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basin and discovered placers which
 had been productive In a small way for several years but when the Klondike was discovered interest was at once centered on the possibilities of Alaska as a gold producing district and in less than year this isolated region became a focal point of interest throughout the civilized world.
 The popular belief that Alaska was a barren field for all except the fur hunt CTS quickly disappeared and was re- placed by the equally absurd conclu- sion that the entire territory was gold bearing. As a result of this erroneous opinion expeditions were equipped to search for gold in all parts of the terrl- tory Most of these. however, were bent on reaching the interior and Seward Peninsula was practically overlooked
 Rumors carried south by whalers that placer gold had been found on some of the streams which empty into Kotzebue sound attracted several hundred pros pectors to that district in 1897. Many of these becoming discouraged at the outlook made their way south to Golofnin (Golovin) Bay. Others head ed for interior points up the Yukon be- came stranded at St. Michael and drifted along the coast to the westward. It was some of these men whom chance rather than design, had brought to the district. that made the discovery of placer gold on Melsing and Ophir creeks which was the first to prove of commercial importance on Seward pen insula.
 The party which found these work able placers included Daniel E. Libby
 L. $. Melsing. A. c. Mordaunt and II. l..
 Blake. The equipment of these pioneer miners of the peninsula was very meager and consequently the efforts at exploitation were crude. Fortunately the region afforded some timber and sluice boxes. therefore, could be con- structed of whipsawed lumber. Such methods yielded return during the summer of 1897. variously estimated al from 0,0O0 to Sl00,000
 By midsummer of 1898 several hun dred men had found their way to this new district. Those who had stamped | ed to Kotzebue sound the proceeding summer. being unable to locate the rich auriferous sands that rumor had placed there, were soon discovered in their hunt, and many of them found their
 way to the new diggings on Ophir Ophir. Melsing and other creeks in that vicinity were soon covered with locations. "even to the mountain tops" The more ambitious of these argon
 auts, who had failed 10 secure good To- cations on these creeks. began to range over wider territory. N. C. Hultberg
 J. J. Brynteson, H. l.. Blake and !. l.. Haggalin hearkening to a native rumor that gold had been found on Sinrock river made their way to Golofnin Bay and there outfitted themselves with q
 small boat and provisions and sailed
 westward along the coast In July. 1898. Arriving off the mouth of Snake river
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The early history of the extreme northwestern part of North America is still unwritten. A few isolated facts have been drawn together by different writers and some of these are here re- peated by way of introduction to the main topic to be discussed in the fol- lowing pages, which is the discovery and development of one of the great gold mining camps of the world.
 Seward Peninsula, whose western point Is less than sixty miles from the Siberian coast, as the first part of Alaska known to the Russians. The land lying beyond Boring Straits was reported by the Siberian natives to the Russians as early as 1709 So far as known the first landing made upon the shores was In 173l by vessel driven ashore in a storm. The first attempt to chart the coast line was made by Capt James Cook in 1778 The Rus sian. Capt: Kromchenko commanding the "Golofnin" surveyed Norton Sound and Golofnin Bay In 1922.
 The oldest settlement in this part of Alaska was at St Michael where Mich ael Tebenkoff an officer of the Russian American Trading Company estab nshed past in 1883 From this point trading was carried on with the sur rounding country.
 The stories current that the Russians mined placer gold near Nome are ut terly without foundation, in fact, for the Russian had absolutely no know ledge of the mineral sources of the peninsula and never had a permanent settlement within it's borders.
 In 1888 Malakom, creole, explored the Yukon as far as the present town of Nulato and established small set clement at the mouth of the Nulato river. He left this post undefended during the winter of 1888 39 and it was destroyed by the indians. Soon after ward. in lS40, trading post and fort were established on Norton Bay at the mouth of tnalaklik river near where the village of Unalaklik now stands.
 In spite of the destruction of the first settlement at the mouth of the Nulato river the Russian American Trading Company appreciating the i'm portance of this place as a point giving ready access to the great fur country in the Koyukuk basin. sent Derabin in ls4l to rebuild the fort
 In lS42 Lieutenant Zagoskn of the Russian navy visited this fort and dur ing his visit made several journeys into adjacent territory. and afterward pub lished the results of his observations and imperfect, they show that he visit ed portions of Yukon river as far up stream as the mouth of the Melozitna' explored the Koyukuk river as far as the Kateel and made a trip up the kateel to assure himself that the ma tive reports of an easy route into the Buckland drainage basin were correct In 1851 the trading post and fort es' abolished by Derabin at Nulato were burned and some of the inhabitants
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For first class work and prompt do livery phone Main 151 and the Peoples Steam Laundry will call and got your laundry.
 w. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
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they were overtaken by a storm which 1 compelled them to seek shelter in the
 river. Prospecting the bars along the
 river revealed some fine gold colors. i Spreading out to nearby creeks 1t Is
 covered gold on what was afterward
 called Anvil creek. Most of the party, 1 however considered the prospects not ! sufficiently encouraging and they soon
 set sail again for Sinrock river. Find ing nothing there they shortly returned to Golofnin Bay and thence up the river 10 Ophlr creek. It was here in September, 1898, that the three men
 met for the first time whose subse- quent fortunes are inseparably woven with the history of mining on Seward Peninsula. These men were John coal miner; Eric Lindbloom, also a
 native of Sweden and tailor, by trade.
 and Jafet Lindeberg, native of Nor way, who had just left the employment of pr. Sheldon Jackson of the govern ment reindeer industry.
 Brynteson invited Lindeberg and Lindbloom to accompany him on prospecting expedition to examine more thoroughly into the finds he had made ,I. t,Tt. I,,1t and Blake. They proceeded to Colo fnin bay and after outfitting at Dex- ters trading post at Chinik set sail in an open boat for the westward on Sep tember II. 1898.
 Prospecting the mouths of various
 streams on the way. they finally landed
 at the mouth of Snake river. which they named. They then worked their way up the river prospecting along the bars and finding bold, but not in paying quantities. Reaching the mouth of Glacier creek they made camp and
 immediately began prospecting the 1 nearby creeks to all of which they gave | names. They prospected and staked claims on Glacier. Snow gulch, Rock, Anvil and Dry creeks and then returned to Golofnin bay. Securing d new out fit Of supplies they took d small schoon- | CT and with Dr. A. N. kittleson. Gabe Price. r. II. Anderson and a few others they again Set sail for their new find
 and upon arriving they organized the Cape Nome Mining District" of which Dr. kittleson was made recorder
 The season was far advanced and the weather freezing but with two crudely made rockers and by the use of warm water they mined some $l,800 worth of gold from the graveis of Snow
 gulch and Anvil creek and then re- l turned to Golofnin bay for the winter. This was the beginning of a constant stream of gold which has continued to l flow to the present time and now amounts to more than s70.000. .00000 Send your friends on the outside this paper after you have read II and help
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Begin the New Year right by sub scribins for the Nome Daily Nugget
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10 repair and turn out all work required by the mammoth dredges,
 Nome has a transfer company with sufficient rolling stock and horses to handle anything from satchel to q dredge and walk off with the same.
 There is narrow guage railroad to the interior for the transportation of freight in the Nome district
 Lomen Bros, in photographic work, have large equipment for taking care of that line of work Everything in the way of supplies. also in development work can be had here with equal qual- ity and workmanship as in studios of tho States
 There is a modern daily paper-The Nome Nugget-which furnishes the news of the world daily to its many subscribers. There is also a labor paper published here in the city.
 Nome has several large wholesale and retail grocery stores, capable of supplying the demands of the opera tors. and it has been proven that il does not pay to ship in supplies. The local merchants can supply the same cheaper than individuals can ship the same to Nome
 There is nothing with the exception of street cars in a modern up to date city in the thiekly populated portion of the country in the states that is not to be found her in Nome.
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After you have read this paper pass it on to some one else that Is also in terested in Alaska. You will be doing them a favor as Nome is destined to be one of the large cities of Alaska.
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Send your friends on the outside this advertise Nome)
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-29
Foreign ENJOYS Urge China
Not To Set Up a Monarchy
Their Stand Is Said To Have Induced Proposal
Of Heredity Presidency
(Continned from page Two \

