ALASKA ROAD LAW
Two Days’ Service or $8 in
Money is the Tax
The new road law for Alaska,
approved April 27, 1904, has been
received. It makes it the duty of
commissioners, on the first Monday ■
in April each year, to appoint road ,
overseers and create road districts
in the inhabited part of their pre
cincts. and to make records defin
ing tbe boundaries of districts so
create 1.
Service is made obligatory on
the part of persons appointed as
overseers. They will receive $4
per day compensation, but will be
restricted to ten days’ pay in any
one year. They will direct the
labor of persons working out their
tax and will expend the money
collected under the new law on
roads in their respective districts
It is made the duty of the road
overseers in the diffeient precincts
to warn all male persons between
18 and 50 years of age who have
resided thirty days in Alaska, who
are capable of performing labor on
toads or trails, to perform two days’
work of eight hours each in locat
ing, constructing or repairing pub
lic roads or trails, or furnish a sub
stitute to do the same, or pay the
sum of $4 per Jay for two days’
labor.
The overseer shall give notice to
persons liable to road or trail tax
of the time and place and kind of
work expected to be performed,
and may direct what implements
such persons shall bring w ith which
to perform such work.
Whenever it shall happen that
from absence, sickness or other
cause the two days’ work aforesaid
shall not be performed wit' in the
time specified, the overseer is au
thorized to require its perfo; mance
at any time prior to the first day ot j
October then next ensuing; and
for neglecting or refusing to do the
work, furnish a substitute or p?;*
the tax as required, a penalty is
provided of (10 for each day so
neglecting or refusing.
At the discretion of the overseer,
the tax may be performed by a
two-horse team with wagon, or by
a dog team of not less than five
dogs and sleigh, or reindeer team
of not leas than two reindeer and
sleigh or cart.
Any person appearing and fail
ing to do a reasonable day’s work
according to his ability, will be
liable the same *a if be had not
appeared
Henry Miller, who has be*n
working this summer on Little
Mtnouh. waa in town Monday. He
jedi not return to Little Mtaonk
til at once go proapectieg an
THE ALASKA FORUM.
The Alaska Forum for the past
two issues has made its appearance
printed on some kind of a copying
machine. This has been necessi
tated by the fact that a writ of
replevin was issued and the plant
on which the Forum was printed
turned over to Crockett and Hedger,
on behalf of St. Andrew’s Mission,
to whioh the plant belonged. Ed
itor J. B. Wingate of the Forum
contended that under a contract
with the Mission people he was en
titled to bold the printing plant a
considerable time longer, and was
prepared to make a release bond
pending the trial of the case, but
the bond was refused on the techni*
cal ground that he had not given
sufficient notice. The trial is fixed
to come up before Commissioner
Green on August 5.
Mr. Wingate is absent at Fair
banks. C B. Allen is his attorney.
Asked if he bad any statement to
make for publication, Mr. Allen
answered that he had not.
It is understood, however, that
Mr. Wingate has printing material
ordered; and when it arrives the
public w ill doubtless he apprised of
the fact.
SIGNAL CORPS CHANGES.
Sergeant Gleekman and Corporal
Kyttle arrived from Fort Gibbon
last week and relieved Sergeant
Oba and Private McNeely at tbe
local signal station Sergeant Oha
and Private McNeely have gone to
tort Gibbon, whence they expect
to soon l.e transferred to the out
side.
Considerable improvement is to
t>e made in tue line shortly, and in
terruptions it is thought will be
less fiequent. A repair gang is to
be put in tbe field at once, under
tbe charge of Corporal Butler.
CALL FOR LOGS.
The quartermaster at Fort Gib
bon gives notice, under date of
August i. that he will cousider
bids for 200,000 feet or any part
thereof of straight-grained spruce
logs of not less than 10 inches in
diameter and 12 teet in length, to
be delivered before tbe close ol
navigation.
