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ALASKA rOKUM
(OFFICIAL PAPER)
TUB" FORUM PUBLISHING CO.
J.B. Wingate Editor and Manager.
VOI.UME4. No. 6
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 1903
Subscriptions—The Alaska Forum
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Single copies, 35c. Postage added.
Address ah communications to the
Alaska Forum, Rampart, Aka.
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YVE are in receipt, by., last mail,
at.the bauds oi Judge. W.ckersham,
a neatiy printed booklet of his ad
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dress and Tacoma Chamber of Com
merce. It is a most complete and
exhaustive lecture on Alaska, its
resources, conditions and needs.
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We published a few weeks ago a
• lew of the Judge’s recommenda
tions, in his address as to what Al
aska requires in the way of legisla
te j.i, taken from extracts puolished j
in the P-1. We will be pleased to i
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allow any one the privilege of a per
usal of the complete1 lecture who
will Cali st this office.
The5 Alaskan Indian is already
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going the way of all flesh. Dis
ease, improper food, and whisky
are causing whole tribes to vanish, j
In a few years places where the In
dians were formerly numerous will
be deserted: and a collection o:
squalid huts with the usual cam]
debris, will be the only clew to te;
comer that it was once inhabited
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* Congress; should legislate; to sto
the traffic that has much to do with
this piteous condition. Make it ?
felony to traffic with the Indian
with whisky, and while it may no'
stop the inevitable vanishing of the
In ian before the whites, it v\i..
certainly lengthen thei< stay.
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Reports received Wednesday
from DepVvtre Hv»t twenty;
people left Cuenoa that day fur
Rampart. This is probably cor
rect and it is most..certain, that a
number of otheas will be forced to
do the same. There is not enough
provisions at either the upper or
lower.,posts at. Chenoa to support
one-tenth of the population there j
now. In view of this state of at*
fairs the above exodus is not en
tirely unexpected.
Item4 Around And About.
Jim Oldfield is now on his way
back from Cbenoa He left there
last Monday morning.
Billy Haley, J. Jones and Joe
Walton left Thursday morning for
Chenoa.
McCue’s teams will load horse
feed for Sim Heeter and deliver it
to Deakyme. Lavig'ne left Thurs
day last with fonr horse loads.
Joe Atiicich and Jim Langford
left Sunday last oti a trip to the j
Chenoa. They expect to be gone!
three or four weeks. !
Call on Wm. Strong next door to the!
old A. E. building, for all kinds of stove .
or -tin work. Stoves mule to order. |
Ed Wiekersham, deputy marshal
at Circle, writes that one saloon li
cerise has been applied for from •
Chenoa. He is now on his way to
Chenoa to round up any illicit sa
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loon or “hootch" mills,
x- Big Mary, a squaw, wassentene
ed to four months imprisonment by
Judge Green, Monday last. Mary
has been on a rampage quite fre
quently of late and has been con
ducting a bawdy bouse. She was
arrested on the latter charge.
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Scotch, Irish, and Bourbon
Anheuser Beer, 812. dozen.
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Strictly First-class Work
Shaving and Haircutting
J$BP“Music Furnished For Dances.
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Julius Rahmstoirf
General Merchandise
OUTFITTING FURS bought
JJECURE the FORUM map of the Ram'
part Mining District Price $2.00
Lieut. Dickmanti and Dr. Tay
lor, who were stationed at Ft. Gib
last winter are now facing a court
martral in the States, alleged mis
appropriation of commissary funds,
is said to be the eause of their pre
dicament.