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Holy Moses and the angels, cast thy pitying glances down!
We have just received word from Washington 'o the effect that:
"It is the intention of the department of commerce to send a party
headed by Ass statu Secretary C. II Huston, to Alaska this summer for the j
purpose of making a general investigation of conditions in which that de-|
part men t is particularly interested The bureau of lisheries. the coast a.id
geodetic survey, the lighthouse service and tee steamboat inspection serv-i
ice .sre the bureaus of the department of commerce which are closely idea- |
tified with the affairs of the territory. It is the purpose to determine in I
what ways these bureaus can be made of greater benefit in developing Al- I
ask a."
My. Oh. My! Just as though these yearly pilgrimages of Washington J
muttonhead-commissloiis have not been made to Alaska aunually for tie
pa-it twenty years and what has resulted'' Nothing but a summer outing
for commissions the following year, world without end. "Ah Men."
Not since the year of our Lord 19(M has there been any change In the
• shery laws of Alaska, but annually since that time the territory has been
visited by commissions—nice, three-button cut-away gentlemen for whom
it has been a pleasure to "buy," when mere was anything to buy—and
what has been the net gain to Alaska? Keep siill until you hear the ans
wer and you will never move again.
Hut the last paragrai n the above quotation Is interesting. It says:
"It is the purpose to determine in what ways these bureaus can be
made of greater benefit in developing Alaska."
That is getting down to br:. » tacks.
These bureaus can be made uf greater benefit in developing Alaska by
being wiped out. obliterated jerked hence, squashed, annihilated and made
.!-< though they had not been Seiah!- Stroller's Weekly.
The closing of the Yukon River to commercial fishing is a atep in the
tight direction. Th" N'e - is not prepared to stale that any great loss of
: sh to natives and w!.i s n Interior .lask:i has resulted thus far from the
operation of canneries at the mouth of the river, but continued ur.restr.cted
fishing ti such a iarg» - .tie u:idoui> <K> would have robbed the rivers of
their salmon eventually, and for that reason Alaskans should be and are
grateful to Secretary Hoover for the action taken by him.
Why should not the flsh i>f Alaska be given the same protection accord-1
ed other resources within the territory? Already the coast fishing banks |
have been exploited almost to the point of exhaustion, while protection and
conservation have been carried to the extreme with regard to other resourc
In view of these facts, it is gratifying now to find a cabinet officer who
ready to take the word of Alaskans that cot.dilious need remedying.
The News Is incl nod to share the belief of Ketclikan and other towns J
In Southeastern Alaska that our big territory should lie divided. The great j
size of Alaska and conditions of travel arc such that there never can be ;
complete unity of thou;:) t and act.on xvitl.in the territory. The majority I
cf Alaskans, resident north and west of the Panhandle, quite naturally
tesent the assumpt on of die: torship by the small group of politicians in |
Southeastern Alaska and will accept division of the territory without
serious opposition. One has only to scan the proceedings of the several
sessions of the territorial legislature to be convinced of the need of some
kind of a change in boundaries, and The News ;s glad Southeastern Al
aska has taken the initiative.
One of the the principal arguments advanced in favor of the estab
lishment of a low freight tariff on supplies shipped to Alaska by way of
the Alaska railroad Is that the great inland section of the territory re
quires substantial encouragement to insure development. For that rea
son. and for none other, was the railroad enterprise launched in the first
place. And It is a fact that agitation tor a government owned and gov
ernment operated railroad commenced at a time when conditions for de
velopment. as regards general costs, were more favorable then than they
are ac present, with the Alaska railroad in operation.
The government has expended upwaids of fifty millions in the con
struction of a trunk line from the coast to navigable water on the Tanana
river, and another several millions are about to be expended in order that
the people of a nearby district may have the benefit of uninterupted trans
portation and the priv lege of landing their supplies from Seattle at a
fraction of a cent a pound less than tney were requ.red to pay river carriers
the time the government was first requested to come to the relief of in
V' >r Alaska shippers.
