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Alaska Forum
Vol. 2.
Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, June 23. 1902.
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No.40
/ HURRAH FOR FOURTH!!
The Big Celebration Well Under Way
All Kinds of Sports For The Day
We Celebrate—Good Purses Up.
Everything is under full swing
to make the celebration of the com
ing Fourth of July, one that will
g} down in the annals of local his
tory, as the most complete and suc
cessful event ever held on the
* lower river.
The committee of arrangements,
J. W. Duncan, L,vnn Smith and
Billy Porter have left no stone un
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turned that would tend to make
things pleasant all around and Joe
Anicich and Geo Lane have col
lected the money toward the purses
to be competed for, from our local
merchants, who have subscribed
y most liberally.
Among the many events, one is
almost sure to find some line in
which he excells, and as the entries
in each are free and can be made
up to the last minute, it is antici
pated that each purse will be stub
bo rnly contested.
Already a dozen or so of old-time j
professionals are in training and
r with our local amateurs are getting
in shape by early morning spins,
baths and rub-downs.
For those in whose veins the
blood is more sluggish, a grand en
tertainment will be given at J. C.
Hall immeniately after the close of
the field sports and Jack Connors,
the old time theatrical manager,
assures us it will come up in every
way to the program laid out in the
earlier part of the day. I^onnie
Austin and Jack McGovern will
box a six-round go and Sam Bar-:
ber and Jack Conners will give a
boxing burl esque which is said to
be a side splitter.
The boys on the creeks will un
doubtedly come in to help in the
festivities and to all who come a j
thoroughly enjoyable time is guar- j
anteed, as a grand ball will end the |
day’s celebration.
During the two-year term of of- j
fice of the Russian Minister of the
Interior, Sipiaguine, lately assas
sinated, over 60,000 people were
expelled from various cities in
Russia. His successor may allow
them to return.
A new arrival was treated by Dr
Hudgin a few days ago for a gun
shot wound in the hand. Some
mud had got in the barrel of his
shotgun and while poking it out
with his finger, the gun discharged
and blew off the member. Doc.
amputated the finger and the man
is progressing nicety.
Frank Wilson, who arrived a
few days ago from Dawson, has
rented Izzo’s former shop and will
open a first-class barber shop and
bathhouse. Wilson is a good bar
ber and will no doubt get his share
of business See his ad in another
column of this paper.
"DAWSON NEWS” ITEMS.
Riotious Mobs in East—Capt. Clarke of
Oregon Made a Rear Admiral—The
19 Ophir Creek Litigation Over.
Striking mobs in the east are so
riotous that marine and machine
guns were called upon to disperse
them.
Capt. C. E. Clarke of “Oregon’’
fame has been passed seven num
bers and will be made a rear ad
miral.
Special Agent Joseph F. Evans
of the treasury department, has
been relieved from duty in Alaska
and assigned to El Paso, Tex.
The quarantined passengers on
the str. Whitehorse, numbering 140
were landed in Dawson June 18 th,
The litigation over the rich 19
Ophir creek, at Nome, has ended.
Judge Wickersham has decided the
case in favor of the Wild Goose
Mining Co.
Over ten thousand Boers have
laid down their arms since peace
was declared. British now claim
they have been fighting 8o,ooo
burghers since the war began.
Major Pitcher, superintendent of
Yellowstone Park announces that
automobiles will not be allowed to
run over the roads in Yellowstone
Park.
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Geo. Carpenter, the unfortunate
newspaper man, who almost froze
to death and afterwards had his
hands and feet amputated, was ad
judged insane by Judge Wicker
sham, and is at Ft. Davis.