Liquor License Required
For Handling Vinegar
An interesting account of the trial of
“Hot Air” Bob Herold, at Tanana re
cently, for selling ‘whiskey’ to an In
dian, was reported by an arrival from
that place a few days ago.
Herold was arrested by Marshal Van
tier, who saw an Indian come out of
the former’s cabin with a bottle. The
marshal relieved the Indian of the bot
tle, and also took charge of a jug that
was in the cabin. Both jug and bottle
were duly sealed and remained in the
possession of the marshal, pending trial,
and Herold released under bonds.
The trial was held before Commis
t /
sioner Bathurst a week ago. The re
quired twelve jurors were sworn in,
and the ex-woodchopper on the bench
fairly exuding legal sap—from the cap.
The attorney for Herold objected to an
assumption that the jug and bottle con
tained liquor, and demanded that they
be opened and the contents proven.
The seals were then broken and after
sampling the fact was admitted that
both jug and bottle contained vinegar.
The prisoner was ord red discharged.
The day following Hqrold was again
arrested. This time on a charge of
selling liquor without a license. He was
bound over by Commissioner Bathurst
to await the action of the grand jury,
and placed under $2,000 bonds. The
Tananaites are trying to learn if a. liq
uor license is required to handle vinegar.
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Deckhand Commits Suicide
Barney McGee, a deckhand on the
steamer Monarch, committed suicide
last Tuesday night, by jumping over
board from the deck of the steamer.
The boat was a few hours out from
Tanana when the alarm was given. A
boat was lowered, but no trace of the
suicide could be found.
A passenger on the Monarch stated
that McGee had been drinking heavily,
and was on the verge of delirium tre
mens. As he jumped overboard he was
heard to exclaim: “Save me, save me.”
E. P. Hill and Tom Adams have been
appointed guards at the federal jail by
Marshal Drake.
^ Jack Coleman, an old Ramparter, re
turned from a years’ stay in Fairbanks
district the past week.
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J. W. YOUNG
HAS ARRIVED
WITH A
NEW STOCK
General Merchandise
AND IS NOW OPEN
FOR BUSINESS IN
N. A. T. & T. Building.
Call and Inspect Our Go ds. Fresh EGGS and Matured POTATOES; a Specialty
+ ap.
Construction Of Rampart
Main Line Commences
Lieut. Whipple, Lieut. Hemphill, sig
nal officer, Sergeant Yates and a con
struction crew of twelve men arrived
from Ft. Gibbon on the Monarch. The
necessary teams and supplies to con
struct a permanent telegraph line from
Rampart to Hot Springs, via Glen was
landed with the party. The line will be
constructed in first-class shape, and
good work will not be sacrificed for
speed.
The crew under Lieut. Evrington,
building toward Ft. Gibbon, are now 22
miles down. This right-of-way is being
cut forty feet wide, and is said to be
the best constructed section of line in
Alaska, to date. The signal depart
ment has evidently profited by past ex
perience, when hasty construction kept
the station men out on the line all win
ter, practically rebuilding whole sections
between stations.
James B. Wingate
NOTARY PUBLIC
Forum Office Rampart
GEORGE A. SALISBURY
Attorney at Law
Rampart Alaska
Masonic Association of Rampart
Meets on the last Saturday evening of each
month. All Masons invited- to attend.
J. H. Hudgin, M. D. Pres. J. B. Wingate, Sec.
FV»r A Remin&ton No. 2
* vl kJdlC* fvnAwrltpr in good
typewriter,
condition. Af>ply this office.
The steamboat traffic for the season
of 1905 is rapidly drawing to a close.
A record of the arrivals and departures
at Rampart the past season, kept by
Operator Kyttle of the local telegraph
station, shows that 90 steamers called.
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