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CKXSCS UKTl KNS RKFl'TK OPTIMISTS CLAIMS
It Is remarkable how the population of cities everywhere decrease when
on actual count of the people is made by the census enumerators. Tor In
stance itid Seattle is no exception to the general rule, prior to 1910 Seat
tle had advertised far and wide that her population exceeded 300,000. The
census returns that year gave her 237.000. Ten years later, prior to the
enumeration, the same city claimed a populatit n of more than 400.000.
S e had 315.000 when the count was made Our Canadian neighbors have
just gone through a similar experience. Vancouver had been claiming a
population of 200,000 until the recent count gave her 125,000 and Victoria
1 .id set her mark at 65.000 bat she had only 36.000 when they were count
ed.
While the census returns nearly always refute the claims of the optim
ists everywhere, it is more marked in the West where cities have grown
more rapidly than in the older sections of the country. And there Is n
cause hel.it.d it that is not due to the habit of boomers to boast or the large
ideas of optimists and boosters. Usually the custom Is to claim a percent
age of increase in population simitar to the increase in school attendance,
voting population and business transactions. Experience has shown that
it does not work out that way with Western towns, for. with age conies
a re -etth-d conditions more children, more people who have acquired cit
izenship and interest in votinc. greater wealth, stronger banks and business
houses and. very often, 'ewer immigrants and sngle men seeking fortunes
"Out West." In ot'ier w. ids, the more or less transient population de
creases in Its ratio to those who have settled down to home building aud
business.—Ex.
TELEPHONES OF THK WOULD
The I'nited States has 65 per cent, of the telephones In the world, and
Canada is next in use of telephone service.
The following table shows the number of telephones in use January 1.
1921, in the principal count- es of the world, and the percentage of tele
phones In comparison with the population. Sixty-five per cent, of the tele
phones of the world are in the I'nited States:
C.erman Republic 1.803.574 3 0 fr
Great Britain 9S6.964 2.1 %
Train •
Holland
.21:
Sweden 3S9.S.10
Japan 311.000
158.830 2.3
Switzerland 152.336 3.8
Norway
Italy
Spain 45.000
Cnion of South Africa 51.402
Chiua 54,066
2.364 4 9
4.977 0.3
Egypt ;
Canada 856.266
Argentina 116.664
Brazil
22.280 0.2 Vc
85.091 0.3
42.896 0.3
Mexico
Chile
I'ruguay
i'eru
Vensuela
luited States 13.S9l.189 12.S
2S.972 0.S '
21,803 1 5 C
8,552 0.15-;
S.693 0.3
SAVING \V<K>IM'Hl'<'K LODGE
Henry Ford has bought Woodchnck Lodge. the boyhood home of John
liurroughs, where he did much of his later work, and near where his earth
ly form lies buried The association, formed afier his death to acquire his
three homes, could not raise the necessary funds. The thtee are Wood
chuck Lodge. Kiverby on the Hudson, where he lived with his family mauy
>ears. and the little cabin in the woods called Subsides, where he escaped
from the world to grow celery and write.
It was generous of Mr. Ford to come to the rescue, and all America
owes him a debt of grat.tude for doing what all America should have done.
Doubtless everyone wlio thought of tt e matter figured everyone else was
subscribing to the fund and let it slide, in earless American fashion. Now
that everyone knows that the other fellow has failed to do his part, per
haps there will be a diguing down into the pockets to help on the purchase
o! the other places to be retained In remembrance of the man who has done
more than anyone else in this country to give people a living interest iu
their woods and tields.—I'ocatello Tribune.
