MA J OK WHITE WHITES OF HIS
EXPERIENCES IX ALASKA.
Camp 83, Alaska Eng. Com.,
Anchorage, Alaska, Sept 9, 1917.
Dear Mr. Bare:
Thinking you ana tho readers ol
Tho Trlbuno might bo Interested to
hoar of my trip and summer vacation
In Alaska. I have decided to drop you
n few Hues. I loft North Platto
Juno 9th and after threo days of very
pleasant travelling, arrived In Seattlo.
Juno 13th I sak'.cd on thti S. S. "Mari
posa" amid good byes, tears, waving
handkerchiefs and good wishes on all
Bldos. From Seatlle wo took what Is
known as tho "Insldo passage." The
coursd lays clooso to tho shoro of Can
ada and winds among tho myriads of
llttlo islands. They afforded protcc
tlon so tho water was very calm and
pheasant. After two days' travel our
first stop was at Ketchikan, whoro
saw my first "totem polfl." Kotchlkan
Is on an Isiland at tho extreme south
end of Alaska and is a busy little town
with its fish canneries and lumber
mills. From thoro Juneau was tho
next stop. We! wero In tho capital
city for two hours which gave us tlmo
to see tho government bui'dlngs and
stretch our limbs on terra firma again.
Junoau Is prettily located on tho stoop
sldo of a mountain that slopes abrupt
ly Into tho channel. Tho business dis
trict Is built over tho water, with tho
streets mado of thick timbers on 'pil
ing. Tho resident section speckles tho
mountain with its bungalows .lend
ing their various colors to tho plc-
tiiret Just oteross tho dhannrt.l Is
Douglas and tho onca famous Tread
well mlno which has recently been
abandoned. Wo saw its ruins as we
wero leaving Junenu. From Uioro to
Skagway tho course !od through Lynn
canal for a distance of of 200 miles
which Is tho most beautiful scenery
of tho entire! trip. Tho canat Is about
flvo miles wldo and on both sides snow
capped mountains ralso Jthelr lofty
peaks from four to eight thousand
fecit abovo tho water's edge. We
passed several glaciers, among which
was Taku glacier oxtendlng back filom
tho coast for fifty miles and covering
hundreds of acres with solid moving
Ice. Skagway Is an or.d relic of rpros
perous days during tho big gold rush
and. is a good example of a "boom
town" twenty years later. Its streets
aro deserted, Its but'dlngs arei empty
and Its Inhabitants aro few and Cor
lorn. Tho aspect -was certainly lone
lv and desolato. Tho wind as it
howled through the cracks of tho tumb
ling buildings seemed to talk to tho
ghosts of tho boys, who mado tilings
prosperous in tho eati'.y days. From
Skagway we went through Icy Straits
and In a heavy fog during the night we
crashed into an iceborg. Tho pumps
wore started but luckily tho damage
dono was not soHous. Howeveir, wo
laid at anchor for eight hours with tho
fog whlstlo blowing constantly for
warning to dthdr Ousels'. In tho
morning tho fog lifted and I had my
first view of an icciberg. Its coloring
was wonderful1.. Tho mass of it was
bluish green huo with white frost and
rainbow effects adding to its beauty.
Then wo passed into the open sea
and were out of sight of land for tho
first tlmo. ITho water was calm and
no one became sea sick. Wei did not
see 'land again until wo reached Cor
dova, Hero Is where thfci copper
from tho Guggenheim oepper mines
Is loaded. It Is a typical mining and
railroad town so has plenty of life.
Wo took In a honkio tonk dance and
had a view of tho way they sling their
feet In Alaska. Then, we watched a
game of baso ball pl'.aycd at midnight
and It was light enough to sea to read
a nowspapor easily. Next wo sailed
to Valdoz which was of no special in
terest except that a flro had recently
burned about two-thirds of tho town,
so 'llttlo but ruins woro loft. Soward
was our next stop. It Is tho terminal
of tWd government n'.road and I
would Judgo that ita futuro Is bright.
Wo then wont around Kennl peninsula
into Cook Inlet. Wo 'passed three vol
candeis on tho shoros of the inlet and
smoko was issuing from ono of them,
tho "Illamma" I bd'.ievo. On tho 22d
of Juno wo arrived at Anchorage, my
dletetlnatl'on, Just two weeks Jrom tho
tlmo I loft North Platte But It had
boon as short and as pleasant two
weeks as I havo ovor spent Th'efro
was a Jolly crow and a few college
boys and ghta from Wasliington on
board and botwejen tho amusements
and sconory wo woro doing something,
every moment.
