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No. 30$ SIXTEENTH SIS " 8KAOTAY ALASKA, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1918 PRICE 10 CENTS
TERRIFIC WIND AIDED BY FIRE WRECKS NOME
Nome, Oct. 7—This place was;
visited last night by one ot' the most
destructive gales known in this sec
tion of country since the advent or
the whites. The wind reached the,
velocity of a hurricane and was ac
companied by a blinding snow storm
Five hundred buildings were razed j
to the ground and a large number of
people are homeless and suffering.
Everything up as far as Front street
has been demolished, and the build
ings cn tlie sand spit were torn i
down and washed away. To add to^
the horror of the situation a fire
broke out 011 River street and swefttj
that thoroughfare clean. Refugee;
camps arc being established to take:
eare of the homeless.
The steamers Victoria, Corwin
and Navajo, which were lying off,
shore, raised their anchors and put
to sea to ride out the storm.
Only one life was lost so far as1
known, but it Is estimated the
destruction of property will reach
$1,600,000.
Seattle, Oct. 7—The Alaska Bur
eau of the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce has taken measures to for
ward relief to the Nome sufferers
and has in charge of a movemen
to raise funds for relief purposes.
The steamship Senator will sail
for Nome tomorrow with supplies of
food and clothing for the destitute.
At the regular meeting of the citv
council last. Mayor Ganty and fullj
board present, with the exception!
of couucilman Friedenthal, who is in
the Chisana gold fields.
Roll called at 8:27.
Minutes of previous meeting read,
and after minor correction, approv
ed.
Councilman Bender, of fire and1
water committee, reported on se-i
lection of site for location of fire
hall in north end of town. Stig-'
gested Stub street, at intersection!
of 22nd street as most suitable pi;ice
After considerable discussion mat-'
ter was deferred till next meeting.
Councilman Abrahams of public
works committee reported adversely
on change of city lights on the east
side of town.. Said change would
only light railroad track and bluffs
Repert accepted and approved.
Report was received from Mr. V.
I. Hahn with reference to cost of
improving river channel in the nor
thern section of town. Mr. Halm's
estimate was from to $3500
for making improvement. Said that
while temporary repairs could prob
ably be made for a less sum. It had
been his experience that Rood work,
even though more expensive at first.
was cheapest in the eiid. Council
man Tanner thought as the expense
promised to be so great it would
be a good idea to petition the Alas
ka Road Commission for an appro
priation. Mr. Abrahams suggested
that it would also be in order to
;:.sk the Interior Department at
Washington for assistance. The mat
ter was then laid over for future
consideration, and the city clerk in
structed to communicate with the
interior department and the Alaska
Jtoad Commission with a'view of se
curing their 'co-operation.
A contract was entered into with
the Home Power Co., to supply
lights for the ensuing year at $2
per month for 32 candle power light
and $1.25 per month for 16 candle
power.
Councilman Abrahams informally'
announced that he had received wordj
from Governor Strong thai a wag
on road would be constructed to the
boundary line at the Summit of the
White Pass.
Councilman Brawand drew the at
tention of the council to the fact
that there was a territorial law and
also r. town ordinance in reference
to vital statistics which required the
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IX THE HEART OF
ALASKA TREASURE HOUSE
E.G. Sawyer, city editor of the Se
attle Star, sends the following out
to his paper from the Chisana gold
diggings where he is now in its in
terests, was published in the Star
o" Sept. 26th.
Now the smoke is out of my eyes
and I am losing my appetite for
half-cooked beans seasoned with
gr.ivel, soggy hotcakes and raw ba
con, let's rant a bit on stampeding
011 the trail as I sit here in camp
at Chisana, the seat of the new
go'd fields of Alaska
First of all, put gold on the list
of poisons along with cocaine and
opium.
No victim of the seductive poppy
juice, searching for a "shot in the
arm", could be more irresponsible
thau a man stamped:i;g for gold.
Sixty streams to ford, 30 miles of
swampy tundra to cross, 40 miles of
gravel bars along glacial streams,
12 miles of goat trail over sharp
crags and rough shale-slides, 12
miles of slippery moraines and ice,
with just sis miles of "good going"
through pine scrub—that's the trail
the early stampeders traveled from
McCarthy "to Chisana.
Of course it is slightly different
now, with 55 miles of wagon road
and 25 miles of sledding over the
ice, and soon it will be SO miles of
sledding, but with that, its no Sun
day afternoon pleasure stroll.
You don't walk to Chisana, you
know—you "mush" there! And, af
ter plodding over a few miles of tuix
dra or moss a foot thick and ozzing
with water, you appreciate to a ni
cety the origin of that descriptive
word.
On sight there's something amus
ing about a man stumbling over
tundra in heavy boots in chase of a
few young ptarmigan in an attempt
to kill one with a club, but when
you find out, from personal exper
ience, that the man's life depends on
his ability to hit the birds—or
starve—you cease to see anything
funny in his wobbling stride.
In out-of-the-way spots all over
men could be seen sleeping in the
swn. But what do they do on cold
days?
Well, it was "cold days" and lack
of food that drove 1,500 of the first
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"back home"—penniless.
