Miners & Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $50,000.00
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Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT. SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
JOHN HOLMES, Vice President
R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
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I Win fAVE ON DISPLAY
ABOl DECEMBER 1
A La je Assortment of
Holiday Goods
C nsisting of
ERECTOIS MODEL BUILDERS
BOB-3 EDS. COASTERS
WESTERN ' ARM WAGONS, SKIS
DRUMS, A! KINDS OF DOLLS
TOOL CHEF S, BLOCKS. GAMES
ROCKING HORSES, SHOO-FLIES
SMALL S' WING MACHINES
Anc All Kinds of
MECHAN! AL INSTRUMENTS
LOTS OF RESH CANDIES
MRS. C. 0. CHITTICK f,LS'
BEST LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Three-Tines-Move Bar
(Formerly he Stanley House)
JOHN -AGOY. PROP.
GOOD ROC OS CLEAN BEDS
_Flat city_
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PARTY FROM THE INNOKO
LEAVES FOR THE OUTSIDE
The Seward Gateway of November 1 says
that a party of eight men passed through
that city on the Fitrragut on their way out
from ophir. They left that camp on Oct.
IS, and came out over the trail to Kmk
and caught the steamship at Anchorage.
They report a fair season, although the
Schneirla brothers, the biggest operators of
taht camp, did not work this summer. Tile
gentlemen in the party were: George Kri
ger. the Donahue brothers, Postmaster Sam
Hoenon, A! Ericson, Gus Olson, Charles
Baker and Louis Edwards. They will re
turn to Ophir via Seward about the midille
of March.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters, $l.o0
pPr can. Iditarod Meat Co.
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Job Printing at Pioneer office.
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! THE BEATTIE HOUSE I
£ MRS. H. A. WEIR, Prop. ♦
t Warm Barn and Dog Kennel %
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LARSON BROS,’
WOOD SAW
Any Length Handled
Any Part of City
Telephone
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n FINE DCG KENNELS IN CONNECTION
MRS. DICKSEN, Prop. ___
CIGAR AMD POOL RCOftfl
ALEX GRUBAS, Prop. FLAT CITV
Cigars, Candies, Fruits and Soft Drinks
HURST CIGAR STORE
PIPES AND TOBACCOS
Westover—Wholesala Victor Phonograph Needles for Sale
Nice, Fresh Chocolates, Nuts, Candies and Fruits
POOL BARBER SHOP
J. A. NELSON., Prop.
FINNEGAN & CAMERON
POOL ROOM CIGARS AND TOBACCOS
FLAT CITY
GRAND BAR nothing but the besi
The Place to Meet
FLAT CITY Your Friends _
Stores at Iditarod Highest Prices Paid
and Flat City for Raw Furs
A Full Line of Clothing and Furnishings
HIPPRESS WHITE RUBBER SHOES AND BOOTS
PRICES REASONABLE
NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS BY DAY OR WEEK
Warm. Clean Well Ventilated
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
pU Massage and
D I Bath Parlors
MEDICATED, MINERAL VA30R, STEAM, K8®^
TUB, SALT AND FRESH WATER MSLUliaSl
Caribou St,, Be-'. Black and Willow Sts., on Waterfront
Electric and Faraalc Massage Treatments by Expert .“tendants
Lighted by Gas Heated by Steam
Job Printmg at Pioneer Office
BOULET IS LOST
Confirmation of Pioneer’s Story
Leaves Little Hope That Miss
ing Man Has Survived
On November 27 The Pioneer published a
rumor from the Kuskokwim region to the
effect, that a man was missing from the
Aniak under circumstances which pointed
to the belief that he had perished. Last
Saturday a letter was received by this news
paper which confirms the published story,
except as to the name of the missing man,
and gives the details of the mishap which
probably caused the death of Oscar Boulet.
The letter states that on October 20 Bou
let attempted to cross the Aniak river in a
poling boat. It was the first cold day of
the season, and mush ice was running in the
river. Because of this he was unable to
handle the boat, end was thrown into the
water, and although he could not swim,
reached the opposite bank from which he
started.
Mrs. D. E. Stubbs saw the accident, and
ran down to the bank and talked to Mr.
Boulet across the river, which was ren
dered difficult because of a high, piercing
cold wind that was blowing. She inquired
why he did not start a fire and keep his
wet clothes from freezing. He replied that
he had no matches, and asked that she put
some in a tin can and tie it to one of his
dogs and send it across to him. Boulet aLo
said he thought he would start immedi
ately for Bear creek, about twenty-five miles
awuv.
