LAUREATE OF
NORTHLAND PAYS
TRIBUTE TO MEN
The following clover poem was con
tributed by the laureate of the North,
Mrs. Esther Birdsall Darling. It nar
rates, with wonderful detail and per
fect poetic construction, '.he thrilling
race against death made by Seppala
and his famous Siberians assisted by
aaaaaaaaaa a a a a a a_a_aaaaaaaaa
Louis Stevenson, when they lushed
Bobby Brown, mangled and bleeding,
over fifty-eight miles of half broken
trail to Candle, the nearest point
where medical assistance could be ob
tained : —
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Seppala Drives to ftAin *
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j’ (By Esther Birdsall Darling.) T
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< • There's a Ilace on the Trail into Canille ♦
! With a Nome Sweepstakes team in the game. X
| | Hear the rythm and beat of the pattering feet I
■ • Of the dogs that have earned '.hem a name! T
i i Hut this contest is not for a record- X
\ [ Neither Cup nor a Curse is the goal; X
■ 1 Kor Seppala is bent and his mind is intent, T
■ > (in racing with Death for a Soul. X
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i i Some victories may fade and grow dimmer. 4,
J | And laurels no longer he green; 1
1 ■ Hut his undying race is the heart-breaking pnee J
■ 1 Neck and neck with tin Kntry unseen. X
,, Kor at Dime there was crushed—in a moment X
J | Bobby Brown, well bolov’d, far and wide; x
• • Whose life, ebbing fast,strikes the driver aghast, X
! ! As he starts on his harrowing ride. X
J ' There’s the broken and pain-tortured body X
■ 1 Dying heavy on Stevenson's lap;'. T
i> And the unuttered cheers are his friends’ bitter tears, X
I I As they fasten each buckle and strap. X
II Then, the swift spoken word to the leader- T
While as swiftly he answers the same; X
. , There's a Ilace to be run, and a Stake to be won- 4>
'> "Come, Itussky, live up to your name I" J
a a After weary miles stretching to Caudle, T
J [ There is skill and a hope for the best: X
J J "Clive all of your speed, taking never a heed I
■ » Of hunger and thirst, or of rest.” T
I a They are dashing o’er limitless tundra, J
J J Over depths where the ice menace lies; X
■ 1 And the glare of the sun, on that n?rve-racking run, A
II Is a flame to their half-blinded eyes. T
! | There's the sting and the rage of the blizzard, X
J | As the Arctic unleashes its gale; X
' « There's the night falling gray, at the end of the day. I
! ! And there’s Death riding hard on their Trail. T
\ | Man's pluck ,and the strength of a dog team- X
' ’ "On, Itussky, we trust to your pace." ♦
1 > There's the flash of a light-Oh, it's Candle in sight- X
1 J And Seppala boats Death in the Race! X
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LEONARD SEPPALA WITH HIS SIBERIANS WHO MADE THE TRIP.
HOLTS CASH STORE.
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Moved to me large Alaska Store,:
first door east. We are in position
to fill your orders In any quantity
large or small at money saving prices.
Norno largest store.
Telephone Main 96.
WE CAN 00 IT.
Tor first class work and prompt de
livery phone Main 151 and the Peo
ple’s laundry wfll send and get your
laundry. W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
Get our prices on election cards be
fore having your cards printed.
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TONIGHT
THE PAWNS OF FATE
la 2 Parts
Split Reel Comedy
VALENTINE DAY
Drama
FAGE AT THE WINDOW
TOMORROW NIGHT
THE HOUSE OF S6ANDLES
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Office and Residence of J. F. McAl
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Baths. Phone Red 157.
All kinds of sleigh and ski wood on
sale at Ros*' mill and shop. Miso
building and mininp timber.
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32 .. Yorkey’s Cigar Store
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PACIFIC (OLD SI
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ALASKA NOTES
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The Ketchikan Citizens' Light
Water and Power company has given
Us employes bonuses.
