RAMPART
BUDGET
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Rampart, Dec. 28.—A large Christ
inas tree was prepared by Miss Marcie,
teacher of the Rampart school, who
also arranged some exercises by the pu
pils for the occasion. The uublic being
invited to attend, the sohoolhoiise was
crowded to its utmost capacity. The
exercises opened by the teacher read
ing a short sketch of the birth of
Christ, the program was then as fol
lows',
Song—Christmas Is Here ... The School
Recitation—Christmas Bells.
......... Charley Evans
Recitation—The Hour of the Chil
dren.Lena Pitka
Recitation—Old Christmas.
...Lizzie Minook
Song—Peek*a-Boo.Eight Children
Recitation—Kitty’s Christmas Tree.
.Charlotte George
Recitation—At Christmas Time.
.Dick Pitka
Re; itaticn—The Christmas Silence
..Albert Pitka
Song—Christmas Time Has Come..
..The School
Recitation — The Garden of the
Stars ...Rachel George
Recitation—A Riddle.v..Adam Minook
Recitation—A Christmas Dilemma..
...... Lulu Evans
Recitation—The First Christmas
..Florence Mayo
Song—Luther's Cradle Hymn.
.The School
Recitation—The Adoration of the
Wise Men. Anto Mayo
Recitation—Constant Christmas.
. Walter Harper
Recitation—A Question..
... Florence Pitka
Recitation—O, Little Town of Beth
lehem.Johnny Evans
■Song—The Bells of Santa Claus.
. The School
Song—Jolly Old St. Nicholas.
...The Sehool
This closed the exercises; the Christ
mas tree was then striped and each
child was given a number of presents,
jprepared by the ladies of the town, and
the teacher.
The entertainment was certainly a
pronounced success, and it was voted by
all present that Miss Marcle deserved
great credit for lta succoss.
On Christmas night at the courthous<
the ladies of the camp gave a leap-yeai
dance to the gentlemen, everything
being furnished by them, incbtding sup
per and music. The following gentle
men were present: Messrs. Harry Rich'
ards, Harry Callum, G. F. Smith, E. L
Dyer, James Climie, C. M. Atkinson,
A. H. Woods, sr., C. P. Cronk, Frank
M. Smith, W. W. Crockett, M. P,
Fleischman, Joseph and John Weihl,
Pete Kalding, Charley Swanson, Jack
Welch, Dr. J. H. Hudgin, Louie Iver
son, C. R. Peck, Fred Kalding, Waltei
Sondberg, W. C. Nichols, C. B. Allen,
Ralph Donaldson, Henry Young, Geo,
Woods, J. F. Strickland, G. W. Gasser,
Charles Kelly, George Lockyear, Rob
ert Scraber, W. B. Ballou, E. R. King,
and Wally Laboskie of Sullivan creek.
The ladies giving the dance were
Mesdames Shequin, Allen, Woods,
Climie, Kelly, Nichols, Strickland,
Scraber, Chadwick, Songborg, Fleisch
man, Ballou, Smith, Mustin, Misses
Marcie and Peck. Mrs. Nichols acted
as president and some of the gentlemen
were lined quite heavily for forgetting
that the ladies were giving the dance,
and for not remembering that it wai
Btuictly a leap-year dance.
Mrs-. F. M. Smith kept open house on
Christmas eve, the occasion being a
Christmas party for Master Jamey
Smith and all his young friends, and
all the ladies of the town were invited.
A very nice lunch was served, consist'
ing of ice cream, cakes and assorted
fruits.
On Christmas day, from 2 to 4 p.m.,
Mrs. Ballou also kept open house, the
occasion being a Christmas tree pre
pared for W. B. Ballou, jr„ and his
young associates. All the ladies of the
town were invited, and refreshments
similar to Mrs. Smith’s were served.
Abe Collins, of the Florence, pre
pared a fine lunch for the patrons of
his bar on Christmas day, from 1 to 5
o’clock, consisting of 25 baked ptarmi
gan with cranberry sauce and fine
salad.
A. V. Thorns, of Eureka creek, and
Gill Edgar and Wally Laboskie, of Sul
livan creek, paid Rampart a visit on
Christmas day.
There is no news of any importance
from the creeks except that the pay on
3-a. Little Minook continues as good as
last week.
All the men out on tlje various creeks
came to town for the holidays and will
remain until after the Pioneer dance
on New Year’s day.
