ROAD COMMISSIONER
APPOINTED.
Mining Man Named for the Posi
tion and the Law To Be
Complied With.
United States Commissioner Orcen
has appointed W. I!. Ballou mail I'om
missioner for Rampart precinct for tlie
fiscal year beginning with the present
month.
It is saiil the road law will he rigidly
enforced. Commissioner tireen says it
is his belief that a majority of the mi
ners in the precinct want the law to he
strictly complied with, and he appointed
a mining man to the position with that
end in view.
The appointment is peculiarly appro
priate. Mr. Ballou is secretary of the
miners association, and is in a position
to know both the time and the places
for doing the work that will he approved
by the miners.
Heretofore in this precinct there has
been no pretense of enforcing the road
law. The road proposition has been so
formidable a one that by common con
sent it has been allowed to go by default.
With roads ouce constructed in the pre
cinct it is believed the law would he
ample to keep them iu repair. 1'nder
the conditions actually existing a slight
betterment may he effected, and the
miners at their forthcoming meeting on
(Hen will have an excellent opportunity
to make known their wishes regarding
the work—from which, of course, they
will receive the principal benefit, and
most of which they will have to perform
or pay for._
Norman S. Abbott rearin'!I Oawson
from (.’old foot March •">, after more than
a month spent on the way. Some of
the interest inti thinys lie toM the haw son
News are nameil helow :
Mr. Krii'ksoit, an ohl miner in the
Ko.-nkuk, was frozen to death there in
January. He was too venturesome and
went out with only an ordinary pair of
trousers, an undershirt and a jumper.
Ih' was found a short di-dance from his
cabin, in a bending jiosture, as though
a.-leep.
Kd I>uiham, a former Klnndiker, is
on tbi' east fork of tin- Koynkuk. laid up
with frozen toes, and is in a pitiable
condition. Ablsdt reported bis cast* to
Missionary Uiee.it Circle and to Major
mummer at K.aiile. Tin- missionary
starteil after the man with a ih>tf team
and tin' ollicer <Ii-pnti-h«I a man to take
him to Kairle to Is- oJ» rated il|si|l.
from eiul to end theri' are '.’•'•it mi n ill
the Kovnkuk. The i amp will prodllee
more |« r capita this winter than ever
la-fore.
There is ie> li.iinblinu in the camp, no
one in jail, plenty of v>rnb, and all well.
It wa»7- lalow this winter. Several
.lift, re.I from frostbites, but none seri
ously except l>unham.
\\ |*. Me Manus ami Mike Sullivan
anived Monday from the head waters
oi fish creek Mr Sullivan proceeded
*,n t‘i t den
MANAGER KOONCE’S
RETURN.
Assumes Charge of Rampart City
Gold Mines Company’s
Affairs.
Manager M. K. Koonee of the Ram
part Hold Mines Company arrived, l>y
way of Valdez and Fairbanks, last
\Ve< 1 nesday a ft crimen.
Sineo his arrival Mr. Koonee lias been
busy with the affairs of his company.
It is announced that certain disturb
ing complications that had arisen with
Donald McLean over water rights on
lloosier creek have been adjusted and
preparations for work onmat creek will
be pushed as rapidly as possible.
The Dig Mi nook proposition, from
which a large portion of the hydraulic
appliances was removed this winter for
work on lloosier, has by no means been
abandoned; but operations there will
eventually proceed along the general
lines originally contemplated by the
company. Mr. Koonee said, since the
lloosier proposition has been tinder
taken and will for the time being occupy
the company's attention, it can not be
stated with certainty when work will
be resumed on Big Minook; but the
ground there will be worked, either with
the plant originally placed there or with
a new one. Mr. Koonee added that he
did not think the company’s arrange
ment with the lloosier people would be
in any wise detrimental to its Big
Minook interests; but, on the contrary,
may result in benefit in giving plenty of
time for properly installing the large
works.
It seems assured that the company's
undertakings will lie prosecuted with
energy.
EUREKA SICNALSTATION
Lieutenant Kverington, iprartermaster
at l'urt < ribbon, lias given notice through
tin- signal corps of the war department's
intention of erecting a building for a
signal station at Eureka.
The building is to be Hi hv L'o feet, of
logs si|Uared on three sides, with a par
tition, two doors and four windows,
tongue-und-groove floor, ]>olc-and-dirt
riMif covered with galvanized iron, anil
is to be provided with two safety Hues.
