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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Alaskan Engineering Commission
* Trains leave and arrive at Seward as
follows:—
8:30 A. M. Tuesday and Friday
for Roosevelt, Tunnel, Girdwc^d
Anchorage. Arrive 4:38 P. It Wed
nesday and Saturday.
Connections at Anchorage on Honda}
and Friday at 7:30 A. M. for
Ha tan us ka, Wasilla, Houston, Tal
Xeetna, and on Wednesday at 8:S0
A. H. for Matanuaka, Eska and
Jhickaloon.
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©ublic School Building, open to public
:*er\ Friday afternoon, 2 to 5 o’clock
,r > distribution of books.
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(Sunset Magazine)
He was christened Allan Alexan
der" Allan. Poetic “chfcchakos” (new
comers) to the Land of the Great
White silence that borders on the
frozen Circle call him King of the Arc
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tic Trails, but to 'feourdoughs” he is
alTectionately “Scotty” Allan the great
. si dog musher that ever made a track
n Alaska. In a land where people de
>cnd on the huskie and his driver foi
.heir very existence during the long
winter this means that a man must be
possessed of indomitable courage, phy
sical endurance, fleetness of foot anc
an intentive love for dogs that wil.
bring them safely through the hazards
die wastes of houseless snows, the
.rozen rivers and treacherous ice-fil
ed canyons of the North.
Twenty-four years ago Scotty, thei.
x '.ad not long from his native Scot
and, “broke dogs” for the Royal Nor*,
west Mounted Police at Dawson. Ther^
was something in his voice that wo;
Che wild heart of the wolf-dog aftei
Canadian half-breed <<mushers” im
ported, for the purpose had failed.
In the golden days of Nome, a cit\
cebound from November until Jum ,
.here were no cross country trails 01 !
.oadhouses. Even among the mos.
i earless adventurers it was difficult
o find one brave enough to carry the
mail across fifteen hundred miles o*.
.rackless empire to Valdea, where the
teamers from the states called. With
lothing but a map, often inaccurate,
and a compass to guide him, Scotty
illan was the first to set out on the
long dangerous journey. Man and dogs
battled every mile of the way that
shipped behind the shining runners.
Three dollars and more for each letter,
carried was paid in those days but the
.Money had no purchasing power on a
.rip where for hundreds of miles there
•»*as not a stick of wood to make a
fire and not a habitation in which to
make a shelter. But the return to
Nome! There must have been some I
.ompensation in the welcome. To those j
awaiting news of their loved ones in
the States theie was no sight in al.
what land of beauty and majesty that
could thrill them as did the first sight
of Scotty, frost- covered but undaunt
ed and debonair, at the handle bars
of his sled, dashing down that Iasi
stretch of silver trail, every decorat
ive tail on his parka dancing, every
sleighbell ringing, every pointed nosed
pink-tounged husky in his team laugh
ng and waving a proud plume of a
-ail! To the cheering Northerners mail
day was an epoch and Scotty a hero.
Allans local reputation became in
ternational after his wonderful work,
in the All-Alaska Sweepstakes the an
nual dog races that turned the eyes
of the world toward Nome. A writer
on Alhska has said:
“For the unexpected and exciting
<wd as a test of speed and endurance i*
is doubtful if the sport has its equal
anywhere. Over hundreds of miles of
snow swept wastes, the route lies be
tween towering ice hummucks onr the
dering Sear over wide plains of un
broken snow; up and down steep hill
sides: through desolate valleys where
the fierce north wind, laden, with finq
particles of snow sweeps; over the ice
of lakes and riven. Nowhere else does
the world know such a course.**
It was over this four hundred
Twelve mile course that Allan drove
-he dogs he had bred for the purpose
•tnd brought them in winner seven
times in eight years. Gold mines were
/agered on those races, purses of ten
thousand dollare~went to the winning
^ams'hr.d thousands of dollars were
paid for a single racng dog. It is
recorded that twelve hundred dollars
/as paid for McMilla^i of the Broken
Tasks, a racer of temperament, who
after the purchase developed a fero
cious disposition and refused to travel
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Tno disappointed owner gave him
toAIftatoM'whose snoB
became a marvel of speed.
