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. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1905.
RAMPART PRECINCT ASKS
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS
The! PUBLICITY given Judge Wicker
sham’s letter to Governor Brady enab
les the people to realize that Wicker
sham is still manipulating his political
shell game. The nefarious schemes
which have1 been adopted to shield him
self and appointees in “special investi
gations'’* arid from public'exposure and
criticism, fully c'emonitra es the fact
that he is seeking an appointive, and
not an elective office. Owing to him
proclaiming that certain matter incor
porated in the governor’s annual report
for 1904, relative to the judicial aud
political administration of affair.) in the
Third judicial division, to be fa'se, we
deetn it in order and politically legiti
mate to ask Judge W'ckershum the
foirdivirrg questions—he being a candi
date for public office.
Was it not your judicial prestir e that
enabled your brother, Edgar - Wicker
sham, r to obtain and hold the deputy U.
S. marshalship for Circle precinct, and
later that of Fairbanks precinct?
'Did. you not appoint D-.puty U. S,
Marshal George Draibelbis. receiver of
planer mining claim 4a Glen, which was
in litigation in the District court of the
Third Judicial division, and does not le
gal and; lawful instructions forbid :such
action? v
Iaitaet yeur. judicial power that en-.
ables Commissioner J. Lindley Green to
remaia' invthe D. f>. commissioner’s of
ficer-irrespective of citizens’ petition
askhig^fon his removal, and charges
of incompetency, graft and* corruption
which you, as the appointive power, re
Did you not permit Commissioner J.
Lindley Green’s bondsman,'who was a
membenof the grand jury at Rampart
iri 1903, 'to participate in the invsstiga
tions of that beefy into the cr'minal
charges against said Green, altbku ,h
ohjectiomjv.ere.made thereto,. ani you
knowings that said bondsman' was per
sonally interested in the official affairs
of Commissioner J. Lindley Green?
DM you, as :the appointive power,
permit persons who made charges
against the illegal acts and incompet
ency of your -appointee. Commissioner
J. Lindley Green, to explain such to
you* personally?
What disposition did you make of the
citizens'petition, praying for there*
moval of -your* appointee, Commissioner
J. Lindley Green for incompeteney, and
which was presented to you at Rampart,
August 16,-1903?
Did-you not obtain personal -possess
ion of certain papers- from the clerk- of
the District court, at Rampart, July-23,'
i903, which at your request was - pre-*
sented to said- clerk on said-date for
filing;-and filing fee paid; and thereby
prevented said'papers from -being filed
on that date without the 'knowledge 'of
the person so filing? .
Did you not at Rampart* 'court-'term'
of 1903,’ cause Jack Mennus^' who was
i
indicted by the grand jurjrfori robbing
the Eagle Mining- Go’s, strong-box- of
$1445, - to be-acquitted by -you - compell*
ing one of the trial jurors‘to 'Step-for
ward from the jury-box,-' and, without
deliberating with the other jurors, sign
as foreman- a verdict 'Of not - guilty,
which you had prepared?
Through whatdnfluenee .and .for what
reason, did certain .parties in .Rampart,
precinct become black-listed from re
ceiving liquon licenses from -you,, and
the officials refuse- to arrest any of
them for violating the liquor laws?
Were not certain parties who brought
liquors into Rampart precinct in 1904
refused liquor license by-you, and were
not the same liquors retailed through a
license'granted to others, who- did not
personally superintend the sale thereof ?
Was it not-your judicial position, po
litical power and official prestige that
enabled you to procure mining and
town property - in -Fairbanks precinct,
which you have become the possessor
of since 1902?
Have you. not personally located min
ing, claims in your division without first
making a discovery of mineral?.
I Have you by word, deed or thought
assisted towards preventing the Third
jumoialdivisionfrorn he’ng divided?
Are the people of the District legally
prohibited from communicating to the
governor facts pertaining to the civil
government in your division, and must
you be furnished with the names and
statements of all those so doing?
Are you not unreasonably vindictive
against those who cross your plans , or
incur your displeasure?
The above questions are propounded
to you from the political arena which
you have entered as a candidate for.
public office. Upon receipt of your
answers, a true version- thereof with
ail necessary explanations will be laid
before the people and the great appoin
tive power.
NOTICE Oh AL* Mi NISI RATGR’S SALE
XjOTICE is hereby ^iven, that pursuant to an or
* cler of the Probate C< >art, Rampart precinct.
District of Alaska, the undersigned, G. H. Wand,
administrator of the estate of Lars Svendsen, de
ceased; will; on the-25th day of September. 1905,
at the hour of 11 o’clock a. m. on said day,, at the
Court house in Rampart, sell at public auction to
the highesLand best bidder for cash;, all the real
estate belonging to the said estate, described as
follows, to wit:
The lower^ three hundred [390} feet of placer
mining claim No. 2 below discovery claim; the
placer mining, claim No. & below discovery^ claim;
the placer mining claim No. 6 below discovery
claim. All said mining claims'being situated oh
Little Minook creek, Rampart Recording District
District of Alaska. G. H. Wand,
Administrator of said estate.
Rampart, Aug. 19, 1905. First pub. Aug. 26, 1905.
Just received at this-office,, a first
class lot of Fresh Rhubart) Roots, for
next spring’s planting. These bulbs
will keep perfectly through -the winter
if kept from freezing.
, As we have more than we require for
our own planting, and to introduce this
valuable plant into Rampart gardens,
individuals can secure a liantedquaiitky •
at cost and carriage.