HAS YEARNING
TH COME BACK
l)r. \. I\ He:mlit*h. former Nome 1
and Candle modico, is now located it
Grand Junction, Colorado, in the heart
of the great peach and apple eountrj i
1 .tn despite the delights of salubrious I
clime, the possession of a comfortable
practice and the ownership of n fine
mo«btvn apartment house, a picture of
■which he encloses hi a. letter to the
N up fret. his heart *till yearns for the
north land and he swictlxnes wishes for
Nome. "And" he adds "it is a call
that I might have to answer some
"I would like to have my friends in
Nome know where I anchored." Af
tf|r leaving Nome last October, visited
with my son Dr. Heimlich, at Santa
Harbara. California, and the winde**
ful stunts he did With my teeth made
me glad he is a dentist I^ft Santa
ltarbara for t'hic.tgo and the May**
Brothers institution a* tlochestcr.
where I t**ok a post graduate course.
Then tame to (lrand Junction and
bought a fine apartment house. hav
ing tne tenants, outside of our own
modest quarters. If any of our mu
tual friends ever travel this way Mrs.
Heimlich and I wi! be glad to enter
tain them. This is the tfreat peach
anti apple country of tin- United
around here in the mountains and
with the fine vegetation and climate
there is little to he desired but t. er?
is something tugging at my ‘suh-con
si'ioiis mind" and I sometimes w sit for
a.n aeroplane ot lake me to Nome. It
is a call that I might have ’o mswer
sometime.”
Are YOU a Subscriber Mr. Re*d«*r
LIFE'S ONE DARN
THING—THEN IT'S TWO
I have been reading
With considerable interest
The plan suggested by h'rnnre
And other countries for cancellation
♦ >f all debts, and the more I read
Of the plan the be*ter I like it.
Having the great object in mind,
1 called on several persons.
Including my landlord, butcher.
Orocerymen. laundryman. tailor
And various other gentlomen
To whom I am indebted, and 1
Laid the scheme before them
With a. great aimount of eloquence.
Hut som,< hmv my arguments
Hid not seem to appeal strongly
To any of these great minds.
M'hnugli they all said that
They would consider the thing.
Hut at first glance it didn't
Look very good to them.
I am still working on the plan.
And if I can persuade these men
That a cancellation of all debts
\nd a fresh start is the thing.
I think .with .
Kitough debts
Another cann
.n pu*. it over
accumulate
make i»ossible.
HARD UP
You’re not hard up when your purse
You’re not hard up when your hills
fall due
Aiul you haven't a dollar to see you
through
You’re not hand up till you see the
That you haven’t a. cheerful word »o
Your'e not hard up wlun your coin is
And veu whistle tune as you journey
You in.iv walk the streets while others
And your pockets have ’naught hut
That's not being broke you may de
For you’r -. rnSl hard up while you hav*
Rut you are hard up. in sorry way
Tf you haven't a c heerful word to say:
IT nothing on earth appeals to you
-—C'Aftman
INDIAN LEGEND ON ORIGIN
OF COPPER RIVER
In unknown ogres past. geologists
•ell us. gigantic disturbances occurred
in Alaska. A great range of mountain ■
was |>iished up through the costal
plain giving to tho Alaskan const
scenery a grandeur and impres
siveness unequalled elsewhere.
Vast changes have also occurred in |
the topography of the country, within
the memory of man, if the legends of
tin Indians of the Copper river regio
are true. ..nd there are many indica
tions that their story is accnTute. It
is a well known fact to all who have
visited the Copper River Valley that
tlie Copoer river of the natives* -d
that of the white man are not h«* s. re.
' Maps of Alaska show the * upper
river as having its source in the Wran
gel irange. north of the mountain of
that name and where the r.i’ge divides
the waters flowing south from those
flowing into the Taanna. Ta the In
dians the Copper river is that river
known to the whites as *he "Ohltyna. ’
In faet. the word “Chitty” in the In
dian language means ‘•copper.” and
the suffix "na” means "river.” The
Indian nairas ixf the white man's Cop
pm rivet* north of the Chityna is the
Etna. In volume of water the Chityna
is at least equal to the Etna.
According to ‘he Indians, the Ktna.
ages ago. did not flow south, but emp
tied either into the Tanann or White
river, prolxibly tfrie latter, and the
present Cupper River Valley was n
vast inland lake. Eventually, during
a period of high water, or because; of
some disturbance in the earth's level,
a stream from the lake found its way
to the south and joined with the Chit
yna in its flow to the sea. As this
stream cut its channel deeper and the
flow of water increased, it wore its
way through all obstructions to its
present level, and the great inland lake
became the wide Copper River Valley.
