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A TRUE HEROINE
A finer example of true hero
ism has never been seen in
this locality than was display
ed by Mjss Thelma Burleigh,
in connection with the tragic
death of the late E. W. Hincl
ley, who lost his life a week
ago while descending Mt. Lin
coln’s rugged slopes. In mak
ing her way alone into the
precipitous depths of the
w >big gorge where her ill
fated companion had fallen,
this frail miss of eighteen
years displayed a quality of
courage that fully entitles her
to the designation of heroine.
Her -d was rendered doubly
hevoi’ by the fact that it was
not 'v rformed in the light of
day vhen dangers may be
;een 1 avoided, but in the
deu i night upon a lonely
Vi - nside, where destruct
ion iur’-ed on every side and
her rv step might find a
ding her to doom,
•irrounded by the ob
' shades of night, and
utt“ ’ unaware of where
i '.liering footsteps led.
Vv deed are they who I
> ot hesitate to dare the
.:r of her descent into
'he ..myon’s gloom filled
depth .; and fewer still who
would not quail at the thought
of enduring her long and lone
ly vigil while she soothed as
best she could the dying agon
ies of her stricken friend.
Bathing his wounds; depriving
hereelf of clothing for hie
uonuort; gathering smooth,
stones to make less hard his j
rocky resting place; even pil-;
lowing his battered head upon j
her bosom and giving to hisI
chdiing body the warmth and
comfort of her own, the brave
girl sat through a long cold
night of trial and personal dis
comfort that required not only
courage but also a spirit of
compassion and self sacrifice
approaching the sublime.
A braver, nobler, . more1
splendid deed has seldom been |
wirtten in the annals of Alaska j
than was performed by her'
that fatal night among the
lonely crags with none but the
eternal stars to see and know.
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LOCAL PAPER
Nearly every mining camp
has its local weekly, and some
of them have real peppy pap
ers. In urging stockholders to
subscribe for these papers ana
learn what is going on, we are
benefitting the owners of the
stock more than the individu
al papers.
Mining Truth, of course,
speaks for a quarter of the
continent, and cannot there
fore pay as much attention to
any district as can the papers
in that district. On the' othei
hand, Mining Truth is devoted
wholly to the mining industry,
whereas the local papers have
general news, crime and poli
ces to handle, which cuts
lown the amount of attention
.hey can give to mining mat
ters. Whether they obtain
"heir information from Mining
Truth, or from the local week
lies, or both, stockholders will
rtainly be benefitted by tak
ng some intelligent interest in
he industry in which their sur
plus funds have been placed.
Mining Truth.
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HARMLESS SUPERSTITION.
More people are superstitious
yhan one might ordinarily
hink. Many people say they
are not superstitious when they
are; they will not admit it, but,
nevertheless, these same peo
ple will not walk under a lad
ler and they have a queen
eeling whenever a black cat
■rosses their path-that is,
many of them do.
Then, again, there are many
leople who are superstitious
ind do not know it; they are
ed this way and that way, un
onsciously, by some little
faith they can not account
for in something they know
nothing about.
Well, after all, what harm is
done? What would there be to
Hallowe'en if it were not for
-superstition? What would
there be to the average wed
ding if it were not for the little
supersitions that the bride and
her attendants have about it.
all-what would there be to a
wedding, aside entirely from
the sacredness of the cere
mony, were it not for thest
things?
The world gradually is out
living the superstitions that
vexed it and caused much un
happiness, but there are sonu
superstitions that we nevei
want to outlive-the superstit
ions that make for joy and call ■
for more of the kind that can
do no harm.
TRAIL PLANT EXTENSIVE
The smelting, refining and ore
| dressing plant at Trail is one of
the most complet and moderii
in the world. The size of the
plant may be illustrated by
the experience of a Spokane
man who recently applied at
Trail for permission to be es
corted through the plant. He
informed the management that
j he had “a few hours to spare''
and would “like to see it all.'
| To his surprise he was inform
| ed that “in a few hours” they
; could possibly show him the
! main features of the refining
plant but if he desired to look
; over the entire plant it would
t take him “three days, inspect
{ing eight hours each day, and
walking fairly fast all the
time.” Trail has all the latest
methods of smelting and refin
j ing lead, silver, zinc, gold and
j copper ores. Copper and zinc
* are handled also by the elec
: trolytic process and the com
pany turns out by-products
1 such as white lead, coppex
wire and acids. In addition
the company operates a con- j
centrating plant to handle j
customs ores.—Mining Truth. I
; RARE WHITE FLOWER
BEEN REDISCOVERED
Discovery of a small white
i flower never seen by scientists
in over 100 years, was the re- i
cent achievement of Professor j
George Haley of San Francisco
now at Unalaska, according to
officers of the cutter Haida,
I which arrived at Cordova two
weeks ago. Finding the blos
som was the biggest event in
the professor’s career as a
botanist, says Stroller’s Week
ly.
