? 'Historial Sketches and Experi
ences of Trail-Blazers \Mio Made
Alaska (he Empire of (he North
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
EDITED 3Y
Secretary Anchorage Igloo No. 15.
CHARLES L. KEMP,
GREAT BODY OF MEN FROM EV
FRY WALK OF LIFE IS WELD
ED INTO ARMY.
DRAFT LAW PROVES SUCCESS.
Democratic Spirit of Great Military
Organization Is Notable and Offi
cers and Privates Mingle Together
at Dances.
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CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Wash.,
April o.—A great body of men, drawn
from every walk of life, representing
every stratum of society, and coming j
from every industry and profession—1
men from the factory and shop, from
the office and store, men from the
farms, doctors, lawyers, dentists—
have been brought here from their ci
vilian occupations and in a few
short months transferred into a rug
ged, physically fit, thoroughly trained
unit of the American army, eager to
tight for the cause of democracy and
iiverty, finish their tasks and get
back to their ordinary pursuits.
This is what the selective draft has
done for the people of tlm northwest
ern states.
Draft Law Proves Success.
Has the selective draft law been a
success in raising an army to meet
the common foe across the seas? Ev
ery man at Camp Lewis is considered
an emphatically aftirmative answer
to the question asked frequently when
congress passed the law making such
an army possible last year.
Every man in the camp has the
fighting spirit. No volunteer in the
military service of the United States
is more eager to do his part in this
war than are the national army men
here. The morale of the ninety-first
division is excellent. This was attest
ed to by Brig. (len. Eli A. Helmick,
of the inspector general’s department
at Washington, D. C., who inspected
the camp recently, and by every visi
tor who has come to see how the men
are faring in military life.
“I wish they’d hurry us over there
so we can do our little job and get
ack so 1 can plant my spring crops,”
ie statement of one farmer, is the
£ spirit which is found all over camp.
"There go eight buns,” the comment
of one man when the roar of the artil
lery in practice on range was heard,
is typical.
Every train of troops leaving camp
is loudly cheered by the boys left be
hind and “I wish I were going along” ;
is the desire voiced everywhere as
tho good-byes are said.
An order to entrain is the reward of
months of preparation for which ev
ery man is waiting.
The democratic spirit which pre
vails is notable. Officers and men
mingle together at dances and only
such class distinction as is necessary
for military discipline is. maintained.
They are all one here for one purpose
and a unit in enthusiasm for the Am
erican cause and in eagerness to meet
the enemy, bring about a permanent
peace and come back home to their
families.
CHEAP BKKAM AMS.
Food Expert Tells How to Start Day
Right With Good Meal.
CORVALLIS, Or., April 2.—Miss
Bertha Edwards, demonstration agent
of the food administration at the Ore
gon Agricultural College, says:
“Start the day right with a good
breakfast of fruit, cereal, milk; it is.
good, nourishing, easy to cook and
cheap.” She advises the use of fruit,
. fresh when possible.
“Dried prunes, apples, apricots and
peaches are most nourishing and re
quire little or no sweetening; soak
them over night in plenty of water!
and th-m cook slowly until tender. Add
dates, raisins or chopped dried prunes |
^^to cooked cereal ten minutes before
taking it from the stove and no sugar
will be necessary.”
DIED AT SITKA, MARCH 23rd, 1918
A. R. McCONAHEY.
Again has the hand of the “Grim
Reaper” canceled a name from the
membership roll of the Pioneers of
Alaska, the name of one of the oldest
of old-timers. Mr. McConahey came
to Sitka from the Vancouver bar
racks, Washington, as a private in
the United States army, in the spr:ng
of 1866 and was present at the hoist
ing of the stars and stripes over Sit
ka at the formal occupation of Alaska
by the United States.
He came to the Cook inlet country
in 1893, where he resided almost con
tiguously until last August, when fail
ing health compelled him to retire
from active life and he went to the
Pioneers’ Home at Sitka.