Boulet Disappears«
Mrs. Stubbs left Mr. Boulet running up
and down the bar to keep warm and hur
ried to her house, some 200 feet distant,
and put up matches and tea in a can with
a tight lid, and then ran up to Boulet's dog
house and untied hi- ! ader, secured the
can to his neck and returned to the river >p
posite to where she had left Boulet running
to keep warm, but saw nothing me re • f
him. She concluded he had decided not to
wait for the matches, but had gone to
Bear creek.
Search Started
This occurring at the time of the freeze
up, there was no travel to Bear creek for
live weeks, until Messrs. C. C. Hurst, Clar
ence White and Paul Keating, from Iditarod.
came through to Bear creek with the news
of the accident, and on inquiry learned th.it
nothing was known of Mr. Boulet there. D.
E. Stubbs was on Bear creek at this time,
looking after the assessment work for the
E. A. Mcliheny and Kuskokwim Geld Min
ing and Dredging Company’s properties, and
in company with Robert Plummer, he
started immediately to search for Boulet.
W. V. Fisher and Feed Meyers came down
from the Aimak and reported that they had
seen nothing of Mr. Boulet, except that Mr.
Fisher saw tracks several days cl I in the
snow on the Salmon river, which he be
lieved to be those cf a human being.
Had Started on Hunting Trip
The day before the accident Mr. Boul.'t
saw fresh bear tracks across the rivre. and
the next morning he packed up a lunch,
took his rifle and axe and two Airedale
dogs and started Jo trail the bear to its den.
One dog was tied^utthe boatand was
was loose, and as he never-cKSI' back, it is
probable that he was also drowned.
Search will be continued as long as there
is the slightest clew to go on, but grave
fears are expressed for his safety.
Mr. Boulet was well known throughout
the North, and had made his home on the
Aniak for some time past. He came from
Montreal, Canada, where some of his family
now reside. He is an old-timer in the
North, and for many years was a pilot in
Whitehorse rapids, and was an all-around
expert river man.
Belief Is General That He Drowned
Paul Keating returned to Iditarod early
this week from Bear creek, where he ac
companied Charley Hurst and Clarence
White. He was there but a few hours, but
states that Boulet had not been heard of.
He says that the general belief is that Boulet
endeavored to recross the river at the Stubbs
home, and perished in the attempt.
The tracks spoken of as having been seen
by Fisher and Myers were the cause of much
speculation, and the suggestion is made
that if Boulet did not drown he may have
become crazed by his predicament and have
wandered off into the wilds.
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TONY TROPEA INJURED
AND GOES TO HOSPITAL
Tony Tropea, who left here for Horsefly
creek on Saturday last, met with a serious
accident shortly after his arrival there,
which necessitated his being rushed back
to the city and to the Flat hospital, where
he is being treated by Dr. Auringer.
While engaged in cutting firewood where
camp was made, Tony inflicted a nasty cut,
on his foot with the axe. The toes were
nearly severed and an artery was • ■ His
injury was attended to as well as possible
under the circumstances, and a dog team
soon was in readiness to convey him to Idit
arod. Despite the loss of much blood and
the consequent weakening effect, Tony is
reported to be doing nicely, and the physi
j cian expresses the belief that amputation
j will not have to be resorted to.
j Pete Dali brought Tony from Horsefly to
I Iditarod, and Leo Clifford relayed him out
| to Flat City.
WHEAT SURPLUS OF INDIA
SECURED BY GREAT BRITAIN
The question of food supply may affect
| some nations at war, but Great Britain can
rest easy for a year. She has by a bold
experiment secured from India her entire
surplus supply of wheat. The great trans
action is described as follows in the London
; Observer by St. Nihal Singh :
“I fear that not many persons in or out
side of London have connected India, in
their minds, with the fall in the price of
bread. Vet the service that the great de
pendency has performed in shipping wheat
to this country by the million tons deserves
to be warmly appreciated by every man.
woman and child in the United Kingdom.
“By making available to Britain huge
consignments of wheat which at the most
conservative estimate are likely to exceed
2.00U.000 tons in the aggregate, India has
foiled the machinations of American specu
lators who are taking advantage of the ne
cessity of the allies and bleeding them.
Though millions of tons of Russian wheat
still be locked up in the ports around about
the Black sea, though the American har
vest is not yet on the market, and though
the wheat kings of Chicago have been strain
ing every nerve to keep the world-price of
wheat at an exorbitant level, the arrival of
successive consignments of Indian wheat is
steadily pulling down the rate.
