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Once more the famous little power
schooner Bender Bros, of Seattle is to
defy the perils of the Arctic ocean,
voyaging first to Point Barrow and
thence 450 miles eastward to remote
Herschel Island. Sheathed in iron bark,
she will sail July 1.
If all goes well, the little vessel,
veteran wayfarer of the North Pacific,
Bering Sea and the Arctic wastes, will
arrive home in October.
But to be on the safe side she will
carry two years' provisions for officers
and crew.
On the run to Point Barrow, the
vessel will meet Stefansson, the ex
plorer. bound out from the Arctic in
the power schooner Polar Bear.
The Bender Bros, was chartered for
the Arctic voyage, from the Kusko
kwim Fishing and Trasportation Com
pany of Seattle by the Hudson’s Bay
Company. She will carry the United
States mails to Point Barrow but
otherwise will have only Hudson's Bay
'Company cargo—200 deadweight tons
of groceries, coal, matches, coal oil, ex^
plosives and other general merchan
dise, the freight including nearly
everything in that line. She will load
in Vancouver.
Dates Back to 1670
The Hudson’s Bay Company was in
corporated in 1670, and the contract
reads that the charter is made by “The
governor and the company of adven
turers of England, commonly known
as the Hudson's Bay Company," a
? hrase that gives a touch of pictur*
esque historic coloring to the contract.
From all indications, the Bender
Brothers is the only vessel to enter the
Arctic this year that will venture to1
the eastward wastes. From Seattle
to Herschel Island via Nome and Point
Barrow the distance is 3,700 miles. I
Consequently the stout little ship will
travel a total of 7,400 miles on the
round voyage. I
Traced on the chart, the voyage rep
resents an enormous horseshoe of ir
regular shape. The schooner will sail
westward to Unimak Pass, thence
northward to Nome and Bering Strait
and into the Arctic, where she w'ill
shape a curving northeasterly course
to Point Barrow, the most northerly,
land of the American continent.
Thence the voyage will take her on a
south-easterly course to Herschel Isl
#sd.
Shortest Way There
A crow flying overland from
Herschel island to Seattle would travel
cnly 1,700 miles, or 2,000 miles less
than the distance to be covered by |
the Bender Bros. In this case, how
ever, the longest way round is literal
ly the shortest way there.
Capt. Frank Whitlam, master of the
Kuskokwim Fishing & Transportation
Company’s power schooner Ruby, now
homeward bound from Peru, will com
mand the Bender Bros, on the Arctic
voyage. He is one of the younger Arc
tic navigators of Seattle, but has sailed
the icy polar waters many seasons. He
will win the distinction of being the
first man from the outside to shout
greetings to Stefansson this year. He
will have a lot of things to tell Stef
ansson and his hardy followers, includ- J
ing the war developments up to July 1.
The world famous explorer will be at
least seven or eight months behind the
times in the matter of war news when
he sights the masts of the Bender
Bros.
The cargo to be taken by the Bend
er Bros, into the Arctic is all destined
for discharge at the Hudson’s Bay
Company’s Herschel Island station, the
historic corporation’s distributing
point for the eastward regions. The
station is situated in Pauline Cove.
Crucial Period of Voyage
If the Bender Bros, is unable to de
liver her cargo this year on account of
the ice, she will deliver it in the sum
mer of 1919, but there is little chance
of such a contingency developing. The
crucial period of the voyage will come
when she sails from the island on the
return voyage. She will hasten back
toward Bering Strait in the effort to
get out of the Arctic before the ice
closes in. She will bring shipments of
furs, calling at Teller for orders on
the way to Nome.
The Bender Bros, is now at the West
Seattle plant of King & Winge for re
pairs, overhaul and special prepara
tions for the Arctic venture. She will
lie fitted with new knees and a new
keelson and her hull will be sheathed
in Iron bark, while the prow and bows
will be armored heavily in steel to aid
her in bucking the icefields. She will
hift from the plant in two or three
weeks, ready to meet the onslaughts
of the Arctic.
First, however, the Bender Bros, will
be sent by Captain Knaflieh on a voy
age to Ooodnews Bay and the Kuskok
wim, Bering Sea, sailing from Seattle
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April 25 with a full cargo of supplies,
‘'he will arrive home in Seattle the
latter part of June and after discharg
ing her return cargo will shift to Van
couver to begin her great voyage to
Herschel Island.
Nine Seasons in Arctic
The stout little schooner has spent
nine seasons in the Arctic. Last year
she went to Point Harrow, sailing
homeward from that place September
10. The voyage was made for the
Alaska bureau of education. Ten years
ago, Captain Knaflich, head of the
Kuskokwim Fishing & Transportation
Company, commanded the Bender
Bros, on one of her Arctic ventures.
Two years ago he went into the Arctic
as master of the Ruby, also owned by
his company, but this year he will con
tent himself with Bering Sea and the
Kuskokwim river.
Front Seattle to Nome is 2,500 miles.
