Show YUKON RIVER NOW SAFE former graveyard of navigators improved by dominion government washington reporting on the trade of the klondike capt raven dal of the dawson writes to the bu reau of manufactures that from be ing a graveyard of navigators the upper yukon river has become as sate as a canal since the opening of this country canada has appropriated for yukon river improve ments on the american sue of the line in alaska improve cements have not even started the canadian authorities are blasting the rocks which impeded navigation up the forty mile river from yukon As a result the miners on the american side will be greaby benefited the total value of goods shipped into the british yukon territory in 1905 amounted to nearly 5 one fourth from the united states gold dredging era la dawning upon the klondike the report says and the american guld dredge manufacturers possess undisputed control 0 this market |