“This marvelous result has been achieved
by a coup which, if it had occurred at a
normal time, when the world’s attention was
not absorbed by the war, would have been
reckoned one of the greatest enterprises
which any country or any nation had ever
! undertaken. It has required courage and
enterprise on the part of the government of
i India, loyalty and devotion to the empire
1 on the part of the people of Hindustan, and
i the ready co-operation of the home author
| ties with the Indian administration to bring
! it to pass.
“Stated in a few words, the result has
j been accomplished in this wise: Towards
the end of last year the price cf wheat
I reached a figure which placed it practically
beyond the reach of the ordinary Indian con
sumer. Representative Indians, led by the
Hon. Pandit M. M. Malaviya, appealed to
the government of India to intervene and
1 stop all exports for the time being. Pandit
Malaviya introduced into the imperial legis
lative council, of which he is a member, a
' resolution which read as follows:
“ ‘That this council recommends that the
i governor general in council may be pleased
to prohibit e11 export of wheat from India
until the price of that commodity comes
down to 9 seers (about £18) per rupee
(Is 4d), and whenever it rises above that
ratio to take such other steps as he may be
advised to bring the price of wheat down to
a reasonable level aiui to maintain it at such
level.’
“While this resolution was being discussed
the member for commerce and industry de
clared that the government had resolved to
take over ‘the whole control of the export
trade. What we propose is that wheat for
export shall only be bought on be! alf cf
government and only shipped on behalf of
government. We shall therefore prohibit the
export of wheat, except on behalf of the
crown, from April 1. 1915, to March ol of
next year.'
“At the time the government decided to
take this action it could not be foreseen just
how the experiment would turn out. But
time has shown the wisdom of the bold step
then taken.
“Considering the question from the purely
Indian point of view, the action of the gov
ernment has proved a great boon. Indians
have been able to buy wheal at an excep
tionally low figure, considering that the war
is going oil.
“Looking at the matter from the point oi
view of the government of India, it is now
assured a very substantial profit out of its
wheat corner. The gain in tfie aggregate
will be several millions sterling. The exact
amount cannot, of course, lie stated, but
some idea of it can be formed from a
study of the price that the government has
been paying for the wheat in India, plus the
expenses incurred for shipping it to Britain
un,l /.r.niTiariiiir it wi*h the mice that it has
been obtaining for it in this country. he
price paid for the wheat in India that was
taught for the early shipments averages. I
think, a little more than 31 shil'ings a quar
ter. The commissions paid in India and in
this country, shipping, insurance and other
charges, added about 20 sendings to the
quarter. In other words, the wheat deliv
ered in this country is costing the govern
ment of India about 50 shillings a quarter.
The price that the early shipments realized
on the Baltic Exchange ranged around
about 65 shillings a quarter. The recent
shipments that have arrived here have
fetched much lower prices, but it must be
Remembered that the price paid tor the
wheat in India has also decreased. Even
now the margin between the amount real
ized and the out-of-pocket expenses leaves
a handsome profit to the government.
“In working out the scheme the govern
ment of India has shown wisdom in many
directions. First of all, it has exported
only India’s surplus wheat, and thus has not
deprived the Indian consumer of his ‘staff
of life.’ I may remark, incidentally, that
in spite of the erroneous opinion in this
country to the contrary, a considerable por
tion of India’s population depend upon
wheat, and not rice, for their sustenance.
But this year nature has been very kind to
India, and she has reaped a bumper crop.
Some 6,000,000 acres which last year were
under cotton and other crops were sown to
wheat, making a total of more than 32,
000,000 acres under wheat, this year. No
wonder that the surplus that India can spare
to feed Britain without at all suffering her
self is expected to exceed 2,000,000 tons.
“Second, the government has promised
to look upon any surplus revenue that it
may obtain through its operations in wheat
as a sum earmarked for the development of
agriculture. This means that if the culti
vator has not reaped as full an immediate
monetary advantage as he might have done
out of the abnormal situation created by
the war, the benefit derived by the gov
ernment is to be returned to him in the
shape of a subsidy to be used for his ad
vantage.”
LETTER RECEIVED FROM
CRIPPLED PROSPECTOR
Mrs. George Mutchler of the Grand hotel,
Flat City, has received a letter from A. G.
McLeod, the prospector who had the mis
fortune to have his feet frozen while in
the Kuskokwim country nearly two years
ago, and which were subsequently ampu
tated. He is now with his brother on a
farm in Saskatchewan, Canada.