Anchorago is thhl swiftest Down in
Alaska at present and is a good con
trast to Skagway. But it is a "boom"
town and can never havo any great fu
ture. There is a floating population
of about 5.000. Money is very frleo.
Tho monthly pay roll ranges from
fifty to two hundred thousand dol
lars. That certainly ought to make
a town lively.
Lucklfy I obtained a Job with a sur
veying party on tho railroad at Mllo83.
This road is finished from Anchorago
fourteen miles south and from toward
to mllo 71 north, so wo aro In a
stretch that will bo tho connectinglink
betwfcon tho two completed pjeces.
I rodo on a flat car with a lot of "bo-
hunks" to tho end of tho track and
then "mushed" twenty miles to Camp
83. Tho trail led through typical
Alaskan country and I now know what.
swamp Is. I had boen warnod
aganst mosquitoes and took n head'
nl.it along, but I hadn't figured on run
ning Into swarms of humming birds.
was noarly carried away (with sur-
prlso at tho mosquitoes.) However,
managed to reach Camp footsoro and
weary. Tliero aro ovor loomon at
this camp and bIx besides myself In
tho surveying party. Thero Is a
hero making a Oil across Uio mud
flats. Most of tho grading Is dono by
stoam shovol with two dlnkoy engines
contract, but this fill Is iwctra long
so they havo one or tho stoam shov
els from tho Panama canal doing tho
work.
Wo aro on a branoii of Ccok ln'.ot
and our tonts nro aro within 300 feet
of tho water when tho tide Is in. Tho
tido is an interesting featuro, In that
it is next to tho highest tido in tho
world. It sometimes raises thirty-
tight foot in six hours. When tho tido
is out it lcavos a barren Btrctch of
black, sticky glacial mud as far as tho
eye can seo and it comos in with a big
wavo called a boro which Is sometimes
eighty fcclt high. It is a roaring tor
rent when onco undor way. Tho water
Is as cold as lco and black with mud,
which makes a nasty combination in
which to fal.
Thero is a range of mountains on
both sides of tho arm which slopo to
tho water's edge. Thoro is snow on
top of them the year round. Ono of
the boys and I recently climbed to the
top of tho mountain, directly abovo us.
Wo had a wondclrfui view of tho sur
rounding country. Wo wore in hopes
of seeing Mt. McKintoy which is two
hundred miles north In tho Broad Pars
county but It was cloudy In that direc
tion so it was impossible. On tills
cy,lmb, I had a narrow oscapo from a
serious accident and now consider 1
am qulto lucky In gotting off so easily,
Wo woro attempting to get a drink at
tho odgleliof a snowsltdo when I stopped
out onto tho snow 'without secure foot
ing and slipped. Tho snow was pack
od and steep so I slid down about fifty
fttet In somo loose rocks. That stopped
my progress lor I woiild have gono over
an embankment, about twenty feet
further down a sheer drop of over a
hundred feot. I received a fow cuts
and tore my clothes a bit but nothing
i-irloud (resulted. However, I don't
caro for any moro mlle-a-mlnute
sleigh-rides like that ono.
Tho sides of tho mountains aro cov
ored with forests of spruce and fir
with dense undergrowth of beautiful
fldrns, alder bushes and devil club. Tho
latter aro very disagreeable because
they havo millions of llttlo thorns slm
liar to cactus. Thero are numerous
wild flowers which make wonderful
bouquets If ono has time to pick
them. So far I havo forget mo nots
daisies, pond Hlltoa, roses, blue bells
swoot pte'as, Iris and dragons. I don
suppose that sounds much like Alas
ka, but realty ono might think he wero
In tho mountains of California, Judging
from flio foliage. Tho borrles arte
plentiful too. I havo picked red cur
rants, huckleberries, cranberries, and
red rasplisfrrics, and tho cook mado
Jolly and plea for us. Wild game oc
casionally roams around hero. I have
seen threo mountain sheep and fresh
tracka of mooao and bear. I killed
a porcupine a few dayys ago. Thero
are ducks, geese, ptarmigan, and a few
other migratory birds. A llttlo far
ther north tho caribou and Alaska
brown bear maldel tholr homo. Lynx
can bo trapped during the winter and
occasionally a fox will strd'.l this way,
I am told by the old "sourdoughs."
