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CHITINA, SATURDAY March 4 ’ll
LET US MINE
OUR OWN COAL
OVERCOMING THE ELEMENTS.
In both industrial and military en
terprises the forces of nature always
have been the hardest to overcome.
The greatest force that nature has at
her command is Winter. W’hat help
ed the Russians when Napoleon in
vaded their country, and what made
him turn back and retreat to France?
Not the forces of man, but the forces
of nature In the shape of the long
and hard Russian Winter, that show
ed him that he might out-general an
other man,, hut he could not out-gen
eral nature.
In industrial enterprises, especial
ly in railroad building, the forces of
nature have nearly always been con
sidered first, and a country with a
hard Winter and a. great snow fall
has always been the hardest to over
come. The lack of water in build
ing railroads across the deserts has
more or less been easily overcome,
and in places where there have been
large mineral deposits found and lit
tle or no water, man’s ingenuity has
usually overcome .that drawback, as
in Western Australia, where water
has been- piped over 300 miles to
the city of Coolgaidie, across, almost,
a trackless, desert.
When the Copper River & North
western railroad commenced to build
from Ctirdova through the Abercrom
bie canyon, the “wise acres” of the
country, who were of the pessimistic
turn of mind, said,.“Wait until they
go to bucking the snow in the can
yon, and they will find that they can
never keep the road open in the win
ter.’’
It is true that one of the trains
was snowed in for about three weeks
last winter, but on the other hand
the road was not in the condition
to contend with the snow and finally
the -bardy train crew broke through
th4 snow blockade and w-on a fight
^gainst nature, that is hard to com
pare to any' in the previous history
of railroading. ^
This present winter of 1910-’ll
Dame Nature has been playing some
ijueer pranks. The end of January
and the beginning of February the
“mercury” hovered some good many
degrees below the zero mark. Dame
Nature on her way down to Australia
with her "rain bags” under her arms,
suddenly decided that this section of
Alaska needed a rain and wind storm
worse than tne island continent, as
far as the previous history of this
section of Alaska is known, never
has there been such a storm as that
.that has been raging for the past two
weeks. For a rain storm to come
in the middle of February is not in
the annals of the past history of Chit
ina, the old-timers usually looked
for a rain or a thaw to come along
at the end of November or the be
ginning of December, but to rain in
February, unheard of.
When one considers the conditions
ill which railroading is done under
in Alaska, especially on the C. R. &
N. Wi Ry., the newness of the road
bed, which in parts is not up to
grade, and where for miles it is ex
posed to one of the most terrilic
winds that blows, and through a can
yon that has been feared for its snow
slides, even by the Indians of this
district. The train crews that light
the elements are like soldiers going
through a campaign, but unlike the
soldier, who destroys, they advance
civilization. These hardy fighters of
the elements on the C. R. & N. W.
Ry. deserve all the credit that is com
ing to them for putting up records
against dread winter, and one and
all should Join in with their hearty
applause and gratitude in keeping the
road open.
-XXX
Never judge a sausage by his over
coat or a cigar by the picture on the
box, or a man by his clothes. The
man that wears a pair of Levi Strauss
1394 pattern cut decolette may be
the editor of a paper, and the man
with new clothes and shoes may sim
ply be one of his delinquent subscrib
era.
-XXX
Now that women have votes in
Washington, what can the anxious
hubby say when she stays out late
at night attending club or lodge?
You had your day, give her a chance.
You voted to put her on an equal
footing with yourselves. Give her
a square deal and see how you like
it.
-XXX
Prominent Juneau citizens are or
ganizing a mutual fire insurance com
pany. The plan is a good one ana
it will be a pity if other towns of
the Northland do not follow the same
lead. If this plan had been carrlad
out years ago, thousands of dollars
might have been saved to the people
or the great lone Northland.
