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.NOTHING SMALL ABOl'T JOHN
.AtUn. B.C.
Our old friend John E. Ballaine. after (for himi a long period of si
lence. has again broken into print with an open let'er of adtice to Secretary
of the Interior Kail on how to conduct the Alaska railroad, etc. John does
not want much; just a daily train service between Seward and Fairbanks
aud a steamship line running direct from So:: le to Seward, by way of the
outside route, on a three-day schedule.
We presume John speaks from his inlimate knowledge of the country
and its needs, and are confident that if Jo in owned the road and was oper
ating it at his own expense that is just what he would do—not.
John does know something about Alaska, or at least he ought to, hut
we are of the opinion he is letting his desires run away with his judgment.
He knows very well, as does everybody else, that t'lere is no more use for n
daily train service bet veen Seward and Fairbanks than there is for a tin
can on a dog's tail. Both would have the same effect—a great deal of use
less running.
The present steamship service, too. ;s ample for all the needs of the
tesldents of Seward and Fairbanks, and the towns in between, and a
steamer running direct from Seattle to Seward on a three-day schedule
would not earn its fuel, much less the wages of ti;e boat crew.
Then why this gratuitous advice from John? Simply that John has a
large number of lots in the town of Seward that he is holding at pretty
stiff prices, and if Secie Kali would heed John's advice there might be
a demand for Seward lots which would be very comforting to John at this
time.
However, we don't believe Secretary Fail, after examining the operat
ing costs on the government railroad, and the income accruing therefrom,
will hasten to increase the train service, at least not until such time as tiie
demands of business shall warrant it. and while we sincerely hope the time
will be short until all of John's desires are fulfilled, at this time, when
economy is the watchword at the national capital, we fear he is doomed to
disappointment.—Seward Gateway.
SI'TllKKLAND SCORES AOA1N
Today's Associated Press dispatches quoting Governor Scott C. Bone as
saving the government will build the four-mile spur from the government
railroad at Moose Creek st.it on to t'ae Baxter coal mine is one more strik
ing example of Delegate Dun Sutherland's successful efforts to promote Al
aska industry. Working in absolute harmony with the administration.
Delegate Sutherland formulated legislation necessary to bring about the re
quired results In this movement he ecu red the valuable aid of Secretary
Fall, who has always evidenced a desire to assist in constructive Alaska
measures.
While the fulfillment of building this spur, as set forth In the organ
ic act. has been long delayed, it has not been through any fault of Col. F.
Mears. who has recognized l e justice, but was not in a position to author
ize the experditure hv the ,\1 <!<a Engineering commission Judging from
the results obtained Col Mears undoubtedly supported Delegate Suther
land s contention, as did H P Warren, commission official, who in his
broad minded manner has always espoused a liberal policy towards devel
opment and promotion of legitimate industries contiguous to the Alaska
railroad.
It is such constructive legislation as carried to a successful culmination
I y Delegate Sutherland and supported by Alaska's tried and true friends
that will be the making of the emp re —Anchorage Times.
Mary Morrison on Sterling-Towner Bill—A Reply
Daily Alaskan:
I was interested in your reprint
of an article by. Mary Morrison iu
the Anchorage Times. My interest
grew as I read thru her criticisms
of the Woman's Club and the pro
visions of the bill in general. Here
are my reasons (or that interest:
Klrst—Mary has uiucli to say
about the bill, but does not quote
a single section, sentence or provi
sion of the bill. It the bill is so
thoroughly bad why not point out
specifically and in the terms of tne
it is so. This generalizing
» ary is after, that is, to get
people to work against the bill of
wh.ch tfcey know nothing, but will
convince few who can read aud
think.
Second—Mary deduces a number
of inferences from the bill for which
she produces no proof whatsoever*
eg., the native schools of Alaska. Ifj
Mary wants to know how the fed
eral money is spent for the native |
schools she needs but drop a curd1
to Superintendent Hawkesworth or I
Mr. Lopp and she will get the an-|
nual ^report. She intimates that the I
Sterling-Towner bill will put our j
productive of the result
public schools under a similar man
agement. Rut she produces not a
shred of evidence or ground for such
inference. And she asks if we want
our schools run like these or the
HsVenes or the roads, etc; i.e., from
a lederal head at Washington? That
seems conclusive, and would be. if
the oil I prov ded for any such thing.
But t.e bill expressly provides that
this shall NOT be done. Mary also
infers that our schools will be re
tarded much aftei the manner of
tie territory, which has been con
trolled from Washington. But
again she gives only a figment of
the imagination, with not a single
line from the bill to prove her con
tention, vet surely proof ought to
be there. She reaches a grand cli
max wnen she says, "Of course,
everyone understands under the pro
visions of tlie Stesling-Towner bill
that all of the schools from Maine
to Californ.a and .Yom Florida to
Alaska would be governed the same,
but do we all want them the same?"