^ The government has not been asked to establish a permanent tariff far
under the cost of operation. But t>.e interior country does want and needs
an initial rate sufficiently low to boost development. With development
will come steadily increasing tonnage and a prosperity that will permit the
exaction of normal tolls.—Nenana News.
Two o-her names have been sub- j
gested tor the big glac er which will j
be shown to tourists visiting Sew-1
ard this summer. Due names sug- j
gested is that of the Octopus gla- J
cier. The name is .suggested by the j
nature of the glacier, as it lies on 1
the summit of the Kenai mountains
extending its arms down to the '
ocean and to the lowlands. The other 1
jiame suggested is that of Haid.ugj
It is proposed that since President
Harding will be the first president
to visit Alaska that some honor
could be shown him by naming this J
great glacier after him.—Seward
Gateway.
Add Path*tic Figure*.
'Tni sorry for the poor chump."
"V'hy, I understood yon to say he
rhe 'l*e of the party."
"Ee but lit- didn't know it."
The Voice
of the Pack
By Edison Marshall
(Cop/right, 1 WO, Little, Brown A Oonp»aj)
o
"The Tiling Bert Cranston Burned
the House Down to Destroy."
Cranston had been mistaken, after
nil. In thinking that In fear of himself
Pan would be afraid to keek the
packet on his person, and would crav
enly conceal It in the house. He would
have been even more surprised to
know that Pan had lived in constant
hope of meeting Cranston on the
ridges, show'ng him whut It contained
and fighting him for It. hands to
h:<nds. And even yet. perliaps the day
would come when Cranston would
know nt hist that Snowbird's words,
after the tight of long ago. were true.
The twilight was falling oven* the
snow, so Snowbird and Pan turned to
the toll of building a sled.
The snow was steel-grnv In the
moonlight when the little party made
their start down the long trull. Their
preparations, simple and crude as they
were, had taken hours of ceaseless
labor on the part of the three. The
ax, Its edge dulled by the flame and
Its handle burned away, had been
cooled In the snow, nnd with one
sound arm. Lennox had drlveu the hot
nails that Snowbird gathered from
the ashes of one of the outbuildings.
The embers of the house Itself still
glowed reil in the darkuess.
Dan had cut the creen limbs of the
trees and planed them with his ax.
The sled had been completed, handles
attached for pushing It. nnd a piece of
fence wire fastened with nails as a
rope tn pull It. The warm macklnaws
of both of them as well as the one
blanket that Lennox had saved from
the lire were wrapped about the old
frontiersman's wasted body—Pan and
Snowbird hoping to keep warm by the
exercise of propelling the sled. Ex
cept for the dull ax and the half
empty pistol, their ouly equipment
was a single charred pot for melting
snow that Pan had recovered from
the ashes of the kitchen.
The three had worked almost In
Silence. Words didn't help now. They
Hasted no sorely needed breath. But
they did have one minute to talk when
lliey got to the top of the little ridge
Hint had overlooked the house.
"We'll travel mostly at night." Pan
told them. "We can see In the snow
and by taking our rest In the daytime
wben the sun Is brieht nnd warm, we
cim snve our strength. We won't have
to keep such big tires then—and at
night our exertion will keep us as
warm as we can hope for. netting up
all night to cut green wood with tills
dull ax In the snow would break us to
pieces very soon for remember that
we haven't any food. I know how to
hulld a fire even In the snow—es
pecially If I can find the dead. >'ry
heart of a rotten log—hut It Isn't any
fun to keep It golne with green wood.
We don't want to have to spend any
more of our strensrTh stripping off (vet
nark and hncklne at saplings 'han we
can help: and that means we'd better
do our resting In the heat of the day.
After all. It's a light against starva
tion more- than anything else."
"Just think." the girl told them, re
proaching herself, "If 1 had shot
straight at that wolf today, we could
have gone hack and eot his body. It
might have carried us through."
Nelrhrr of the others as much as
looked surprised at these amazing re
grets over the lost unsavory flesh of
a wolf They were up against read
ties, and they didn't mince words
Pan smiled at her gently, and his
great shoulder leaned against the
traces.
