i Tales From the Hills
; . ERNEST N. PATTY
v (Dearv.iof the Alaska .Agricultural College.-and School of Mines.)
TOti* flbds Are Good.
It.^rasf^teUing late. Jack had
£ tumedraif for the night* hut i*arry
v was rAs4.le.ss and kept prowding:around
. the .cabin. Finally he slipped on his
. fiat.ahd coat with the remark: “Jack,
I’m going, nto take a run down to the
v tunnel. -It must be free of powder
. smoke by..this time and I want to see
how things look after that last blast-”
A half hour later he was back
. at the cabin gasping for breath from
i his.rapid climb. “Get out of bed,, you
. son jof a millionaire! We’ve got it!”
“Got what, Larry? That’s a fine
v way._.to come rushing in: here and
\ wake, a man out of a sound sleep—-I
. thought a bear was on your heels,
t Gejt your .breath and then tell roe what
you.:are trying to talk about.” Jack
. struck a match dhd fumbled for the
lamp.chimney.
“Breath nothing! Look at that
t quastz! You can see the gold stick
ing out .of it. We have three feet of
i. that .stuff showing in the.uf ace no.w.
t Oh,. Boy! We have a prospect no
„ longer! ■ She’s a mine now; ran I’m a
■ dirt, farmer. What we/ want to do
now is to go into town .tomorrow and
i wire. for..an. air conrpmssu*. and drills
; so we*can open it up J»ig.”
“tnqdy! - Steady, me Jjoy! Not so
y fast.. I don’t like to get excited. Are
i you. sure .it isn’t .pyrites instead of
; gold ran that quartz? L*Here, let me
i hayt&n. Irioki at it”
Jack sat on the edge of his bunk
and tumedhthe. quartz over, and over
under his keen' gaze. .IThen he hegan
to pulbnoifc Lisi shoes.: .“Not..so bad,
Larry. ..Not so .had. Let’s igo down
and takaranbtheio look.i 'Irwantoto.de
termine just hrmt 'feig. a. duisud.;Jiar
you are.’’ t d
For the aiext - few h hours I lights
bobbed back and Buhbjonhthe canyon .
wall. The sound of voices aind me
tallic clang of mortar and pestle car
ried upwards in the cool night 'air.
It was midnight when they re |
turned to the cabin.1 'VWell, Larry,
for c;. ce in your life you didn t ex
aggerate. That showing certainly j
looks goo'.l enough to write home,
about Don't you thlik -that gopher
hole of ours should be dignified with
a name? What shall we.call it?”
“Let’s name it the Pauper’s
Dream,” suggested .Larry. “Suit me,”
responded Jack, “.though I hope it
doesn’t turn out to beai nightmare. I
was afraid you mightrwant to name
it the Maid" o ’Erin, rarhfihfe. {Shamrock,
and no mine could pan out under such
a handle.”
“Jack, there is one acs n>_of grape
fruit still left in the.xaehe. What do
you say if w e open it to .celebrate ?
“Grapefruit! . Suffering -.amygda- j
loids! Grapefruit juiceo.tobrhrietf n a
bonanza! Larry, what—aro. we poor
suffering prospectors ucaming to?
Well, if that is .the bbsy.jtiou.ican do,
go get the grapefruit, and if you can’t
find that, bring in a can.uf doaaatoes.”
. ALASKA PRODUCES-OVER
HAI.F OF FISHERIES OUTPUT
(Juneau Empire.)
The annual report -of the Depari
. mant-of Commerce .devotes consider
. abla-.attention to the.-discussion of
. American fisheries in. all its phases.
. It .shows that the fisheries products
of the United Slates in 1927 had a
value -of $103,000,0()0^and concludes
that.this is a large item in American
industry. That, .iacludea; the oyster
. and other shellfish industries on both
the Ahlanticvand. Pacific coasts, the
fisheries u>f. the Great Lakes, the New
' England and other-Atlantic banks and
the. extensive fisheries of all kinds in
v the- Gulf -of Mexico as well as the
. salmon, and other fisheries of the Pa
cific-coast.
