Vol. I.
Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Thursday, October 4,1900.
No. 2
Important Decision *>.y O') 'iis
gionor Stevens— -so Sixty i?oofe
O 1 X j iia ;? ;iv.5h.
Cape Nome gold beach has been
officially declared to be no longer a
t oor mans heritage. A decision
just rendered by Commissioner Ste
vens, holds that the 6 )-foot roadway
along the shore of Bering Sea does
not ex st, and that if it ever did ei
ist it v as done away with by s_cdon
26 title 1 of the new code.
Under this decision th > bea-'h is
subject to loeati >;i, an 1 the filings
of i rge corporatio ns last fall and
which have always been contended
to be illegal, are now estab ishedas
valid: Arrests have been 111 onerous
and a test case was made by Frank
Sieger, who refused to move his
rocker or quit work when ordered
to vacate aloc.itio 1 known as Ophir
beach claim. A criminal complai it
was sworn out by A. McKinzie,
general matiag r of the A’aska
Gold Mining Co., wh > had pur
chased the 6ox 13 >0 f >ot location of
Ophir. The wairant was issued un
der section 75, charging trespass on
a mining claim with intent to com
mit felony. The above deci. ion
was rendered and Sieger was bound
o ver to the next term of court.
Feeling among the miners ran
high, a mass meeting was called at
Noire, a protective association was
forn ed and everv legal effort will
be made to reverse the decision.
I ater—The court held with the
commissioner.
I' is understood that Lieutenant
Rogers was detained in Eagle by
the court through a little misunder
standing and a 1 officer from down
rivei is expected to take charge of
the po> t at Rampart.
No IVFail Yet
No letter mail has arri ved in Ram
part since Sept. 9. There should
have been an a:rival here Sept. 25
at the latest. The mail in question
arrived here Sept. 23 last year; the
in di. leaves Snap way prompt y on
on the first and fifteenth of each
month and as there is communica
tion by rail to Whitr Horse, it is
lauded at Dawson in four d iys.
This ma.il has now b.?en out e road
19 days and has not reached tie, yet
steamboats still run on the \ ukoii.
Over 200 pounds of in i! for upper
Koyukuk points was left at Rain
part by the Hamilton, and
concerned will endeavor to
route established between RamPHut
and- Peavy this winter.
T. L,. Hites who had charge of
Dick Radish’s wood yasd, lias go le
on tee Be la. Dick says he t.ok the
proceeds of 65 cords, at $6 per, with
him to the outs Re.
Art Smith has gone to Tauana
with the S.S. Rebecca for several
thousand p m vdsoi fresh beef, some
for the soldiers and some for Be a
Baker—to sell.
'it
It is said that the honors of enter
tabling the squaws Sunday evening
was divided between Brother Knap],
at the Mission and the dance at
Pioneer hall.
Attorney O. P. Thompson empti
ed his poke—all to apply-—when
called upon for a subscription, say
ing it was the lea -t he could do.
Register McCann informs the
Forum that he intends wintering
on the Koyukuk.
The new home for the telegraph
station is being erected near the
barracks.
The S-Y. T. have an attrcc ive
variety of calendars--for di: tribu
tion.
*vom p^kin auo r:io :r-ii;-.;n'i s i ns
— Ocrinavy and I)i.sK« i»fc
—Enjland Ifndecided.
Russia has proposed that powers
leave Pekin for Teintsin, the Unit
ed States agrees to go with Russia
Germany and Italy refuse an 1
threaten trouble Kugland undecided
—Sept 2. It is said the U 111e 1
States, by this attitude, is unable
now to become “Mediator’*.
Sept. 2: Reports from Democra
tic ciubs all over the union say over
1,000,000 members enrolled—both
sides concede hard fivlit.
o
Philadelphia’s populalicn is i ,293,
697. Tacoma objects to Seattle’s
Tie: 1,000 and a revision is ordered !>v
unecior Men nun.
Bryan is making long Sj eechcs
- o o 1
and journeys, as last compaign,
RoOvSevelt counteracting, vita P e
Pop. V. P. Nominee Towne follow
ing both.
California was adulated to the
union 50 years ago and ’Frisco had
a big celebration Se^t. 9. By Oct.
1 ’Frisco was to h tve been supplied
with electric power from Blue Lake
in the Sienas in Alpine Co., 145
miles, 14,000 ii-p, transmitted on 1
inch aluminum wires, for all street
railways, factories and homes.
Sept. 1; Jeffries offers t> fight
Fitzsimmons for $20,000 b}^ Oct. 1
in ’Frisco. Fitz. says he has retir
ed from the ring and Corbett wants
a crack at Jeff.
L,t>sal Temperature.
The weather report for the week
ending Oct. 1 as submitted by Met
erological Observer Liebes:
Maximum.49
Minimum.22
Mean.3$