men to carry to the Fair so that every
body on the trail may know where
they have come from.
Are any of your herders very good
•hots with a rifle? Can they win a
prize shooting at 50 yards? At 100
yards? At 200 yards?
Have you a good man with a lasso?
He may be a good man at his home
herd but can he lasso with the other
men from all the other herds?
How fast can your men load and
lash a sled with a travelling outfit so
that snow can’t get in and the load
cannot get loose? How quickly can
your men harness a good deer, hitch
him to the sled, and start oif?
we will see how many seconds it takes
to do these things.
How many pounds of dead weight
can your strongest deer pull for 200
yards, without a n y help from the
driver? How m u c li car. two deer
hitched to one sled pull? If you have
the strongest sled deer in Alaska
bring him to the Fair, we want to see
him pall. — W.C.Shields
$ J 0 T T I N G 8 ft
Mr. Evans informs us that the N.
L- will soon be favored with some
articles from the L.of E. officials at
Washington.
Our limited supply of type and
shortage of question marks made it
necessary to cut out part of the live
queries in Mr. Shield’s letter.
We feel like saying we must have
a reindeer song or BUST snd we don’t
want to do that.
Send them along ye poets.we will
pay the usual price for all accepted.
Christmas is upon us with its n sh
and hurry. The teacher’s residence
has been transformed into a dress
tn iking establishment Nearly a score
has lieen cut,fitted and made or part
ly made by Mrs. Van Ness for the
native girls.
WI8E m OTHERWISE
A story is told of an old farmer who
was in the act of purchasing a pair
of pants for himself. His wife stren
ously objected as they were some six
inches too long. “Yes Mary,but see
the quality .and its r.o trouble to cut
them off. ” A few days later he took
them to his wife and asked her to cut
od about five inches This she stoutly
refused to do, not wholly undaunted
he took them to the cook and asked
fher to cut them off. She
replied,, “I’m no tailor
shop yere honor,and dont
ye rememl>er that ye pur
chased thirn against yere
wife’s will.” Somewhaj
discouraged he took them
to his wife’s sister, but she too had
been iufonue l and politely refused.
A few days late the wife thot within
herself “Now John is a goal hus
band, and perhaps—yes I will!” And
forthwith she secretly cut off six in
ches. The cook being a good hearted
old Irish lady thot to herself,“Now
Mr. Duffy is a foine eld gintleman,
and it stands me in hand to do him
the favor,and so she secretly cut off
some six or seven inches. The
maiden sister-in-law felt that she had
been too hard on the one who for
years had shared his roof and table
with her, and so she secretly cut off
some seven or eight inches, On the
following Sunday morning he waj
heard to remark , ‘Well I ne/er!“