ALASKA FORUM
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J. ri. Wingate Editor and Manager.
VOLUME 2. No. 2
SAT OK DA Y, OCTOBERS, 19°! •
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. KIHTOKIAL.
Bitter partisanship must bear a
proportionate share of censure as
one of the causes that lead weak
men into the frame of mind that
culminated in the assassination of
McKinley. Politicians thundered
anathemas at the Republican party
as the party of trusts, and combin
ations; the friend of capital, and of
course, on the same line ot argu
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ment, the enemy of labor. How
we.l we know the utter rot of such j
assertions. In a number of install-!
ces these same orators have been
found to be heavily interested in
the trusts they were making politi- j
cal capital out of, as being autagon- j
i .tic to the welfare of the laboring j
classes of this country.
Winter is now upon us. The i
steamboats have finished their sea
son’s work; the miner will soon be
deiving for gold ; and the malamute
must be again be put in harness.
With the receipt of one more mail
before the river doses, we must be
content with what Providence-and
the mail contractors, send us over
the ice,
There is a striking resemblance
in the energetic-qualities of Roose
velt and Funston.
Dr. Everett Hale has stated that
in catering to the intelligent Amei
ican public, you should througi -
ly understand your subject; then
put it in such shape that the public
can understand you.
TbeTulwana, “long river” is a
sluggish stream that is navigable
for a distance of 150 miles, and em
pties into the l'anana about thirty
miles above Baker creek.
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Bates’ rapids, which have been
variously estimated at from 30 to
100miles in length, are 300 miles
from the mouth of the Tatiana.
They vary from 2 to 4 miles wide.
Late press dispatches from San
Francisco, place the number of idle
men there, on account of the great
strike, at 45000.
Suthluhchucket is the Indian
name for Baker creek.
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Pioneer Coal Mine Attached.
Marshal Drihelbus returned a
few days ago from the Pioneer Coal
Mine. He placed ' au attachment
on the mine at the instance of the
A. C. Co , who claim over $4000
tor goods and merchandise deliver
ed to the defunct coal magnate T,
D. Drew, and never pyid for.
Agent Godley sent Jack Welsh and
Eouie Myer to bake possession of
the property for the A. C. Co.
Welsh has restaked the location
for the company’s representative,
Phil Godley. Meyers returned
last Monday and reports Jack in
complete possession of the property.
The mine was to be sold at Eagle
last Monday to satisfy a mortgage
that had been foreclosed by the A.
C. Co. for money advanced Drew.
Boston Store.
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i Gents’ Furnishing Goods.
Footwear, Clothing. Dry Goods.
GROCERIES - HARDWARE
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General Merchandise.
LEGAL NOTICE.
Notice To Creditors.
NCTICK ISiilCREliY GiVI'N by the under
signed, Administrator of the estate of Orin U.
Mtrr> ii.au, deceased, to the creditors of, ai d
all persons having claims against said estate
to present them, with proper vouchers, within
six (6] months after the date of the first publica
tion of this uotice, to s$id administrator, at his
residence at the Heath Hold, in the town of
liagle, District of Alaska.
john l avender,
V. L. Bevington, administrator of the estate
Attorney for of Orin D, Merry man,
administrator. deceased.
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Date of first publication. August 29, 1901.
NOTICE OF MARSH AES SACK.
United States ot America, r
Third Division > ss:
District of Alaska, ;
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Fublic notice is hereby given, that by virtue
of a writ of Fieri Facias[or execution], dated
September 16, A.D. 1901, issued out of the Distrtct
Court,of the United States for the Third Divi
sion District of Alaska, oil a judgment rendered
in said Court, on the 17th, day of March, A.D.
1900, in favor of Amos B. Cycan and against the
Alaska Mercantile and Transportation Company
I have, on this 25th. day of September. A. D.
1901, levied upon the following described real
estate situated in the District of Alaska, Third
Division, to wit: The East one-half of Cot ia in
j block 5 in the townsite of Rampart, District of
j Alaska, and that certain log building thereon,
i and that I wnll accordingly, otter said real estate
! for sale, at public vendue to the highest aud
j best bidder, for cash, on the 28th. day of October
! a. D. 1901, at 2 o’clock P. M., in front 0/ the U.
S. Commissioner’s office at Rampart, Alaska.
Dated, Rampart, Alaska, September 25th, A.D.
100I. Geo. G. Ferry, U. S. Marshal
Third Division, District ot Alaska
By Geo. Dribelbus, Deputy.
Oscar F'oot, Plaintiffs Attorney.
Yukon Order Of Pioneers meets every
first Saturday in each month.
Miners Mutual Protective Association
I meets every alternate Wednesday night.
I The Masonic Association of Rampart
j meets every 2nd. and 4th. Saturday.
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