ALASKA FORUM
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James B. Wingate, Editor and Manager
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SATURDAY, JUNE 16. 1906.
THE POLITICAL LINE-UP
FOR THE DELEGATESHIP
From the Alaskan exchanges receiv
ed here it is safe to predict that James
M. Shoup will be the congressional can
didate of the republican party, and ex
Gov. Swineford, “non-partisan." the
candidate of the democratic section of
the district. Judge Wickersham is also
mentioned as an aspirant for the nom
ination from either party—republican
or “non-partisan.” It is yet too early
to figure on the strength of Thos. Cale,
the Tanana miners’ candidate, but if
he receives no support other than his
own division, his defeat is certain.
The local political situation is amus
ing and some of our local peanut poli
ticians are badly rattled "and consider
ably befuddled. The Valley Noose in
last Wednesday’s issue lays editorial
claim to be “by no means partisan,”
and it is “not partisan from a republi
can point of view:” boosts the Wicker
sham republicans in Rampart: compares
Thomas Cale, the miner candidate, and
Swineford, the “non partison” much to
the detriment of the former, and fav
ors the latter’s candidacy “whose men
tal habits are perhaps a trifle less cir
cumscribed” than the miner candidate:
—all this political slop in the one col
umn!
The aforementioned editorial is a fair
sample of the reasoning now being used
in certain circles to convince the public
that the local federal ring are the pro
per custodians of the people’s political
franchises, and the strong undercur
rent noted in this whole federal move
ment is an effort to bolster up the fall
ing Wickersham. They would have the
people of Rampart believe that the au
gust James is not dead—only sleeping.
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Mining Operations
Receive Setback
The lack of water is graudually forc
ing a cessation and curtailment of min
ing operations throughout the district,
and should it continue will cut down the
summer’s output to a low figure.
On the Glen side the scarcity is being
more particularly felt, owing to the
great amount of summer mining now
carried on in that section. Hebb and
Gaetz, on Skookum, Jordan and John
son, and Henry Papin, on Seattle jr.
bar, have been compelled to shut down
entirely, and a recent arrival reports
the What Cheer company are laying off
some of their force, and things are
looking blue throughout the Pioneer
section.
The Thanksgiving country is also be
ginning to feel the effect of the pre
sent drought, and it is most likely that
some promising mining operations on
Omega and Gold Run will be seriously
affected.
The present absence of rain is not
confined to the Rampart region only,
but is a general condition throughout
the interior. The weather bureau has
predicted a dry season in Alaska for
1906. Even in the state of Washington
the month of March was the dryest in
sixteen years—or since the establish
ment of the weather bureau in that
state. However, the usual Alaskan
rains are not yet due here. Last year
the most rainy season known, the first
rains did not put in an appearance until
June 18.
The “Alaska Monthly’*
The Forum is in receipt of Vol 1, No.
2 of the Alaska Monthly, a magazine
edited by C. W. Taylor and published
at Juneau. It is the only magazine
printed and published in Alaska, and in
material and makeup reflects credit on
the district. The half tone work is es
pecially fine. The price of the publica
tion is $2.60 a year. Single copies 25c.
George Cowan, the local jeweler, is
being kept busy these days. He in
tends going to Tanana shortly to at
tend to the wants of his numerous pa
trons there. _
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