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DOG RACING AND ALASKA
(Montreal Star.)
The little Norwegian blacksmith
• - and part; time fisherman fromSkjar
voy is-’i ntown, '»No>one knows him
• by-that- name, • for in'the newspaper
headlines, and in tie>T4>togravures, he
i« readily recognized as Leonard Sep
i ,-palta* world, famous1 dog musher from
Nome* Alaska* no wat-the --Queen's
B&td
tSeppala. was in the Nome gold rush,
T- -missed the nuggets,' got another job,
i- mushed in serum '-one time for a race i
- -against plague death up. in Alaska,
and considers Skagway as effeminate
« - and southern.
-“How cold Joes it get in the win
u. ter- in Alaska?-’ he was asked.
‘t ‘At have;seen it-down to 60 in Fair
L.. banks, but it is a drier cod, for that
i mpart is* in wooded; country. Up
•.around Nome it is rawer, and -~al
- though the thermometer generally is
a higher in Nome than Fairbanks, I
*■ have seen it down to 56 in Nome.” I
■ “Have yoo been out in that tem
t perature?”
- “I. do -not' go -out in -that tempera
tore; I generally will not take my
dogs out if it is below 50. But if I
am on--the -trail, I go. Some do not
• keep-a thermometer in their shack* so
they -will not know how eold it is
• whem-they go out.
“Traininir dogs is-an art all by
‘ -itself^ l -used to train them in the
old-.days up in-Alaska, and often
v would take a passenger 60 Oor 700
L-mile» across the- snow just to help
make expenses. Dog racing ie -a rijjJj
man’s game.1 :You-cannot possibly
- .-make-any money- at it. In the old -
1 ■- days in Alaska, when I won the derby
three-years in a row, the purse was
v <10,000. But the last time I raced
'.-was in 1917, when 1 was four and a
-• half hours-ahead - of anybody else.
- The war came on, people put their
- money., in Liberty bonds,- and there
"-was.not the.-cash for prizes after
i that. j
- K!h**ton#eait dog derby is the one
m New-Hampshire. The most people
-i turn out tc the one in Ottawa But
.o the first prize in all these cases is
only $1,000.. it doesn’t begin to pay
e. expenses.”
- ‘.‘Are y-*ur .clogs savage?”
- “No. Now this is something I
w-want to emphasize. At first I could;
—hardly transport my dogs, because ■
, people thought they would be eaten.
- But they are harmless to humans.
--The Alaskan malamute is savage
- among his own kind. They like to
K fight. .Sometimes they all bunch in a
knot on -me) and I have to go over;
• and pound them on the back till they!
•1 separate; otherwise they - would bite
■ - each either to death. Those brutes
v. want to kill.
“The Siberian husky,-on-the other
it.hand, is a most lovable dog. He is
, 1
kindly and will not fight unlea^he'''!
has to.- He likes a friendly scuffle, <
but that is al. • |j
“In both cases, though, the dogs 1
are kind to human beings. I think i
that is because they are brought up <
with children. You know how a baby i
will pull a cat or a dog about. An' ]
Eskmo baby s the same as other
kinds. He mauls the. husky around, «
and the husky gets used to human f
beings. They feed him; consequently (
he likes them.” 1
“Ho you like living in Alaska?” 1
“I would not have lived there for '
36 years if ( didn’t. It is a wonder
ful country up there. You should see 1
the lovely gardens and flowers we i
have in-Fairbanks. I never saw such i
cabbages as we raise. Wheat, too, <
can be made to ripen. The scenery '
is wonderful, and -the weather is ;
ovely.” t
Skagway, Seppala spoke of rather i
contemptuously, as a place that had '
rain in winter. That stigmatized it 1
immediately as an effeminate sort of i
southern resort, a place for tender- i
foots. Since Skagway is as far north <
as the coastal boats of the Canadian I
National and Canadian Pacific go, it 1
is not exactly on -the equator, But ;
it is too hothouse-like for a real sour-;
dough, located as it is on 6$.
ALASKA GAME COMMISSION
ISSUES NEW AMENDMENTS
(Continued from Page 1.)
drainage to Cook Inlet from the Ke- (
nai river and Skilak lake on the north
to; the summit between Tustument j
lake and Fox river on the south. The
same provisions permitting residents j
to nill -bears at Any time when the ]
animals are about to attack or molest ]
persons or property applies to the
two new areas as well as the five
heretofore existing. (
Important among the changes nade ,
by the amendments to the game- law,
a resident’s privileges are clarified by
requiring that a person in all other ,
respects entitled-thereto shall have ,
been domiciled in the Territory, for
the.purpose of making his permanent (
home therein, for no less than -one
year immediately preceding his claim j
for such privileges. •
The former restrictions on the ,
shpping of trophies by residents of j
the Territory have been modiled, and f
under permits issued in the discretion
of the Commission a resident may s
now ship trophies as gifts; - and for f
mounting and return, they may ship a
trophies legally acquired nstead of £
ony those they have themselves le- f
gaily killed, as heretofore. j
Anotoher amendment establishes a c
new schedule of license fees for for
dealers, and more clearly defines the j
manner of keeping rehords of' furs t
purrhased. , .
Under another provision, postmas
ters and customs officers are now au- ^
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Restores Water's
Lost Element
VTHB XSVB8T WRACLBOF MODERN 9CIBNCM
THB Mart importaat tiling in life to health. We eaanot
tint In lift httltkfilljr aalran «t lift with tome myt>t
to the It*htf antore. Life to bat cellular buUdlay and calle
la* elimination. This toot element of water to Radio-activity,
which both creates collator energy and removes cellular yetoons.