Returns of income tax paid on March 13 show a total of approxlmtely
$400,000,000 collected, which is $328,000,000 less than collected March
13, 1921. and $60,000,000 below the official estimate. This means that
there will be shortage of over $100,000,000 in estimated revenues of the
federal government for the fiscal year. Congress, therefore, is faced with
the alternatives of drastically cutting appropriations or of increasing the
already heavy tax burden. At the same time, congress is working on a tar
iff bill which, while it undoubtedly will protect our domestic market from
inroads of foreign goods, must at the same time contract our already rap
idly diminishing foreign trade. It is obvious that we cannot shut out the
products of foreign countries and at the same time expect them to purchase
from us, for the reason that the sale of their products affords them prac
tically the only means of payment.—Ex.
Leave a Clean Camp and au Dead Fire.
The Voice
of the Pack
By Edison Marshall
(Copyright, lDJU, Utile. Brows * Oxnpiuj)
Some Resistless Power Seemed to Be
Holding His Wrist.
The gray circle about the Are wo*
j growing impatient. Snowbird waited u>
i the iast Instant he'ore she ailmltletl
> this fact But It is possible only so
long to deny the truth of a tiling that
all the seuses verify, and that tiiuuietil
for her w»s past.
She noticed that when she went to
her hands and knees, laboriously to
cut a piece of the drier wood from the
rain-soaked rotted snag that was her
principal supply of fuel, ({very won
would leap forward, only to draw back
whet, she stood straight again. She
worked desperately to keep the tire
burning bright. She dared not neglect
It for a moment. Except for the. single
pistol hall that she could uffnrd to tx
pend on the wolves—of the three she
had—the tire was her last defense.
But It was a losing fight. The raln
| soaked wood smoked without flame.
the comparatively dry core with which
| l>aii had started the fire bad banied
I Jon n. and the green w ood, hacked with
such hcart-hreaking difficulty from the
saplings that Dan bad cut. needed the
I most tireless attention to burn at all.
| Her nervous vitality was flowing
frotr her In a frightful stream. Too j
long she bad tolled without food lu j
the constant presence of diia'er. and I
she was very near Indeed to utter ex- J
hnustion. But at the same time she i
knew she must not faint. That was !
!one thlug she could not do—to fall tm- j
conscious before the last of her three j
I cartridges was expended In the right I
| Again she went forth to the sapling,
and this time It seetued to her that if i
' she simply tossed the ai through the j
I air. she could fell one of the pray j
crowd. But when she stooped to pick
Jt up—she didn't finish the thought.
She turned to cosi the fire. And then [
she leaned sobbing over the sled.
"What's the use?" she cried. "He I
won't come buck. What's the use of I
fighting any more?"
'There's always use of fighting." her i
' father told her. He seemed to speak |
| with difficulty, and his face looked
j strange and white. The cold and the j
| exposure were having their effect on I
j his weakened system, and unconscious- I
I ness was a near shadow Indeed. "But, |
J dearest—If I could only tuuke you do .
■ what I want you to—"
-What?"
I "You're able to climb a tree, and If
I you'd take these coats, you wouldn't !
i freeze by morning. If you'd only have j
j the strength—"
I "And see you torn to pieces!"
• "I'm old. dear—and very tired—and !
[ I'd crawl away Into the shadows, where •
you couldn't see. There's no use ni>nc
j Ing words. Snowbird. Vou're a brave
girl—always have been since a little
thing, as God Is my Judge—and yon
know we must face the tmth. Retter
one of us die than both. And I prom
ise—I'll never feel their fntigs. And 1
i won't take your pistol with uie either."
I Her thought flashed to the clasp
hunting knife that he carried In his
j pocket. But her eyes lighted, and she
bent and kissed hlra. And the wolves
| leaped forward even at this.
| "We'll stay It out," she told him.
"We'll fight It to the last—Jnst as Dan
' would want us to do. Besides—it j
' would only mean the same fa'e for \
. me. In a little while. I couldn't cling I
• up there lorever—and Dan won't come
[ back." j
She was wholly unable to gain on
the fire. Only by dint of the most
heart-breaking toll was she able to se
cure any dry fuel for It at all. Every
length of wood s'be cut had to be
ai r.iii.'d of bafk, ftiiii iuUf tlie time the
fire Ivffs nhI}' n tffctfry cortirnn of wnttc
smoke. .It became Increasingly <11 m
i-ult to swine the ax. The trull was
almost at Us end.
