STOWE AXES
(Continued from Patre One)
ternary, with few exceptions, are
found in frozen ground. Below
Tanana. Yukon River, remains are
found along sides of stuffing banks.
Evidences show large herds of su
per bison ranged in Alaska, during
the reindeer age or was contem
poraneous with the horse, mam
moth and mastadon. As yet. 1 have
not heard of horse remains being
found anywhere else, except below
Tanana. Yukon River.
A splendid specimen of the su
per bison was observed on tl*e Yu
kon. the upper skull and maxilla
with horns, in situ- To my regret
I was unable to secure this for the
Museum. It is possible that if the
owner could be approached in the
proper manner, it might be ob
tained. This frozen fauna is of in
tense interest, for its cultural val
ue, especially to the rising genera
tion.
FINE ART
The Aleutian lamps are as in
teresting gs Grecian urns or arti
facts . Ah, could they but only
speak, what tales could they un
fold—. In the days of old, when the
nights were cold, etc. One admir
able specimen was found on the
beautiful Island of Sanak. Those
were carved out of oval rocks found
on adjacent beaches, ,very often
laboriously. One old Aleutian native
from Akutan told me his grand
father made one many. many,
many snows ago, and took him all
one winter to make it. But it’s an
object of beauty that will last: for
so many, many, many coming
snows, perhaps forever.
As yet, no one has excelled in
explaining paintings better than
John Ruskin. Hence, I feel un
equal to this delicate task of de
scribing Russian Art Paintings, as
a consequence can only admire
those obtained on the Kuskokwim.
Yet, the art of life is to get the
credit of knowing more than one
has learned I defer to the greatest
artist, John Ruskin.
One of the first capitals of Al
aska, Sitka, was founded in 1804,
by Alexander Baranov. Sometime
between the years 1804 and 1861,
the manufacture of bronze bells
and wrought iron was begun. Af
Fraternal Orders
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Visiting members
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Secretary.
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O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
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a Stated communications
first and third Tuesdays
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brethern welcome. Elwyn Swet
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ter two years of assiduous endeav
or I’ve only been able to secure
one specimen of Russian wrought
iron axe and one bell, both excell
ent specimens. Whatever compo
sition of this wrought non and axe
was it resists corrosion probably >
on acount of the lack of carbon, j
silicon, phosporous and sulphur.
Those axes were hand forged at
Sitka and are much heavier than 1
those made nowadays, the
aperture for the handle being in
the form of a vector—specimen be
ing single-bitted and was said to !
have been found in the Illiamna I
region and brought to Cook Inlet.:
It is also said to have cost origin
ally 25 martin skins, in trade, about
75 years ago.
Lest we forget, with all due re
spects to Francis Mahony, let me
remind you of those:
RUSSIAN BELLS
And where ‘ere we wander,
No chimes sound grander,
Than those which sound on,
Our pleasant waters on
The Bering Sea.
Those mission bells of Alaska
and California were cast at Sitka
by the most skilled Russian Art
(Ploase turn to P-'-' 'Tn'ree')
A splendid opportunity to hava
eyes examined- Dr. J. W. Edmunds,
eye specialist, will be at the Van
Gilder Hotel from Oct. 31 to Nov. 7
A splendid opportunity to have
eyes examined. Dr. J. W. Edmunds,
-
eye specialist, will be at the Vas*
Gilder Hotel from Oct. 31 to Nov. 7
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