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Douglas Island news., 1912-08-21

Louis German and August Bronson were sentenced to serve ten years at NcNeiIs island. They held up George Friend at Flat creek and relieved him of poke containing S29,000.
Douglas Island news., 1912-08-21

w. B. Close, of the financial concern of Close Bros & Co.,, of London, ar rived in Skagway last week and will spend some time in the North looking after the railroad and boat lines of the company.
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he has published only five volumes, fnclud-
ing this He told some other interviewer
that he felt he wasting time writing
books when he might be climbing noun
tains. His discouraged tone told IL to me
with his. I'VE need original investigators"
That was all.
II ever have 10 interview Mr.. Muir
again ! am going 10 take my little sketch
book. my tin cup, a packet OF tea, sack
OF bread, a hand axe and trail him 10 the
Yosemite, which he discovered was formed
by glacial erosion and not by a prehistoric
cataclysm-isnt that exciting and l am
going TO climb trees. II necessary. scale up
and down sheer cliff sides; I am going to
ride on avalanches and camp out under the
stars In the midst of flowery wildernesses
] want to be within earshot OF him when
he sees another earthquake and hear him
exclaim, as he did before:
What noble earthquake.'
That IS the only way TO interview a SCI
enlist
York drawing room, putting him through
a third degree of question and answer the
way did
It's absurd on the face Of It.
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,.- - 80. - ,,,.l ., a 4.
~" ".-l an - 80, :, ,s,,,
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easy IT, ar,. 80 ,,a,,,ro
even 81 ''' ''''' -
thHt mas ''N'" ''1
-.... -.,.A
hH re'iK"s vi" l''"'Nh WI -
single LOOK rom III. So
''.''- 49,, - ., baau,v
r, ~, ,.rqu,r. - vrap his hard scientific
f..,. c,,,, carri,r. Is sometimes
,,.-oa,,ad -, rou.ers
"r,op,ar,plsrinr the work Of these hop .
ere OF the SKY one may easily fancy them
endowed with life. messengers sent down
~ work IN m. mountain mines on errands
~ divine love Silently fvinG through the
darkeued ar. swtrliuE. gintng to their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-28

AZ tho head and around the sides Of
Glacier Bay there are seven complete
glaciers pouring bergs into the bay and its
branches, and keeping I'D an eternal thun-
dering. The largest of this group is called
the Muir Glacier. II has upward OF two
hundred tributaries. and IT'S width below
the confluence OF the main tributaries is
about twenty-five miles
That was all. Not word Of the manner
Of his discovery OF this favorite child. Not
one Of the human touches of sacrifice and
delight that must have attended this feat.
felt the chasm separating the scientist
interested only in his specimen. and the
mere human being interested in that
proper study Of mankind" growing wider
and wider.
tried TO bridge II over by another refer
ence to the great disaster. ! said the hrst
thing that came into my mind-the bro
indian.
DO YOU think II was the size OF the IT,
tanic?'
He waved a protesting hand, his gesture
inplving more and more his detachment
from all human events. He belongs 10 a
race OF mental dinosaurs, said 10 myself,
whose skeletons Sle IIol bC'ICS' SNN S~'N''
tinc facts. and when flesh and breath nave
disappeared they will placidly rest in some
museum for future generations TO study
and profit thereby
"Of course. tremendous impact against a
resistless mass"
The answer was as obvious as my oues-
ton.
tried again.
since we know so much about the dan
ger OF icebergs, do you not think " would
he possible TO establish ice stations where
observations could be taken, the size ana
direction Of the bergs learned so that such
information might be sent TO ships at sea :
He stroked the surface OF his rough
Scotch tweed coat. iii hitting. like his trou-
sers. the clothes of a scientist Ills race
whose bark, like that OF one OF his beloved
redwoods. was grimly set The glitter
of the blue eyes, not unlike that OF the
famous ice blink, showed no evidence or
the accident which years ago sent him from
his business career TO the life OF health
beyond the timber line
felt quite withery and unimportant meet
ing them | blinked too. ] got all ready
10 write down a word or two so as not 10
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HONOREO BY HARVARD.

