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WITH KING ALBERT’S ARMY IN
BELGIUM, Jan. 13.—Probably the
most Americanized Belgian in the
Belgian army today is Dr. John Bras
ser, 60, of Norway, Michigan.
During the 25 years he lived in
Northern Michigan Dr. Brasser never
dreamed of returning to Europe. Im
mediately following his medical course
at the University of Liege, he had
gone to America, taken a post-gradu
ate medical course at the University
of Pennsylvania and then located in
the Belgian colony, which now num
bers about 30,000 in the iron mining
regions of Michigan.
A number of Dr. Brasser’s universi
ty associates at Liege had also lo
cated in the United States, at New
York, Chicago, Washington and else
where. These Dr. Brasser went to
visit once every year.
But with the coming of the war, the
martyrdom of Belgium and the urgent
call of King Albert for all Belgian
physicians and surgeons to return Dr.
Brasser at once returned to Belgium
to serve the army, his compatriots
promising to look after his wife and
son and conserve his medical practice.
Dr. Brasser is still at his post of
duty, ready to serve till the war is
ended. He is in charge of one of the
seven hospital trains with which Bel
gium is equipped and by means of
which the wounded from the Belgian
front dressing stations are hurried
down into France. Dr. Brasser’s train
makes at least one trip a week into
France, and oftener when heavy fight
ing renders it necessary.
Dr. Brasser admits he got mighty
homesick sometimes to see his wife
and son. Only two things, he says,
keep him up.
The first is the Americans who visit
the Belgian front. The doctor de
clares that every American who comes
to the Belgian front puts heart into'
him to keep him going for another!
month.
The second is his corn-cob pipe.
When he left Norway, Mich., Dr. Bras- '
ser brought with him a generous sup- •
ply of American corn-cob pipes—an]
article unknown in Europe. When
everything else fails and all the ties of
American life assert themselves1
stronger than ever, Dr. Brasser al
ways is certain that his pipe will pull
him out of the dumps, and despite
his 60 odd years and everything else,
keep him going till the next American
comes along to cheer him up.
So strong is Dr. Brasser’s faith in
this American institution that if he
could he would equip the entire Bel
gian army with “Missouri Meer
schaums” “to sustain the morale of
the army until Belgium is redeemed.”
GEORGE MAX ESTERLY
LOSES VALUABLE PIN
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(Cordova Times)
A dispatch from San Francisco
says: Police officials have been ask
ed to determine the owner of a $500
diamond claimed by George Max Es*
terly of Alaska and C. E. Wilkins,
both guests of the St. Francis hotel.
The diamond was found on the floor
of the hotel lavatory by a bootblack,
who at once turned it over to the of
ftve. Esterly and Wilkins each alleg
ed that it is their pin. The bootblack
decided that two might have been lost
and made a search without success.
Esterly is well known as the owner
of a wonderful group of placer claims
on the Nizina river, which produce
gold, silver and copper in nugget
form.
JUST RECEIVED.
Fresh Crab and Celery.
TWO GIRLS CAFE. 349
Of universal popularity—the lunch
es at the North Pole Bakery. 328
Cotton felt mattresses, bed springs
and linoleum, at Crocker’s.
Wood—Phone 40-R.
186
BARTLETT
TO EXPLORE
IN TOT ARCTIC
WASHINGTON, Jan. !).—Equipped
for a scientific study of the polar re
gions, 800,000 square miles of which
have never been sailed or trod by
man, the Bartlett Polar expediton, the
first purely scientific expedition to
enter this far north, will sail from the
United States during the summer of
1018.
Scientific research, rather than dis
covery, will be our first object.
I will take but ten men into the po
lar belt with me—including ship’s
crew, mechanicians, and scientists
Each will be a man of tried calibre,
for once set out, there will be no re
turn ticket to the civilized world, at
least under three to five years. Each
man must be capable of supreme en
durance and versatility.
I wo or three scout-type monoplanes,
an innovation in polar expeditions, j
•yvill will be inducted in our equipment j
to supplement the customary dogs ]
and sledges.
These will be used for observation
purposes from the base of operations,
always the ship, and might prove in
valuable in returning to civilization
should the expedition meet with dis
aster.
