SOME DATA ON
COLD WEATHER
Lars Westenvik, a Fairbanks mining
man, has been in Alaska since 1898.
During that time he has always been
interested in the weather, and has
kept accurate accounts of weather
conditions as he found them in the
north. He has also taken occasion
to pick up, in his spare moments, his
torical data concerning cold weather.
This idea he has compiled into an ar
ticle, although not nearly all of the
data he has collected is Included. The
article is as follows:
With the memory of the hard win
ter of a year ago still fresh in our
minds and the reading of the thermo
meter an ever ready topic at the pre
sent time, the following historical
data is of some interest to the readers
of this paper.
In the year 220 A. D. there were
five mbnths of cold weather without
a thaw in England. In the year 250
A. D. the River Thames was frozen
over for nine weeks, and again in 291
A. D. all the rivers in England were
frozen over for a period of six weeks.
In 259 A. D. fourteen days of extreme
cold froze many of the locos and
firths in Scotland.
In the year 401 the Rlack sea was
completely frozen over for 20 days.
In 443 there was six months of hard
winter In Germany. In 508 all the riv
ers in England were again frozen over,
this time for two months.
In the year 558 the River Danube
was frozen over from its source to
its mouth. In 678 the Rlack sea again
froze over, the ice geing several feet
Lthick. As one old chronicler says,
■be ice was thicker than a man's
Bight.
' bo strong that inns were built on it.
| In 717 the snow lay for three months
! on the hills and plains in Asia Minor.
In the year 821 the winter in nearly
all of Europe began on September 22
and lasted until April 12.
In 827 the British Isles were visited
by nine weeks of intense cold weather.
In 859 the ice on the Adriatic sea
was so strong that they crossed it
with horses.
In 908 all the rivers of England
were frozen over for two months, and
In 923 the Thames river was ice bound
lor 13 weeks.
■ In 987 the whole northern and mid
dle Europe was gripped in a frightful
II spell for 120 days, beginning on
ember 22. In the year 1035 all
grains and other crops were
:en on June 4 in Sweden,
l 1048 the Skagerak froze over
great bands of wolves crossed
r from Norway to Denmark. In
3 the River Thames was again
sen over for 13 weeks,
a the year 1068 the rivers in Ger
ay were frozen so solid that Henry
Eighth marched his armies on the
In 1070 the British Isles were
in visited by a severe winter, the
:1 spell lasting from November to
ril.
n 1294 the Skagerak was again
zen over from Norway to Jutland,
imark, many people driving across
h horses. In the winter of 1298
same conditions prevailed in the
Itic sea, many persons crossing
m Sweden to Russia by way of Jut
d.
n 1323 the ice was strong enough
the Baltic sea for travelers to go
m the Danish Isles to northern Ger
ny. The ice was so strong that
s were built on the ice for the ac
nmodation of travelers. In 1339
ny people froze to death in Eng
['he year 1399 saw the whole of the
rth sea frozen over. Travelers
issed from Denmark to Tomesen on
Ice.
tgain in 1407 the Baltic and the
•th seas were frozen over. In 1409
i Danube was again frozen ovei
m its headwaters to the mouth. In
13 the Baltic was again frozen over
1 in 1424 the whole North sea and
ltic again froze over,
n the year 1434 the British Islet
re again in the clutches of a fear
winter, putting a tight cover on th«
aines. The year 1464 was perhapi
3 most severe winter France hai
Bn seen. It is said that the brew
d wine froze on the table of thi
ike of Burgundy; in Paris and othei
lea milk and wine was sold ii
tzen chunks, and by weight lnsteai
by liquid measure.
In 1468 northern Germany sufferei
>m extremely cold weather durlni
b month of November. In the yea
03 the ice on the river Po in Ital
is strong enough for the papal arti
ry to travel on. In 1555 the Zuide
le in Holland was completely froze
er, and Bate for horse to cross.
So far as the countries around th
iltic sea were concerned, the winte
1573 must have been a record breal
, as it is said that the Thursday b<
re Whitsuntide people traveled fror
3val to Sweden with horses and sled
ross the Ice bound sea.
In 1696 the ice on the rivers Sein
id Rhone was strong enough for a
nds of traffic. In 1609 the city (
arsellles. France, suffered a famin
e harbor being frozen over and con
unication consequently shut off. I
21 the Adriatic sea was frozen ove
In 1636 the Baltic sea was agal
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Interests of Capital and Labor Are Common,
and They Should Be Partners
By JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER. Jr.. Capital*
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IT is regrettably true that there are capitalists who regard labor as their
legitimate prey, from whom they are justified in getting all they can
for as little as may be. It is also true that on the part of labor
there has been a growing feeling that it was justified in wresting every
thing possible from capital.