He states that he procured artificial feet
1 while in Seattle, and recently he walked
| four miles without assistance
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For the first time in his life a 36-year-old
son of Juneau wid see the United States,
says the Juneau Empire. Dan Kennedy,
who was born in Juneau, and who has
traveled all over the territory of Alaska,
decided a few weeks ago to take a trip to
the San Francisco exposition, lie left on
the Dolphin.
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Notorious Woman Divorced
Florence Howard, also known as Ethel
Moore, who was accused of being responsi
ble for the downfall of Paymaster Hamilton
of the Washington state militia a couple
of years ago, was granted a divorce at Ju
neau recently from her husband, John How
ard, on a charge of non-support and deser
tion. The couple were married in Juneau.
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Alaska Mine Makes Record
The Alaska-Gastineau mine at Juneau now
holds the world’s record for the amount of
ore handled in a month and for the price
at which the ore was treated. The mine
handed 500 tons of ore in September and
milled 160 tons at less than 69 cents a ton.
It is said that the cost wi.l be lessened and
the production increased from this time for
ward.
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Greenland Dogs for Alaska
Advices rceeived at Seward from Los An
geles state that A. W. Weller, who accom
panied the Peary party on one of its trips
to the North, has left that city for Alaska,
where he wil. proceed to introduce his Green
land Eskimo dogs, which he says are de
scendants of the famous dogs that accom
panied Peary on his trip to the North Pole.
Mr. Weller is bringing two dogs with him.
He says that his Greenland dogs are much
superior to the Alaska dogs and that he
intends to demonstrate this to Alaskans.
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Dog Rnces at Anchorage
Plans are about perfected for the forma
lion of a kennel club at Anchorage for the
purpose of inaugurating dog racing. In ad
dition to Seward, the co-operation of other
places will also be asked, so that races for
big purses may be arrangeci during the win
ter. It probably will be the plan to have
inter-city races, and later to have cham
pionship events in which the various towns
and localities will he pitted against each
other.
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G'rl Dorn ;r. Nome Is Teacher
Miss Mildred A. Lehmann, one of Nome’s
most popular misses, has entered upon her
duties as a grade teacher in the public
school. Miss Lehmann has taken charge
of the third and fourth grade pupils. This
young lady is herself a graduate of the
Nome schools, and enjoys the distinction of
being the first graduate to secure an ap
iiointment as a teacher. It is said to be
the intention of the school board to em
ploy local teachers in the future whenever
possible, says the Nugget.
Naw Anchorage Paper
It is reported that John W. Frame, for
merly publisher of the Valdez Commoner,
is a partner in a new weekly newspaper
which is about to be established at Anchor
age, says the Seward Gateway. It is also
supposed that part of the plant of the Cor
dova Alaskan has been purchased for the
new publication. One of the other princi
pals in the paper is a man who is said to
have worked as a cook along the govern
ment railroad line under the engineering
commission. Considering the forme:: occu
pation of one of the principals and also Mr.
Frame, the paper may be expected to be a
hot one.
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Not Enough Ships to Take Ore
Thousands of tons of copper ore is being
helv. in the bunkers of the mining com
panies operating in Prince William sound
because of the lack of ships with which
to take the ore from the mines to the
smelter at Tacoma, according to a Valdez
dispatch. The Latouche bunkers are filled,
as are the big bunkers at Ellamar, the
Dickey property and the Fidalgo Copper
Company, operating in the Fidalgo bay
section. The companies have been rushing
work on the mines in order to take ad
vantage of the high price of copper, but
the transportation companies are unable to
handle the ore, and as a result many of the
properties will be forced to close down for
the winter.
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Steffansson No Fake;r
Refuting in detail an article published iu
Seward charging the Canadian explorer,
Vilialmur Steffansson, with being a faker,
Captain Louis Lane, who sold the schooner
Polar Bear to Stefansson, gave an interview
at Fairbanks recently covering the explor
er’s travels in the Arctic. Captain Lane ar
! rived in Fairbanks on November 1 from
Herschell island, via boat and dog team.
He left the island on the morning fo Sept,
; 30, making the twenty miles to the main
! land in an open boat. Meeting two pros
pectors. C. L. Burt and William Adair, he
joined them and the three made the journey
overland, 1.200 miles, by dog team. “I
found Stefansson and his party on a sand
spit off Kdlet cape on August 11.” said
Lane. “He had landed there three days
before from his winter .'led trip. After some
dickering I sold him the Polar Bear, with
the equipment aboard, and after overhaul
ing all the gear he declared that he wa« now
in possession cf the best outfit he ever had
for Arctic work. On September 3 he sailed
north from BankHand.” Captain Lane hail
a letter from Stefansson asking the Canadian
government to allow him to remain in the
North one more year after this. He left for
Seattle and will procure a new boat and
outfit and return to the North next spring.
