ALASKA FORUM
THE FORUM PUBLISHING CO.
J. H. Wingate Editor ami Manager.
VOLUME I. No. 29
THURSDAY, APRIL II, I9OI.
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EDITORIAL.
In issuing a warrant for the arrest
of II. Beaumont at Ft. Yukon,
Judge Wicker.sham did what every
respectable and law abiding citizen
in Alaska will applaud. Ft. Yukon
has been the hot bed of selling liq
uor to Indians, and squaw debauch
ery, for the past two years. Beau
was under $1000 bonds last winter
lor selling liquor to Indians, but
owi tg to the willful negligence of
the erstwhile commissioner at Cir
cle he escaped punishment. All
honor to Judge Wickersham.
Bishop Rowe stated in a conver
sation recently that the authorities
should provide Tanaua with a com
missioner and a deputy marshal.
The scenes witnessed almost daily
there, are a disgrace to a Christian
community. Drunken white men,
amply provided with whisky, enter
Indians cabins without the forma
lit}* oj knocking and force the liq
uor upon them.
All airship has been invented by
a German, who sailed in the air,
over Lake Geneva, Switzerland,
for several hours. Now every na
I tion on earth is building one. In
San Francisco, $150,000 is being
used to construct one.
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Whv not come down to business?
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Law and order will surely prevail.
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Accept it gracefully; obey the law.
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The forum is in receipt of vol. 1
1 no. 1 of the Yukon Morning Jour
nal, the first morning paper estab
| lished in Dawson. A1 Smith is ed
1
itor and G. K. Daniels business
manager. It is a newsy sheet and
will no doubt secure what it deser
ves— liberal patronage and success.
MINES AND MINERS.
A1 Lester who is working on 6 1.
m. repjrts that they are getting
the best pay that has ever been tak
enont of the claim. Mr. and Mrs.
I.augford are still on the claim.
Roden, ot 3 below Kureka, was
in town the earl}’ part of the week
after some supplies. lie reports a
large dump on the ground.
Mr. Roberts, who has just re
turned from a trip to Rhode Island
creek, says that a number of tiug
geti are being pieke l up on the
creek; he secure 1 no. 8 below.
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W. H. Preston, 12 Hoosier, was
in town the early part of the week
he reports th at on 13 some good
work is being done.
| Mr. Boothby and Thumm are
working on the bar near Little
Min 00k.
Marshal Grneble made a weeks
visit to 8 1. m. he was much pleased
over the activity on the creek.
Bob Cicero and Fisher have gone
back to work on l.m.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
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j The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Wingate, was christened at
the family residence last Monday
evening. !>v the Right Rev. Peter
T. Rowe, Bishop of Alaska. A
few friends were present.
Mr. Tibbets who went out last
summer to get machinery to work
his many valuable properties, is in
Dawson, and will follow the ice.
A Narrow Kscape Fro n Djath.
| Report from Eureka is that W.B.
Armstrong had an exceeding close
call last week. lie got a small
hone lodged in his throat, and after
ineffectual effjrts to dislolgiit a
party was hastily organized to take
him to Rampart tkr medical assist
ance. On the summit he grew ra
pidly worse, and realizing he wis
choking to death, Armstrong grew
desperate, and with a long pencil
forced a silk handkerchief down
his throat. This fortunately en
tangled the bone, which he then
tore out. His throat is badly lacer
ated; but Armstrong is perfectly
satisfied with the result of his self
imposed surgical operation.
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Wanted. Good miners, for sum
mer work on lays on Big Minook
and mouth of Slate creek. Man
to take full charge of 44 b.m. lay
men. Apply Mrs. Myers.
Yukon Order Of Pioneers meets every
first Saturday in each month.
Miners Mutual Protective Association
meets every alternate Wednesday night.
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The Masonic Association of Rampart
meets every 2nd. and 4th. Saturday.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Attorney at Law.
Office At Residence.
Rampart, Aka.