The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-05


did not come. The inlet was niled
with grass and plants washed down
from the Mountains by "a recent severe
storm. and they were feeding just like
a lot of satisfied cows, with their
calves gamboIing around them. l
stepped into a boat. intending 10 row
out v quarter ct "a mile 20 where they
we're. bat like a flash they We're all
gone beneath the water as soon as |
made "a noise by ste piping into the
boat.
once In the late evening was fish
ing from "a boat In San Juan harbor,
aud one crossed the haTbor right in
front Of me. II dove every few min
utes. but presently came 20 the sur
/ face with an exhaust Of breath like
"a steam engine. and then diss ppeareo
again. and came up a hundred yards
away. While on The surface. Il acted
az splashy and loHy as "a COW.
saw o big one one day az the Mar
inc In san Juan. that some fishermen
had caught. They pulled to the
shore FOR me TO see, and IL surely ~
am enormous animal Il suckles It's
young like other mammals. one
! evening in IN Huh library az nome.
Alaska, was telling about the man
nti. when q young naturalist who hap
pened to be- present told me that al
one time about 100 ear ago. there
was % herd Of tiesr animals accil-
mated away up in the Arcrics on an
( island east OF Kamschatka. bat that
within about, nifty years after their
discovery the Japanese fishermen who
wandered up there cxterminat"d them
Thai they were living there Ia that
cold country. the same as they are
now living m the tropics. We turned
"a the Brittanica. which was al hand,
und sure enough the record there has
d full account Of this Arctic manaii.
which like the dodo. the hairy cle-
] plant and the primitive horse. Is now
| extinct. aud ns the buffalo and the
waIrus Wtn b. u civilized man does
MOI protect them.
Interesting Entertainment in the
when the last boar has sailed away,
and the Inhabitants of Nome are
! locked In for eight months Of a long
winter. the people ON the shore who
realize that they are now fellow pris-
oners Until the next Fourth o July
turn to, ana greet each other as com
pHEions In misery, and conclude to
MAKE the best OF it. Everybody M
once speaks To everybody else, and
pyuceeds to get acquainted. dignity.
-eticencc. supposed superiority. and
sociai caste are all laid aside. and
priests. poets. painters, professors
and air raternize. perhaps for the
hrst time. as II they had been life-
long friends. They proceed at once
To pct up entertainments for the BEN
eft 81 an.
The biggest entertainment every
year. is the kermes or fair for the
benefit al tho Holy CrcAs hospital,
which h conducted by a society OF
French Canadian nuns Everybody
loves them. for hey are Gods people.
and care for aud nurse every sick
perfol aud ever sick and frozen
miner on the whole seward peninsula
Bare "a saw anything against these
nuns. ana every mortal In Nome,
Is on your meek In an instant
Tor they all love the sisters.
But there Is no XnocHer against them
on the contrary everyone sounds theil
praises. and they deserve h. God bless
them.
This fair h Indeed a feature. II
Is held for "a wecS in an immense
heated hall. with great theater CALLER.
les an around IL. Ia such a cold coun-
try they must have such large halls
This one IN particular. Is large enough
to hold the whole population OF Nome
They usually, for the sake OF the con
trast, make the entertainment In sem
blance OF taxing place IN q tropical
country. They festoon t%artihciall
smiiax. flowers. roses, geraniums. etc.
around Ia profision. and ported Car.
tihciaD palms and banana trees ap.
Iear 10 be growing everywhere. Ths
people enter the hall smothered IL
furs from crown 20 toes. with q rims
of boar frost oun the fur that pro
tects their mouths and nostriis. Blu
when they disrobe. that H.. take OF
their outer furs. they appear IN al
the glory of the tropics, men and We
men alike. but their undertaking q
lot tropical by a good deal. Tn
fair" IN like any other fair ia an
part OF the states. FOR the people ar
All our own people, tr%anspianted 4
the Arctics. Booths. tables. 'nsh
ponds" ranlea, restaurants. merry-go
! ronnds, dancing. loop-the-loops
4 slides Gle ara Ia fun blast. and IN
Girls are dressed 10 represent an ma
tionalities the same as In any othc
! fair. They have horseback knleht
jousta (artihcial horsesl, polar bea
J mature and cub) professions and an
tics, seal waddleTs. walrus howler'
? husky and malnmute sled trips an
, mail sled robberies, and eyerybod
; spending money. for be Il know