THE RACE
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The following clever poetical
description of the All Alaska
Sweepstakes race is reprinted
from the New York Journal ol
April 19, 1915, and was brought to
Nome by •Mr. Harry Phillips, who
was in the metropolis on the date
of publication.
There’s a stir in the veins of the
sportsman
When the blue-blooded thor
oughbreds start,
With the pounding of feet keep
ing time to the beat
Of the pulse and the quicken
ing heart.
But it’s tame to the thrill that is
present,
And its glamor seems lifeless and
pale,
When the dog teams are out on
the heart-breaking route
In the race on the white Candle
trail.
Hear them yelp to the wolves,
their half brothers,
As they turn back at Candle
for home;
Oh, the old camp looks bright
there Will be a wild night
When the dog teams have fin
ished at Nome.
They are caught in the thick ol
a blizzard,
And the drivers are going h
blind;
And the fierce leaders snap at a
tight galling strap
And are nipped by their fellow*
behind.
They are going it blind through
a snowdrift,
And it’s death to them all it
they fail,
For there’s none who wijl wail
when they’re nearing th<
straight,
In the race on the white Candh
trail.
Hear them howl to the wolf pad
in chorus
As they scent their warm ken
nels at home.
And they snarl and they fight,
there will be a wild night
When the dog teams have fir
ished at Nome.
There is nothing that looks 1 ik«
a grandstand,
There is silence in place of tin
cheers;
And the driver sits tight thorugh
the long Arctic night,
With his eyes partly glazed as
he steers
Now the leaders are breaking the
silence,
From the camp conies an echo
ing hail,
And the long race is run and the
best dogs have won
On the course of the white Can
dle trail.
Now they dream of the wolves,
their half brothers,
And the distant pine forest*
they roam;
While the camp streets arc bright,
there is sure a wild night,
For the dog teams have finish
ed at Nome!
COMPLETE RACE STORY.
A complete story of the All Alas
ka Sweepstakes Dog race, day bj1
day, with the score card wau
printed in issue of April i<j
Nome Daily Nugget. Extra cop
ies will be on sale at this office.
INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted concerning
the present whereabouts of John
Creighton Harrington. He is
wanted in the settlement of the
estate of his deceased mother. In
formation concerning his where
abouts will be gratefully appre
ciated by T. H. Harrington, Rains
boro, O.
Mrs. M. B. Bond of 201 Boze
man avenue, Bozeman Monf.,
write* to the postmaster seeking
the whereabouts of Frank Nelson
Davie*, supposed to be in Nome
Information will be gratefully re
ceived.
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ALASKA NOTES
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'Plans are under way Tor the
erection of a large apartment
house ih Juneau with business lo
cations on the first floor. Juneau
has been experiencing a shortage
of residences ever since the boom
struck the town Several years ago.
A bank is to be established in
Skagway within the next weeks.
Ariticles of incorporation have
been filed with the territorial sec
retary and are signed by H. I..
Faulkner of Juneau, W. H- Han
son of Philadelphia, and J. T.
Westerman of New York. The
bank is capitalized for $50,000
furnished by the New York men
and it is to be known as the Bank
of Alaska.
Accodring to a statement print
ed in a Seattle paper the eastern
capitalists who purchased the Se
ward water system have invested
tw'O hundred thousand dollars in
.the enterprise. Frank L. Ballaine
and John Nelson, the former own
ers, are now in Los Angeles clos
ing the deal. It is alos announced
that the syndicate plan the ex
penditure of a large sum of money
in improving the system.
Pay is reported to have been
found on Fourth of July creek,
Ruby, district in three holes which
are down to a depth of eighty feet
but not bedrocked. Pans running
from 15 to 25 cents were found in
the gravel, and the miners antici
pate rich pay when bedroclT is
struck. Fourth of July creek is a
tributary of Salatna river next
above Spruce creek, which enter
ed the list of pay creeks last sum
mer.
Letters received in Fairbanks
from Koyukuk state more miners
arc working this winter on'new
creeks than at any time during
the past five years. A number of
god pay streaks are reported to
have been uncoverd this winter
and it is predicted that the output
next summer will be a record
1 reaker. In the Wild creek dis
trict the wages paid last summer
were $1.25 per hour without board
but work was not steady owing
to a shortage of wrater.
Mrs M. S. Love has been ap
pointed postmistress at Nenana.
In past years the postoffice at Ne
iiana has been ani unimportant one
but owing to the government rail*
road activities it is probable that
the volume of business will in
crease greatly during the coming
summer. The government town*
site at Nenana has been surveyd
and it is believed the government
wil hold its sale of lots next sum
mer. in which event the popula
tion and postal business would in
crease accordingly.
The people of Fox, a town of
five hundred on the Tanana rail
road, lost their entertainment and
dance hall during the recent
heavy fall of snow when the roof
caved in. The hall was erected
by the people of Fox at the cost
of $2,500 and was in charge of a
committee which appears to have
been dilatory in their duties. The
fire hall also caved in because the
snow had not been removed from
the roof.
Foreman M. H.. Gedney, of
the Ellamar Mining Company,
suffered a severe accident by be
ing caught in a slide in the mine.
He is reported to have had one
leg broken in two places and the
extent of the injuries sustained by
the other limb was unknown, as
the launch has been dispatched for
a physician before an examination
had been made.
Mr. Gedney has been connect
ed with the Ellamar mine for a
number of years, and his many
friends will sincerely hope that his
acident is not as serious as re
ported and that he will fully re
cover.—Chitina Leader.
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means a saving of $7 to $14 in
one year; is this worth while?
We sell the recipe for making
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home, equal to the best on the
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