ALASKA FORUM
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VOLUME I. No. 44
THURSDAY, JULY 25, ICJOI.
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KDITOKIAL.
After this term of court is over
probably the officials will glance
over the district and observe where
the efficienc}' of their various de
partments can be increased.
Rampart should have an assist
ant district attorney. The experi
ences of the past winter have dem
onstrated that it is absolutely nec
essary. At the same time it might
also be practicable to look into the
records that have been made here
by some of our public servants.
It is a crying shame that certain
men are busily engaged with hatch
et and pencil and a pocketful of
powers of attorney, dated from
Maine to Florida and from New
York to California, locating every
thing they can blaze on in the new
district. The miners are a long
suffering class; but there is always
a limit.
The Rampart mining district is
on the verge of a great movement.
The wonderful stories that are com
ing over the divide every day all
point to the fact that an enormous
area of gold-bearing country is be
ing developed. Several of the boys
have produced well-filled pokes—
the fruit of a few days’ labor in the
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MINES AND MINERS.
Frank Stevens, 47 Big Minook,
is shoveling in. He has a strip of
rich ground that will run an ounce
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to the shovel.
Drake, Baldry and Hatch are
ready to begin throwing into their
sluice boxes on -3 below Slate.
They have flmned the creek and
are sure of making a good cleanup.
Bob Cicero is shoveling in off 4
Tittle Minook. The ground has
been estimated to run 25 cents to
the shovel. As soon ah a cleanup
is made, there is no doubt that it
will reach that figure, if not more.
Sam Heeter has hauled in forty
sacks of gravel from Idaho bar for
shipment to Seattle. Mr. Brainerd
will have a test run made of the
| gravel and on the results obtained
; will be decided whether or not a
i $250,000 plant be erected on the
bar. Mr. Brainerd has secured a
! chain of seven claims on the bar. 1
I Capt. Mayo has assumed charge
of Thk Forum joke column and
submits the following mosquito
story:
A young man hailing from the
Emerald Isle settled in New Jer
sey, where he found several col
onies of vigorous mosquitoes in un
disputed possession. In writing
home to his mother he told her that
he was doing nicely, but that the
“miskaties” were very trouble
some. His mother, in answering,
advised him in this way: “Don’t
mind the Miss Katies; even here in
Ireland they were alwa)rs bold, bad
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Movements of River Craft.
July 16—Str. John C. Barr..Dawson-St. Michael
July 19— Sir. Susie.St. Michaet-Dawson
July 19—Str.P.B. Weare_St. Miehael-Dawson
July 19—Str.T. C. Power....St. Miehael-Dawson
July 20—Str. Gold Star.Koyukuk-Daw son
July 20—Str. Sarah.St. Miehael-Dawson
July 23—Str. Dean.St. Michael-Dawsou
July 24—sir. Tyrrell.St. Miehael-Dawson
Personal filenilon.
H. Wobber left on the Susie to
assume charge of tlie N. C. post at
Circle.
Messrs. If. Braiuerd and J. Crow
ley left for down river in a small
boat last Saturday evening.
Jules Marion and ex-Agent
Iyiebes left in a Peterborough last
Sunday. The Susie will pick both
up down river.
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Capt. W. C. Rogers left on the
Susie. He is on bis way to join
his new regiment and company at
Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y.
J. W. Hicks, hospital steward
with the detachment here, has been
ordered to proceed to Vancouver
Barracks, Wash., and from there
to Hot Springs, Ark., for treat
ment for rheumatism.
J. W. Young, W. H. Preston
and Mrs. J. Nelson were among
the passengers on the Susie bound
out. Mr. Young will return with
a merchandise stock this fall.
Yukon Order Of Pioneers meets every
first Saturday in each month.
Miners Mutual Protective Association
meets every alternate Wednesday night.
The Masonic Association of Rampart
meets^everj^mWiud^th^Sanmlaw^^
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Attorney at Law.
Office At Ke«i4«Hce.
Rampart, H/fo.