John R. McDonald has bought
out the Mirrar * a loon, formerly the
property of Billy Nelson.
GOVERNMENT FARM
New Man in Charge of the
Experiment Station.
A News man bad a pleasant con
versation with Fred E. Rader, who
has recently arrived from Sitka to
take charge of the government ex
periment station at Rampart.
Mr. Rader has set two men to
work on the government reserve
across the river, and hopes to have
considerable land cleared by the
time the snow flies.
A complete equipment of farm
implements is expected soon. No
live stock will be received this
year, but the necessary teams for
the work on the station will proba
bly forthcoming next year.
Mr. Rader is by no means new
to Alaska or to the work under his
charge. He was one of the men
who established the experiment
station at Copper Center and has
been connected with the service for
some years. He is accompanied
by Mrs. Rader, and they are very
pleasant people to talk to. Mrs.
Rader bad the misfortune to slip
and sprain her ankle, and is con
fined to her room.
M S. Wood was accompanied by
bis son Alfied L. when he returned
from a winter’s sojourn at hir old
home in Massachusetts recently.
The elder Mr. Wood looked like
New England tare agreed with him.
The yotnger man is new to Alaska.
They are buih'ang next J. B. Win
gate's residence.
W. B. Ballou, of the Ruby Creek
Mining Co., was accompanied back
to Rampart by his bride. They
are domiciled in their cabin at the
lower end of t:>wn.
P. Kaffenburgb, of the Roston
Store, is on bis annual visit to
Boston, Mass. During his absence
he will select the winter’s stock for
his big Rampart trading establish
ment. Mr. Kaffenburgb holds ex
tensive undeveloped mining prop
erty in a very promising part of the
Rampart di tract.
Mann, on discovery Hunter, ia
doing a lot of work. Me has ju»t
finished ground-sluicing off one
Urge strip and commenced another.
He is well satisfied with results.
Traeger &
Falkenberg
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Jtt»t received, • Alter Meek (ban
ever be tore of
Clothing & Gents* Famishing
Al*o large Murk
KtiM**r Root* ami Sbiw*
Urye ilwk tar MeoumU ami Watt he*
|><m Watrb Repairing
Nugget Jevrvllp Made to artier
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POSTOFFICE STORE1
General Merchandise
Outfitting.
Florence
Restaurant
Home Coolting
Clean Service
Meat, Pish and Game in season
Regular Meals ft. Lunches 25c upward
MISS WIBHL
John the Bear Hunter
Is ready to do any kind of chore work.
Prompt response to all calls.
PRECINCT LINE
The Chatteneeka and Benekeeka
unite and form the Taulavana river.
Prospectors will note that the di
viding line between Rampart and
Fairbanks precincts places the Ben
ekeeka and its watershed in the
Rampart precinct, and the Chatte
neeka and its watershed in the
Fairbanks precinct.
Swanson, on 1 below. Hunter,
has got his dam repaired. A heavy
rain and resulting flood did him a
lot of damage some time ago, but
be has things in shape again and is
sluicing right along.
SIBERIAN RAILWAY.
Russia Makes Big Appropriation
for its Improvement.
St. Petersburg, July 22.—Eleven
million dollars bas been allowed for
the immediate improvemeet of tbe
| Siberian railway. Tbe plans in
clude long stretches of double track
| where tbe local and through traffic
| congest tbe single line, and the in
stallation on Lake Balkai of an ice
breaker of the character of the one
at Vladivostock. The interference
with th- railroad traffic by the ice
last spring was quite serious, at d
it is acknowledged had Japan been
in a position to take immediate ad
vantage of the interruption to the
ferryboats connecting the two end*
of the railway tbe cflevtsou Rumu
might have been diaeetmua
The Russian "Holy War’* fund
is yet untouched, the apprngwiallot:
tut the railroad and for the contin
uetioM of the war to the present
being (rum current revenue*, which
continue unabated notwithstanding
the armies of men under arms.