Strange as this legend may appear,
there is much in the topography of the
valley *o bear out its truth. At var
ious heights along the sides of the
mountain are wide terraces of silt an
sj'iivfil, showing the water levels of the
l ike from time, to time, which are here
and th. re cut by the numerous streams
tributary to the r'iver and forming
bunks often a hundred or moo feet in
’.eight on either side of the stream.—
Pathfinder
STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE
AT NICK’S BAKERY
AND RESTAURANT
BACHELOR S CLUB
SWAMPED WITH
LOVE MISSIVES
Necessary to Name Secretary to Han
dle Corre-pondence of Mate Seekers
At the rate letters are pouring in on
Frank lleid at the Anchorage hotel it
will soon become necessaj*y to issue a
circular from live Bachelors* club to
this reason steps are being taken ‘o j
call an early (meeting and ecide
whether to stand pat or retreat, ac
cording to an article in the Anchorage
I'roAn the four corners of the conti
nent tender, violet-scented missives,
each breathing poems and tenderest
[snuments, or matfcer-or-fact “get down
to cases" ultimatums, are arriving by
Some of the letters have a ring or
earnestness and some are factious
and tilled with "pep.” One dashing
young grass widow of Keno. Nevada,
asks that the entry list be not closed
until she can rid herself of her p: * -ent
encumbrance which has clung to 5u*i
like a Utrn.tc.k-. Others say they would
feel obligated to accept if they took
advantage of the fare-paid provision,
and therefore are willing to take.
sporting chance and give the bachelors
It Is apparent somebody in Anchor
age lias been "snitching” on the sour
doughs for every man who has enough
:<> pay his income tax has received a
tender imli&sive, while others whose,
rating In Brad street’s Is unknown have
no*. b«*en singled out
One charming widow of forty says
she will chaperone a party of buds to |
Anchorage this summer and if they
fancy a life in the great west they
might linger.
Among the changes contemplated in
the bachelors’ club is an exchange de
partment where a bride, tiring of her
mate, may swap him for something
that comes nearer suiting her temper
MATRIMONY ON YUKON;
TALE OF WEDDING VOW
St. Paul. Minn.—fn far off Alaska
the land of snow and long winters.
Cupid is somewhat lianddcapped but
the little love (Jod gets in his work just
Clerks of courts are not numerous.
In the States it is customary to ob
tain marriage licenses anil later to
make record of the ceremony. But in
Alaska it sninetimes is different. At
leas4, such would seem the case from
a letter received by Kilby Schmidt,
deputy clery. Kams*\v County, from
C. (I. Dunlap, a friend who lives in -i
little cabin near Strelna, Alaska. Dun
lap tells of finding the record «»f a
peculiar wedding cwrijmiony carved on
a birch tree, under which hie comped.
Following Ls the record:
“Matrimony on the Yukon”
“Ten miles from the Yukon
.McfSillis I’ll take.
We have no preacher
And we have no ring
It makes no difference
It's all the same thing.
(Signed) “JUXHE DAI.TOM”
Under this tree,
A faithful husband to Aggie
I always will tvi.
I'll love and protect
This maiden so frail,
IiYfurw. the sourdough stiffs
On the Koyukuk trail.
(Signed) “JACK McOILIifS"
I?i elieechuko money.
I unite this couple
In holy matrimony,
lie be a minor
And she be a teacher,
Just as \vii as a preachc*
(Signed) “KRKNCh
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FLU INVADES KUSKOKWIM;
EPIDEMIC IS NOT SEVERE
Thu Kusko Times, of April TO. re
ports an epidemic of influenza in the
ji* McGrath and Ophir. but »f a mild
tpye. The Times says:
"After escaping the many epidemics
th:»t have ravaged other localities,
many residents of this section have at
hist fallen victims to an Influenza much
resembled therl readed flu
“Dr. VV. F Green, woh returned
recently from Ophir, whore he had
been called professionally, reports that
most of the residents of Ophir were
suffering' from the disease, many being
confined to their beds.
"Among those reported ill by Dr.
Green are Mr. and Mrs. Sid Paulson,
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Jones. Andrpw
Hansen. Bob Evans. Arthur McClure,
Fred ItoethILsbergerr, John Vogt or and
K. B. Smith. Andy Hansen and Bob
Evans were seriously ill. pneumonia
having developed.
"At Takotna, Frank McCaftery was
the most seriously affected, but was
somewhat improved. Mrs Joe Oats
was also confined to her bed.
"The directors of the McGrath
school decided to close the school for
a few days in an endeavor to prevent
the disease spreading among the child
ren. but at last reports only four of tho
fifteen children were able to be about.
"Do* Green, who had contracted a
cold while attending patients at Ophir
was abld ot answer but a few calls,
here before being taken ill himself.
‘So far no very serious cases have
developed, and it Is hoped that the
disease has about run its course."
Bob Evans Dias
In the same issue of the Kuskc
Times is contained an announcement
of the death of Bob Evans, memtioncd
.iwnong those reported ill l»y Dr. Green.
Ho died oft April 19.
Hq was a pioneer and one of the
best known figures of the Ophlr dis
| Diet, having been one of the first to
| reach the camp, 14 or 15 years ago.
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