-XXX
Some great men, when asked the
secret of success, have answered one
way and some another way. When
the late P. T. Barnum was asked he
said: “The road to fortune Is
through the printer’s ink.” This,
when translated, means to advertise,
and then advertise some more. Now
don’t forget when you are writing to
our friends outside to advertise this
section of Alaska.
■-XXX
Some time ago the nigger republic
of Hayti received a sad blow, their
only gunboat blew up and killed ten
generals. It was not the death of
the generals, as they are as plentifu.
as fleas on a tropical dog’s back, but
the loss of their gun boat. The whole
of their navy gone in one flare up,
and no more money to build more
boats to salute their ever increasing
tock of “presidents.”
XXX
The old bunco game of a prison
er in a Spanish dungeon, sending let
ters out to people whose names he
reads in the cable news of a news
paper does not seem to be played
out yet—that is, the game of send
ing the letters. Judge Martin Con
v ay, of Spokane, received a letter
from a prisoner in an evil-smelling
Spanish prison, telling him that the
writer had $330,000 cached in the
United States and wanted help tc
get it, but the judge had heard ol
such things before and did not cabh
to the address stated in the letter.
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The Canadian railway commission
has at last awakened to the com
plaints made by the residents of the
Yukon territory and has ordered the
railroad company to at once reduce
its freight and passenger rates one
third. For years now the White
Pass Company has been dodging the
railroad commission. It was about
time the rates on the White Pass be
reduced. If the White Pass Com
pany would have only followed out
the policy of the C. R. & N. W. Ry.
and met the people half way by re
ducing the rates of their own accord
how much better it would have been,
for a railroad company and the resi
dents of the country it runs through
should be friends and follow the mot
to, "Live and let live.”
It is reported that a surgeon down
in Texas has discovered a new
booze cure. Of course an operation
is the cure and it makes the victim
quit buying drinks for himself. We
all know that it would require a sur
gical operation to make some people
buy drinks for others and quit hang
ing around for treats. It was up to
surgery to discover some new oper
ation with a long, formidable name
and also with a bill as formidable.
In the future the doctors may be
able to slash and carve the inside
of a man and get rid of the craving
for “hooch” that the other fellow
buys, but in the meantime a little
will power can do a whole lot in
the cutting out of the "bug Juice”
habit.
Of all decisions that have ever been
made by courts, kings or Judges, one
of the greatest was made by the late
President Krueger, of the late Trans
vaal Republic. An old farmer had
died, leaving his farm to his two
sons, and the sons wanted to divide
it but could not agree on the divis
ion, and so they carried their case
to their president. They both stated
their case to the president, and af
ter listening carefully, he ask’ed:
“Will you both abide by my decis
ion?” They agreed to this, and the
president, turning to the elder of the
two, said: “You being the first born
will have the dividing of the farm,
and you," turning to the other son,
‘being the younger, will have the
first choice.” Show us today how
many supreme court judges could
make a decision as fair as this in
so few a minutes as what this, old
Dutch farmer did.
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The Lost Cabin mine has again
turned up, and after being herded
out of Montana and other Western
states, it started for Alaska, finally
got stranded up against the Arctic
circle and was found by Casey Mo
ran, where he also discovered Noah’s
ark, that classic craft that carried
the largest load of live stock in the
world and defied the S. P. C. A. for
herding cats and dogs on the same
deck. But about the mine. The
story appears in the Iditarod Nug
get, and the editor’s understudy for
the Leader, who is writing this, read
it in the Alaskan Daily Record. This
time the mine has traveled down in
to the KuBkokwim region and was
discovered by one John Hansen. In
the Record there is a very touch
ing story about the cabin that would
bring tears to the eyes of a graven
image. To use the words of the Rec
ord: “In the cabin was an ancient
sack that had once boasted Pills
bury’s Best and one of Levi Strauss’
dress suits of the decollette pattern
affected in 1894.” It isn't the pants
or the sack that interests us, but the
mine. The writer of this once in
vested some of his hard earned cash
in a lost mine first heard of in Cali
fornia, and called the Peg-Leg. The
next time he heard of the mine it
was in western Australia and was
?alltd The Tommy Hawk. From
there it jumped to Montana and was
called the Lost Cabin. From there,!
when last heard of, it was headed
north, and it might be the same one
that Casey Moran found, or it might
not be. Exchanges, please comment.
