Yukon Valley News
Vol. I.
RAMPART, ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 21, 1904.
No. 7
ANOTHER CHANCE
FOR HIS LIBERTY
Granted a New Trial After
Two Years.
Harry Owens, who two years
ago was tried at Eagle on a charge
of murder, convicted, and sentenced
to twenty-five years in the peniten
tiary at San Quentin, is now an in
mate of the Rampart jail.
After serving two years of his
iong sentence Owens has been
granted a new trial and has been
brought back from the penitentiary
in order that the court may again
pass upon his case.
Owens was brought to Eagle by
Chief Deputy United States Marshal
Reynoldson and conducted from
that place to Rampart and placed
in custody of Deputy Marshal Clias.
Dreibelbis by Phil North and Jack
Lavender, who arrived on the J. P.
Light a few days ago.
The murder for which Owens
will be given his second trial was
committed in a cabin occupied by
him and his partner in the Forty
mile country. His partner was
found dead one morning with
twenty-six wounds in his body, and
Owens was arrested as the guilty
person. He is said to desire a
change of veuue from Eagle, and
will probably be tried at Rampart
or Fairbanks.
From Gunnison.
John P. Pearson and S. R. Wil
liams came in from Gunnison with
two nice little pokes, each contain
ing seven ounces of golddust taken
out in prospecting tln-ir claim on
that creek. It looks at present
like Gunnison would prove to be
one ot the rich creeks in the new
diggings. _
For Troublt'Hoiut*.
Max Neville and Kudelph Kart
luke are off for the Troublesome
country, and will build cabins in
two or three place* and spend the
entire winter prospecting there.
Method ami son. Jim Langford,
Jack Ostrom. Chapman and Olson,
Douworth and Larson. James Lar
son of Glen gnkh, and a food many
others will spend the winter in that
section.
Logger* Krturn.
Morn* Parrel and J tines Frasier,
the loggers, cauie up front Tauana
yesterday in a poiiug hoot it took
them live days to stake the trip.
LOCAL, NOTES
John Stanley is on a trip to Fair
banks.
John W. Duncan has finally con
cluded to remain in this winter.
Mrs. Dr. H. L. Hedger has
joined her husband at Fairbanks.
Heeter & Crockett have received
a large Edison phonograph for the
Reception saloon. It produces all
the latest pieces in marvelous per
fection. The song, “If I Were
You,’’ is fetching.
United States Commissioner
Green and Alvin Paxson have been
! up river for ten days for firewood,
i They are due to return.
Messrs. McQuesten & Stoel ar
I rived from Tanana Monday, having
delivered their logs to the quarter
master at Fort Gibbon.
SUSIE BROUGHT
MUCH FREIGHT
The Susie arrived from St. Mi
chael on Monday. She brought
freight for Rampart consignees as
follows:
N. C. Co. 30 tons of provisions.
I. Kaffenburgh & Co., 9 tons
general merchandise.
Traeger & Falkenberg, six large
cases of clothing and a stock of
tobacco. This shipment concludes
their season’s stock. They also
received their own private stock of
! provisions.
Julius Rahmstorf, 6 tons mer
chandise.
S. K. Heeter, 6 tons.
M. E. Koonce, 190 tons mining
material
Goldbug Mining Co., 6 tons.
Retrenchment.
Reports from San Francisco and
points in Texas indicate that the
Southern Pacific has commenced to
inaugurate vigorous retrenchments.
At San Francisco 1,000 employes
have lieeti discharged from the
shops and the reports from Texas
are that heavy cuts have been made
in the transportation leportraent.
Dave Rushing and party are re
ported stuck on a bar with a big
raft of logs loaded with bay near
Fort Hamlin.
To protect the Liberty Hell from
tire wbtto at the world's fan. the
Pennsylvania commission erected
trackways from the rotunda of the
Pennsylvania budlttig sm that the
bell may ha taken from the build
tug in short order
Boats Shortlianded.
Practically all the local Indians
who were not already absent on
hunting expeditions went off on
the Cudahy and the Susie as roust
abouts.
Both boats were shorthanded on
account of the allurements of the
Tanana goldfields.
Herman on the Way.
The Herman left St. Michael last
Sunday. She has passengers and
freight for Fairbanks.
Susie May Not Make It.
The captain of the Leah, just
arrived from up river, thinks it is
extremely doubtful if the Susie
will get through the Flats. Water ,
is low and navigation difficult.
I
AN OLD-TIMER
OVERBOARD
On the night of Sept. 13 Sam
Matthews, an old-timer in the
country, walked overboard at the
wood camp ten miles below Vic
tors and was drowned.
WOMAN STRANDED
ON WAY TO DAWSON
A woman giving her name as
Mrs. Moore came into Rampart on
the Cudahy. She had paid her
way from the Tanana. Here she
said her means were exhausted and
the Cudahy people declined to car
ry her further. The woman ap
pealed to Deputy Marshal Dreibel
bis, who could do nothing, and she ;
was not permitted to go aboard.
The woman said the mate offered ^
to take her if she would do his
bidding. This caused some very
harsh criticism of the company.
The woman claimed to have ret- j
ativcs at Dawson.
A good many think appearances
justified the Cudahy people's state
ment that the woman was "unde
sirabte." and mention the fact that
Itawson officials hold boats as
countable for landing indigent*
The mate in <| nest ton bear* a
good name
Cituens took a collection ami
pat*I bail hire for the woman and
started bet on to Dawson.
MATCHES GO OFF;
HORSE GOES OFF
Peculiar Mishap to Walter
Sundberg’s Outfit.
Walter Suudberg bid in six of
the horses auctioned off by the
people of the United States geolog
ical survey last week.
Two of the animals will be sent
to Holy Cross and the others are
being used by Mr. Suudberg in
packing to the creeks.
Monday one of the animals bear
ing a load near Hunter creek passed
through a lively experience. A lot
of matches in the load took fire and
the terrified beast bolted and went
through some double-action gym
nastics. With traditional “hoss
sense” he simultaneously organized
himself into an effective fire-fight
ing brigade and an international
freight-handler’s union, and almost
before Mr. Sundberg could realize
it the cargo was discharged with
the conflagration extinguished and
only a slight sulphurous odor indi
cated the streuuotisness of the occa
sion. The horse, now grown into
the Amalgamated Association of
Equine Eire Fighters and Freight
Handlers, struck—for tall timber
and better conditions.
Tuesday one of Heeter’s packers
volunteered as arbitrator and per
suaded the “association” to return
to town, and the strike is now off.
BAKER'S SCOWS
WITH 50 TONS
W. C. Baker arrived with his
loti {’■-expected scows a week ago
today.
Mr. Baker brought about 50tons
of merchandise, which was placed
on sale at the Miner’s store.
The store has been (iairly be
sieged with customers ever since,
and it looks like the stock would
soon be exhausted.
Only about half the quantity of
stock arrived that was expected.
Mr Baker's shiptneut was de
layed bctore leaving Sk.gway. lie
waited at that place as long as he
dared and then came on. only to
learn that the balance of hta goods
arrived at Hkagway two days after
his departure
Mr Baker hoarded the Leah to
day fur St Michael ami the Stales.