Allan is the world's ***** au
thority on racing and<l#d 4W*
dogs (it the most Intuitive crouton*#
allv*,” be »«r#. "Why take thn4Mfro*
sition and feeling of their driven, Slat
is why I never 1* my dogs know I
am tired. At (he end of die day when
my heart has been nigh breaking with
A’eanncoF, I sing, to the little chaps,
and whistle, so they always* reach the
end of the trail with their tails up and
waving."
Through Allan’s efforts to improve
the breed, Nome dogs have become fa
nous. Explorers depend upon him to
select and train them for perilous ex
peditions into the arctic and antarctic j
’ egions. The record of the Nome dogs 1
in France during the war is4a matter
>f history. Four hundred of these
dumb knights of the trail won the]
Croix De Guerre for transporting am
munition under fire.
• The story of Scotty Allan would not
be complete without mentioning the
eader who brought the racing teams
n to victory so many times, that sup
>r dog, Baldy of Nome, famed in
rhyme and story for the last ten years.
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Up there they don’t expect any lead
r to stand up under the heart break
ng struggles over that four hundred
.lile course. In the northern road
houses o'winter nights, when the ad
venturers gather about the roaring
ur-tight stove while their shoe-pacs
nd parkas dry out for the next day’s
ivel, the talk will sooner or later
drift round to Scotty Allan and his
{pal, Buldy, and many and wonderful
ire the tales they tell of this heroic
pair. Ba’cy was too old to go to the
var zone with his master in the ser
sii\ 't the flag but in the service flag
prc3en~ed to the old dog there are
twenty-eight stars, one for every son
.ie sent. Buldy did his part by appear
ing at lectures and raising money for
die Red Cross. On state occasions he
wears the cross presented to his sons
by France.
A seat in the Alaska Legislature
a successful business and some inven
tions pertaining to sleds and arctic
travel, are minor incidents in Allan’s
picturesque career. He has a new home
now in Berkley, California, where his
Laughters and a stalwart son are at
tending the university. With the whole
hearted hospitality of the trail he en
tertains hosts of friends from the
roith. So many little Ixufiap, Eskimo,
and half-breed namesakes are scatter
ed throughout Alaska that after the
last census the number caused him not
a little embarrassment
“I suppose I ought to settle down
men do at my age/ he sai<b in answer
to a question. A wisful look came into
his poets face, clean-cut and young
looking under a heavy thatch.of haii
as white as the snow on his own lov
ed mountains. “But there’s nothing to
fight down here. I long for a blizzard
on le in a while. If only a heavy sea
would storm in here and tear up this
beach a bit!’’ He shrugged his power
ful muscled shoulders, the only mark
lbout him of the fighter, and his blue
eyes, full of dreams, fell affectionate*
y on old Baldy lying at his feet, dim
eyes raised ever and anbh to his mas
ters face, a deaf old ear lifted to
.'ah h perhaps the call of the trail. One
thought of caged eagles,
FLORENCE WILLOUGHBY
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D. F. Lisson a San Francisco mining
engineer left tills morning for An
chorage. Hr. Lisson arrived in Sew
rd on the Alameda. He will secure a
first class dog team at Anchorage and
uush along the Tanana to the Yukon,
lown the Yukon to its mouth and then
ilong the coast to Nome. At Nom^he
will begin preparation far installing
a monster dredge on one of the adja
ent gold properties. Hr. Lisson will
mirror to overtake Harebell Jordan
wh«. ia making practically the same
to*
J6hn A. Grovdahl'and V. Pohanaon
left for Anchorage this morning whose
•hey will spend a weak preparing nor a
i- sh into tiie Nixon Folk country.
Mr. Grovdahl is an old timer and
nows the Kuskokwim country Hi* a
roook* fie expects Wgr doings in that
country thi# ma**
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On the last trip bf the steamer
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Victoria to Seward, from Seattle, F.
