Vol. 1.
Thursday. Dooeinbor (>, 11)00.
No. 11
BUS
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Godfrey Ginehlo Koaehed Ida m part
After Spending Two iVIotitits
on The Kiver.
Godfrey Gmehle, Deputy Mars
* hat for Rampart, arrived withj.
Oldfield,mail carrier, Sunday last.
He left Ivagle in a scow for Circle
Oct.5, aud took a skiff from there
to Ft.Yukon, where he was com
pelled to stay until the river closed.
Leaving Ft.Yukon with Carrier
Peterson as far as Smiths Cabin,he
finished the trip w ith Oldfie d.
Mr.Gmehle has nothing but the
kindest words for the treatment re
ceive 1 from Carriers Pet rrs >n and
Oldfield, saying, that if the mail be
late, it will not be due to any fail
ure of these carriers to make time.
He was surprised to find no com
missioner here .and isgrea* ly impres
e 1 with our pcssibili ies, and being
an old frontiersm m in North-west
Canada, mashing has no terrors.
Wiiile ue sivs lie is not looking
for trouble, aud impressed by the
absence of the usual frontier ele
ment; still the sale of liquor to Ind
ians must be stopped at all costs.
Mr.Gmehle is a thorough American,
an entertainii g talker.and who im
presses one, that he is pos-essed of
latent energy that it would not do
to arouse. We bespeak him the
cordial support of the community
and hope (hat his stay i;i Rampart
will be a pleasurable one
V It was reported that A J.Balliett
had received a commission, as com
missioner at Rampart, from the
(■ cnirt, by last mail. When asked
lie said he had not received the ap
pointment. He is on his claim and
, could not be seen; but it is rumored
that he had received an official com
munication from Clerk Heilig, with
instructions concerning: the chans:
mg of the boundaries of this district
. and other matters which would in
dicate that the commission had mis
1 carried and will show ur> Jater.
'
Another set of counter affidavits,
arguments etc. was dispatched hr
Attv.t'reen, last mail to keep the
bunch sent bv council for A1 Allen
irom feeling lonesome. It seems to
be the general feeling between the
c< iVeudiug council, that as the pi
p.rshave to cover 600 miles of fro
zen trail, before peuisal by Judge
\\ ickersham, that they leave Rani'
part in as hot arid spicy a con
oition as possible.
Tp -n *it» ra4. »j »*r.
The weather rep >rt for the week
ending Dec, 6 as submitted bv Met
eorological t)bserver kiebes:
Maximum .Xavx.) -/g
Mhiimum . . Dec.4 -gy
Mi'an. -gy
J L.Green: I bought a number
of pickerel from one of the Tunanu
Indians here last week,I saw the
same fellow in the Mintah country
when I made the trip into the Tan
ana, for the N. A.T. last August.
I could not tind out then but have
since learned,that Mint ill Slough
connects, thro' a chain of lakes, with
the Tanana, which fact, will make
a big difference in the development
of that Country. The Indians over
there lie and contrive in every way
to keep the whites out of the coun
irv.
An outsider forecasts. Sept. 24:
looks like Bryan would carry In- i
(liana and New York, if so, the Re
publicans are done. McKinley will
carry Montana and S. Dakota.
*
GAY.Hicks has fitted up his off
ice. near the barracks, for dental
practice and is ready for business
from 7 to 9 evenings.
1
Register McCann has word from
o
former Receiver Trodo that lie is in
Canton, O. on his way to Washing
ton- -Sept. 25.
Frank Stevens presented the Fo- j
rum, with a fine mess ofbrook trout
caught near 47 b.m, j
Dr. Getchell is out on the creeks I
this week.
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I>r. aihl 31 r?t. Ifatrli Are busy and
jo>ir*£ lil'f -Rip, liich Strike on
The Hvi8kok vvim.
St.Michael items by bust mail of
much interest: F. (brace, -purser
of the Healy, formerly of the
Weare, is wintering with his boat
in a slough near here. Rev. Kounce
is here for the u inter.. The widely
known Chas. Luvante, president
of the \ .<).0.P. died at Nome in
Oct. The Sadie completed laving the
cable to Nome, the l\ S. Orizaba,
being wrecked. Over 600 desti
tutes left Nome on the Lawton for
Trisco, Tne A. .\. T. & T. Roa
noke and U.S. Seward, were the
last boats to the outside Oct. 21.
vSt. Michael bay froze and the ice
went out four times, freezing for the
fifth time Nov. 5. Census Enum
erator for Alaska, Sam Dunham,
married Mrs. Lynch at Nome re
cently. Dr. Hatch, as post Stu
geon, has full charge of the medical
department here,including 400 gov
ernment civil employees,there is an
average attendance of 25 at sick
call each day. He is also the doctor
for the A. C. Co., Dr. Pratt, form
erly of the Nunivak,resigned. Mrs.
Pratt and daughter are outside.
The 90 foot gasoline Sir. Chetco,
which lay on the beach at Ram pa: t
for two years and was removed last
summer is anchored in the ice here.
Word was received by the last
mail that there was a big strike on
the Kuskokwim river and about
2,000 people left Nome for it \s head
waters, south of Tanana. A resi
dent of Rampart received word from
his partner on the ground, we are
informed, advising him to come r..
once at all costs, as he had local-<L
a quartz claim assaying over ‘At;
and needed help|to develop it thi s
winter. In the past 3 years several
prospectors left here, for that sec
tion; but this is the first news of
any discoveries.