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JOINT RKSOLt'TION <>K CHAMBER «»K COMMERCE .VXD PIONEERS OK
ALASKA OF ANC HORAGE
The following resolutions, passed by the Anchorage Pioneers and en
dorsed by the Chamber of Commerce, have been received here, and the
Skagway Chamber of Commerce or Commercial Club asked to pass similar
ones.
As there is no such thing :n Skagway. the next best way to get at It is
to publish It. and so we are publishing the resolutions as received:
The Alaska Railroad is practically completed and read? for traffic, but
without tonnage will soon become two streaks of rust. It must have some
thing to haul, but before that can happen, wagon roads Must be built to
the places where agricultural products, coal and ore are waiting to be haul
ed.
The Great Northern was built through a country less promising than
the territory to be served by the Alaska Railroad That great highway
v uld now be a forgotten failure, and .Montana still a wilderness, hud not
Jim Hill the business a. ■ rren to complete his system with wagon-road
feeders The government «.t' Canada is rapidly developing the northern
part of the dominion by means of a net-work of wagon roads adjacent to
a::d radiating from, the Orand 'r-uiik Pac'fic. 'That great line was also
built through virgin wilderness. So. if our own railroad is to be a success,
and the adjacent territory to enjoy that progress and prosperity it is sntit
Ifd to. Wagon roads must be built to the potential farms, mines, pulpiuills
ai d coat tields scattered throughout the surrounding country. The soil Is
sufficient^ fertile, the mountains sufficient!), mineralized, the hills suffic
ient!} wi>od?d and the climate propitious for the support of millions of peo
ple. but the fertility of rhe fields, the ore of the mines, the timber and
grass of the hills, are ail waiting for transportat on facilities. One hund
r-d-fifty-dollar ore is waitine on Iron Creek and Talkeetna river because
the streams cannot be crossed without bridges.
The Kantishna district. \a!ut?z crppk. lasiiwni'iia, \\ mow L.reeK. .uc
Kin ley park and Iron cwk: the Yeniria and Cache creek placers—all are
trailing They have the wealth but without roads it is difficult to interest
capital. The farms, the coal, die pulpwood and the great Tanana basin
»sth its grea( rivers, gold, coal and wheat lands are all waiting for roads.
Roads are expensive So was the railroad—fifty-two million dollars;
but the latter represents money alre^Iy spent -and wasted—unless more
is now «pent to protect it and make it a success. The railroad is an invest
ment. if wagon-road feeders ..if promptly builded—a good one;otherwise
a useless waste of money.
At this time, such roads as art- imperative, can be built at a minimum
cost. The building program of the Alaskan Engineering commission is
coming to a close. Tools, steam shovels, tractors. Bagley scrapers and
equipment of ;ill kinds :s piled up t1 e yards at Anchorage; its work fin
ished. unless they can be used to build these roads. The organization ol
(he A K. C. is complete and unusually efficient. It is equipped to build
t: ese roads cheaper and better than ' e\ can be built by any other agency
or ut any other time. If so built t'te commission's interest in and anxiety
for. the success of the railroad, as a guaranty that they w.ll be located
where most needed and built with a view to aid in the construction of fu
ture spurs and branch lines of railroad along the same routes.
Koad building in Alaska, especially for military purposes and post
roads, is in the Jurisdiction of the war department, but whether the rail
road feeding system is to be constructed under a contract from the war de
partment. or under the direct authority of the President—me work should
be done by the Alaskan Engineering commission and done at once. Econ
omy. the success of the railroad and the progress and development of the
territory, all demand it. A contract let by the war department to the Al
aska Engineering cotnmiss.on for building these roads, oti a cost-plus basis
would, in our opinion, result in securing roads at a minimum of cosi
and maximum of efficiency. The navy department is now securing the de
velopment of the government mines at I'iiickaloou by such a contract, and
no complaints have been made, as far as we know, bv eitner party to th«
agreement.
WHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
1. That a copy of these resolut.ons be sen! to Mr. Sutherland. Colonel
Mears and Colonel Steese. Governor Bone (now in Washington), the Pres
ident. Secretaries of War and Interior and to every representative and sen
r.tor in the congress: also to every town, chamber of commerce and frater
nal organization along the Alaska Railroad or within the terrilory to be
benefitted thereby.
2. That each member of the Chamher of Commerce and of the Pio
neers of Rlaska. Igloo No. 13. be hereby urged to write one or more let
ters to personal friends or acquaintances in congress, backing up these res
olutioas.
Anchorage. Alaska,
January 30, 1922,
J. L. Waller J. L. flreen
\V. S. Murple Yhos. W. Nelson
A1 Benson Axel Nelson
A. A. Shonbeck A. G. Thompson
R M. Courtney
Joint Committee Chamber of Commerce
and Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 15.
