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CALENDAR
NOVEMBER
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4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 10 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 20 30
Moos’s Phases.—
Last quarter, 9th;
new moon, 15th;
first quarter, 22d;
full moon, 30th.
DECKMUER
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2 3 4 5 ti 7 H
0 10 11 12 13 14 15
1(1 17 13 10 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 2.3 20
30 31
Moon's Phases.- !
Last quarter, 8th;
new moon, 18th;
tirst quarter, 22d;
full muon. ;(0th.
Wednesday, November 7, llKHi.
FROM THE STAY-AT-HOME POINT
OF VIEW.
Let us frankly admit that there is one
very important class that a big rush of
people through Rampart would in no
wise benefit. It is the ones who will
stick to the home creeks. If a shortage
or a marked advance in prices of goods
should occur such of them as are not
already fully outfitted would he placed
at a disadvantage.
The merchants should hear this class
well in mind. If things begin to get a
little too interesting let the stay-at
homes make known to their dealers
what their requirements will probably
he—if they are not prepared to outfit at
once—and we believe they will be pro
tected Infill as to certainty of supply
and reasonableness of price.
Meantime, let us not forget that the
fellows who stamiicde and keep taking
chances themselves are essential to the
country's advancement, and let ns treat
them also right and wish them well.
By examining the map it may readily
In' seen that gold in this country ex
tends in well-defined belts easterly and
westerly clear across the territory. The
new Chandlar diggings are in line with
the Koyukuk placers and the Kolmk
Noatuk country, at the western extrem
ity of the Endicott range. In the latter
section iiicirc f;iTurable<|U»rt7. jirosi*-ets,
probably, have been fouml than in any
other part of Alaska in proportion to the
amount of prospecting <lone, ami exten
sive, if not very rieh, placer* are well
known to exist. The eastern |>ortion of
the Kmlieott range, in Yukon territory,
so far a* known i* totally unprosjiecteil.
K.xeept where it* southern slo|ie* have
lieen cut by the Koyukuk ami the
t'hamllar the same might almost Is
rai<| of the entire range east of where
the few Kohuk-Noaluk investigation*
have I wen nunle. I* it iinreasonahle to
ex|»s t something lr»-n» it in the future’
It woiihl Is- worse than eriniiital to go
into t'hamllar without (mb. The well
known willingness to ilivnle a* long as
there ia anything lull sh*aihl m*t I*
presumesl on t-s, far.
Seven or eight months have elapsed
since the date fixed when the first hope
might he entertained of news from
(’apt. Peary and his polar ship Roose
velt. Up to last accounts no word of
them had come, and with the closing in
of the artic winter the chances increase
that the expedition’s fate will remain j
unknown at least till next summer.
Many a follower of the seas has risked
his life in an unworthier cause than
that for which Peary sailed.
There is no use in being in a hurry
to start to Chandlar. The people al
ready there will be lucky if they don’t
have to mush out. By waiting till
February enough supplies could be
taken to last until water runs—and
by that time a better idea may l>e had
as to whether it is worth while to go at
all or not.
LEFT-OVER MAIL
TO BE SENT ON
As sixin as the river freezes ami trav
eling becomes good special dog teams
will lie dispatched to bring down the
twelve hundred pounds of mail, des
tined for Fairbanks and other Tanana
river points, which was cached by Car
rier Helm six miles above Fort Hamlin
Oct. 28.
It was first thought the mail would be
brought down and forwarded piecemeal
this winter, on occasions when carriers’
loads were under the 400-pound limit;
but the winter mail promises to keep up
so nearly to the limit that it has been
decided to clear this batch away and lie
done with it.
I'nless some special arrangement is
made it will have to be sledded to
Tanana, seventy-odd miles from liam
part, and thence over the trail by way
of Hot Springs fifty miles from Ram
part. The distance from Rampart over
the mail trail to Hot Springs can not be
stated with certainty, the distance be
tween Tanana and the springs having
been reduced by a long cutoff, but it is
still nearer three times fifty than twice
fifty miles._
Local and General Notes
A. 15.’a meet next Kriilay night.
The hunter.-* returneil without killing
any caribou.
Mushers stay Jerry Kuril's rinullnmse
is lining a goisl Imsiness at Knreka.
Messrs. I*, ami Kretl (valuing left
Momlay to |tri»s|i*rl in the vicinity of
Thanksgiving.
Mr anti Mrs. Nichols ami Mr. ami
Mrs. Strirklaml are living in their net*
ratlin on Slate creek.
It is mitt Itml Foster will »|ien the
net* roiMilionse at the mouth of Kureka
al>ait Nov. IV Then- was ilelay in get
ting himta-r for thairing for tlie new
|>ture. I hi-1 is still at tilen.
Messrs. Frank A tiruhaui will |>ri*•
|a-el for several weeks on Hunter creek
They will |sil an ear to the griaiml >s-ea
sionatly to *e« if limy ran hear any
thing ilro|> oti t h.imllar
Chas.A.Traeger,
Hats, Clothing
and Furnishings.
Just Received:
New Ladies* Goods,
Flannels, Blankets,
Gents’ Furnishings.
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and Up to Date
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JULIUS RAHMSTORF.
(). P. Goss lost $200 dollars in cur
rency somewhere around Thanksgiving.
He missed the money last Sunday eve
ning, hut does not know exactly when
he lost it.
F. G. Manley has a logging camp on
the Hootlanana. He expects to cut
about 2">0,0(H) feet of lumber this winter.
The Mayo mill will be moved in a short
time from the spring to the Hoot. Then
when they get that cut they will move
it to the Hootlatotna and cut about the
same amount.
It. \V, Spicer had his mining plant
moved atmul 200 feet from where it
stood and will soon begin taking out
pay. The ground is very rich, and if
nothing happens Mr. Spicer will take
out a big dump this winter. He has at
present the l>est mining plant in the
district.
Jerome Chute is making things look
like a mining camp on Thanksgiving
creek. Work is still going on on the
ditch and it surely looks like business
around that part. About 70,000 feet of
lumber will lie used in Hunting along
the ditch. Mr. Chute is building a tine
dwelling and a small cabin. Mrs. Chute
is on the claim.
Fraudulent Proof
of Representation
rnf«»rtumitt‘ly then* arc ton many
j»-o|tlc in thi* -♦•vtion of Alaska alio
art* aware that tin* tiling of a fillin' affi
davit in connection with tin* |w»rform
ancc of u^rMiiiciit work iln^ not rnulrr
them liahU* to a pro^rcutioii for p r
jury, and it i* a well-known fact that
many who own claim* in tlit-w section
art* in tin* hahit of tfivinn a mart l-'i» to
go a claim fora few day*, cratch around
a little. *ign a rvr*i|»l (or #U«>and till
irt a blank proof of lal«ur wtalm«c that
tia amount of laU»r ro|tnrrl la tin* law
Ita* lari |»*rl'*rmnl N"iiir th»ti| |i*g
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 ut
8 o’clock p. in.
W. W. CROCKETT,
JULIUS RAHMSTORF. Arctic Chief
Arctic Recorder.
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