SPENT NIGHT ON
G ICIER WITH
INSANEWOMAN
Many Cordova people will remember
Miss Lillian D. Hill of Fairbanks, who
spent several days here recently while
waiting for the Seattle boat. Miss
Hill was matron in charge of an insane
patient whom she was escorting to the
sanatorium at Morningside. The Post
Jntelligencer gives the following ac
count of Miss Hill’s stirring adven
tures:
“Midnight, 32 belot^ zero, a 120
pound girl and a 180-pound insane
woman, alone on a glacier, both in
their ‘nighties,’ with only their winter
coats thrown over them, a quarter of
a mile from the only cabin within six
teen miles, was an unusual incident ex
perienced by Miss Lillian D. Hill of
Fairbanks, Alaska, who, starting from
her home in the Northland, landed her
demented patient safely at Morning
side sanitarium in Portland last week,
after having been on the road a few
days less than a month.
“ ‘It was some experience,’ says Miss
Hill, 'and while the story has its laugh
able viewpoint now, it was not a jok
ing matter that night on the glacier.
I didn’t dare leave the woman who
had escaped from the roadhouse, for if
I went back for assistance I was afraid
she might wander off into the cold,
misty midnight air and perish. For a
few minutes I didn’t know what to
do. If we stood still we both would
freeze to death and if we stayed out
we might die of exposure, for there
was no telling how long her whim
would keep my patient from refusing
to return. Finally I succeeded in in
ducing her to walk back and forth on
the glacier for three-qparters of an
hour, until she became exhausted and
was willing to return to the road
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Turns Face Northward
“Ten years ago, when little more
than a child, Miss Hill journeyed
North, unafraid to face the problems
of a pioneer country. She went to
the Interior, and until this winter
acted as secretary to a substantial
' business man of Fairbanks.
“When she was' about to start for
the ‘outside’ a woman of the Interior
lost her reason and was ordered com
mitted to the asylum at Portland. It
was necessary for the United States
marshal to secure the services of a
‘matron,’ and difficult though the un
dertaking would be for a much older
person, Miss Hill volunteered. The
marshal, who knew her, believed that,
though diminutive in stature, she was
sufficiently resourceful to handle the
most capricious of mentally deficient
patients, and engaged her for the
task.
Thrilling Experiences
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“Starting from Fairbanks, the trip
was one continual round of exciting
and interesting experiences. Without
an insane patient the trip of 400 miles
over the trail from the Interior is no
small task for a woman, but with the
added burden it became thrilling.
“It was at the Rapids roadhouse,
half way between .the Tanana valley,
of which Fairbanks is the center, and
the coast, that the patient decided to
wander out into the night. All the
other guests at the roadhouse were
asleep except Miss Hill, and as she
had to hurry after the woman, she
had no time to call for help. And it
was not until after they had returned
that the other occupants of the road
house were advised of her exciting
experience.
“ ‘A trip over the trail in Alaska is
full of comedy and tragedy,’ said
Miss Hill in reciting fyer experiences.
‘First we stopped at a roadhouse
where a poor woman, honest as the
day is long, slaves through the tire
some winters and tiresome summers
to support three children left on her
hands, her nearest neighbor being six
teen miles distant.
Wily Bachelor Hoata
“ ‘The next was conducted by a
couple of wily bachelors, keen, thrifty
and at times a little sharp in their
dealings. At a third we encountered a
proprietor who was grief-stricken be
cause he had been^ deserted by his
wife, rie kept me up half the night
telling me how much he had done for
her and of her ungrateful action. He
bragged of his ability as a provider,
and of the good home he had fur
nished for her.
" ‘I sympathized with him and told,
him I couldn’t see how any woman
could leave such a home. It was
twenty miles from the nearest neigh
bor, and a literal hovel. She must
have been an angel to have lived
there a week.
" ‘The next place was operated by a
man who pleaded guilty to being a
sport. His heart was big, though, and
he did all he could to make things
comfortable for us. Next in line was
the finest roadhouse north of “sixty
three.” We spent a day there, enjoy
ing a rare beverage in that part of the
country—fresh milk—and eating fresh
eggs, the best that could be found in
any market.
Continues Arduous Trip
“Slowly continuing our arduous
journey, we next came to a place
where the woman in charge was jeal
ous of the best roadhouse on the trail,
and did not hide her emotions.
“ ‘It was one continual round of
pleasure, I assure you. I am glad to
be in Seattle again and enjoy the first
ride on a street car in ten years; the
big buildings, the stores and every
thing, but taking it all into considera
tion, it has nothing on our great coun
try, which even now is calling me
back, after only a few days’ taste of
the Outside.’ ”
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TEACHERS MEET
AT SPOKANE IN
COMING MONTH
SPOKANE, March 24. — Prepara
for entertaining some 3,000 teachers
twenty-first annual convention of the
Inland Empire Teachers’ association
are being made by educational and
commercial interests of this city.
The convention which, according to
plans announced by James A. Burke
of this city, the secretary, will be in
reality thirty conventions in one-, is
to be held here on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, April 2, 3 and 4.
