DESCRIBES TRIP
TO TRE UNO
Attorney Roger Foster, of New
York, who made a trip to Alaska, has
written his impressions of the coun
try in n half page article published in
the Springfield Republican. While
some'of his observations may depict
actual conditions in the northland, he
also gathered the usual amount of
misinformation that the average che
chaco writer falls heir to. Under the
caption of "Voyage in Gold Land,”
Mr. Foster says, among other things:
The finest scenery in the world is
within the United States. The Swiss
and Tyrolese Alps would be lost, if
placed among the snow covered moun
tains that can be seen along the
const. Neither the Caucasus nor the
Pyrenees nor the Carpathians com
pare with these in grandeur. The gla
ciers of Alaska not only are the larg
est in the world, but they are so
countless that most of them have not
yet a name. Icebergs can be seen in
their formation, a process which is
accompanied by roars from thefr mo
ther glaciers. Anyone who cares to
approach it in a launch, can mount
one, as I myself did, like the polar
bear in the advertisements.
All of this can be seen from the
deck of a comfortable and well ap
pointed steamer. There are at least
three lines through Puget Sound and
along the coast of Alaska which com
pare favorably with the boats that
cross the Atlantic. I heartily recom
mend a journey upon any one of them
to all who can endure a large amount
of fog and rain. Bears can be shot,
a few miles from one of the island
ports. Alpine climbers can find there
new fields for adventure and explor
i ation, and can immortalize themselves
' by climbing and naming peaks which
have never been touched by the foot
of man.
The climate in summer is ideal,
warm by day and cool by night, wi‘h
little rain. The mosquotoes, which are
the plague of the country, rarely mo
lest the boats. The beauty of the
Arctic sunsets and sunrises, with an
interval of scarce an hour between the
afterglow and the dawn, the clear
ness of the twilights, the northern
lights, amply make up for all the dis
comforts of the journey. The men and
women who are met upon the river
are a sort which can nowhere else be
found.
The Ascetic Gold Digger.
■A—nfmHPiMBatltans are a sturdy race.
None of the weaklings have survived,
intemperance among them is rare. In
this they show a striking contract to
the canners of clams and salmon, on
the coast especially, such of those as
have left Washington and Oregon
since those states became dry. (Mosl
of them are celibates, who in the long
winters spent in the log cabins in the
woods practice a monastic chastity.)
The lust for gold has quenched ever)
other passion. Winter after winter
for more than fifteen years, many o:
them have gone alone or with a single
partner into the wilderness to searcl
for mines, and returned every sprinf
with gold insufficient to equal wha
they had paid out for tools, dynamite
and provisions. But they still con
tinued, in the hope that some da;
they may strike a fortune; undeterree
by the fact that comrades, who have
died were buried in paupers' graves
After careful inquiry I could find no
a single case where a prospector hai
returned with a fortune, or even i
competency, as the result of his dls
covery.
All the gold was carried away b
shopkeepers, gamblers and middle
men. At one time miners had no cut
rency, but paid for all purchases i:
gold dust. As an agent of one of th
trading companies naively said, he a
ways tried to be honest in the hand
ling of the scales, but it was lmpoi
aible that they should be even, an
his duty to himself required that an
doubts be resolved in favor of his en
ployers. Such profits as he made i
that way were entered in his genera
ammounts, but the agent of anothe
company in Nome kept a separate a<
count of such profits and it amounte
to more than $85,000 in a single yea
Culture Among the Miners.
