'Northern
Nectar'
Popular
As
National
Yukon
Drink
By
FRED
PETERSEN
It
is
widely
claimed
that
one
bottle
of
over-proof
(OP)
rum
will
cure
more
anako
hit
than
i
.
V
r
i
'
t
I
v
'
11.
;.vV
!
at
least
two
bottles
of
any
other
liquor,
but
In
view
of
the
dirth
of
snakes
in
the
north.
It
Is
unique
that
the
Yukon
and
the
Northwest
Territories
ate
the
only
places
in
Canada
where
Liquor
was
at
first
imported
from
Alaska
and
the
story
goes
when
prohibition
hit
the
VS.
liquor
became
in
such
short
supply
in
the
Yukon
that
it
was
sold
only
to
the
111
Inhabitants
of
the
Territory.
One
version
slates
that
the
liquor
store
attendant
had
to
take
the
customer's
pulse
to
ascertain
the
reality
of
his
need
before
selling
him
a
bottle.
Having
your
friends
carry
you
Into
the
store
is
said
to
have
helped
convince
quite
a
few
reluctant
vendors.
There
are
also
a
variety
of
over-proof
car
be
purchased
In
)
?
government
liquor
stores.
Old-timers
are
naturally
quick
to
defend
this
novel
arrangement.
They
say
It
all
began
in
1925,
when
the
train
was
snow-i
bound
in
the
White
Pass
during
an
extremely
cold
spell
and
a
carload
of
ordinary
rum
was
r
!
s"r4
S.
...
ft
1
I
yarns
regarding
the
thoughtless
tenderfoot
who
took
a
it
v.
,
rrozen.
This,
thev
mntpniw
earty
slug
from
a
bottle
thai
was
a
sad
state
of
affairs
am.
was
30
below
and
suffered
a
f
7
V.
to
avoid
a
similar
tragic
recurrence
OP
was
imDorted
mm
th
seriously
frostbitten
stomach.
staple
Yukon
rum.
According
to
authorities
on
the
subject,
30
under-proof
will
begin
to
crystalize
at
40
below
t.
-
-
.
V
zero
but
will
not
freeze
or
break
Sine
the
various
other
liquors
sold
in
the
Yukon
are
of
the
same
strength
as
those
distributed
"outside,"
the
story
aeems
somewhat
unrealistic
but
it
has
eained
canvictinn
atth
the
bottle,
and
upon
reaching
room
temperature
again,
is
as
good
as
ever.
DOO
TK4M
WAITS
while
much-looked-for
mail
by
outpost
residents
of
the
north
is
being
unloaded
from
a
Canadian
Pacific
Air
Lines
plane
at
Yellowknife
airport
Mail
for
the
out
posts
wiil
be
earned
by
dog
and
sled,
still
the
only
means
of
transportation
through
much
of
the
northern
Isolated
sectors
within
the
Arctic
Circle
and
its
vicinity.
OP
CURE-ALL
"IS.
.
the
telling.
To
the
old-timers,
OP
Is
a
respected
medicine
to
be
used
History,
hovs-ever,
conflicts
with
the
tale
of
the
frnwn
mm
mmtUi
freely
for
a
wide
variety
of
ail
OP,
It
seems,
has
always
been
yiAMOMMJKILUNG
northern
min-
ever,
has
not
been
prospected
yet,
and
ments,
Including
the
common
cold,
snake
bite
(there
are
no
snakes
in
the
Yukon).
Doison
avanaDie
along
with
a
vast
variety
of
other
liquors
dispensed
in
the
territorial
Duke
Announces
Visit,
to
Canada
il
1
finest
grade
mines
on
the
continent.
but
has
not
been
developed
because
of
'
$uch
of
the
mineralized
territory,
how-
remoteness
and
inaccessibility.
liquor
stores.
ivy,
spring
fever,
fall
fever,
malaise,
Insomnia
or
somnolence.
