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In v*erased !VS.at .0:t -! \ ’I h«i ()!«i
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Tlu* population of Providence. R. I.,
according to the roe ml census, is 175,
sct; ten wars ago it. was 1 ;2,1 in.
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■le population oi Hulialo, N.Y
T 2 1 a; ten years ago .ess.hsg. A
cent gain,
'fine result o! the Porto Rican census
'’shows that tne island has 9.13,egt iuhahi
tants, or 26| to the square mile. < Poser
vers heiievo tile island lias po.vulat on
enough and an increase would do it no
good. Most of the wuoie are in llse ru
ru 1 (1 eslrict - on .‘null plantations.
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1 quiies are now gowraed !»v a ci
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cn)!umism..)ii and as it
l is emnawereil
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P iiipiil<>s
with tail autiuvrv the
will hive a larger measure oi sell
g rwriimeiil.
Rubin Reeves: I am nbmil B* he ive
for H irtibrd ersek, ai the lund of
Squaw, with ij>;lie Iverson to work
1 • i i g ' \T ]!\or
lula * v i -vV*
r ill ) v
\Y ~ retu r ic l
lio.n a m dav nrosnee:.iu >■ trip on
Granite a id Trout creeps in ti e
li mill ar countrv. Wc sank and
drifted 3 ) feet of gr > i id b it f >and
little eAe man snow I was i?i Ram
ip uh in '97 an 1 am s irons* l at t!m
1 ick of prog res > on the creaks, am
s ire Bio; Min ook is fu’l ofV<-1 ! a a!
there’s room ior 4,-mo men mere to
dav. I returned f.oai tire Kovu
e o
kas Oct. 2) and believe that win
be a tine conn try. Myr le creek in
the Bettle country, is very rich.
I left Dawson with* two oth er men
and six horses last April and cross
1
ing t.ie divide frun Ft. Yukon to
t ie Koyukr.k lost all the horses.
We mushed t ie heavy sleds our
selves and pulled through all right.
In September I left. Feavv, Register
Ai Rose is the o.'.lv man in the
camp, he is tending a store there
left by Nichols, the receiver, who *
has gone out. Rose knows the
land office has been discontinued at
Peavv but has had no orders to no
He
and will stick it out.
of us there for a week, huntinv beui
r ova
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cilia <eetsc betore he let ns u o. i
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came on in a small boat and here I
am, just, turning 60 years.
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he weather report h r tit
e w ee a
ending Nov. i 5, as submitted bv Met
eorological Observer Idebes;
Maximum.
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^!/; annum.
Mean.
Warm weather prevailed nearly
Ml vk, malting creeks o\a. rliow
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V ill)
and t he rain Monday,
oi snow rendcre i tralhe
io m.
a i .I! os L
i in nossiibe.
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Tiie ?d is mic Association
l .i:rr, I.
e m d r 1
in ecti ;g* Saturday night and the ioi
1 owing officers were elected tor the
cii uing ve.ir: I‘res., i M\
\' i\, J j}. Wingale: Tres.. it. !).
•\Vig<»in; See., W.II. WSibrUre:
janitor, Dr. Danforth.
A i * *w
aim
vect (d a new burial ground was
cl iscassed , n not tor the whole camu
A
then ror the association. It was
thought advisal le to secure a dry
knoll, preOrab.y south of town,
from which a body could be disin
terred with ease and where waiter
would not interfere above the 6 foot
tine.
A martin ran into L. M. Davis’
cabin on Hunter, Saturday last and
vn.i.c Dae is was standing
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do nvay. It was iniaby captured:
this is the lirst east: of the kind on
record, he ais > caught one i i a trap
the same day, a pet squirrel seems
to be the attraction.
It is said the rabbits and squirrels
Oa Kureka have heaped np great
mounds of cones and bark, for food
this winter; which is interpreted to
mean excessive snow. This is also
thought to be the seventh year, the
ra
bbiD being so numerous.
The “Two Sections” article in
tire Forum of last week happens to
describe the country in which R.H.
Fitxhugii lost his life after so years
oi adventure.
Ally, (Teen entertained a party of
votin?: men at his home, Tuesday.
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uunin c- i rnh
Ulillwi $ li! US).
5 * { hcIhm! i <»51 th(» Trio! iitM'imsr of
‘li’* S«»<» v~.’ him! awiin >; y
«111 is 7 ? »t < *.
Sum Healer returned Wednesday
from 136 ]>ig Minook and reports
snow drilled 10 feet deep, heave
rain Monday making lire Ira i 1 i in -
passable, 'Puree horses to a single
sled could hardly penetrate the wet
snow. The fool proposition look
ed senous fora while on Kureku
hut 1 nis:>y took word over and the
ho vs come to r two miles from
v /
tiie siimmip and wicked the em!)
<-vcr tiie divide. !i is estimated
that H.o<><> pounds ot provisions aie
cached ! el ween S5 !>. m. and the
.Summit, t«r Ktfreka. Hill Atwood
|
also returned and says the trail is
frozen now, beariiur a dog team hut
<. > <r>
horses sink through. It. is thought
that ‘‘Hoc ’ got over the divide
with a hale ot hay and some feed,
breaking trail to enable him to take
Williams’ boiler over. Tiie road
harvest.
house men are reaoine
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Before another issue of the For
um, we should h ive an outside
mad: Carrier Currier brought word
last trip that the mail was at Ft.
\ ukon. If any delay occurs in t:’ e
ann a! ot mail, it is due to neali--'
as .-s
ence tins side oi Dawson, as the C.
i).Co. have made arrangements to
deliver mail in Dawson in five days
irom Skagway. The upriver mail
irom St. Michael and Tanana is due
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Jim Dang ru'd and Jack Spencer
broke trail Monday and are now
freighting a winter’s outfit to the
quartz mine'on Mike Hess.
Austrian Joe win have moved his
saloon into the Old Pioneer In- Satur
day, grand opening t ie same night.
Frank Frempe leit lor Tanana for
the S-\ .T.Co. to return the latter
part of the week.
Jules Mariner
agent, left for St.
urday.
the A. C. wood
Michael last Sat