Watchmaker’s Wife Gets
Fortune From Father
Who Never Saw Her
Following is a real story that pul
sates with adventure and romance;
a tale of a human struggle lor gold;
an account of a girl’s yearning for a
panml whom even hatred, instilled
into her irom childhood, never could
drive from her heart.—Ed.
LANSING, Mich., April 2.—A for
tune amassed by her father, who
left home before she was born to
join the gold rush to the Klondike
in 1 v9s and never returned home, will
soon bo turned over to Varian May
Canly. wife of a watchmaker in a
Lansing jewelry store.
Rack in 1S9S. Charles Hmining
was a prosperous businessman in
Marquette, Mich. He read the stories
of the fortunes being made along the
Yukon and in other places in Alas
ka. So lu* decided to go. He dis
posed -of his business at a sacrifice,
certain In* should find much greater
wealth in the North than in Mar-j
qette, organized a company to “go
prospecting." and left his wife ill
Marquette.
Mrs. Hirdning didn’t like the idea
of her husband sacrificing His busi
ness a: 1 their only immediate means
of livelihood, so site appealed to the
courts and was given a divorce. A
few months after her husband de
parted for Alaska a daughter was
born to Mrs. Hirdning. She was
named Varian May.
Find Gold In Siberia.
Through the years \ anan May
was taught to hate her father.
An uncle who had been a member
of the Hirdning expedition returned
to Michigan. Varian May was big
enough to ask questions and he an
swered them.
The expedition had found no gold
and had “gone broke" in the search
for it. It members returned—all
but Charles Hirdning, who had noth
ing 10 return to since his wife had
got her divorce. He had, however,
joined himself to two other men, who
were headed across the flozen straits
into Siberia, where they had heard
there was much gold.
Varian May’s uncle told her her
ather probably would be in Dawson
City when he returned from Siberia,
so she wrote to him there, enclosing
a photograph of herself.
Time passed and Varian May had
entered Oliver College. One day came
a letter from her father. And the
Pile it told thrilled the heart of a
young co-ed! Her father had gone
*o Siberia with his two companions..
They had found gold in plenty. But
• hey hadn* t got back across the
Tails.
With Heds piled high with gold
and provisions they started for Aals
ka again. Things went well until
th< y ran into an Arctic blizzard.
They were hopelessly lost, but kept
beating their way on as long as they
ild. 'Hkii their provisions began
to run low. When food was exhaust
ed the men ripped the soles from
their shoes and boiled them, getting
what nourishment they could from
the broth thus made. Then they be
gan to kill and eat their dogs.
Hirdning Only Survivor.
When the dogs were all but deci
mated a council of war was held. The
men were rational being and they
realized that unless something were
done there was a possibility they
might, in desperation, kill and eat
each other. So they decided to sep
arate.
Dividing the gold and the remain
ing dog flesh among them, the>
bade each other farewell and set ou'
in opposite directions, hoping al
would work their way back to civili
zation; fearing none would.
Of those three Charles Hirdnin*
won back. The direction allotted t(
him was the one leading into Al
a ska.
These things , were told to th<
Olivet college co-ed and her fathe
promised to visit her in Michigai
"very soon.” Other letters wer<
written, but the father was too bus;
with his new interests—lumbering
to. break away just then.
Then, a little more, than a yea
ago, came a letter saying the fathe
was going on a long journey am
wouldn’t be able to write to Variar
But there was no news, so Mrs. Cai
dy wrote to Cordova, the last addres
of her father.
“Long Journey” Explained.
After a long delay there was
letter in strange writing. In the
envelop was a clipping from a Se
attle newspaper, telling of the death
in a hotel there of Charles Hirdning.
It also contained the information
that he was on his waj east to visit
his daughter. Thus was the mys
terious journey explained. He had
wanted to surprise Varian when he
visited her.
Executors of the estate in Alaska
have assured the • relatives that it
amounts to “millions,”' but most of
i
it is in timber lands along the same
valleys where Mr. Hirdning, had
searched in vain for gold. As soon
as the legal technicalities are cleared
up and the estate is converted into
cash it will be sent to Mrs. Cardy.
Page School Promised j
Support for First Year
NEW YORK, Apr. 1.—Edward W.
Bok, Philadelphia editor and philan
thropist, has offered to pay the first
year’s expense, estimated at $50,000,
of operating the proposed Walter
Hines Page School of International
Relations at Johns Hopkins Univer
sity, Baltimore. The announcement
was made today by Owen D. Young,
president of the board of trustees.
Meanwhile a nation-wide campaign
will be conducted in an effort to
raise an endowment fund for the
school.
Because of the Bok guarantee, rep
resentatives of the school said it
will be ready to open for the next
school year. The proposed budget
of $50,000 can be used almost en
tirely for the maintenance of pro
fessorships, scholarships, library,
etc. None of the $1,000,000 fund,
which it is hoped to raise, is need
ed for buildings at the outset.
Mr. Bok, in a recent comment on
the Page School said: “Any institu
tion which means the development
of the international mind in the Uni
ted States will not only be a need
ful addition to our national life, but
an imperative one. Our wise poli- j
cies of the future, whether domes- j
tic or foreign, will depend upon an j
intelligent knowledge of the finan-:
cial, economic and spiritual condi- j
tion of the people of the world. We I
must recognize that our isolation j
i from other nations is over.”