During
the
Second
Wnrlrt
LONDON
(Reuters)
The
ukon's
Keno
Hill
Silver
Mine
Over-proof
also
is
quite
an
attraction
to
most
of
the
tourists.
War
there
was
a
conference
of
provincial
and
territorial
liquor
Duke
of
Edinburgh
will
return
It
has
a
formidable
reputation
controllers
at
which
a
resolution
for
the
preservation
nf
i.
ana
usually
more
than
holds
its
own
with
those
oDtimistic
cohol
was
passed.
The
group
jeveloped
Into
Major
Producer
tyros
who
challenge
its
strength.
agreed
to
limit
the
alcoholic
content
of
all
liquors
dispensed
to
30
under-proof.
The
controller
for
the
Yukon
was
not
present
at
the
conference
and
hence
did
not
feel
bound
by
the
resolution.
Canadian
Atlantic
Oil
Company
Limited
from
his
visit
tc
Canada
this
summer
in
the
royal
yacht
Bri-
iannia,
it
was
announced
by
.
Buckingham
Palace.
;
The
visit
is
from
July
29
to
Aug.
17.
The
duke
leaves
Lon-ES
don
July
28
in
an
RCAF
plane.
He
is
spending
four
days
at
5
the
British
Commonwealth
and
'
Empire
Games
in
Vancouver
and
will
visit
the
Kitimat
power
project
in
British
Columbia
and
the
Knob
Lake
Iron
mine
in
There
is,
reputedly,
at
least
srie
"outsider"
who
joined
his
ancestors
through
an
overdose
of
OP.
It
seems
he
won
a
wager
that
he
could
drink
12
ounces
without
pausing.
Ur.fortimte!'
he
never
lived
to
spend
his
winnings.
OP
is
a
basic
Ingredient
of
the
famed
"moose-milk."
and
Be
of
North
America's
rich-iates
a
coal
mine
at
Tantalus
Itles
are
expected
to
play
a
(Iver
mlnet
in
the
Keno
HlU
Bu"'.
scross
the
Yukon
River
major
part
in
greater
develop-
itrty
near
Mayo
Landing
!'rom
Carmacka.
With
govern-
ment
of
this
coal
deposit.
In
an,
a
a
recen-iy-aeveiopea
recenlvdeveloDed
dls-,placed
diT"',
lssistanoe'
,ne
"'ne
was
Reserves
appear
to
be
large
,
produclns,
baslg
lnw(h
,
mv
vaue
lveraging
fry
by
placer
gold
miners
1947
to
supply
the
needs
of
the;
12,500.
Seam
Is
from
nme
to
flowing
from
the
Klondike
silver
mine
as
well
as
the
rest
14
feet
without
partings
or
for-jx-de
in
1898.
jo'
the
Territory.
jelgn
matter,
dipping
about
60
Stile
rich,
hand-sorted
shlp-L
"or,
In
practice,
about
degrees
with
outcrops
on
the
k
of
ore
and
some
milled
'
1
'
the
total
Productln
has
river
bank
300
feet
above
water
a
a
n
r.t
i
absorbed
by
United
Keno
level.
Although
saloons
flnnHstiAH
in
the
Yukon
In
the
days
of
'98,
it
wasn't
until
1921
that
the
first
territorial
liquor
ordinance
took
form.
Un
until
ahnnt
iqiq
has
played
an
imriortant
nart
the
saloons
procured
their
liquor
anywhere
they
could
and
Labrador.
iu
many
business
transactions
la
rly
discovery
it
was
not!wllh
the
bulk
ot
remainder!
No
major
capital
expenditures
latter
the
Second
World
golni!
t0
Dawson
citv
and
a
are
planned
this
year
by
United
I
that
regular
production
i
sma11
1,jantity
to
Whitehorse.
Keno,
according
to
F.
M.
Con-
me
demand
was
such
that
at
times
almost
anvthino-
muM
h
or
the
Yukon.
Perhaps
ever
more
Important
is
its
Influence
on
romance
In
the
Territory.