Your ignorance Is little later IN date.
but no more profound. than was that Of the
world at large at Cambridge in 1896. When
his name was read out among the ten hon
orarv degrees conferred by Harvard, ac-
companied by those Of General Nelson
Miles. Thomas Bailey Aldrlch. Professor
Farwell, Booker I. Washington. ct al, poo-
pie looked about. inquiring who is John
Muir" a question he has answered pretty
we'll since.
In fact. II was answered then, only his
work had been done quietly in tho secret
places of the earth. far away from tho
searchlight, and only scientists were fol
lowing his step with hrcathless interest.
excepting, of course. the loyal people If
his adopted state. california, where even
the little tots in the kindergartcns made
icebergs out Of blue paper and tius"llt
snow, cmulatng his explorations.
John Mur's landing in New York pre-
ceded by only few DAYS the Titanic Dis
aster, caused by one Of IN" glaciers. in tho
study Of which he has spent 50 man"
wears. IN the Sierra Mountains alone ne
has located seyonty-ouo. d"d ou" found IN
Alaska in 1870. among the most important
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in the world. lie known as the Muir glacier,
so named by DR.. Young, who accompanied
him.
II vas the knowledge OF his authority
on this subject that had suggested 10 my
editor an interview with him as Of Inn
mediate Importance.
NV natural gayety had gone down to
freezing point Tiny icicles' with their
frozen fingers gripped my heart as ] sat
u,aiting for the great scientist TO come
downstairs.
The nice honey atmosphere Of the os-
borns' best room did much to tighten my
spirits, and when Mr.. Muir following the
Information delivered by dear old-fash-
toned servant that he would be able to
400 me for only a moment. as he was
catching a train-to look for another tree
7 suppose-came into the room, j was
,,.,,a hit thawed out. Just little mind
uon. # will take me a long time to get
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-28
John Muir Makes Kate Carew Eager Trail Him to the Yosemite
Noted Man Who Has Spent Much of His Life in
Wandering with Elements as His Comrades
Tells of the Habits of Ice and Snow, with
Word About His Pet Muir Glacier.

, muddlc the fact he would give me. which
was:
YOU will have to ask somebody oIsc
that"
I had a lot Of other interesting questions
all ready. I intended To inquire If dyna-
mite could not be used TO destroy the ice.
7 wanted TO know if there were ice bacili.
Why seven-eighths OF the berg was suo-
merged. ! desired to know how long II
took to melt-oh and lot of other things
of which your poor Aunt Kate is SO lg-
norant
Do hear you say: Why don't you read
about them"
My dears, the world is divided into two
classes-readers and writer's. l. unfortu-
nately, belong to the latter class.
Reason enough.
did manage TO get in this, however
rs there electrical energy in ice?'
There is great dynamic force In ice.
There is electrical energy in everything in
nature"
Then tipped over the milk pail by !nquir-
ing
Couldn't that be harnessed. like the en-
ergy of Niagara
Mr. Muir froze. / know he-father Of the
national impulse TO preserve national
parks, as he has been termed-was think
ing Of his beloved Yosemite. which he
hopes TO save from the ambition Of utili-
tartan men.
"You must ask ali electrical engineer"
Mr. Muir went with the Corwn relief ex-
petition to look for the De Long party. So
! asked:
DO YOU think that there has been enough
gained by the discovery q the North and
South poles to pay for tho lives and capital
expended?'
There ! was again. acting a. II thought
the human being had some Importance
He answered with a Satire laugh. not
unlike the first faint srumbltngs Of the Ice
growl. as / have heard 1t described.
And your visit here"
II had to see about tho printing ~ my
last book by the Century ComPan", The
Yosemite It is just out
During his nifty wears Of e.i"ntihc work
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and South America Even the grand, con
tinuous nantes OF ice that still cover
Greenland. Spitzbergen. Nova Iembla.
Franz Josef Land, parts of Alaska and
the South Polar regions are Swallowing ana
shrinking. Every glacier in the world Is
smaller than it once was All the world
is growing warmer
I couldn't help piping in here that was
mighty glad to hear it. Mr.. Muir mas
way Of nonchalantly mentioning iO,wo
years. which he did in this instance, ana
| suppose | shall not be here, but am
glad for my posterity. just the same. NO
more cold hands and feet. No more negl-
gent janitors. It's perfectly lovely to con-
template.
Yes" said he. oh, so Indifferent to my
delight. THE crop OF snow flowers is
diminishing. But in contemplating the con-
dtion of the glaciers of the world We must
bear IN mind while trying to account for
the changes going on that the same sun
shine that wastes Shem builds them. Every
glacier records the expenditure of an enor-
nous amount of sun heat in lifting the
vapor for the snow of which it is made
| from the ocean to the mountains
There is told the story of a celebrated
humorist who. when lost one time in the
woods began TO walk in circles, because
he had heard that people always did that
in such cases.
was lost in a forest OF scientific fact
and, taking circular course, brought
up where I had started
"Al these glaciers send iceberGs into the
sea-" | asked.
"Oh, not all. Comparatively few. in fact.
One OF the largest of the Iimalaya glaciers
on the Gauges does not come within l29li
feet Of the level Of the sea, and the lars
est Of the Sierra glaciers on Mount Shasta
only $500 Between latitude 80 and 60 de-
grees there are probably more than five
thousand glaciers. not counting the small
est, and, as far as my own observations
reach. not moro than twenty-five discharge
icebergs into the sea. The Pacific Coast
icebergs are small, compared with those
Of Greenland and the Antartic region. and
only few Of them escape from the in
tricate system Of channels, with which
that portion Of the coast is fringed, into
tho open s.a. Nearly all of them arc
swashed and drifted by wind and tide back
and forth i'm the fiords until finally melted
nv the ocean water, the sunshine, the
warm winds and the copious rains of sum-
NOR One 81 these fior1s is called Thunder
Ray. from the noise Of the discharged ice
bergs'
- - ffNr
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MUIR GLACIER.