Airplanes Carry Gold
LONDON, April 1.—Two and a
quarter tons of gold were carried by
; two airplanes from London to Paris
| recently. This method of transport
was chosen for its speed, and to les
son the risk of pilferage. The bul
lion was carried in special metal
bound cases and was guarded from
the time it left the banks here until
its arrival in Switzerland, its event
ual destination.
Road Mopes Ordered
Off London Streets
LONDON, Apr. 1.—Slow moving
taxicabs are to bo barred from cer
tain thoroughfares of the capital.
There are so many public vehicles
here with careful drivers, or mech
anisms so well worn that they can
not keep pace with the modern car,
that the matter has been called to
the attention of Sir Henry Maybury
as chief of London’s traffic commit
tee. The “snail” taxis are all right
tor some of the oldest London inhabi
tants, contend the committee mem
bers, but they must keep out of
the way of the fast, up-to-date cars
or else be arrested for holding up
the traffic.
Cruising cars on the lookout for
fares, also are to be restricted and
orders to speed up.
Miss Reitha Grayson made a score
of 99.5 in a health content, winning
the honor of being queen of the
health carnival recently held at Me
ridian, Miss.
By the use of electricity on sheep
an increased growth of wool and
twice the usual number of lambs
are declared to have been produced
on a California ranch.
FRATERNAL ORDERS
SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. & A. M.
A Stated communications first
'^nfand third Wednesdays of each
/\r\ month; visiting brethren wel
come, J. P. Hannon, W. M.; Harold
Painter, Secretary.
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
8:00 p. m. in Odd Fellows’
Hall, next to the postoffice. Visiting
brothers welcome. Fred Martineides,
N. G.; Chas. Lecliner, Secretary.
IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
day nights in Odd Fellows’ Hall; John
Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou
gall, Secretary. _
SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
Meeets the second and
fourth Mondays of each
month in Odd Fellows’
Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
come; Goldie Blue W. M.
Viola T. Swetmann, Secretary.
Mrs.
SEWARD REBEKAH LOGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets the first and
third Mondays of
each month in Odd
Fellows Hall at 8:00
p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always wel
come. Mrs. John
Rosness, N. G.
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S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from
Seattle
.March 24
S.
April
Arrives South from
Seward Seward
March 31 April 7
S. ADMIRAL EVANS
April 14 April 20
S. S. ADMIRAL PEARY
April 27—With freight and explosives.
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res.. Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
^admiral line
iH.F ALEXANDER. PRESIDEI
STEAMSHIP STARR
NEXT SAILING OF STR. STARR WEST, APRIL 5
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON iSt.
SEWARD, ALASKA
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San Francisco Buildings Rest
on Grave of Argonaut Ships
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Apr. 1.—
At one time San Francisco Bay cov
ered a considerable portion of what l
now is the lower Market Street sec
tion of the city, containing many
large office buildings. Excavators for
This region rests on “stilts.” The
the skeletons of old ships, abandon
ed by the Argonauts in their rush
for gold in 1849.
This region rest on “stilts.” The
city’s first subway, one for vehicles
only, has been under construction
for 18 months, in front of the Fer
ry building, and is nearing comple
tion. It presented great engineering
difficulties because, built through
this made land, it welcomed the wa
ters of the bay' in disconcerting
quantities. Persistent pumping was
required to keep the whole proj
ect from being flooded.
Brunswick Radiolas, tne Radiola de
Luxe at the Alaska Shop. tf
Ladles’ ana Gents' Alfalfa Harvest
ing—O. K. Barber Shop. tf.
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
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Let Morrison Fix it for you
Next to Crawford’s Shop
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets All Boats and Trains
0. K. BARBER SHOP
Clean, Santiary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Prces
Keep Us Busy.
Thomas Jasper, Propr.
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FRESH MILK AND
CREAM
Also fresh Lettuce, from
our hothouse, delivered
daily by order.
Our Motto:
“The Best”
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F, B. MOORE
Gore Bidg. Adams 145
WALL PAPER PAPER-HANG
ING, and PAINTING
TINTING
Gas Launch
KENA1
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KEN A! FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
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COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
Yukon
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
ALASKA
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
March 2S
April 4th
April 11
April 18
April 25
May 2
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
April 4
April 11th.
April 18
April 25
May 2
May 9
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
April 4
April 11th.
April 18.
April 25
May 2
May 9
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Steamers in above schedule leave Seward every Saturday midnight.
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
PHONE MAIN 125 SEWARD, ALASKA
AN EMPIRE BUILDER
As all railroads in years gone- by have been the greatest
contributing factors in development of the regions through
which they passed, so also is THE ALASKA RAILROAD each
day accomplishing much towards the building of an empire.
In place of the old, tremendously expensive and inconve
nient methods of transporting supplies of whatever character
over rough trails from the coast, there is now a modern rail
road that carries supplies and equipment in greater quantities
to and from the Interior, and along the way, in much less
time and at far less expense than was formerly required.
This great steel highway offering regular twice weekly
freight and passenger service between Seward, Anchorage
and Fairbanks; and tri-weekly mixed service over the
Chickaloon and Chatanika branches, is at your service. For
further information write
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
McKinley park route
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sale at all ticket offices
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