ALASKA FORUM
THE FORUM PUBLISHING CO.
J.B. Wingate Editor and Manager.
VOLUME I. No. 38. |
THURSDAY, JUNK 13, I9OI«
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EDITORIAL.
Iii a late dispatch from Washing
ton it is announced that thegovern-;
ment has outlined a new winter
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route to the Yukon—Valdez via
Eagle to St. Michael. It is pre
sumed that this means that the
present mail route, Valdez via!
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Eagle, has been accepted as prac
ticable. The next thing that
should be done is to adopt a route
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f.om Valdez via Rampart. It
would be vastly a shorter one than
that by way of Eagle; a glance at
the map of Alaska would convince
one of that fact. The trip can be
made from Valdez to Rampart in
the same time as is allowed at pres
ent from the former point to Eagle.
Mail for points below Rampart
would save the time that is requir
ed under the present schedule con
sumed in covering the distance be
tween Eagle and Rampart—-fully i
twenty days. |
Quick communication with the
outside world is what is needed to
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properly develop Alaska, and the
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various points along the river
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should each be connected with the ;
nearest coast point by a good trail j
—one that can be used summer or j
winter.
Lake Lebarge is, as usual, de
taining the incoming contingent.
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On June 5, according to the Daw
son News, the Clifford Sifton punch
ed the ice a whole day and made a !
mile. Last year the low water in
Lower Lebarge had all of the boats ;
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on bars. It seems assured that in
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order to get into Dawson without
delay by water in future yeais
some way will have to be devised
whereby Lebarge can be cut out of
the route.
Fresh eggs, potatoes, oranges,
apples, bananas, onions, creamery
butter and other eatables have been
coming in the past week and all
find a ready sale at good price's.
The scow men say that Rampart is
t'iie only place this side of Dawson
where the miners have money to
buy fresh vegetables and fruits.
The pay dumps are being rapid
ly washed up and the long pokes
and happy smiles of the miners
speak volumes for Rampart and
her surrounding country as a min
ing camp.
It is rumored that the detach
ment which has been stationed at
Rampart for the past three years
will be recalled to Fort Gibbon and
the post abandoned.
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MINES AND MINERS.
Mike Dwyer left on the Nuni
vak for dowu river points.
The boys from Idaho bar are all
in, having quit work pending the
arrival of Mr. Brainerd, who is on
his way in.
The washup is still going on and
will coutinue for fully a month
pnger. From all quarters good
reports are coming, and all wi.‘ b
their dumps had been larger.
May 30—Str. Alice.
May 30—Str. Gold Star.. ..
May 31—Str. Rock Island.
June 1—Str. Alice.
June 3—Str. Aur 11111.
June 3—Str. Alice.
June 6— U. S. S. Nunivak.
June 8—Str. Argo.
June 8—Str. Louise.
June 9—Str. Monarch ....
June 9—Sir. Argo.
j.ne 9—U, S. S. r* univak
River Craft.
. . all River Tan an a
. . ..Dawson-Koyukuk
. . . .Dawson-Koyukuk
.Tanana Circle
Ranipart-St. Michael
RampartSt. Michael
.Dali River Rampart
.Tanana-Rampart
. . Dawson-St. Michael
..Daw scii-Sl Michael
.Rampart-Tanaua
. Ranipart-St. Micn^el
Sam Morris
work for the
goes to Tamm a to
govenimewt at Fo;t
Gibbon.
Billy M( ran, from D.
Circle, is sj ending a few
iting his many friends
wson and
da\ s Vi -
in Ram
Paul Lester, who has been cut
ting void at Anderson’s camp,
forty-five miles up river, fi,r the /
past three months, lelt for down
river last week.
Pete Johnson, who has been win
tering in London, arrived in a
small boat. He reports having
had a glorious time since leaving
Rampart la.-1 spuing.
Captain and Mrs. Bright are
among the new comers in Ra.n
pait. The captain will look over
the district and if l.is expectations
are realised will rem.in here ter
inanentlv.
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Asst. District Attorney French
was a passenger from Tanana on
the Argo. Mrs. Gardiner and fam
ily are additions to Rampart socie
ty by the same boat.
Yukon Order Of Pioneers meets every
first Saturday in esich month.
Miners Mutual Protective Association
meets every alternate Wednesday night.
The Masonic Association of Rampart
n eets every 2nd. and 4th. Saturday.
Attorney at Law.
Office At Residence.
Rampart, Aka.