Show r ON THE YUKO YUKON Ent latil tl preparing to hold territory in the 1 IN A party of miners from rom the headwaters of the yukon have arrived oa on tho the schooner mary bahne from Oona Oon laaka alaska and report thit the canadian government Is establishing well equipped tor for on commanding bluffs overlooking the strategic points on forty mile creek and elsewhere along the supposed boundary line says the san francisco chronicle A large company of canadian military police are busily engaged in exploring tho the country for or mountain passes ath in alaskan and canadian territory A loop of forty allo creek rune runs into british territory and tu to reach the most valuable 1 mines it la Is necessary for american miners to piso p iso through a small portion of foreign the river Is very narrow aad and the police havo have erected on towering cliffs fortresses which completely guard te the travel on tho the river A at t several points breastworks substantially substantial ily built of stone have been erected and on tha the whole the actions ot of the police would indicate that preparations are being mado made to accommodate large equils of troops at various points along the boundary and particularly in the vici dicinit nit ot el 1 the placer minca mines however the police are very kind to the american miners rendering them ON every ery assistance possible and in many ways best bestowing small favors and endeavoring to allay suspicion or unpleasant inquiries aa as to the object of such aar like preparations small detachments attired in in citizens clothes ha a e visited all the important mining camps reconnoitering tho the surrounding country what their object vias yas they do not state thomas buckman a yukon miner who has been on fortymile forty mile creek for three or tour four years speaking of tho the military erected by the canadian police bald all their are bollt of heavy heay stone through which are port holes commanding the paths ani ant rl rivers ers A few men properly armed could withstand a large force of soldiers tho the police themselves are non communicative and the commandant says the forts arc are to shelter tho the provincial police some of the very richest placer mines of the yukon yuken region are under the immediate command of these forts of which ten ton hivo been erected this ear |