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SATURDAY, JUNE 23 1906.
IMPORTANT UNDERTAKING
FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT
In commenting u)>on the summer’s
work outlined by the Alaska road com
mission, the Tanana Teller has the fol
lowing sensible statement regarding
the Rampart-Chena wagon road:
The most important of the contem
plated roads, from an Alaskan stand
point at least, is the one to be built from
Chena to Rampart. It will open up and
make accessible a large country be
tween the Tanana and the Yukon, that
has never yet been prospected ahd at
the extreme points of which very rich
deposits have been mined for a number
of years. Different government geo
logical parties have explored and map
ped out that portion of virgin ground.
They have examined the formation and
expressed themselves as possessed with
the hope that, judging from result of
their studies of many placer mining
camps in Alaska, it is simply a matter
of prospecting until a big, flourishing
camp will be established in the country
thru which the proposed road will lead.
They especially call the miner’s atten
tion to the prospecting of the “high
benches.” Many old timers, both in
the Rampart camp and here have their
eye on the new country and a few are
even now putting in their time surface
prospecting.
Rampart is rapidly filling up with
miners from the upper couutry who are
drawn here by the excellent showing of
our diggings. The present scarcity of
water for mining operations may force
some who are dependent on immediate
employment to move on, but a number
have signified their intention to remain
and prospect the coming fall and win
ter.
PARTY POLITICS BROUGHT
INTO LOCAL SITUATION
The call issued the past week over
the signatures of republican, democrats
non-partisons, socialists and one local
' federal office-holder, states that a meet
I
ing of all republicans in the precinct is
to be held Monday, June 25, at A. B.
hall at S o'clock p. m. All republicans
‘‘can conveniently do so” are invited to
attend. The notice is that three dele
gates will be chosen to represent
Rampart at the Republican convention.
The manner in which the proxies of
delegates from this camp have been
used and the methods employed to en
compass the choice of delegates favor
able to a certain federal clique, has
aroused many protests. The manner
and methods used next Monday after
noon will determine whether the rank
and file of Rampart republicans will
tolerate any repetition of former evils
complained of—should the attempt be
made.
The deputy marshal at Cleary ' City
recently arrested as insane a man whom
had “been roaming aimlessly about the
town making it his business to destroy
seats and benches with a pocket knife.”
In the cool of the evening, when the
mosquitoes have gone to bed, numbers
of Ramparters suffering from this form
of mania can be seen along Front street
busily engaged with jack knives on all
exposed wood work.
Thomas Cale, the miner, and the
miners’ candidate for congressional del
egate, is also the choice of the Fair
banks republicans and democrats. In
response to a telegram from Nome de
mocrats asking the Fairbanks demo
crats to join them in a “proposition,”
the Fairbanks diciples of Thomas Jef
ferson, wired back: “Cale is our pro
position.”
Another prisoner, one Kelly, has
escaped from the Tanana jail, accord
ing to the Press. This break makes
the second this month, and the third
prisoner at large. It has been stated
that the limb of the law at the lower
camp might occasionally.let a prisoner
escape, but he is never known to let a
dollar get by him* Tribute is even lev
ied on prostitution.
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