Thoro aro trout in tho streams and
when the salmon run they can bo
caught by tlfe wagon load. The mewn
and a rich field which prtampted bulld-
waltlng for tho rospoctor. Thero aro
several gold mines hero, somo of thean
placor, and some quartz mines. Up
tho Susltna river homesteads havo
Uon takon up and several prosperous
farms aro In operation. They ralso
fino vegetables and hay but tho season
Is tpo short for good grain. Thero is
Hgnlto coal In groat quantities near
Talkeotna, only 100 miles from hero,
and a rich Hold whlchc prompted build
Ing tho railroad Is in tho intorlor near
Fairbanks.
Of course thoro Is no posslbllty of
Alaska ovor becoming a commercial
contor, but probably before many moro
years It will bo a great producing
country especially since tho govern
mont has takon in hand to build this
railroad. It has cost twenty millions
already and four millions moro aro
forthcoming, so I guess It is tho inten
tion to comploto tho road regardless of
tho war. Whether it Is completed
now or later It will bo a groat ongl
neferlng foat and In tho ond wlfl not
cost moro than it will not and will
do much towards developing a coun
try that would otherwise remain uso-
less,
I am oxpected to leaviej for Stanford,
Unl. in a fow days but am half way
sorry I cannot stay and experience a
winter In tho north. No doubt tho lco
and debp snow, tho dog toamB and
"mushers" in their winter costumes
would bo Interesting, but sunny Cal
ifornia calls and I guess I'll havo to go,
With tho best wishes for health and
happiness, I remain
Yours slnccrly,
MAJOR A. WHITE.
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GUTTING HAIR OF ROYALTY
tii Somo Countries It Is Performed
With About as Much Ceremony
as la a Wedding.
In somo eastern countries children's
hair Is not cut until they nro ten or
twelve years of age, tho girls then be
ing considered marriageable. Up to
f , I ti r ft- la jtMlml nn Mir. inn nt
tho head and adorned with fresh flow- ,
ors.
When tho day for cutting comes,
there Is n grand ceremony, accompan-
led by much feasting.
One who was present nt n royal
hair-cutting tells us that tho favorlto
of tho harem was robed In long, flow
ing garments of silk and lace, confined
nt tho waist by n golden girdle. Her ,
long hair, colled for the last time, was
fastened with diamond pins, which
gleamed and glittered 'nmong fresh
white flowers and green leaves like
pearly drops of morning dew.
There, In the presenco of the ladles,
her father and nn ofllclatlng priest,
surrounded by her maidens, some 200
In number, she knelt under a canopy
of flowers and leaves wmio prayers
were chanted.
Then, the beautiful tresses being un
bound, her roynl father, dipping his
fingers in roscwatcr and drawing them
caressingly over her head, clipped off
about an eighth of nn Inch of hair and
threw It Into n golden basin, deposit
ing at the snme time, on n great salver
placed ready to receive them, presents
of Jewels and gold.
Tho priest cut tho next piece, her
mother the next, and so on, each guest
serving In turn until tho little lady was
shorn.
All govo costly gifts, Intended for
her marriage dower princes, minis
ters of state nnd dignitaries of nil
sorts, who waited In tho outer courts,
sending In theirs by attendants. The
dny ended In feasting nnd n display of
fireworks. Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
HOW TO REMEMBER THINGS
Simple Ways by Which the Memory
May Be Trained to Be Great
Asset to Possessor.
In nn nrtlclo about n man with a
great memory, In tho American Maga
zine, n writer says:
'"Any test which trains your mind
to really see things at a quick gluncc
will help a lot,' returned Horgan.
'One of the best tests I know Is to
stand In front of the show window of
n store and glanco quickly at all the
articles In tho window and "then turn
away and see how many you can re
member. Practice will mako anyone
pretty adept at this.
'"Look ut the passengers opposite
you In a street car. Then shut your
eyes nnd try to visualize each ono of
them. Glanco at the advertising pla
cards over their heads. Close your
eyes and seo how many you can re
member. All these things will help
you In remembering a man's features
from a quick glance; It would bo Im
polite and usually Impossible to stand
and stnre In n man's face for threo or
four minutes.
''Meet nil the people you can.
Watch them. Keep lists of their
names. Sit down nt night nnd check
up tho people you havo nitt that duy ;
pro how elenrly you can call up tho
liiidgc of each. "
t ::ot:
Thoso In need of painting, paper
hanging and decorating aro assured
satisfactory work If they employ Julius
Hoga. Phono Black C92. 38tf
WE BUY YOUR HAY, GRAIN, SEEDS AND LIVESTOCK.