R. Ferguson and wife were pjtpssen*
gers bound for their home on the Ko
buck River in the Kotzebue Sound
district Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson went
Outside in November, the first time
I in nearly four years, intending to
spend the winter with relatives in the
states. Mr. Ferguson desired to visit
his mother ip Ohio, whom ho had not
seen for 23 years and then with his
wife would visit his daughter in San
Francisco. Their plans were upset by
receipt of a telegram from their sons
on the Kobuck stating, that the boat
carrying their winter supplies had
been frozen in about 175 miles below
their camp necessitating using dog
teams to get the precious supplies to
camp. Mr. and Mra. Fpguaon left on
ttie first steamer for home, the latter
talking over long distance telephone to
her daughter in San Francisco for a
xew minutes.
They will go irom Seward over the
Government railroad to the end * of
Steel, thence by dog sled to Nenanh.
From Nenana they will take the
river to Fort Gibbon where they
will be met by natives with "dogw
teams. From Gibbon they will mush
over the long snow-covered trail to
Bergman, the couple will strike
across the trackless wastes to the
head of the Kobuk, going down the
river to Shunknak, about 350 miles
from its mouth, and several hundred
miles north of Nome. Mr. Ferguson
runs a trading post and sawmill ai
this .point, besides engaging exten
sively in placer mining. This is the
most northerly sawmill in the world.
A hydraulic plant will be installed
next; year, machinery having been
ordered while in the States. The
season at Sbunknak has about 120
days of growing weather. The gold
output was very small in that sec
tion last year. The ground is rich,
but it is a considerable depth to
bedrock. There are lots of fish in
the streams, but Mr. Fergusopn state*
that he has to go about 76- miles to
get to the game district The best
fish in the section is called the
shea, and is a fish weighing about
60 j pounds, with rich, white meat
There are only 3 white men in the
camp and Mrs. Ferguson's nearest
white neighbor is about 86 miles dis
tant
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The Seward Bridge Club will meet
tomorrow afternoon with Miss Sylvia,
Sexton at 2 o’clock.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
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in Probate court for keNai
PRECINCT, TtatD JUDICIAL
DIVISION,
tBRRITORV OF ALASKA.
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la the Matter of the Eatate of
VICTOR GUIMBARD,
Deceased,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
That the undersigned ib the duly ap
pointed, qualified and acting admin
istrator of the estate of . VICTOR
GtJIlteARD, Deceased; and, in ac
cordance with an order duly made
therefore, notice is hereby given to
the creditors of and to all persons hav
ing c|mims against the said deceased,
to exhibit such claims, with the nec
essary vouchers, within six months
after and from the date of this notice*
to the said administrator at the store
of D. C. Hathison, Seward, Alaska,
which place the undersigned selects
as hie place of business in all matters
connected with the estate of the said1
VICTOR GOIMBARD, Deceased*
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JOHN A. NELSON, Manager.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Office ADMIRAL Building.
Good Water a Necessity in Every Home.
HARDWARE STORE
IX L HEATERS
SKHS, SNOW SHO^S, ICE CREEPERS.
GASOLINE LAMPS AND LANTERNS.
POCKET FLASH LANPS and BATTERIES.
EUNE, EOCENE, PEARL OILS, GASOLINE
60,40,20. PER CENT GIANT POWDER.
NATIONAL MOTOR WASHING MACHINE,
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Exclusive. Distribu
tors of BUDWISER.
BEVO and MONO
POLE CIGARS.
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E, L. WIIITTEMORE, Proprietor.
Seward, Alaska.
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SHIP TO
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DEALER IN
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NEW YORK — 127 W. 27th St.
SEATTLE — Alaska Building.
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GABRIEL SANTO, ProR, Seward, Alaska
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Mrs. Van Orsdale who owns.and op
| erates a gold mine in the Kantishna
country returned to Anchorage this
norhing on the train.
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SEWARD STEAM
LAUNDRY
*That shirt you want laundered.’
That woolen underwear. *
That table and bed linen.
That dainty piece of lingerie.
The “Kiddies'* and Baby's clothes.
All these things we know how to wash.
We call for and deliver all laandry.
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