DR. GIBBONS TALKS
About His Trip to The States
Dr. Gibbons returned to Rampart fast
Sunday evening, after a 5 -months trip
extending to Massachusetts and Ver“
mont, and inclnding a month’s experi
ence in the Bellevue hospital in New
York, a week at the St. Louis fair and
many visits with old friends scattered
across the continent. He came from
Whitehorse in a scow in 16 days and 21
hours, generally tying up to sleep. Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. McKenney and Mr W.
R. Goldensmith, of Douglas, came with
him, bringing their household goods and
a year’s stock of supplies. They will all
remain m Rampart. While inside the
Arctic Circle June 22 to 24 they saw the
sun constantly for 71 hours, a somewhat
uncommon experience. Dr. Gibbons says:
. “Throughout my entire trip, crossing
21 states, people were always glad to
listen to accounts of Alaska, but anything
like an especial interest was conspicu
ously absent. The chief sentiment re
garding this region was that of wonder
that any one should try to live in so
isolated a place and an incredulity that
it could ever become of any lasting value
now that the ‘seals, salmon and geld
mines are nearly exhausted.* In Man
chester, Vermont, an editor who attend
ed a lecture I delivered there devoted
cousiderable space in his next issue to
explaining that I was wrong in supposing
the government of the United States was
not doing all in its power to promote the
welfare of Alaska. The idea that useful
vegetables could be raised here was so
improbable to their minds that I almost
began to think the recollections of gar
dens and berryfields in the north must
be merely a dream. A general season of
prosperity seems to prevail across the en
tire country. The St. Louis fair Is
greater, grander, and more wonderful
than the world’s fairs of Chicago and
Philadelphia combined.”
Pres Ireland left for Tanana the
early part of the week to take
charge of Joe Anicich’s business at
that place.
Manager Duncan will spend his
vacation next wiater in the states.
Mr. Duncan will return to resume
his present position next spring,
v He will not leave until the last
boat this fall.
ON THE CREEKS
George Shirley and Kinney Mc
Leod are out on a prospecting trip
together.
i W. B. Ballou reports the hy-;
draulic plaut for Ruby creek now
at St. Michaels and expected here
on the first upriver boat.
| Josh Ray and Sid Williams will
start out in a few days with three j
I horses loaded with an outfit for two
months prospecting. They will
head tor the Troublesome country.
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j Last Wednesday a cloudburst on
Hoosier creek completely obliter
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ated the three months work of Hill,
Climie & Calham. The treshet
washed out over 30 feet of their
dam.
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| Bowen & Cooil have returned to
kittle Minook Jr. The recent heavy
rains have swelled the creek to an
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euormous extent. Their ground
sluice on 20a cut off nine feet of
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| muck in one night. i
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Larry Field, who has been run
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' ning a tunnel into the bench on :
| the left limit of 4 Little Minook Jr.,
| struck the old channel 200 feet in
; last Tuesday. It is about 10 leet
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wide and carries fine gold clear
through the gravel. i
HUNTER CREEK FLOODED
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Chas. Swanson, working a sum
mer laj' on on lower Hunter creek, ■
reports the recent cloudburst as
creating great havoc on the creeks, j
He caught all his boxes - on Big!
Minook after a hard chase. He
has a big open cut and is shoveling
in fair pay. j
U S. LAND OFFICE, )
Juneau, Alaska, May 26, 1904.)
Notice is hereby given, that in pursu
ance of, and under the pfovisions of the
general homestead laws, and the special
Act of Congress approved May 14th, 1898,
extending the same to the district of
Alaska, authorizing the acquisition of
title through the exercise of Soldier’s
Additional Homestead rights, James E.
Snevely, whose address is 130 Valencia
street, San Francisco, Cal., as assignee
of Anna Snevely, widow of John Snevely,
has made application ior patent to the
following described tract of land, to-wit:
Beginning at a point identical with "
corner No. 6 of the original Eagle City
town site survey, where is set a large
mica schist stone scribed Sur No 351,
Cor No 1, whence U S I M Eagle No 2 *
bears n 23 deg 10 min w 13.44 chs, the
N A T & T Co’s store bears n 39 deg 00
min e 20.50 chs; thence s 23 deg 10 min
e along a line identical with the east line
of the Pomeroy Homestead 31.04 chs to
Cor No 2, where is set a large stone «
scribed Sur No 351, Cor No 2; thence n
66 deg 47 min e 36.33 chs to Cor No 3
about four chains nearly due south from
the left bank of the Yukon river, where -
is set a large stone scribed Sur No 351
Cor No 3; thence n 60 deg 04 min w 44.66
chs to the intersection of the south line
of Adams street, where is set a large
stone scribed Sur No 351, C01 No 4,
whence corner No 7 of the original Eagle
City town site (situated on the brink of
the left bank of the Yukon river) bears
n 40 deg 41 min e 10 chs; thence s 40
deg 41 min w along and identical with * ,
the line of the south side of Adams street
10.60 chains to Cor No 1 the point ot *
beginning, containing 79.65 acres situ,
ated near the town of Eagle, Alaska, and
known as U S Survey No 351 of the Sol
dier’s Additional Homestead of Janies
E. Snevely.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
to the above described tract of land, as
surveyed, platted, and applied for, are
hereby notified^that unless their adverse
claims ,are duly filed according to law
and the regulations thereunder, within -
the time prescribed by law, with the
Register of the U. S. Land Office at
Juneau in the district of Alaska, they
will be barred by virtue of the provisions -
of said laws. John W. Dudley,
Register.
Is is hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice be published for the statutory pe
riod in the ‘‘Forum,” a weekly news
paper published at Rampart, Alaska.
John W. Dudley, Register.
First publication July 2, 1904.
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