The Nome daily nugget., 1910-03-17
JOHN STRONG.

her Major Strong and his estlmabl,
 wife The Major was the founder a,
 tAe Nugget, and well known as one gl
 the best newspaper writers in Alaska
 Their love for animals is rarely eQuaIea and they ucyel made any secretion a
 their devotion to taeu pets Caso I the malamutr that tool. The AIaIo- across the rhilcoot Pass in the lat, uinctie~ was as familiar on t.a streets of Nome as was the Major himseu and when t.e family went out he wa-
 taken along The writer met u.
 Major last Summer and inquired abou, . Casco and was informed that he wa.
 dead and" said the Major. quite ra.
 theticalIl. II dug his grave with m. own sauds"
 Hut this story is mot ebou, cl~.o IlJ~ ahau, John Now. JoIm Me ..l
 stat, for tr benefit o. those .Ip
 ucryr ad au iutrodoctioa to hin Aa. originally. jus, uaif q. a kitten. (,
 thr rommou rycry-da,. oack.t.uet
 sort with no rartion'ar marks ol di- tmrtiou about him. but just gray a.t
 soft .hcu Alr~ Strong discovered Linn.
 He was taken into the Iamus ao5ut
 eight wears ago insisted ou beng
 adopted probably because Jhis would
 enable him to do 9~ h" pleased. a.
 other children do in or.st families So
 hc was We'll John went out with ts.
 tami. and has horo 0ith them e.f since
 l Tscrr ar,. some irettuttou~ m ..H
 country provided for the ,ntcr,aiuu l
 ol man and beast such u- notes. transportation companie~ and tac .,."
 of that that draw the inc .t eats. te
 sam, a- apartment houses I" often #
 babies So John has caused lH.
 Strong~ a good deal of annoyance ~ reason ut this unWauauted pirjudic. Some or them have refused tp boa.d
 him others to transport aim But . family nuvo remained intact just ,.r
 same. though there have been times when tho, elder members became Veg
 Wrathy over the unjust discriminate,
 vet never a thought of abandonu z
 John entered their warm hearts
 rn, last the writer saw or John e.d l his foster parents was in Scattlr hest i Summer I'm, rest nr the family ..d lucgotiatcd with tl" Canadian Pac.as
 for transportation for two persons .o
 Montreal. had their trip all laid oOt;
 how they would spend few days hore and there cn route; bought their tiot-
 cts and hr>th~ and were to start lla Incxt day. Mrs. Strong went to a hi. !- cagc deai"r to have t large cage made 1 for Ju h. tn better control him ", lr l in th, car and started to tell the man ] what she wanted He suddenly Jared up Wjth distress depicted on every tea- 1 tur". and asked her what road she Was going ou. when she informed him. Ho ! tIcn proceeded tn inform "cg that no 1 eat could ride over that road, he knew what he was talking about, for h" hal tried L. get his own over it. Ns9. Strong said Wait. I'll see" and i,n- mcdiately went to the office. where elc found the cagr man was rigat Wr.!, tlyn days were spent in telegraph1G along tar entire course of the gailrC q to e"t permission to let John ri.r. ENerv official that could b" rrache Wat. in,portuncd but--Wrll nothI g doius in the eat line. Tho result Wts that they surrendered their ticko'-, burgainrd for them over another roai. but would not purchase them anal they had the consent of the superi.- Jendcnt in writing that John could a. company the family. "" saw he WI ten permit
 We know that John got to New Yo.N all right for he las again been vy.y much in evidence with the -tramsa.p companies. IL appears that the MaDr ana Mr>. Strong wanted >cr> mucA .o go abroad. but When they car:lr to ne- gotiatr for transportation they fou.i that tt- Atlantic steamers would not carry eats except in the hold of te vessel Tho best is none loo good t5t John and h" could not ~vcn he co. signed tp strcragr passagr So t1e| European trip had to be given u.I Then they determined 70 make a t.p to Souta America, but the only wal by Which John could accompany them Was to buy an extra statcIoom fol his accommodation amt th'S was reatly consented to. And the last heard of the family was that they were intact; and John enjoying every minute If The trip.
 IL may not be that 1t k onlv lu Alaska when people become so fond of the dumb animals, but w. believe that
 il is more universal here than else where, and while to some it may seem