In 1894 he was married to a native
woman of a Copper River tribe, the
marriage ceremony being performed
by a Russian priest at Tyonek. Two
children were born; James and Katie
McConahey, who are now residents of
Anchorage.
Mr. McConahey was engaged in the
trading and fishing industries almost
exclusively and by his sterling quali
ties of honesty and integrity won the
confidence of all with whom he came
in contact. Among his contemporar
ies may be mentioned: George Pal
mer, now a merchant at Knik; Harry
Meliich. Jack Renner anti Bob Michel
hon, now engaged in mining at Hope,
Ed. White, and Mis. Martha (Mother)
White, and C. E. Cone, in whose mem
ory the name of “Long” Shorty,” as
Mr. McConahey was commonly called,
will long remain.
To the surviving relatives, the Pio
neers of Alaska extend their deep
sympathy in this their time of be
reavement.
Owing’ to the absence of John W .
Frame, who had charge of the editing
of the Pioneer Page in the Anchorage
Weekly Times, its publication in the
last few numbers was necessarily
omitted. Arangements have been
made for its continuance and begin
ning with this issue it will appear reg
ularly.
PARK COINS GIVEN MUSEUM.
Gold Money, Minted in Private Mint,
Go to Denver Institution.
DENVER, Colo., April 3.—Coins of
pure gold made in a private mint here
in 1860, were donated to the state
museum recently by Samuel N. Wood,
a local banker, and James B. Grant, a
former governor of the state.
The coins were minted in the estab
lishment of Clark, Gruber & Co. whose
plant was the predecessor of the fed
eral mint here. The government pur
chased the private mint in 1862. pay
ing 826,000 for the machine] y and
business. Private minting, a+ that
period, was countenanced by the gov
ernment.
The coins are without alloy, of the
same size and weight as regular fed
t ral coins of the period, but more val
uable because of their purity. They
hear on ore side the words “Pike’s
Peak Gold” and letters denoting the
denomination, with a convention rep
resentation of Pike’s Peak. On the
Ollier skic is a design oi an eagie mim
ing arrows and an olivo branch, much
like that on old one cent pieces, and
the name “Clark, Gruber & Co.”
Minting of coins was carried on
here to supply a need for ready med
ium of exchange instead of gold dust
taken from the placers of the state.
Ten and twenty dollar coins were
minted.
PLEASURE HORSES BARRED.
NEW YORK, March 30.—No person
in the province of Brandenburg of
which Berlin is the capital will be
permitted to keep horses for other
than commercial purposes in the fu
ture according to an order issued by
the high command says a Berlin des
patch published in German newspa
pers received here.
SAME OLD STORY.
‘Your hair is auburn,” he would smile,
When first the twain were wed;
But they’ve been married quite a while
And now her hair is red.
DOINGS OF IGLOO NO. 15
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During the month of March, the
period covering the non-publication oi
the Pioneer Page in the Anchorage
Weekly Times, Igloo No. 15 held its
regular weekly meetings and the fol
lowing names were added to the mem
bership roll: Jake Suniville, Wallace
Macdonald, C. A. Lamphere and Ole J.
Hague.
Of greatest importance and interest
to all members of this Igloo is the
business transacted at the meeting on
March 1 which, for the benefit of those
Pioneers not residing in Anchorage
and who are unable to attend meet
ings, is printed below, verbatim, from
the secretary’s minutes of that meet
ing. First, however, it should be
stated, for the information of the
members not fully conversant with the
business of the Igloo that here is an
indebtedness of $2700 against the
Igloo, covered by notes secured by
mortgage on Pioneer hall, which must
be paid on or before July 1, 191.8, oi
the property jeopardized.
This matter has been of great con
cern to the officers and trustees of the
Igloo and has been up before the
members for discussion several times.
On the last meeting night in February
Brother S. Wolsky anounced that he
had formulated a leasable plan for
meeting all obligations of the Igloo,
which he would present at the next
meeting.