KOYUKUKER EMULATES
‘ DEATH VALLEY” SCOTT
(Fairbanks Times)
That Death Valley, in producing the
famous “Scotty,” never had anything on the
Koyukuk district of Alaska is evident from
an article appearing in a Portland, tire.,
paper, under date of September 2, in which
it tells of the trouble Jim Kelly has in dis
posing of the enormous wealth which he
amassed on Hammond river. To all Fair*
banksans who know Mr. Kelly, and to his
(Ki triends in the Koyukuk 'and there are
many of them1 the article appearing in the
Outside paper will be of interest. The head
ing of the story is: “Spending Money Is
Hard Task for Miner Making $3,000 a Day,’
and the item reads:
“It always makes Jim Kelly blush with
embarrassment to pay less than 51 for any
thing he buys.
“Jim digs gold farther north than any
other miner in the worid, and he picks up
enough metai every morning before break
fast to keep an average family in clover for
a year.
“He is getting steadily richer at the rate
of $3,000 a day. through his Three Above’
claim on Hammond ri\er. 200 miles inside
the Alaskan Arctic circle.
“ This chicken feed.' said Kelly, jingling
a handful of quarters, dimes and half dollars,
‘makes me nervous. 1 hate to look a man
in the eye while I’m giving it to him. Get
ting riil of it is the hardest thing I've done
for many a moon.’
“By way of contrast he drew a moosehide
‘poke from his hip pocket. It was stuffed
with nuggets that would make, even a ‘sour
dough’s’ eyes water - lumps of raw ye.low
stuff as big as sparrows’ eggs.
“ ‘During the last twenty-three days be
fore I left home,’ he said, ‘I took $69,000
out of Three Above, and not one nugget was
small enough to buy a good drag of hootch
at Coldfoot, the nearest camp.’
“That was Jim Kelly’s notion of some
thing to mourn about.
“He had iust breezed in from the far
North, the first time ‘Out’ in twenty years.
He had made a vow when he went to Alaska
m the first big stampede that he would not
return until he had made a stake. With
$300,000 salted away, he thinks he has a
fair start.
rirsl tiling i um,
to eat my till of corn on the cob. And I
sure made that waiter's eyes bulge at the
amount I ordered. That's something all my
gold could not buy on Hammond river, and
I was almost desperate for a taste of it.
“A year ago Jim Kelly was poor. His
worldly goods cotisisted of a pinch of flour
and a hunk of bacon, strapped on a husky's
back. He was one of the 1,300 stampeders
who raced up the Koyukuk at a magic word.
Over 1,100 turned back at Coldfoot, but
Kelly kept going.
“Today Jim Kelly has a ‘wad’ because he
has never had a case of cold feet.
“ ‘Coldfoot, where the big bunch turned
back.’ he explained, ‘is a rather strenuous
sort of place. Within my recollection twenty
three men have died in that camp, and only
one died in bed, of natural causes.
“We have no written law there. If a
man gets in bad- robs a cache or rifles a
sluicebox—the boys get together anti talk
it over quiet like. Usually they decide to
send him down the river.
“ ‘It's 900 miles from Coldfoot to Nome,
through a bad country. It’s not easy trav
eling on a raft. But the boys believe in
giving even a thief a chance. They chip in
and buy hint a month’s grub, put him on a
raft, see him on his way, and express the
hope that he may never care to come to
Coldfoot again. It’s all done very quiet like.
“ ‘Sometimes these offenders turn up at
Nome—sometimes they don't. Anyway, it s
better than jailing or killing them.’
“Jim Kelly tapped his walking stick with
his gloves. ‘Come on,’ he invited; ‘I want
to get rid of some more of this chicken
feed.’ ”
“RED” ELLIS NOW A RANCHER
Letters received recently from L. N.
(“Rea”) Ellis bring word that he is now
located on a ranch on the Swiftwater river,
in Wyoming. He is in the stock-raising busi
ness. and has a herd of 500 cattle and an
extensive range.
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French perfumes and soaps, manicure
sets and safety razors at Outside prices for
Christmas. ' OR MOORE
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Assessment Work L.-tons at t ut.se..
