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ALASKA EOIGHT BY V. S.
FOR !CF SUPPLY, SAYS 1IPI.EY
“Bel*** it or not—Prof. V Tam
Henry Erewer of Y'ale Un." c. ,r ,y
w.y responsible for tfce purchase \,f
A’a ka. Pr wer so'd Pr-sident J v -
sop cr the idea of baying Alaska as
prt • Tit ice stscyly for the Pa' -
P trka. ’i'.Tvi f the tneredalous.
ha finally found its ersy into the
i-- ’ farco's of m • v’loe^T col
ic. ' r - -'Pe: n. Nc.F. b -r
L. Pio’ey’s dsih :k eh.
P >:• -srho vl ■ Jar raj this
e:’ trier on his first v:sit f> this
ce "try, was not merely vac?: lor,ire.
Cartoons rapearirg this . . m th in
the r rt’. rvi Orertn^ar a" of of
' tvey are labeled "Drawn n
All ka, hr y. 1S37."
Ore rartoon shows “A. BP
?-*:t at Sltarw.-y r drpr-’nr 'f Ceyt,
C trt Va"c liver, who "‘sr.r.eyed
Pae;f: • Coari Pom Vane' • vsr to
C ■ Inbt 2.C00 !n -urh ex
eel err ?■ him '^a' hi- hnr*r mode
If ados :.c a1- ? "1 rsK-d; and
er- *■ meat whioh was 'alt in “he
At—- 77 years ajr ar. wa t un ' r
be * 11 srord.
mr cartonr •w-.trir- tr - - -
t h;n? revelation regarding Pr -
fessor Brewer and Alaska’s “lee sup
ply.” In ar. explanation. Ripley says:
“Professor William H. Brewer
(1S2S-1910), head of the agricultural
department of Yale university, is the
mar who eonv'ticed Secretary Seward
of the oesirabf *ty of Air ska as a
source of ice for the entire Pacific
Coast.
S ward was sold on the iden. al
thucb he smiled wher. Professor
B rr- r rrs ■* A tha' Americans
r -ht eventrslly be induced to go to
A 'c-ka to admire the scenery. But
President, Johnson was still to be wen
over.
It so h: ooe-ed that the president
esrne to Nnr Haven in lftg to visit
Yale college. Pr lessor B ewer was
assigned as his escort, and it was in
this capacity that the professor took
the chief aside er “ = h'-r -n
Alaska, which was rcr-r-ed *:V fol
lowing year for r,. • i. A'?*':?:
has s;nee yielded more than Pl.COX
000,000, of which rrild. silver «nd
f-ooer *V? amount f r STOOk'" .000.
Also featured o **e same cartoon
ic Trr'sb Ch^r1*?. YiV^ T!5''*£i3
“vh ' r:-—-re" *hp '••Td of the K’ n
dikt Anaai't -6. 1CP”. and started
the crea* paid rush that produced
000 of ("old. In fi
plsnat’or. Kir’ey adds: “Tagish
Charlie war rewarded for hi> discov
ery ir a neeuRsr rnsrac-r. At his own
rwrest, he wa= ?y-n the right to
walk into any saB>">n and buy a drink
whenever he want d. The sale of
drinks to Indians was forb:,’en. and
his exceptional states, confewed on
him bv the Canadian s-tthpent,
pleased Charlie ----- tvtr any oih:r
reward he could think of.
there is a’=o a drawing- of the
“''■irons Con-ner River. Cordova. A’
a.-' 3—runs both ways.”
In explain^" A. B. Mountain. Rip
ley notes: “This mountain in Skaer
wav is so called because of the let
ters A. B. which are formed by na
tural clefts filled with snow. The
letters led to the foundation of the
Arctic Brotherhood society by Cap
tain William C^nne] of the steam
ship “City of Seattle.” whfe lying
in ~ve harbor at Skagway in 1899.
Itr purpose was the brotherhood of
Americans and Britons, and today
there is a branch of the Arctic Broth
erhood in every place of any size in
Alaska.”
Regarding Vancouver, he adds:
THEFT REALLY ARE
ICE :: 5 SAYS AUTHORITY
'There are ice worms!" says Wai
ts! West o in an article in the Sep
ember L -cc- of Ti e Alaska Sports
man. Ttil't.g first how the old hoax
. with the late E. -7. (Str 1
'- r- Whit-, the writer quotes scienti
arthor.tits as proof that there
. ! y • re r ms that live on glaciers.
T w ms are found principally
rn ’ s ■ f water on the glaciers,
h-n T>r Is-cel C. Russle and others
K.v er-vd them also in sn'-w on
. They belong to the genus
»• ~ •• which 21 spec es
cr - :hi ee varieties are recorded,
f, 1 on sn inctitute has volu
r . n the real and fake ice
r . - s cf the September
i*i; • which . . -as core then usua’ly
•.•I i’htst; atei, are two articles
1 - : :v taking of the re
mi t m hear and the record
-■ *~:.in sheep.
ar story is "Afloat
- •: : : vm:e Land” hy I>r.
: rev?'r. and "Sheep.
T.i Moose” by A. B. Lean
red.
r ns.ve arty e. t. K.
v- ♦*•’?? f "Deer of Southeastern
Alaska-”
"Dowr. Got? the Windsor” i? an in
tt ■'r •* ■ -y f the thrilling ad
vir.turp of men on that b?at, which
sank in the Strait of Georgia. The
fi? :r.-.nt appear? ir. the Sep
te~ ' -r issue.
ad 'an’s Diary” 1? -be exact
v - i- - f 2 d'sry found in the cabin
f i' intan of Dry Day” after
v -1 - to death.
v:r is r retire duction of an
rr—a-Hre rv oo^raph of two deer
and the fr —*' rie~e shows a hunter
n the hunting grounds.
Certain G^ >ree Vancouver (175S
ITi'S), charted the entire difficult
2,Ci*0-ir.iie passage b-. tween Vancouv
er and Cook Inlet, through a perfect
maze of '--nds. sunken rocks and.
h r tsr.dicrns to navigation, dur
:t!'» fcis fxrediti-n as waster of the
“Pi ' --ery” betwe-.n 1791 and 1795.
The irb was drre so perfect, that af
ter 14 decades navigators on modern
ships making this passage, still use
the chart? executed by Captain Van
couver.”
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SUIT IN NOME COURT
NOME—Judgment, was delivered by
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trict court for the Second Division
re cently in favor of the Lane Invest
or Co., and also costs. Writs of
■eoution were also filed.
The case was in the nature of es
•' V'shinr wnership in quarts prop-j
. in the So! irnon River section, ac- |
-virrnc' a quiet deed.
L - Lc.rre, head of the Lane In
ti" er Co., which was plaintiff in
- r - r re’nst the Alaska Hur
: ah r- i ~':nes. Inc., and Tom Lane,
Ur? for the States, where it
• - -J r ‘ od he will complete ar
... . r-- for the active operati n
riy which has lain idle
for 50 it 233y years.
!
?SXTE>CE
i
The . . j ge faced the hardened crim
iraL
"Fir Avir.g yon 15 year? at hard
:ne State prison," he declared
grimly.
He paused.
' An he added, "yon can consi
■jrself lucky at that!”
, ,, nvict lowered his eyes.
•‘Aw. judge,” he giggled, ril bet
you tell that to all the boys!”
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