Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-23
A SIX NIL LII n
DOLLAR PICK
EXHIBITED
IMPLEMENT THAT MADE 20
MEN FABUL0USLY RICH
viii be on Display at the Alas
kat Yukon Pacific Exposition
Something About Corn in the
Far North,


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Seattle. Aug. 21.-The pick that
made six men millionaires will be one
Of the interesting relics of the north
land that will be exhibited at the
Alaska e Yukon . Pacific exposition
which will be held at Seattle in 1909.
When Carmack made the first dis
covery on the Klondike or August l6,
1896, he had just come from Eldorado
creek, the richest in Yukon territory.
He desired TO dig there, but rs he
had no pick he gave it up. Ed Whip
pie. with several others. arrived a few
DAYS later. They had no tools either,
but meeting a Swede who was well
supplied, made him an offer.
This Swede knew the value of tools
and time just then, and held out for
a high price. He finally got four
ounces of gold (siXty-five dollars) Tor
his .ick.
Whipple and his friends then went
TO Eldorado and started to dig
through the frozen mould. The Sec
ond day on the upper side of the creek
they uncovered the richest bit OF
placer ground that the world had seen
for years. They staked seVera! claims
and i'm the last four years of the nine
tcenth century took out probably ten
or fifteen mllllonS ana lnCH sun til'4l
claims Cor vast sums.
This first pick has been carefully
preserved and will be among the many
other relics of the early days of me
north which viii be given a prominent
place in the exhibits at the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition.
Corn Grown in Yukon.
once again the northland has DEM
onstrated thu ii is more than the ira
Tf4Fgnnl land IF cold and RnIu. oil
which novelists have written and SEN
s~ationalists advertised. As the result
of an experiment made by a well
known citizen Of Dawson, Yukon ter
ritory, department of agriculture or
the Observation-Disclosures exposition
which will be held at Seattle in l9oa
can add to its exhibits of Alaska ana
Yukon grown products another vaiu-
able cereal.
1t is to Gus Johnson. proprietor ct
a large laundry in Dawson, that the
honor Of growing the first Indian
corn, for eating purposes, belongs.
Johnson has made many experiments
I'M the gardening limo n has been a
pioneer in Yukon flower and garden
product growing for some years. 1t
was always supposed, however, by him
and the many other gardeners OF
Alaska and Yukon that Indian corn
was too sensitive a growth 10 mature
i'm the Q0Ttnlanu. ll0ttis litlt .hi'
many portions of Canada both in the
west and in Ontario, in which corn is
not grown. the danger Of destruction
bV frost rendering the crop too un-
certain for commercial purposes. But
Johnson has succeeded where others
have failed.
Last spring he obtained from OUT
side several pounds of a corn seed be-
longing to an early maturing variety.
As these arrived a little late in the
season he planted them in his green
house, and, as soon as they had
caught up, t~ransplanted them TO ms
garden. on July 4th the first ears
were ripe for gathering, and Johnson
and his family enjoyed a neal. rs
July 4th is very early anc as there Is
a month and "a half of good growing
weather after that date in Dawson. II
may be taken for granted that corn
can be ripened perfectly in that latt-
Jude. Preparations are being made
TO plant a field of corn for next sum
mer, and as a result Dawson people
will feast on cheap fresh corn in
stead Of paying, as at present. twenty
five cents for a small cob of the pre-
served kind. And the Alaska-Nukon-
pacific exposition Of 1903 will have in
the Alaska and the Yukon building
specimens of this first corn grown In
the north, and various other specimens
showing the different dates al which
it may be planted and gathered, and
the length and size TO which it may
grow.