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Show BIG RUSH i IN ALASKA Stampede to the New Gold Field of IJitarod -i Fairbanks. Alaska, April 1. Unl, formly excellent reports received here j from reliable minora who have gone I to tho Idlatrod gold fields have i aroused great Interest In the field, and I the greatest stampede since the big I rush to Fairbanks six years ago la as-I as-I snred. Reports received here today say that forty paying claims have been locatod on Otter flats and that 525 pans are common, A' big shift In the population of tho interior of Alaska Is certain to begin with the opening of navigation immediately imme-diately after the ice in the river breaks up the second week in May. Eight Bteamhoat8 are scheduled to start from Fairbanks as son as navigation navi-gation opens and all cargo space has boon taken. The companies operating . on the Yukon have, established freight and passenger rates to lditarod and have arranged for steamer service on the smaller streams. |