ALASKA FORUM i
(OFFICIAL PAPER)
THE FORUM PUBLISHING CO.
j . ii. Wingate Editor and Manager.
VOLUME 2. No. 2~
SATURDAY, aPkIL 5, I902.
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i: u i to k ial. __;
Knowing ones whisper of a strike
of fabulous richness over the Glen
way. It is said tfiat the location
wi 1 be made pub ic shortly.
IYast weeks’ ksure of tbe Forum
aroused great interest in camp and
on the creeks. We aim to get the
news and get it straight.
Considerable discussion is going
the rounds as to what will be done
this summer toward washing up
the dumps on the disputed half of 4
above 011 Glen, Nothing can be
done nor any opinion formed in
the matter until the arrival of the
papers forwarded by Judge Wick
ers ha ta from Nome*
April bids fair to offer all the in
ducements for pleasant weatherj
that March did not. The first day
of the month was ushered in with
a slight thaw. Two more weeks
will show a decided change in the
landscape; the monotonous white
giving place to the more agreeable !
green of returning vegetation.
Litigation is hurting Rampart in !
a material manner. Two claims on
Glen will be in the hands of the j
court this summer, and in the event !
of the non-arrival of a judge will be
tied up for another season. This
Vv orks a hardship on tne man who •
_SOCIETY MEETINGS.
Yukon Order Of Pioneers meets every
first Saturday in each month.
The Masonic Association of Rampart
meets every 2nd. and 4th. Saturday.
J. C. meeting every Tuesday evening
at the old postotllce building.
I. O. O.P. Association meets every
Monday evening.
trys to earn enough in summer to
piece out his grub-stake in winter;
and there is many such in inis sec
tion.
A certain narrow-cheated partv
is interesting himself by circulating
vague and indefinite threats against
the editor. Grand jury proceed
ings and deep rumblings of impend
ing restraint of our liberty, which
could only emanate from a person
who had seen the inside of a pene
tentiary himself or expected to get
his desserts and go there, were the
burden of his plaint. We are sorry
for him and can only explain it as
the •‘vaporings of a mind deseased”
due to too close application to the
game of solitaire.
Items Around Town,
.Kennedy and Hill ieft for down
river Thursdav#morning. It is re
ported that they intend putting in
a wood camp below the rapids.
Billy Porter and Charley Peter
son left last week for the Hot
Springs. They will be gone two
weeks.
The bicycle raffled off by Tom
McGraw at the Totem last week
was won by Chas. Buell. Morgan
purchased the wheel from the win
ner.
Jack Nelson is adding a card
room to the Mirror. The town is
being ransacked for fancy paper,
mirrors, carpets and cushioned
chairs.
OLD
I Star Uenn^.Hsy-Jamaitm Hum
Blackberry Braudy»St*«(ch and
XriKli W hi^kies'-Cognae
-W. A. LACY’S FA MO I? 8 WIIISKIKft.—
liolieniiciii Beer, $ 12, doz,
WTSANCHEZ & HAVA CIGARS.
J. ANICICH, PROP,
The
Reception.
Choice. Wine», Uic|iior»
and Cigars.
BILLY PORTER PROP.
THE GLEN SALOON.
— 2 Above, Glcu Gulcli.—
Pine Wines & Liquom,
’KARSHNER & NELSON.
Jas. Hall’s Barber Shop.
I Sha vinfs - Jrjaiscuttinfj - ShamdcD.
I Next to Pioneer Saloon.
LEGAL NOTICE.
' NOTICE OK MARSHAL’S SALE.
| United States ol America, i
Third Division > ss:
District of Alaska. )
! Public notice is hereby given, that by virtue
of a writ of Fieri Facias [< r execution], date l
i February 20th, A. D. 1902, issued out of ih
| United States District Court, for the Third Div
’ ision, District of Alaska, on ajudgment rendered
; in said Court on the 10th day of July, A. D. 1901
; in favor of Charles Koegle and against The Al
! aska Co-operative Mining Company, I have, 011
this 2ist day of February, A. I>. 1902, levied
| upon the follow ing described real estate, situated
[in the Town of Eagle, and District of Alaska,
I to wit: that certain tractor parcel of land and
! the cabin thereon, commonly known as the
! “Buckeye Property” and situated in what was
. known under the organization of February 2nd
iS^Sas East Eagle, and more particularly' des
cribed as follows: Beginning at a point on the
I left bank of the Yukon river, about 4200 feetuu
I stream from the mouth of Mission creek aud 60
! feet from ordinary high water in said river
■ thence S 23 W 510 ft: thence E 23 S 1320 ft: thence
N 23 E 664ft to a point 60 ft from ordinary high
I water in the Yukon river: thence Westerly par
; allel to said river to point of beginning: contain
ing fifteen acres, more or less, and that I will,
I accordingly, offer said real estate for sale, at
| public vendue to the highest and best bidder
; for cash, on the 8th day of April. A. D. 1902, at
I Two o’clock P M at the front door of the Court
; house in the town of Eagle, Alaska.
Dated, Twenty-first day of February A JD 1902
„ . T . Geo. G. Perry, U S Marshal,
Carl M. Johanson, 3rd Division Dist. of Alaska
T , by EE iReyroldson,
PlaintiffsAttorneys. Deputy.