VOL. III.
RAMPANT, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1007
No. 33
WINGATE AND
SCHWEITZER
Fort Gibbon, Aj>ril 10, ll:H)n. m.—
Schweitzer not improving!; has oinnr
of the intestines.
Wingate's foot amputated this morn
ing; expected to do well.
1’IKRSOX, Surgeon.
After receiving every care, ami after
it Imd become absolutely certain to Hr.
Hudgin that such a step was necessary,
James B. Wingate was sent to Fort
Gibbon Monday morning to be opera'.ed
upon by the post surgeon. The above
message will be assuring to the sufferer s
friends, who feared he had not the
strength to withstand an operation.
The worst is feared for Herman
Schweitzer, who is reported to have
made his will in anticipation of his ap
proaching end.
FAIRBANKS
CITY ELECTION
Fairbanks, April it.—The new city
cuuneilmen elected are as follows, the
vote being in the order named: John
Barrack, ,1. S. Smith, Dan Callahan, 11.
S. Smith, Hoy Maddocks, Maccanlev,
Rhodes.
The entire Citizens'ticket is elected.
The contest was warm between the Cit
izens’ ticket and the Business Men’s
ticket. The morning Times champion* d
the winning side and the Evening News
the losers.
There is a big tight in the new council
over chief of police. The people want
Hagan retained. Maddocks's tool, Bion
Dodge, would-be boss, iscausing much
dissatisfaction. The caucus wound up
in a bitter war.
Hundreds of people are arriving from
the outside. Frank ti. Manley Inn- ar
rived. Murphy, the t batanika ditch
man, is nearing the city. Big bunch of
cattle due in a few days.
N. A. T. & T. CO.
OUT FOR BUSINESS
One who i- regur«linu he mat
ter the N. A. T. T. Co. »* making
ti ntnnig hi<! f r river earrying tra«le thi*
HMK H*.
Among other ml vantage* that they
are urging over former year* i* an ar
range merit whereby |»r»»iu|»t *e It lenient
will la* math* j*»j lum.»*« * iMi.^tainetl l y
*»h»|»|*’r* an«l a mufe *y#trn»at e »neth**l
of hti-int -- generally.
hliotigh i‘Dih|*lkiil)t« w*re he.tr* I I .»*•
•riifuto Hfnurt* the «>m|aii) tlnit it
im|*r**%ernetil* are timely.
GREAT NOME GOLD STRIKE
Fairbanks, April !>.—News has been
received here that the richest strike
recorded in half a century has been
made at the head of Dry creek, Nome.
The deposit is in fahlband, composed
of schists and shales, the same as made
the llomestake in South Dakota fa
j mous. While the llomestake runs fit a
ton, the Nome deposit runs f:iO.
The deposit is 15 feet wide arid of un
known length. Onecluiin has $4,000,000
blocked out.
The people at Nome are erazv with
excitement. Their theory is that it is
the source of the gold beach.
Gold Strike Near Holy Cross
George A. Carl, a well-known citizen1
of Xanana, has received a letter from a
relative telling of a gold strike on the
Innoka river.
The writer of the letter, Mr. Carl’s
uncle, has been in the Innoka country
two years. Mail Carrier Kd Biedertnan,
who told of the receipt of the letter,
did not learn what part of the Innoka
the strike is on or other particulars.
The Innoka empties into Shageluk
slough, which, in turn, re-enters the
Yukon near Ilolv Cross. The Innoka is (
i|uite a long river and it heads close I
against tlie source of the Xowi, or
Xovitno, which was staini)e<led in the
fall of 1905 and vigorously prospected
without results.
Of the strike the Tanana Citizen of
April 3 said:
“A letter has been seen which was re
ceived by Father .Jette, from a trader
named Leo. lie has left everything and
gone into the reported strike. (leorge
Carl has also received a letter from pros
|lectors. Two relatives of Mr. Carl have
been in the Kuskokwim country for two
years and have been getting small nug
gets, but no pay.
GAMBLING STOPPED IN ALL ALASKA
Yesterday at noon Deputy Marshal
I >raki' visit til rath of tin- three Rampart
saloons and warned them that all gam
bling must cease at once and for all.
A dispatch riceived hv the Valley
News states that the aetioti is taken on
orders from Attorney General of the
I’nited States Bonaparte, and was sim
ultaneous all over Alaska.
