MINERS ASSOCIATION
The Rampart Minors Association met in regular session
yesterday afternoon and eleeted the following officers :
President—(Jeorge \V. Ledger.
Vice President—E. YV. Rush.
Secretary—F. J. Kalning.
Treasurer—W. R. Ballou.
Executive Committee—A1 Dalton, M. S. Dill, W. C
Rowen, Donald McLean.
The meeting was well attended. A meeting will he
held Oct. 20 at some suitable place across the divide to
give the miners-of that side an opportunity to take action
regarding their preference as to where the road money will
be expended next year. Until after that meeting the ac
tion had on that question at the meeting yesterday will not
be announced.
The association is taking steps to ascertain if Rampart
district is not entitled to a school under the law setting
aside part of the license money for educational purposes.
To that end Delegate-elect Dale will be communicated
with.
BILLY LeCLAIRE
PASSED AWAY
A telegram received bv the Rampart
lodge of Yukon Order of Pioneers last
Saturday antumneed tlie death of Hilly
l.cClaire at Redlands, Cal., that after
noon. No particulars were given, hut
it is certain that death resulted from
consumption, from which he had suf
fered several years.
The deceased left Rampart to go to
California by way of St. Michael July
lit, and it was then apparent to his
friends that the end of his life was near.
Ever cheerful and disposed to look on
the bright side, Hilly I.eClare had many
friends and was widely know n. He had
resided for many years in Alaska and
his birthplace was at \ ictoria, H. C.,
just outside the gate of this territory.
He went to Juneau in 1888 and has
resided in Alaska since that time, ex
cept perhaps a year spend in I Hiwson.
lie went to Kortymile in 181*4, and came
to Rampart from Dawson in the spring
of 18!*8, and resided here till the present
summer. He was truly a Pioneer.
His mother and other relatives live in
Victoria.
Moose and Caribou.
Indian Yu.ku and |*rtv returned
from tIk- mouth of *iarm-t creek, '£!
mile* dow n tin- Yukon, with the iar
i iuaea >>f three wow *n<l out- iunl.ui,
venterdny. Sum' of tin- meal ha* btn
.old !» tli»* *lor* s.
'file lludmui a Bl»y I oinjumy i* Imilla,
with -1i iwimwiiKt r. and a lain* .|ii|ino iil
of fur* on hoard, armed Ml Aihnlwwii
I .Miidiuit. Norlhwe.l Territory, I hr «** ••
oi,d »tek in S-|.|»mlirr, and r«-|»irlnl m
I«»i( MMun't catch.
EXPEDITION
TO GO NORTH
A recent dispatch printed in the
Dawson News said it was talked on the
streets at Fairbanks that a big expedi
tion was being organized by tiordon
Betties, the veteran trader and pros
pector, and Louis Fredericks, another
well-known old-timer, to go into the
north after w inter closes in.
The point the expedition is to head
for is vague. It is said to be far across
the big divide above the head of the
Koyukuk, over toward the Arctic ocean.
In fact, one man states he was told it
is in the neighborhood of sixty miles
from the ocean.
I lie idea of tin- I'XiH’ilitum apparently
originated in the report that a lone
lninor cleaned up 178,000 worth of gold
and took it out to Nome with him a
short time ago. The reason given for
this fact not having been given more
publicity before this sime is that the
owner kept the liud a secret so that be
could get some friends in on the ground
floor.
It is 1 h Tie vet 1 the wonderful re|mrt
was brought bv <1. \V. Williams, who
recently came to Kairbanks from Nome,
after having sjient live years in the
arctic. _
Y. 0. 0. P. Meeting.
Tin* im-Hintf of th»* Yukon Onlrr of
lluiio-ri*, a*lwrtii*« t| to take* |*lar»*
2!W* man to a «latr to «U t*-r
min**l lnl»*r, in or*l**r that mtinUi*
ti‘in|M>rartly ulwiit may has** an •*|*|**r
tunity to |mrti«*i|ii»t«‘ in tin* **lt*vti*»n **f
ottU«ra.
On rtri**«nl «»f tin* l«>4 vutcr |*r* vail
ing tin* la»t |Mirt «*f th«* a •!»»* of
Uw aintrr may In v** to It*
fr*,ttsh!»’«| lf*»m t .iirl»ttnk« t*> Kt«'har*l«oii.
ryoTnnmnnrir
° S. K. HEETKB. HARRY BURRUSS.
HEETER & BURRUSS,
freighters™! packers
Freighting and Packing to and from all ('reeks.
Good Equipments and Service Unexcelled
2JULSL2JUUI!
Senator Yest’s
.... Famous ....
Eulogy on a Dog
Gentlemen of the Jury: The best
friend a man has in this world may turn
against him and become his enemy, llis
son or daughter that he has. reared with
loving care may prove ungrateful. Those
who are nearest and dearest to us, those
w hom we trust with our happiness and
our got si name, may become traitors to
their faith. The money that a man has
he may lose. It flies away from him,
perhaps when he needs it most. A
man's reputation may be sacrificed in a
moment of ill-considered action. The
people who are prone to fall on their
knees to do us an honor w hen success is
with ns may be the first to throw the
stone of malice w hen failure settles its
cloud upon our heads. The one abso
lutely unselfish friend that man can
have in this selfish world, the one that
never deserts him, the one that never
proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his
dog.
(ientlemenof the jury, a man s (log
stands by him in prosperity and in
poverty, in health and in sickness, lie
will sleep on the cold ground, where the
wintry winds blow and the snow drives
fiercely, if only he may be near his mas
ter’s side. He will kiss the hand that
has no food to offer; he will lick the
wounds and sores that come in encoun
ter with the roughness of the world, lie
gliaods the sleep of his pauper master as
if he were a prince. When all other
friends desert he remains. When riches
take wings and reputation falls to pieces
he is as constant in his love as the sun
in its journey through the heavens. If
fortune drives the master forth an out
cast in the world, friendless and home
less, the faithful dog asks no higher
privilege than that of accompanying
him to guard against danger, to fight
against his enemies, and when the last
scene of all comes, and death takes the
niwster in its embrace and his Isslv is
laid away in the cold ground, no matter
if all other friends puisne thiir way,
there by his graveside will the noble
dog lie found, his head between hi*
paws, his eyes sad but o|sri in alert
watchfulness, faithful and true even to
death. _ •
Tile N. I*, t'o.'s steamer Leah, which
struck a ris k and sank recently lietweeli
Nil la to and Kaltag. is Icing broken up
ami tin- machinery salvaged.
rtnnnrinririrtrinrs
JULIUS RAHMSTORF,3
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
FULL LINE
£ Tin, Granite and Crockeryware
\JL3JL£JUL2.AJl SUL2JUL& SJUULSi^SJisO
HENRY RODEN
TO BE A LAWYER
Henry Ihxlen, formerly ol I;.impart,
Lite milling editor of the Tanana Teller
at Cleary City, Lax nuele application {or
a«lniix*ion to the bar. Hi* application
Max referre.l t<> an examining committee
of FairUinkx LiMyerx eonxixtiiat of John
K. IHIlon, \ It. lleiliK anil K. He
Jonrnvl. _
The Tatiana Teller, the new»|Mper e»
tal>lixhe*t at t Lena anti afterward*
|xihlixh>xl at Cleary City, i* la-itn; re
move*! to KiehanUon. it hax lieen a
a llixl and mix lit to xiteeeol in it*
new home.