They moved through a dead world.
The ever-present manifestations of
w'ld life that had been such a delight
19 puu ui tilt: siuuuiw uud itUi were
quire lacking now. The *now wits
; trackless. Once they thought they
saw a siitmshuf rabbit, a strange
i shadou <m the snow, bui he wits too
, far away for Snowbird to risk a pis
tol *!iot. The pound or two of flesh
would be surely needed before the
Journey was over, but the pistol'car
tridges might be needed still more,
she didn't let her mind rest 011 cijrtuln
possibilities wherein they might be
needed. Such thoughts stole the cour
age from the spirit, and courage was
essential beyond all thiugs else to
bring them through.
As the dawn came out. they nil
stood still and listened to the wolf
pack, singing oil the ridge somewhere
behind them.
If was a laree park. They couldn't
make out Individual voices—neither
the moro shrill cry of the females, the
yapping of the cubs, or the low. clear
C-helow-mlddle-C note of the males.
"If they should cross our tracks—"
Lennox suggested.
"No use worrying about that now— I
not until we come to It." Dan told
blm.
The morning broke, the snn rose i
bright In a clear sky. But still they '
trudged on. In sp'te of the fact that
the sled was heavy and broke through j
the snow crust as they tucged at It. I
they had made good time since their I
departure, ltut now every step was I
a pronounced effort. It was the dread I
ftil beginning of fatlcue that only i
food and warmth and rest could i
rectify.
"We'll rest now." Pan told them at ]
ten o'clock. "The stin Is warm enough
so that we won't need much of a Are.
And we'll try to eet five hours' sleep." ,
"Too long. If we're srolng to make It i
out." Lennox objected.
"That leaves a workday of nineteen
hours." Pan persisted. "Not any ton |
little. Five hours It will be." |
He found where the snow had drift- i
ed against a groat, dead log. leavlne :
the wldie covering only a foot In I
depth on the lee s'de. Me hecan to I
scrape .the snow aw av. then backed at i
the los with his ax until ho had pro- i
cured a piece of comparatively dry
wood from Its center. They all stood .
breathless while he llshted the little
pile of klmlllns an>l heaped It with J
creen wood—the only wood procur- (
nlile. I'nt It didn't burn freely. Tt i
smoked fitfully, threatening to die out. !
and emitting very lirtle heat.
But they didn't particularly care.
The sun was warm above, as always
In the mountain winters of southern '
Oregon. Snowbird and Pan cleared |
spares heslde the fire and «'ept. Len- .
nox. who had rested on the lourney.
ley on Ids sled and with his uninjured I
arm tried to hack enough wood from .
the snpllncs that Pun had cut to keep I
the fire burning.
At three tliey got up. still tired and
achlnr in their hones from exposure. |
Twenty four hours had passed since |
they had tnsted food, and their mire
plenished systems complained There
Is no better encine In the wide world !
than the human hodv. It will stand !
more neglect and abuse than the finest |
steel motors ever made by the hands i
of craftsmen. A man may fast many 1
days If he lies quietly In one place '
and keeps warm. But fasting Is a
deadly proposition while pulling ]
sledtres over the »tiow.
Pan was less hopeful now. H|s face
told what his words did not. The |
lines cl-ft deeper about his lips and
eyes: and Snowbird's heart ached I
when he tried to encourage her with ,
a smile. It wns a wan. strange smile ]
that couldn't quite hide the first sick- |
ness of despair.
The shadow* quickly lengthened— I
simply leaping over the snow from the
fnst-falllng sun. The twilight deep- i
ened. the snow turned my. and then,
Iii a vague way. the Journey began to '
partake of a quality of unreality. It .
was not that tlie cold and the snow '
and their hunger were not entirety I
real, or that the wilderness was no j
longer naked to their eyes. It was Just
that their whole effort seemed like |
some dreadful, unburdened Journey In [
a dream—a stumbling advance under j
difficulties too mauy and real to be |
true.
