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Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells, Electric
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Steam Heated Centrally Located.
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Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS, WATER, PHONES
AND POWER
25 and 40 Watt Lamps.35c.
60 Watt Lamps.50c.
100 Watt Lamps.75c
250 Watt Lamps. $2.00
200 Watt, Gas Filled Lamps.$3.00
Office: FIRST STREET.
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-- INSIST (>N= :
Rainier Pale
DOC RACING IS I
WINTER SPORT
NOME. Alaska. April 25. - The 41
mile All-Alaska Sweepstakes clog tent:
race, the climax of the winter's spor
events In the north, each year bring
out the best of the racing dogs i:
Alaska, which are said by experts t
be the best in the world.
The start and finish of the race i
at Nome, and the course extends aloni
the shore of Norton Sound to Solo
mon, thirty-two miles east, and the
turn north over the snow covered
tundra, through Council to Candle, o
Kotzebue Sound, 2Uti miles from th
starting point. At Candle the team
turn back, retracing their steps to th
finish at Nome.
Although much depends on the care
ful selection and training of the dog>
an equal responsibility devolves upoi
the driver, and the winner of the rac
is hailed as the most skillful handle
of dogs in Alaska.
Although two of the most famou
drivers. Johnson, holder of the recori
of 74 hours 14 minutes 20 seconds, am
A. A. "Scotty" Allan, part owner o
the Allan-Oarling team, which woi
in 1911 and 1912. and always has beei
a close contender for first honors, twi
sweeptakes winners were among th<
entries. They are the IJOwen-Delzeiu
team, driven by Fay Oelzene, whirl
won in 1913 in 75 hours 18 minutes
and Leonard Seppala, who drove hi:
sixteen Siberian wolf dogs to victor;
last year in 81 hours 5 minutes. Tw<
other drivers who have had experienci
in sweepstakes racing. Imt have no
yet been accredited with victory, an
Percy Hlatchford, driving the dog:
from tlie Downing-Blatchford kennel
and Paul Kjegstad, piloting a team o
highly trained bird dogs.
There is no limit to the number o
dogs a driver can place In his team
bin the rules of the Nome Kennel Clnl
require that every dog taken out nine
be brought safely back, either rldln(
on the sled or working in the harness
This rule is to prevent drivers fron
abandoning disabled dogs on the trail
or leaving them at the reporting sta
tlons through which the racers pass.
Consequently, the drivers husbam
the strength of their dogs carefully
permitting them to rest frequently a
points along the trail, and often car
rying two or three tired dogs on thi
sleds, until they have regained thei
strength and are able to take thei
places in the harness. Usually fron
eight to twelve dogs are taken out
although in some Instances driver
have taken as many as eighteen.
In previous years the race alway
has developed into a contest hetweei
the Siberian wolf dogs and the Alaski
bred malamutes. Both breeds havi
ardent supporters, but the champions
of the Siberian wolves lay at ret-* upon
the fact that Johnson's record w: a es
tablished with a team of SlbctMtia.
Many experts consider the Siberian
wolves the greatest racing dog ju the
world. They are a cross between the
husky, (he Alaska working dog, god
the Siberian wolf. Breeders of this
stock make annual trips to the Siber
ian coast to obtain material for their
kennels.
■ Although the Siberian wolf dog
1 lacks the spied of the malamute, in
' short distance racing he has the en
durance of his wild progenitor coupled
' with the faithful intelligence of the
’ Alaskan dog.
The remarkable endurance of the
' Siberians was demonstrated in 1914.
' when Johnson drove the last 107 miles
of the rage without stopping to feed
1 his dogs.
The superior quality of the dogs de- '■
1 veloped in the Nome racing kennels
lias been given world recognition twice
5 in recent >ears. When Vithjalmur
Stefansson, the Canadian Arctic ex
plorer outfitted for his expedition in
1913 he obtained all his dogs at Nome,
• purchasing forty-eight of the best
’ dogs In tlie kennels. Cast year the
French government bought 106 dogs
r here for use by the army in the Vos
ges. The French government's pur
’ chase prevented “Scotty” Allan from
I participating in this year's race. Al
' Ian was commissioned to select the
N dogs and accompanied them to France,
‘ returning to the United States too late
II to reach Nome in time for the 191J
’ sweepstakes.
The winners of tlie races since 1910,
when Johnson established the record
1 for the course, follow:
■ Tim'-.
‘ | 1910—Johnson. Siberian .... 74:14:10
11911 Allan, Malamutes .. . .81:40:0i)
'i 1912 Allan. Malamutes . ..87:32:00
11913 Del/.ene, Malamutes ..75:18:00
1914---Johoson. (Siberian .. ..81:03:00
j 1915—Seppala, Siberian .78:44:37
1 1916—Seppala, Siberian .80:27:00
Because of the targe number of good
dogs taken to Europe, much interest
: centered this year on the time to be
I made in the race.
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DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
Office Hours—10 a. m. to 12 noon.
Railroad Hospital; 2 to 5 p. m., Adams
Building. Room 6.
Phones—Residence. 115; Hospital,
46; Office. 132.
For Rout—Two housekeeping rooms
in the Kendrick building, on Front
street. Apply J. V. Carter. Rhone 171.
EVERYTHING BOUGHT
AND SOLD
v°r "n>thing you can’t find in
town, go to J. Rawson's Second
Hand Store and see what he has
got. We carry new and second
hand goods of all kinds, clothing
and kitchen ware.
We have an experienced man
w ho does all kinds of repair work.
Give us a call.
JOHN RAWSON,
First Street.
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