PRESIDENT’S BRIDE-TO-BE
DESCENDANT CF POCAHDNT/
(Washington Dispatch in .Seward Gatewa;
V, hen President W ilson brings his br
to the White House in December Amen*
will have a new “first lady” who until
few weeks ago was known only to a sin;
circle of friends. Today she the obje
of interest and admiration throughout t
country.
The drama of democracy (which m.
raise a farm boy to the presidency ov
night brought Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt u.
the limelight. The quiet of the dim situ,
room where she played and sang for ti.
President after his days of harassment .
his office is at an end. Prom now on
will be always before the public.
This will be a decided change f .r th*.
Mrs. Wilson to be. For many year- -r
has been one of the quietest of the \Y
ingtonians in the big "cliff-dweller” h
near Dupont circle. Already her c< :: ra .
! ship with the President has given her
I large interest in the many pr T-r - < :.
! fronting him; and in the White 11->u-.- i.,:
■ friends say. she will be above all
u: the man who must be first in un-w r
to the call of the people.
Mrs. Galt reflects in face and ni-mn-r
distinguished lineage of her faiuny. •:
the foremost in the South, with r :. t
be proud of an unusual genealogy, i
as mo.-t of America knows, she .- ; d.r ”
descendant of the Indian Prince." 1*
las, who, according to tradition. s.u. :
. life of Captain John Smith an . u u
j John Rolle. Their daughter m.ur : hr.
'Boling, forefather of William HI v'
B lling. Mrs. Galt's father.
Edith Bolling was born at W..'
Ya.. rumor says, forty-two years ag"
was reared in a lug Southern home
surrounded with the cultural inll'iem
books and music. She finished : r *
cation at Martha Washington C liege
Abingdon, Ya.. and at Powell's d /
| Richmond, both quiet Southern ■><■!.
where the virtue 01 domesticity .m-l
value of social graces is empha^./* •
Nineteen years ago, on a vi.ut i« W -
I ington, she met Norman Galt an I n r
] married him. He was the hen : i
'jewelry .-tore in Washington. .Y: years
ago he (tied. Since then Mrs. Gal- ’ u
‘living quietly. She wore nu.unnng until
! a short time ago.
Mrs. Galt has taken an inter • 1 . m • :/
j philanthropies here. She is a a rk* r i r
the Children's Hospital, has ai«:> . in
^trail’s of Sr. Thomas’ Episcopal church <n
which her late husband was a vestryi
! Many Sundays recently the Pr>f■ .**iit i:a>
| put aside his work and waited in the 1 ;g
[crested White House limousin-- ntu.r ’he
; church to drive her home.
Mrs. (fir is domestic in her ' :-*t . - She
is a good c >ok. >1 e is an t -
woman. She has not taken any great in
i terest in Washington society, but is known
as a charming hostess to a sm ui circle of
friends. She i- graciou> and courteous
Ci se friends call her “Sunshine" because of
her happy disposition.
She is fairly tall, with a graceful figure
and dark brown hair. Her eyes are blue
gray, but so shadowed by long, dark lashes
that at first appearance they seem black.
Her mouth is expressive and her face <x
ceedinglv animated when she talks. Her
voice is low.
Mrs. Galt is normal in her tastes. A lover
of books and music, she has many broad
interests. What she has done has been ac
complished so quietly that few people know
of it.
Her engagement to the President, friends
say, marks a real love match. Soon after
her introduction to the White House by
Miss Margaret Wilson, the President found
their tastes much the same. Both lik d
the outdoors, and together they played golf
and tennis and took long walks and drive
together. Mrs. Galt was a guest at liar
lakenden house, where the President .-pent
his long summer vacation, and where their
friendship ripened.
Since iheir return to Washington the Pres
ident has spent many evenings at the Galt
home, where she has sung for him the old
fashioned songs he likes best, and talked
over with him his unending series of prob
lems. In the library, close to the Presi
dent’s favorite chair, hangs a big silver
framed portrait of her.
Big boxes of flowers have been brought
to her house daily in the White House car.
But lest their secret leak out. the Presi
dent has been sending thm from a down
town florist's rather than from the White
House conservatories.
The announcement of the engagement
presages the greatest social season in years,
Washington declares, though in this they
may fail to take into consideration the
liking of both for quietude.
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FURS WANTED
H. Boas, the local clothier, has an order
for 200 red and cross foxskins from one ot
the largest fur houses in the United States.
He will pay the highest prices for such skins
if received before January 1.
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It is never too late or too early to ac
i commodate the neople from the creeks when
they come to the
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