How the natural forces operate at
the pole; whether the perpetually
moving ice floes of the Arctic sea swirl
in a continuous circle about the pole;
whether their movement is directed by
a constant east wind—so frequently
noted in former expeditions—or wheth
er by ocean currents; just what at
mospheric conditions prevail—these
are some of the questions we hope
to be able to answer before the trip is
concluded.
A careful study of the fauna life
on the ocean-floor of the Arctic, with
comparisons with the animalculae ex
istence of other waters, will also form
a part of the research work. Charting
of new lands—if such exist and sound- 1
ings of the Arctica ocean in various
latitudes are further objectives. Ad
miral Peary, making deep soundings
at the pole, probed for !),000 feet—
nearly two miles—without finding a
bottom.
Our ship, which we hope soon to
have under construction, will be built
of toughest live-oak, with special con
structive features to resist the terrific
impact wtih ice-floes naturally to be
expected on such a trip. It will be
small, to permit of quick moving,
which is often imperative to escape
being caught and crushed like an egg
shell between rapidly approaching ice
fields. If caught in a cul-de-sac, the
only recourse is blasting out a “berth”
with dynamite, or abandoning the ves
sel to her fate.
The ability to sense danger from
approaching ice, and to act swiftly
and decisively, is one of the most ne
cessary requirements of Arctic ex
plorers.
The ship will carry a most complete j
equipment of scientific instruments—
many probably supplied by the U. S.
Coast and Geodetic survey.
Tinned foods' of all kinds, tea, coffee ]
and chocolate, will be carried to pro
vide a varied diet for the long period j
in which we shall be distinctly outj
of the pale of the menu card and the j
warm bath. Our principal food, how
ever, will consist of seal, walrus and
polar bear steaks. We can, at some
convenient place in the artic, kill sev
eral thousand of these and pile them
up on the ice, coverd with snow, as our
food reserve. They will keep, of
course, indefinitely.
The average winter temperature we
will encounter will be 35 or 40 degrees
below zero, this slightly moderating
in the brief summer.
Starting out from some port on the
Pacific, probably Seattle, in July, we
will pass through Bering strait and
proceed north around Alaska. Arriv
ing at some point off the American
coast in September, we will “set" the
ship in the rapidly-forming ice-fields,
and resign ourselves to a continuous
drift with the ice, wherever it may
lead us.
We expect to come out at some
point between Spitzenbergen and
Greenland. In thus drifting with the
ice, we will be able to note its trend
and just what forces are operating in
its direction. Whether it is moved
principally by the water currents be
neath or is driven by a constant wind,
is yet to be determined. Numbers of
important scientific theories may be
either blasted or substantiated
through these observations.
Frequent, hourly, if possible, sound
ings will be taken of the sea bottom,
and specimens of the fauna from the
sea-floor collected. The theory that
at some former age, the earth’s equa
tor was located at what is now the
pole and changed to its present posi
tion by a “flip-flop” of the earth, may
be somewhat cleared up by a study of
dead fauna life of the Arctic ocean,
if any can be obtained.
The expedition will include some
distinguished meteorologist, in order
that an intensive study of the atmos
pheric laws obtaining at the pole, may
be made in the interests of science,
and navigation.
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MASONS
Anchorage Masonic Club
meets first and third Monday in
month. G. C. HAMMOND, Sec.
L. 0. 0. M. 1534
Regular meeting every Wed
nesday night at 8 o’clock.
Moose hall. Initiations twice
each month.
BILL'S CLUB.
J. T. WESTERMANN, Secy.
Meets at Chib Rooms every
Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock.
EAGLES CLUB
Meets every Thursday night
at the Anchor club, Lathrop
Block.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The auditorium of the Alaska La
bor Temple may be rented for social
affairs and entertainment. Make your
bookings now at office in Labor Tem
ple.
Good Coffee and light lunches at the
North Pole Bakery. 328
DO YOU WASTE MONEY?
Almost every one does, thread east upon the
water comes hack again. But when you throw
money away it mighty seldom ever comes back.
What’s going to happen to you when you have
no more money to waste ? Why not open an ac
count here? $1.00 does it. Doing it once a week
tor a year means $52 to the good for you—and
tin; interest we pay you in our Savings Depart
ment. Try it for a few months, you will be sur
prised to find how fast your account will grow.
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Carpenter Work of All Kinds.
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