The first si en was the far-off cry '
of the wolf pack. It was very faint I
simply a stir In the eardrums. y.et It |
was entirely clear. That clear, rold :
mountain air was a perfect telephone j
system, conveying a message distinct- '
ly. no matter how faintly. There |
wore no tall buildings or cities to dls- 1
turh the ether waves. And all three
of them knew at the same Instant It
was not exactly the cry they had
heard before.
They conldn't have told Jnst why, '
even If they had wished to talk about
It. Id some dim way. It had lost the j
strange quality of despair It had held
before. It was as If the pack were !
running with renewed life, that each
wolf was calling to another with a ,
dreadfl'l sort of exultation. It was an
excited cry, too—not the lone. sSd
song they bad learned to listen for. It
sounded Immediately behind them.
They couldn't help hnt listen. No
human ears could have shut ont the I
sound. But none of them pretended
tb»t they had heard. And this was the
worst sign of all. Each one of the j
three was hoping against hope In his .
very heart; ami at the same time, hop. j
Ing that the others did not understand.
For a long time, as the darkness
deepened about them, the forests were
still Perhaps. Pan thought, he had I
been mistaken after all flls shoulders
straightened. TheQ the chorus blared |
again.
The man looked back at the girl, I
smiling Into lier eyes. Lennox lay as i
If asleep, the Hues of his dark face ,
curiously pronounced. And the girl, |
because she was of the mountains, I
body and soul, answered Don's smile.
TUep Uici uutu Uiat all ol ihcm knew '
thp truth. Not even an IneipertwcM
ear conld have any delnslon* abont
the puck snnj; now. It out that old
est of wilderness song*, the hunting
cry—Vlift 1 frenzied sons of hlood-lual
that the wolf pick otter* when ft It
running on the trail of giime. It had
found the track of living flesh at last.
"There's no ose stopping, or trying
to climb a tree." Dan told them MnF"
ply. "In the flrsi place. Lennox cant'
da It- In the second, we've got to take
a chance—for cold and hunger can get
np a tree where the wolf pack can't."
He spoke wholly without emotion.
Once more he tightened tte trace* of
the sled.
"Tve heard that sometimes the pack
will chase a man for days without at
tacking," Lennox told them. "It all
depends on how long they've gone
without food Keep on and try to for
"Maybe We Can Keep Them Bluffed*
get era. Maybe we can keep 'em
bluffed."
Bui as the hour* passed. It became
Increasingly difficult to forget the wolf
puck. It was only a matter of turning
the head and peering for an Instant
Into the shadows to catch a glimpse
of one of the creatores. Their usual
fear of men. always their first emo
tion. hud given way wholly to a hunt
tnc cunning: an effort to procure their
Came Without too urea! risk of their
own lives. In the desperation of their
lumper tliey could not remember such
things as the fear of men. They
spread out farthet and at last Dan
looked up to find one of the gray
beasts waiting, like a shadow himself.
In the shadow of a tree not one hun
dred feet from the sled. Snowbird
whipped out her pistol.
"Don't dare!" Pan's voice cracked
out tn her. He didn't speak loudly: yet
the words catne so sharp snd com
maudlin: so like pistol Are Itself, that
they penetrated Into her consciousness
and choked hack the nervous reflexes
that In an Instant might hare lost
them on" of tlielr three precious shells.
She caught herself with a sob. Dan
shouted at the woil. and It melted Into
the shi.dows.
"Yon won't do tt again, Snowbird?" I
he a«kt*d her very hombly. Bat hU
mennlnf was clear. He was not as
skilled with a pistol as she: but If her
nerves were breaking, the pin must
be taken from her hands. The three
shells must be saved to the moment of
utmost ni'ed.
"No," she told him. looking straight
Into his eyes. "1 won't do It again."
He believed her. He knew that she
sp.>ke the truth. He met her eyes with
a hnlf smile. Then, wholly withoBt
warning Fnte plaved Its Inst trump.
(Continued on Thursday)
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