ALASKA FORUM
THE FORUM PUBLISHING CO.
W. R. Kclwards, Kditcr. J. B. Wingate Manager.
VOLUME I. No. 2.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1900.
The Alaska Forum is published every
Thursday in the cabin in the rear of the
old Collins store near Front Street, Ram
part, Aka.
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EDITO
£j£TNo less than $500,000 in
croi-l will be taken from the ground
in the vicinity of Rampart this win
ter—It is estimated. Men who have
had Ion >' experience in mining I ave
recently viewed the country and
the men in it—are satisfied the'men
as a whole, are better miners—that
the g 11 is th me. Big boats and
liUledmaks are leaving people at
Rampart daily—cabins are tiding
u ) and tl;e camp is rapkdy asmnn
in.g a ’cS* appearance when 1,500
souls were here—still there is gold
fo 1 a 11 who will toil.
miners protective associa
lion to work as an auxiliary to the
commissioner—when he anivns—
should be encouraged. The im
provement and development of min
ing property, correct st.iking, uni
versal laws to conform with those
of the United Slates, care of claims
duri ig tee unavoidable absence of
a member by the association—are
steps in a right and charitable di
rection—but a commissioner is nec
essary to the fulfillment of such
hopes.
$SaT*Chas. Hoyt, the playriglit,
has been adjudg'd insane and is
about to die. Tcose who have lis
tened to the mirthful intricacies of
‘1A Tex as S tee:5 ’ o r ‘ ‘ A M i 1 k W i t e
Flag” will regret that such a genius
has lost his rowers. Too much
success.
jpHTTwo more boats and—no
commissioner!
jgHT*Really now of what good is
the present land office to the Third
District of Alaska—or anybody?
jgpST'The empress dowager has
seen 67 summers, has lost her beau
ty—but none of her power— she is
the main squeeze in China. Her il
legitimate son bonds to her wilt by
spanking or imprisonment—yetTsi
An was a slave, being sold to the
former emperor when but 12 years
old, won Lis affections and now—?
’ll-Forum Docs As Agreed—Ou*: Must.
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cil For avelici—Anui^urt. VV 5 ii ^i:n o A
Co in111 isss o n er — Aiie Co it r t i s A11
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Cbit n VAou 1 ci -t^0 Jtueoei v e•
the Forum: Taking advant
age of the statement in your initial
ivss|e that the Forum is published
in the interest of all and trusting
you will give there lines space in
y cur v a 1 u a! :■ 1 e p a per, I d e s 11 e t o
ivc tie that at tins .ate date no com
missioner for Rampart nor deputy
mai sha! has an ived. Thus leaving
the camp without legs! redress o
protection, it was eeitainly in the
minds of the trainers ot the code
that such a c ncli ion scould not oc
cur. As it reds now we are entire
ly u 'protected and fully $500,000 m
company property alone is at the
merc y of any lawless element that
might avail itself of such fact. Ram
part fnrnislwd fudy two thirds of
the business transacted at the Circle
term of court and today is of more
importance as a gold producing
camp than K g!c and Circle com
bined and I, for one, feel that the
camp de* ernes better treatment at
the hands of those whose duly it is
to see that the code is complied with.
1 would suggest that if die camp is
to be left in this c a' tic legal con
dition that the law abiding citizens
elect such officials themselves and
if the government does not see fit
to renumerate them we can, and
at least feel that we did our duty.
Pro Bono Publico.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard, formerly
of Rampart will remain at St. Mich
ael this winter.
J. D. Bailey and Gus Williams
have gone up the Tananaon a win
ter’s prospecting trip.
Lieutenant McCoy andN.A,T.&
T. Agent Winde of Tanana paid
Rampart a visit last week.
G.G. Belt, N.A.T.&T. agent at
Tanana for the past two years, left
for the outside to return next spring.
I KafFenburg, an old resident ar
rived per the C. H. Hamilton with
some good tilings—for iiis own use.
Captain Mayo, who took his two
boys out to school and who has not
been outside for 30 }. ears, said he
I would return very early in the
spring provided he is not run over
by an electric car, struck bv an X
ray or some other evidence of civi
lization.
Mission Ball,
Rampart.
Sundav £e 1 vices;
F
u 11 day School, n a. m.
ivenine Prayer with Address,
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