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Transportation eonipan.es of Canada and !'■« Uuited States are conduct
ing extensive campaigns to induce tourists to conie Xorth this year. Reports
from coast cities state this will be the banner year in tourist travel to tho
land of the midnight sun. However, thousands who will come will not
travel through to Dawson unless they are informed of the ease and comfort
with which they can get to Dawson and the first class hotel, restaurant aud
other accommodations and the places of interest here. When they come as
rear as Skagwav, Juneau, Cordova. Valdex or Seward and fall to come to
the interior they will forever regret, on learning as they are about to return
or when they get home, that they could have come through to Dawson with
a little more effort and expense. The tourists as a rule are well able to pay
t;.e difference and gladly would make the additional trip to this point were
they fully informed as to the possib:lities.
The transportation companies are doing their part to get the tourists to
the Alaskan coast points. It is up to Dawson to get them to come through
to this point. Barely litre now remains in which to get the proper literature
to the coast cities ;'i>r placing in the hands of tourists when they start
northward.—Dawsuti .V ..o
ACTION OK Sli t-.VKl'ORT ROTARY CU B
Whereas. ther can be no bootle ggers without patrons; and
Whereas, every citlzeu that patronizes any manufacturer aud seller of
intoxicauts in any form or manner is an abettor of all sucti violators of the
prohibition laws of our country and is gu.lty uf thwarting the intent and
purposes of the amendment of the constitution of the I'nlted States and
should be punished accordingly; aud therefore
Be it resolved, that this Rotary Club, with its entire individual member
ship. subscribes itself to ti e above statements as being facts, and places it
self upon record with tiiis resolve to assist tiie officers in this vicinity and
elsewhere where opportunity is had to enforce the prohibition laws rigidlv
ar.d effectively until such laws are annulled or proven to be worthy of a
permanent place with all other good laws.
FARMING THE SE5T BUSINESS
Fa inline atuayx "as. I*. awl ilmjw
will he the l>est business uuder tlie
sun ivI en the right 111:111 under favor
able rlrrlllu-iiji . e» embarks III II say*
Farm an.I li itu li. It is not a lius n,*s
In which one can become "»
and violently stricken" with •«!«
abundant wealth. but it Is one in .vln--'i
Uberty In Its fullest sen>e. ami v'entv
In its amplitude may be realized ami
enjoyed. If there were no hrb !le->
lawyers 110 seedy doctors. no p-verty
ladeu mechanics at J lal»>rer» then one
znitrht be discouraged with the fait
that there are many exceedingly poor
fanners. who fall to make the two
emls of the year meet. Hut the "poor
we have always" with us and this < la#<
ran never by any system of laws,
political or social, be entirely done,
away with—at lea«t during this life
We may. however, reduce their
numbers and ameliorate, to some ex
tent the condition of the remainder.
This good work, however, musf he
done by the fanners themselves, and
they so-iii recently to have "caught
on" to this fact. Let theiu not turn
It loose.
His Excellency Rolandl Riccl. writ
ing of "The fertile Land of Vergil"
In The Forum remarks of the produc
tion of silk there: "There extensive
growth of mulberry. especially in
northern Italy, permits a iar-:e produc
tion of silk worms which furnish the
raw material for Italy's flourishing
silk industries. In this production
Italy leads the nations of Europe. "The
orange and lemon groves produce
about Si**'.'**) quintals of fmit an
nually. Of this production TO per cent
consists of lemons, for which there Is
large demand ill foreign countries. The
total exportation of orange* and
lemons before the war aggregated
about 4 "00 quintals, rained st S3.
OOO.OnO lire. In 1919. 2.I'»' <**».(**>
were exported. The resumption of
normal commercial relations nun make
way for a larjre Increase In these ex
ports. It Is to be especially noted that
Italy has almost a monopoly of citrou
derlvntlves, chief among which Is the
output of citrous essences and citrate
of calcltun. Italian production In these
two derivatives covers nine-tenths of
the eutine w»rld output."