We sell Coal, Flour, Graham, Whole Wheat, Corn
Meal, Corn Chop, Barley, Chop, Salt, Shorts, Bran, Tankage
and Cotton, Linseed and Alfalfa Meal, mixed Chicken Feed
and all kinds of Grain.
Quality guaranteed and SERVICE THE BEST.
Leypoldt & Pennington,
EAST FRONT ST. PHONE 90.
SILLY WORSHIP OF WEALTH
General Tendency to Gloat Over 8lght
and Sound of Money Something
Hard to Understand.
The tendency to gloat over tho sight
and sound of money may ue less per
vasive than It seems. It may ho only
a temporary predisposition, leaving us
nt henrt clean, wise, and temperate.
Rut there Is n florid exuberance In tho
handling of this recurrent themo
which nauseates us n little, like very
rich food eaten in nN close room, writes
AM KcPP,eP A"?"t,c-
should wo bo told that "tho world
. , ,.
Ki-f oiiiir .t ...lit-.
gold?" Tho world has other things
to gapo over In these sorrowful days.
"Onco n barefoot boy now riding In n
$100,000 private car." Thero Is a
headline to cntch tho public eye, and
make the public tongue hang wnterlng
from Its mouth. That car, "early Pull
man and the Into German Lloyd," Is to
tho American reader what the 2,000
block slaves with Jars of Jewels upon
their heads wero to Dick Swlvcler a
vision of tasteful opulence. Moro in
timate Journalists tell us that n "Finan
cial Potentate" eats baked potatoes for
his luncheon, nnd gives his friends
notebooks with n moral axiom on each
page. We cannot really caro what
this unknown gentleman ents. Wo
cannot, under any conceivable circum
stance, covet n moral notebook. Yet
such Items of Information would not
be painstakingly acquired unless they
afforded some mysterious gratification
to their readers.
WHEN YALE COLLEGE MOVED
Village of Saybrook, Where It Was
First Located, Bitterly Fought for
Its Retention.
During our wolk wo enmo upon n
bowlder In the middle of n field Inlaid
with a bronze plate which told us that
there was tho original site of Yale col
lege. Saybrook did not seo tho college
go to New nnven without a struggle,
and one of Its Incidents Is piquant to
recall tho famous battle of the col
lege books. In December, 1718, tho
trustees, already migrated to New
Haven, desired to remove the college
library, which had been left behind
In Saybrook. Rut Saybrook refused
to give It up, and so stubbornly thai
Mio governor and council had to come
.lown from nartford and sot the sher
iff nnd his assistants to work. These,
however, found tho houso In which tho
books wero kept barred and guarded
by "resolute men," and even after the
sheriff had broken In and placed a
tmard over tho books tho book-lovers
of Saybrook did not yet give In. On
tho morrow It was found that tho carts
that were to transport tho books had
been disabled, and when others wero
procured and n start finally made, It
was found that oven the bridges along
tho road had been destroyed In ad
vance of them I When before or slnco
has a village shown such n furious pas
sion for learning! Richard Lo Gal
Uenne In Harper's Magazine.
Tax on Automobiles
Tho sopclal war tax on automobiles
and motorcyclos went Into cffccct Sat
urday amid protests from all partB
of tho country. Tho now law com'
pols manufacturers to pay a 3 per cent
tax on tho value of each finished car.
Tho manufacturers havo promptly
raised tho prlcj& of tliholr product and
this makes It necessary for tho local
dealor to ralso tlio price- or sacrlflco
part of tho profit.
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Dr. Morrill, Dentist
Torrin&ton
The lirst increase m
price on these cleaners is
coming soon. We still
sell this revolving brush
machine for $30. Come
in and see it.
North Platte
Light & Power Co.
Have You Bought A Liberty
Bond?
If you have not, do it today.
We will be glad to take your sub
scription for any amount, from
$50.00 up.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
North Platte, Nebraska.
This Coupon Worth 25 Cents
IF USED BEHORE
Sign your nanio below nnd tako
DRUG STORE, nt NORTH TLATTE, nnd reecho ft fiill-slzo Jnr of Egg-o-Intum
sufficient for presorting 50 dozen eggs for winter iiso. Eggs will be
very high noxt winter. Egg-o-lntura keeps n fresh egg sweet nnd frosh for
ono yenr. A soft, antiseptic wax, It Is Klini'iy rubbed ovor tho egg nnd thou
put in nn egg case or carton in ft cool cellar until wanted for use. Can ens
liy fix n half dozen to n dozen per. minute. Its tho easiest, surest, cheap
est nnd best egg preserver over Invented. Rook, MA11 About Eggs, is fxco.
