SCHOOL FUND
Rampart Has Received But
Little of It.
The Fifty-seventh congress in its sec
ond session passed an act, approved
March 1903, hy which 30 per cent, of
license fees collected from unincorpor
ated towns of Alaska was paid into the
United States treasury for the use of the
secretary of the interior in carrying on
schools in the unincorporated sections
of Alaska. The amounts received from
this source were:
From Amount
March 3, 1901, to June 80,19 2 $85,882.41
July 1,1902, to June 80,1903 19,742.02
July 1. 1903, to June 80, 1901 103,877.30
July 1, 1904, to June 30,1905 143,153.65
.1 uly 1,1903, to June 8,', 1906 30.2S2.48
The income from this source enabled
the secretary of the interior to pay the
current expenses of said schools, and in
addition to authorize the erection of
school buildings at Harrow, Copper Cen
ter, Peering, < iolofnin, Haines, Icy Cape,
Tliamua, Jackson. Kake, Killisnoo, Kiv
ulidu, klawock, Klukwan, Kotzebue,
Point Hope, Shnkun, Shishmaref, St.
Michael, Tatiana, Tee Harbor, Teller,
Wainwright, Wales and Wrangell, and
to purchase buildings for school pur
poses at Hetties and Klinipiun, making
a total of L’fi buildings.
The Fifty-eighth congress passed an
act, approved January 27, 1903. by the
provisions of which the governor of
Alaska, as ex officio superintendent of
education, was placed in charge of
schools for white children and children
of mixed hlood who lead a civilized life
tlnoughout the territory. Fnder the
provisions of this act the education of
Kskimos and Indians in Alaska remains
under the direction and control of the
secretary of the interior, and schools for
this purpose are provided for hv annual
appropriation. In accordance with this
legislation congress appropiiated $30,000
to maintain the schools for natives dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900,
and $100,0(K) for their support during
tlie fiscal year to end June 30, 1907.
Of the money from all sources for
white and native schools Itampart has
had a school hut nine months, that liv
ing during the school year 1904-03. In
the annual statement of the eeminis*
sinner of education for the year ending
« June to. 1900, Itampart i- not named in
a list of places where ,-rhools are ti« he
reo|N'iu>d; hence we may conclude that
these).1 at this place is regarded by
the authorities as permanently closed.
In thin connection it is worthy of note
that no less than nine schnols wen
kept --pen in the territory in |903-'i*',
Mike Engels
Sourdough Mike
FREIGHTING
and PACKING
To all the Creeks
SPRINGS TRADING
HOT SPRINGS, ALASKA.
Full line of General Merchandise. Our stock is fresh and of the very best '
quality. We carry no inferior goods in any line. Prices right. We are =
after your business. LET US FIGURE WITH YOU. c
F. C. MANLEY, PROPRIETOR I
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with a smaller enrollment each than at
Rampart in 1804-,0o, namely, 38.
From the school year lSf)7-*t)8 to that
of ltH.)o-'(H>, both inclusive, the amount
of money from congressional appropria
tions and from half of the license fees
collected outside of incorporated towns,
devoted to educational purposes in
Alaska, amounted to $884,438.36, of
which about $800 was expended in
Ram pa rt.
In other words, Rampart from the
first year of its existence up to June 30,
1006, received less than $1 out of every
$1,100 expended for educational pur
poses. How far this falls below the
camp's just share of the school fund
may be better realized by a simple cal
culation. If Rampart received $1 out of
$1,100, then in order to equalize the per
capita benefit from the school fund the
population of the territory will have to
be computed at 1 .UK) times that of Ram
part. No one will claim that oOO is too
high a figure at which to estimate the
camp’s average population since 1807
’08; therefore the territory at large
should have ’>00 times 1,100, which is
oot) 00u. Resides all this, approximately
three-quarters of the population of the
territory reside in incorporated towns
or in reach of the same for school pur
poses, and are in nowise entitled to and
do not receive any portion of the license
money mentioned above, provision be
ing made for them out of the licenses
collected within the corporations.
Of course Mich figuring is ludicrous,
but it may be instructive, nevertheless.
Add to th** foregoing the fact that in
the near future there seems no likeli
hood of getting any school money at all,
and it may very well cause residents to
question their wisdom in voting down
the proposition to incorporate the town
in 1803. With the town ineori*orated,
at lea.-t a portion of its license money
would be expended locally.
