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lies close to the skin.
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through the
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau Alaska.
if you want to either hire or be
hired, let us hear from you.
Employers will please state nature
of positions vacant and
wages paid.
Those desiring positions will give
qualifications and nature of
work wanted.
E. J. WHITE,
Chief of Bureau.
By order of the Governor.
ON "WHEAHESS BAYS:
1ST NO FBIAQ CRACEEBS
EtSTKy OK EREAEEASr
FOODS CONTAINING
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NOW!
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UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
R. W. Calderhead, who had been
in N'enana for some days, returned
to Hot Springs on the steamer
Alaska.
Frank Whitely and Joe Heacock,
who were employed in checking up
the Commission affairs here, have
got through and left for Fairbanks
on the steamer Tanana today.
War is an ugly thing, but a Ger
man peace is uglier—Russian farm
ers are producing German food.
After Walking
out over the trail, you will
realize that you have been
going some.
If bound for the Outside your
roadhouse expenses, delays en
route and ocean fare will a
mount to more than the regular
fare by boat from Nenana. You
cannot carry your extra clothing
personal effects and blankets
over the trail. Do not discard
these things. They are worth
more money in Seattle than here
SECOND CLASS SPECIAL RATE
NENANA to SEATTLE $S0
NENANA to SKAGWAY $68
150 Lb*. Baggage Carried Free
Cut out the idea of walking.
You can ride all the way and
have all the comforts at less
cost
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FOR RENT—Upstairs residence
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ARCTIC EXPLORER
WILL RETURN 10
LAND OF ESKIMO
—
Explorer Stefansson Still Confident
of Finding White Eskimos
In Arctic Regions
__ !
All will remember that when
Vjaldmar Stefansson left Victoria
six years ago on the ill-fated Karluk
for the North, that he went under
the patronage of the Canadian gov
ernment, partly for the purpose of
geological exploration, but mainly
with the idea of finding the race
of white Eskimos that Stefansson
i
firmly believes are living somwhere
in the Arctic Circle. An interview
had with him at Fort Yukon re
cently by a tourist, brought from
; Stefansson the fact that although
! his last trip to the north did not
end successfully, he is still of the
.same opinion and intends going back
i sometime soon to make a final at
tempt to locate them. He bases
his argument of'their existence on
|the fact that all Eskimos and In
dians are of Mongolian stock; ori
ginally having migrated to this con
tinent thousands of years ago. Eth
I nologists now universally agree that
’ the Finns, who are white in color,
are nevertheless of the Mongolian
race, and Stefansson believes that
this white race of Eskimos will
prove to be of this Finnish stock
or somewhat similar, yet of Mongo
lian type. This idea, advanced by
the average person, would not be
considered by scientists; but Stef
ansson was for years a professor
of ethnology and archeaology at
Harvard, and for that reason his
hpyothesis in the matter carries
weight. It is not generally known,
but Stefansson was raised in Iowa,
afterward went to Harvard with the
intention of taking the Divinity
course, but gave this up when he
became interested in ethnology. His
exploring trips have always been
with the purpose of trying to add
to the scientific data already avail
able along these lines.
His last trip toward the Pole was
fraught with many misfortunes.
The Karluk, his supply boat, was
crushed in the ice; he lost many ol
his crew by sickness; was for a
long time considered dead himseli
by the outside world; but finally
was found ill with typhoid pneu
monia. Early' this spring a rescut
party brought him from Hersche
Island to Fort Yukon overland witl
a dog sleigh, a distance of nearli
six hundred miles. During this en
■ tire trip he was in such a weakenet
. condition that all food had to bi
, placed in his mouth, he not havin;
i the strength to place it there him
self. His temperature on the en
tire trip averaged 104, and hi
weighed only 123 pounds on his ar
rival. At the present time he tip:
the scales at 186, feels fit in ever;
respect and is leaving Fort Yukoi
this week for New \ork City, wheri
he opens a lecture tour under thi
auspices of the American Red Cros
on October 6, at Carnegie Hall
Following this tour for patriotic pur
poses, he intends to make a gen
eral lecture tour under the manage
ment of Lee Keedick, of the Ameri
can Geographical Society. Withii
two years he hopes to be again oi
his way north in a final attempt ti
prove to the world the theories h
has advanced.