The Voice
of the Pack
By Edison Marshall
(Copyright, ISO), Little, Brown * Oxnp»»yt
| His eyes crew earnest, and the hard
• Are went out of them. "It's almost as
If you were a queen, a real qneen of
some great kingdom." he told her.
tremulous with a great awe that was
stealing over liltn. as a mist steals over
water. "And because I had kissed
your fingers. for ever and ever I was
your subject, living only to tight your
fights—maybe with a dream In the
end to kiss your fingers again. When
you bent and kissed me on that hill
side—for him to see—It was the same:
that I was sworn to you. and nothing
mattered In my life except the service
and love I could give you. And It's
more than you ever dream. Snowbird.
It's all yours, for your battles and
> your happiness."
The great pines were silent above
them, shadowed and dark. Perhaps
they were listening to an age-old
story, those vows of servlre and self
pilned worth hy which the race h:is
j struggled upward from the d»rkne«s.
I "But I kissed you—once before."
| she reminded him The voice was
I Just a whisper hardly louder than the
stir of the leaves In the wind.
• "But that kiss didn't connt" he told
her. "It wasn't at all the same. I
loved you then I think hul I! didn't
mean what It did today."
"And what—" she leaned toward
him. her eyes full on his, "doe* It
mean now?"
"All tnats wnnn ivimr ■■■ ..,t. ....
that ma»tei>- when everythlnc Is «n•«)
that can he said. and all Is done (lint
run ln> dune. And If means. pb'ase
Clod. »H»n rbe dehfs are paid. that !
may have such a kiss acaln."
"Not nntll then."* she told him.
whlsnerlne.
Tntll then. I n<*<fce oath that I
won't even a«lt It. or receive It If von
should clve It. It coes too deep dear
est—and It means too milch."
This nas their pact Not until the
debts were paid ami her word made
pood would those lips he his acntn
There was no need for further words
Roth of them knew.
tn the skies, the tnt clouds were
Fathering swiftly, as always In the
mountains The raindrops were fam
ine one and one over the forest. Tht
'summer was done, and fall bad come
Iln earnest.
The rains fell unceasingly for seven
I days: not a downpour hut a constant
I drlzrle that made the distant ridges
| smoke The parched earth seemed to
smack Its lips, and little rivulets he
I spin to fall and tumble over the hod"
of the dry streams. All dancer of for.
I e-"t flre was at once removed, and
Snowbird was no loticer needed as a
j lookout on old Bald mountain. She
I vent to her own home, her companion
| back to the valley: and now that his
j slMer had taken his place as house.
I keeper. RIM had cone down to the
lower foothills with a creat part of
the live stock. .Pan st>ont these ralnv
I days in toll on the hUNldes. building
i himself physically so thnt he might
i ony his debts.
I It wns no gre«t p'ensiire. inww
rainy days. He would have greatly
Ukeil to have lingered In the square
tronntnln house, listening tn the quiet
' murmur of the rnln on The roof nn<!
| watching Snowbird hi her household
i tasks. She could, as her father had
8fll«l. make 8 biscuit. She could also
i roll up sleeves over trim hrown arms
j »nd with entire good humor do a
week's laundry for three hard-work
ing men. lie would have liked to sit
with her. through the lone afternoons,
ts she knitted h»»slde the fireplace—
to wutrh the play of her graceful fin
gers nnd perhaps now nnd then, to
touch her hands when he held thn
skeins. But none of these things tran
spired. He drove himself from day
light till dirk, developing his hody fjr
I the tesis that were sure to come.
I The first few days nearly killed him
He over-exercised in the chill rain
I and one anxious night he developed
I all the symptoms of pneumonia. Such
| a sickness would have been the one
I thing needed to make the doe'or's
i prophecv come true. But with Snow
bird's sid. and numerous hot drinks,
he fought It off.
She had made him go to bed and
no human memory could he so dull aa
to forget the little, whispered message
that she gave him with his Inst spoon
ful of medicine. She said she'd pray
for him. and she meant It too—literal,
entreating prayer that could not go un
heard. She was a mountain girl, and
her beliefs were those of her ances
tors—simple and true and wholly
without affectation. But he iindn't
relaxed thereiifter. ne knew the time
had come to ronke the test. Night
after night he would go to bed half
sick from fatigue, but the mornings
would find him fresh. And after two
weeks, he knew he had passed the
crisis nnd was on the direct road to
complete recovery.
Sometimes he cul wood In the for
est: first the felling of some tall pine,
then the trimming and hewing Into
two-foot lengths. The blisters came
on his hands, broke and bled, but
finally hardened Into callosities. He
leurucU Lite jnojpi effective sjruke U>
hurl n slwmpp or chips rrom rvcnoam
tlii> blade. Ills hack and limbs hard
ened from the handling of heavy wood
—and the cough was practically gone.