.. Confined from Page Two.)
ing to be reported TO the acting Ii Fa
Yuan, where the aggregate Of pros and
cons are to be examined and its con.
elusive decision is TO be the general
opinion of the said congress.
, "4.-The subject Of the vote for de-.
Gliding the form Of the state Is 10 he
decided by an act Of the acting Ii Fa
Yuan. ~. s.'Ess
Special Points or Act
"Sueh is the gist Of the act Of which
the special points are: 4
"1.-The legal number Of representa-.
tives for the national conference Is
3S5, while the congress will have about
six times as many.
"2.-The territorial principle adopt.
ed. ......-., ~.
"3.-The source Of election Is the
same as that Of the national confer
enee. =. f"' RI
"4.-The voting is to be in each
territory and not concentrated in Pc.
king. ~. ..H
RAll these are sufficient to seek for
the real opinion of the people. Since
many organizations Of citizens have
petitioned the acting Ii Fa Yuan and
the act has been passed, the govern.
ment, in IFS attitude toward the change
of the form Of the state, considers II
expedient to abide by the solution Of
the delegates congress representing
the entire population Of the country.
Waiehiaopu Oct. 9th. "
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-29
RED SOX OUTF|ELD
{: { GREATEST OF ALL
Drab- CoIored Series Is Prevent
ed BY Sensational Finish
Made BY Hooper

