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AMERICA'S YOUNGEST HOTEL PROPRIETORS
Away up near the top of the world, where the Northern Lights play their
mys with fantastic abandon upon the rugged mountain peaks, where romance
, weaves her gossamer threads and cast." a spell over hill and dale, two tiny
girls hold forth as the youngest hotel proprietors in America, and posaibly in
the world. These winsome misses, Helen and Mary Dempsey , the first twins
bom in Anchorage Alaska, own and operate the Twins Hotel in that pictur
esque town. They have just rounded the ripe age of three years, yet they un
oers tand the psychology of good cheer and friendliness. It is a warm hand
shake, a sincere smile and a merry good-bye that evokes a quick response in
rhe hearts of many a rough sour-dough, and stamps the twins as real factors
in •'he life of the North.
And as th* expectant reader may imagine, there is a big story back of
the Twin*;- proprietorship. It is a story fraught with significance. Destiny, ta .e
or chance- - whatever one may choose to call it— played a stellar role in cast
ing two inno<vnt children into the path of a lonesome, heart-hungry man, J.
Casey McDonnel. Adventurous with the care-free spirit that characterises the
Si>M-carop fo»lower Casey McDanne) had crowded thrill after thrill info his
life. Tired of chasing that phantom ship. Excitement, he determined to settle
in Anchorage. The nays of his youth were behind him— they held stirring
memories of hectic pleasures, perilous exploits. He could recall the early ru:;h
for Dawson with its wild scramble, rs glare , glitter, blasted hopes, trium
phant successes auo daririg men and women. He could transfer his thought *>,
even more viwdly, to fhc inteas» t vity of gold-h ems in Nevada ond Cali
fornia. He cot Id fee! surging through his veins !hw.sc strong impulses* tnat
c ached with ..* tually ten »« *.». »*;;, that -haied purges with and shield d
b om companions. T».' gaming tables, the dan" * hmis, the wickedn\x* and out*
.staoding goodness of spirited adventuvres suddenly became just a shadowy
form of yesterday am* they inflammed r*.o longer. Instead, in their place tame
e -erwhelminc* realisation that in the search for action and color he had missed
the biggest thing in life— something to love and work for— this had not been
encountered. The longing to contribute 10 the happiness and well-being of a
little child, one that was dependent and in need of help, obsessed him. The
d'.tvem t-nth>alled him day and night. He whimsically imagined himself in th
>y>1c of benefactor. The uiea took complete possession of him— he wanted to
find that deserted child more than anything else in his life.
And then Destiny stepped in and instead of thusting the responsibility of
one little bit of humanity on his shoulders it placed two blades and their
mother under his protecting care. Six months old were the tiny girls when
f'asey first learned the meaning of the word “service.” A few months latoi
the mother a fine young English woman, was deserted by her husband. Her'
plight was discovered by Casey and some brother Elks. When the co-operative
plan of caring for the mother and babies failed, Casey McDannel undertook
to provide for them unaided. Dame Fortune had sort of missed Casey when
she made up her visiting list that winter and milk and eggs were luxuries that
Casey could not entertain for himself, hut h* never failed to secure them for
the twins. And so the babies grew and thrived. At birth, Helen weighed two
pounds; Mary one and a half. At the end of their 3rd year Helen weight thirty
four pounds, Man* Thirty-two. They love their big brother, as they call their
benefactor, with all the warmth of their little natures. They know that bro
ther goes out on the railway train each time after he comes in, and they
firmly believe that he is the one and only railroad magnate, and that he con
rioLs all the Choo-chocs” in existence. Casey McDannel is the popular eon
; r of dinning car service of the U. 8. Alaskan Railroad. He depends on his
'•dividual work for his own living. The entire income from the Twins Hotel is
nsed to de/iay the expenses of the babies and their mother, Mrs. L. A. Demp
sey, ami to provide a surplus for their future education. Prom Seward to
h airbanks the glistening steel rails carry the happy Casey and his visions of
the day to come back and forth. He is dreaming of the day when he can bulid
and equip a modern, commercial hotel, a place that will be a credit to Anchor
age and an establishment worthy of future activities of his charming wards
For the little giris*are to be brought up to be finished hotel women— experts
m the art of service and hospitality.
Casey McDannel is a hardy figure in Alaska’s sturdy Ufa He has carved out
a creed that comes might}- near to being the original Golden Buie. He is striv
ing not for himself, but to make education and future prosperity possible for
wo fatherless babies and their devoted mother-. The Twins Hotel, captained bv
none other ttmn the twins themselves, stands as a unique establishment in the
note! world of the country. Anchorage, Alaska, has many claims to distinction,
hut none outshines the Dempsey twins, Helen and Mary.
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The Beautiful has been falling
steadily all morning .' Everything is
getting a new clean covering of white
for the New Year. Tomorrow is the
last day of 1920. Saturday is the 1st
day of the New Year. With the com
ing of the New Year, Alaska will ex
perience a change in the policy of the
government. New bills will be made
into laws and these laws will help the
development of Alaska, there will be
thousands of men and women who will
journey to Alaska next year.
These people will be of a different
type from those who have been com
ing. The majority of them will come to
Alaska to settle. They will visit the
different communities before they de
cide to settle down. It behooves us to
greet them all with open arms. Tell
them the bare facts. Nothing more.
Nothing less and let them choose of
their own free will as to where they
will live. Let us make one of our Ne*w
years resolution be, “Get together and
stay together.” What say?
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These are not the times of a hun
dred years ago, when life was more
simple and people had time to think.
Today we are going the pace that kills
in our chase for wealth, a pace that
taxes nature to the limit. We need
more recreation, more enjoyment
free from the cares of business, for
without these the pep #f life will be
come sapped to the marrow. Tomor
row night every body in Seward will
have chance to forget their worn
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an ( #a-.0 at the Firtir.cn's B^»’. (r j
and yo *11 have the trn; 01 yon- If*: !
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