That is. all very fine, and when one
: realizes thati.the Alaska fisheries pro
ducts for 1928, not counting the home
, consumption, were valued at more
y than ;$53,000,000, more than one-half
v.that of the fisheries of all the United
. States, it is easy to understand the
importance of the fisheries industry in
t-tkih Territory. The major portion of
i the Alaska fisheies production is
i-canned salmon, but it includes fresh
: salmon, halibut, herring, shellfish and
other species of fish, shrimps, crabs
- and clams.
While the Alaska salmon output
. has probably reached the limit of
safety, if the supply is to be pre
served, and halibut fishing will prob
; ably not increase, unless new banks
are discovered, there is room for vast
, advance in other branches of the fish
< eries. Also, there is a wide field for
l increasing the value of the output by
* experimenting in different ways of
preparing and preserving fish for
: food. The Norwegians have added a
lot to the valuj^ of their herring and
other fisheries pack by preparing it
in various ways that appeal to • hs
palates. Stavanger fish pastes >f V
ferent sorts bring dollars for he
pound instead of cents. Smallj fish
packed as : ardines add te the value
of the output in many sections of both
Europe and. America.
Onecjorl'two or more of the big
padlqpiriappanies might, to the ad
vantage fcf’the industry, or the Bu
reau of Fisheries might, establish la
1 boautqnes -where they could ^gperi
ment—not on how cheaply'fish might
be packed, but on how good to eat it
might be made. Theretare many peo
ple who do not question chfiprice-of
choice . caviar, or anchoviesj-tor sar
dines or Stavanger pastes .of various
sorts if it tickles the rightt-spot-of the
palate.
The value of the fisheries .nnptput
and the number of peaple'-empjoyed
in the industry might be increased in
this way.
NATIVES RECEIVE EXCELLENT
CARE AT TANANAiaOHmiAL
(Fairbanks News^Miner.)
Hospitalization of diseased natives
in Central Alaska, which had its in
ception three years ago when Z.-tfie
United States Bureau of Education
established a hospital at Tanana, has
proved so successful from Hthe view
point of both the natives and those
who would better their condition that
it will be necessary to giao additional
space this year, according to Dr. E.
W. White, in charge of the hospital,
who is now in Fairbanks on court
business.
me worn is oeing carneu.on unuer
the direction of Jonathan Wagner,
chief of the Alaska division of the
Bureau of Education, with headquar
ters at Seattle, and underlie immedi
ate supervision of E. J. Beck*-4uper-1
intendent of the central division. I
In October, 1926, Dr. White opened
the hospital, which is a 20-bed insti
tution housed in a two-story building
70x40 feet. The closest hospital is
the one at Fairbanks; to the north
there is none between Tanana and
Point 'Barrow, and none on the west
until Nome is reached.
All kinds of cases are treated there,
but particular attention" qr^mid to tu
bercular patients, due to the fact that
tuberculosis is extremely common
among the natives. DivWhite attrib
utes this to their livipgxahditions. in
most instances the natives' live in one
room cabins, it was 'said, and with
little or no ventilation* atod sleep on
the floor, where ’ Bwr.-spjtst air is
found.
Since the hospifa*«as't opened about
125 cases of tubercotasi* have been
treated and there habbeen a high per
centage of cures, especially among
children. Besidei his-written records
Dr. White keeps photographic records
of his patients. His album shows
sickly, emaciated patients as they
came for treatment, and then there
will be plump, smiling children who I
■would not be recognized as the ones
who had received care at the hospital
for a few months.
