" j 'HE Nome papers are waging a war
* fare- on the whalers,. claiming
.that the latter are responsible
for the debauched condition~of' the Es
kimo. John W. Kelly, in a recent ar
, tide, states that the Esk imo is his own
distiller* using flour and. molasses;
“In. January, 1900, when the writer;
took the census at Cape Prince of Wa
les, 37 houses out of '63 had a stffl' in
operation* andhe found that.in the de
cade from 1890 to 1900 Cape Prince of
Wales had lost 306 in population* most
ly in vendettas boought abouthy liquors
“As to the whalers and the girls; at
first the w*veeu&nctdaughters were shjr
and distant. The Point Barrow girls
were the first to hearken to the voice
of the tempter; Then the innovation
crept ddwn the coast* ter Point Hope;;
"The Diomede islanders held out till af
ter 1890, when they fell to the seducer;
There -were- hostilities between ihe- tra*
ders and the Cape Prince of Wales na*
fives till 1890* . when, Capt.Healy.of the
bear, and the writer as an interpreter;
induced, the leading .natives to receive
and protect the missionary teachers.
“As"a.rule tne missionaries ih the
north did more than their share ih send
ing the natives down the line, by, car
essing^he girls in a way that would
not ite tolerated in the states. This
destroyed the- natural maiden reserve
so that they welcomed and readily em
braced the wh iler with all the ardor of
Mediterranean siren.
“The whaler as a rule has -been a
liberal trader and carries the natives
fiom point to point when they wish to
tfade»or other;' * When
the missionaries have-been- traders-they
have taken advantage of the winter
famines to p^y the native as little as
possible for his products. In twenty
four years of Arctic cruising the; only
ship on which I ever saw drunkeness on
board' was commanded by the whiskey
trader, who last year took his liquor
fronrone schooner to another off Una
laska island. ”
The immediate construction of the
long projected' government telegraph
•lihe between Ft. Gibbon and Rampart
now seems assured.- A quantity of* wire
has beenlandediiere and'it is intended
to construct the line this fall.
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GEORGE A. SALISBURY
Attorney at Law
Rampart Alaska
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Masonic; Association of Rampart
Meets on the last Saturday evening of each
month. Ail Masons invited to attend.
J. H.Hudgin, M.U. Pres. J. B. Wingate, Sec.
Second Jury Disagrees
And" Case Dismissed
• The second "jury in the case' of the
United States vs S'. R. Hudson,' charg
ed with criminal trespass on a mining
claim, failed to agree, standing1'4 ‘ for i
conviction and 8 for acquittal,
f The court stated :that as -' both juries:
in.the case- had been * evenly- divided^
and -to -avoid--further expense to the:
United States, the case was dismissed;.
O. A. Diver purchased the Pioneer -
claim, upon’ which Hudson is alleged-to
have-trespassed, from'T. L. Henry; left
for Fairbanks Monday night to enter'
suit against Hudson:- in the District )
court.
The Forum is The Miners’ Paper
United states land office ‘
. Juneau, Alaska, May 26,1904. •
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of and
under the provisions of the general homestead laws
and the special Act of Congress approved May 14,
1898, extending the same to the-District of Alaska;
authorizing the acquisition of title through the ex
ercise of Soldier's Additional Homestead rights.
James E. SneveJy; whose address is 4112 17th
street, San Francisco, Cal., as assignee of Anna
Snevely. widow of John SneveJy, ha* made appli
cation for patent to the following described tract
6f land, to wit:
Beginning at a point identical with Corner No. 6
of the oiiginal Eagle City Townsite Survey where
is set" a large Mica Schist Stone scribed Suf. No'.
851, Cor. No. 1, whence U. S. I. M. Eagle No. 2 bear
N. 23 deg. 10 min. W. 13.44’chs. the NL A. T."& T.
Co's. Store bears N. 39. deg. 00 min. E. 20.60 chains
ther.ee 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 seta large stone scribed
Slur. 351, Cor. No. 2. thence Ni 66 deg. 47 min. E.
36.33 chs. to Cor. No. 3 about- 4 chs.'nearly due
south from the left bank of tl e Yukon river where
is set a large stone scribed Sur*1 851: Cor. No. 3.
thence N. 60 deg. 04 min. W, 44.66 chs. to Cor. No.
4 at the intersection of the south line of Adams St.
where is set alarge stone scribed Sur*. No. 35£
Cor. No. 4, whence the southeast corner of the
original Eagle City Town site f situated on the brink
of the left bank of the Yukon river, near the N. A;
T. ‘ & T. Co. store], bears north N. 40 deg. 41 min.
E. 10 chs.. thence S. 40 deg. 41 mirt. W. along the
south line of Adams St 10.60 chs. to Ccr. No.l, the
point of beginning, containing 79.65 acres situated
near the town of Eagle, Ala.si.a and known as U.
S. Survey No. 351 of the Soldier's Additional home
stead of James E. Snevely.
Any and all persons claiming adversely to The
above described tract of land, as"strrveyed;ptatted
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 Ab
aska/they will be barred by virtue of the provis
ions of said laws.; John W. Dudley;
... , Register*
It is hereby ordered that-the Aforegoing notice be
published for the statutory period in the Alaska
FoifUM, a weekly newspaper published at Ram
part, Alaska. John W. Dudley*
Register
Date of first publication. May 27. 1905.