Items Around Town.
The various companies in the
combination closed their books last
Saturday, May 31.
Judge Sawyer, Deputy Marshal
Reynoldson and Assistant District
Attorney French were among the
arrivals on the Rock Island. Mr.
French, however, continued on to
Tanana on business.
Deputy Marshal Wickerslu m ar
rived from Circle last week in a
small bcab He was returning to
that point on the Alice, but the ( r
ders received at Hamlin returning
the Alice to St. Vi' hael leUur.'d
him to Kani] art. He wi lkave on
the first up-river boat.
Lieutenant McCoy, tl'e poj ulsr
qunrteimasLr at Ft. Gibbon, airiv
ed on tlie Alice. The lieutenant
has ergo red a uuml er < f men in
Rampait, who will \\<rk <. n the
buildings now in ] n cess cl tree
tion at the post.
Captain Manchest'r, fin 1 agent
for tne Northern Gmmereial Co.,
arrived in a large scow Morel y
morning.
He had 1 een leaving
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sup] lies at his various wood cam j s
and, having exhausted iiis stock,
continued on with the Alice for
down river.
Captain Rogers, w ho has com
manded the detachment at this
point all winter, lifts been trans
feired to the Twenty-seventy in
fant!'}7, with headquarters at Pialts
burg Barracks, N. V. We will be
soirv to see the genial captain
leave our camp; but, as it is a pro
motion which could not have fallen
to one more worthy, we offer our
cone laudations.
A Phenomenal Kicker.
S. K. Heeler, whose photo we
present in this issue, is a member
i of the Rich* wav Athletic Club, of
Ridgwav, Pa., of many years’
standing'. The fact that Sam did
not beat the world’s record for
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high kicking last Thursday night
was due to stiffness of the muscles,
resulting from heavy lifting. He,
however, seoied nine feet, which is
four inches under the record. There
is no doubt in the minds of any
who witnessed his kicking that
with suitable training Sam could
t< uch the ten foot mark without
difficulty.
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Green’s Change Oi Venue.
Attorney Green has removed his
household goods to the building
just east of the barracks, the place
formerly occupied by him having
been purchased by L. F. Gardiner,
who expects his family up on the
Argo from Ft Gibbon. Mr. Green
will occupy his new quarters only
temporarily, as he intends locating
at Eagle shortly, while Mrs. Green
will take an early boat for the out
side.
THE COMBINATION
IS WELCOME :.Q
Hy The Old-timer--Tliinks He Has B<
Oefcting’ The Worst Of It In
The Late Combine,
T te recei t of the news la t week of 1
big Yukon combine has caused quite
flurry among the storekeepers. A gr
many arguments for and against the co
bination have been ventilated. The c
lv man who is non-committal and perfei
1* h edless of the results is the miner.
One of Rampard. oldest residen
-and a miner of a number of years’ e
; er e ice in AL.ska, stated toTHKToRi
man a few days ago that he thought
wouhl be a good dung for the country]
R unpait at any rate. “Why,” said 1
“ca i any comb.nation or set of ‘comb
j ers’ gi /e us any more the worst of it th
t iese storekeepers have given the cai
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t le p: s winter? I guess not! The ri\| ev
had hardly closed before the agents I of
the four companies got their heal Is
together; decided to close up shop at Ga j>o
p. in.; raised prices so that it made 1; o
difference whether you bought one pour, id
or one ton The prices are higher toda v
than ever before—higher in fact the
when flour and bacon were so scarce tha
a sack of one and a slab of the other Inn
to be your entire winter’s outfit, as it die i
in days before the Klondike strike
Again, these men never miss an oppor
tunity to run down our camp, disparage
our diggings, pour cold water on all eij
terprise or display of energy; in otlie
words, by so doing depreciate the pro]
erty, business and profits of the ver
companies who, so far as is known, pa
all of their expenses, and who at lea ,fv
look for a furtherance instead of a hit
drance to tlieir business interests then
No, sir; if any combine can hunt tl
mines, ruin our camp or drive outl tli
prospector any more than is being jdoi
and has been done the past winter, } [ou’
have to show me!” and the old ‘Isou
dough’ went off grumbliug to bed.
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The revenue cutter Nunivak
rived from her winter quarter:
Dali river yesterday. The ho:
able officers have many friends
Rampart, and regret is expre
that her stay here will be so si.
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