THE ARCTIC
BROTHERHOOD
Originating in a "Josh.” the
Order is Now an Influence
Throughout the North.
The history of the Arctic Broth
erhdbocl dates from February, 1S99.
At that time a number of north
bound Klomlikers 011 the steamlhip
City of Seattle amused themselves
on the trip by founding a "josh"
order. After arriving at Skagway
they carried out the "josh," a
number ot them became earnest,
and from their woik an organization
resulted that now has an active
membership throughout a juri-dic
t on eompiising all of Ala.-lcr, the
northern portion of Biitish Colum
bia and the Yukon territory, and
has a clearance membership that is
scattered all over the world.
The members carried on the lists
of the camps form but a nucleus of
tiie order. Once a member, unless
expelled, always a member. Upon
leaving the jurisdiction the mem
bers are given clearance cards and
are in g. od standing to join any
camp they may please upon re
entering the jurisdiction. Among
about fonr thousand clearance
members scattered in various parts
of the earth are men of world-wide
reputation. During many of the;
camp meetings the Arctic recorder
reads letters from clearance brothers |
who have gone on to Ire.-h fields in
search of wealth and adventure. |
Ti.ey are wandering in theiemote,
regions of every continent.
Under a special dispensation
President Roosevelt was made a
member of the order in Seattle in
1902, and Camp Rampart No. 15
had the distinction of initiating
United States Senators Knute Nel
son, William P. Dillingham, T. M.
Patterson and Henry K. Burnham
on July 23, 1903.
The purposes of the order are
Incoming more clearly defined and
better understood. Bn>adlv stated,
they are to promote sociability and
to advance the interests of the far
north.
The fourth annual grand encamp
ment was held in Seattle last No
vember It was by far the most
important and successful convention
yet held by the order The follow
mg grand officers were elected:
Plil grand Arctic chief, I*. S. Krllcr,
Camp Skagway. So. I.
Grand Arctic chief, William T I'er
kina. Camp Nome, So «.
Grand vice Arctic chief, Charles K.
Ciavpuol. Camp Fairbanks. No. I*.
Gramt Arctic chaplain. Prank A. Crunn.
Camp C'inned City. So. 11
j Grand Arctic recorder, Godfrey Cliea
lander, Camp Skagway, No. i.
Grand Arctic keeper of nuggets, J. J.
Daley, Camp Skagway No. i.
Grand Arctic camp cook, R. M. Odell,
| Camp Haines, No. 17.
j Grand Arctic trail guide, Ernest F.
Miller, Camp Skagway, No. 1.
Graud Artie trail blazer, Geo. Dooley,
- Camp Valdez, No. 10.
Grand Arctic keeper of inner toll gate,
Harry Wordsworth, Camp Dawson, No. 4.
Grand Arctic keeper of outer toll gate,
S. R. Marshall, Camp Council City, No. II.
Grand Trustees — C. B. McConnell,
Nome, No. g\ W. A. Walsh, Dawson, No.
4; Griffith Stephens, Valdez, No. 10; R.
Albertson, Sitka, No. 6; H. P. Wybrant,
St. Michael, No. 8.
Committee to Select Place for Next
Grand Encampment—F. \V. Clayton,
Richard Mansfield White and A. H. Mc
Kay.
J. G. Price, I. H. Moore and C. B. Mc
Connell were appointed a committee on
history to gather further data on the his
tory of the organization which is tieing !
cox i _d.
There are seventeen camps in 'lie i
jurisdiction and they were all rep
resented at the grand encampment.
Camp Rampart No. 15 has a fine
large hall where dances aie given
every other week during the win
ter. A suitable stage has been
added and two amateur theatrical
performances have been rendered,
to be followed by olhers.
THE MINERS' ULTIMATUM
O Teddy dear, and did you hear
The news that's going roun' ?
That Judge iJay in his travels
Had “passed up” Rampart town; ;
No more his pleasant face we’ll see.