When told by his interviewer tha
the government were contemplatinj
the use of caribou skins for cloth
ing for aviators, he offered som
valuable information along that line
During his entire trip this style o
i clothing has been worn by him ex
clusively. It should interest th
| average person Outside to knoe
that in the coldest ArctH wintei
i the total weight of Stefansson’
j wearing apparel was ten pounds
i composed entirely of caribou witl
the exception of his socks. He wor
| no under garments, but trousers o
(caribou with the fur inside, had i
jacket of the same material witl
j the fur inside and a caribou coa
with the fur outside. His mocca
1 sins and hat were of the same ma
terial, the only other material be- i
ing his socks, which were woolen.
The average person wears a total
of considerably more weight in
clothing than that and does neft get
near the same amount of protection
from it. He strongly advises that
the Government adopt this policy
and method of clothes for the avi
ators, both as a protection against
the extreme cold of the higher alti- .
tudes, but also on account of the
economy in weig'it whicn would
give the flyer more ireedom in
movement, etc. He explains, though,
that excellent care must be taxen
of this clothing to get proper re
sults, as dampness, and poor care
will soon ruin it.
The explorer was very interested
in the events taking place Outside,
and most of the time of the inter
view was taken up in his asking]
questions about the conditions “Over j
There.” He has not been in touch j
with daily papers or reports from
the Outside much for six years, and
was naturally much interested in
the trend of events.
He could not speak too highly of j
the treatment accorded him in the
t North, and was very strong in his
praise of the care he had received
at St. Stephen’s Hospital at Fort
Yukon.
He had intended originally to give
■ a letcure in both Nenana and Fair
banks before going Outside, but will
| be unable to now until after his
Red Cross tour.
!
WOMEN OF INDIANA
ADOPT NOVEL PLAN
INDIANAPOLIS. — As gleaners
' following the reapers, women are
gathering wheat from the fields of
Indiana, selling it to farmers at mar
ket prices and placing the money in
a fund to establish a vocational
school here for women and girls.
1 Mrs. Ethel C. Peters, of Indian
apolis is founder of the scheme which
has met with approval of farmers.
More than a hundred have volun
teered to follow the reapers with
sickles and knives and gather the
wasted grain from knolls, corners
and other spotts missed by the ma
chines.
Miss Doris Jacobsen was a pass
i enger on the Tanana bound for the
i
States. She transferred to the
'steamer Alaska at this port.
I
—
NOTICE
I _
The Nenana Commercial club will
meet at Ball & Thomas’ Barber
shop at 8:30 p. m., August 30th.
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BARGAIN NIGHT
TRIANGLE PLAYS PRESENTS
The Popular Screen Star DOROTHY GISH, Supported by An All
Star Cast, Including ATTA BOY, the Race Horse.
ATTA BOY'S LAST RACE
A STORY OF THE RACE TRACK—IN FIVE THRILLING ACTS
A Race That Is A Race—Jockeys Made It So, In ATTA BOY’S
LAST RACE-Everybody Loves a Snappy Racing Tale
: The Star of the Story is Atta Boy, a Real Race Horse, Begging
f the Pardon of Miss Dorothy Gish
Director Geo. Siegmann offered $25 to any jockey who would
i be.’t “Atta Boy” in the big race, and offered Atta Boy’s jockey
, « $50 for a win on the first take. “Atta Boy” won, and it was some
race* just half a head being the winner’s margin. If you are a
lover of horse racing, don’t fail to see this thrilling picture.
, Mr. E. L. Laughlin, one of the able Four-Minute Speakers,
l will address the audience tonight in regards to the war.
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