Speaking of food, the amount of
that commodity consumed per day
per men in Chisana is undoubt
edly greater than in any other gold
field In Alaska, and THAT'S GO
ING SOME.
The high altitude, together with
the fact that trails around camp
lead over rough ground, gives every
one a GOOD appetite. (
In some camps they keep milli
gan stews going all the time—eat
ing them as fast as cooked.
Six ptarmigan make a fair meal
for two men, and a ptarmigan is
about the size of a spring chicken.
Some day when you haven't much
to do, put 80 pounds of wheat in a
sack and walk up stairs with It.
Then you will realize the strength
of those lads who packed that much
over Scolai Pass and part ot the go
ing on "Scolai" is steeper than a
staircase!
Of folly there is no end In this
gold stampede. Only men insane
with the lust of gold will try to ford
a glacial stream waist deep with a
pack on their back.
That only four were lost in the
Nazena and Chitistoue rivers was
not the fault of the stampeders.!
"The Dvea trail to the Klondike
was a paved street compared to the
goat trail over Scolai Pass after the
blizzard of August 30", said an old
timer who ough.t to know. He crawl
ed over Scolai on his hands and
knees, digging holes in the ice with
a hunting knife.
Easy money?
THERE ISN'T ANY SUCH IN AL
ASKA.
SOMEBODY PAYS FOR EVERY
OUNCE of dust with bis LIFE
BLOOD!
The only difference is, as I see it,
that there is more chance for the
poor n>an here than "outside"—the
man with nothing iiut his twc hands
—to help him win!
is ! worth !'—all the hard
ships, even for $15,v00, wbk-h some
of the stampedeis, the luckiest,
have taken out? -
TIES DAUGHTER IX AN
ATTEMPT TO BEAT HER
At the Elks Club last night Mrs.
P. H. Ganty tied the bowling record
made by her daughter, Mrs. Alex
Blanchard, and which has stood for
six years, by making a score of 216.
PRESIDENT Hl'ERTA
RECOGNIZES CABINET
Mexico City, Oct. 7—Provisional
President Huerta has reorganized hi
cabinet and made many changes.
The Ladies Aid of the M. E.
church will meet tomorrow (Wed
nesday) afternoon at the home of
Mrs. W. J. Mulvihill.
The Princess May will arrive at
7 a. m. tomorrow with fifteen pas
sengers and 140 tons of freight.
She will sail south Thursday evening
at her usual time.
tNew Crop Ripe Olives I
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$13,000 WORTH OF REGISTERED
WESTERN ill IS STOLEN
Spokane, Oct. 7—It has Just be
came known that thirteen thousand
dollars have been stolen from reg
istered mail pouches during the past
eight days. The Washington and
Montana mail sacks had been cut
open to obtain the loot, but the iden
tity of the thieves has not as yet
been established.
ROYAL PULLEN IS
STEADILY CLIMBING UPWARD
Word comes from Dawson of the
appointment of Royal Pullen as as
sistent superintendent In the oper
ations of the Canadian-Klondike
Mining company, for which he has
been at work for several months. It
is always a pleasure for us to note
the advancement cf a young man,
and more especially so In the case
of one like Mr. Pullen, who is, so
to speak, a Skagway product, hav
ing lived here the greater portion
of his life, and taken part and share
in the vicissitudes and hardships
ir.cident to the settlement of a fron
tier town, such as Skagway at that
time was.
During the summer mouths, when
Mr. Pullen was in his 'teens, he
worked on the docks, or at any
thing he could find to do, to earn
a dollar. In the winter he attended
the University of Washington at Se
attle, and was graduated from there
as a mechanical engineer last spring
Shortly afterward he went to Daw
son and secured employment with
the Treadgold company, and his ser
vices have been of such a satisfac
tory nature that he has been stead
ily advanced until he has reach
ed his present responsible position.
We congratulate Mr. Pullen on his
success success, and we congratu
late Mrs. Pullen, his mother, on be
ing; blessed with such a son.
Five inches of snow fell yesterday
at Cowley, Y. T., on the liue of the
W. P. & Y. railway.
The City of Seattle laeves Seat
tle this evening and will reach here
Sunday.
New York, Oct. 7—In the first
game of the national championship
series the Philadephia Athletics
won by a score of 6 to 4. The
battery for the Philadelphia team
was Bender, pitcher and Schann,
catcher; for New York Marquard
and Myers. The Athletics made 3
scores in the fourth innings, two in
I the fifth and one in the eighth.
I Hits, eleven; errors, one.
The Giants made one score in
third inning and three in the fifth.
Crandall replaced Marquard in the
sixth and Testran replaced Crand
all in the eifehth. Eleven hits and
no errors.
REFUSE TO READ
BIBLE IN SCHOOLS
Portland, Ore., Oct. 7—The city
board of education has voted unan
imously against granting a petition
of the ministerial association re
questing that the Bible be read,
without comment, in the public
schools of Portland.
A number of persons appeared be
fore the board for and against the
adoption of the plan. Those oppos
ed did not deny the literary merit
of the Bible, but expressed a fear
the the teachers' personalities or au
thority might influence the schol
ars' minds.
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