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v VOI/UME 5. NO. 15
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, I903.
Subscriptions—Tile Alaska Forum
delivered in1 Rampart—$1 per month,
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Single copies, 25c. Postage added.
. Address all communications to the
AlaskaEorum, Rani part,'.Aka.
The curse of every mining camp
in Alaska is claim j umping. Noth
ing will more surely drive capital
out ot a country—and once out
keep it out—than this manner of
proceedure. This fact is so well
and generally known that it does
not admjt of argument. I he claim
jumper is like a> drowning mar—
be grasps at straws—at anything
which he can turn and twist o
justify his act. As fast as one ex
cu;e is bowled over he has another
iu its place. He is usually in tow
of some shyster and .ends up by
becoming bis tool. In his judg.
ment powers of attorney are not
legal; the amount of assessment
work done is not sufficient; the
stakes are not properly squared—
maybe he decides a dozen -or so*
more are necessary, etc. In the
end he finds that tht original
locator has rightswhich he- m-v r
respected, and in order to escape
the just odium of his act is forced
t i seek other fields.
The decision1 of Judge Wicker
shamf, while on the bench at Nome,
in hundreds of claim-j umping cases,
can be read with profit. In every
case he held with the original
locator and swept masses of tech
. nival i ties aside. By his .judicial
acts in protecting the individual
miner from the ruthless maws of
organized gangs of jumpers, Judge
Wickersham has.'won the respect
and esteem of every respectable
and honest man in the country'.
EverV property owner- in- Rant
part' should be at the pills on
Tuesday,. Nov. ioi, and cast his
ballot on the proposed incorpora
tion. If any property owner is not
a citizen or has not declared his in
tentions to become owe, he cannot
vote. Many men are careless in
these matters; bnt this- defect can
be readily remedied. Declaration
of intention can be made by ap
pearing at the office of the clerk of
the court at the courthouse in
RampaFt. The cost- is one dollar.
. In the days of smokeless powder,
horseless cariiages, cowdess butter
land wireless telegraphy, we should
| not be surprised to see property
i less voters easting ballots for incor
poration.
We print below the date of each
! closing of the Yukon for the past
five years: 1898; Oct. 27; 1899,
Nov. 6; 1900, Nov. 3: 1901, Nov.
8; 1902, Nov. 9. \
I The Yukon closed this morning.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS
I Special meeting of tire Rampart
l Chamber of Commerce tonight.
| Kris Falkenberg will move Jjis
1 stock into the building formerly
occupied by the Pack Train..
I F. N. Mitchell has closed his
restaurant for the winter. He will
not reopen until next jmring.
Operator Reeves of the Glen
I
station returned to his post last
Saturday, after a few days’ stay in
camp.
Frank Stanley will leave Chenoa
for Rampart with f6ur horses
immediately on dosing of the
' Tatiana. Will freight between
Chenoa and Rampart the comiug
1 season.
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