THE WAR SPIRIT GETS THEM ALL
“HOSTILE GUN IS X 22-0 62 ?”
WITH THE BRITISH ARAIR'S IN
THE FIELD, Feb.20.—(By Mail.)—
You remember the country fair? Re
member the tremor of expectancy in
the crowd gathered around the dingy
old hot air balloon as she swelled, oh,
so slowly, with the smoko and fumeH
of the barrel stave tire?
Will you ever forget the thrill she
gave you as she lazily lurched into
the air, dragging with her the fellows
in the darned but spangled purple
tights, the parachute jump man with
oiled hair plastered down on his fore
head? You secretly half hoped he
would.
And then, at about fifteen hundred
feet, the aeronaut’s mad leap, his dead
drop of 300 or 500 feet, the slow open
ing of the parachute and the swinging
drift to the ground. Remember?
Suppose you hud to leave your job
in the office, shop or on the farm and
be in such performance tomorrow?
Suppose you had to go up In a bal
loon, in any and all sorts of weather,
to be shot at by artillery and lunged
at by hostile aircrafts. Suppose you
had to leap from burning balloon, or
get tossed out of the basket of one
while passing through the clouds?
What If America should suddenly
find herself In a war and the bill
boards should say: “Your Country
Needs You.” Think you could do
these things for her? British boys
are doing the little trick every day.
Yesterday they were clerking in
stores, working In shops, bookkeeping
in offices or going to school. Today
they are making parachute leaps from
ballons and other more thrilling
things still.
Yesterday that lieutenant you find
yourself talking to was a pink and
white youth at Eton preparing to go
up to Cambridge. Today he. considers
fighting duels above the clouds with
Germans as much a part of his job
as yesterday he considered calculus to
be. Yesterday he was a school kid,
writing essays about flowers. Now
he handles a machine gun like a de
mon as he hurtles through the sky
two miles a minute, or nosedives after
a war-hardened youth like himself
who he is trying to kill.
Here’s an example. The incident
occured in the observation balloon
section. Two youngsters, carrying
out observations over the German de
fenses, suddenly got a shell through
their balloon. It began to fall, slowly
at first, then faster. They were about
a mile high.
"We’re hit and falling!” one of the
, observers phoned down to the ground.
’’The hostile gun Is at X-22-D62!” A
moment later the second observer
phoned down the position of the hos
tile battery, which had punctured
them, but gave the position slightly
different.
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Then both boys jumped. Their
parachutes opened about the same
distance down, and not more than
fifty feet apart, they were wafted
earthward together.
"The blighters!” one youth called
over to the other as they dangled half
a mile above the earth. “They could
not do that again in a million shots.”
’’Rummy lot of stale cheese!”
growled the other, waving an arm in
the direction of the Germans. “Pure
accident! They couldn't hit a bread
wagon if they tried.” Thus chatting
they landed in the field about a mile
from their winch, nnil patiently
trudged back.
"I'm sorry to note,” said the com
pany commander as they entered the
hut serving as balloon section tele
phone center, "that you two gentle
men failed to agree on the location of
the hostile battery which brought you
down." And though there was a
twinkle In his eye. Ids voice was se
vere.
“Sorry sir,” one of the young offi
cers replied, with a smart salute, "but
perhaps our error was due to the ob
servation being taken at different al
titudes." Throughout the British
army one finds boyish looking officers.
And they have again and again
proved themselves up like this when
the pinch comes.
Two other young officers while at
an altitude of about 4,000 feet, found
themselves caught In a windstorm be
fore they could be hauled down. Just
before reacting earth a violent gale
hit the balloon, which pulled the
winch on the ground completely over,
snapping the wire cable. The saus- 1
age went up and off among the clouds '
like a bubble In a wirlwind. I
At a tremendous height the balloon
was struck by lightning and set on
tire, throwing one of the officers out
of the basket. His parachute open
ed, but as the balloon, now falling
like a rock, bad Us rigging tangled up
with the lower cords of the parachute,
the latter began decending at fright
ful velocity through the storm clouds.
The officer might have cut the bal
loon lose, making h'is own escape a
certainty, but he would have doomed
his brother officer to certain death.
So he refrained, preferring to take
the millionth chance along with the
other man.
The velocity of the fall extinguished
the fire, wli'ich had burned a great
hole in the balloon and wind, getting
in through the opening, caused the
fabrice to swell out, thus forming a
parachute of itself. The ground was '
reached with a thud, which broke a
collar bone or two but both young
men walked to the nearest dressing
station where they "eropted" before
rcciving first aid.