The need of occupation during th
long winter evenings has made thei
great readers of books, usually of
serious character. They are good ge
-loglsts and—weH—voread—In ofhi
branches of natural science. The
favorite periodical is the Literary I
gest I saw in the interior of the te
ritory no copy of a story paper or
Police Gazette. Upon the bar of
saloon at the junction of the Bonan
and Eldorado creeks, a few mil
above where the Klondike recelv
their waters, I found a copy of Chai
bers' encylcopedia, used by the ml
ers to settle disputes that arose und
their potations. Their English. t<
is unusually pure. Slang 1b almost i
known, but the necessities of a noi
situation have of course led them
adopt news words, unknown in t
eaBt, although some are used el
where on the Pacific coast. A "so
dough" is an old Alaskan; a poke,
old English word; a “cheechako”
a newcomer; a "Slwash” is an Indii
This word Is a corruption of I
French sauvage. To “mush" is
travel on foot. This is derived fr
the French verb marcher. An ob
lent dog. when told to mueh, wtll
leave the premises. (The dogs are
magnificent Their stock is continu
ally strengthened by tying the sluts
in the woods where they can be
reached by the wolves, although pre
cautions have to be taken to avoid
the jealousy of the she wolves, who
will kill them if they have an oppor
tunity. The litter Is watched when
old enough to drink water. Those
who lap with their tongues are pre
served, but the pups who drink like
a horse or wolf are destroyed, ns too
wild for use on the sleds.)
An Old Maidlets Country.
The white women are less numerous
than the men. They are smaller and
more wiry. Since most of them live
a distance of several days from a
physician and physically they are in
ferior to the squaws, they usually
practice race suicide. But they make
devoted wives. Many who at their
fathers’ homes, were accustomed to
he waited upon, In steam heated apart
ments, live here cheerfully, in log
cabins, cooking, washing and making
fires, without servants. They are re
warded by devotion and admiration.
Old maids are unknown in Alaska.
Most women have two or even three
husbands, and a line waiting for any
vacancy that may occur. In one re
spect, they have reached an advanced
stage of civilization. A woman who
has sinned in the past, if her life is
now respectable, is respected by the
others.
There is a fascination about the
Alaskan life, which, despite its pri
vations, makes men loth to leave and
eager to return. There Is no fear
of starvation nor even of destitution.
The rivers and woods supply salmon
and the venison and moose and cari
bou sufficient to meet the wants of
all. A hole in the ground makes a
refrigerator which will keep meal
fresh throughout the hottest summers,
without resource of pemmican. And,
if a white man Is too lazy to hunt or
fish for himself, he can always ob
tain a living from a squaw and a fish
wheel.
Canned Food Epicures.
But the experience of the old camp
life has given them an abnormal taste
for canned food. They prefer smoked
fish to what is fresh. They insist
that fresh milk is inferior to con
densed. When by chance they are
served a fresh egg, they criticise it for
its lack of flavor, to which those for
mer days have accustomed them. The
feeling of comradeship is strong
among the pioneers. Those who die
without a cent are buried by the sur
vivors. Any one of them who is hard
up can always obtain credit at the
shops and restaurants and public opin
ion is so strong and severe that there
is no doubt of his paying his debts
when he is able. Hospitality, as I
myself experienced it, at Kampart, is
extended to strangers as freely as in
Asia. The spirit of democracy is
stronger than I have seen it else
where. No man has a "master” or
"boss.” The man who pays him his
wages he calls his ’’partner.” When
employed he does what he considers
to be a fair day’s work, regardless of
the opinion upon that subject of the
man who pays him, and no orders,
threats or cajolements can induce him
to do more.
A waiter, at the leading restaurant
in the city, said in the middle of my
supper, “Another gentleman will give
; you the rest. I’m going to the con
cert.” A man who had had both ex
parlances told me that ho would rath
er be broke In Alaska than have $30,
000 In the United States. The life
is free, the people interesting and the
country beautiful. As soon as suit
able mean* of transportation exist,
the country should be more crowded
with visitors than was Switzerland
before the war, and must nlso enjoy
business prosperity.
pm ices In
up
(By Associated Press)
DELHI. India, Feb. 8. — This an
cient city, which for centuries has
played such an important part In the
annals of India, has again been the
scene of a history making event.