It
IB
jlmproved
transportation
facU-jnell,
president.
HIGGS
sold.
ONLY
TO
THE
SICK
is
said
that
quite
a
number
of
me
cabins
on
the
lonely
hill
There
are
numerous
"Darlor"
Electric
Motors
sides
were
in
one
way
or
another
inspired
bv
the'
lnvipor-
yarns
on
the
subject
of
OP
and
liquor
generally
in
the
Yukon.
atlng
effect
of
OP.
Built
in
3ritain,
these
high
quality
motors
cost
2590
less
than
competitive
makes.
Contact
700
Petroleum
BuUding
CALGARY
"
ALBERTA
GROSSMAN
AM
I
property
was
taken
over
Jiited
Keno
Hill
Mines
Ltd.
&16.
In
1953,
production
led
over
$12,000,000.
The
jany
reported
612,937
tons
in
reserve,
and
a
milling
pi
429
tons
day.
h
mining
area
lies
on
the
lern
flank
of
the
MacKen-fountains,
an
extension
of
Rocky
Mountain
system,
ut
300
miles
north
of
White.
e,
Operations
are
concen-xi
on
two
main
hills,
Keno
nearby
Catena,
5,000
and
feet
in
height,
respectively.
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the
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River
to
the
Yukorf;
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to
Whitehorse
and
via
the
I
Pass
&
Yukon
Route
to
ay;
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steamship
to
Van-jr.
then
furthered
by
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is
Joy
in
Dawson
City
when
we
hear
that
cheerin
note
From
the
nozzle
of
a
footer
on
a
Yukon
River
boat;
For
we
know
she
brings
our
bill-uv-fare,
'n'
all
the
latest
news,
With
a
batch
of
green
prospectors,
long
with
barrels
full
of
booze;
And
the
thought
uv
that
thar
cargo
sends
our
spirits
soarln'
high,
When
we
think
of
green
prospectors,
whiskey
flip
V
codfish
pie.
Oh,
the
scene
in
this
here
village
when
that
welcome
sound
is
heard!
Why,
the
sickest
man
ln
Dawson
grows
as
chipper
as
a
bird.
Then
the
never-quiet
business
in
the
bar
rooms
booms
abrisk,
Fer
thar's
life
ln
them
thar
diggin's
when
a
Yukon
steamer
toots.
And
the
flies
keeps
often
Dawson,
you
kin
bet
yer
bloomin'
boots.
It's
a
holiday
ln
Dawson
and
we
do
the
job
for
fair;
And
twixt
the
licker,
lungs,
'n'
guns,
thar's
music
in
the
air;
And
ye
talk
about
receptions!
Why,
thar
ain't
no
craft
afloat
Kin
stack
up
enthusiasm
like
a
Yukon
river
boat!
So
we
drink
a
health
to
Cap'n.
to
the
steamer,
'n'
the
freight,
And
we
blow
the
dust
like
feathers,
'n'
defy
the
hands
uv
fate.
Ya-as,
a
steamer
day
in
Dawson
brings
festivities
galore.
And
at
sound
uv
that
first
distant
toot
the
boys
begin
to
soar;
Fer
we
know
that
steamer
fetches
balm
fer
hunger,
thirst
'n'
blues
Oh!
Supremest
human
blessin's
plug
terbacker,
grub
'n'
booze!
So
we
blow
the
blessed
nuggets
when
a
Yukon
steamer
toots,
And
the
flies
keep
often
Dawson,
you
kin
bet
yer
bloomin'
boots!
tremendous
handling
id
round-about
transpor-
RECORD
HEAD
of
Canadian
moose
was
taken
by
Indian
Chief
David
Moses
near
Stewart
and
Hess
Rivers
on
September
26,
1950.
Greatest
spread
of
homs
is
75
'a
inches,
winning
the
1951
North
American
Game
Competition.
It
is
officially
recognized
as
the
second
largest
moose
head
in
the
world.