Five feet of wet snow is reproted
to have fallen at Seward in 36 hours
recently.
Michael Power a pioneer of the
Klondike and Alaska, died recently in
the Flat hospital, Idltarod, from tu
berculosis, at the. nge of 50.
The halibut schooner Star arrived
In Ketchikan recently with a catch
of 70,000 pounds of halibut, which was
shipped to Seattle.
Taking turn about all the nurses and
doctors of the St. Ann hospital at
Douglas were treated lo a sleigh ride
u few days ago.
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\Y. .1. Henry, a reporter on the An- I
chornge Labor News, and candidate i
on the Socialist ticcket in the recent j
election for Territorial ropresnetative,
was recently tweeted Secretary of the
Alaska Libor Union.
A Seldovia man's heart hungers for
real cooking and the comforts of home
Under the head of "Matrimonial,"
(’apt. A. Filmroe of Seldovia, adver
tised in the Anchorage papers for a
"Young lady about 50; widow with
children preferred. Must bn a good
cook."
M. 11. Snodgru'h Mi|s rintendent of i
the government experiment station
at Kodiak, anounces that he has suf
ficient seed grain of the best variety's
to supply the farmers of this division
with small quantities of seed for those
who desire to raise grain.
Natives are gathering at Tatiana
from all directions for a big potlatch.
At this gathering nominations for a
chief to fill tlie vacancy caused by tin
death of Chief Alexander Williams
will be made. Tin- election tvill take
place later.
Skagway teachers and pupils are
e itisidering the takng of their room
luncheons at school during the cold
weather, cutting down the noon re
uses to 20 minute permitting the dis
missing of the scholars earlier in the
afternoon.
Frank Irwin arrived in Anchorage
recently anil reported that the Cold
million Martin and Independer ce
mines were employing men in block
ing out ore and doing development
work preparatory to a heavy produc
tion it: 1017.
The Forty-ninth Star says: There
is more than a milion dollars deposit
ed in the two banks in Anchorage. It
is safe lo say that far the larger por
tion nf this amount belongs to for
eigners who have no intention of in
vesting a rent for * he development
ol this country.
“WISE MIKE” HAS TUNGSTEN
"Wise Mike” they call him in Inter
ior Alaska, although his real name is
Steipovieh says the Seattle Post -
Intelligencer. Ills home is in Fair
banks, and his vocation is mining.
For ten years "Wise Mike” has been
in the mining game. His ventures in
gold mining did not produce the
wealth sought for. Last year, when
the steel makers of the Hast were
clamoring for ‘ungsten and miners of
the Nortti began lo forsake gold for
tie lure of rarer minerals, "'Wise
Mike” went out into the hills. lie
found tungsten ore in good quantity,
had 300 tons of it hauled to Fairbanks
and tlie shipped to Seattle, lie
is at Hie Seattle Athletic (’lull now
while arranging to market the ore.
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following are the lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and last
on the days teaignuted. The minus
sign before a cumber means below
zero.
U. S. Wentlier Bureau.
191G 1917
March 1 . —14 30
Maioti 3 . — H 30
March 3. —4 32
March 4. —14 12
Mulch 0..— 16 0
March 6.—19 15
March 7.—19 — 8
March 8. —17 20
Match 9 17 22
March 10 . 17 16
March il. - 23 8
March 12 . —14 22
Match 13 . —19 28
March 15. —14 10
Maxell 16 8 8
March 17.,. 6 4
March IS.0 15
Maxell 19. 2 11
March 20 . 10 16
March 21 7 3
March 22 .— C — 4
March 23. 5 —20
March 24.0 —27
March 25.- IS —26
March 26 . —26 - 26
Maicli 27 .— 18 —18
March 28 . 3 —2
March 29..".. —18 9
March 3o. 10 '0
March 31. is 28
I April 1 . 10 18
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During the past two years we have bought H
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Canvas Gloves to Scotch Wool Underwear and j
are now prepared to furnish our patrons at |
right prices with all the evervday Clothing 1
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