VOL. III.
KAMIWliT, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAHCll 20, 1007
No. no
JUDGE GREENE
CONE OUTSIDE
Former Commissioner To
Go to Seattle.
,! ttdge .1. Lindley Green, formt r i"nited
States commissioner ami long-time rtsi
dent of Rampart, departed for ....
side 1 >y way of Fairbanks and Valdez
last Thursday morning. lie will a11 to
Seattle, where he owns town property,
and will probably reside in that city at
least during the coinin'! summer. It is
his aim to finally return and establish a
permanent residence in the interior of
Alaska.
During .Judge < boon's etlu ial career
he has been subjected to many aetimo
nious attacks upon his integrity as an otli
cial and a man. Charges against him
were investigated by the grand jury
in liHIS, and he was vindicated bv that
body, lie was continuously as-ailed on
all sorts of frivol ms grounds until last
summer, when charges against him were
laid before the grand jury at Fairbanks,
and they were pronounced unworthy of
notice.
Between that time and his resignation
the first of the present month—the or
gan of the freebooters being dead and
their leaders fallen into di-repute—the
commissioner has not been hounded so
persistently. It is altogether probable
that he would have resigned his office
long ago it he had not considered it the
more manly part to let his accusers
understand that he would not be driven
from his post.
With all the clamor that has been
raised, it is doubtful if any man has
gone from Rampart with more sincere
good wishes for his prosperity than lias
.1 udge (ireen.
SCHWEITZER’S
CONDITION
Herman Sehweitz. r, who went to Fort
<(it>lx>n several • lay a atm for examination
anil treatment h\ the |» *-♦ surgeon. i
reported hy Mail Harrier IM l»ie«lernian
t«» \»' in a yerinus condition.
The surgeon examine,l Mr. Schweitzer
and pronounced hi- ailmi nt ulceration
of the Mmvtueh. \ n •*]*♦ ration will U*
necessary and t!*•• n • 'heal officer prefer*
that the path ft ! • rit outside where
better le-^pital faeditirs m.iv he had. It
li.nl not yet !**n determined t• • .nhnit
th*' k mail t* the p -t hospital, hut
this mav he done after confer* in »■ with
the commanding officer.
I’la tin ii in has steadily a»hiin»nl until
the price has tf"i|r h* y«»n*l an outlet*,
nearly «hat hie that of *»•!*!.
ll is Miir aim to n ak* ll»« \ alley New#
t*te resting t»» ln* ii«h t" whom you may
« ltd It o|i the >H»tstde
STORM AGAIN '
RUINS TRAILS
Freighters Start Tomorrow
With Snowplows.
Ono <>f the severest nf the many storms
that lias made the present winter nota
ble commerced Monday at noon and
is m t over at noon today. There is
hope, however, that its force will he
spent by tomorrow.
Mail carriers froi i both ways got in
Monday soon afte ;he storm developed.
Trails are badly drifted—more prop
erly speaking, obliterated. Work done
with snowplows on the creeks road last
week has heen destroyed.
Smith ik Burning and fleeter will
start over tomorrow it the weather per
mits. A snowplow will he run and the
freighting teams will follow close behind.
The mild weather, interspersed with
cold snaps, that has rilled so long has
crystalized the now, so that it drifts
like so much chaff and piles into con
stantly shifting heaps. It is the team
ster’s cussing s
;cas< m.
HYDRAULIC MAN
IS HOME AGAIN
ti. II. Wand, manager of the Hoosier
hydralic enm]>any. returned to Kampart
last week, after a winter spent in Cali
fornia. He i- accompanied by (>. A.
Wand, a younger brother new to the
north, ’i'hey made the journey on bi
eye! ~ and arrived at 1 airbankt in ten
days from Valdez, without mishap.
Mr. Wand will be oecupied by work
preliminary to summer operations on
(lousier. Hut slight change.' are neces
sary in the arrangement of the plant,
and it is expected to be running very
soon after the weather becomes suitable.
I>. 1.. Corbett, an experienced hy
draulic man from Oregon, will l>c with
the company thtonglmut the summer.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
hate Mux Min.
March IL» IUi TJ
March li( IN 17
March 14 a — l
March la 111 —ifs
Ih»t»- Max. Min.
March lt> II —36
March IT 4 — TJ
March In !0 — 2
< Mar, |«tmy
.>utitiHT *•! iisivm:
cloudy* 4
Siiiiw full. iiu lii
Kkkih kh k I IhllKK,
Voliintury ru r.