The physician attributes the many j
cures to the use of sun treatment. |
The hospital .at Tanana is said to be
the only one in the Territory .where
dependence for cures is placed so ex- j
tensivelyA-on the healing rays of the
sun. Dr. White said that, the ultra
violet-rays are especially beneficial in
Alaska during, the summer months
.andunoLbetter placcould be' found for
sun-treatment.
Natives, show no: reluctance ir* com
ing tti.thbataospit^l,.heL.'declar.ed-. Chil
dren. havfe-beeiLbrajight-ifromd dis
tances asigjteat-ais. ODD miles* and -Dr.
White tells, of COld oTjjhy,” a native
who was tried and freed at Fairbanks
several year,# agocoja sl murder charge,
walking 350 Awies froih his home on
the Koyukuk fon a major roperation
and then starting on the return trip
16 days after the opratinh. had-.- beer,
performed. Tha.feat was all the more
remarkable when it is'considered, that
“Old Toby” is more thap<years old.
This year the hospital space will be
increased'.and Eo metirnd-this' spring a
heating plant purchased'fcoui: the Go! !
lege will be installed, JlnlTWhite-said J
UNITED "DSTATES GIVESTIM
PETUS 10 <C A1A RiXKF OB M
GENEVA.-jAThe'-iLgague of -Nations
was .recently surprisedto .4earn that
the movement-f or calendar fafonar’ap
peared to be making its chief process
in the United States, although Amer
ica'.was not co-operating with the
League’s efforts toward tViat «ind.
The activities of thAiAmericiin com
mittee for calendar :i3fo%m,. of which
George Eastman. oT Rbchester, N. ..Y.;
is cha:rm;Ln, wilhbe made the subject
f a special report to the secretariat.
Another ttyng'HvHich -impressed the
League was the preliminary report
that public sentiment in ' the’ United
States seemed decidedly tb favor the i
13-month system . ofroreform. - The !
League .was iufonmed that.-60 Amer-!
ican concerns.- were Kittejidy-uning the
13-month-year in their business.
Poor Policy. j|
President rPaune./t of feht Woflqi
Peace'Fouadsction^was'criticising, at a j
Providence reception ,the Govern- j
tnent’s naval policy.
*'f“/Clur -poftcy,” 'hersaid, “is to insure ’:
peace, -byt-lbuilding’ the most formid
able navy in the world. Well, that;
policy- recalls the little girL
“The little gitfl ran out fof the
spring-house and said to the dairy!
Bl&id:
* ‘Oh, Betty, there’s a mouse swim-,
min’ round-and round in the biggest
panofmilk.’
“ ‘Goodness!” said Betty. ‘Did yon
take it out?’
“‘No,’ said the little girl; ‘I threw!
I the cat in.’ ’’
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TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT j
Miles j
Nenana . 00 j
Tavern Roadhouse .-. 17% ;
Knight’s Roadhouse .— 11%
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse . 58 _!
Diamond Roadhouse . 76 j
Roosevelt .:. 89
Lake Minchumina . 115
Trappers’ 'Cabin . 132
Lone Star Roadhouse . 150 ]
Telida Roadhouse ... 169%
Slow Fork Roadhouse . 187
East Fork Roadhouse .) 206
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse . 227%
Big River Roadhouse .241
McGrath . 268
Takotna . 280 p
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse .- 291 i
Ophir __—. 300
McCafferty .306 J
Brown Creek shelter cabin .318
Fritz shelter cabin . 338
First Chance shelter bah in . 346
Schermeyer R. H. . 360
Iditarod.. 376
Flat .:...384
Bonanzza sheier cabin, 12 miles
. from Flat.
Crooked Creek ' shelter cabin, 19
miles from Bonanza. .
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Babeesch Moosehide Mitts and Boots
Furs Boogfit and Bold Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruitc
Canned Goods of All JCinds Beds and Bedding
TAKOTNA ROADHOUSE
Best of Meals and Rooms
Where Everything' Is Homelike and
Where You Are Cordially Welcomed
GOOD DOG BOUSES ^ BATHS
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