JOE MIQUEL
RUNS AWAY
But is Soon Caught and
Returned to Jail.
This afternoon Joe Miquel, serving a
.-e:.tenee for theft, made another break
I’m liberty this afternoon.
1 !e was sawing wood in the jail yard
aid while (ittard Itoueher’s hack was
turned he van away, lie got into a
heat and satarted down the river, and
was soon pursued by Deputy Marshal
Drake and lieorge \V. Woods, likewise
in a boat. At the bend below Clinton’s
Miquel was seen among the risks,
v. here he had taken refuge after landing.
Mil pul ran and Deputy Drake tired
t'.,nr shots, but failed to stop him.
1 le was overhauled up the gulch and
lelurned to jail.
Miipiel escaped and was at large two
v. teks last w inter.
EXPOSITION
OFFICERS TO COME
K. Chilberg, president, anil I. A.
Nadeau, director general, of tin* Alaska
Yukon-Pacilic Kxposition, which is to
lit- open in Seattle from June t> to Sept.
;;0, 190i>, are exiieeteil to pass through
Rampart about the last of July. The
- ope of the exposition has been en
larged so as to include all territory
bordering on Rering sea and the North
l’aeitie ocean, and the exhibits will un
doubtedly attract world-wide attention.
Twentv-tive members of an advismy
board are to be appointed from different
sections of Alaska. It would be to the
interest of this district to be represented
in the board. If representatives of ti e
miners' association, the Arctic brother
hood and the board of trade will meet
and confer with Messrs. Chilberg and
Nadeau an understanding may l« ar
rived at and arrangements made that
will be to the interest both of the expo
sition and of tin1 Rampart district.
“OLD FiONEER”
TO BE REOPENED
■\I, — r j. K. M. Smith ami A. I.. t '< *11 in-*
Iijivi- U .i-c 1 tin- < >M 1’ • ii.-.-r >al<Kin from
.I.*' Aniiit'h ami "ill rf-i>i*ii that »••11
knuan n***nrt July I. At tin- *trok** nl
iniilniltlit on June JO thr iWti "ill
thrown i.|»-n ami tYt-rylmily iiivitnl to
Itirtuki' «l thr llni'Kt lunvli that ran hr
i>rov hlvil.
Thi- t tM ..i t ha-* vvrv Him Utr
tiSturm, ami Mi--r* smith X t • -Mtn*
"ill havr nut* ol tin* liaiwl***»lin'Kt |*lat'i-K
on tbt* rivrr.
Dr. Carter to Return.
\tf f 11 < |h»* i*
I ir« !*•, will rH »rtt li»* i*1 •*%**,
al.H-li U*»|«-t*t».| il»*a in a h*w .lay«.
4TH OF JULY
CELEBRATION
Ball Game and Other In
teresting Events.
Tlu> following list of athletic sports
are announced. The prizes will be lib
eral and will be made known later:
Hall game, called at 1 p. m.—ltampart
nine vs. creek nine. Rampart team
sent a challenge to Eureka this morning
to play for $50 side bet and gate receipts.
100-yard foot race.
Running broad jump.
Standing jump.
Hop, skip and jump.
Three-legged race.
Egg-race.
l’ole vault.
Roys' sack race.
Running high jump.
A wire-walking contest is talked of
between S. K. lleeter and Allen Crane
has been broached, and will probably
be arranged.
A Commodious booth w ill In- erected
and all kinds of refreshments served on
the grounds.
Rv order of
ATHLETIC COMMITTEE.
THE MIRROR”
REFURNISHED
Messrs. Cleveland & l’rown have put
a now mi>f mi The Mirror building, have
re I in (io roil the walls ami will .tefurnish
tho place throughout. They do nut
think they can get ready fur the open
ing hefnre July
ALASKA ROAD MEN
TO COME IN JULY
\V. 15. Ballou, mail commissioner for
liampart precinct, has received a tele
graphic nn -sage from Captain I’iilslmry
stating that the road commission will
lay out the wagon road ui> Mi nook in
July.
Captain I’illslmry added that as the
f it in l- uvailahle hy the couiinission are
limited, the |>eople here should do all
they can to further the work on the
road.
I uder the circumstance- Mr. Itallou
will not take any *tc|>' toward enforcing
the road-working law until after arrival
of niemU r- of tla* commission.