While the forenoon sessions each
day will consist of general meetings
at which nationally prominent edu
cators will discuss questions of vital
interest to the teaching profession in
general, during the afternoon the at
tending teachers will divide them
selves into twenty-nine sections, at
each of which questions having to do
with some particular department or
branch of educational work will be
taken up. Each of the twenty-nine sec
tions has its own set of officers, and
these will be chosen in the sectional
meetings. Exhibitions of manual
training work and physical education
drills may be a part of the program
of those sectional meetings.
ABide from men at the head of edu
cational institutions of the northwest
ern states, the principal speakers at
this yearns convention will be Dr.
Strayer, professior of educational ad
ministration in the teachers’ college,
Columbia University, president of the
National Educational association and
chairman of the commission of the
national emergency in education, and
Dr. J. R. Jewell, deal of the college of
education at the University of Arkan
sas. A prominent, place on the pro
gram also will be taken by Miss Sarah
E Richardson, assistant federal di
rector of vocational education, Wash
TA n
Dr. Stayer and Dr. Jewell are down
for three addresses each during the
convention, and with Miss Richardson
are expected to speak at the annual
banquet of the association, to be held
on the evening of the opening day,
which is to be followed by a dance
and reception given by the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce. A number of
past presidents of the organization
are also expected to talk on that oc
casion.
This year’s sessions will be pre
sided over by Miss Ethel E. Redfield,
state superintendent of instruction of
Idaho, the second woman to be elected
president of the association in the
twenty-one years of its history.
Among the prominent educators of
the northwest who will have places
on the program of the general ses
sions of the convention will be Presi
dent Kerr of the Oregon Agricultural
college; Dr. E. C. Holland, president
of Washington State college; Dr. Ed
ward C. Elliott, chancellor of the Uni
versity of Montana, and Dr. E. H.
Lindley, president of the University
of Idaho. .
The annual meeting of the Washing
ton State Music Teachers’ Associa
tion will be held In conjunction with
the teachers’ convention. In the past
the music teachers of the state have
held their session at a separate time
and place. Members of the Music
Teachers’ association will give a con
cert during the afternoon of Apm r,
for the benefit of members of the In
land Empire Teachers’ association.
On the afternoon of April 4, after the
close of the convention proper, Dr. J.
C. Freund of New York City will
make an address under the auspices
of the Music Teachers’ association.
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NEW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
THRIFT 8TAMP DIRECTOR
I Frederick WhUton, president of the
San Francisco Commercial club, sue
PACIFIC COAST I
LEAGUE OPENS
ON APRIL 8TH
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24—Base
ball in the Pacific Coast league is at
that transitory stage when everything
is indefinite as to the personnel of the
different clubs, as far as the status-of
new aspirants for positions lon the
teams are concerned. A lamb mascot
picked up by members of the San
Francisco squad in training at Santa
Clara, California, is receiving much
press notice as any of the aspiring
candidates. Not until the process of
sifting out has eliminated all except
those deserving serious attention will
it be possible to determine with any
degree of accuracy the probable make
up of the teams as they will line up
for the opening games of the season
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While there is considerable diverg
ence of opinion as to the probable
relative strength of the clubs when
they begin the season, it seems there
is unanimity of opinion that the 1919
season will be one 6f the best, from
all points of view, that has been ex
perienced by the Pacific coast. With
an eight-club circuit in which all Pa
cific coast states are represented, in
contradiction to the fact that all but
the Salt Lake City team of last sea
son were from California cities, it is
held that there will be a natural re
vival of interest fostered largely by
the sectional rivalry thus injected.
The decision made by President
Allen T. Baum to return to the double
system of umpiring has met with gen
eral approval. There are many fol
lowers of the game who hold the opin
ion that it is. beyond the capabilities
of any one man to call balls and
strikes and at the same time give due
attention to the decisions to be rend
ered in the case of base runners. Both
systems have been tried out in the
past and the double system has been
conceded the better. Scores of ap
plications for the umpiring jobs have
been received by Baum.
The various clubs are making up
pre-season schedules of games to be
played against such semi-professional,
professional and amateur teams avail
able that are likely to offer good prac
tice competition.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 24.—
Utah anglers who have been “running
over Into Wyoming during the fishing
season to seek the elusive trout will
be required to pay a license of $3
annually hereafter under the provi
sions of a bill recently passed by the
Wyoming legislature. Heretofore
non-residents have not been required
to pay a fishing license.
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MONTROSE, Col., March 24.—
Eleven schools will take part in the
Western Slope Athletic and Rhetorical
association meeting here May 22, 23
and 24. The schools are Grand Junc
tion, Montrose, Delta, Ouray, Gunni
son, Olathe, Hotchkiss, Nucla, Paonia,
Ridgway and Telluride. The first two
days will be devoted to declamations
and oratory and the last day will be
given over to athletics. W. Q, Hirons
of Grang Junction is president.
ceeds F. F. Schlesinger as Northern
California Thrift Stamp director, ac
cording to announcement by Governor
James K. Lynch of the Federal Re
serve bank.
F. D. Cloud has been appointed as
sistant to the director and Mrs. Ed
ward Dexter Knight will be chair
man of woman’s organizations for
Northern California. Headquarters
will be moved immediately from 38
Flood building to the Federal Reserve
Bank building, 315 Battery street.
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