At one of the local saloons a small
poker game was running, and the play
ers took the deputy at his word and
stopjied the deal:
It is not believed that any of the sa
loons will try to open up on the <|iiiot or
evade the order in any way.
MINERS’ ASSOCIATION
At tin* n»4*«*tiiivr of tin* Rampart Miners
Assoeiution at I. ('. hall, Sunday, a
resolution was unanimously passed fa
voring the enforeeinetit of tin* eight
hour law in j uhlie r*»ad work.
A eoniiiiittee of three mn ap|s>inted
to wait on the road overseer and rail
his attention to tie* condition of the
UampHrt streets, and ask that an equit
able division of the work and money
e*|»* tided •*!» this side of the divide Is*
devoted to the ls*tt* rilielit of the same.
The a***«*iatioci in>iim* time ago t-oni
in on tewted with iHdegatr Waskev, ask
ing that he do what lie ran toward ha\ •
mg l<att.|s»rt mud tome hv way of Vat
d« i instead of the present wav.
The jer»sis-the*di% i»le •Mo tion of the
as*.* lat.oii meets at t»l* n lie it >undu).
TRAILS AGAIN RUINED
S. K. Ileeter, who >t in from aero**
the iliviile Mmuluy afternoon, reportcil
tlmt high win.I- lia.i again ilewtroyed
the trail*.
heaving here Weilnetulny of Ia*t week,
Mr. Ileeter overtook Frank Smith shov
eling allow, ami the alioveling Inn I to lie
continue.! all the way over. The .Irifta
in |ilacea, Mr. Ileeter aaiil, were l>ig
enough to hiile a miner* cahiii.
WIkmi Mr. Ileeter atarte.l hack the
(lot Spring* trail wa* atill entirely
hlockeil, hut it waa thought team*
Wolilil get through l<> Mom lay. At the
lake miilway Iwtwnn Nohleville ami
lh>t Spring* *•• Inueh am>w ha.I acvil
inulate.I that the ice wa* pn »*e.| ilowrn
ami nurmeml hy Vw i ..r three (eel of
water.
Thia *eu*.in i* likely hi l l the revonl
I r high wimla ami .Irilli.l trail*
WANTING MORE
LICENSE MONEY
Deputy Marshal Drake (luring the
week has been looking into the matter
of the licenses under which local busi
ness is being conducted. One of the re
sults so far manifested is that every
house selling drugs must take out a
drug license costing $‘>0 a year.
Heretofore each of the five mercantile
houses have kept a few drugs with their
mixed stocks, in order to accommodate
their customers. Probably the com
bined sales for an entire year would not
exceed $'>00, not over half of which is
profit.
Of course if the license is insisted upon
drug keeping will be restricted to one
house, and the price will have to l>e put
up even at that.
Some jK'oplo were inclined to think
that the present move was inaugurated
by some local mischief maker. The
Valley News believes nothing of the
kind, nor does it attribute it tootticious
ness on the part of Deputy Drake. The
order has probably zigzagged its whole
dirt_\ course from Washington.
SHORT OF WHISKY
AND OTHER THINGS
—
Outside of small stocks in the saloons,
therein no whisky in town. The X. C.
Co. will get some down from Kagle on
the very first boat, and it is ln>]>ed
there will be no suffering.
Feed is exhausted. The X. C. Co. has
neither hay nor grain.
Tomatoes are out, and a good many
other articles in the provisions line are
running pretty low.
All this only goes to show that busi
ness has been fully up to expectations.
In fact, it. is doubtful if the stocks as a
whole were ever sold down so low liefore.
Another thing noticeable is that the
freighters have l>cen pretty busy during
the season now drawing to a dose, not
withstanding the finding at the In-gin
ning of winter that the business was
overdone.
MIKE LABOSKI
WILL GOME IN
Mike l,al»o*ki. after a mini Ur of
fiiontlm in the t ha ru liar, a ill come into
t*ani|» in a day or two.
He WouM U* lim1 now, only he eon
rented t«► take Slim Ik Ini'* mail run u|»
from Hamlin »me I rip.
Mik* ha- tha<M«l the }>u\*treak all
over the territory Utween tin* head of
the Novltno ami that of the t'harxllar in
the |«Mt year an*I a half He mu»t ea*t
the Jonah ourUtirtl Ul*»ie he •tain
|*-»le» again.