Boston's outfeld trio, Harry Hopper,
Iris Speaker and Duffy Lewis, gave
Boston another world s baseball cham
pionship.
Before the late lamented series which
Harry Hooper drove into history, the
Boston outer defense was rightly call
ed one of the greatest in the game.
The title is now obsolete. 1t is now
the greatest outfeld of all time. And
the figures proved it.
All three played the series through.
Hooper batted $50, Lewis slugged IA,
and Speaker trailed along with .294
for a combined batting average Of
1868 in money ball.
OF the twelve runs Boston scored in
the five games, ten of them crossed
the plate on hits made by Spoke, Hoop
or Duffy. OF Boston s twelve runs,
this trio itself scored seven of them.
OF Boston 3 forty-twO hits, the out
feld made twenty, and among thnm
were no scratch s.
The Acid Test
Certainly no Outfeld in baseball s
history ever played such a game under
1imoney e., litions," which ball play
ers themselves contend is the acid test.
There was not a game in which one
hFmber of this record shattering crew
didn 7 pull fielding STUNT that had
the stands on their feet They pulled
'em when it meant cutting Off alien
runs.
Boston S pitching staff is going to
get most of the credit because it's the
habit of fandOm to remember a win
ming twirler longer than it remembers
the bloke VINO drives in the runs EARL.
er in the game, and longer than II
remembers the circus catch by the
same bloke, which shut off two or three
runs along in the fifth inning.
Boston S pitchers deserve a lot Of
credit. But take an ordinary outfeld
ara stick in the places of Hooper
Lewis and Speaker, and Boston 8 pitch
ers would have lost every game with
the exception Of one which little
George Foster won single handed.
With all the sparkling play, how
ever, that finish of the last game wa'
all that saved the series from goinG
down in history as a drab -cOlored af
fair, There WASH t enough extra base
hitting TO make 1t spectacular to thu
bleacherites. Harry Hooper saved 1t
He provided a sensational finish. Thai
homer left a good taste in everybody +
mouth"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-29
YALE MEN PLAN TO ROW .
COLUMBIA OARSMEN

