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WKDNKSDAY, SEPT. 7, 1904.
The personality of an editor is
nothing. What his paper says is
everytning.—uawsuu incws.
Indications seem to nnint to a
tame presidential campaign this
year in comparison with those of
former times. So far, the Parker
ites seem to be producing the most
thunder._
Judge Wickersham: I believe
the summer season is fully two
weeks longer at each end in the
Tanana valley than it is oti the
Yukon. The signs of autumn s.»
plainly visible on the foliage about
Rampart are scarcely discernible at
Fairbanks.
Leaders of religious thought
are divided with regard to the new
teforni movement whereby it is
attempted to minimize the evil in
fluence of the saloon by surround
ing it with the best possible moral
conditions. The movement should
meet the commendation of all sin
ners as long as the very best men
obtainable sell the very best liquor
obtainable at the lowest prices con
sistent with good business princi
ples. There's no kick coming at
that
Captain Baldwin, whose re
cent success with his airship at
Oakland, Cal., has attracted some
notice, will compete with his ma
chine in the $i°o.o°o j ri/.e com|>e
t it ion at St. Louis. The airship
with which Baldwin lielieves he has
finally solved the prooirtn 01 aerial
navigation possesses many features
which distinguish it from other
machines. The duel feature of
them is that the propelling fan.
Ill'lead of faring placed at the stern.
>s placed at the how of the frame
I it this manner the airship, instead
of being driven. Is pulled through
t '• ititi .sphere This, n cording to
i re inventor, pcrmi's ol nun h
renter sj>eed an*! also fiithtit*
t re steering, a* well as the raising
• r lowering ol the machine ' I
-.lieve I baee solved the problem
• aerial navigation/* sent Captain
l» *id win after a resent ascent.
** l'ha airship has asceeded my
loudest hopes, both for simplicity of
construction and for the manner in
which it (an be han lid.”
It appea s that the statement
recently published that Gen. Fun
ston intended to recommend a sys
tem of mounted police for Alaska
was erroneous. In Dawson Gen.
Funston very properly eulogized
the Canadian mounted police; but
it is not probable that his admira
tion ever went so far as for a mo
ment to suggest to his mind the
advisability of establishing in law
abiding Alaska a body of men
‘‘patterned alter” them. The or
der existing in Alaska under pres
ent provisions will compare favora
bly with that iti the Yukon territory
oi Canaua—oi in any country what
soever, for that matter.
THE AX'l'ARCTIC COXTIXEXT.
Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 5
A vast continent covered with a blue
ice cap as lofty as the Rocky Mountains
—great fossil penguins as large as os
triches—solitary lands whereon the foot
of civilized man had never before trod—
relics of prehistoric ages that told of
burning tropic suns when the world was
young, and teirific storms that would
have hurled the strongest Atlantic liner
to the bottom of the sea.
These are some of the things encoun
tered by the great polar explorer, Dr.
Otto Nordenskjold in his recent trip to
the Antartic seas.
Dr. Nordenskjold's discoveries, as well
as those of Borchgrevink, the Swedish
explorer, have demonstrated more plainly
than ever the fact that since the advent
of man on the earth the poles of the
world have shifted, and that what is now
the equator was once the polar regions,
and that the present locality of the poles
was formerly the center of animal life.
On is'ew Year's day, 190J, Dr. Nor
detiskjohl's ship, the Antartic, left 1’ort
Stanley on her venturesome trip, ami ten
days later the first Antartic land was
sighted.
The plan was to land Dr. Nordenskjold
and other members of the expedition at
the approach of the Antartic winter,
while the other mrtnliers on board the
Antartir should explore in the vicinity of
Capw Horn and the Falkland islands.
The return to Sweden was planned for
The time spent on shore by Nordensk
jold and hi» companions was most event
ful. There were continual storms and
extreme cold.
“Words cannot adequately describe
these awfnl storms.” savs Nordenskjold,
they spring up like lightning It may
appear perfectly calm and cold, when all
at once the barometer falls violently. In
the southwest there arise* a small misty
clou.I which spireada rapidly over the
entire sky After a couple of sudden
guata the hurricane is upon one. envelop
ing everything in a miat of the finest
snow. which stings t he face hhe needles."
