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SATURDAY, APRIL 30, I9O4
From all sources the good re
ports of large cleanups continue to
come in. Never before has there
been a more satisfied lot of miners
in the Rampart district than at the
present time. There have been
more creeks worked this past win
ter than ever before, and it is now
generally admitted that Glen will
not be the best producer we have.
What Cheer bar is conceded to be
by far the richest, and in point of
magnitude the greatest diggings
ever struck between Nome and
Dawson.
Now that the spring thaw may
be said to be fairly upon us, the
good work done on the Tanana
telegraph lines the past sixty days
becomes apparent. Two crews ot
signal corps men have as nearly as
possible replaced the ground cable,
the insulation of which was burned
off last summer. The present sig
nal officer, Lieut. R. O. Rickard,
has done well with the paucity of
material and men at his hand.
Mosquitoes are out in full force
on the island below Rdmpart, ac
cording to several Df the boys cut
ting wood there. It is to be hoped
they leave for down river instead
ot coming on to Rampart.
The rapid * disappearance of the
snow is daily uncovering unsightly
garbage piles. In order to keep
Rampart in health and sweetness,
they should be dumped on the ice.
PRESS CLIPNNG8
Whitehorse, March 24.—During
his recent trip to the new diggings
in company with “Black” Sullivan,
Al. Bartlett had t';e misfortune to
freeze his feet, aud it was feared
by himself and partner that . he
would have ty suffer the loss of a
portion, at least, of each. He was
| crossing the mouth of Sheep creek
I at night, when he got his feet wet,
'and because of his neglectiug to
' dry them at once they froze.
—
| Valdez, March 24.—The follow
; ing telegram was received yester
| day by Mr. Henderson, assistant
| clerk of the court:
j “Reservation courthouse site ap
i proved. Will act as soon as Mar
shal Perry gets here.
I “WlCKERSHAM.”
I
The above is in relation to the
proposed courthouse to be built on
i the corner opposite McKinley hall.
A jail will be built in connection
with it, and the beginning of oper
ations is not far distant, as Marshal
•»
Perry is now on his way to Ram
part, where he will meet Judge
Wickersham and final instructions
will be sent to Chas. Dreibelbis,
the. deputy marshal at this place.
Bids will be advertised for during
a period of thirty days, and the
work will begin shortly after. By
that time the snow and frost will
have disappeared.
W. H. Brandon and Herman
Schweitzer left for Tanana late
Wednesday night. Both men will
work at the post this summer.
Indian Yaska is incarcerated in
the local zoo.' Yaska got full of
firewater Thursday morning and
tried to break into John Minook’s
house with an axe.
The last mail from Eagle before
the river breaks is expected today.
The carrier, Kid Marion, is accom
panied by the engineers for the two
mail launches now at Tanana.
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