So these two great forces have come too often to think that their
interests are antagonistic and have worked against each other, each alone
seeking to promote its own selfish ends.
I cannot believe that the success of one must depend upon the fail
ure or lack of success of the other.
FAR FROM BEING ENEMIES, THESE TWO FORCES MUST NECES
SARILY BE PARTNERS.
Surely their interests are common interests. The permanent well
being of neither can be secured unless the other also is considered, nor
ran either attain the fullest possibilities of development WHICH LIE
BEFORE BOTH UNLESS THEY GO HAND IN HAND.
Only when the industrial problem is approached from the point of
view of a firm belief in this doctrine is there any hope of bringing about
closer relations, more healthful and mutually advantageous relations, be
tween these two forces.
completely frozen over, and people
crossed on the Ice. In 1639 Marsell
les was again Ice bound and the popu
lation suffered a famine, accompanied
by a great lack of fuel.
In 1658 the Swedish army under
command of Charles Tenth, crossed
the Little Belt on the Ice. In 1685
the Adriatic sea was again frozen
over.
In 1778 the Ice in the Thames was
again so strong that houses could be
built on it. So far as I can find out
history does not state if land rent
was collected for them, and if so, by
whom.
In 1812 all crops in Norway froze
from the coast to the interior, and on
June 21 people froze to death.
In 1814 the Thames closed again,
the city of London being completely
enveloped in a black fog, and all the
places of amusement closed.
In 1867 all grain and potatoes and
also other crops in Finland were com
pletely destroyed by a frost and a
severe famine ensued.—Citizen.
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PARIS REFUSE
PARIS, Feb. 20. — Sixty tall Kaby
les, mountaineers from eastern Al
geria, descendants from the hardy and
redoubtable race of Berbers, have
lent a useful hand to the solution of
the Paris street cleaning problem.
Garbage boxes that are now set
out of doors In some quarters as early
as 10 o’clock in the evening, to the
damage of a great many shins in dim
ly lighted streets, are encountered in
other quarters as late as 3 o’clock in
the afternoon, all on account of the
lack of help. Paris thus has been
enjoying seventeen hours of continu
ous contemplation of city refuse that
Is stirred, shaken and overturned in
the meantime for rags, paper and
bones. The Kabyles have done so well
toward remedying this situation that
300 more of them will be utilized in
the work.
GOSSIP CAUSES
PRIEST MUCH
LONDON, Feb. 20. — There was a
young Catholic priest from Brooklyn,
New York, who just wriggled Into
England between the inhospitable
claws the British lion has unsheathed
to protect the empire against unwel
come visitors. The Philadelphia
brought him to Liverpool from Flat
bush, and nearly took him back. For
Father William J. Fallon, well known
among the Catholic clergy of the east,
was almost convicted of being an
Irish rebel.
In the spontaneous arguments that
developed in the smoking room of a
transatlantic liner, the “little bit of
heaven” had a warm supporter in the
parson of the enthusiastic young
priest. Home rule for Ireland was
his theme, and he upheld it vigorously
before the florid Canadian lawyer.
One old gossip aboard, whose elbow
was worn crooked, and who. if he had
lived in London, would have been re
quired to wear a shade over his nose
at night under the defense of the
realm act, tipped oft Captain Candy
that he was harboring a Sinn Feiner.
When the alien officers came
aboard the story had grown, until
Father Fallon was loaded with dyna
mite and a bosom companion of the
late lamented Roger C. They had
him up on the carpet.
For over an hour the battle raged.
They searched his trunks, scattered
his papers, forced him into damaging
admissions, and got back always as
gcod as they gave. The climax came
when, to cinch their point, the offi
cers called in several witnesses. They
finally let him land.
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22, and also serve lunch from 11 a. m.,
all afternoon and evening, at the
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as a registered letter sent to Kenal,
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Finnegan received a legal instrument
from Emil Berg at Kenal, which was
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structions to rush an answer.
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in and broken a new trail over the
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At Its Regular Meeting Held Monday,
February 19, 1917.
Ira Lamoreaux, street labor ..$ 1.25
C. Gillespie, street labor .. .. 1.25
L. S. Smith, street labor .. .. 6.75
Tillman & Hawes, material for
fire department. 1,25
Alaska Transfer Co., hauling
hose sled to Fourth St. 1.00
Alaska Transfer Co., coal .... 40.00
Arctic Lumber Co., lumber for
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Cordova Power Co., lights, wa
ter, 7 telephones for Jan. .. 253.20
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