His frame filled out. His fun- became
swarthy from ••onstant exposure. lie
KM Inert In weight.
(Joe cloudy afternoon In early No
vei-iher fount) Silas Lennox rutting
Wood on the ridge behind tils house. It
wn« "till an open question with hlin •
whether lie ami his daughter would
attempt to winter on the Divide. Pan
of eonrse wanted to remain, yet there
were certain ren«on«. some very defi
nite and others extremelv vague, why |
the prospect of the winter In the snow
field® did not api»'al to the moun- I
tulneer. In the first place. nil slims J
(minted to a hard season. Although 1
the fall hart come late the snows were |
exceptionally early. The rtucfc flight |
was completed two weeks before Its
Usual time, and the rodents had dUE i
their Mtrmws unusually deep. Re- ]
shies, too many months of snow welch I
heavily upon the spirit. The wolf j
packs sine endlessly on the ridges. I
and many unpleasant things may hap
pen. On previous years, some of the
cahlns on the ridges helow hart human J
occupants; this winter the whole re- |
pi on. for nearly seventy miles across
the mountains to the foothills, would
he wholly deserted by human beings.
Kven the ranger station, twelve miles
across a steep ridge. would soon be
empty. Of course a few ranchers had '
homes a few miles hevond the river. [
Imt the wllil cataracts iliil m>l freer? i
In tin' coldest of seasons. mid there I
wpre no bridges. Resides. most of tlie I
in tire prosperous farmers wintered In ^
tin- \atleys. Only n few more days
n'«mi 1*1 the roiii) he pn^s;il>lp for tils >
car; nti'l no time muM be lost In mak- |
Ins his decision.
I I nice the snows camp In reality,
there was nothlnc to ilo Imt stav Sev- |
entv miles nem-s tln> mil l arted rldtfes |
on snov shoes Is :in ttndcrtakinc for
which even n mountaineer luis no
i fnt 11)11 * • It tn'cht he the wlsesi ihlnp. 1
after nil to load Snowbird nnil l»an
Into tiis ear anil drive down lo the |
I valleys. The fall roundup would soon
I he completed 1*111 would retiirn for n
few dttys from the vallevs with new '
j equlpm- Tit to rejilaee the broken llBht- j
I Ins system mi the ear. and they could j
| avoid tl e bitter eoM and snow that '
: I.-'.'ticX had known so lone. Hp j
I eh '[i|ied at a sreal los and wondered I
J w'.Mt wi aid ^'lit him better—the colli- |
' fort and safety of the valleys or the
i nnced fiorv of the rldse*. j
l'..i at that Ins int. the question of
wle ther or tiot lie would winter on the |
, I»t\ "•!<■ Has decided for liiin And an
Instant was all that nas needed For |
! I la' period of one breath he forcot to
bp watchful—and a certain dread ,
Spirit that abides much in the forest
saw I's chance. I'er! aps lie had lived
I ■ o '•;•! the tnonntaitw and -rrown
' car of them: an attitude that Is
• He Fell Struggling.
usually punished with death. ne had
Jirsi felitd a tree. and tlie trunk was
si ill attached to the stump hv a strip
I of Imrk to which a little of th«- wood
I adhered. lie struck a furious liiow at
I It with Ills ax.
i He lndn't considered that the free
lay on a steep slope. As tlie hlude
fell, the treat trunk simply seemed to
letip. Lennox leaped too. In a frenzied
effort to save his life: hut already the
leafy bows, like the tendrils of some
treat amphibian. i.Hd whipped around
I his legs, lie fell, strntglinc: and
: hen a curious darkness, streaked
with flame, dropped down himmi him.
An hcur later he found himself If ins
on the still hillside, knowing only a
treat wonderment. At first his only
Impulse was to so hack to sleep. He
didn't understand the grayness that
had come upon the mountain world,
his own strange feeling of nunihness,
of endless soaring through Infinite
spaces. Hut he was a mountain man.
and that meant he was schooled, be
yond all thints, to keep his self-con
I trol. He made himself remember. Yeg
, —he had bi'en cutting wood on the
hillside, and the shadows had heen
' long. He had heen wondering wheth
er or not they should go down to the
vnileys.
Fie remembered now: the Inst blow
and the rolllnt log. He tried to turn
' his head to look up to the hill.
He found himself wholly unable to
do It. Something wracked bint In his
neck when he tried to move. But he
did trlance down. And yes. he could
j turn in tiiis dij-tttlkiu. Ju .tjfiw
tfip great tree trunk lying twenty fWt
below h!ra. wedged In bfrt wo the
young pines.
