ALASKA FORUM
(OFFICIAL PAPER)
.THE FORUM PUBLISHING CO.
J.B. Wingate Editor and Manager.
VOLUME 4. No. 9
SATURDAY, MARCH 14 19^3
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EDITORIAL.
In a few more weeks our spring
thaw wili commence and all proper
ty owners should clean out all rub
bish from their premises. This is
imperative if we are to expect a
healthy city this summer. More
over, Rampart will have her first
holding of a regular session of the
District Coutt some time in June,
and we should put on our best ap
pearance.
Two cases of typhoid fever in
three weeks! Both cases from wide
ly separate sections. The best and
only preventive of this scourge is
pure water and food. Boil your
drinking water; eat only the fresh
est foods. Avoid all creek overflow
water. If you are a meat eater, eat
only fresh killed meats.
From advices received from Eagle
in last mail, court opened there on
the iojh inst., no grand or petit
jnries being drawn. That means
that R impart will be the court cen
ter the coming season. All jury
cases will be brought here for trial.
The majority of the coast papers j
are supporting, the candidacy of
Judge Wickersham for delegate to !
Congress from Alaska. All agree
that the Judge is the best informed
man, on Alaska as a whole, that
that could be put forward. Tie
many friends of Judge Wickersham
in this Division hope that he will
consent to enter the lists.
A neat eight teet fence has been
I placed across the open space no: th
of the jail building. This cuts off
! all iugress or egress to the jail yard
to those not entitled thereto.
| John Clinton has made two trips
the past week from his camp above
the coal mine. He brought down
a quantity of the finest fresh cab
I bage ever seen iu Rampart.
j C. T. B. Jenkins was arrested
Wednesday morning by Marshal
Dribelbis on a charge of selling
fiquor to Indians. Jenkins pleaded
not guilty and asked for a jury trial.
The case will come up for trial Mon
day morning. E. J. Knapp will ap
pear for the government.
The Forum is in receipt of a let
ter in last mail from C E. David
son. deputy U. S. surveyor at Ju
neau. Mr. Davidson agrees to
come to Rampart this summer prc
• vided a number of claim owners de
sire to proceed for a patent. His
charges for a survey and plat will
; be $40, for each claim; where a
group of claims is surveyed, $25 for
each one. Already seven claims
have been listed at this office for
Such a survey. This extremely re
asonable charge makes patenting
cheaper than representing for two
years. The estimated cost of a pat
ent including payment for ground
is less than $150. Send in your
name if you desire to own your
claim for all time.
Call on Wm. Strong next door to the
old A. K. budding, ior all kinds ofstove
or tin work. Stoves made to order.
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OLD PIONEER..."
FINE WINES LIQUORS
AND CIGARS
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Billiard and Pool rooms
ANICICH & COOPER
THE
MIRROR
Straight Goods Our Specialty*
Wines, Liquors, and Cigars.
J. c. Nelson,
TOTEM BAR
Scotch, Irish, and Bourbon
WHISKIES.
Anheuser Beer, $12. dozen.
J. tV. MORGAN
SMITH'S BARBER SHOP
Strictly First-class Work
Shaving and Haircutting
0J0F Music Furnished For Dances.
Julius Rahmstorf
Genera! Merchandise
Outfitting furs Buught
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Skc. 156—Selling Unwhole
some Provisions.—That if any
person shall knowingly sell any
kind of diseased, corrupted, or un
wholesome provisions, whether for
meat or drink, without making the
same fully known to the buyer, such
person, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by imprisonment
in t e county jail not less than three
months nor more than one year, or
1)3’ fine not less than fiftw nor more
than five hundred dollars.