The after Midnight hours drew one I
by one aero.-* the face of the wilder- j
ness. anil she thnueht that the deep- |
enlnif colci presaged dawn. Her Su
pers were numb.
Once more she went to one of the !
saplings, but she stumbled and almost ,
went to her face at the first Mow. It
was the Instant that her gray wateh- |
ers hail been waiting for. The wolf i
that stood nearest leaped—a pray ■
streak out of the shadow—and every i
wolf In the pack shot forward with a '
yell. It was a short, expectant cry;
but It chopped off short. For with a •
half-sob. and seemingly without men- I
tnl process, she aimed her pistol and I
tired.
A fast-leaping wolf Is one of the 1
most difficult pistol targets Hint can be 1
Imagined. ft hordered on the mlracu- I
Ions that she did ;iot miss lilm alto
gether. Her nerves were torn, their
control over her muscles largely gone.
Yel the hullet coursed down through
the lungs, indicting a mortal wound. |
The wolf had leaped for her throat; (
but he fell short. She staggered from
a blow, and she heard a curious sound i
In the region of her hip But she |
didn't know that the fangs had gone I
home In her soft flesh. The wolf i
rolled on the ground: and If her pistol I
had possessed the shocking power of 1
a rifle, he would have never got up .
again. As It was. he shrieked once, i
then sped off In the darkness to die. j
Five or six of the nearest wolves,
catching the smell of his blood, bayed '
and sped after him. j
Hut the remainder of the great pack j
—fully 15 of the gray, gaunt creatures
—came stealing across the snow to
ward her. White fangs had gone j
hom"; and n new madness was In the (
air. |
Straining Into the silence, a perfect- |
It straight line between Cranston's i
camp and Snowbird's, Pan Palling |
came mushing across the snow. His
sense of direction had never been |
obliged to stand such a lest as this •
before. Snowbird's lire was a single I
dot on a vast plateau; yet lie had gone i
straight toward It.
lie was risking everything for the J
sake of speed, lie gave no heed to the |
fallen timber that might have torn the I
web of Ids snow shoes to shreiis. Be- ]
cause he shut out all thought of It. he l
had no feeling of fatigue. The ficht I
with Cranston had been a frightful
strain on muscle and nerve: hut he I
scarcely remembered It now. Ills j
whole purpose was to return to Snow- |
hlrd before the wolves lost the last of I
their cowardice.
TIil' Jerked venNnn tliat Me naa j
munched had brought lilui back much |
of his strength. He was wholly uueon- |
»elons of Ills h»avy pnek. Never did j
ne glide so swiftly, so softly, with I
such unerring step; and It was noth-'
mg more »r less tliun a perfect expres- j
slon of the iron-clnd control that hi*
steel nerves had over Ills muscles. |
Then, through the silence, he heard |
the shout of the pact as the wolf had
leaped at Snowbird Me knew what It
meant. The wolves were attacking '
then, and a great Hood of black, hating j
Bitterness poured over him at the |
thought he had been ton late. It had
all been in vain, and before the thought
could fully go home, he heard the dim,
far-off crack of a pistol.
Was (Imt the flrsi of the three shots,
the one she might expend on the j
wolves, or hud the first two already
been spent ami was she taking the lust
gateway of escape? I'erhaps even now j
Lennox was lying still on the sled, and '
she was standing before the ruin of i
her (Ire, praying that her soul might I
have wings. He shouted with all the '
power of Ills lungs across the snow.
Hut Snowbird only heard the soft
glide of the wolves In the snow. The
wind was blowing toward Dan; and
while he h:id heard the loud chorus of
the pack, one of the most far-carrying
cries, and the penetrating crack of a
pistol, she couldn't hear his answering
shout. In fact, the wilderness seemed
preternaturally still. AM was breath
less, hea'-y with suspense, and she
stood. Just as Pan had thought, be
tween the ruin of her tire and the sled,
and she looked with straight eyes to
the oncoming wolves.
