Yukon Valley News
VOL. II.
RAMPART, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1906.
No. 21
INSPIRED EFFORT
OF POKER GREEN
At a New Literary Society’s Meet
ing He Develops Remarkable
Powers as a Critic.
At it meeting of the miners, trappers
and log-rollers of Eureka Creek and
vicinity, a “Literary Society” was or
ganized, officers elected, and weekly
meetings arranged, at which all mem
bers are to orate and debate.
At the initial meeting Mr. Poker
Green, the well-known mining expert
and producer of easy money, was called
on and charmed all with the following:
“Gentlemen and Others: Have you
noted the wonderful change, of late, in
the attitude of Rampart towards those
finer feelings found only in literary
centers? Time was, when the jingle of
dust in a fat poke was considered by the
Rampart public true poetry; when the
sweet singers of the camp would fasci
nate and attract a great following, as
they warbled, ‘Come on, boys! Drink
with me! all you fellows!’ Today we
are handed a different bunch in Ram
part: a sweeter one, too. Rampart now
gives us something to put into our
empty poke, when she sends us back
across the divide to ‘produce,’ in the
shape of concerts, sacred and otherwise:
also home-grown poems. But what I
want to get at and impress upon your
mind, with all the feelings of my elo
quence, is the latest birth in this camp.
Men! It’s a sacred thing, the birth of
a poet. For that reason, probably, our
pajiers failed to comment on it. So it's
left to me, as a member of this ‘Society,’
to allude to that creative gift of David
son’s which is ‘born, not acquired.’
“Ahem! The divine tire is a con
suming flame with him, and, in the
leaping aspiration to the empyrean,
shakes the carnal vessel in which it is
incandescent most lamentably. There
is nothing in the singing of Mr. David
son sordid, grim or repelling; and the
one suggestion I would make is, that his
literary chances will lie vastly improved
bv earnest efforts towards brevity, con
densation and a change of subject.
“I have liecn 'done' so often in Kuin
purt that I can not but agree with Mr.
Davidson that the Ita ui par t Doodle
Itooes do do! atal jw*ssibiy rub a little
hoo don on you, too.
“Mr Davidson, here is to the delicacy,
fancy, fluidity of your genuine lyric
gift. Isnig may you live and tiling
sing!”
The neat meeting of the Shsirty will
la- held at tite home of Mr *<ill, lilen
ituU'h, on tin- night of .fan. 14. The
Hrst delnete will Is- held. ftuhjeet—
"Mhonld Me Si'lsl Michael Joseph Soilll
van to Congress as IV legale front
Alaska “' Mr .Hultivan will lead the
pro, Mr. Frank Stevens the eott All are
invites) to attend. dALI*HI KY,
___ Her re tar y
It M said a g*ss| many men are hard
up and out of work **n the Tanatut,
Clum Fairbanks Postmaster.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1(>.—John I*. Glum has been
appointed postmaster at Fairbanks. He will resign his
present position as postoffice inspector and accept the
appointment.
St. Petersburg Under Control.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 15.—The government has
the upper hand here. Rioting is being continued in
suburban districts.
Hearst May Legislature.
NEW YORK, JAN. 15.—Hearst is talking of ap
pealing to the legislature to he made mayor.
The Threatened Franco-German Trouble.
LONDON, Jan. 15.—The threatened trouble be
tween Germany and France lias paralyzed the money
market. Switzerland is active to protect herself.
Men Killed in Cattle and Sheep Men’s War.
EVANSTON, Jan. 15.—A. \V. Gardner and Robert
Allen were shot down were shot down bv cattle men
while herding sheep. Other sheep herders Hed. The
cattle men slaughtered several thousand sheep and
burned camp and equipments.
Frank Phiscater’s First Wife.
FAIRBANKS, Jan. lb.—Mrs. Gordon, the first wife
of Frank Rhiseater, who cut bis throat in the presence
of his last wife in Seattle, will leave soon for the out
side to protect tile interests of her hov, who is heir to a >
Klondike fortune.