At the Point of a Gun.
Mr?*. Sarah Pratt IVrkm*. pri*j*i<h*nt of
th** N;iti»»r al K*** It*rut ion *»f \Vuim»n*a
Clulsiy ^ ••tiirl?* »h*mi*l not marry
until 11.«*rt i-4 tiK-«o|ut%*Iy n*» «*ther way
• mt "t it.” Wlini a man |»r«htI «»n
that plan th** la!** Iani**t»t»»l >am .J«*i»#*p*
n«*»| t*» -j**ak »»f th** •h'iiMtn*m**nt a-* a
military w> *l*lin4.
Counting the Chickens. Etc.
\ a luria. th* *|«ini h «pn * n. it greatly
|**rtnrl»-*l UvittHr »tt.pu*tt»* t»rl»i»l« h**r
t» IHII*** tin* huh>. It 1- fX|*•***!*•• I »l»
April.
Nt* it hat «h**>'«n th«* annual
tfol*l)i« !«l f ,‘Jt I 7»»*. wrhn h l alif r
ma r* |*»rtr«l in K*;*, i *1 »«*c live jmir*
alt* v that it-* • •input a.m nryvi than
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Local and General Notes
A. It. Woods it Son wt-ro drowned out
on lloosier again last week. They may
attempt no further work on the creek
this season.
Sinclair, Coleman, Sevier and Ros
burg, on their uav to Chandlar, were
seen by the mail carrier at Curse’s
cabin, 100 miles from Rampart.
(r. II. Wand, manager of the Hoosier
hydraulic company, was in Fairbanks
March S, on his return journey to Ram
part from the outside, where he spent
the winter.
Private Henry Squires, of the signal
office, accompanied by Civilians Peck
and Wield, is down river on a repair
jaunt. He expects to connect with a
gang from Fort (iibbon.
Hr. Carter and Maurice Farrell, in
tending to proceed to the Chandlar by
wav of the Knyukuk, switched back
from Tanana and arrived here Monday
evening in order to confer with Rob
Schaber on conditions in the new dis
trict.
A severe accident befell Ren F. Raker, ;
manager of F. (i. Manley s trading post \
at Hot Springs, last week. Mr. Raker
has been afflicted with lumbago for
some time, and in going up stairs his
legs collapsed and he fell to the floor at
the foot of the stairway with great f ee.
The shock was so >evere that Mr. 1 iker
had to take to his bed : but it is hoped
he will come around all right.
The mild weather started the over
flow on Rig minonk creek to such an ex
tent that dog teams had to leave the
creek and take the unbroken trail over
Ruby hill. John Clinton, who bad set
out to have a look at tin' Tenderfoot
country, found the propo-ition so tough
that he abandoned the trip; and Julius
Itahnistorf, headed for the other side of
the divide, came back without accom
plishing his object.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
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Kuumh( K. KHint,
Volmil.iry »»lw«rv«r
That'll Hold Ban Tillman Awhlla.
KilMW lull jll*l ••!••< IimI | itlSI-I.U-.l
K.»» In<tb>n »l«' r»IW<i Htato* <*-nal«
Social Matters
COMING EVENTS.
March 10-18—St. Patrick’s celebration
at Hot Springs.
April I—Ball by the Yukon order of
Pioneers. .
April 12—Public installation of A. B.
officers, followed by grand dance and
banquet.
The public installation of officers, fol
lowed by a grand ball and banquet, on
April 12, will be the last of the many
enjoyable social affairs put forward by
Camp Rampart No. 15, A. 15., the pres
cut winter season. Everybody is in
vited to be present and assist in bidding
a merry good-by to a not-too-bad win
ter.
Most of the male population joined
the A. B.'s in a smoker last Friday
night. There were solid and liquid re
freshments, and several hours were
filched from despotic care. Among the
agreeable surprises of the evening were
clever dancing, club swinging and box
ing exercises.
A zonaphone, the latest instrument
for occasions when dancing is indulged
jn, has been ordered by the A. B.'s. It
is capable of making the music and do
ing the calling.
The A. B. dance Monday night at
tracted the usual number . f ladies and
gentlemen.
The Coming Man.—The sjieciul invts
tigator.