Columbia and Yale will meet in a
two-milc varsity crew race early next
month, according to an unofficial an
nouneement made at New York recent.
ly by Jim Rice, coach Of the Columbia
crew. ~.
Although no date has been set for
the race, il win probably be held the
day of the Yale.PrincetOn football game
at New Haven, on November Ii, and
there is every likelihood that 1t will
he rowed on Lake Whitney.
Not since Columbia took part in the
intercollegiate regattas on the Thames
at New London a quarter of century
a"o has it met Yale in n varsity race,
although the freshman crews of the
two universities rowed annually until
i've years ago. It is probable that 4
fall race between the two universities
is a forerunner Of series of spring
races.
II is believed that the announcement
of the impending race with Yale will
have q sanitary effect on rowing at
Columbia, which, according to n. OH
lockwood, graduate treasurer of the
rowing club, is in a state of decline
and has almost reached a crisis.
Football has taken four Of last
springs varsity squad from Rice, but
all the veterans in the science schools
and those college men who are not out
for football will don their toys. Al.
though only two of the 1915 varsity
eight have been graduated, it is prob
able that Rice will build his varsity
crew largely from the 1918 freshman
squad, which was almost as. heavy as
the senior combination.
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and for a time he was a pronounced
invalid, but his friends now say he IL
not crippled in the least, but is still
somewhat weak from his long confne.
ment.
Newspapers throughout China which
have been rejecting the views of the
Society for the Preservation of Peace
most faithfullV have now dropped agi.
tation of the n nnarchy for the most
part and are urging the public to sup.
port President Yuan Shihkai in re-
form movements. 1t is now generally
believed that the monarehial movement
will not be revived before January |
at the earliest, or until such time as
the President and his advisers can re-
move the international obstacles which
threaten the change in the form of
government.
The lull in the agitation for the crea,
ton of an emperor is not regarded by
the press nor by the public as an in.
dicatiOn that the movement has been
permanently abandoned.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-29
L|HUE BOWLERS ARE
BUSY At THE ALLEYS

LIHUE, October 26.-Under the
auspices Of the Lihue Regel Club, an
interesting bowling tournament is be-
ing held with a handsome cup offered
by Paul Rutsch as trophy. 1t has
progressed for over two weeks and all
sessions have proved exciting.
At present the results are as fol
lows: Class 40, which contains G..
Maser and II. Wolters, stands with the
former at 534, and the latter at 4S2;
class 1854 is lead by A. Siebel with
1912; l55B has F. Main at the head
with 9l0; f. MAIN leads class l40 with
947; class ll0A is headed by G. w.
Grote with 722, and hob has w. IL.
Grote with 500 in the lead.
The Regel Club has been in exist
ence for over ten years and has been
round of interest throughout hat
period.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-29
FRED WELSH SAYS HE
IS READY TO RETIRE

Freddie Welsh, the lightweight cham
pion of the world has announced his
first retirement from the rOped arena,
lie is earnest, he says, and no end of
persuasion will make him change his
mind. But, before he casts aside the
felt sOled shoes and the padded mitts
tor all time, he wants four bouts with
the four men he considers the most log
zeal runtendeTs for the championship
These are Willie Richie, the former
holder Of the world = title; Charley
White, of Chicago; Johnny Dundee, Of
the city, and Joe MandOt, of New Or
leans. lie ignores Jack BrittOn, who
once stopped Charley White in nine.
teen rounds, and also Ted Kid Lewis,
Who recently defeated BrittOn.
Welsh is almost ready to box now,
and is training every day. He intends
u take on few preliminary engage,
r,opts, and by january !, 1919, Will be
ready to engage any of the four men
named above in the order that the box
ing enthusiasts think best. His present
plan is to wind up his ring career by
the clOre Of the boxing season, along
about July 4. Should he be whipped
In any one Of the championship battles,
it would mean that his retirement
would be hurried just that much. But
should he win all four matches, he
would ion Jack McAuIifre and others as
a champion who retired with his title.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-29
CONTRACT LET FOR
los ANGELES TRACK

The Los Angeles speedway associa-
tion has closed contract with Geo.
II. Shank, constructing engineer of Chi,
cagO, to build a duplicate of the Chi
cago speedway at Bell Station, about
four miles east of the business section
of the Angel city.
The track is to be completed by the
middle of February, though a force of
a thousand or twelve hundred men will
be necessary to accomplish ii. Febru-
airy %, 1916, is the tentative date of the
opening.
Mr. Shank has estimated that ap-
prOximately 100000 feet of lumber
will be required in the work. To cut
and fit all the timbers will tax the
supply of carpenters in Southern Cali
fOrnia, he saws. To transport this lum-
Der will require 1900 freight cars
which VIII mean sixty trains of twenty
cars each.
About eighty carloads of cement will
be used. 1t will require approximately
$50 tons of nails to pin the lumber to
gether. TwOihch planks laid on edge
will form the surfacing of the track
Official recognition has been accord
ed the project by @. +. Sebastian
mayor of Los Angeles. He held a con
ference with representatives Of the as
sociation and expressed himself as ia
vOrabIy disposed towards speedway
The character of the events, the in
vestment represented and the 1000 mel
who will be accorded work when the
construction begins, were points that
the mayor took deep interest in.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-29
FAST TENNIS IN
L|HUE TOURNEY
Racquet Wielders Down To Finals
And This Match Promises
To Be Hard Played