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All persons are requested to Im
mediately take advantage of the warm
weather and get the winter's refuse
out on the ice beyond the flag line
before May 10th, 1917.
W. ITARCY CHACE,
Health Officer.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Notice is hereby given that I have
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scavenger business and I am now
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PERSONAL PROPERTY
Delinquent Assessment Roll, City of Nome, Alaska 1916
Person Taxed.
I Albrecht, Thomas .
[Alaska Sta..ri:hslp Co ..
jAntheruk et al .
[Boyce, \V. A.
Ohace, W. D’Arcy.
I Do Martini, John .
| Erickson, E. it.
Qogg'in, G. I’.
[Griffith, At. W...
Holt, E. 1.*.
Horgan, D. J.
Halpln, D. J.
i Kent, Ia>o .
Kusengo, et al ..
Lee Aron .
Lee, Yee.
! Larson, Frederick .
[Larson, Sam .
i Lane, Richard .
AtcAllister, J. F.
I Meredith, E. K.
McCahoy, Jack .
McDonough, At. J.
[AtcLean, et al .
Nome Consolidated Dredge Co.
j Oliver, A. G.
[O'Connor, Goo. D...
^’Connor, D. G.
Oldbaum Alining Co.
[Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
[Pascoff, Al.
[Ross, Thomas A.
[Reed, C. W.
iSoldcnverg, Leo .
Swnrtzol, Jns.. ...'.
Sons of the North ...
Seward Peninsula Railway Co.
Wittenberg, A.
Walker, Henry.
| Warren, Clark & AVarren .
Description.
Machine shop .
Office fixtures .
Boat ...
Machine shop .
Office fixtures .
Scavenger outfit .
Boat "Flyer”.
Grocery store, etc .
Office fixtures.
Store .
Boat “Cap. Warden" .
Restaurant .
Transfer outfit .
Boat “Ram” .
Laundry .A .
Laundry .
Boat “Belinda” .
Horse and wagon .
Dredge .
Transfer outfit.
Boat Althea .
Transfer outfit ..
Horse and wagon .
Boat "Silver Wave” ..
Autos, office fixtures ..
Saloon .
Boat "Hettie B” .;.
Boat New York .
Machinery and pumps .
Office fixtures .
Taylor shop .
Launches .
Machine shop ..
Store.
Golden Gate Hotel .
Pool tables, etc .
Machine shop .
Store .
Machine shop .|
Bar fixtures .
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Total Tax. Penalty. Total 4
T Too i 20 *4.20 4
. 6.00 30 6.30 4
. 20.00 1,00 21.00
. 20.00 1.00 21.00 ;
. 10.00 75 15.75 t
. 6.00 30 6.30 i
. 15.00 75 15.76 |
.910.00 45.50 955.50 '
. 2.00 10 2.10 <
.100.00 5.00 105.00 !
. 10.00 50 10.50 J
. 8.00 40 8.40 '
. 30.00 1.50 31.50 ! !
. 20.00 1.00 21.00 !
. 4.00 20 4.20
. 4.00 20 4.20 <
.20,00 J;00 21.'00 !
. 3.00 15 3.15 !
. 60.00 3f00 63.00 ]
. 16.00 80 16.80 <
. 10.00 50 10.50 #
. 4.00 20 4.20 ~
. .. 4.00 20 4.20 4
. 20.00 WOO 21.00
. 26.00 1,30 27.30
. 20,00 t.00 21.00
. 20.00 1,00 21.00
. 20.00 1.00 21.00
. 40.00 2.00 42.00
. 2.00 10 2.10
. 6.00 30 6.30
. 10.00 50 10.50
. 60.00 3.00 63.00 !
.250.00 1C.50 262.30
. 50,00 2.50 52.60
. 6.00 30 6.30
. 60.00 3.00 63.00
. 50.00 2.50 52.50
. 12.00 60 12.60
.. 12.00 60 12.60
Notice is hereby given that unless the Delinquent Taxes on the above Personal Property are paid with
penalty and interest and other costs within ten (10) days from the final publication of this notice, to-wit:
Within 10 days from the 9th day of May, 1917, the property or a part thereof upon which said taxes are a lien
will be seized under distress warrants and sold to satisfy said taxes so due.
Dated at Nome, May 5th, 1917, E. GRIMM
Date of first publication May 5th, 1917. City Clerk nod Tax Collector.
Date of last publication May 9th, 1917.
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