Now. the obvious fact is that All do
not understand ai.y such thing in
connection with this bill. And Mary
does not produce the name of a
iContinued on page 4)
The Voice
of the Pack
By Edison Marshall
(CopjrlgM, 1930, Little, Brown A Oxnp»uyi
The voice no louder fceld steady. It
trembled with passion. This was no
Idle threat. The brain had already
seized upon the scheme with every In
tention of carrying It out. The wil
derness lay stark and hare, stripped of
all delusion—not only In the snow
world outside hut In the hearts of
these two men. Its sons.
"I have only one hope." Lennox re
plied. "1 hope, unknown to me, that
Dan has already dispatched those let
ters. The arm of the law Is long.
Cranston. It's easy to forget that fact
up here. It will reach you In the
end."
Cranston turned through the door.
Into the kitchen. He was gone a long
time. I/ennox heard him at work; ,
the crinkle of paper and then a pour
ing sound around the walls. Then he
heard the sharp crack of a match. An
Instant later the first wisp of smoke
came curllnx. pungent with burning
oil, through the corridor.
"You crawled from your com-h to
reach that gun." Cranston told him
when he came In. "l^t's see yru crawl
out now."
Lennox's answer was a curse—the
last, dread out(>ourlng of an unbroken
will. He didn't look again at the glit
tering eyes. He scarcely watched
Cranston's further preparations: thr
oil poured on the rigs and furnishings
the kindling placed at the Imse of the
curtains. Cranston was trained In this
work, lie was taking no rhances on
the fire being extlninilshed. And l.en
| nox began to crawl toward the door.
I He managed to gnisp the corner of :
i 'be blanket ot th» divan as he went, j
' *nd he dragged It behind him. Pain
wracked Idni. nud smoke half-blinded
hlra. But he made It at last. And by I
the time he had crawled .me hundred
feet over the snow crust the whole
structure was In flames. The red ]
tongues spoke with a roar.
Cranston, the bre-mafUiess on ht«
face, hurried to the outbuilding
There he re|H»ated the Work. He ;
touched a match to the hay In the {
barn, and the wind dung the flame '
through It Id an Instant. The sheds j
and other outbuildings were treu'ed
with oil. And seeing (hut his work |
Avas done, he called once to the prone
He Called Once to the Prone Body of
Lennox.
body of Lennox on the snow and I
ran shod away into ttie silences.
Lennox's answer was not a curse .
this time. Rather it was a prayer, un
uttered. and In his long years Lennox |
had not prayed oftpn. When lie
prayed at all. the words were burning
tire. His prayer was that of Samson
I —that for a moment his strength
| might come buck to him.
CHAPTER II.
Two miles across the ridges. Han
nnd Snowbird saw a faint mist blow
ing between the trees. They didn't
recognize it at first. It might he fine
snow, blown by the wind, or even one
of those mysterious fogs that some
times sweep over the snow.
"But it looks like smoke," Snowbird
said.
"Put It couldn't be. The trees Hre
too wet to bum."
But then a sound that at first was
Just the faintest whisper In which
neither of them would let themselves I
believe, became distinct past all deny
ing. It was that menacing crackle of
a great fire, that in the whole world of
sounds Is perhaps the most terrible.
"It's our house." Snowbird told him.
"And father can't get out."
She spoke very Quietly. Perhaps
the most terrible truths of life are al
ways spoken In that same quiet voice.
Then both of them started across the
snow as fast as their unwieldy snow
shoe* would penult
"iiv cuxi cruwi u Utile" Uuu called
to tier "Don't give up. Snowbird
mine, t tliJuk he'll be safe."
They mourned to the top of the
ridge: and the lone sweep of the for
est was revealed to them. The house
was a singular tall plllnr of flume. Hi
ready el.mine that dreadful red from
which tlremen. despairing. turn away.
Then the girl --eired his bauds and
danced ahout him in a mad circle.
"He's alive!" she cried. "You can
see him—Just a dot nn the snow. He
crawled out to safety."
She turned and sped at a breakneck
pace down the ridge. Dan hail to race
to keep up with her. But It wasn't en
tirely wise to try to mush so fast. A
dead log lay beneath the snow with a
broken limb stretched almost to its
surface, and It caught her snowshoe.
The wood cracked sharply, and she fell
forward In the snow. But she wasn't
hurt, and the snowshoe Itself. In spite
of a smnll crack In the wood, wns still
serviceable.
"Haste makes waste," he told her.
