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CALENDAR
AUGUST
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26 27 28 29 30 31
Moon’8 Phases.—
Full moon, 4th;
lost quarter, 11th;
new moon, 19th.
first quarter, 26th
SEPTEMBER
8 M T W T F 8
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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16 17 18 10 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30_ _
Moon’s Phases.—
Full moon, 2d;
lust quarter, 10th;
new moon, 18th.
Hrst quarter, 24th.
Wednesday, September 12, 1906.
IS RAMPART DEAD?
From the Dawson News.
The town of Rami>art is doomed as a
trading center. This is the report
brought by recent arrivals from the
lower river. They say that Frank Man
ley's new town, on the Tanana river,
will he nearer to the big creeks of the
Rampart district which are forging to
the head of late, and that the trade nat
urally will go to the new town.
The hot springs, on the Tanana, will
be the place of the new town. From
there into What Cheer Bar and Thanks
giving creek is only eighteen miles, as
against thirty from Rampart. Manley
will open stores and other accommoda
tions at the springs, and already is
building a fine road across the stretch.
He is putting in 250 tons of supplies
there this fall.
Ramjiart still wfll have Minook and
its tributaries nearer than Hot Springs,
but Manley’s town will so split the
trade of the place, it is claimed, that the
old town will receive a tremendous set
back. It is said by the recent arrivals
that Wesley Young, who went from
Dawson with a stock of goods last year
for Rampart, is about to close his Ram
part store for fear that Manley’s scheme
is going to ruin the trade of Rampart
town.
Manley already lias built eighteen
miles nf road from the springs toward ,
What Cheer, and will erect stores, mills !
and other conveniences.
L. 8. Kola-, formerly mining engineer
at Dawson for the N. A. T. A T. Co., is j
in charge of the survey of the big system
of ditch lines w hich Manley is prci>aring
for the What Cheer Bar property.
Manley recently purchased the What
Cheer property in the Kanijiart district
for $HO,000. He will hydraulic the bar.
While called a liar it virtually is an
ancient river bed.
The Manley ditch will carry twenty
live sluiceheads of water, and, it is said,
will give Manley a (isolate control of all
the water in that district.
Notwithstanding the prediction that
Mr. Manley’s enterprise i« a deathblow
to the town of Rampart, merchant* are
laying in as lag st«**k* a* usual, and of
Course they rl|ird to sell them. Busi
nesa has twen remarkably g.*»l lately.
considering that so many of the best-to
do miners have gone outside for the
winter. Mr. Manley having acquired a
large amount of the l>est ground on the
other side of the divide, of course the
supplies for that much of the district
will lie furnished by himself. But busi
ness men claim that increased develop
ment all over the district will offset the
trade diverted by the Hot Springs ]>OBt
and Kampart trade will advance rather
than decline. Time will settle the
matter, and settle it to the advantage
of those who dig the gold.
It certainly seems a simpler and
cheai>er process to land goods at Ram
part on the Yukon than it is to land
them on the Tanana, where they are
yet six miles from the depot at the Hot
Springs; but tricks of the carrier's
trade might be made to reverse a nat
ural law.
A possible future contingency that
has to do with the case is the extension
of the Tanana Mines Railway a trifling
distance to the Yukon. That would
establish the supply point on the Yukon
for all that territory lying between the
great river and the coast range.
CALL
If the article reproduced in this paper
from the Juneau Transcript proves to
he true, it may lessen Gale’s influence
very materially in Alaska if not in
Washington. Power to deceive and
willingness to betray—a crooked tongue
in a straight face—are the essentials for
a go<xl detective, but not for a congres
sional delegate.
There wili be few to believe the story
offhand. The Transcript had not a
word to say as to the manner of man
Fay, its informant, is. It is strange
if the story is true that it has not been
more generally printed and so verified
that there is no room for doubt. We
don’t believe it.
CANS WINS
ON A FOUL
Nelson an<l Gans fought
42 rounds in 2 hours and 48
minutes at Goldfields, Nev.,
Sept. 3. It was the greatest
glove battle ever witnessed.
Gans showed himself to be
the greatest man of his
weight in the world. He
fought like a demon; so did
Nelson.
The tight wound up with
Nelson’s fare heaton to a
jelly ami bis skin torn to
shreds. There was not a
pieee of skin from bis waist
Chas. A. Traeger,
Hats, Clothing
and Furnishings.
Suits and Cigars
Will be Sold AT COST for
a Short Time Only.
Come on, boys! These are for our
own use. We would not do this for
anybody but you.
J. W. YOUNG
I have just received
a full line of
NEW GROCERIES!
RELIANCE
Vegetables and Fruits
are the best and are sold
at same prices as other
brands.
J. W. YOUNG
F. M. SMITH
(Successor to
Smith & McHugh)
Freighter
and Packer
Rampart, Alaska
up that was not torn, bruised
or discolored. Gans, too, was
badly beaten. In the 42d
round Nelson deliberately
swung a teft to Gans’s stom
ach several inches below the!
belt, the latter slowly sank
to the Hoor and Siler gave
gave the fight to Gans. Ev
ery one saw the foul.
—
The Louise and the Surah brought ]
new good* for alt the merchant* and
more are coming.
Frol Stalk will start for Iteaver river I
in a day or two to spend the winter
pMapacttn_
The finishing touche* are t>eing put to
l>r. Budgin'* tine new building west of
tlup («mtoffice._
It i* mi>! that laymen on tieorgv llal
dry'* Father creek projierty are taking
out t1',!**) \ *i* k I
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Lawyer.
Office at the Courthouse.
OFFICE OF
Commissioner and Recorder.
Rooms 1 and 2, Courthouse
A. B. NOTICE.
Regular meetings of the Arctic Brother
hood Lodge are held at their hall on the
second and fourth Fridays of each month at
8 o’clock |>. m.
C. A. DAVIDSON,
JULIUS RAHMSTORF, Arctic Chief.
Arctic Recorder.
Modern Dentistry
In all Its Branches
CHARLES D. CARTER, D. D. S.,
Prices reasonable. Work guaranteed.
OFFICE—Just above the new postoffice.
The Florence Hotel
Bar Supplied with the Best
of Liquors and Cigars
Billiard and Pool Parlors
Unexcelled
BOB SCHABER _ JACK RADIGAN
Managers
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home would
gratify relatives amt frlrnili
It. A. Ketterer will go ontaiile noon.
Some people are arranging with hitn to
present their claim* aguinat the S-uttle
aaauy office._
P. Kuffenhurgh, ju*» Imck front the
otitahle, i lee la re’a the lloaton Store'*
atoek wHl »*■ the complete*! ever.
Lnaia Iver-u.ft will Itave charge of
the X. C. me*« the ftvmting winter.