The call for bills will be made later.
Intending bidders are invited to give an
approximate idea of the amount of con
templated bids, so as to guide the ipiar
terma-ter in a reposition for the neces
sary funds.
PARTY FROM NOVITNO
A party of half a do/en prospectors ar
rivvd from the Novitno yesterday after
lusin ami will abide at ILimpart They
are t buries It. Myers, Alfred M,»,re.
I \V. T 'rrewnd. r, l* I; Wil-m. t' I.
Jon* - and |* \ lep-,,u
They left Kinney til l.o I and Wally
laUiski, of Itumpnrl, trapping on So
rdino.
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE.
MINERS STORE
(In the Postofflce Building)
Cigars by the Box a Specialty
NO BETTER COFFEE AT ANY PRICE
— - -—_ orionnmnnnnrinnrN
1°
50 cents
per pound
all
the
year
round
3
JLl
Best value
for
the money
ever offered
in
the North
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY, Sole Agents for Alaska
I MEETING of the Rampart Miners Association will
A he held at WHAT CHEER BAR, Sunday, April 29.
A full attendance is requested, as business of import
ance will come before the meeting.
W. B. BALLOU. GEO. W. LEDGER,
Secretary. President.
Please stick this notice up, so that the date may be referred to^J
NEW STORAGE CELLARS
The Miners Store is completing a new
ami cnmimxliotts cellar on Thiril avenue,
■adjoining the Cowan cahin. A room
has hcen excavated in the frozen hill
side, and is being ceiled and lifted with
two sets of double doors. When com
pleted it will form a perfect natural
cold storage plant, and will be stocked
w ith fresh meats for summer use.
Dr. Hudgins’s Cellar.
I'nder his Front-street cabin, formerly
occupied by the McQuestens, lh’. J. 11.
liudgiti lms commenced excavating for
both warm and cold storage.
In the center of the cabin from the
tlnnr dow n be w ill build a cellar in w bieb
to store fruits, vegetables, etc., for win
ter use. This room will remain at a
tem|«-rature but slightly above freezing
winter and summer, and all kinds of
perishables may be kept there. A drain
will be constructed from this room to
the river bank.
.111-t back of t hi- cellar and connected
with it by a door will be the refriger
ating room, where all kinds of articles
will remain in a frozen state the year
round. This latter room will In- dug
deep, so that it will lie surrounded by
|w-rpctual frost.
No Novelty.
Warm and cold -forage fashioned like
the ris.ms mentioned alw»ve is no longer
a novelty on the Yukon. In It.impart
it is now one of the ordinary conve
niences of life. Its proved success is
one of the many encouraging features
to those who delight to l<s>k on this as a
lain! of future homes.
John Stanley has sold his retnrining
pair of mules to the ftampart City thit,I
Mines jss.pt,.
DIDN’T REACH BEDROCK
The effort to reach bedrock on Skoo
kuin so vigorously prosecuted recently
been given up for the time being as a
failure. Pete Johnson, who has been
in town for a few days, says they will
yet succeed in prospecting the ground.
For a time seven men were at work
with three pumps constantly running,
but the water gained the mastery. One
shaft reached bottom on the rim. A
pan of dirt from this hole yielded 10
cents, but water came in so fast further
pannings could not be made.
The ground is thawed to within a few
inches of the surface.
Of the more common vegetables, Prof,
tleorgeson, in a late bulletin sent out
from the agricultural experiment station
at Sitka, says that celery and cucum
bers, particularly the latter, are among
the most ililtieult to raise in Alaska.
Purine the forthcoming ojkui season
Frank Pecker will take charge of the
N. Co.-- mail launch, which was run
last summer bv Engineer Johnson.
Frank IVggs will keep on the lower
route.—Yukon Tanana I’res-.
James F. Palton. of the What Cheer
liar company, and Aligns llebb. of
llebh ik t hietjt, Skooknm. came in over
the Valdez trail in company with l!ev.
M E. K<*>nee. They l»>th st»|>|iol on
the creeks.
The last of the hydraulic |4|ie was
di*trilmtisl along the ll>»>sier line yes
terday.
A partv of a dozen koyttkuk Indians
came in last *ok. They were |»>tlavhcd
at the village across the river M>mdav
night ami started on their return b»lay.
They came and went by Sputw creek.