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Condon Globe
Condon, Gilliam County, Oregon
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US officials intend to claim Dawson City and much of the Yukon gold fields as part of Alaska, citing an undetermined boundary line and Canadian surveys, which may lead to serious international complications with the Dominion government.
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Officials Claim the Camp for Uncle Sam.
BOUNDARY LINE IN DOUBT
Part of the Yukon District Is Really in Alaska—Efforts Will Be Made to Reclaim It—Complications May Follow
Port Townsend, Sept. 6.—A letter just received from John U. Smith, United States commissioner at Dyea and Skaguay, intimates that government officials now on the way to the Upper Yukon may by their official acts bring on serious international complications with the Dominion government. He says:
"It is announced here by a deputy United States marshal that the United States government is to make claim for a large portion of the Yukon gold fields which have heretofore been supposed to be in British territory, and that the territory which is claimed as being within Alaska includes Dawson City.
"The basis of the claim to be made by the United States official to the disputed territory is in the fact that the boundary line has never been determined, and that the United States claim to possess information as to surveys made by the Canadian government that fixes Dawson City and a large portion of the district in Alaska."
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Yukon District
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Sept. 6
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efforts will be made to reclaim the territory; serious international complications may follow with the dominion government.
Event Details
A deputy United States marshal announced that the US government will claim a large portion of the Yukon gold fields, including Dawson City, as within Alaska, based on an undetermined boundary line and information from Canadian surveys placing it in US territory. Government officials en route to the Upper Yukon may trigger complications with the Dominion government.