It
was
presented
to
the
Whitehorse
Museum
by
Mr.
Moses.
has
been
largely
allevi-
iy
construction
of
a
high-
"m
Whitehorse
to
Mayo,
trstes
are
now
trucked
ifsd
In
the
Yukon,
but
on-hipping
route
remains
the
10
Weekly
Newspapers
Service
Huge
Northland
Cassiar
No.
1
Crude
(Non-Ferrous)
Cassiar
No.
2
Crude
(Non-Ferrous)
Cassiar
No.
SK
(Non-Ferrous
Spinning
Fibre)
Cassiar
No.
4K
(Shingle
Fibre)
There
are
10
weekly
news-
Star,
published
by
newcomer
papers
and
one
daily
servicing
Sn
Cornell,
an
active
member
in
the
community.
Size
of
the
some
100,000
readers
with
local
paper
is
five
columns
by
15
'i
news
in
central
and
northern
British
Columbia.
inches,
carries
a
circulation
of
1205.
Both
plants
provide
job
printing
service.
Following
is
a
brief
outline
of
each
of
the
weeklies.
The
Prince
Rupert
Daily
News
is
The
Alaska
Highway
News
SALES
REPRESENTATIVES
Bell
Asbestos
Mines
Limited,
Thetford
Mines,
Quebec
HEAD
OFFICE
1001
-
85
Richmond
Street
West,
Toronto
1,
Ontario
brings
1,225
subscribers
along
the
only
daily
in
the
area.
hk
convoys
of
26
units
May
and
night
for
nine.
fa
of
the
year
moving
n
of
concentrates
dally.
'
other
three
months,
the
'y
Is
Impassable,
during
up
and
break-up,
for
I
rivers
have
to
be
crossed.
IBS
the
summer,
such
t"K
are
made
by
ferries,
m
winter,
by
Ice-bridges.
Canadian
government
kon
Is
studying
construc-k-
fit
one
permanent
bridge
the
Stewart
River,
wIayo.
M
operations
were
given
"t
Wr
boost
with
the
con-M'tton
by
the
North
West
Hiries
Power
Commission
'
I
j.ViOO
horse
power
hydro
.ffiipplying
Industrial
elec-1l
t"iergy
to
the
mine,
also
"t.
fie
lighting
for
Keno
City,
(tipany
townslte,
and
for
Jyo
Ending.
:
I
MINING
wim
a
growing
c.rcuiauon
Rjv
area
up-to-date
Australian
Fleets
Welcome
Return
of
Japanese
Divers
on
local
events.
BROOME,
Australia
Industrious
Japanese
pearl
div
Published
in
Fort
St.
John
hy
Mrs,
Margaret
L.
Murray,
the
six-column
paper
is
printed
each
Wednesday.
,
A
paper
with
Us
history
divers
produced
most
of
the
shell,
averaging
14
to
15
tons
per
season
pefiiiver.
Then
sev.
ers
have
been
gratefully
wel
comed
back
to
Broome
because
of
1385,
the
Terrace
Omineca
Herald
comes
out
each
Thursday
to
provide
its
readers
with
up-to-dale
local
news.
Published
by
Thomas
Fraser
and
edited
by
wife
Cathy,
the
Herald
serves
a
scattered
area
Including
communities
as
far
as
Hazelton.
Its
size
is
seven
columns
by
19
Inches.
Local
newspaper
for
Smlthers
eral
Chinese
divers
imported
buried
ln
gold
dust
is
the
White
they
are
helping
to
revive
Australia's
pearling
Industry.
horse,
Yukon,
Star,
now
the
only
weekly
publishing
in
the
Territory.
Published
by
Thomas
irom
Wong
Kong
averaged
20;
tons
each
per
season.
