VOL. II.
RAMPART, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2. 1906.
No. 36
MINERS ASSOCIATION
’ MET SUNDAY.
Stevens, GiU and Green Delegates
Elected Delegates to the Ter
ritorial Convention.
The meeting of the Glen-side section
of the Rampart Miners Association
called for last Sunday was held in the
big new mess house of the What Cheer
Bar company.
The vote there taken, added to the
votes cast at Rampart a week l»efoce,
elected George W. Ledger as Delegate
No. 1, or chairman uf the Rampart del
egation at a proposed territorial con
vention; M. S. Gill, delegate No. 2, and
V. O. Green, Delegate No. 3.
The details of the territorial conven
tinn not having yet been arranged, the
apportionment of delegates is yet prob
lematical ; hence, if Kampart should be
only allowed one delegate the first
named will be the man; if two are al
lowed, the two first, etc.
A. D. Williams was named as Ram
part's choice as candidate for delegate
to congress.
A committee of three was appointed
to raise funds to defray the expenses of
the delegation to the convention. The
committee consists of Messrs. Stevens,
Gill and Gaetz.
It was the sense of the meeting that
the territorial convention should be
held early in July, and that Nome is the
most convenient place of meeting.
The action of the meeting was wired
to the Fairbanks association.
The Alaska Monthly,
a Nev Publication
Volume 1, Number 1 (April) of the
Alaska Monthly, an illustrated magazine
published at Juneau, has been received.
It is a handsome spei iinen of the
printer’s art, and contains many illus
trations. “The Men Who ltlazcd the
Trail,” the leading article, hv (». M.
Irwin, A. M., I». Ih, is accompanied by
js.rtraits of "Joe” Juneau, **IHcli** Har
ris, O. I.. Sandstone, and John l» lleid.
Other (sirtrait* are those- of Judge Henry
States, the first court commissioner and
the first lawyer who practiced in Alaska,
and Rev. James A Sutton, |>a*tor of the
M. K. church at Juneau. There are
many Alaska views.
The reading matter of t|w- Monthly is
of exceptional interest to Alaskan*, and
the whole pr>*lnction is very creditable
|«>r the first numla-r o| an undertaking
of such pretensions We will take
pleasure in showing it t» anyone who
calls. It* price is 12.-VI a year.
GOLD STORAGE BOAT
LOTTA TALBOT WRECKED
Quarter Million Damage Done by a Big Ice Floe
From Chena River.
Fairbanks, May 2.—A big ice floe came down Chena
river last night and wricked the Pacific Cold Storage
Company’s refrigerator boat Lotta Talbot.
At the N. C., Calderhead and Clough-Kinghorn
docks the loss is estimated at a quarter of a million
dollars.
The ice is packed at Chena, the Tanana not having
broken, and the flood is rapidly extending up the river.
The people here are doing everything possible to
forestall a repetition of last year’s disaster.
The Wires Were Down.
A big ice jam destroyed the telegraph line at Baker
Creek and from Monday morning till this morning no
communication has been had from beyond that point.
Since communication has been re-established pri
vate business has practically shut out press matter.
The above telegram was received late this afternoon.
NEW POSTOFFIGE
READY FOR THE ROOF
The new poetoffiee building will la
ready for the roof tomorrow. The roof
will be of dirt, covered with corrugated
iron. The building will probably la
ready for ia-cupnncy next week.
It will add greatly to the appearance
of the town and will proltahly la- the
handm-mest hud-ling on the river out
side of I’awson
Weather Conditions.
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RAILROAD ACTIVITY
ON THE OUTSIDE
St. Paul, Minn., Aj>ril 5.—In regard
to the rumor that James J. Hill pro- ,
lloses to huild a railroad from Winnipeg
to Vancouver, it is stated on excellent
authority that the direct line from Van
couver to Fernie will Ik- the first stage
of those hig plans of the (ireat Northern
in Canada, and that eight thousand
men will Is' employed this summer on
this line alone.
Hill is it master of rapitl eonst ruction,
anti will utilize his vast knowledge in
putting >n this entering end of the
wedge all in a season.
The puhlirity given the srheme is
■naile neeessary hy the nets Is (or men, [
ami the anti-contrart law wliieh will
not permit prearrangement.
The plans |..r railroad extension in
the I nitesl States west of iHiluth the
coming summer rail lor thirty thoiisaml
MU. while north of the t'anadian Uam
ilary the plans in sight will require al
mo t aa many more
BREAKUP THIS YEAR
MAY BE LIYELY.
Lots of Snow and Warm Weather
May Combine to Make the
Event Turbulent.
With the thermometer ranging in the
OO's the snow has heen disappearing
rapidly for the past week.
Big Minook lias been pouring a flood
onto tiie Yukon for several days, and
Squaw creek has been discharging freely
since yesterday.
With a knowledge of the great amount
of snow, and with a prospect of a con
tinuation of warm weather to send the
torrents from the side streams into the
big river, the breakup this year may
prove a little more tumultuous that it
has been for several seasons past.
Last year the ice moved at noon May
16. The earliest that the ice has moved
any year since a record has been kept
was May 11 and the latest May 24. It
would lie a good guess that the record
will not lie broken at either end this
jiear.
Winter Hail Service
Has Gome to an End
Jules Mur on, the Northern Commer
cial Company's mail superintendent ar
rived last Thursday with the last mail
to come down fiver the ice. That hatch
cleared up all the mail between Kagle
and ltainpart, but another consignment
was to leave Kagle Saturday or Sunday,
which will lie up probably not below
Circle till after the ice goes out.
Mr. Marion paid there in a great ileal
of snow along the river, which wan al
ready getting pretty nmnhy.
He went on down to Tanana, and in
riprtel l«ack, protwbly tomorrow, with
hcal mail and perhapa mine from Fair
banks.
The mail service thin mamn ban been
[erltt'l, not having been late Iroin either
direction at any time.
The Valdez Mail.
K«l *. t»rr, formerly Urr A Tukey of
I Hiwnon, will run a mage line conveying
the mail* of the N. t\ t'o.’a contract
Iwtwcen V a Idea and Fairtiuuk* neat
winter. Tlw nervice by the contractor*
on that naile waa*» I*hI lam winter that
there wan a storm of |>role*t from the
lower Yukon and Nome.