"Hurry. Snowbird." Lennox was
whispering. "(Jive me the pistol—for I
that last work. We have only a mo- 1
tuent more."
He looked very calm and brave, half- |
wised as he was on the sled, and per- i
haps a half-smile lingered at his heard- I
ed lips. And the bravest thing of all
was that to spare her, he was willing
to take the little weapon from her j
hand to use It In tts last service. She J
tried to smile at him, then crept over i
to bis side.
" The strain was over. They knew i
what they had to face. She put the
pistol in his steady hand.
His hand lowered to his side and he
sat waiting. The moments passed. The
wolves seemed to he waiting, too, for
the last nickering tongue of the little
lire lo die away. The last of her fuel
was Ignited and burning out: they
were crouched and ready to spring If
she should venture forth after more.
The darkness closed down deeper, and
at Inst only a column of smoke re
mained.
It was nothing to be afraid of. The
great, gray leader of the pack, a wolf
that weighed nearly 100 pounds, be
gan slowly and deliberately to set his
muscles for Ihe spring. It was the
same as when the great bull elk comes
to bay at the base of the cliffs: usual
ly some one wolf, often the great pack
lender, wishing to remind his followers
of his might, or else some full-grown
male proud in his strength, will attack
aioue. Becuuac tliis wag the noblest
Knme tlftf tile pock, had ever faced,
the leader chose to make the first leap
himself. It was true that these two
had neither such horns nor r#*or
edged hoofs as the elk, yet they had
eyes that chilled his heart when he
tried to look at thein. But one was
lying almost prone, and the Are was
out. Besides, the madness of starva
tion. Intensified ten times by their ter
rible realization of the wound at her
hip. was upon the pack as never be
fore. The muscles bunched at his
lean flanks.
But as Snowbird and her father
gazed at him In fascinated horror, the
great wolf suddenly smashed down IB
the snow. She was aware of Its curi
ous, utter collapse actually before the
sound of the rifle shot that occasioned
It had penetrated her consciousness.
It was a perfect shot at long range;
and for a long Instant her tortured
facultles.refused to accept the truth.
Then the rifle spoke again, and a sec
ond wolf—a large male that crouched
on the other side of the sled—fell kick
ing In the snow. The pack had leaped
forward at the first death: hut they
halted at the second. And then ter
ror came to thera when the third wolf
suddenly opened Its savage lips and
screamed In the death agony.
Dp to this time, except for the re
port of the rifle, the attack had been
made In utter silence. The reason was
Just that both breath and nervous
force are needed to shout; and Dan
Falling could afford to waste neither
of these vital forces, fie had dropped
to his knee, and was firing again and
again, his gray eyes looking clear and
straight along the barrel, his fingers
without jerk or tremor pressing agalD
and apaln at the trigger, his hands
holding the rifle ns In a vise. Kverj
nerve and muscle were completely In
his command. The distance was far,
yet he shot with deadly, amazing ac
curacy. The wolves were within a few
feet of the girl, anil a fraction's waver
In the gun barrel might have sped bis
bullet toward her.
"It's Pan Falling." Lennox shouted
as the fourth wolf died.
Then Snowbird snatched her plsroi
from her father's hand and o|>eued fire.
The two shells were no longer needed
to free herself and her father from the
agony of fangs. She took careful aim.
and although a pistol Is never as ac
curate or as powerful as a rifle, she
killed one wolf and wounded another.
