News
VOL. II.
KAMPART, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, lOOtt.
No. 22
SCHMITZ PLANT
TO CROSS DIVIDE
Steam Scraper Not to Operate on
Big Minook Creek the
Next Summer.
It is stated that the steam seraper be
longing to the A. F. Schmitz Dredging
and Mining Company, at present on No.
8 Big Minook, will be moved to some
point across the divide sometime be
tween now and the close of the sledding
season. John Stanley, local manager of
the Schmitz concern, is to have charge
of placing the Big Minook hydraulic
material on the Hoosier people’s ground,
and after that work is completed the
teams will be used to move the scraper.
It has not been stated on what ground
the scraper will be placed.
The Sthmitz company bought No. 8
Big Minook from S. K. Hudson last fall
and proposed to operate their scraper
there the coming summer. Subsequent
prospecting has not showed the ground
up to Manager Stanley’s expectations
and it will probably be allowed to revert
to Mr. Hudson, to whom but a small
part of the purchase pnce has been paid.
No. 9 little Minook
Shows Rich Pay
Messrs. Sevier and Crockett came in
today from No. 9 Little Minook and will
take out a big boiler and instal it on the
claim.
They are on rich pay, and there is
enough of it in sight to keep them busy
till sluicing time. They may put on
some men when the ground is better
opened up. Nuggets the size of ptarmi
gan eggs show up in the dirt, and they
are sure of a very successful season.
They report all of Little Minook creek
in very satisfactory condition. Every
man on the creek is doing well.
Moroccan Question
Under Consideration
ALtiKHIA, Jan. X!.—The conference
in at work dim’UMtiing the Moroccan
i|U«ation. Indication* arc favorable to
a eettlemenl of the controveray between
France ami (•erinany. Kngland in pour
ing oil on the troubled water*.
Chaffee Resigns.
WAblUNOTOX, Jan *!.—t.eneral
I'haftre haa resigned, to take effect
Feb. 1. _
Mr»«r» C. I‘ amt Fred Kalmng went
oat tialay with a Kurw tlel load <>l »up
piiee to continue pempevting on tattle
Miauifc, Jr.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 22.—The government ap
pears to be in control of the main strategic points, but
the rebels are keeping up a reign of terror in the out
lying districts.
At Riga the rebels still control.
Mountaineers in the Caucasus are plundering sur
rounding valleys, and Tartars and Armenians are fight
ing.
In Siberia forty thousand soldiers watched six hun
dred men, women and children burned to death in
a theatre.
In Moscow children were butchered by troops. Cos
sacks hid in ambush and set upon their victims, whip
ping many to death.
In Odessa many Jews have been slaughtered. On
all sides there are sickening atrocities.
PEABODY FAMILY POISONED.
DENVER, Jan. 22.—Former Governor Peabody,
wife and daughter were poisoned at breakfast today.
The daughter will probably die. The governor had
been in receipt of many letters lately calling attention
to the death of ex-Governor Steunberg of Idaho, who
was dynamited at Caldwell three weeks ago. The let
ters were turned over to the police.
CHURCHILL’S REPORT.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—The president is busy
with Churchill’s report. It is believed that Governor
Brady will be forced to resign. Senators and Alaskans
have called on the president, and advocate either W. E.
Perkins of Nome or Huggart of Juneau for governor.
ENGLISH DON’T WANT PROTECTION.
LONDON, Jan. 22.—Chamberlain evidently beaten
in the vote being polled, by a landslide in favor of free
trade. Liberals will be returned stronger than ever.
Telegraph Supplies for Glen.
Failing t<> m ore trrnn* from frrightrr*
tt hn'li they I'onniilrrrtl ati-r|itahlr, the
mgiial »frvu'e men at Fort tiihhon ron
rlwM to IhrnMlnn move I lit- attpplieit
to thr new telegraph »tation at tilrn.
Seventeen mile* «l|> thr Tatiana thr au|>
plie* were utallnl on arfount of thr lat«l
trail; hut it will latrr la* takrn on U|>
thr Tanana ami to tilrn hy way of Ma
ker t'reek.
Merer. II. F. Thuinm ami S. A. tut
tmg, prominent ttainpwrl mining mrn,
are in lonilon, Knglaml
Miners’ Protest Forwarded.
The Ta liana Miner* Aneociation ha*
telegraphed the Rampart Miner* A**o
tiation that the latter'* |>n>te*t ayaln*t
the |>r<>|*i«e<l annual claim tax ha* l>een
aired to Senator Selnon. The Tanana
a*ma'iation i* in lavor o( a**e**ment
work ami <>|>|*we the tax prof* with*.
Itev. J. K. Iluhn, who ha* l**en ex*
I** tiny to atari on a lri|> to Kairlwink*,
ha* twell colli |>e I let I to loieK<> tile jutn ney
lor the ‘line on account ol illue** with
hronehilaa.
I
JOLLY COMPANIONS
ELECT OFFICERS
Ladies Asked to Co-operate—Crand
Dance and Cake Walk
Feb. 22.
The Jolly Companions held a meeting
last Sunday evening at the residenee of
Louis Iverson. Business of utmost im
portance was transacted and the interest
manifested by the members present in
dicated a long and prosperous career for
the organization. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing term of
three months:
President—S. E. Heeter.
Vice President—Albert H. Mayo.
Secretary—Thomas K. Mahoney.
Treasurer—Thomas La Porte.
S. E. Heoter, Thomas E. Mahoney and
Thomas I<a Porte were appointed a Com
mittee of arrangements for the above
mentioned term.
It was the unanimous sense of the
Jolly Companions that the ladies of
Itampart and vicinity be asked to organ
ize an auxiliary. Louis Iverson and
Thomas E. Mahoney were appointed a
committee to call on the ladies and for
ward the project.
Preparation for the grand ball and
cake walk to take place Feb. 22 are pro
gressing nicely, and it bids fair to l>e
i the grandest affair of its kind ever held
| in Itampart.
The next meeting was set for next
Sunday at 3 p. m.f and it is expected
‘ that the membership will lie greatly in
I creased.
Protracted Period
of Extreme Cold
We are experiencing the longest con
tinued cold spell of weather in the
history of the camp. The average max
imum for the first twenty-three days of
this month is 38 below; average mini
mum. 30.5 lielow ; average, 43.2 below.
Hieing wind today is indicative of a
change. Following the record for the
week:
highest
January 17, highest —23;
January 1H, * —58;
January 18, “ —57;
January 20, “ —fit);
January 21, “ —45;
January 22, “ —.52;
January 23, “ —4W;
Snowfall, trace.
Numlier of day*
cloudy 0, cloudy 1.
I< >weet
—58
—68
-82
—84
—85
—SB
—58
—Clear 6, partly
Fred E. Kadrr.
Voluntary Observer.
Coldest Day at Fairbanks.
Kairlwnka, Jan. 34.—Tlw tlav
»a> Halnnluy—«W> Mir, Thin iiinr'iiny
it ia .V> )«•)••« .
Mr* t lia<l«n k ami Mta* I'nl tiaw
rvlnrixnl t<> I ittU \|nu«.k (fin waiting
in Kampnrt