Secretary Full says *130000.000 000
in untapped wealth reposes n-lthln the
public domain. But It "ill take work
t<. get It "lit. Anil work will iret a
great de«il more than thnt out of the
i-tilth atol area »f the country The
kev to the whole sirurflon Is. Invest
ment. conservation anil work.
White we are figuring <m the quick
est way to secure a return of full
prosperity to America. It help« some
to remember that In a K^ihI many
countries the people would he Kind if
•licv mnld fill'! anv old way to Ret
litick good times.
A scientist nay" the atmosphere of
Mors i* so rarefied that elephants
•here can hup as nimbly as Karth's
rabbits If elephants are thai active,
then we suppose the Martians are so
wlggly they can't remain on a Job
more than three minutes at a time.
It wouldn't be a bail thins If the
people of the United States would sus
pend all the "Ulost beautiful girl" af
fairs for a year or so and see what
can be d'«ne to net up a healthful
■•most useful girl" sentiment.
A Vienna surgeon announces that
lie can remove blindness In tiuinan be
<n_'* by transplanting (togs' eyes. If
••ver vou see a patient galloping wild
ly down the street after a cat. you'll
know what's liapi>ened to him.
>fo«t of the pictures of the disarma
ment conference are copyrighted. This
prevents the use of Its whiskers as
pro|iiig:iuda for a certain pair of
brothers' couch drops.
Invention has made many mnchlnej
to relieve people of the burdens of
work, but has not so far done any
thing to lift from the human race the
affliction or men me of idleness.
A Bolshevist wave in. Portugal la
reported. But Portugal is so sick al
most anything can infect it.
Do the girls wear their goloshes
loose at the top because they are
flapper*?
The Voice
of the Pack
By Edison Marshall
(Coprrlgfct, 1M0, Utile, Browo * Oxapa ay)
Then hp (Tilled Snowbird. His voice
echoed In the «llent room, unanswered.
He enlled again. then went to look for
her. At the door of the dining room
he found the note that she had left
for him.
It told very sltnplv and plainly, that
her father lay Injured In his hod. and
he wns to remain and do what he
eonld for him. She had gone for help
to the ranger station.
j He leaped through the rooms to Len- |
; nox's door, then went In on tiptoe. 1
And the first thing he saw when he
opened the door wns the grizzled ,
man's gray face on the pillow.
"You're home early. Pan," he said.
I "How many did yon get?"
! It was entirely characteristic,
i Shaggy old Woof Is too proud to howl
I over the wounds thnt lay hfm low. and
j this cntv old henr on the bed had par
taken of his spirit.
"<Jood Lord." Pan answered. "llow
badly are you hurt?"
"Not so had hut that I'm sorry that
I Snowbird has gone drifting twelve
I uilles over the hills for help. It's
I dark as pitch."
I And It was. Hnn eonld scarcely j
I make our the outline of the somber ]
ridges against the sky.
' They talked on. and their subject
wns whether Pan should remain to
take cure of I.ennox. or whether he
should Rftempt to overtake Snowbird i
with the horse. Of course the girl
had ordered him to stay. I ennox. on
the other hand said that Pan could
' not help him In the least, and desired
' him to follow the girl.
| "I'm not often anxious about her."
he said slowly. "Hut It Is a long walk
through the wildest part of the Pl
vlde. Some way—t can't bar accidents
tonight. I don't like to think of her
on those mountulns nlorte."
And remembering what had lain be
side the trail. Pan felt the same. lie j
bad henrd long nTo. that any animal
that once tasted human flesh loses Its
fear of men and is never to be trusted
again. Some wild animal thi>t still
I hunted the ridges had. In the Inst
I month, done Just that thing. He left
I the room and walked softly to tiie
I door
I The night lav silent and mysterious
I over the Divide. He stood llstenlne
I The clrl had started only an hour he
' fore, and It was unlikely that she
| could have traversed more than two
| miles of tl-j* steen 'rail In that fltne.