But
the
small
handful
of
Aus-
j
tralians
who
control
the
j
Broome
pearling
Industry
remembered
fondly
the
records
!
of
the
Japanese
who
worked
;
Bain,
the
Star
comes
out
each
223Ht
Mar
Here
in
this
colorful
"port
of
pearls,"
35
Japanese
divers
are
proving
effective
ambassadors
for
their
country
in
the
midst
of
former
foes
who
elsewhere
in
Australia
generally
still
re
Friday.
Circulation
was
re
cently
boosted
to
2,600.
Size
is
ttise
of
high
price
and
,
is
the
weekly
Interior
News,
six
columns
by
19
inches.
'
8y
of
cordwood
in
central
for
them
in
better
days.
After
published
by
Ken
Warner.
Publishing
date
is
Thursdays,
gard
Japan
with
a
deep
sus
The
Star
also
provides
complete
printing
and
stationery
picion
born
of
wartime
atroci
prolonged
representations
to
Canberra
for
Japanese
help
to
restore
this
dollar-eamlnc
in.
size
is
six
columns
by
18
inches,
ties.
service.
United
Kerlo
also
oper-
E
to
Buy
with
a
total
circulation
of
970.
dustry,
35
carefully
picked
Nip
VANCOUVER
PRINCE
GEORGE
Australian
pearl
fleet
owners
and
others
told
me
they
were
delighted
to
have
the
Japanese
ponese
were
Imported
last
March.
Virtually
all
had
llvert
Norman
E.
Kerr
is
publisher
of
the
weekly
Nechako
Chronicle
which
serves
its
readers
in
the
Vandcrhoof
area.
The
Chronicle
has
a
circula
y
Equipment
in
Broome
before.
These
divers
are
expected
to
bring
up
about
35
tons
each
for
this
season,
even
though
they
got
a
late
start.
tion
of
860
and
Is
published
each
Saturday.
The
Burns
Lake
"Review"
Is
"No
wonder."
m
fleet
nwnpr
Specializing
In
machinery,
equipment
and
products
for
industry
.
.
.
basically
for
sawmill
operations
.
.
.
the
Mainland
organization
has
unsurpassed
facilities
to
meet
your
requirements.
Mainland's
Prince
George
office
and
warehouse,
strategically
located
In
the
Northland
Empire,
is
ready
to
serve
you
with
warehouse
stork
items
.
.
.
The
Vancouver
Head
Office
and
manufacturing
plant,
established
17
years,
supplies
Print
George
and
also
provides
special
equipment.
Mainland
Engineering
Supply
Co.
Ltd,
supplies
power
transmission
equipment,
V
sheaves,
bearings,
speed
reducers,
chain,
sprockets,
etc.
...
Mainland
Metal
Products
Co.
Ltd.,
supplying
sawmill
equipment,
blowers
and
blower
systems
and
general
fabricating
and
sheet
metal
work
...
Mainland
Foundry
Co.
Ltd.,-
supplying
sprockets,
gears,
pulleys,
manhole
ooveni,
hydrants,
planer
feed
tables,
gratings
and
a
general
line
of
foundry
and
machine
shop
products.
published
on
Thursdays
by
said
"we
are
glad
to
have
the
Japanese
come
back.
Thev
are
George
Simpson,
bringing
a
five-column
by
n-inch
news
extraordinarily
-keen
about
their
work.
paper
to
663
subscribers.
Quesnel
and
district
Is
served
GET
ALONG
FINE
by
the
Cariboo
Observer,
weekly
back
In
Broome,
where
they
figured
prominently
In
the
pearling
industry
for
many
years
prior
to
the
Second
World
War.
PLOTS
PROVIDED
In
Broome's
heyday
in
1912,
some
350
sea-going
luggers
won
1,500
tons
of
pearl
shell
with
the
help
of
2,000
Asians.
Broome
had
a
Chinatown
then,
and
the
mixture
of
Its
races
provided
endless
plots
for
Australian
and
other
authors.
Local
color
included
the
Japanese
store
Hashimoto,
religious
rites
at
the
start
of
the
pearling
season,
and
a
notorious
alley
of
brothels
known
as
"Sheba's
Lane,"
which
Included
Japanese
women.