Looks Like Rain.
I K* r« li.i- u»i» i»«> rain on tin* t*U*n
*i.U* <*f tin* ♦livi»li* tIn* j*rv4vnl wuimhi.
\ ft*v% ‘l»'*ui*rK have f«ilU*n * n
ti 1+ o*. ui. I W I* IValloii r«-|«rt* lliat
tin* rt«>w *if witter lui** iiu'ii'U^I |**nvj*ti«
I lv in Uithv vtMk tin* |it*t fe w tiny*;
l>itl in n*«*«*t l«**»klttir<4 ii*> im$*rov**im*nt
t# ti< •tlttuiMr.
In«lit .itioii<« 4r«‘ tav*»rah|** f»*r ruin.
S. E. IIKETER.
HARRY IiURRUSS. o<
HEETER&BURRUSS,
FREIGHTERS and PACKERS
Freighting and Packing to and from all Creeks.
(rood Equipments and Service Unexcelled
TABLE OF DISTANCES
As Given in
Haines
Sj. Michael
Nulatn
Fort Y iikon
Rampart .
Fort Gibbon .
Fairbanks..
Forty mile.
Dawson.
‘Methods and Costs of Placer Mining in Alaska,’
Purington, of the U. S. Geological Survey.
by C. W.
580
100
1.880
1.140
903
203
1.268
1,42:1
<s7S
745
695
H47
600
1.310
1.720
1.543
1,783
1.84*
2.04)1?
1.458
1.325
1.900
1.249
864
881
1.049
\ 1.2' 4
\ * 920
779 ;
646
596
54 >
485
990
750
685
840
1.075
1.208
1,253
L298
50.)
265
2' K)
590
723
70S
Sj 3
210
305
455
85
218
263
308
325
458
503
548
270
523
568
613
1 150
t 283
328
373
135
1*0
45
90
* Taking trail at Circle.
| By trail.
Forty mile
Local and General Notes
Mr.-. Oeo. W. Woixls is expected from
tlie outside shortly.
Tom Antonsou and Sid Williams are
in faoui Little Minook Jr.
tleorge Klapprotli is on the day shift
at the Florence restaurant.
l’at Hums is night guard at the jail,
Judge Knapp having resigned.
Olson and Andeison are in from
Thanksgiving on account of no water.
Charley Bevins and his wife were on
the Sarah, bound to Fairbanks from the
outside.
W. B. Ballou came in from IJuby this
afternoon. There is enough water in
the creek to keep one giant running.
('apt. A. I>. Williams has bought .1.
F. Nellany's interest in .'! bench) Pio
neer and 1,i! and 3 North Fork.
Dave Fancher is in from Omega, and
rejMirts small water on Omega, lie says
Oill averages a splash about every hour
and a hall on • Hen.
Kahmstorf has addl'd a second story
to the rear of his store building, which
will be used as a residence.
A. 11. Lane is in from the North Fork
of Pioneer. Lane, Nellanv and I'iver
"have completed their cleanup, and Mr.
Diver will tave the tir-*t I mat to Faii
Uinks. lie will return in the fall.
I'rockcit ami Sevier came in from
Little Minook this afternoon and rt |*irt
a scant sluicehead of water on that
creek. Frank A < iratiain are shoveling
in, blit most |»1 ‘pie are simply waiting
for rain.
/ARE YOU
I TWy will kmtw >»u *n ill right if put
\ wag them th« fUM UU1Y H0.
Mil piarv »r 1*1 u* Mini « w«ki>
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RECEPTION
...SALOON...
S. E. HEETER, BOB SCHABER.
Proprietor Manuger
Wines, Liquors and
GOOD Cigars_
....Billiard and Pool Rooms
< Barber Chair in the House.
St, Louis
ABC
and Seattle
Ranier Beers
OLD VALLEY WHISKY
The Only Stock.
MIXED DRINKS
»>ur Specialty
Modern Dentistry
In All Its Branches
CHARLES D. CARTER. D. D. S..
Will rcnuiln In Kitnipiirt % nu-mh or l«>un»r
If huxiltTM MitrMHh.
PrUw W«»rk |it4r4Hifnl.
JlMl III* HVR (HMliiAfR.