.ur own glacier >" 7 inquired.
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AZ wish John was here. q"
THIS plaintive remark rippled ov

" This plaintive remark rippled over
mound Of white roses. amid hub
conrratulatory Joy made by the stu
y, the Horace Mann School. who
CELEBRATING the seventy-hfth birthday
y, WI John Burroughs. the veteran naturalist
recently sos -. co,-s. 1obr
,,n,r contemporary in age, lacking a year
.cning the Burroughs mark, but twin
vi IN thought and feeling.
.r.o travelled and talked together,
-ad facts and fare, agreed to disagree
sue s disagreed only to agree. 1t is natural
a.. ENJOYING a supreme moment, one
un"" s,s fcol the necessity of the others
presence ,o,n.,s,,,oo Ave. .
..o,.s after this speech John Muir land
=, vav York. lie came from Rhodesa.
,',.,oris Nvanza and the Nile by way of
tho Amazon, making only the detour neces-
-, from his residence on fruit ranch
- tho Contra Costa Hills Of California.
No had been looking for tree!
:, was either the baobab or aucantaria-
Tee, for the moment my memory is little
wabbly
is exactly ten years ago that Your Aunt
Kate saw John Muir for the first time.
u. WAS looking ior tree then.
Seated on a fast train journcying across
49,, ,rairie ON the Great Northern route,
s,v attention. fatigued with the sight Of
-,orptairs If magazines within and snow
oarned peaks without. was attracted by a
t,uov. passengers. a tall nervously ener-
,sH, grizzly looking man. who had
his long nose Glued TO the car window and
Was oblivious of time, space, action and
su other unties People passed TO and fro
IN the car-prcttv women, tired men, aching
for political squabble, playful children
Who besouCht the passenger with the nice,
long legs 10 trot them on his knee and tell
them fairy stories. He might have been
hind deaf and dumb for any sign of in
terest
Remember 10 was looking for tree,
Porters rushed through with culinary
messages. appetlzing odors were waited in
from the dining car, toward which every
hodv lurched with that irresistible need Of
killing time and hunger, the two important
enemies in prairie trip.
4 masculine friend poked him IN the
STOPPING shoulder, saying: Come along.
1ohr
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meal In the spring and that II would sumce
Tor the year. can quite credit that state
ment
Well. Nature is very kindly 10 the chill
dren who keep near her heart and do not
wander into the squirrel cages OF human
ambitions and greeds. When We met III
The pleasant drawing room OF Mr. Henry
fairfield Osborn. director OF the American
Museum Of Natural History, where MI
Nuir stayed during his fieeting visit, II
seemed 20 me that the well known scientist
Old not look one day older than when had
seen him, decade before. OF the railway
train.
Possibly there was a slight added touch OF
sisyness 10 the beard and longish hair;
fossiby the blue eyes. with that far-away
ook that you see in those OF seamen, had
less clean cut and slash as they met other
yes; possibly the step was less aggressive
alert but to all intents and purposes, 1t
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. v'n 7 saw E"' 'n'nI"slWa. no" ''@k
nihcaut dr' ih' lf'I' thnf' 'n "'''h ~
D." SO much s'r'ss
"" had forgotten at a."N' NO l'ai'
/ disaster Tor DE- wa 'h'"hlAh 81 ''''i.',
I I'i''H' 'a'~'s anu ,
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IT. ,,.,,.,o,-
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$500. o.. 49,, ,o-,,.l,,,o
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Great Naturalist, Twin Soul of John Burroughs
Makes Vivid Portrayal of Nature in Con-
WILSON'S and in Calm, and Takes Inter.
viewer Close to Her Heart.

