ALASKA FORUM
THE FORUM PUBLISHING CO.
J. B. Wingate Editor and Manager.
VOLUME I. No. 20
THURSDAY, FKBURARY 7, I9OI.
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BDITOKI A I,.
The number of phases of that
cry of experience, “save me from
my friends, ’' are legion. Save us
from the man who pretends his
good offices, all the time waiting to I
do his deed of murder. Such a
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man was Judas, a low, contempt- j
i.>le, narrow, penurious toady and
truckler: built on the pi in of bacon
one streak, rind, three streaks,
yellow.
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The postmaster has notified the I
entire population, that the Forum
has to go; maybe, if it does, it is our
own fault, because he has warned us.
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The .outlook is brighter for Ram
part, at the present moment, than
at any other time in her history. ;
With the advent of the telegraph
line, which is expected to be com- 1
pleted by August next, a great!
stride will have been made in pro
gression . |
As each winter passes, the pio
neer notes a difference in preceed
ing ones. This is very likely t:ue, !
all climates change with the cutting !
of the timber, and settlement of
the country.
J here is no longer any truth in
the saying “that above the 54th.
degree of latitude, there is neither
law of God nor man.’’
We understand that certain men
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did not relish the idea of a news
paper being established here: very
likely, and possibly the fact of the
presence of a commissioner and a
marshal, also.
A PUBLIC OFFICE--A PUBLIC TRUST?
That the postmaster, or czar, ot!
Rampart allows his personal feelings
and pleasures to interfere with his
official duties is evident. The Fo
rum has been mailed thro’ this of
fice, as first class matter, all winter;
we have his receipt for money paid
him, to have the mail stamped at
Circle, this office invariably being
without stamps on hand.
Now, because of a news item in
last weeks Forum, which concern
ed a fight over a card game for
money, in the post office, the post
master refuses to accept any mail
from the Forum. We will donate
$250. to any charity in Rampart, if
this man Fleishman will come for
ward and make an affidavit, that no
fivht occurred in his office over a
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card game for stakes, and prove that
the item published in last weeks
Forum, was false. Furthermore,
he is a pub.ic servant and il he pie-;
fers to run a gambling adjunct, to,
what is also a public office, he must
expect to be criticise 1 and furnish
material for more mix-nps.
The remedy for this rests with
the public; let all who can justly
complain of surly treatment and in
civility, resulting from calling the
postmaster away from a card game
to get their mail, step forward.
The Forum is in the right and
will seethe thing through. !
ORCUTT OFF FOR DAWSON.
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O.F. Orcutt and Dick Wigmore
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left Saturday for Dawson expecting,
to arrive there Mar i. Mr. John
son lias charge of the horses and i
mules for the party and will take
them up river in the spring. Tom i
Drew, the Coal Magnate, accom
panied them as far as the coal mine.
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R :p >rts from down rivei state th.' t
the trail over the portage to Kaltag
and thence to Russian Mission is in j
fine shape,due to Kuskokwim statu- j
peders; they leave the river at the !
mission and make a portage over to
the Kuskokwim.
1 he soldiers quartered at Ram- i
part have received their pay each
month since the arrival of Lieut.
Rogers. Feb. i, the commissary
fund was used in payment of troops.
Billy Walsh has quit work on 8
l.m. he will leave in a few days,
for his coal claim below Tanana.
Webber and Edwards took a run
out to l.m. and Idaho bar Saturday.
They found the boys doing lots of
work and pretty well satisfied. On
7 l.m. two of the laymen are mak
ing arrangements for more ground.
The McGraws are in good dirt but
the coarse gold is not so plentiful
this year. Carden and Kenny were
3 days getting Atwood’s engine
and boiler onto the bar. They had
to be taken up with block and tack
le and two horses were used as tiie
srail was so steep.
Yukon Order Of 1’ioneers meets every
f.rst .Saturday in each month.
Miners Mutual Protective Association
meets every alternate Wednesday night.
'1 he Masonic Association of Rampait
meets every 2nd. and 4th. Saturday.
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