LlUUE, October 24.--In the semi
final match of the Wall & Dougherty
tournament held on Kauai, A. Hornor
and II. Rice and Murdoch and Thomp-
sou won out and will play the finals
next Sunday. -
The first set played was between two
Makaweli teams, Greig and Bantam va.
Murdoch and Thompson, Much to the
surprise Of the spectators, Grcig 2nd
Bantam lost Oh. first set without gain
ing single game, making the score
GO. They rallied in the second set,
however, and the play became most ex
citing, with deuce game and at first
a deure set. From there on they played
furiously for every point, s!amming
and driving with fine form. Several
times the former losers would get one
game ahead only to have the score
evened up in the next! This continued
until they had the score at nine all;
then after two deuce games Murdock
and Thompson won tire match with IL
Q. This was the most Interesting set
yet pulled of in the tournament
The second match was between Mer.
rill and Glaisyer and Horner and Rice.
n huHbti VI BOOh. poihts "'lt Hih''
by the former team, but in the end they
lost with score of 6-2--6-2 in favor
of their opponents.
The finals will draw out all the ten
mis- fans of the Garden Isle and promise
to be most interesting; MakaweIi and
Lihue are waxing enthusiastic over
their respective teams.
Last Sunday a very good musical
program was rendered during the after
noon by SOusa s band.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-29

Cactus Cravath hammered out TWEEN.
ty-fOur fOur-base blows during the sea
son, hut double and a triple complet-
ed his hitting in the series.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-29
HURDLER IS
INJURED AT FOOTBALL
lAssociated Pros, hr Esdarnl Wiralaan. /

Associated Press BY Federal wireless) g.
Los ANGELES, October 2S.-Fred
W. Kelly, world 5 champion hurdler,
who joined the University of Southern
California football team at he com.
mencement of the scissor against the
advice of his friends, suffered brok.
en- ankle while playing half-bsek in q
practise game here yesterday afternoon
Following an Xray examination Of the
injured member, the doctor stated that
Kclly's injury would in no wise inter.
fere with him entering future compe,
titiOn. KelIy's last notable race was
at the Panama Pacific Exposition when
he finished first in the 120-yard hurdle
but was disqualified and placed last for
knocking too many hurdles, first place
being given to +, Murray of the Uni
vCrsity of Stanford. .
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-29

1915 championship pennants were hard
fought, the closest was that for the
Federal League flag. This was won by
the Chicago team by the narrowest
possible margin, through taking the
final game of n double header, which
was called on account of darkness at
the end Of seven innings. A rather
peculiar outcome of the various races
IN the major and minor leagues was
that none Of the 1914 championship
clubs repeated its victory, with the
single exception of the Canadian league
,.cnnant winners who reta ned the ban
ncr at Ottawa. Following is a list of
the winning clubs in the principal
leagues with the results of the season =
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-29
oHAMBERLAN's PAIN BALM

There is nothing so good for muscu-
lar rheumatism, sprains, lameness,
cramps of the muscles, bruises and like
injuries as Chamberlain PAIN Balm.
1t will effect cure in less time than
any other treatment. For sale by all
dealers. Benson, Smith 4 Co., Ltd,
agents for Hawaii. ~
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-29
JOHNNY DUNDEE GETS
DECISION OVER RICHIE

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wirelsssD
NEW YORK, October 27.-Ritchie
was outpointed in his ten.round go
here yesterday with Johnny Dundee,
who was declared the winner of the
bout.