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Calendar—November-December.
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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30, 1904.
Straws show which way the
wind blows. The greater part of
Rampart’s future gold output will
come from summer work and will
be produced at a minimum of cost.
Even freighting to the mines is
undergoing a material reduction.
Fairbanks’ gold output next
spring will be considerably lessened
on account of the lateness ot the
appearance of cold weather. Much
of the best ground in the district is
wet and hard to get down on. It
may prove a blessing in disguise,
though, for conditions may be more
favorable to mining at a profit a
rear or two from now.
Senator Hoar, of Massachu
setts, died Sept. 29. Dr. Edward
Everett Hale, in a eulogy delivered
at thj funeral, said: “There never
was a person so simple, so natural,
never a person who so lelied upon
the realities—truth, righteousness
and peace." Add to this that he
was always a friend to human lib
erty and the eulogy is complete.
Tins is the seas.m of the year
when the extreme cold is sure to
find victims. Necessity, ({reed for
j{old. devotion to duty, carelessness,
and all that enters into strenuous
lite in a new and sparsely settled
Ian* impel men t-> take chances,
and the onlv wonder is that fatali
ties are so few. It is the history,
continued, of the while man's eon
.juest of the continent with the
difference that here the one relent
lew* no my is the pitiless cold evei
lead* to turn *>>m* trivial accident
into a certain and speedy death,
while the pioneers larthur south
were opposed by hostile men. pots
otiotta strikes the devil of thirst
Miming levers and the (wmimnr
heat Ail things considered the
| pioneer’s lot is here beset with nc
more hardship and danger than his
predecessor’s was there; and the
reward for the fertunate is no less
| alluring.
THE RESULT OF THE DAY
INVESTIGATION.
The reappointment of Judge
Wickersham is gratifying in more
ways than one. First and fore
most, it is an assurance that Judge
Wickersham’s views freely ex
pressed on questions relating to
Alaska, while they may not accord
with the opinions of many republi
cans, will not be held as prejudicial
to him in his official capacity. It
is understood that the president is
opposed to the scheme of Alaska
having an elected delegate to con
gress: Judge Wickersham has been
'.outspoken in its favor. It is safe
j to say that the republican party at
' the present time would hesitate to
go on record as guaranteeing Alaska
full political rights in time to come:
but Judge Wickersham has pul licly
said that Alaska will expect no less.
It is good to know that an official
does not jeopardize his position by
speaking his mind at this early date
on matters which may assume im
mense importance a few years
hence.
The full force of the factional
opposition was brought to bear
against the reappointment of Gov
ernor Brady. Men of undoubted
influence with the president were
trying to effect Brady's overthrow.
But, with all the facts before him,
he has sustained the governor.
Taking it all in all. it looks like
President Roosevelt had thoroughly
acquainted himself with the situa
lion and had acted on the require
ments of each case in an honest and
manly determination to do right.
Had the text of Assistant Attor
ney General Day's report been
made public it would have indi
cated more clearly a disposition to
deal openly with the people; but
when all is known the president's
action in the matter will doubtless
be found to be just and w ill there
fore l>e approved by fair minded
men
Thanksgiving was spent in
town !>v a many men from
the creek* From somewhere 01
other turkeys were had for the nc
fusion and the hnlidav was thereby
made more emblematic of the occa
»i«*n it is inter ded to commemorate
Thanksgiving is an American testi
val in the hfnade*t sense «•! the
term t*-r the feast i f ihe I’dgntn
that market! the first Thanksgiving
dinner was a Mriltsh feast, and Dm
peo|>te ot the Canadian side are
therefore joint bu s with then
I rilled Stales cousins in I tie inker
iter) blessing* r presaged
PIONEER PROSPECTORS.
! To the prospector for gold and
silver the United States owes the
! rapid development of the West,
says the Denver Mining Reporter.
The tremendous travel induced by
jthe discoveries of gold and silver in
California, Nevada, Utah, Montana,
Idaho and Colorado undoubtedly
caused the building of a transconti
nental railroad at least twenty years
sooner than otherwise would have
been the case. It would be incred
ible if the men who dared the ter
rors of what was then the Great
American Desert and the hostile
Sioux and Apaches were forgotten.
Yet it is a fact that the names of
Comstock, Gregory, O’Reilly, Mc
Laughlin and scores of others are
almost as completely forgotten as if
their work had been that of ob
scure factory hands. Surely these
men’s names should be remembered
and honored by the Western com
monwealths. Before it is too late,
and while men yet live who knew
them, the facts as to those forgot
ten heroes should be collected and
preserved for future generations.
Too generally an impression pre
vails that these old prospectors were
not “nice” men. The fact best
known concerning Gregory, the
first discoverer of quartz gold in
Colorado, is his 'picturesque blas
phemy when he made his epochal
discovery at Black Hawk. What
finally became of Gregory and what
kind of a man he really was, the
school children of Colorado are not
informed. So far as we can find
out it is not known with certainty
even where he died.
Recently we came on an account
of the last days of Henry Com
stock. after whom was named the
threat Comstock lode of Nevada.
The old man was living at Butte.
Mont., in 1867. and in 1868 we
find in the “Mineral Resources ol
1 the United States’’ this pathetic
account of a magnificent character.
‘'Although a matt of the strictest
temperance, using no stimulant
stronger than tea or coffee, and not
even tobacco, years and the hard
ships and excitement incident to a
frontier life arc telling painfu’ly on
his faculties. In a conversation
with him he referred to his past ca
reer. especially bis connection with
the lode that bears his name. His
intellect appears to wander, al
though his hand still retains it*
cunning. He is a skillful prospec
tor, but his failing recollection*
carry eh'inly images to his dark
ened understanding He imagine*
he owns the whole eomstork hat*
and the cities of Hold Hilt amt Yir
gmia. but as he has no iiumeoiati
use tor them he allows others It
list in his houses The people ar«
poor ami it would he hard to turn
them out. especially in the winter
C. H. GIBBONS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Office Hours: i to 3 p. m. and when not other
wise engaged.
Office and Residence. Second avenue.
GEORGK A. SALISBURY,
j Attorney and Counsellor,
Phone Gltn. Rampart, Alaska
LOUIS K. PRATT,
Attorney at Law,
Fatrrank*; Ataeva
J. LINDLKV GREKS,
Lawyer.
Office at the Courthouse.
OFFICE OF
Commissioner and Recorder
Rooms i and 2, Courthouse
THE
HEETER
TANANA, ALASKA
S. E. HEETER, ED FERGUSON,
PROPRIETOR MANAGER
FIRST-CLASS
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Heeter’s Pack Train
Leaves for Glen Every
Five Days.
Freighting and Packing
To nncl From All
tlie Creeks.
Good Teams. Good Service
notice.
I -
Taisama. Alaska. Nov 17. 1^04
Awkward ok tiirkk 111 ndkkd i>or.
I.AKS will br pair! for the arrest and con vie
tioti of thr party or parties setting fire to a
cabin belonging to Charles Myers in the town
of Tanana on this date
This leeling of benevolence in the
old man is genuine, and one that
be habitually practices. Me has a
small claim that puts little mote
than wages. 11 a poor miner comes
along without means, he gives him
an opportunity to work in the claim
until the suffering stranger has the
means to go on his journey.
* Recently an emigrant came
along who was sick and could work
but littte. Comstock and he worked
together tu the claim, the old man
doing the most laborious part, until
the emigrant cunctmted to leave
Comstuck then divided whit was
taken out. and seeing it waa too
small lor • man in travel on «ui
'Now we will divide mv half again
you will need it."