He was surrounded hy hrokPn frag
ment* of limbs, and It was evident
thai the tree had not strnck him a
full Mow. The limbs had pro'mod
him to some extent. No man la of
«nich mold as to be crushed under the
solid weight of the trunk and live to
remember It. He wondered If thl*
were the frontier of death—the grnv
ni'ss that lingered over htm. He
seamed to be soaring.
He brought himself bark to earth
and tried again lo remember. Of
course. the twilight had fallen. It had
Itren late afternoon when he had cut
the tree. His hand stole alone his
body; and then, for the first lime a
hideous sickness came upon him. His
luind was warm and wet when he
brought It up. The other band he
couldn't stretch at all.
The forest was silent around him.
except a bird calling somewhere near
the house—a full voice, rich and clear,
fttid tt seemed to him that It had a
quality of distress. Then he recognized
It. It was the voice of his own daugh
ter. Snowbird. r?''ing for him. He
tried to answer her.
It was only a whlsppr. at first. Tet
she was coming nearer; and her own
voice sounded louder. "Here, Snow
bird." he called again. She heard him
then: he conld tell hy the startled
lone of her reply. The next Instant
she was at his side, her tears drop
ping on his face.
With a tremendous effort of will he
recalled his speeding faculties. "1
don't think Tin badly hurt." he told
her *erv quietly. "A few ribs broken
—and a leg. Rut we'll have to winter
here on the Divide. Snowbird mine"
"What does It matter. If you live?"
she cried. She cranled along the pine
needles beside htm. and tore his shirt
from his breast. He was rapidly sink
ing Into unconsciousness. The thing
She dreaded most—that his back might
be broken—was evidently not true.
There were, as he said, broken ribs
and evidently one seven- fracture of
ihe leg bone. Whi-ther he had sus
Inlneil internal Injuries that would
end Ills life before the morning, she
had no way of knowing.
At this point, the problem of saving
her father's life fell wholly Into her
hands. His broken body could not be
carried o\er the mountain n»ad to
physicians In the valleys. They must
be transported to the ranch. !t would
take them a full da> to make the trip,
even If she could get word to them at
nnc«*: and twenty-four hours without
medical attention would probably cost
her father his life. The nearest tele
phone was at th>- ranger station,
twelve miles distant over a mountain
trail. The telephone line to Bald
mountain, four miles oft. had been dis
connected when the rains had ended
the peril of the forest fire.
It all depended up«n her. Rill was
driving cattle Into the valleys, and he
and his men had In nse all the horses
on the ranch with one exception. The
remaining horse had been ridden hy
Pun to some distant marshes, and as
Pan would shoot until sunset, that
meant he would not return until ten
o'clock. There was no road for a car
to the ranger station, only a rough
«teep trail, and she remembered, with
a sinking heart, that one of Rill's mis
sions In the valley was to procure a
new lighting svstem. Ry no concelv
nhle possibility conld she drive down
that mountain road In the darkness.
Rut she was somewhat relieved by the
thought that In all probability she
could walk twelve miles across the
mountains to the ranger station in
much less time than she could drive,
bv automobile seventy miles down to
the ranches at the foothills about the
valley.
(Continued on Saturday)
It may be observed that Poland
shows no reluctance to accept Russian
gems and Jewels, asking no questions
about th»ir fnrnier n"ble owners.
8KAGWAY
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Camp Skagway No. 1
* £ morn rrrry wcoml an*)
fourth r»p*liiy rvralnj
at 8:SO o'clock. Visit
ing brothers cordlijljr wcjmiw.
J. M. Keller, L. a Keller,
Arctic Ilecorclcr. Arctic OiH
B. P. O. ELKS. Sk««.
way Lodge, No. 4:11, R.
P; O. Elks mi"«» cverj
Thnrndaj al 8 p. m.
VMtln| brothrn cor.
dially welcome. >
j. e woon, k. r
P. J. VAVDEWALL, 8ccre»*ry.
F. « A. M.
White Pa*s Lodge F. & .V
M. Xo. 11S. meet* 2nd ami
4th Saturday evening* of
each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wel
come.
F. J. Van de Wall, W. M.
T. J. Stan<tish. S»vrptary.
KratemnJ Order of
Ra^Ics
Skajrway Acrlf, No. 2S,
Pr«lwnal Order of
Raslo*, meet tlio first
and third Wednesday night of ear-h
month -at their ha\l on Fifth Ave»
nue. Visiting brothers cordially in
vited to attend.
C. H. SOGERS, W. P.
J. M. Gricshaoh, Sw'y.
Naomi Chapter No. 9
O. E. 8., mwl* Id Ma
sonic hall, first and
third Friday of each
month, at S o'clock.
Visiting members wolrotno.
TOLLY W EBSTER
Worthy Matron
Fanny Sfx-or, ScrrMary.
PROFESSION II. CARDS
\V. B. STOUT
Attorney at Law
Practice tn kit" court*
111 Territory of Alaska
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