Sign Below Not Good after October 20th.
I havo received from my dealer, as above, for 25 cents, ono jnr of Egg.o-
lntum nnd will uso it nt onco on eggs for next winter's use I have not pre
viously used Egg-o-lntnni. .
NAME.
ADDRESS.
Cruel Blow.
"Your daughter has given mo somo
encouragement-, sir."
"Well?"
"But I'll bo perfectly frank with
you. My finances nro In bad shape."
"Ahem 1"
"I hopo you nro not disappointed,
sir?"
'Indeed, I nm. young man. I had
planned to borrow $10 from you for
80 days."
EVERY
WOMAN
IN TOWN
Should plan to
attend Block's
Remova Sale
Saturday mor
ning, 8:30.
J
The Nurse Brown Memorial
Homeopathic Hospital
1008 West Fourth Street.
For tho trcatmont of Medical, Surgical
and Obstotrlcal Patients.
JOHN S. TWINEM, M. D.
OCTOBER 20th.
with 25c to our dealer, THE REXALL
THE FIRST POUNDIOF
OUR CREAMERY BUTTER
you buy will begin your ncqunintnnco
with tho best butter made. It has nil
tho body of tho richest cream, with
11 llavor that recalls sweet smelling
clover or now mown buy. Don't fall
to try a pound today. Why put off
enjoying ono of tho best of table lux
uries. Ask for Alfalfa Queen Ruttor.
North Platte Creamery.
UII0NE C2.
HIGH GRADE PIANO FOR SALE
Wo havo loft on our hands at North
Platto a now piano for which no rea
Bonnblo otter will bo dcq'.lnod If taken
at onco. Quality guaranteed. It In
terested, wrlto tho Donvor Music Com
pany, Donvor, Colorado, at onco for
nnrtloulnrs. 74-8
Statement of Ownership
(Required by Act of Congress Aug
ust 24, 1012.)
Irn L. Dare, being duly sworn, says
that ho Is tho ownor, editor and
ipubllBher of Th6 North Platto Soml-
Wookly Trlbuno, published at North
Platto, Nob,,. and that.no ono olao haB a
direct or Indirect IntliTost In said pa
por, financially or otherwise.
IRA L. BARB.
Subscribed and sworn to boforo mo
this 8th day of October, 1917.
WM. E. SHUMAN,
(SEAL)
Notary PuU'.lc.
FOR YOUR AUTO SERVICE
Call 125 for Taxi day or night.
Also flvo or seven passenger car for
funoral service.
MOOENSEN-LOUDEN AUTO CO-,
Chandler & Elcar Agency,
Corner Eighth and Locust Sts.
Notice
North PCatto, Nob., Sopt. 24, 1917.
Clydo E. Prazoo wlW tako uotlco,
that on tho 20th day of September,
1017, I. L. MUtonborgor, a justlco of
tho fooaco of Lincoln county, Nebras
ka, Issued an order of attachment for
tho sum of $23.20 hi an action pond
tag bofbro Mm, wh(oroIn Harry I.
Block Is plaintiff and Clydo E, Frazco
dofondant, that proporty of tho do
fondant consisting of ono trunk, and
contonts has boen attached undor said
ordor. Said causo Is contlniucd to tho
ICth day of Octobor, 1917 , at 10
o'clock a. m. HARRY I. BLOCK,
73-3w Plaintiff.
Eslrny Notice.
Takon up on my 'land In Hlnman
man proolnct throo miles -wost of
North Platto, September 2, 1917, two
four yoar old homos; weight about
1100 each, ono black, tho other bay
with Btar in forohead; no brands.
Ownor can havo animals by proving
proporty and paying charges.
MARY PREDERICI.
Notlco of Guardian's Final Settlement
In tho county court Court of Lin
coln County, Nobraska.
Stato of Nobraska, to Frod I. Hor
zog, Ireno E. Horzog, Emily
Horzog and L. T. Horzog,
minors, Will tako notlco that
O. E. Elder, ns Guardian, has
filed his ropprt showing that all of
tho ostato of said minors coming Into
his possession, has boon used for tholr
support, and that thoro romains noth
ing of said ostato for him to act as
Guardian ovor, and foraying for final
sotttlomont and discharge ns such
Guardian. Said matter will bo heard
boforo said oourt Octobor 19, 1017, at
nlno o'clock a. m.
GEO. E. FRENCH,
b18to10 County Judgo.
