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CALENDAR
OCTOBER
H M T W T F 8
1 2 3 4 6 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 20 27
28 29 30 31
Moon’s Phases.~
Full moon, 2<1;
last quarter, 10th;
new moon, 17th;
first quarter, 24th;
full moon, ■list.
NOVEMBER
8 M T W T F 8
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
Moon’s Phases.—
Lust quarter, 9th;
new moon, 15th;
first quarter, 22d;
full moon, 30th.
Wednesday, October 24, 1906.
In the matter of placing
correct estimates upon gold
strikes and stampedes a few
cold facts are worth more
than all the theories and
opinions in the world. Un
fortunately the public in this*
part of the country is not in j
possession of many authenti
cated facts regarding the find
on the Cliandlar; and as a
consequence any opinion as
to the worth of the new dis
trict may he taken as more
in the nature of “hunch”
than as the result of reason
able calculation. We believe
it is true, however, that there
is better ground for optom
istic views regarding Chand
lar than has been the case in
most new districts since the
great discovery on the Klon
UiKu. in int* earner stages
of the Tanana excitement
even rumor did not attribute
to that country such an ex
tent of gohl-hearing ground
as appears reasonably certain
to have been found on the
('handlar. There is no evi
dence tending to show that
the ('handlar stampede was
precipitated by commercial
or other schemers. It has a
cleaner look about it than
most affairs of the kind; and
it will not !»• surprising if it
develops into a rich and
pro*|>eroll* district, for a
great many reason* it is to
U‘ lio|s'd it will An ini|H*r
taut camp there would lias
ten the building of a tele
graph line along the Yukon
between Rampart and Eagle,
and would lead to the pros
pecting of many Yukon trib
utaries to the westward of
Cliandlar, with at least a
fighting chance that the
north side of the Yukon
will rival the south side in
the production of gold. If a
camp of considerable magni
tude develops on the Chand
lar it will also lead to a
speedy prospecting of the
Arctic ' slope, and in many
other respects will mark a
turning point in Alaska as
far as the development of the
territory is concerned.
TRANSITION.
Such things as are told of
the town in the following
story are happening to the
territory as a whole—a little
more slowly but none the
less surely. It is the history
if all the towns, cities, terri
tories and states, in embryo,
ind is from the Douglas
Island News:
►sometimes change works
so slowly that it escapes no
tice. When the writer first
came to Douglas almost ev
ery dwelling was a cabin,
brick chimneys were regard
ed as useless luxuries, and
the only thing that every
body had was a lantern to
find his way through the
stumps. Hath tubs were al
most unheard of; the people
bathed, but God knows where.
Pianos and musical instru
ments were limited to the
dance halls. One horse per
formed the service that now
taxes the capacity <>f three or
four dray lines. Sidewalks,
where there were any, were
narrow and frail, and at
night the streets were as
black as ink. The children
were mostly native- with un
wipcd noses, or white ones
suffering from the same af
fliction. The school house
was little ami dirty and cold,
Chas. A. Traeger,
Hats, Clothing
and Furnishings.
| Just Received:
New Ladies’ Goods,
| Flannels, Blankets,
| Gents* Furnishings.
(Successor to
Smith & McHugh)
Freighter
and Packer
Rampart, Alaska
F
FRANK STEVENS’S
GLEN ROADHOUSE j
REOPENED BY !
DAD FOSTER.
ACCOMMODATIONS for HORSES I
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I and was at the end of a rick
ety walk a half mile from
town. The people were pleas
ant and kind and happy in
spite of it all, hut they en
dured much and deserved
better things. One day we
asked a man why he did not
build for himself a nice home
and send to the States for his
family. We shall always re-j
member what that man said
and the way he looked. His
j answer was rough, but per
haps he had reason to feel
that way. He said ‘What in
hell do you take me for?’
That was Douglas of long
ago. Now we look on a dif
ferent scene. Miles of paved
streets, lighted at every cor
ner; troops of handsome,
happy children dressed like
for Sunday school; the jingle
of music from cheerful homes
and many other happy sights
and sounds tell the story of
the change that has come to
Douglas. Has it been a life
time in doing? No; really
only a few short years.
The largest insect in the
world is a grasshopper found
in the karoo desert in South
Africa. It has a ItMneh
spread of wing.
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 p. m.
W. W. CROCKETT.
JULIUS RAHMSTORF, Arctic Chief
Arctic Recorder.
Modern Dentistry
In all Its Branches
CHARLES D. CARTER, D. D. S.,
Prices reasonable. Work guaranteed.
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