-XXX
THE RAVEN.
Oh, the Raven's a bird with a past:
There’s no possible doubt about that.
He was there in the ark with old Noah,
And Elijah's commissariat.
He has come to us down through the
years
As a pattern of wisdom and guile,
With a touch of the witch in his make
up,
A suspicion of craft in his smile.
The Indians proclaim him a wizard,
With more power than the autocrat
kings.
Who governs, the sun in his courses
And changes to all sorts of things.
He’s found upon all of their totems,
As the head of a tribe or a clan.
While some of them claim him as fath
er,
And still worship the dusky old man.
There’s no doubt that he taught their
language—
They are surely derived from one
stock—
With their "hows’’ and their “khows”
and their “kliking,”
Their "icks” and their “klaks” and
their "klock."
His love notes perchance may be liquid,
But wait till you hear them in caucus
On some poor bedraggled delinquent
For sounds that are shameful and
rancous.
It’s Quare, how! how! karrak, up karlak,
Kraaak, Igloo, ulakaket, howak,
Khow! kroak, krarrk, klik-oo, alankaket,
Kluk, how kluk, gurroo, Quare Nusha
gak!
He cares not for wind or for weather,
He's at home with the sunshine or
snows;
He thrives where all others are starv
ing.
And needs but the one suit of clothes.
He Is wise to the look of a rifle.
To the uses of powder and shot,
He would not remain as a neighbor
For a duy, if he thought he was not.
Oh, he's wise as the wisest of serpents;
Is this wretched old preacher In
black:
He is steeped in the lore of the ancients.
And he knows that you cannot talk
back!
_It. H. STRETCH.
Cordova, Alaska, February 21, 1911.
THE EDITOR.
Who, in his sanctum, late at night,
Trying deftly with main and might
To mold the minds of men aright?
The editor—help and respect him.
Who holds in his hands the destiny of
men?
Who truth and might can commend?
Who friendship can bind or bend?
The editor—with his pen.
Who directs the affairs of state?
Who writes thoughts of fearful weight?
Who, of all men, should be wise and
great?
The editor—then love him.
Who takes note of what good and bad
men do?
Who writes obituaries of me and you?
Who telis things false and true?
The editor—fear him.
Who tells the people all the news?
And O'er the world knowledge strews?
Who, of all men, is most abused?
The editor—pity him.
Who suffers patiently and long?
And seldom uses language strong?
Who gets abused and constant wrong?
The editor—by weak and strong.
Who gives us cures for corns and gout?
And tell the people what they're about?
And late at night is seldom out?
The editor—believe him.
Who for money can ne'er be bought?
Who for right and wrong long has
fought?
For name and fame long lie's sought.
The editor—then help him.
Who knows all things, more or less.
Or what he don't know is sure to guess?
Who is not slow his faults to confess?
The editor—of course.
Who is poor and lank and lean?
Who w'ith a nickel is se.dom seen?
Who writes things sharp and keen?
The editor—he isn't green.
Who's a gentleman bred and born?
Whose smile sometimes turns to scorn?
Who says he’s never full of corn?
The editor—watch him.
Who should receive our daily prayers?
Who knows the editor's daily cares?
Who with his weakness always bears,
And hopes to meet him over there?
The people.
Who lives short of pocket change?
Who always thinks it very strange?
The people slow to pay their bills;
While he works hard, his paper fills
With choicest food for hungry minds,
Of ancient lore and present kinds?
The editor—God bless him.
—ALEX. N. SAYRE.
If you have good furs and want
to realize 100 cents on the dollar foi
them, see Perry Jacobs. He will givt
you a square deal. 12-17-tl
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