Yol. I.
Weekly: Rampart. Alaske
RICHER THAN EVER.
Glowing Reports From Glenn Gulch
Dillon Will Take Out 180,00:*,
Plenty Of Good Ground There.
The most flattering reports con
tinue to come in from Glenn gulch.
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Dillon of discoveiy claim was seen
last Sunday.. He exhibited $75 in
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dust which he rocked out in less
than three hours, Dillon has strip
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ped a piece of ground 30 by 60 ft.'
from which he will wash . out $20-.
000. The^boys are building a
200 feet dam aud wliij -sawing lum-1
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ber for sluice boxes. The wages :
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being paid is liberal; $1 per hour;
is the ruling rate that is paid bil l
the creek. Holes are being sunk on
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claims on the gulch and gold' is
found on all. The lowvSj pan yet
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bad is 40c and the largest $11.45.
Tne creek is singularly free from
litigation; all c’isi utes are being
satisfactorily adjusted without re
course to the courts. This is pro
bably due to the fact of the great
extent of the new district; there is
claims for every person in the dis
trict and also for the thousands wbfo
are now on their way, from all por
tions of the country, bound for the
new Eldorado.
>'$am Hceter, who is interested in
the wood contract at Tanana, is
loading 100 cords on a raft and will
deliver it at Ft. Gibbon.
REMOVES TO VALDES.
Judge Wckersham To Leave Kagle For ,
Valdes-Valdes’ Newllailroad Fair- I
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Under Way-To Tap popper Belt, j
Seattle, July 6—Judge Brown',
of the First judicial district of Alas
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ka, passed thi >ugh city yesterday.
He made the statement that the
Valdes division had been' added to
the Third judicial district, and that
Judge Wickersham. would move
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his headqearters from Eagle to the
former place. The new division of:
Alaska’s judicial districts is the re
sult of the fact that Judge Brown
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and Judge Noyes are overcrowded
with work at their own headquar
ters. Judge Wickersham, on the
other hand has little to do at Eaglfe
City For this r a ou all th;ee of
the judges are of the opinion that
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Judge Wickersham had best attend
to Valdes.
Seattle, July 6—Surveys have
been commenced under the super
vision of M. J, Heney, for the new
railroad which is to connect Valdes
with Eagle City. With Mr. Heney
in this work are Messrs. Harper
and Merchant, who were employed
on a similar task for the White
Pass &. Yukon railway, James
Fish, mail contractor, says; “ The
new road is to go thiough from Val
des, according to the statements of
those who say they know whereof
they sbeak to Eagle City. It will
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tap the copper fields in the interior.
RATE WAR PREDICTED.
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Oil The Yukon--White Pass Will Pro*
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tect The Small Concerns Against
The Combine — Another Trust.
Seattle, July i t—B. I,. Gates, of
the Ames Mercantile Co., has just
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returned from Dawson. He pre
diets a rate war on the Yukon. He
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says the White Pass road is interest
ed and will keep, rates so the small
concerns will be able to compete
with the combination stores if ents
are made. ‘
New York, July 13—J. Pierpont
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Morgan now desires to control tlie
majoriiy of the shipping on the
Lakes. He has had a conference
! with Mark Hanna on the, subject.
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Rawlius, Wyo., July 13—Ned
Copelaud, prominent banker of
Omaha, last night shot a man
named Rogers on a Uuion Pacific
train. Copeland made the aston
ishing statement that Rogers had
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him hypnotized and he wahted to
break the ohains.
Nome News, Special, June 29—
The steam schooner Elk, whic ;
left here three day s ago for Telle >
returned on Friday, having failed
to reach her destination. She got
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within twenty miles of Teller and
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landed all her freight and passen
gers on the ice on a spit. T he
passengers, about two dozen 0.
them, at once laid out a to wn :'te
and called it Elk.