The secretary’s minutes are now
quoted:
“New business. President Lynch in
troduced the subject of the mortgage
i against Pioneer hall and after a few
remarks called upon Brother Wolsky
to present his plan for raising the
then presented to the Igloo the W'ol
sky system in the form of a motion
which is as follows:
“ ‘I, the undersigned, make a motion
that Igloo No. 15, Pioners of Alaska
instruct its trustees to issue 108 Pio
ner Building Loan Certificates of a
face value of $25.00 amounting to
$2700 as per copy attached, trte same
to be sold to the members of the Igloo
for cash and the proceeds from the
sale of same to be used to raise the
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! mortgage of $2500 against Pioneer
hall and a promissory note of $25.00
covering an unpaid lumber bill, on or
before July 1, 1018, and for this pur
pose only.
“ ‘That all money derived from all
entertainments, dances, etc., shall be
placed in a redemption fund to be
used only for the purpose of redeem
ing the certificates.
“ ‘That when the mortgage and note
shall have been paid, the process of re
deeming the certificates shall start at
once, by drawings at each regulai
meeting of the Igloo after the method
hereinafter described.
Instructions for Drawing.
“ I he secretary shall keep a record
I of all certificates sold, showing the
number of the certificate and to whom
| sold. When all the certificates shall
have been sold, the secretary shall
j prepare 108 single numbers, from 1 to
, 108, place the same in a box under
lock and key, from which
drawings
| shall be made in regular meetings, as
often as the amount in the redemption
fund will permit. Certificates bearing
the numbers so drawn shall then he
Paid and the secretary shall keep an
accurate account of such paid eerti
i ficates, by checking1 them on his rec
; ord list of certificates sold, unt 1 all
tin- i umbers have been drawn and all
certifier tes redeemed.”
1 his motion was carried unanimous
ly by the igloo and the president, sec
retary and trustee were appointed a
committee to act with Brother Wolsky
in putting the plan in operation. Ac
cordingly the bond certificates were
obtained, properly signed and sealed
and offered for sale at the last meet
ing of the igloo.
Bonds to the amount of $225 were
subscribed, and it is expected that the
| sale of bonds at each meeting will
j raise the money required before the
debt is due, and that all bonds will
| have been redeemed within the first
| year.
i The igloo voted that $200 of the
sum realized from the sale of bonds
should be used at once to pay the note
covering the lumber bill, and the sec
i retary was instructed to draw a war
rant on the treasury for that am'ount.
! This was done and the note paid,
j The meeting also adopted a plan
! for patriotic speeches to be delivered
| under the good of the order. A
| speaker outside the order is to be ob
tained for each meeting. J. E. Chovin
I was elected to the board of trustees
| to till the vacancy caused by the ab
| sence of John W. Frame.
! A communication by wire was re
] eeived from Grand Secretary Ray, of
Fairbanks, to the effect that our long
delayed charter is now on the way.
The Woman’s Auxiliary to Igloo
I No. 15 meets on the second and fourth
: Thursdays in each month. The bene
ficent influence of this organization
has already made itself apparent to
i the members of the igloo, not only in
the entertainments in the way of card
parties, dances, etc., but also in the
substantial financial returns made to
j our treasury.
The government has awarded the
! contract for delivering the mail from
1 Chitina to Fairbanks for a period of
i four years to John Brower, of Nome.
The bids were opened on December 4,
and on a comparison the award was
made to Brower, his bid being the
lowest, in the sum of $65,000. With
this award the Northern Commercial
company, the present holder of the
contract, will cease to haul the mail
j May 31.
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The Pioneer women of Nenana held
a meeting me otner any tor tne pur
pose of organizing a Woman’s igloo
of the Pioneers of Alaska. About
twenty were present. Mrs. Kelluni
was chosen chairman and Mrs. Ken
yon secretary. Both of these officers
chosen to hold the positions pro tern.
Another meeting will be held soon and
final matters pertaining to the organ
ization taken up.