I Although the horse ordinarily did not
climb a hill more swiftly than a hn
j man being. he didn't dmiht hnf that
he could overtake her before she
went three miles farther. But where
I lay his duty—with the Injured man
| In the house or with the daughter or
| her errand of merry In the darkness?
| Then the matrer was decided for
I him. So faint that It only whispered
I at the dim. outer frontiers of hearing.
in sound came pricking through the
darkness. Only his months of listen
| Ing to the faint sounds of the forest,
and the Incredible silence of the night
enabled hltn to hear It at all. Bui he
knew what It was. the report of a
pistol. Snowbird had met an enemy
In the darkness.
lie called once to l.ennox. snatched
the shoteun that still stood where he
had placed It In the corner of rhe
room, and hastened to the corral. The
mare whickered plaintively when he
took her from her food.
When Snowbird first heard the step
In the thickets heside her. she halted
bravely and held her lantern high She
understood at last. The very extremity
of the beams found a reflection In two
very curious circles of greenish fire:
a tire that was old upon the world be
fore man ever rubbed two sticks to
i gether to strike a llame. Of course
| the dliu rays luid simply been rellect
i ed on the eyes of some treat beast al
j prey.
j She Identified It at once. Only the
■ eyes of the felines, with vertical pu
I pits, have this identical greenish B'are.
' The eyes of the wolves clow In the
| darkness, but the circles are usually
bright points. Of course It was a cou
gar.
She d'dn't cry out ngflln. Itenljilng
at last the reality of her peril, her
long training In the mountains came
to her aid. That did not mean she
was not truly and terribly afraid. The
henst was hunting her. She couldn't
doubt this fact. Curiosity might make
a lien follow her. but It would never
beget such a wild light of madness In
his, eyes as this she had Just seen. She
simply clamped down all her moral
strength on her rising hysteria ami
j looked her situation In the face. Her
I hand flew Instinctively to her side,
and the pistol leaped in the lantern
| light.
I But the eyes had already blinked
J out before she could raise the weapon.
i She shot twice. The echoes ron red
back, unbelievably loud In the silence,
and then abruptly died; anil rhe only
sound was a rusrling of leaves as the
cougar crouched. She sobbed once,
then hurried on.
I Siie Stts JtitttW.tO listen m tjrsl. JShe
She Shot Twice. I
wanted to believe tlmr tier prslol Are '
would frighten the anlmnl from her
tniil. Shi- knew. under ordinary con
dltlons. thai It would. If he still fol
lowed. It could meiin hnt one thine— I
tl.iit some unheard-of Incident hud oc- i
enrred to destroy his fear of men. It j
would mean thnl lie h:ul knowingly set '
upon her trull and was hunting her |
with all thi- ace-old retnorselessness <
that Is ilie code of the mountains. I
Kor a llttli' while nil was silence. )
Then out of the hush the thickets sud
denly eraslieil pud -hook on the Oppo
site side of the trail. She flretl Mind
ly Into the thicket. Then she caught
herself with a soh. Mm two shells
remained in her pN'ol. mid they must I
he saved for the lest. I
Whlsperfoot the con car. remember- 1
Ine the lessons of his youth, turned
from the trail when he had first heard
Snowbird-'-- step. lie had crouched
and let her pus*. She was walking |
Into the wind: and a-- she was at the i
closest point a message had blown
bai'k to him. ' I
The hair went straight on his shoul
ders and along his spire. Ilis blood,
running cold an 'nstant before from 1
fear, made a great leap in his veins.
A picture came In his dark mind: the i
chase for a deer when the moon had
set the stir of a living thing that '
broke twigs In the thickets, and the
leap he had made. There had been
blood, that ni'.'ht—the wi'dness and the
madness and the exultation of the kill.