Plant Is Now
Almost Ready
The plant which Mr. Pierson, of
Sutherland & Pierson, bought on his
recent trip to Fairbanks has been
placed upon the ground by James Blod
get, who freighted it from the upper
city and in another week the winter
dump will be started.
These gentlemen have very good pay
and as soon as the plant is installed
and in working condition they will
work as rapidly as possible and get out
a large amount of dirt before spring.
Brice Returns
to the Susitna
Dan Brice, who lately arrived from
Valdez creek, will start this morning
on his return, traveling light, as there
is plenty of grub in the camp so that
it will not be necessary for him to take
more than enough to carry him through.
All the supplies for the camp will be
brought up from Susitna station some
time in March, when the freighters
now down at the post arrive. Snow
plows are used to clear the snow from
the ice of the Su9itna river, after
which one horse is able to pull four
tons on the glare ice. The difference
in prices of supplies at Susitna as com
pared with Fairbanks is the chief in
ducement for the miners to patronise
the former place.—Tanana Tribune.
Chatanika Pay
in New Shaftsi
Within the past two days it has been
pretty conclusively demonstrated that
the pay which the Jacoby brothers
have been working on their lay* 18 be
low Cleary, is Chatanika pay, for they
have bedrocked a shaft 300 feet above
their old workings and have landed on
the same pay, and Alexander, Morri
son & Johnson, below them, have also
landed on the same dirt. Not only is
the ground deeper than the Cleary
ground, but the gravel ie different as
well, being Chatanika wtseh as distin
guished from the Cleary Wash. Some
of the rock in the wash is found in
place up on Faith creek, but no place
in the vicinity of Cleary. — Tanana
Tribune.
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THE PROFESSOR
Prof. Alexander Bugg was prominent at college,
He held the title Ph. D. and was quite strong on knowledge.
For learned wisdom in all things he wore a bright corona,
But, still, he couldn’t And the pocket in his wife’s kimona.
He knew by heart the net results of psychic observation;
He called by name each little star throughout the constellation.
Devouring scientific tracts he was a very glutton,
But still, his wife’s dress, up the back, he knew not how to button.
He was a most prolific scientific diagrammer,
But glass fruit cans at home he couldn’t open with a hammer.
He was a proud authority on questions hydrostatic,
But couldn’t fix the kitchen pump or mend a leaky attic.
Political economy was with him quite a hobby,
But with the cook at home he never knew*quite how to lobby.
His far-famed lectures to his students covered him with glory,
But when his good wife lectured him 'twas quite another story.
He talked of therapeutics and he lectured on climatics,
But every year he was laid up for three weeks with rheumatics.
This goes to show that once he passes through his own home gateway,
The staid professor then becomes a common mortal, straightway.
—Roy K. Moulton.
.Stanley House.
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Days Grow
Longer Rapidly
With the shortest day of the year
just past and all the residents of the
Tanana valley looking forward to the
days to follow with their rapidly in
creasing daylight, the following table
giving the length of days at points in
this latitude, will be of interest <
According to a Kansas newpaper the
two greatest authors of tragedy are
Shakespeare and whisky.
December 21
January 1.
January 16.
January 31....
February 15..
March 1 .
March 21.
April 11.
April 25.
May 11.
June 21.
H. M.
. 3 25
3 52
. 4 57
. 0 45
. 8 18
9 5
12 6
14 38
15 42
17 15
23 54
Tanana Tribune.
Woman has three ages: Her real age,
nrhat her friends think her age is, and
«rhat she claims it is.
ADVERTISED LETTER LIST
Hot Springs, Aka.# Jan. 1, 1909.
Bertram, Paul Mullet, Jack
Barrteaux, Paul McLean, Dan
Backus, H O'Reilly, Patrick
Condogeorge, H. Olsen, Herman 2
Gregson, Andrew Downing, M. A.
Close, Frank Rushing, David
Hansen, Pet Salisbury, Geo. A. 2
Huriander, Frank Sentoni, John
Johnson, Mr. Westoroff, George
Lehr, Mrs. Williams,Mrs.Mar?
If the above are not called for in 30
days they will be forwarded to the
letter office, Washington, U. C.
F. C. MAffLRY, P. M.
Bill's Leg
J. E. W. Richards, a rope and a co#
pooled interests for mutual purposes
last Saturday evening. The cow broke
the combine, the rope and Bill’s leg all
at the same time. The doctor followed
up tne cow and also took a pull at Bill’s
leg, who is able to be up and around to*
tell just how it happened. The doctor
will probably take another pull at BillV
leg about the first of the month —
Arapahoe (Neb.) Pioneer.
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