SHEEP FOR MICHIGAN.
Ranch of 10.000 Acres to Be Estabhsh
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etl in Iron Mountain.
DETROIT, Michigan, April 2.—
Steps to re-establish the sheep raising
business in Michigan are beginning
to take shape. Already it is announced
from Iron mountain in the ‘'upper
peninsula” that a sheep ranch of 10,
000 acres in Dickinson county, Michi
gan, and Florence county, Wisconsin,
will be established south of there by
spring. As a beginnning the ranch
will be stocked with 5,000 sheep with
40,000 as the maximum as the estab
lishment is built up. The ranch, it is
j said, will represent an investment of
: approximately $250,000.
Move are in prospect, however, as
an active organization has been form
ed to import sheep from western
j states but in recent years the industry
1 has declined so that the state now
plays only a small part in the coun
try’s wool production.
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j White Varieties Should IJe Saved for
. Soldiers and Sailor?:
SPOKANE, Wash., April 2.—“Eat
colored and save the white beans for
the soldiers and sailors” is the word of
Charles Hebberd, federal food admin
istrator for Washington, is sending
out from his office. He is also urg
ing grocers to push the sale of colored
beans, which are equal if not superior
! to the white bean.
The use of beans will help decrease
! the consumption of meat according to
Mr. Hebberd. He wants the boys on
i the fighting line and on warships to
have the white bean because they are
accustomed to them.
KAIFS IS KAIFS.
Trymucha & Growczyk has a saloon
at 2027 Second street, North Minneap
| olis. And G. W. O. opines that many
: a man who has entered the place to
! learn the meaning of the first has
found that the last name is only too
true.
JAKE SUNNIVILLE.
was born in Elmira, N. Y., in 1873. In
the late nineties he became a victim of
the gold fever which was then raging
in the states and went to Skagway,
where he engaged in the scow and
boat building industry until the spring
of 1898 when he made the trip down
the Yukon to Dawson. There he fol
lowed mining on Bonanza creek until
the summer of '99 when he went to
Nome arriving there in time to “get
I in” on the beach mining.
Prospecting, mining and freighting
occupied his attention over a consider
i able period of time and he was known
in every camp of note on the Seward
peninsula. He served as police officer
on the Nome force under Wallingford
and later became one of the proprie
tors of the Horseshoe saloon. In 1905
we find him in the Fairbanks country
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with a freighting outfit, later in the
Iditarod and still later in the Shu
: shanna.
During his residence in Alaska he
has made two trips to Nevada, where
he acquired interests in quartz mines
of great promise.
Since his arrival in Anchorage in
1917 he has been employed at Eska
creek by the Alaskan Engineering
' commission.
OLE J. HAGUE.
is an old-timer of the Nome country,
to which he came in the year 1900
j and remained until 1907. During this
time he was engaged in prospecting
and mining, chiefly on Shovel and
other creeks, tributaries of Solomon
river.
He then went into the Kuskokwim
valley where he prospected for about
two years, finally sroine- to Onhir.
where he was engaged in mining un
til 11)12, when he went outside and ac
quired ownership of a ranch in the
state of Washington.
Coming to Anchorage in 1915 he
entered the employ of the Alaskan
Engineering commission in the B. &
B. department, which position he con
tinues to hold.
Mr. Hague was born in Norway in
18(>8 and is a carpenter bv trade.
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W A BLUE MACDONALD.
was a stampeder on the Skagway
i trail in 1898. He was born in Seattle
August 19, 1881. He came to Anchor
age in the fall of 1910 and has fol
lowed his avocation of light and pow
er lineman in the employ of the A.
E. C.
C. A. LAMPHERE
first came to Alaska in 1899, landing
at Skagway. He was born in the
state of Iowa in 1870. He has resided
in Anchorage since July, 1915, and is
a carpenter by trade.
ARMY LIFE IS ENJOYED.
CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Wash.,
April 3.—Wholesome food, well serv
ed and plentiful; healthful exercise,
i rigoorus training, and clean entertain
ment have put the men here in the
best of condition. Statistics from the
division health officer compared with
similar figures from civilian life show
there is less sickness in the army than
| in civil life.
: army life.
‘‘It is the greatest vacation I ever
had in my life," one man said when
asked what was his greatest impres
sion of the army.
“It’s different than I thought it
would be. I enjoy it,” another said.
Evertyhing to make the environ
ment of the soldier at camp of the
best is being done by the Red Cross,
! the war camp recreation committee,
j the Young Men’s Christian associa
tion, Young Women’s Christian asso
! ciation, Knights of Columbus and
j Jewish organizations. Religious serv
| ices are offered the men but are not
| forced upon them. Twenty-one dif
fernet branches of athletics are open
| to the men. Smokers are given in the
barracks and the best in motion pic
tures and other entertainment provid
ed at the Liberty theatre at a nom
inal cost. A great majority of the
men affe free to leave camp Wednes
day afternoons, Saturdays afternoons
ad Sundays and visit Tacoma, Seattle
! and other cities not far from camp.
J. C. MURRAY, WHO SPENT WIN
TER IN STATES, IS EN ROUTE
TO CACHE CREEK.
HAS GOOD CLAIMS ON PETERS.
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i Well-Known Operator, Besides Look
ing After His Own Property, Will
Look After Interests of Cache Creek
Dredging Company.
J. C. Murray arrived in An
chorage recently from the states
where he spent the winter. He is on
| his way to his placer porperty on
Peters creek, which he will prospect
this season, and incidentally he will
look after his duties in connection
with the Cache Creek Dredging com
pany, operating on Cache creek. Mr.
Murray will leave Anchorage Tuesday
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i for Talkeetna to take in the season’s
supplies.
The property on Teters creek,
owned by Mr. Murray is the Elmer
j Carlson claim. It is considered one of
the best placer properties in that ter
ritory and Mr. Murray is very optim
istic over the prospects for a good
clean-up this season.
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Tokio Newspaper Says Nipponese I>o
Not Understand Patriotism.
TOKIO, April 3.—Studying the
apparent indifference of the Japanese
people, both towards home policies
and the great war question of the
day, the Yorodu, one of the Tokio
| leading dailies, says there is nothing
in which the Japanese people, today,
are really interested, but in economic
questions. Continuing, the paper
adds:
“The patriotism cf this people re
veals itself onlv in the time of war
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i is not so universal and steady as the
1 patriotism of western countries,
j which has been exhibited in this great
1 war not only on the battlefield but
more particularly in the determina
tion of the whole people occupied in
peaceful industry at home to back up
the work of the battle front. The
; spirit with which the western peoples
have sacrificed their property and
various other personal interests with
silent determination is a revelation to
1 the people of this country. The .Jap
| anese ought to see, if they had not
seen already, that the boasted patriot
ism of our people is very narrow and
rather superficial compared with the
i dogged tenacity and the universality
; of the western patriotism. Further
\ more, we are in the habit of consider
! ing patriotism as tht^ spirit peculiar
| to soldiers. The upper class and the
(general public have no clear idea of
' what patriotism means outside of the
; battlefield. Nothing has been more
! ignoble than the way the rich people
i of this country have pursued their
| selfish interest in utter disregard of
i the national interest.”
BEANS MUST BE CLEANED.
STATE COLLEGE, N. M., April 3.
—New Mexico lost much money
through failure of growers to re-clean
: pinto beans before offering them for
sale, according to information gath
ered by the state agricultural college.
The beans last year went into general
competition for the first time, and the
I college report shows, met with some
j disfavor because, broken beans, small
| rocks and clods were not sorted out
J as was done with beans from other
! states.
The college will conduct a state
j wide campaign to induce growers to
re-clean their beans.
Botanists have found that Alpine
plants which push their way through
the snow do so by breathing more
rapidly than normally to generate
heat.