Front Nome to Point Barrow the dis
tance is 750 miles and from Barrow
to Herschel Island. 450 miles.
The Kuskokwim Company’s power
schooner Ruby sailed a week ago
from Chancay. Peru, with a cargo of
cottonseed cake for San Francisco.
From San Francisco she will come to
Seattle to prepare for the 1918 season
in the Seattle-Kuskokwim River route.
Between the Peruvian voyage on the
Ruby and the Arctic voyage on the
Bender Bros., Captain Whitlman will
have no reason to complain of lack of
variety in climate this year.
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JUNEAU PUBLIC IMM
AT COMMAND OE EXILES
(By Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 21 (by mail)
—Gas boats and cannery lenders on
their weekly trips to Alaska mining
camps and canneries in this part of
Alaska always carry bundles of maga
zines, newspapers and other current
reading matter sent by the Juneau
Public library to the miners and can
nery employes.
"The men from these camps used to
visit the library when in Juneau and
many were the pitiful tales told of
the days and hours that dragged by
for those it; the camps without any
thing to read,” says Miss Margaret T>.
Green, librarian of the Juneau library,
in telling of the work.
"As a result the names ot' the camps
were taken and gas boa.* and can
nery tenders plying between Juneau
and points wrere asked to carrv pack
ages of reading matter to ‘hent. The
venture proved successful. AVe now
have over twenty places on our list ’
COAST LiOECis
PREPARING FOR SEASON
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 5.—
With the selection of Boyes Springs
for preliminary spring training of the
Oakland club of the Pacific coast
leagues. Manager, Del Howard is busi
ly engaged in making a selection of
the men he will take up there w ith him
on March 3.
Approximately 25 men will open the
practice season according to the pres
ent plans of Del Howard. Among the
youngsters are Mikey Shader, the bush
pitcher; Holt, a fly chaser; Hollings,
who got a trial with Nick Williams last
spring and who afterward joined a
team in the Shipbuilder’s league in
Seattle; Caladeria, a southpaw pitch
er; McFarland, another left hand
pitcher; Terry a youngster from down
Santa Clara way; Black, a catcher,
who played in the winter league at San
Francisco; Ralph Croll, of Alameda, an
infielder; Martinelli, an infielder;
Nelson, a first baseman from Tacoma,
and Rierfer, a pitcher and outfielder,
who had some experience on the Butte
club last year.
Preliminary practice will continue
until March 20, when the team will be
tried out against the Mare Island Ma
rines team and the Chicago Nationals
who will be doing their pre-season
work in California.
While Howard will have to nurd up
the receiving end of his battery he will
start with a formidable delivery staff.
The pitchers he now has on hand in
clude Bill Prough, Harry Krause,
“Speed" Martin, “Tiny” Goodbred, Ray
Kremer and Sammy Beer.
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Use less wheat and meat. Buy local
foods. Serve just enough. Use what
is left.
SIR GEORGE BUCHAftAN
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Sir George Buchanan has one *f the
most difficult posit;on» In the gVitlsh
diplomatic service, being the cnvay, t&>
Petrograd. He is a man of large mo*-'
Hence and great tact.
(By Associated Press')
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.,. March 5")—
The Naval Auxiliary of the'Red Cross
has asked experienced kniftiers to'de
vote their time exclusively ft* knitting
socks for the next sixty days it has
been found that the hand knitted socks
will outwear those made hy ’machines
Tt has become quite the thing for
men to knit and many of them have
become adept in the art. Convales
cents at the Letterman general hospi
tai at the Presidio have become en
thusiastic knitters and claim to have
discovered a method of "binning on’’
which is easier than the way the wo
men do it.
While knitting in public plaees such |
as on the ears and ferry-boats, in ho- ,
teT tobbies and theaters is confined
to the women, a number of e-fib men
are among those who have mastered
the handling of needles in theprivacy I
of their clubs. None, as yet.'ferS'Tfed'i
the hardihood to appear in public,’ al;
though it is claimed that a* a recent
lecture there were five who braved the
attention they attracted to themselves.
PACIFIC COAST BQWLEBS
TO COMPETE FOI1 PIES
(By Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, March 5.—Los An
geles has guaranteed the ■ entry of
twenty-five men teams in rhe Pa
cific Bowling Association’s annual
tournament to be held here March
11-16, inclusive, and at least fifteen
teams from other cities and towns
will be entered, according to the latest
reports received by B. D. Anderson of
San Jose, president of the association,
and J. E. Rawlings of Los Aangel'es,
acting secretary-treasurer.
Phoenix, Ariz., Portland, Ore., and
Salt Lake City, Utah, are expected to
have entries for the first time in sev
eral years. San Jose, Oakland, San
Francisco, Fresno, San Diego, Oxnard,
Sacramento and Stockton are other
cities which wrill have teams. Prize
money amounting to approximately $2,
000 will be distributed, based on an
pntry list of 40 teams.
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Banking Board under dates of J
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I increasing prosperity of :
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