"Keep your feet on the ground. Snow,
bird; the house Is pone already and
your father Is safe. Remember what
lies before us."
The thought sobered and halted her.
She glanced once at the dark face of
her companion. Dan couldn't under
stand the strange light that suddenly
leaped to her eyes. I'erhaps she her
self couldn't have explained the wave
of tenderness that swept over her—
with no cause except the look In Dan's
earnest gray eyes and the lines that
cut so e'eep. Since the world was new.
it lias been the boast of the boldest of
men that lhe> looked their Fate In the
face. And this Is no mean looking. For
fate Is a sword from the darkness, a
power that read:.-, out of the mystery,
and cannot bp cl«-»ed with sights of
human origin. I' hums out the eyes
if all but rbe strongest men. Yet Dan
was looking at his fate now. and his
ejes held straight.
They walked together down to the
ruined house, and the three of them
<at silent while the tire bunted red.
Then l.ennux turned to them with a
half-smile.
"You're wasting time, yon two." he
-aid. "lientemher all our food is gone.
If yon start now. and walk hard, may
tie you can make It out."
"There are several things to do
Hrst." Dan answered simply.
"I don't know what they are It Isn't
^olng to be any picnic Dan. A man
can travel only so far without food to
keep nt his strength particularly over
such ridges as yon have to cross. It
will be easy to give hp and die. It's
the test, man: It's the tost."
"And what about you?" his daugh
ter asked
"Oh. I'll be all right lies ■!.•*—tr«
the only tiling that can be dona. T
can't walk, and you can't carry me on
your backs. What else remains? Ill
stay here—and I'll scrape together
enough wood to keep a lire. Then you
can bring help."
He kept his eyes averted wh>n he
talked. He was afraid for Dan to see
them, knowing that he could read tne
lie in them.
"How do you expect to find wood—
in this snow?" Dau asked him. "It will
take four days to get out: do you
think you could lie here and battle
with a lire for four days, and th^n four
days more ihct 't will take to come
back? You'd huve two choices: to
burn green wood that I'd cut for you
before I left, or the rain-soaked dead
wood under the snow. You couldn't
keep either one of them burning, aud
you'd die in a night Besides—this Is
no time for an unarmed man to be
alone In the hills."
Lennox's voice grew pleading. "Be
sensible. Dau!" he cried. "That
Cranston's got us. and got us right.
I've only one thing more 1 care about
—aud that Is that you pay the debt! I
can't hope to get out myself. 1 say
that I can't even hope to. But If you
bring my daughter through—and when
spring cotnes. pay what we owe to
Cranston—I'll be content. Heavens.
son—I've lived toy life. The old pack
leader dies when his time comes, and
so does a man."
His daughter crept To nirn ana snei
tered his pray head against tier
breast "111 stay with you, then." she
cried.
"Don't he n little fool. Snowbird,"
he urced. "My clothes are wet al
teady from the moiled snow. It's too
long a wh.v—it will l>e too hard a flght,
and children—I'm old and tired out. I
don't want to make the try—hunger
and cold: utid even If you'd stay here
and grub wood. Snowbird, they'd find
us both dead when they came hack In
a week. We can't live without food,
and work and keep warm—and there
isn't a living creature In the hills."
"Except the wolves," Dan reminded
him.
"Except the wolves," lv>nnox
echoed. "Remember, we're unarmed—
and they'd find It out You're young.
Snowbird, and so Is D:>n—and you
two will he happy. I know how things
are, you two—more than yon know
yourselves—and In the end you'll be
happy. But me—rm too tired to
make the try. I don't care about It
enough. I'm going to wave you gond
by, and smile, and lie here and let the
cold come down. Yon feel warm In a
little while—"
Rut she stopped his lips with her
hand. And he bent and kls«ed It.
"If anybody's going to stay with
you," Dan told them In a clear, firm
voice, "it's coins to be me. But aren't
any of the cabins occupied?"
"Yon know the.v aren't." Lennox an
swered. "Not even the houses beyond
the North Pork, even If we could get
across. The nearest help Is over sev
enty miles."
"And Snowbird, think! Haven't any
supplies been left In the ranger sta
tion?"
"Not one thine" the trlrl told him.
"Xuu Lnuw O'iiiwiuu tuid his crowd
rt>hf>e# the place last wimpi* Anq.ttf* i
telephone line* vt* disconnected j
when thp ranters left."
"Then the on It way ts for in* to
stay herr. Ton an. lake Uie pistol. !
and you'll haTe a fair chance of ret- |
tine thrnnch. HI rmh wood for onr
canip meanwhile. and you can bring j
help." I
"And If the wolre* come. or If help
didn't come In time." L«mni whls- I
pered. passion-drawn for the first j
time, "who wonld par whs! we o*f to 1
Cranston?"