seemed to me that tho ten wears had simply
been wiped right off the slate.
He stood living protest against gym
nasium regimes and diotetic regulations.
against Turkish baths and rubber garments
He was hallowed with tho out-of-door and
back-to-the-and arguments
one of his admirers claims that he re-
semblcs that other John. the "Forerunncr."
who. We arc told, fed on locusts and wild
honey and Passed his days in the wilder
ness.
] believe it.
For ten years. exploring the highest peak
of the Sicrras, he never saw a human
being. except now and then a rowing band
Of the Mono Indians. He lived In that far
off region companioned by the wild. ia
miliar with the landmarks OF desolatc
canyons as a Broadway habitu6 is Of its
familiar buildings, making his own fires.
finding his own food, never depressed by
the solitude OF untitled by fear to per
| form his self-appOinted task, and when
night came, finding some soft spot In a
silent valley where. watched over by senti-
mel pines, the Sierran Thoreau fell into
the deep sleep OF perfect exhaustion and
perfect health
] remember learning something in my
Latin class at school which has stuck by
me all these years.
81 see and approve better things fol-
low worse "
Now, ! thoroughly approve Mr.. Muir g
conduct, but | would hate to have to emu
late it, wouldn't you?
What. you never heard Of John Muir
before. and you want to learn something
else before YOU answer my question?
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THE LAcoNIc LAcoNIANs.

William Lyon Phelps. professor of Eng
lish literature at Yale, was discussing, at
a dinner in New Haven, the significance Of
words.
Some words" he said. have a history,
and a knowledge IF their history gives
them richer meaning. Take, for example.
the word 'laconic.'
Philip of Mscedon was threatening the
Laconians.
"If enter your city," he said, will
level II to the dust!'
"Ifv was the Laconians' reply
"And the pointed brevity Of that reply Is
inbedded In our word 'laconic' like Z ~
In amber"
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PREFERS TREES TO FOOD.

He shook his head ON 7 can't come
nov" he protested. vehemently. I'm look
ing for tree-a Canadian larCh.
The friend left him and passed on. Others
joined IN the procession. at the tail of which
turned. 70 see the old man still peering
into the fast falling darkness through the
Gin grayness Of the late twilight, seeking
the lost treasure. Afterward ! heard that he
had said hr wished P man could eat one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-28
LIE TlrANlC lCEsERG.