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Injured Men Doing Well.
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from Tatiana la-1 Saturday r*-|«I that
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in ttii' l»r»* that ih~Iruvial the mail t'aliiii
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bjy ami aill mrnvrr. Thry arn at k.»k
rinr-M timU-r the calf •>( l>r Atkin-mi,
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a l»«i|iital ur with tlw-ir «tn» kimln-1.
NrarU half tin mail a a - -avid frinii
tlir tainting ratan.
TW «'*(*• at warn— li>r nurm minri* at
Niniir i- k.' 4 ilat
“DOWN IN DIXIE”
JANUARY 23
Cast and Synopsis of the Drama to
be Produced There by the
Comedy Company.
On account of the great amount of
work necessary for the rehearsal and
proper staging of so great a play, Lieut
H. W. Bathianv writes that the Fort
Gibbon Comedy Comedy was compelled
to postpone the production of “Down in
Dixie” till Jan. 2d. At that time the
performance will positively take place at
Post Hall, and is expected to furnish an
evening of rare entertainment and to
add to the splendid reputation of the
company.
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
Harvey Wells, Colonel in the Federal Army
I. P. Blade
George Washington Bangs. War Correspon
dent of the “Herald” H. W. Batniany
Major Bradley, of the Confederate Army
F. J. Kinslar
Corporal Hooligan, a “true blue” Vet.
P. J. Murphy
Hon. C. J. Dusenberry. Meml)fr of Congress
.J. Doherty
Hezckiuh Snitfins, a degenerate Yankee
A. M. Estes
Mosely, a faithful shoe M. D. Henderson
Hillings, Bradley’s henchman L. M. Brown
Helen Trevoir, a Southern heiress.
P.J. Foran
Molly Martin, her lively friend.J. Derby
Mrs. Dusenberry. a business woman
H. W. Bloomfield
Susannah, “jis a brack nigger” .
J.T. Fitzsimmons
SYNOPSIS.
ACT I.
Washington. 1861. War. “Your way lies to
the North, mine to the South”!
ACT II.
The Trevoir Plantation. Virgin in. 1864.
CAPTURED!
“Betrayed! Betrayed by her!”
ACT III.
Libby Prison, Richmond. 1865. Freedom!
"Nov what do you think of a Yankee’s
ACT IV.
The Trevoir plantation, 1865. ( A lapse of a
week). PEACE!
• And the Star Spangled Banner in Triumph
does wave, o’er the land of the free and
the home of the brave”
MUSICAL PROGRAMME
Rendered by Mrs. H. M. Swartz.
1. Openinjr Overture (Medley): ‘ Dixie.”
2. March: “Dawn of the Century.”
5. Calve Waltzes.
3. Intermezzo: select'd.
6. My Little Canoe.
4. Serenade to the Blue and Gray.
7. Dixie Girl M »r •
8. Star Spunirled Banner.
Looks Good for Falkenberg.
The Walla W alla (YVafdi.) Daily Union
of |Ve. contaims 1 quite a hig write u|»
of Kristian Falk* nlwrjFs jewelry store in
that city. The diamonds, watcher, silver*
ware aml cut glass were accounted very
tine ami extensive, an*l the nugget jew
elry, on which Mr. Falkenberg excelled
while in business in Uani|*:trt. want
maineed very attraetive. The Union is
an eight-page daily with the appear a me
of hailing from a live town, ami Fa then*
Irrji't* ImiH' runs a big a«l\* ru-snirHt
that s|s-.«k- *»f business. It is iilriumit
In m>te the uumistahahle evidence • f
Mr Falkewl<erg‘* pro«|« rity.
Two id M» Hugh A South's teams ami
•nr of Heeler A Burn*** started f> r
aeroes the «Ji*ale Monday morning
fhr trail was lnnttv »lfitlel amt Iwaty
*le*Mit»g was in |>r*«|m t.