"But her life counts—first of all"
"I know II lo»»— hut mine do»sti*t
count at nil. Believe roe. yon two.
I'm speakinc from my own dealnes
when I ray I dont want to make t6e
flfht. Snowbird would never make It
throucti alone. Tbwe are the wolvoa.
and maybe Oan*t"n too—the worst
■wolf of all A woman cant ijmsh
across those rld**s Tonr davs without
food, without some one who Iotp* her ,
and forces her on! Neither can she I
stay here with me and try to make j
creen branches hum In a Are. She'*
cot three little pistol hall*—and <re'd
all die for a whim. Oh. please,
please—"
But Pan leaped for his hand with
jrlott-lnp eyes "l.lsten. man !*• he cried.
"T know another way ret. ! know j
more than one way: but one. If we're
eot the strength. I« almost snre There
Is an ai In the kitchen, and the blade
will still he pood "
"Likely dulled with the Ore—"
"I'll ctit a limb with my lackVnlfe
for the handle. Th-re will he n*M»
In the ashes, nlpnty of them. Well
make a rode aledge an<1 we'll ret ron
out too."
I.onnoj wtoikI m he amdvine ht»
wasted hands "It's a chance. hot tt 1
isn't worth It." he said at last. "Tootl
have fleht enonirh withont tuceine at j
a heaw sled It will take all nigh'
to huild It and tt wonld rut down
your rhan<-e« of trettlne oar hy prert*
near half. Remember the rldre*.
Pan—"
"Put well rllmh evert rldce—he
sides Its a slow, d«wn rrade most of
the way Snowbird—tell him he mn*
do It"
Snowbird told him overpowering |
him wl'h hei enthn«ia«m *nd Pan
■shook his shoulder* with roiiph hands i
"Yon're hurting. hor *" Unmn I
warned "I'tn a hat of broken hone*" |
"HI tote you down there If I have |
t<> fie ron in" Dnf Falllna replied !
-Before t're howot to yom wilt; htt' I
This ttme yon hare »o how to mine !
I'm noi colnc T» >et yuo s'av h»re and
die. no -natter If r00 l-ee on *our I
<n<-es' It s the te-i —and I'm going
to tiring yuo ttm>u«,Q."
He meant what he «sld. Tf mortal
strength and sinew roul.l survive such
a test, he would succeed. There wa<
nothing tn these words to lucrest the
physical weakling that both of them
had known a few month* before. The
eyes were earnest. the dark face In
tent. the determined voice did not
waver at all.
"l>an Tailing ireaksr" Lennox re
plieil with glowlug eyes. He was re
calling another Dan Falling of the
dead years, a bovhood hero, and hla i
remembered voice had never been
viore determined, more masterful than
this he had Just heard.
"And Cranston didn't get his pur
pose. after alt" To prove bis words,
Dan thrust his hand Into hla Inner
coat pocket. He drew forth a little,
tlat package half as thick as a pack
of cards. He held It up for them U» j
see "The thing Bert Cranston burned j
the house down to destroy," he ex- :
plained. "I'm learning to know this
mountain breed. Lennox. 1 kept It In
my pocket where I could fight for It.
at any minute.".
(Continued on TtH*da7)
idc iMiieru-an mrtn rate baa ad
vanced 1.4 per cent. Froin fie num
ber of front page stories relating to
twins, triplets ana quadruplets.
might have expected a jKaij, a1 at
lea sr ion [x-r cent.
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• PROFESSION 41. CARDS •
W. B. STOTT
Atltrir; *1 Law
Practice in >11 roorni
In Territory of Alaska
HA I YES AU8M
PR. L. 8. KEM.ER
Bcp<J«t
Mm Mod«* Method*
Office Hour*: 9-12 a. m.—1-« p. m.
Fifth Arenne — N>«
Door to Dally Alaskan
SKAGWAY ALASKA
jfonc*
When yon w*nt anythlc* mored
Trunk*. or anything etre.
Call up tfea John William*. P. S.
Transfer Co. Alao wooA. It lnen,
delivered. 58. and coal. p«r ten.
dehrered. fit.50. Phone St.
Dan Sutherland
For
Delegate to Congress
Ask* the rofers of Alaska to endorse hi* i*cord of th«
p<u>t year in Conptss, bj votine for hi* re-nomina
tion at the Republic* primary on April 23, 1922U
Delegate Sutherland has dflt£ently and perclst
ently sought to aernre enactment of legislation that
would be for the benefit of all the people of Alaska
and aid In the development ot the Territory.
—Paid XBrartiaement.