EUROPEAN RELIEF
ENTERTAIRMENT
BIG SUCCESS
The vaud**vi!V entertainment giv n,
Saturday evening t>v the local Euro
pean Reliof Benefit Committee to,
raise funds for the starvation throat-'
ened ehil(Iron of Rustem Europe prov
ed one of the most entertaining amuse
ment events occurring: here in a lonf?
period and attracted a lalrge gather
ing The various v:i.u<Ueville turns
were, with few exceptions the best
s*-en here in years, while the chief
number, a three comedy ski', written
by Kwvn Mdvonnen, formerly of Comi
cal City, 'ini entiitled "King Blizzard."
kept the audience in n roar of laughter
The program was Inaugurated with
three groups of folk dances by school ,
chi'ldre.r. 'll of which were decided^
interfiling and well executed. The
first of the groups consisted of the;
-Kiind.r 1 *• dka“ Danish dance of
<rrr< • iug" and "Beans and Porridge" j
and w< re given hy about twenty 1 i111 • ■
tots fro mtho primnrj grades. The
second group, bv twelve boys. c>ui
prised the "Ricking" danc and a Uin
nish reel. The latter was a lively |
affair and create'] considerable amuse
ment. Six high school girls next pre
sented >v:.lh ehnlrvrBing effect dames
entitled. “The Brownies.'' “Coining
ed the long continued applause whi •
followed her effort.
.Fa s. I »ogrl n. whose vocn 1 pow.■ i s
have delighted N'ome audiences for
years, next rendered the sweet stirains
of "Dear Old Pal” and won for him an
enthusiastic encore.
“Vou'll b Surprised." trilled Mrs.
Helen l,ovegren who. in a bewitching
fancy costumo of pink and with an
excellent display of histrionic ability,
next gave the audience something to
chuckle over in tellinr^h.it a b«x>l>
John'nfle was In^putM^;' %1't'Sougli a
whirlwind at low making when “you
had him alone." Mrs. Tjovegren m ule
the hit of the evening and was ronti
peWetl to H Pi ►ear several times in re
sponse to continued applause.
Next c~.iiine the )niece de rests.ice.
"King Blizzard." described hy an
nouncer Fr«l Ha rrtlson as a "serin
chronic tragesty.” King Blizzard. a
trough and read>r monarch of the polar
realms with an eye for “chicken,” was
impersonated by ljawren.ee Kerr in
doublet and tuouite. His court attend
ants were trwo rakish appearing in
dividuals. full of tricks and fancies
and concealed W. C. McGuire and j
Wm Otmeron behind fhoir grotesque I
rtJUguS'ses. Others In the. cast, repre- 1
senting visitors a.f the court of King !
Blizzard, were Ralph 1/men. repre
senting a citizen of the Ottoman em
pire. A] Dilg. who made an excellent
presentation of an untamed citizen of
Scandinavia and O. S. Weaver, who
linvi'ed the fate that befell Mary Gar
den in Chicago by showing his hand
some knees undraped, without a blus i.
in tihe character of a “Hoot. Mon.”
The feminine element wa* supplied by
Noirtr’s latest fair chechacoes. Miss
TJmma Juth, Miiss Margaret Kaulum
and Miss Weda Olsen, who wore duly
initiated 'into the ancient and honor
able Order of Sourdough’s, with many
local uiips and jests- to spice the
breezy dialogue. The work of the
.u tors was excellent 1n evdry case an<l
the local hits kept the audience laugh -
5nsr throughout. The playlet was «li
reoted 'by Khmer Reer. agisted by Mrs.
I)r. Welch, and was a most pleasing
affair in every way.
As a result of the ontertaiumen‘
$195.00 will lie added to the thousand
odd dolLirs ill ready r.Used far the un
fortunate waflfs ovrir the setts.
NOME IS
STILL ALIVE
A tittle story entitled “The Passing
of Nome" hits lieen making the rounds
of the itness of the country- It de
tuilf (lie past priujieiity iind activity
of the Alaska camp. and regrets that
Lliff curtains are now pmelfieuJly drawn
on its usefulness.