Tell mo about the Titanic ic"h'rG. ]
asked How was it formed; What
finished my sentence with Tho wave Of
,b. arm which io those who know me Will
unrlios that have reached the end of my
iutcrrogatiyc resource.
Don't YOU know what = glacier =: Are
Won ignorant of how icohorgs are formed:'
40. sir. Yes, sir.
Nv answers were just as humble as YOU
might expect from Il person OF my modest
scientific attachments who studies the IN
significant human being instead If the sig
nificant glacier, tree valley.
The Titanic hit q berg, only about one
eighth Of the ice being above water,
which had broken OFF from the mother
glacier. If YOU had been near at hand
when that parting occurred, YOU would
have seen the dangerous berg wave Whlch
sometimes travels thirty OF forty miles
and YOU would have heard o sound like the
booming Of big guns. d terrific cannonad-
ing once ! had pitched my tent In an OK
posod place and ! was submerged by one
Of these tidal waves finishing my sleep on
the wet grass. In the morning the natives
said. An. the mountain has sent you a
greeting
made note then. emphasized after
ward in looking over his books which lie
recommended With-"Reat my books and
Won won't make a mess OF it'-tlIat h"
uses a vocabulary simple and direct as he
ia himself. free Of technicalities and with
! , choice Of words as beautifully selected
90 are the flowers in an old-fashioned
bouo,iot. tied with a bit Of ribbon grass.
on my mental film was imprinted the
nhotogrdph etched by delirious writer's OF
that tremendous mountain OF ice implaca-
be renorselcss, unrepcntant Tower OF
Babel with many tongues. audible TO cars
,uned 70 their message. Natures warning
| IN mans temerity ] even recalled a phrase
| ne had himself once used:
! Gods glacial mill Srnds slowly"
! 60 naturally, / was surprised when, sud
denly, veering away from the direcuoh
ovnected him 10 take. he said In very gen
,,o almost caressing, accents. as gardeh-
q, might speak Of the gradual unfolding OF
an exquisite rose:
Ac,ERs ONLY SNOW FLOWERS
.rhe glaciers are only snow MOVERS
dainty six rayed blossoms which IN the De-
SHINING fall through the air In delicate pro-
fusion. Touch one of them 1t disappears
Go ravcr reach the earth. others. com
mo yyiftIy. are in time massed together
,I,ded nv the heat of sheir little bodies
with that Of the mother earth on whose
bosom they rest. and that of the rocks
! Heat" I exclaimed. warmly
"snreIv II takes a tremendous amount
Of hea, for this purpose
Ringing in my ears was still the protest
80 Eather Vaughan emphasized by the
rra.,,,s Event. This planet-a dab OF mud."
49, ,hroupb the eyes of the scientist. al
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is better for the children to be put
to some inconvenience in order that
they may have longer terms and
better advantages.
Mr.. Williams gave a somewhat
detailed account of his recent visit
to Clemson college. He spoke first
of the splendid equipment, refer
ring to the or s handsome brick
buildings, the rs or more residences
for the members of the faculty, the
new $4,000 cattle barn and the re-
Gently completed $4,000 dairy.
There are 80 professors in the fac
ulty. The farm contains l,40O
acres of fine land, both upland and
river bottoms. Viewed as whole,
Mr.. Williams considers the location
of Clemson as one especially pro-
yided by nature for an agricultural
college. He was greatly pleased
with the experiment station. I'm
der the direction of the Institution
the sum of $4,000 was spent last
year in the determination of cattle
ticks, in the treatment of glanders,
etc., in the state. Mr.. Williams
was delighted with what he saw
and learned about the farmers col
lege. He says though that he found
some grass on the Clemson farm
just as he sees on the farms over
this county.
Having been twitted by way of
a pleasantly for not having taken
unto himself a good woman for a
helpmeet, Mr.. Williams exonera-
ted himself from all culpability by
relating some of the vicissitudes of
his early life. His father died when
he was only l years of aye, leaving
s sisters, besides his mother, who
were largely dependent upon his
efforts for support. Between the
age of ii and 30 be had to educate
himself and his sisters. At 3O-odd
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people. Last winter petition was
circulated for an election on the
question, and while he had nothing
to do with preparing the petition
he stated that he signed it. Soma
one in the audience asked Mr.. May
son at this juncture if he knew who
originated or prepared the petition
and his reply was: Il do not. "
Mr.. Mayson here stated with ref
erence to the question which had
been propounded through the chair
man: "As to the race for governor
between Judge Jones and Governo or
Blease, l propose to put my ballot
in for Blease." He further stated
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that he is not running their cam
paign and would, il elected, not be
Influenced by either, unless his
judgment endorsa5heir course.
Said MIR. Mayson: L am open
and bold. / never advocate one
thing and then do another. l ap-
pealsto the manhood of the voters.
Do not put your foot on a man be-
cause he has the courage to declare
himself.
b. E. Nicholson. ,a.s
The second speaker of the morn
ing was B. E. Nicholson, who is
also candidate for the senate. His
exordium was, in substance, as fol-
lows: There are times in the lives
Of men when they are at the part
ing of the roads; when a decision
will determine their career. Some
of my best friends have said l am
making mistake by again entering
politics, referring to The fact that
l have already given four years of
service as member of the House
and that I will never make any
money out of politirs. In this the
37th year of'my life, after careful
consideration, l have decided that
the highest measure of usefulness is
the highest measure of service, and
that our lives are not measured III
dollars, nor by the luxurles and
comforts that we gather around us
and enjoy in private life. In my
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earnest and honest judgment God
has endowed me with some quail
ties that will cuahlc me 10 he Of SER
vice to my people. SO ] bring what
| have in the way OF gifts and if
YOU accept them, | shall do the
best that | can Tor our grand old
county"
Mr.. Nicholson stated that he has
catered the race unJrarlrlelcd; not
tied TO any man OF set ot men.
Will always act on his own indiyid-
al responsibility and judgment, in
voting upon the issues that come
up.
He said that he could net hope
to have all of the people agree with
hi m on every stand that he may
take in the senate, as there is al
ways difference of opinion among
men on public issues. But he in
dulged the hope that his constitu-
ency would always believe tnat,