The storm once grasped NovcIrnahjoM at
a critical time ami sent him whirling
toward a high precipice On the verv
bnnh he graoped a jutting 1 r >g of lee
amt was rescued by his companions.
Home of these Stioms tea* umnterropt
esltv two weeks at a time
In hare spots cleared hy the wind the
♦ spi- rev cam* mr.wefcw.d remains whurh
prove that purl of the globe ouce had a
• arm tomato
I
One of the greatest trials encountered
was the long wait for the reappearance of
the ship Antartic with relief for the ex
pedition.
On one occasion, when Nordenskjold,
accompanied only by Jonassen, a sailor,
was passing through the mountain-gird
ed, newly christened Crown Prince Gustav
Sound, he saw far ahead or. the dazzling
snow three black objects coming toward
them.
Half an hour later tue strange objects
had approached near enough for recogni
tion. “They are men!” exclaimed the
explorer.
“Never before,” said Nordenskjold
afterward, “have I felt a similar sensa
tion. After twenty months of isolation
to come upon two fellow-men in the
midst of barren wastes where not a crea
ture lived was startling in the extreme."
It was not until the strangers were
within handshaking distance that their
identity was revealed. They were Prof.
Gunnar Andersson, Lieut. Deuse and a
sailor of his own expedition. More than
nine months previously they had left
the ship Antartic in order to search for
Nordenskjold and his party. They had
made up their minds to do this when the
Antartic had been unable to get out, and
had proceeded inland with a sled laden
with about 500 pounds.
The allied forces now made their way
back to Nordenskjold’s headquarters at
Snow Hill, where they resumed their ex
ploring excursions, hoping against hope
for the advent of the Antartic or some
relief expedition.
On Nov. 8, 1903, I)r. Bodman, accom
panied by A. Akerlund, the cook, being
away on an egg-liunting expedition, Jo
nassen came running to Dr. Nordenskjold
ami informed him that four men were
approaching across the ice.
The four men were not from the Ant
artic, but two officers and two sailors
from the Argentine ship Uruguay. They
brought the alarming news that there
were no tidings of the Antartic.
But before the night was spent a won
derful thing happened. Jonassen, look
ing out of his tent, saw several men ap
proaching. Dr. Bodman went out, and
shouts of “Larsen!” "Larsen!” were im
mediately heard. Sure enough, it was
Capt. Larsen and five of his crew, weather
beaten ami ragge 1, but in comparatively
good health.
Thus after a separation of two vears
Dr. Nordenskjold and his captain again
met. Copt. Larsen told of the sinking of
the Antartic and of their subsequent ad
ventures and hardships in finding Nord
enskjold.
Ill a few davs the little party set out for
the 1 ruguay and home. The rest of the
crew were found at their appointed place
amt Dr. Nordenskjold'* adventurous ea
[edition was over.
The great explorer ha* unbounded faith
in the future of Arctic and Antartic e»
ploration. Sitting in his cetv parlor in
this cite a few davs ago he said
”1 fully believe that the North and
South polee will be found before very
!«>ng
"There ta an immense held foe Ant
arlie eaploeation. and I believe the South
pole can be reached without any eery
great diffo ultv be following ia the wake
of the Knglish eapedttion Rut the pole
itself ia nut the most interesting item I
attach b>r greater importance tu the far
ther Investigation of the huge Antartie
continent about which we know • am par
alivetv little at present We can auiy
discern the eerv wit I uses, so fat, ef the
new world the lent tw he iliaaeecvd on
this globe, hut geog'aph calls at teaat
possessing the same right to he catted
an Hole pen. teal par' »4 enr globe an
Rurope and %mer, ,
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Attorney at Law,
Fairbanks, Alaska
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In the matter of the estate of James M. An
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NOTICE is hereby given that I, George A
Carl, was on the 26th day of August. 1904.
appointed Administrator of the estate of James
M Andrews, deceased, and all creditors of said
estate are hereby notified to file their claims
with me, properly sworn to. at my place of
business a*. Tatiana. Alaska, w ithin six months
after the first publication of this notice.
First publication August 31st, 1004.
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