Frenzied In their savagery, three or
four of the remaiulng wolves leaped
at the hodv of one of the wounded;
but the others scattered In all direc
tions. Still Pan tired with the same un
believable accuracy, and still the
wolves died in the snow. The jrlrl
and the man were screaming now in
the frenxled Joy of deliverance. The
wolves scurried frantically among the
trees: and some of them unknowingly
ran full In the face of their enemy, to
be shot down without mercy, aoc
few indeed were those that escaped—
to collect on a distant ridge, and. per
haps, to he haunt-d Id dream by t
death that came out of the shadows to
blast the pack.
Ai-'ain tlie pack song would be de
spairing and strange In the winter
nights—that age old chant of Famine
and Fear and the long war of exist
ence with only Death aud Purkness In
the end. And because It Is the vole*
of the wilderness Itself, the tender
foot that camps In the evergreen for
est will listen, and his talk will die at
his lips, and he will have the begin
nings of knowledge. And perhaps he
will wonder If God has given him the
thews and fiber to meet the wilderness
breast to breast as Dan had met It;
to remain and to fight and to conquer.
And thereby his metal will be tested In
the eyes of the Ked Gods,
Suowblrd stood waiting In the snow,
arms stretched to her forester as Dan
came running through the wood. But
his arms were wider yet, and she went
softly Into them.
(Concluded In our next)
Problem.
Here Is a knotty problem
Which we for lone have nureed:
How can we make our money last
Unlet* we make It first
What Wu Wrong With MotesT
"Miss .1 ane, did Miwm have the
unit complaint my papa'a jot7"
"Gracious me. Percy! Whatever do
yon mean, my dear?"
"Well. It says here that the Lord
gave Moses two tablets."
Often Happens.
The Dowager—What has become of
Mr. Gadabout? He used to be (jnlte
a society lion.
The (lid Tes Hound—He doesn't fo
out any more. He married a socletj
lion tamer.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U. S. LAND OFFICE
at Juneau, Alaska
April 6, 1922.
NOTICE is hereby given that Ed
ward Hillenbrand, of Pleasant Camp
via Haines, Alaska, who, on March
6, 1922, made HE, No. 04020, for
lots 1, 2 and 3 SW*NE»4. Section
14, Township 28 S., Range 53E..
Copper River Meridian, has filed no
tice of intention to make 3-year
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before R. M. Odell,
notary public, at Haines, Alaska,
on the 27th day ot May, 1922,
Claimant names as witnesses: M.
J. O'Connor, of Haines, Alaska;
John Cryerman, of Haines, Alaska;
J. H. Chisel, of Haines, Alaska; Ar
thur Jennings, of Haines, Alaska.
FRANK A. BOYLE, Register,
8KAGWAT
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Camp Skagway No. 1
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Thursday at 8 p. m.
Visiting brothers cor
dial I > welcome.
dan Mcdonald, e. r.
P. J. VAXDEWALL, Secretary.
I .
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge P. & A.
M. No. 113, meets 2nd and
4th Saturday evenings of
each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wel
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P. J. Van <1e Wall, W. M.
| T. J. Standish, Secretary.
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Fraternal Order of
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nue. Visiting brothers cordially in
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J. SL Griesbach, Sec'y.
Naomi Chapter No. 9
O. E. 6., mwts in Ms
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third Friday of rach
month, at 8 o'clock.
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Worthy Matron
Fanny Spoor, Secretary.
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In Territory of Alaska
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U. a LAND OrFICE
at Juneau. Alaska
April, IS, 1922
NOTICE is hereby given that Mi
chael J. O'Connor, o( Haines, Alas
ka, who, on April 13, 1922, made
HE, No. 04908, for lots 1 and 2,
Section 14; and lot 1, Section 2J,
Township 30 S., Range 68 E., Cop
per River Meridian, has filed notice
of Intention to make three-year
Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before R. M.
Odel, at Haines, Alaska, on the 27th
day of May, 1922.
Claimant names as witnesses: N.
G. Hanson, of Haines. Alaska, Chas.
Anwar, of Haines, Alaska; l<eon
Ballard, of Haines. Alaska.
FRANK A. BOTLE.
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