Sir Arbnthnet Lane, the great English phytic ton, aays "Moat
dtoeaeee are directly traceable to bad drainage in the body”—to
the accumulation of dogging waste matter or potoono at vital.
For aentottoa tba world has recognised the mine of
springs, -and median!- officers now attribut the value of the fam>
one eprings to the natural radio-activity of their waters. This
radio-activity to one of wature'a ways af dissolving and tlimfav
athvg these health-destroying poisons and betiding healthy sells
’> It to um feasible for everyone, rick or well, to have
ally, and sit reasonable seat, the splendid beneftte of e
radio-active health- spring in the home throngh this
*! THE RBVIGATOB WATER JAR.
Order one today ton any «f the following sub agento:
Bbright, Flat; Tom DoVane, Rtoy; Oliver
fled Raelhltobmgm, Qpbir; Chris
V :f.i
to
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httrtzed to administer* oaths to appli
ants for licenses. This provision will.
lermit persons living in. localities re
not*? from communities where game
wardens' or licensing officers of the
Commission reside to subscribe to the
ippications for licenses before local
lostmasters.
The definitions' of game animals
md birds protected under the Alaska
;ame law have been enlarged to in
lude buffalo and other-onammals and
iheasants and other birds*. that may
>e introduced and planted-within the
territory. |
In transmitting the new Circular
>Io. 8 the Commission again invites
nterested persons bo write the exec-1
itive office any oenstructve crticisms
ir recommendations -they may .have.!
Phe response to this invitation in past |
rears has been generous, and the let-'
ers received are of material assist- j
mce to the Commission in its work
rhe limited personnel of the execu-j
ive office has not permitted the writ
ng of a personal letter of acknowl
edgment of every letter received, but
each individual who writes is assured
hat his etter will, receive the atten
ion of -the' Commission at its next
innual meeting.
JFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
' COMPLETELY REORGANIZED
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iffect the human side
Since Mr. Rhoads and Mr. Scatter
food first started to map out a con
itructive program for the beterment
>f the Indian service they have grad
laly taken on new people, technirally
rained in their lines of work, who
iow form the complete corps of di
ectors and assistant directors.
Dr. W; Carson Ryan, Jr., formerly
irofessor of education at Swarthmore
College, is director of education. He
vas appointed ast August, and now
vill have full authority over the edd
ational activities of the Indian ser
rice. Under Doctor Ryan, Miss Mary
Itewart, formerly of the Department
>f Labor, is assistant director of ed
ication
Dr. M. C. Guthrie is director of
lealth. He- was detailed to the In
lian service - in -1926 by the United
itates pubic health service, and was
ormerly executive officer ih the sur
;eon general’s office.
The director of agricultural exten
ion and industry is A. C. Cooley,who
ioined the Indian service in Febru
ry of last year. Previously die had
een in charge of demonstration on
ederal reclamation -projects for the
Jnited States Department of Agri
ulture.
An experienced social executive,’
tobert T. Lansdale, .formerly «jiecn-J
ive secretary of the Council of Social *
Lgencies of Montclair, New Jersey, i
nd member of the staff of the New
’ork School of Social Work, is thej
cting assistant to the commissioner!
or the above group. Mr. Lansdale;
s another who joined the Office of'fn
ian Affairs last year and-has been
field representative and personnel of
ficer.
The assistant to the commissioner
on property ha snot as yet been ap
pointed.
Director of irrigation is Major
William S. Post, who is the most re
cent of the newcomers to the Indian \
service. Major Post was appointed,
on January 2. Oof this year, and ia;
well known in the field of hydraulic
engineering in . the Pacific • coast
states. He was also, for some years, j
with the United States Geological
Survey.
The-director of forestry is J. P.
Kinney; who has been in the Indian
service since 1910 as chief forester.
During the past two years twelve
new and highly qualified people have
been added to the supervisory staff
of the Indian Office, in addition to the
directors and assistant directors
named above.
In contrast to the old system in
which the financial and fisca matters
of the Indian Office were scattered
and spread over three divisions, the j
chief finance officer, Samuel W. Dodd,
is now responsible for all fiscal ai d '
good plaea for man and
srifk Seasonable tanas to <
rfwfc* I
Write or visa to
■ P. W. CAELSON,
1 * Opfclr, Alaska. *
-Completely furnished. 1 A %
financial details, including accounting
and bookkeeping, and the purchase
and construction sectnns
Matters of a routine nature, which
so often in the past have hampered
the administrative work lag of the
various divisions, will be handled by
the chief clerk’s office . .along with
office detail. B. S. Garber will bo
chief clerk- on the retirement April 30
o£ Chares F. Ilauke, who has -been in
the Indian service for 32 years.
The review of all legal, procedure
will be handled by the chief counsel,
John It. T. Reeves, who will have
charge of the probate .division and
all other legal work.
LickersharaDv you go to the talkies
often?
Drmwater—bto.^Tm ell'fed up', I
have one home.
IflaeksmlthJ
Machine and 1 1
all kinds of 1
.Sheet Metal 1
Work I i
■yd
Stores
Babeoach
Mt<ja«hidiJtitta jls4
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Fun Bought and Sold Ctothajr
All Kindi of Nica Freak Groecziaa and Frails
Canned Goods of All Kindi * Fadii and Frfdkq \
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