INDIAN
MIGRATION
IF the prominent members of the tribe
that has made Rampart its home for
tiie past five years, persist in carrying
out present plans, a general migration
of tile Rampart Indians will take place
on the last of the good trail over the1
snow next spring. The reasons for the
exodus are many, according to an Ind
ian of considerable repute, are many.
The principal one seems to be a general I
dissatisfaction over the trading meth-1
ods now in vogue. The Indians hint of
questionable weights; inferior quality
of supplies on which are placed an ex
orbitant value in all trades with the
Indians. It is also charged that an un
derstanding exists among the dealers
as to the prices that will be allowed to
the Indians for their meat, skins, etc.
Under these conditions the Indian con
siders his position here a hard one, so
the migration was decided upon as a
solution of the difficulty.
The location decided upon for the new
villiage is on the Toolavana river, near
Minnakaka. It is in the center of the
greatest game country in Alaska. Is
within easy distance of Fairbanks, con
sidered by the Indians to be a good
market. Pilot Dick, Pitka, John Min
ook and many others will join the ex
odus with their families. If the local
dealers value the trade of the Indians;
would retain it, they mu.;t act quickly.
BILIOUS BOB
The editor of the Whit ;horse Star is
responsible for the following. In Bob
Lowe'8 villiage the atmosphere evident*
ly has a bilous tint:
The rose that smells the sweetest is
the first of all to fade. The boy who
runs the fleetest is the one to soonest
jade. The brighest of the evenings ha»
the gloomiest of dawns. The man who
takes the biggest bite must have the
toughest ehew. The man who buys the
biggest yards must cut the largest
lawns. The apple that is largest has
the fattest worm of all. The fellow
who gets on in life is always full of gall.
The soup that looks the clearest is the
first to show the flies. The fellow who
would sell the goods must pay to ad
vertise. The hen that lays the largest
)
Louie Shequin made a flying trip in
from Little Minook the past week.
Chapman & Olson are expected in
from Quail creek in a few days.
Ledger & Jack will commence sled
ding their outfit into the Troublesome
Monday. ~
Bob Wright and Chas. Wilkerson ar
rived in camp from Thanksgiving last
Thursday.
It is reported that Nick Nelson has
sold the disputed Thaaksgiving claim to
Egan Bros. -
Bowen & Cooil have been sledding
out their winter’s outfit to Little Min-,
ook jr. the past week.
McLean & Evans commenced sinking
last Monday. Two boilers hooked-up
in tandem will furnish steam in abun
dance.
Stevens & Sinclair will work the low
er 250 feet of 5a Glen this winter in ad
dition to tne work laid out on 4a. The
ground in the latter claim is wet 'and
they do’nt expect to get well under
way until the cold weather sets in.
The boys who will work on Hoosier
this winter, have just completed a new
trail up the creek which only crosses it
once. As Hoosier is one of the wettest
creeks in the district—one being forced
to don rubber boots to travel up the
creek even in tne coldest weather; a
dry land trail will be greatly appreciated.
There has been quite a mix-up over
thethawers shipped in care of the N.
C. Co. for a number of miners across
the divide. Stevens & Sinclair, Bob
Roberts, Joe Bush, and Sam Houklee
all ordered thawing plants from the out
side this summer. v Bush, Roberts, and
Houklee received their boilers, but no
fittings. Stevens & Sinclair received a
box of fittings—but only Providence and
the N. C. Co. know where the boiler is.;
Sinclair was in town Thursday and has
made a deal whereby he can use Rob
erts' boiler for the winter. How to fit
up the other cripples has now to be de
cided.
egg will be the first to set. And things
we always hanker for are the last of
all we get. The simplest way is always
bast, and yet we pass it by to dabble
with the tiuselled things that catch and
fool the eye.
OLD PIONEER
■< * - * > • *4- * v i i ;
Carries a Full and Complete
Assortment of the Finest - *
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Brands of Imported and Do
mestic WINES
...LIQUORS and CIGARS
RAMPART
TANANA
JOE ANIC1CH
Proprietor
PIONEER
BARBER SHOP
SHAVING AND HAIRCUTTlNG
, JIM CARPENTER
Around and About
M. S. Gill is expected in from Glen
next Tuesday.
A. H. Monroe came in from Hoosier
yesterday.
Mail-carrier Shaber left yesterday
morning for Tanana. Shaber leaves
there with the out-going mail Tuesday.
Jim McHugh was bitten through the
hand a few days ago by a dog. Dr. C.
H. Gibbon dressed the injury.
Bob Wright unpacked a fine phono
graph outfit yesterday and treated a
number of his friends to a concert of
the latest music last evening.
Hebb & Gaetz have struck pay on
Skookum. They are drifting down to
wards Joe Nellany’s ground. It is cer
tain that the paystreak continues down
stream, so Nellany’s pay is as good as
good as located.
Harper, the mail carrier, has com
pleted the mail cut-off trail from Chica
go to the mouth of Alder creek. The
new trail will shorten the distance be- •*
tween Rampart and Ft. Hamlin over
ten miles. Work has also been com
menced on a cut-off between Marshall
and Garnet creek, below Rampart; this
will lop-off another ten miles on the
distance to Tanana.
SUNDAY SERVICES
Morning Prayer H o’clock
Evening Prayer 7:30 o’clock
Fridays Litany 4 o’clock
Geo. W. Chilson, Layman in charge.
St. Andrew'* Mission