Of course there hud been terror first, |
hut the terror had soon departed and |
left something lying warm and still
In the thickets. It was the same game
that walked his trail in front—game
thut died easily and yet. in n vngue
way be did not understand, the
noblest game of all. It wns living I
flesh, to tour with talon and fang. |
All his training, all the Instincts lm
btied in him bv n thousand generations
of cougars who knew this greatest
fear, \» ere simply obliterated by the
sudden violence of bis hunting-mad
ness. He had lasted 'I:!s blood once,
and II could never be forgotten. The
flame leaped In his eyes. And then he
lieiran the stalk.
A cfltimr. trying to creep silently
on Its game, does not more quickly, ft :
simply steals, as a serpent steals
through the grass. Whlsperfoot stalked
for u period of tlve minifies, to learn
that the prey was farther away from
him at every step.
fin trotted forward until ne came
clo*e. nn<l again lit* sialked. Again he
found. after n few minutes of silent
creeping through ilie thickets, that he
hnd Inst distance. Evidently this
game did licit feed slowly, like the
deer. It was to he a chase, then.
Again lie trotted within one hundred
feel of the girl.
Three times more he tried to stalk
before he Anally gave It up altogether.
This came was |)|:e the poreuplne—
simply to he rliased ilown and taken.
Atul In the ease of all animals that
hunt their pi me hy overtaking It.
there was no longer any occasion for
i»olns.' silently. The thing to do «•»» to
come close and spring from the traM
tctlUd. '
Though the fear was mostly cone,
the cougnr retained enough of that
caution that tnogt wild animals ex
hibit when hunting a new game so
that he didn't attempt to strike Snow
bird dowu at once. But as the chase
weut on. his passion grew upon him.
Ever he crept nearer. And st last he
sprang full into the thickets beside
ber.
At that Instant slie hnd shot for the
first time. Because the light hnd left
his eyes before she could find aim,
both shots had been clean misses. And
terrible as the reports were, he was
too engrossed in the chase to be
frightened away hy mere sound. This
was the cry the man-pack always
made—these sudden, startling sounds
In the silence. But he felt no pain.
He crouched a moment, shivering.
Then he hounded on again.
The third shot was a miss too: In
fact, there had been no chance for a
hit. A sound In the darkness is as
unreliable a target as can possibly be
Imagined. And It didn't frighten him
as much as the others. He waited,
crouching, and the girl started on.
She was making other sounds now—
queer, whimpering sounds not greatly
different from the bleat that the fawn
uiters when It dies. It was a fear
sound, and If there Is one emotion
with which Uie wild are ac
firnilnfefl. in mi it* pimam, it 1* rear.
Klip nn!) afraid of lllm, then, and that
meant he need no longer he to the
leiisi nfrald of her. ills »kln began to
twitch hII over with thai terrlhlp mad
ness nnd passion of the llesb:hijnters.
This game WI1S like the deer, and
the thing to do was lie It wait. There
was only one trail. He wasn't afraid
of losing her In the darkness. She
was neither fleet like the deer nor
courageous like Woof the bear. He
had only to wait and leap from the
darkness when she passed.
• ••••••
When Han Falling, riding like mad
over the mountain trail, heard tbe
third shot from Snowbird's pistol, he
felt that one of the debts he owed had
come due at last. He seemed to know,
as the darkness pressed around blm.
that he was to be tried In the fire. And
the horse staggered beneath him as
he tried to hasten.
He showed no mercy to his mount.
Horse-flesh Isn't made for carrying a
heavy man over such a trail as this,
and she was red-nostrlled and lath
ered before half a mile had been cov- I
ered. He made her leap up the rocks,
nnd on fairly level stretches he loosed
the reins and lushed her Into a gallop.
Only n mountain horse could have
stood that test. He gave no thought
to his own safety. His courage was
at the test, and no risk of his own
life must Interfere with his attempt
to save Snowbird from the danger
that threatened her. He didn't know
when the horse would fall with him
nnd precipitate him down a precipice,
and he was perfectly aware that to
crash Into n low-hanging limb of one
of the great trees beside the trail
would probably crush his skull. But
he took the chance. And before the
ride was done he found himself plead
ing with the horse, even as he lashed
her sides with his whip.