Forty powerful Indian princes and
chiefs, rulers over great territories
and representing untold wealth and
influence, have been meeting here in
conference, at the Invitation of the
viceroy, to consider questions of gen
eral importance to their states and
people, and to render advice requested
by the British government on certain
matters. Thus a notable precedent
has been established, for while two
small conferences have been held
previously for the discussion of prob
lems relating to the higher colleges
for the education of chief's sons,
never before have general subjects
effecting the native states as a whole
come up for debate.
Both princes and British officials,
with many of whom a correspondent
of the Associated Press had talked,
attach great significance to this con
ference, which bids fair to become
a fixed annual event. Heretofore the
princes have maintained that their
sovereign dignity precluded their dis
cussing the affairs of their stales with
other rulers.
One possibility that is being widely
discussed, although with considerable
reserve at the moment, is that these
annual conferences may ultimately
develop into a council which will
have a voice in the government of the
empire as a whole. Just a hint of this
was contained in the address of wel
come delivered by the viceroy at the
opening of the sessions.
"It may be said," said Lord Chelms
ford, "that in time to come a constitu
tional assemblage may grow out of
these conferences which will take its
place in the government of this em
pire, but for the moment I would say
to you to content yourselves with the
prosaic but useful task of advising thu
government of India on certain speci
fic matters.”
Great weight also is attached to the
fact that so many of the rulers should
meet at the invitation of the viceroy
at this crucial time in the history of
the world war. Their mere presence
in the capital city is interpreted as a
tribute of loyalty to England, and in
addition to this an unqualified state
ment of adherence to the throne was
made in the name of the conference
by the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda
during his answer to the closing
speech of the viceroy. In concluding
his address the Maharaja turned to
ward the representative of the crown
and said:
"Further, we desire, with sincere
emphasis, that your excellency will
convey to his most gracious majesty,
the klng-emperor, warm assurances
of our unswerving loyalty to his aug
ust person and to the throne.”
This Is said to he the direct contra
diction of statements which have been
widely published that the ruling
princes of India wore Impatient of the
bonds that bound them to the Brit
ish empire. Numerous princes with
whom the correspondent talked char
acterized such reports as unqualified
ly false. J. It. Wood, political secre
tary for the g( vernment of India,
whose office de ils with questions re
lating to the n.,tive states, said: "If
any contradiction of such libels were
needed it might he found In this con
ference, for I fall to see how anyone
could have misgivings regarding the
loyalty of the princes and their devo
tion to the king-emperor after seeing
this gathering.”
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POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.
Joseph Gibbs, of Leicester, Mass,,
is still doing police duty, although 88
years old. This is his forty-seventh
year on the force.
The women of Kansas are planning
to take a more active part than ever
in politics during the present session
of the state legislature, because of
the large number of bills they deslie
to have put on the staute books.
Petrograd is one of the few Euro
pean capitals which has never been
besieged or captured by the enemy
forces. May 27, 1703, Peter the Great
founded the city by building himself
a small wooded hut. In 1710 Count
Golovkin built the first brick house,
and In the following year the emper
or laid the foundation of a house of
the same material for his own home
and transferred the seat of govern
ment from Moscow to the new capital.
A community dining table has been
established at Rushville, Ind., and is
proving a great success, from all re
ports. Wives and children of needy
w age earners of the city are given one
meal a day at the table, which is main
tained by donations.
Those who are on the ground state
upon the best authority that trouble
is brewing in the senate between the
standpat Republican and the Progres
sive Republicans. It is charged by
the Progressives that the stronger
faction is trying to browbeat then
into line with their standpat program.
Senators Borah, LaFollette, Kenyon,
Norris, Clapp and Cummins are said
to be among the “in bads."
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Denny Brice arrived In Seward io
cently after a trip of 1,000 miles over
land from the Kuskokwim. lie
brought with him $8,000 in dust taken
from his claims on Bear creek, near
Bethel.
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Dated January 27, 1917.
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