For the river he's gone down—
B it we want to tell \ou, Teddy,
That he did his work up brown.
Yes, lie met with our town reporter,
And lie took him hy the hand,
And he says, “How is Alaska.
And how does she stand ?”
“She is the coming country, sir—
But a delegate we must get,
So's to have a voice in congress
And keep out of the wet.”
We 're an industrious and progressive
people, sir,
And of dangers we never fret;
So kindly carry to Teddy
The truth he seldom gets,
flood roads are wanted
And lower freight rates, or we'll bust.
And a railroad for our people
To carry out their dust.
We congratulate you, Teddy,
On your four y’rs more,
We know you're tor Alaska
And the open door.
With Judge Uav we send our greeting
From this land of ice and snow —
"Come up and see us, Teddy,
And spend a month or so.
We ’re not much on rntertainiug.
Yet we 're not so awful slow—
But we feel sure vim'll like our flap
jack*
Made front good old sour dough. "
Hut whether you come to see us
Or whether you stay at home.
We 're not going to bother you.
For vou ve trouble* of your ow n
Hut this we want to tell vmi
And tell it with a scream'
that we re saluAed with Wurkrisbam
list that i no dream
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SOLE AGENTS
EXPLOITS OF
MRS. CHADWICK
Piior to last Thanksgiving day
Mrs. Chadwick was not known out
side of comparatively narrow cir
cles. Even today if any accurate
knowledge has been gained of her
antecedents the fact has not reached
this remote part of the world. But
outside papers contain enough to
easily prove her one of the most
successful s\\ indlers that ever lived.
Herbert D. Newton, a capitalist
of Brookline, Mass., was her cred
itor to the amount of $190,800, rep
resenting loans made on her per
sonal notes during a period of six
months. The financier became sus
picious and he brought suit for the
amount of the unpaid notes. This
action caused not a ripple of excite
ment itt the financial or social
worlds, as suits on notes are not
uncommon.
In Oberlin, Ohio, C. G. Beck
with. president of the Citizens
National bank, an institution of
half a century’s existence and of
modest capital, read a brief notice
of the Newton suit, and hastened
to the Chadwick home of barbaric
luxury in Euclid avenue. Cleveland.
On his knees he implored Mrs.
Chadwick to take up her notes at
the Oberlin lank, aggregating
$*40,000. four times the amount of
the bank's capital. Mr Beckwith,
personally. had Waned her more
than $100,000. the act u mu la lion ol
a lifetime The woman exclaimed
again and again “I can not pay
now. I cannot pay now. ’ Artsing
from bis knees, the banker fell in a
faint. The closing of the bank’s
doors followed, and then, bit b/
bit, the remarkable story of Cassie
I,. Chadwick came to light.
The Wade Park Banking Com
pany of Cleveland was the next to
become involved. It was rumored
that the bank held upward cf $400 -
000 of Mrs. Chadwick’s paper, and
the bank was forced to post the
sixt\- lay 1 otice for the withdrawal
of deposits.
Development foVowed dev il
ment until it was found that this
woman had borrowed money on
personal notes running away into
the millions. Some of the notes
appeared to be indorsed by rich
men, including Andrew Carnegie,
but their signatures are claimed to
be forgeries.
Hypnotism is one of the alleged
arts employed in the huge game
Mrs. Chadwick spent money lav
ishly. She bought eight pianos in
one day and gave th»m to friends,
1 and bought diamond rings by the
I tray. She had a jeweler travel
I 12.400 miles to get a particular
kind of ring. Solid gold ornr
meuts | revailed everywhere in her
home. She gave her husband a
surprise bv having the house en
tirely renovated and refurnished in
one night while he was at the
theater. She gave her cook a
costly sealskin jacket, aid would
go shopping in a costume made en
tirely of sealskin She once took
twelve young society girls to K11
rope.
The truth ahout the millions ot
securities upon which she obtained
loans may never be known.