A dollar l»ill lm* an nvcnijft* lift*
• Ih.iii tin«*n moQihi; $• l*ilU la*t «»u
an ,i\« r ij- «*v»*r 1*1 and $•'» lull*
aU»ut - y*‘nn» l»nt tin* in liar*!
■ n mu lt in tin* «*«»tttilr> and llirv
d»>**l la*! mi
VALDEZ TRAIL
IS PUT TO USE
Traffic Lively on the South
ern Slope.
The Valdez end of the Fairbanks
Yaldez trail is being utilized to a great
extent by prospectors and others for
transporting outfits into the interior.
Snowplows and other contrivances are
employed and despite the frequent
storms the trail is kept in very fair con
dition; and all kinds of rigs are seen
hauling hay, grain, groceries and all
conceivable articles of merchandise for
points on the southern slope where
mining and prospecting is being car
ried on.
This is the condition reported by (1.
11. Wand, who arrived from the outside
over the trail last week. lie says he
was surprised at the activity and enthu
siasm, as well as the fine prospects re
ported from several sections.
Mr. Wand said he heard nnuh talk of
Copper < 'enter, and the belief seems to
be general that that is a coming place.
HARRY OWENS
SUED BY PRATT
Louis K. Pratt, tlu> lawyer who fought
tin* case till Harry Owens went free
after serving two years in the peniten
tiary for murder committed in the
Forty mile country several years ago,
has commenced suit in the court at
Fairbanks for $1.080—$780 for services
rendered and $300 incident to the ser
vices.
After a retrial of Owens’s case had
been ordered he was brought from the
penitentiary and belli in jail several
months at Rampart before going to
Fairbanks for trial.
OLD RAMPART MEN
ON THE GOLDEN FLOOR
A letter from Lynn Smith to a liani
|>art friend mi\« the Kittle .Mining Com
I'.tny and liuldry it llateli, on Kathcr
ereek. will eueli elean U|>al»out
The fieople named are ltuni|«irter»
who hindeil on the tfoldeh tloor of the
Tanana nhoiit the time Jaek kiiowitull
found out there wa* nothing there.
Jack Nelson To Come In.
Tanana t'ltileii, March 1:1 We re
ceived a letter yextrrduy from .lack
NeUon ll> i. at hie home in lllinoi*
He .ay* la i. hav ilia a line time and t*
feeling If»«l He a*k. II- to tell the
l«o|i|e that he will l» in by the ttr«t
l««l and will run a Hmt-claa* rvataurant
with all the choice-t edible.
RAMPARTERS
COMING HOME
Several of Them Seen in
Seattle.
A good many well-known Kamparters
who went south last fall will flock back
with the advance guard of the robins.
t'. I. Jordan, Frank Stevens, C. M.
Jackie, Jim Mi Hugh, Jim Green and
Otto Kroehle were among those recently
butted into by <1. II. Wand in Seattle,
each of whom was casting a wishful eye
northwa rd.
Mr. Jordan got tangled up in a mining
proposition in the free state of Washing
ton. He told Mr. Wand that it was be
having like a money maker. Jordan ex
pected to start in not later than March
10.
Frank Stevens was wearing swell
clothes and drinking great quantities of
sweet milk. He will captain a party
including Jackie, Green, Kroehle and
McHugh, who will travel in an up-to
date horse sled.
OLD CHENA FIRM
SUED BY N.:C. CO.
Foreclosure proceedings against Geo.
G. licit, V V. Hendricks and licit Kpler
were commenced in the district court
yesterday afternoon by the Northern
Commercial Company, says the Fair
banks Weekly Times of March 2. The
proceedings concern a note of $2,200.
secured by town property in Chena.
In the complaint it was alleged that
the note was made Aug. 211, 1005, and
that since that time no part of the
amount has been paid.
ONE MAN HAS FAITH
IN THE BOULDER SECTION
Hob Herrold reports meeting Mr.
Staples t'oining from Boulder. He still
has great I'aitli in that country, and in
tends to put in the rest of the winter
and all of next summer there, says the
Tatiana Citizen.
Boulder is in the vicinity of Kish
creek of the Tatiana, and was the scene
of a mild stainp«'de curly in the winter.
Wh<'H California miners invented the
hydraulic mining process they devilled
the cheapest form of gold mining known.
W hen they projected the gold mining
dredge they came pretty near equaling
the hydraulic recowl. Men are now
dredging ground and making money
w here tin* values are not alstve to cents
a cubic yawl In some places it costs 7
re lit* a yawl to do the work, ami in
other plates less Mining World.