<'onolirding the comment, the stnte
With the. smiling away of the stetwn
s'lip Victoria, healing 350 Nome resi
dents. most of whom annoum ul the
purpose never to r< turn, the brooding
spirit of no Jam-holy came in with the
long, hard winter. Again the “wolfs
l"n$r howl ds hoard on < >tial;tskas
lonely share." and the little remnant
of stipulation is left with memories
and di-suppomted hojs-s Yet a few
will elin.g to the deserted beach to the
last lirpn.tih <*f life, for such Is the un -
fajilfng i-o-onl of ovary famous camp,
to hse over again in memory, through
tho long Arctic nights, the stirring
Resides those !■ ft nt Nrome to ‘diner
to the detserted hfuch.” several old
timers htive discovered themselves,
■ annfoiiably out for the whiter, who
also eling, in affection, to ‘he "deserted
beach.*' One of thes*. writes a Jotter
of protest, suggesting that the an
nounrejnemt of the death of Nome is
premature, a.nd that it is still good for
many a hard Arctic winter. A camp
Mint produced nearly $1,250,000 of gold
last season. he thinks, should lie far
ftmm inducing such pessimistic oliser
vatioms. TliU following statistics of
the 1920 port business are also cited,
which, gn view of the short season of
navigation, are most i-reditable:
Oeean vessels arrived . .
Coastwise .
Not tonnage. 30.162
Ocean vessels departed . . .
const wise. 18
Net toruuige. 30,290
Arnivuls from foreign ports , 25
•Net tonnage. 1.290
Departures for foreign porks 26
| Net tonnage. 2.290
Placer tin shipped, lbs . . . 70,100
Reindeer meat shipped lbs. . 257,544
Salmon salted. canned cured
lbs. 1.534.85$
Herding. suited lbs. 84.170
field.$1,235,935.30
Merelmndase received.
foreign ports. 437.070.00
Merohnndiw exported...
foreign parts. 293.106.00
Apart from the very healtry gold
production ami shipment omlited to
the Name distiftot, the port figures
foiKishiwlow a rising industry that will
mean something to Nome In the fu
ture, the reindeer industry. Reindeer
henVip* expect their iwxxhict to take
much of tihe responsibility from the
AIn|ijrica.n beef market withlin a few
years an(d a good shafc-e of the reimleer
business will flow through Name.
The olld-tilnVer is right: Nome is far
from dead. We shall continue to hear
from it encouragingly, as in the past
and perhaps some futnrie development,
as the nearest American port to Siber
ia. may Tiring Name new sources of
wealth and growth.—Seattle P. f.
BOOSTERS
WANTED
°ne poor ignorant pen pusher who
is employed on one of the big daily's
in Chicago suocdeded dn having an ar
•tiicle printed of the death and burial of
the Territory of Alaska. Ue claimed
every town in Alaska was ♦'till of va
cant hoiW's and that the poop e were
fast leaving the country. Of course the
I; Toor fish v. is writing about some of
the thBngs that .-ome of the ers*while
boosters for and of Alaska have been
; spreading broadcast wliile making
I speeches whloh they hoped would ben
efit the Territory. Some of our real
Alaskans who have gone to the states
I to try to arouse a healthy interest in
Alaska and the future development of
the territory are directly responsible
| for the waitings of wuch scribe as those
who White such rot about t.lie finish
: of Alaska. These men who are con
! i* • They tell the people of the awful
(•(.mlitons that will surely exist in a
few more years if this thing is with
held and if that thing fails to nviter
i,' ed boosters, but for the love of Mike
Chicago paper printed will continue to
be published. The towns of Alaska are
not all populated. The town of Sew
aid is one tliai is not and what is more
are just commencing to grow In a
steady, sure manner. New people from
the outside are arriving h-ore continu
ally. By this time next yfcar the town
of Seward will increase 1n i>opulatton
considerably. The siimo thong can he
said about every other town in the
Territory. The present and the future
never looked brighter for Alaska than
it does right now. Maybe when the
people read the article about the vac
ant houses they will decide that it is
a good time to move from the crowded
and congested cities and come to Clod's
| Country. We have three saw mills here
| in Seward and It's safe to bet that we
can build a house for every new fam
ily that arrives. We have received
thirty one letters during the past sixtv
days from thirty one differen* people
scattered thruout the United States
from New JJer*ey to Montana and
every one of them inform* us that
they will a rrive in Xewajd in the ear!v
Spring. Possibly every other newspn
pler in Alaska has received as many or
more letters from other people convey
ing the same news. Tf Alaska is dead
you will all see the biggest Resurrec
tion festival next '.‘■'pding that was ev
er witnessed and if we could have the'
poor ignor.'irmus here in Seward with
us next Sinning we*d show Mm the er
or of his ways. Until then nnff sod.—
Seward Gateway.
LEARN TO DANCE
School just started at Hunter Hall,
for appointment, call Mrs. Waldheim.
Class nights, Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 8:30 p. m.
STAR NOTES
FOR FEBRUARY
Even the casual observer pauses to
observe the spledor of the starry heav
ens on these clear, dark nights. The
brilliant constellations of winter are
at above the horizon .tt an early hour,
and an &:30 p. m. no less thar 10 first
magnitude stars and the planets Venus.
