DINNER PARTY
LAST SATURDAY
Good Fare and Good Fellow
ship Reward Good
Hunting.
Last Saturday evening a party of
seventeen persons sat down to one
of the finest dinners ever served in
Rampart. It was the outcome of
the big hunting contest of Oct. 16,
the losers of which, captained by
Judge J. Lindley Cireen, acted as
hosts to the winners, who were
marshaled by I)r. J. H. Hudgin.
The judges ot the hunting contest
were also honored guests of the
evening.
Promptly at 9 o’clock the party
was seated at the festal board, with
Judge Green at the head ai d Dr.
Hudgin immediately on his right,
and the others occupying positions
in accordance vi.h the scores to
their credit for tire day’s shooting.
The three judges were grouped
around the lower end of the table.
The dining room was decorated
with the United States colors and!
implements and trophies of the j
chase.
Chef Watson of the Reception
restaurant, where the dinner was
served, did his ] art so well that
each of the seven 0 tirses was a
testimonial of his culinary skill.
A rabbit foot at each plate was an
appropriate novelty.
General good fellowship was a
distinguishing feature of the even
ing, and story telling added mirth
to the good feeling of the occasion.
The following were present:
Hosts—Judge J I.indley Green,
captain; S. K. Heeler, Alvin Pax
son, Walter Sundborg, Geo. Cowan,
Kris. Falkenberg. Mr. Allger.
Guests Dr. J. H. Hudgin, cap
tain; Ross Minard, Johnny Wiehl
Charley Stadelman, Charley Mayo,
Lee Mayo, Horace Boucher. John
Stanley, John Neussbaum and Sam
Callahan, judges
cnah. DwiciHKijna
MEETS SI KPHISH
A very pleasant evening was
spent at the home < f Mr. and Mrs
Cliailes l>reil«elbis last Saturday, it
l>einy Mr. I».'s birthday He was
invited out to spend the evening,
but before he got away the guests
whom Mrs. I> had invited arrived
and surprised him
Cards and dancing were enjoyed
by th*>se present, ami Mr. hreibel
bis received a tine eight-day clock
I accented by his gentleman friends.
Henry brothers l ist week brought
in a lot ot bf<ok trout Hum Hoot
lanatia which were sevuied by Ju
bus Rahntstorf. Mesa*a, Henry
caught Mo pound, with ho«.k and
line They returned to llootlanana
this morning.
ITEMS
Joe Bush came in from Eureka
yesterday.
Ice stopped running in the Yu
kon Oct. 22 last year.
S. E. Heeter is making four new
sleds with boxes to protect goods
in transit to the creeks.
Dad Krashner has shipped about
four tons of potatoes from his Hot
Springs ranch to Fairbanks.
Mrs. Green lias gone out to Little
Minook to spend two weeks with
her friend Mrs. I.ouis Shequin and
t ie babies.
C. R. Peck was in from Little
Minook last Saturday and attended
the surprise party given to Charles
Dreibelbis. He returned home on
Sunday.
Pete Raining came in from
Thanksgiving last Sunday night.
He and George Krastning have
been busy whipsawing logs for a
cabin on 3 below. Mr. Raining
will return today or tomorrow.
The old I.ewellyn lodging house,
now conducted by the Reception
restaurant, has been put in first
class order for the winter. It will
be kept warm and will be a good
place for tired people coming in off
the trail.
Jack Ostrom came in from Quail
creek last Thursday and oulered
another outfit of 800 pounds for
James Langford. Mr. Langford
was afraid he would not be able to
get it moved out if he waited till
the snow gets deep. Heeter's pack
train left for Quail with the goods
on Monday morning.
Tom Loveland, Nick Bloom and
Sam Hockley are prospecting on
Joseph creek. They have one hole
down 30 feet and intend to crosscut
the creek. They wfill take out a
boiler as soon as sleighing gets
good. Joseph creek comes into
Big Minook on the left limit at
about 16 above tipper discovery.
There are about thirty horses in
Rampart and they have all been
busy the entire fall. This looks
well lor winter mining operations,
for tno-t of the work has been
Weighting to the creeks. Walter
Sundborg was the last to enter the
freighting business. He bought
the horses of the geological survey,
amt has lieen busy with them ever
since.
S. A. CUTTING,
ASSAYER.
Assaying of Ore and Bullion.
Milling, Concentration, Amalgamation and Cyanide Tests Made.
WALTER SUMIBORG,
Freighter and Packer
Goods Delivered
To All Creelts
Personal attention to all consign
ments insures good service.
DRY WOOD DELIVERED.
Leave orders at Miners Store.
Tom Antonson has gone to Eu
reka creek, where he expects to
work this winter.
George Ledger came in yesterday
and reports that J. F. Nellany has
struck pay on Skookutn.
Hob Anderson and George Cowan
have commenced cutting cord wood
on the right limit of Eig Minook
creek. They expect to work there
practically all winter.
Andy Christianson and Gus John
son, with two dog teams, accompa
nied Jerry Ford and John Palm to
Cariboo creek yesterday. Messrs.
Ford and Palm will prospect near
the head of the creek and may take
out a boiler later.
C. H. Ehrhoru got a cold bath
in the Yukon last night. He
walked out over the ice to open
water and filled a couple of pails,
and when he started to return the
ice gave way and he went in up to
| his neck. The surface of the ice
,lying rough, he got out without
assistance.
Carlo Jachitt came in from Tan
ana yesterday, where he had heljred
Allen Crane to land a raft and a
scow. The scow contained a cer
tain roulette wheel which was for
merly contended tor in a replevin
suit brought by W. H. Porter. The
wheel was recently sold for costs oi
court, and was bid in by Pres Ire
land and shipj^ecl to Joe Anicich.
Wr carry a complete line of
Miners’ Wenrinu Appnrel
W \T( IIFS " ' " " W'alcHe* nmlv at
ont.i.tr price*, H«»n and
W altham ft I. fttllv guaranteed tor I »rar
Nugget Jrarllv made to order
rtl k «>. mill talka. IMI 'HUM
Traeger &
Full Iiihp «•! i »k tr<i. ffthtun'*.
Arlitl** -in*I fttatMMtvfy
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Falkenberg
MINERS STORE
(In the Postoffice Building)
General Merchandise
Outfitting.
RECEPTION MSTAURANT \
OPEN ALL NIGHT.
Short Orders a Specialty
Lodging House in Connection
Fresh Beef, Fresh Eggs, Fish and
Game of all kinds.
Quick service. Give us a trial
S. K. II EFT Ell, Proprietor i
W. H. WATSON,
Chef and Manager
John the Bear Hunter
Is ready to do any kind of
chore work. lr.'.Tai'/Va.,,
JULIUS RAHMSTORF
Oen e ra 1 Merchant! i»e
Kutab. 1H99 RAM I’AKT
ARRESTED FOR
GOLD-BRICK SELLING
From the Nouns dole! Digger.
Max Gutter, who was in this city
during the early summer, has been
arrested in San Francisco charged
with passing a gold brick on Klkan
Cohn, a money lender. Cohn was
separated from #1,700 and canceled
ol 1 debts for Gutter amounting t<>
about #17,000.
Gutter gained considerable noto
riety here by claiming to have pur
chased an interest in the Gold Bug
claim, in the Council district, w hich
is owned by l.ena Walton.
It now develops that Gutter was
hued by a well known mining com
pany to defraud the rightful owner
0 it ol her property, and it is alleged
that Gutter baa made statements
which are luoat sensational in their
character
Advertisements in American mag
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