Seuiard Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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HUMAN NATURE
The Cocos island pirate treasure bubble has burst, j
Anyone who has kept abreast of current history
could have forecasted the result.
Yet a group of men were able to persuade hundreds
of thousands of supposedly normal human beings, some
of them possessed of considerable wealth, to toss their
money into the “kitty” and tell the dealer to spin the ball.
But these Cocos Island dupes are no different from
other easy marks. Knowing this the buccaneers of high
finance continue to gather fat pickings and the suckers
continue to multiply.
There are cases of note where men, stung in the stock
market, got in on a bear movement, purchased shares,
took the first upward move at its peak and cashed in mil
lions. Then they turned around and on a tip that the big
fellows were prepared to boost the market, not only put
in all of their winnings, but begged and borrowed every
cent the family could raise and “put it on the high card.”
What a different story could be told if all of the win
ners of these millions had turned them into useful indus
try! Instead they will repeat and turn the winnings back
to those who allowed them to win in order to draw others
in. Nothing short of a guardian at the elbow of every
man would prevent repetition of this folly.
Had half the money expended in the Cocos Island
dream been utilized behind prospectors or used to devel
op gold mines where the actual values may be seen by the
layman, there would be another story to tell.
It is no more just to laugh at the Cocos Island dupes
than it would be to say “I told you so” to those taken in on
the stock market and those right here in Alaska who are
listening to glib high-power salesmen who are unloading
stocks upon them in some enterprise a thousand miles
away. They are inoculated with the gambling fever, and
like the measles, it must run its course.
“American soap is being imported into Manchuria
for foreigners and western-trained Chinese.” The Man
churians themselves apparently believe in obeying Solo
mon’s admonition: “Remove not the ancient landmarks.”
A temperance society warns Alaskans not to drink
cider more than 24 hours old. Some moonshiners, too,
make their stuff fresh every morning.
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Story of Umnakus
The Sun Child
By e. P. S •
(Episode four continued)
By this time the bowmen backed
up Nackolus and now arrows were
quickly fitted, and as the stone
fighters retreated a volley of arrows
smote them, and they staggered
and dropped in their tracks, utter
ing cries of fear.
On dashed Nackolus, brandishing
his mighty spear, and the stone
throwers suddenly turned and sur
rounded him. Nackolus looked for
his bowmen, but they were busy
putting out of misery the victims
of their arrows. Nackolus dis
patched several with his mighty
spear and as he attempted to cut
across a grassy circle he went thru
and fell into a deep pit. He feared!
a volley of stones, but the twang-,
of a bowstring reassured him. i
Again and again he heard the.
twang, and each time he heard a
cry of pain.
Nackolus quickly dug holes in
the sides of the pit with his mighty j
spear, and grasping the long grass j
as an aid, he peeked over the top.;
There stood Ulm with arrow on
bowstring scanning the piles of
snow. Now she noticed her mate,
and grasping the handle of his ex- j
tended spear, she helped him over
the top. Nackolus picked up his:
brave mate and carried her back j
where the bowmen were draggingj
their victims down to the sea. They
had tasted blood and were anxious
to shed more, and Nackolus had
little trouble in having them ad
vance to the attack.
Several volleys of arrows were
fired into the remaining stone
throwers, and Um and her mate,
with the jubilant bowmen soon ar
rived at the village. Here, lying
on some moss and carefully tended
by two older women they found
Missing Fingers, who had been
badly bruised by the enemy before
he had shot them with his arrows.
He had also fallen into a pit, and
had been hauled out and was about
to be put to death when he was
recognized by his two older sisters,
who had recalled the incident of
his missing fingers.
Um told Nackolus how she had
discovered a mighty secret within
herself and simply had to come af
ter him to see that he came to no
harm. Indeed, she had arrived at
an opportune time and Nackolus
lauded her for her marksmanship.
Since most of the White Moun
tain tribe had been dispatched,
Missing Fingers was proclaimed
chief and settled down with a
handsome mate.
These people were taught how
to make fire, and also bows and
arrows; and then Nackolus started
back, leaving four of his living
bowmen who had found mates and
desired to remain with Missing
Fingers as his chief supporters. .
Nackolus took back Running
Feet for a slave girl and also many
packs of dried berries, of which
the White Mountain tribe had great
stores. Running Feet could travel
fastest of all her tribe, and Nacko
lus gazed with admiration at the
physical perfections of her person.
All these things Um noted, and
she was anxious to get back to her
tribe where Running Feet could be
kept in check.
The return of Nackolus, Um and!
the bowmen with slaves and stores
of food was celebrated with a great
feast. After the feast, games were
played, and Running Feet could be j
caught by none until Nackolus
started in pursuit of her. While
leaping between rocks she fell into
the sea and was barely saved from
drowning by the mighty efforts of j
Nackolus, the swimmer.
At last the snows melted away,:
and the flowers came out and Nack- '
olus realized that an heir would j
soon arrive, and so he took Um on
daily hikes up the hill, and burned
incense to the Sun God. And now
also came Running Feet with moss
ers for the birth chamber, and Um
and she became great friends and
Nackolus led his men out on a
great raft to make war on several
great fish which were spouting
water not far from shore. Three
times did Nackolus hurl his
mighty spear into the sides of the
great fish before the monster died,
and there was meat for many days.
After the meat had been stripped
from the great fish, Running Feet
came and whispered to Nackolus,
who uttered a mighty shout and
rushed up to the chamber on the
hill, where Um sat wanly smiling,
and showed him their first born.
And so a great feast was made
and Running Feet carried out the
child as the Sun God came above,
and she cast incense on the fire,
and gazing at the mother Um,
and the father Nackolus, she nam
ed the child “Umnakus.”
(Episode Five will follow)
Teacher: “What are the races
that have dominated America since
Columbus landed?”
Small Boy: “The Kentucky Der
by and the Agua Caliente Sweep
stakes, miss.”
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