Juprt»r and Saturn are visible The
dazzling luminary An the southwest at
tracts attention first, and the question
iis often heard. "What is that bright
star?" The brilliant white object Is
no star, but the planet Venus, the
earth's twin and nearest planetary
neighbor. Venus is almost the exact
counterpart of the earth, being about
225 mrtles less in diameter and having
a denser covering of air. The. pull
of gravity is nearly (the same as <m
earth, the climate is moist and tem
perate, and it is stntedby scientists
that human befings could exist on
Venus. The planet is as far east as
it will get and on February 9 will com
mence tio go westward and An April
22 it is in Inferior conjunction, that is.
pisses directly between the earth and
f!te sun. It will l»e visible during all
of February and March and its brill
iancy is increasing. At. present it can
he seen in full sunlight.
The planet Mans, which is much
fainter and of a red dash color, is tie- ■
low Venus and a little farther west.
The magnificent constellation Orion j
:>■ due south about 8:30 p. in. Foil" ■
bright stairs form a large equilateral ,
figure, the upper star in the left cor- '
In the center of the large figure are j
three bright stars nearly in a lin*' and
the same distance apart. South of
those stars Is the great nebula in Orion 1
cne of the finest objects in the heavens, |
but only visible with a telescope. I
flight above Orion and near the
zenith is the first magnitude star j
Cap**!la in the constellation \ uriga. |
Abova Orion and more to the west is j
the famiWar stair group known as "the!
Seven Stairs,” the proper name of |
which is Pleiades. Retween Pleiades'
and Orion *s thie first magnitude star
Aldebaran in the star group Hyudes, j
which is in the form of a V. In the
southeast 4s a brilliant white star
which is called Sirius, also “the big |
dug star.” the brightest star in the
heavens. At about the same altitude
as R'telgeume. but quite a little to thrt
eartward, is the bright star T Too yon,
“the little flog star.” Proeyon. Sirius
and Retelgeuse fortm a fttrge equila
teral triangle. Above Proeyon may be
found the two twin stars in Gemini,
Coatar and Pollux, of nearly equal
brightness and ^separated about 4 de
grees. Vega, one ot the brightest
stars, may be swn low fn the north
west, and to the left of it is the con
stellation C'ygnus. also known as the
Northern Cross, being in outline Bks
a large cross. The. familiar Big IHp
per in Ursa Major is on the east side of
•the pole (Stair, and on the opposite sida
of the pole is Cassiopeia, or the "Lady's
The constellation Leo. which con
tains the first magnitude star Regu’us.
is o.ie east and well above the horizon
at l':30 p. m. Regulus is in the lower
end of the handle which f-vms the
Sickle in Leo, a group of stars in ‘he
form of a grain hook. The brilliant
I star A returns is rising in the northeast
The brightest object in the eastern
sky is the planet Jupiter, which is lie
low Leo and more to the northward.
Jupiter is due east about 10 o’clock,
and it sjiines with such splendor that
as can not lie mistaken for a star. With
a small glass four of the moons if i
Jupiter ran bo plainly seen. Below'
Jupiter and a little to the left is the
planet S;uturn. Tt shines with a yellow
light, but Is dimmer than usual, due to
the fact that the rlngrs which sur
round the planet are turned edgewise
to us ;ind therefore invisible.
JOHN A. WILSON.
JOHN BORDEN’S SISTER WRITES
SUCCESSFUL NOVEL
Ma.ry Barden, outhor of “The Ro
mantic Woman." is tho «i»ter of John
Borden, the Arctic explorer whose
shipwreck in the ilce flows some years
ugo filled the newspapers for weeks,
according to a recent Outside newspu
Ourtiw? the wsw, the journal uiys,
MiUs Borden, who is wealthy In her
own name, established at her own ex
pense a small fly inf? field hospital as
close to the French lines :ls the sndM
tary authorities would allow her to go.
I*-bter this hosititai hecaune an author
Ized pari <it the French Army, and the
author was cxxmmkswioned to construct
a moveaiblq hospital to ;u-co4iunodate
4.000 turds, which was so etfiicently or
ru raized that it received wounded at
the rate of 1.000 a day. Upon her first
manrtage. Mrs. Borden, who is & Chi
cago wToni.in .went to live dn England,
where her life among the aristocracy
enabled her to store up the malarial
descriptive of the British upper class
which she hms used in "The Romanic
Woman."
“SPAGHETTE DAN"
LONGS FOR NOME
Dan Alvich, well known. Nome
miner Who Is known by the .sobriquet
"Spaghette Dan” among- his close as
sot-la tea. suyvi in a recent letter from
California that he wishes he was back
in Nome, although he thinks "Sunny
California 4s all night.”
Dan is ;ut San Pedro, where ,he pro
ceeded last ftill to meet a sick brother
from the Eastern States.
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