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CALENDAR
JANUARY
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5
G 7 8 9 1011 12
13 14 15 16 17 IS 10
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 20 30 31
Moon’s Phases.
Last quarter, 7th:
new moon, 13th:
tirst quarter, 20th:
full moon, 29th.
•FEBRUARY
8 M T W T F 8
1 2
3 4 5 3 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 1T> Hi
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 20 27 28
Moon’s Phases.
Last quarter, f>th;
new moon, 12tli:
iirst quaretr, l'*th ;
full moon, 27th.
Whonksday, Kkiiki aky i:j, 1 *.*07.
WASKEY A DISAPPOINTMENT.
In declaring that, the average Nome
mine operator can not afford to pay ex
ceeding a $;!-a-dav wage Delegate Was
key either slanders the camp or states
a condition that ought to have been
made known long ago.
If the camp is so low grade, it is a
poor place for capital; and labor is
better off in southeastern Alaska—or,
for that matter, out of and far away
from Alaska altogether.
It Mr. Waskey has not falsified, pros
pectors can find a better field almost
anywhere in southeastern Alaska, and
in Canada the chances are infinitely
greater and the conditions much better.
In this section of Alaska it is hard to
believe that Mr. Waskey has correctly
stated the condition at Nome. We
know that claim owners get from one
quarter to one half the gross output
from miners who work the ground on
lays, and we know even at that laymen
sometimes make money.
So far as he has -hew n himself it had
as will be acknowledged that Alaska’s
first delegate ha- been a disappoint
ment. If he was not misquoted he
proved himself a conceited ass by his
talk, before reaching Washington, of
the great things he i xpected to do, and
the tactics he would adopt to captivate
tile sjieaker of the house when be bad
arrived. When the inevitable ami
wfll-iiu ritr.l gniih ha. I Ih*»*ii adminiM
trr»Ml t*» him, hy a total lark of tart lit*
ailvrrtiwnl hi** •li^^rtintlfincrit in th«
pa|* r«» ami |»r«»vt*«I on th** tloor of th*
hoii-** that hi** tiirawiir** h;nl h« »*n «.»r
m*tly tak**n.
I.v»r *aj:«-r t*» hi* »loppy -M*tin»l»i»tf
rntmi- in print, wh»*n th#* minor/ tmuhh
catiit' Up at N"»n* hr ha-tfii***! to iirikr
known in Wnnliini{ti»ii what hr vhh if**
intr t<> «l«* attaint it. aval niti»h* «tatvmvnt*
that tnuat h«- *li-*r**ht#*«l at Wnnhington
an«l in ||m* nnn rtiin.it** n»rn**r *»f th**
tnirth from whom* !»♦• luiiii.
\V.»-k* > i* n «l»*»app*>iit?merit. l it hi*
will mnxi return t*» hi* knii‘w*in*tKf*
ifr .«»»••! amt !m law «t»>t*. an*I aw tar »«
thr |*uMii i* i •» o riml wilt iU<w|>|nir
a « nun plvtr I\ A* it h»»l«Ul» *•»!**
of Hw* "Wt» morll Unk*
Not loiter ngo a man asked why it is
that prospectors arc stampeding from
Kampart to Chandlar and other far-off
localities while there is such a vast field
untouched liy a pick and almost unseen
by human eyes nearer home. It is an
immense advantage, the man averred,
to prospect in the vicinity of developed
ground where the trend of the pay
streaks may he observed and the dis
tinguishing features of the gold-hearing
formation noted. Well, the question is
hard to answer. The impulse that
drives men on and on is something
apart from reason and is as hard to
comprehend as that which impels them
to drain a glass or press a willing hand.
It partakes somewhat of inquisitiveness
—that saving clause in human nature
which begins at “Whence?” and ends
at “Wherefore?” Hut no matter why
men forsake the certain for the doubtful
and the indeterminate the fact that they
do so has given to the world its choicest
blessings, and instead of being made a
butt for heartless gibes and superior
I-told-you-so’s the enthusiastic old
stampedor should be invited in and
given a warm corner in the more
“reasonable” person’s heart.
Now, really ami truly the Valley News
lines m»t rare to boom the Rampart dis
trict; hut when men of undoubted ve
racity come and tell us such stories as
those from Skonkum and Thanksgiving
what are we going to do about it? Print
the news, of course.
Local and General Notes
Commissioner tireen expects to go to
Tatiana mi otl'icial business next week.
Sid Williams, who came in a few days
ago somewhat ill, ipiicklv came around
again.
I*r. Iludgin leaves tomorrow for Ray
River 1 lot Springs, lie will be absent
two weeks.
Thomas Lindsay, formerly of lb osier
creek, Rampart, is carjientei ing in San
Francisco.
Rampart Friends of ('. II. Khrhorn
have received word that he has left his
home in California for an extended tour
around the world.
Archie Heath, formerly jailer at
lat^le, has Ih rn niiult* I'nitfil Stati c
U j'iity marshal at Wicker*ham, in tin*
\ merican Fortvinih*.
The many tritml-* of littU* l.y*la Lanjr
f*»r»l will U* sorry to hear that she has
hu ll slightly ill at tier |n*rents’ home
• *n Little Mim»i.k creek.
I'itk.i, the venerable native preacher,
has l**en recalled from tin* ministry hv
tishop K.iwi . t he reason I*»r tin* bish
op's action run not stated. I’itka is
s«» tar advanced in i*i£e that the sins of
the flesh an* now mostly Udnnd him,
:ii"| * veil hi- “damn-its” ami and other
cits* words are lacking »f» vijfnr ami
strer «ti*skty.
\t •»»!*•• *1 Lveunte known that a cast*
o1 \% h •••pH l \ • I..h had «h \e|i |H ||, and
111 a very *h*rt time an epidemic of the
• It-• .is* struck the s* Ihs»|s and every
yoiUHPtvr in town went to wh<«>pina it
•t|» at a fa kl rate \mn were immune*,
m» matter it they had had it before A
• is* *h«rlttf hstlfi the seal of the
InniMr in Ih- i htMr* n'« Lump* of .|«*
Chas.A. Traeger,
Hats, Clothing
and Furnishings.
\ Complete Line
New Ladies’ Goods,
I Flannels, Blankets,
| Gents’ Furnishings.
II. .1. RODEN,
Attorney at Law,
Fairbanks, Alaska.
.1. UNDLKY GREKN,
Lawyer.
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