ALASKA FORUM
THE FORUM PUBLISHING CO.
J.B. Wingate Editor and Manager.
VOLUME I. No. 41. *
THURSDAY, JULY 4, I9OI.
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EDITORIAL.
A late arrival brings the news
that work on the railroad from
Valdez into the interior has been
started. This is good news, and,
while the road may never reach
within hundreds of miles of Ram
part, still the mere fact that such
an enterprise has been started will
encourage others to tap sqme other
section. Alaska will never devel
op untii transportation can be had
to her most remote sections, aud
these sections today are the most
promising. Provisions must also
be placed where a prospector can
buy them, and at prices he can af
ford. Prospectors, as a rule, are
men of work—not men of wealth
and means. Under present condi
tions a prospector must be a small
capitalist. Therefore, the rarlroad
will be the savior of the country
and the instrument that will place
the absolute necessaries of life at
his disposal for a moderate profit.
We wonder if the policy outlined
—in print—of the new combine
wlil work good to the miner. The
stocks are now consolidated, and
the consumer should now be par
ticipating in ‘ the saving by the
reducing of the enormous expenses
4 of running three plants in one
town* ’ ’
One bench claim in the upper j
country took out more dirt last
season than all the dumps in tins
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district combined. The key note
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of the immense yearly cleanup on ;
the Klondike is in the above fact.!
It is not in the richness of the pay, •
but in the enormous quantity of
dirt handled.
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The chair warmer, who never'
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1 left his stove all last winter, is in
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! evidence. His loud voice can be j
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! heard every day, holding forth to
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! a newcomer, telling him all about
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tne district and its resources.
Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana,
has been formally announced as a
j candidate for president before the
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republican convention ol 1904.
j The river is steadily dropping.
: it being fully' ten feet lower than at
! this time last week.
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MINES AND MINERS.
Frank Stevens, ground sluicing
on 47 Big Minook, is getting good
j pay.
Bob Cicero, who is ground sluic
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ing at the mouth of Little Minook,
got a 90 cent pan last week.
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W. B. Armstrong arrived from
discovery claim, Euieka creek,
! Tuesday morning. Mr. Arm
strong has been out on the claim
continuously since last December.
The Boston boys, of discovery,
Eureka creek, are in town. Ram
sey left for Boston on the Susie.
Theif cleanup is the best on record.
It is said that their labor netted
them $17 per working day, includ
ing dead work. The}r have good,
substantial pokes to bear out thetr
assertion, which is the best evi
dence of all.
Movements of River Craft.
May 30—Str. Alice..’’all River Tauana
May 30—Str. Gold Star.Davv.son-Koyuk.uk
May 31—Str. Rock Island_Dawson-Koyukuk
June 1—Str. Alice.Tanana-Circle
June 3—Str. Aurum.Rampart-St. Michael
June 3—Str. Alice.Rampart-St. Michael
June 6—U. S. S. Nunivak. .Dali River-Rampart
June 8—Str. Argo.Tanana-Rampart
jnne 8—Str. Louise.Dawson-St. Michael
June 9—Str. Monarch.Dawson-St Michael
June 9—Str. Argo.Rampart-Tanana
June 9—U, S. S. Nunivak. .Rampart-St. Michael
June 13—Str. Leon.Dawson-~t. Michael
June 14—Str. Arctic Bo\.Liicle-St. Michael
Jnne 14—Str. Rebecca.Rampart-Tanana
June 15—Str. Robert Kerr...Dawson-St. Micliael
June 15—Str, Tyrrell.Dawsou-Jt Miciiael
June 18—Str. Hamilton.Dawson-St. Michael
June 19—Str. Lightning.... Dawson-St. Michael
June 22—Str.j. P. Light.... Dawson-St. Michael
June 2 —Str. Ar0o.Tanana-Rampart
June 27—Str. Argo.Ram part-Tan a
June 2,—Str. Susie.Dawson-St. Michael
Personal mention.
Captain Al. Mayo uriived on the
Susie last week. The captain is
looking well and says he had an
immense time during his stay out
side.
Frank Crawford, a nephew of
Tom Crawford, anived from Seat
tle via Dawson last Sunday. Mr.
Crawford will winter in Rampart.
Messrs. Louis Sloss, Stewart
Menzies and other officials of the
new combine passed thro’ on the
Susie. The new agent at this
i point has not yet been named, but
I it is said that he will bean A. F.
| man from St. Michael.
| Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Mrs. J.
W. Duncan and Dan Duncan were
passengers on the Susie for the
| outside. Mrs. Duncan will put
young Dan in school and will prob
ably be in again next spring.
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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 every 2nd. and 4th. Saturday.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Attorney at Law.
Office At Residence.
Rampart, Aka.