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Vol. 8.
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Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, May 6, 1905.
No. 18
SUPT. MARION
A KNOCKER
Jules Marion Knocked' All Lower Riv
er Mining Camps But The Nurse
At Circle TaKes Him To Task
Jules Marion, N. C. mail superinten
dent, made a round trip the past win
* from Dawson to Tanana and on his re
turn to the former city, poured into
the ears of a reporter on the Dawson
£ News a wealth of misinformation of
the lower river mining camps. It was
all knocks, and if the published inter
views were quoted correctly, Marion
intended them as such, for he is better
informed. In the open letter to the
Dawson News, a portion of which we
V publish below, Miss Woods, nurse of
the Episcopal hospital at Circle, takes
him to task for that part of his misin
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* ‘I don’t think that Mr. Marion saw
tns throat of auy one diptheria patient
in Circle. If he had seen one he evi
dently would not have been so sweep
ing in his judgment. As soon as an
Indian or child was ill, word was sent
to the mission, and if the case proved
to be diptheria, the patient was prompt
ly isolated in the Indian hospital and
cabin and people cleansed and fumigat
ed before visiting was again allowed.
“The diptheria hung around Circle
from September till February because
of the careful isolation and sanitary
precautions, and the repeated re-infec
tion from Ft. Yukon. Three times I
had it under control and three times it
was again brought to us. It is now
entirely stamped out. Every cabin and
thing and person has been throughly
cleaned and fumigated, not to remove
“filth” but to exterminate the diptheria
germ. If Mr. Marion had to pay their
soap bill,. even the' mission soap bill, I
am sure he would modify his express
ions.” Miss Woods, Grace Hospital,
Circle City.
Nome Officials
Continue Crusade
From the Nome Nugget.
NOME, March 28.-W. P. Van Hou
ten, a fisherman living at Nome • river,
appeared before Judge Reed on Friday
on a charge of unlawful cohabitation
with an Eskimo woman.. It appeared
from the evidence that the pair lived
together in a cabin at Nome river.
Van Houten waived examination and
bound over in the sum of $500 to ap
pear before the grand jury.
SAWMILL TO BE
MOVED FROM HESS
A. H. Mayo will bring his sawmill
from Mike Hess to Rampart after the
river breaks. Parties in Chena have
negotiating for the purchase of the
mill for some time, but have not yet
come to any definite understanding.
Should the deal not go through the
plant will be placed at the lower end
of town, and will be operated by Bob
Andrews. The mill is most complete
and has a capacity of 20,000 feet daily.
STAMPEDE ON TO
CHAPMAN CREEK
A quiet stampede is on to Chapman
creek. It is reported that Eugene
Swanson has- struck pay on a bench.
No particulars are obtainable.
Quite a number of men left Hoosier
and nearby creeKs yesterday on a stak
ing jaunt to Chapman.
No work has been done on Chapman
creeK since ’99. At that time Thisby
Bros, found the best prospect on the
creek—a piece weighing 25c. The
creek enters Big Minook on the west
side opposite Granite creek.
BIG TONNAGE
FOR TANANA
Northern Commercial Company Will
Move 2,000 Tons of Freight On
First Water—$50 Ton To Chena
From Dawson Weekly News
DAWSON. April 7.-W. O. Barker,
in charge of the transportation depart
ment of the Northern Commercial Co.
at Dnwscn, arrived last evening from
the home office of the company in San
Francisco, where he was engaged dur
ing the winter. Mr. Barker will imme
diately begin making preparations for
the summer’s worK.
The fact that the Northern Commer
merial com: any’s new tariff this sum- .
mer will nu ke a rate on most goods
from Dawson to Chena at $50 a ton is
announced by Mr. Barker. To Fair
banks the rate will be $5 a ton higher.
A higher rate will apply to gasoline
and some other articles. The tariff in
full will Sion be here.
All freight will be handled by
weight.
Mr. Barker says that the company
will run more steamers on the upper
Yukon this year than last, and that
there will be 4 departure for Fairbanks
every five days. The Hannah, which:
was idle last year, and other steamers
will run this year. The N. C. fleet
here will be able to 2,000 tons of cargo
to Tanana on the first water. Barges
will furnish part of the freight accom
odations. _____
Sluicing will commence Monday on
Little Minook. A sluice head was run
ning on the creek. Most of the lay
man have their boxes set and are all
ready to si ovel in.
Some miscreant has amused himself
the past w eek by expectorating on the
windows of a down town residence. It
is said that an effort will be made to
stop future repeating of the filthy trick.