the MAXIMUM assets 20 cover
tes' A Gre IN Portland might easiil
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-01
MONTANA FOREST FIRE.

Butte Mont. Aug Ia Miner special
from BoZcmlu SAYS:
disastrous Gre has been raging since
Saturday in the dense forests OF Bear
canyon destroying much valuable tim
Der II Is close TO the cuttings made iU
The canyon bv the Waiter Copper com
pany and much Of their timber has been
threatened Many men have been hired
10 60 out and fight the flames
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-01
MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS
NAME THEIR TICKET.

Detroit. Mich. July 3l-EXcepting a
slight brush I'm the resolutions commit
tss over Congressman William Alden
Smiths resolution plcdging the party
zoo mo direct nomination Of United
States senators. todays Republican
state convention was fcatureless and
pauook more ~ the nature Of a rati-
fafi01 f1au q convention. Tho briCf
contest i0 the resolutions committee
resulted iU tho adoption OF "a D0Wpro-
mise resolution which recommends 90
ihe Michigan delegates 20 the Iowa
convention On September that they "di-
rect their efforts 10 the end that the
people ~ Tho United States 50 amend
rho Constitution NJ tho United states
as 10 permit the election OF United
stacts senator's by direct vote Of the
people
The platform which was adopted
thoroughly Endorses President Roose.
velfs administration; afhrms contin-
ued belief IN the Republican tariff poll
i-y and indorses Gov. Warner, the 9TH
Or state officials aud the last legislature.
The nomination Of governor and lieu
tenant governor AZ the primaries last
June seemed 20 have taken from the
convention much OF It's usual interest,
and the business was so cxpedltiously
transacted that the delegates adjourned
81 $3.50 o'clock IN the afternoon.
The state ticket follows:
GOVERNOR Fred II, Warner Of Farm.
.uEton.
Lieutenant Governor-Patrick II.
Kelly ~ WAYNE
Secretary ~ State-George A. Pres
cot of Tawas City
state Treasurer-Frank +. Glazer Of
chelsea
Audltor-General-Dr. James h. Brad
ley OF Eaton Rapids
Land issiouer-William II. Rose
~ Bath.
Attorney Gmcral-Joh =. Bird Of
Adrian
Superintendent Of Public Instruction
-- Luther l. Wright of lronwood
Member Of State Board OF Education
Dexter NJ. Ferry. Jr. Detroit
Al are denominations except Mcssrs.
nelly. Wright and Ferry.