The lesser forest creatures sprang
frotn his trail; and once the mare
leaped high to miss a dark shadow
that crossed In front. As she caught
her stride. Pan heard a squeal and a
rattle of quills that Identified the crea
ture as a porcupine.
By nmi he hurt passed the first of
the worst prudes, coming out upon a
long, easy slope of open forest. Again
he nrgeil his horse, lenvltig to her
keen senses alone the choslng of the
path between the great tree trunks.
Then he heurrt Snowhlrrt lire for the
fourth time; and he knew that he had
almost overtaken her. The report
seemed to smash the air. And he
lashed his horse Into the fastest run
she knew—a wild, sobbing figure In
the darkness.
"She's only got one shot more." he
said. He knew how many bullets her
[>ls;ol cnrrled; and the danger—what
ever It was—must be Just at hand. Un
derbrush cracked beneath him. And
then the horse drew up with a Jerk
that almost burled hhn from the sad
dle.
He lashed at her In vain. She wa«
not afraid In the darkness and the
rooks of the trail, hut some Terror In
the woods In front tiad In an instant
broken his control over bet. She
reared, snorting: then danced In an
Impotent circle. Meanwhile, precious
seconds were fleeing.
He understood now. The horse
stood still, shivering beneath him, but
would not advance a step. The silence
deepened. Somewhere Id the dark
ness before him a great cougar was
waiting by the trail, and Snowbird,
hoping for the moment that It had
given up the chase, was hastening
through the shadows sqnarely Into Its
ambush
(Continued on Thursday)
Sporting Instinct
You wouldn't heckle a lady candi
date?"
"Certainly not," said the gallant ma
jor, "but 1 like a bit of fun as well
ft* anybody. If a lady candidate were
making a speech and I saw a woman
voter In the audience about to boll
over, I'd probably be the last inun
there to ; 11 a policeman."—Binning
8KAGWAY
FRATERXAli OKDERS
Camp Skagway No. 1
* ■ • m in«■<>!« every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
xaSar at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
ing brothers cordltJly welcome.
J. M. Keller,
Arctic Recorder.
Ij. 8. Keller,
Arctic Clilef
B. P. O. ELKS, Skag
way Lodge, No. 431, B.
JP. O. Elks, meets evcrj
Thursday at 8 p. m.
Visiting brothers cor
dially welcome.
J. C. WOOD, E. B.
F. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge F. & A.
M. No. 113, meets 2nd and
4th Saturday evenings ol
each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wel
come.
P. J. Van de Wall, W. M.
T. J. Standlsh, Secretary.
Fraternal Order of
Eagles
Skagway Aerie, No. 25,
Fraternal Order of
Eagles, meet the first
and third Wednesday night of each
month at their ha\l on Fifth Ave
nue. Visiting brothers cordially In
vited to attend.
C. H. ROGERS, W. P.
J. M. Grlesbach, Sec'y.
Naomi Chapter No. 9
O. E. 6., meets In Ma
sonic hall, first and
third Friday of each
month, at 8 o'clock.
\isiting members wclcome.
POLLY WEBSTER
Worthy Matron
Fanny Speer, Secretary.
• PROFESSION ih CARDS •
• •••••■•«••
W. B. STOUT
Attorney at Law
Practice in all courts
In Territory of Alaska
HAINES ALASKA
DK. L. S. KELLER
Dentist
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SKAGWAY ALASKA
NOTICE
When you want anything moved
Trunks, Baggage or anything else,
Call op the John Williams, U. S.
Transfer Co. Also wood, 18 lncn,
delivered. S4.50, and coal, per ton,
delivered, $16.50. Phone 56.
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rone of counterfeita
Dan Sutherland
For
Delegate to Congress
Asks the voters of Alaska to endorse his record of the
past year In Congress, by voting for his re-nomina
tion at the Republica primary on April 23, 1922.
Delegate Sutherland has diligently and persist
ently sought to secure enactment of legislation that
would be for the benefit of all the people of Alaska
and aid In the development of the Territory.
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