Even
before
Japanese
air
attacks
destroyed
some
of
the
Broome
pearling
Industry
buildings,
the
pearl
business
lan
'They
are
the
greatest
divers
we
have
ever
had
here.
We
newspaper
published
and
edited
'
by
W.
L.
Griffith.
Afainiand
product
ara
renowned
...
Afainrand
jercice
it
ieconf-to-nom.
True
Blue'
Rose
At
Last
Developed
Stephen
R.
Phelan
of
Memphis,
Tennessee,
removed
thorn
that
had
plagued
rose-breeders
for
years
when
he
I
grew
the
first
officially
"true
blue"
rose.
But
Phelan
didn't
stop
there.
He
made
his
rose
a
red,
white
and
blue
creation.
The
rose,
known
as
Phelan's
Flag,
has
all
three
colors
on
a
single
bud.
Experts
and
amateurs
had
been
trying
for
years
to
produce
a
blue
rose
when
Phelan
tackled
the
Job.
What
breeders
had
been
trying
to
do
was
grow
a
solid
blue
rose.
But
Phelan
thinks
his
three
-colored
bloom
is
even
more
outstanding.
He
says
the
only
such
previous
mutation
is
the
Lancaster-York
rose
that
appeared
ln
England
about
Shakespeare's
time
and
has
both
while
and
red
roses
on
a
single
bush.
need
them
and
we
are
glad
to
Published
each
Thursday,
the
have
them.
We
get
along
fine
fic
Great
Eastern
Rail-"'
fill
purchase
one
Diesel
w
I'ive,
25
flat
cars,
25
gon-;
Ji
"i
and
five
refrigerator
3r'
f
Is
year,
officials
have
1
Tm"X
tock
is
to
be
used
traffic
which
has
been
J
TnS
!dily.
tJm
ca"
loaded
on
r,1rE
ini
received
loaded
w
L,her
"nnecUons
were
it,
f
ln
1953
compared
with
?J.r.
,534
ta
Previous
J
I
pGE,
British
Columbia
wient-owned
railway,
n-.
Prince
George
In
the
f
some
400
miles
to
-lor1'
3ust
is
already
underway
to
f,e
the
Vancouver
link
Parties
are
on
loca-
ay
out
a
route
to
extend
J
way
into
the
Peace
River
s
northern
terminal.
lust
as
we
did
ln
the
old
Observer
has
a
circulation
of
2,703.
Its
size
is
six
columns
wide
by
18
V4
Inches
deep.
days."
Most
of
the
divers
are
in
The
village
of
Dawson
Creek,
B.C.,
is
served
by
two
weekly
J
muni
rr
'
IM
their
forties
and
fifties
but
they
easily
outclass
Malays.
Chinese
and
a
few
Koepangers
much
younger.
newspapers,
the
Peace
River
Industry
leaders
said
they
Block
News
and
the
Star.
The
News,
oldest
established
newspaper
In
northern
B.C.
and
Alberta,
Is
published
by
Charlie
Kitchen
and
sons.
Circu
would
be
glad
to
have
Japanese
shipwrights
return
here
to
help
build
more
pearling
luggers.
PrewSr,
70
per
cent
of
the
fleetmen
were
Japanese,
and
Japanese
shipwrights
also'
worked
here.
guished,
beginning
in
the
19JUS.
Now
there
are
only
23
luggers
which
will
produce
about
400
tons
of
shell
for
the
New
York
market,
worth
Af700
($1,568)
per
ton.
At
the
end
ot
the
war,
Malay
lation
is
1,700,
and
size
is
six
columns
by
20
inches
deep.
The
1707
Pindara
St.,
VANCOUVER
News
comes
out
each
Thursday.
fink
Aven,
PRINCE
OEORGI
Phsne:
S!S
X
S
Phn:
HA.
list
Also
printed
Thursday
is
the