The blossom was first report
ed by the Frenchman, von
Chamisso, who accompanied
the Kotzebue expedition in
1815-19. The flower is founa
only in Unalaska and when
five other parties failed to dis
cover another specimen, it was
thought possibly von Chamisso
had reported something that
did not exist or had made an I
error.
Professor Haley is now with j
the St. Ignatius College in San
Francisco, but was formerly
an instructor in the royal navy
academy of Japan. He came
north several weeks ago to re
place the collection of Aleut
ian flora in the Academy of
Science, which works in con
nection with the Smithsonian
Institute. The original collect- 1
ion was made by von Chamisso
and is badly aged, some of the j
blossoms having become pract-!
ically worthless as specimens.
Professor Haley is also writing
a book on circumpolar flora.
Just for Fun
The ever failing sign of a
really big man is his willing
ness to listen.
People who think are scarce,
but people who think they
think equal our census figures.
Women’s clothes are almost
as funny as men’s would be if
the men had the nerve.
Talk is cheap. That is why
they call it the gift of gab.
Ben asserts that you can take
a chorus girl out of the "Fol
lies,” but you can’t take the
follies out of a chorus girl.
One tree will make a million
matches, but it takes only one
match to destroy a million
trees.
We doubt if all the radio
static is due to the weather.
Some of it must be in the or
chestras.
Woman at the back door to
tramp: “If you dont go awa>,
I’ll call my husband. He’s
bigger bum than you are.”
I think I’m getting ahead
at last,” said the husband
proudly.
“Well, heaven knows you
need one,” she replied.
In a recent report Mr. Bab
oon is optimistic about hogs.
You got to be if you want to
yeti along with them.
And of course, there is the
absent-minded fellow who
tucked liis waffle under his
chin and ate his napkin for
breakfast.
Absent-minded Schoolmaster.
“Now, children, tell me the
names of any wild animals
found in this country, begin
ning with Bobby Jones.”
Young Newlywed (to Floi
ist): Give me a dozen Ameri
can Beauties; I want to forgive
my wife for the quarrel we had
this morning.
A job is like your shirt. If you
work hard enough to get up
the perspiration, it will stick
to you.
The Village Nut says he nev
er misses a chance to get to
bed early for the rest of his
days depend on the rest of his
nights.
A magistrate remarked the
other day that although he
had never tried a cocktail in
his life, he had often triea
those who had tried them.
“How does it happen that you
always insist on butting in on
other people’s business?”
“For the same reason that
you are continually squealing
on someone else.”
Tattered Timothy: I’ve been*
trampin’ four years, ma’am an’
it’s all ’cause I heard that the
doctors recommended walkin’
as the best exercise.
Mrs. Prim: Well, the doctors
are right. Walk along.
Teacher: “Now, Billy, will
five go into one?”
Bill: “Yes, sir.”
Teacher: “How do you mean,
you stupid boy?”
Billy: “Well, I put five toes
into one stocking every morn
ing.”
The orator was holding forth
at the street corner. He was
trying to convince the crowd
that drought was a punishment
for the sins of the people.
“What would you say,” he
asked, “if I were to assure you
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that very soon all the rivers
of the world will dry up?”
“Go thou and do likewise,”
came a voice from the back ot
the crowd.
Mistress: “Now Bridget, there
is no use in further argument
as to how the dish should be
prepared. But our ideas on the
subject are so different that it
is evident one or the other of
us is crazy.”
Bridget: “True for you, mum ,
an shure it isn’t yerself would
be kaping a crazy cook.”
| Of all the last lines that ever
| were written,
| The most famous one is this,
! by heck,
| You’ll hear it morning, noon,
! and night,
i “I’ll pay you, sure. Got a
j blank check?”
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John Hovland
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Hyder, Alaska
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